>> PLEASE WELCOME MICHELLE YEOH. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] ♪ >> FIRST OF ALL, I AM SO GLAD TO SEE YOU. I JUST -- I ADORE YOU FOR SO MANY DIFFERENT REASONS. >> OH MY GOD. >> THIS IS REALLY A FANTASTIC FILM. IT'S REALLY FUNNY TOO. >> YEAH. >> SO GIVE PEOPLE AN IDEA OF HOW CRAZY IT IS. >> I'M STILL TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT TO BE HONEST. IF YOU KNOW THE DANIELS, THESE EVIL GENIUSES -- >> YES. >> -- YOU KNOW YOU'RE IN FOR A REALLY WACKY RIDE. >> YES. >> IT'S GOT FIVE GENRES OF MOVIES IN ONE. >> TELL US THE FIVE GENRES. >> SO IT'S AN ACTION MOVIE, IT'S A SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE. >> COMEDY? >> IT'S A COMEDY. IT'S DRAMA, AND IT'S A LOVE STORY. >> OH WOW. >> IT'S JUST -- >> THAT'S TRUE. >> IT'S LIKE THE EVERYTHING BAGEL. THAT'S WHAT WE ARE. THE EVERYTHING BAGEL. >> THE EVERYTHING BAGEL. >> BUT I THINK WHEN I WENT TO SEE IT, WE WERE THE OPENING FILM FOR SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST. I SUDDENLY FELT LIKE THIS IS WHY I MAKE MOVIES, IS THE MAGIC OF CINEMA. >> YEAH. [ APPLAUSE ] >> IT'S -- IT'S A SHARED EXPERIENCE. >> YEAH. >> OF LAUGHING TOGETHER, CRYING TOGETHER. IT'S LIKE AN ANECDOTE FOR THIS EXISTENTIAL DREAD THAT WE'RE ALL FEELING. >> YEAH. >> IT'S LIKE IF YOU GO ON A ROLLER COASTER, YOU DON'T WANT TO GO ON IT BY YOURSELF, RIGHT? YOU WANT TO GO ON IT AND BE SCREAMING AND LAUGHING. THAT IS WHAT THIS DID FOR US. IT WAS SO NICE WHEN PEOPLE CAME UP AT THE END AND THEY WERE STILL CRYING AND THEY WERE, LIKE, I'M GOING TO CALL MY MOM NOW. BECAUSE THAT FAMILIAR, YOU KNOW, FAMILY, THE CONNECTION WITH THAT IS SO POWERFUL BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AS AN ASIAN IMMIGRANT, AGING WOMAN THAT YOU REALLY PASS BY ON THE STREETS EVERY DAY THAT YOU DON'T NOTICE, WHO NEVER HAVE A VOICE. IT'S SUDDENLY GIVING HER SUCH A STRONG, POWERFUL VOICE, AND DISCOVER, MY GOD. WE CAN BE A SUPERHERO. >> DYES. >> THEY CAME HERE SEARCHING FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM, AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS A DREAM, AND THROUGH SOMETIMES THE DESPAIR, THE TRAGIC HARDSHIP OF LIFE, YOU FIND JOY AND LOVE, AND YOU COME THROUGH IT TOGETHER. >> RIGHT. [ APPLAUSE ] >> AND AS USUAL, YOU DO MOST OF YOUR OWN STUNTS. >> LOVE IT. >> ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. BUT YOU'VE ALSO GOT TO SHOW A DIFFERENT SIDE OF YOURSELF, AND YOU SAY YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR A ROLE LIKE THIS FOR A REALLY LONG TIME. SO WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? >> WELL, I'M ACTUALLY PROUD OF IT. I'M TURNING 60 THIS YEAR. [ APPLAUSE ] >> WOW. >> AND IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, IF YOU TAKE THE SCRIPTS THAT COME, YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN VERY BLESSED. I PLAYED THE AUNTY IN "SHANG-CHI," AND THE MOTHER IN "CRAZY RICH ASIANS." I WAS THE AUNTY AND MOTHER, AND THE LAST FEW YEARS, IT'S THE GRANDMOTHER, AND -- >> REALLY? >> NO. DON'T LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, RIGHT? IT'S NOT ABOUT THAT. >> YEAH. >> SO TO SUDDENLY GET A SCRIPT LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW, I LOVE THE DANIELS TO DEATH, AND THEY HAD THE COURAGE TO WRITE IT FOR AN AGING ASIAN WOMAN, IMMIGRANT WOMAN, AND IT'S -- WHAT IT SPOKE TO ME WAS, LIKE, SUDDENLY SOMEONE SEES AND IS GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE WHAT I LEARNED OVER THE YEARS. >> YEAH. >> RIGHT. >> TO BE ABLE TO DO COMEDY, PHYSICAL COMEDY, WHICH IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM DOING MARTIAL ARTS. >> YEAH. >> BECAUSE IN MY PREVIOUS MOVIES, IDENTIF'VE ALWAYS BEEN MENTOR, YOU KNOW, THE TEACHER, VERY ELEGANT AND NOW I'M, LIKE -- >> SO GREAT. IT'S SO GREAT. [ APPLAUSE ] YOU KNOW, I LOVED YOU IN "SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS." IT WAS MARVEL'S FIRST -- I THINK. YEAH. ASIAN SUPERHERO FILM. >> YES. >> WHICH WAS SHOCKING TO ME, AND THEN "CRAZY RICH ASIANS", OF COURSE. I HEAR THERE'S A SEQUEL IN THE MAKING. >> WE HAVE BEEN WAITING THREE YEARS. >> OKAY. I WANTED TO VERIFY THAT WAS TRUE. NOW YOU AND OTHER ASIAN ACTORS HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR A LONG TIME TO GET MORE REPRESENTATION IN HOLLYWOOD. >> MM-HMM. >> DO YOU THINK THINGS ARE CHANGING? >> YOU KNOW WHEN "CRAZY RICH ASIANS" CAME OUT THREE YEARS AGO, AND PRIOR TO THAT, AN ALL-ASIAN CAST, THEY DON'T THINK OF CASTING THE MALE LEAD AS ASIAN OR THE FEMALE LEAD. IT CAN BE, YOU KNOW, WHAT REALLY BOTHERS YOU AND DON'T JUST PUT US AS THE COLOR, YOU KNOW, THE DIV DIVERSITY. LET'S HAVE A FEW ASIANS IN THE BACK. WE HAVE STORIES TO TELL. WE HAVE DESIRES. WE HAVE DREAMS AND WE HAVE HOPES, SO WE PUSH -- WE KEEP PUSHING IT FORWARD TO IT HAS TO BE MADE, BUT CAN YOU IMAGINE THE PRESSURE IT WAS ON "CRAZY RICH ASIANS" IF WE DID NOT SUCCEED THE WAY WE DID. >> YEAH. >> AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS SHOW BUSINESS, RIGHT? >> ONE FALSE MOVE, AND YOU'RE OUT. >> RIGHT, AND HOW MUCH IT WOULD HAVE SET US BACK. THE PEOPLE WHO DID "CRAZY RICH ASIANS" HAD A DREAM. THEY WERE BOLD, AND I THINK YOU HAVE TO BE. >> YEAH. >> YOU HAVE TO STEP AHEAD OF IT, AND FOR THIS MOVIE, "EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE," I GIVE THE BIGGEST CREDIT TO KEY KWAN. REMEMBER THAT? >> YEAH. >> AND HE PLAYS MY HUSBAND IN THIS. HE STEPPED AWAY FROM THE FRONT OF THE CAMERA FOR 20 YEARS BECAUSE THERE WAS NO OTHER. HE WAS A CHILD STAR, BUT THERE WERE NO ROLES FOR HIM. >> YOU ROSE TO FAME IN THE UNITED STATES FOR "CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON." >> YES. >> OVER THE YEARS, YOUR FIGHT SCENES ARE STILL INCREDIBLE THE WATCH. I WAS THINKING, I WONDER IT MUST HAVE BEEN IN THE MALE -- THE COMPANY OF MEN, AND IT WAS BASICALLY THEIR THING. >> THAT WAS COMPLETELY THEIR THING. >> DID THEY UNDERESTIMATE YOU? >> NO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE MACHO AND THEY THINK, WE'RE JUST PROTECTING YOU. WE REALLY DON'T WANT YOU TO GET HURT AND I'M, LIKE, JUST STEP ASIDE. IT'S OKAY. WHAT WE SAY, YOU KNOW, GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY. SAY IT, EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO PROVE OURSELF. IF WE CAN'T DO IT, THEN OKAY. AT LEAST I TRIED, OKAY? BUT IF YOU DON'T EVEN ALLOW ME TO TRY, THEN THAT'S WRONG. >> RIGHT. >> SO YEAH. SO I KEEP FIGHTING. >> THERE YOWE CAN'T LET YOU GO WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT MY FAVORITE THING OF "EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE" WHERE YOU AND JAMIE LEE CURTIS HAVE -- WAIT, DON'T JUMP THE GUN. HOT DOG FINGERS. I NEED TO KNOW WHEN YOU READ THE SCENE, AND WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO WEAR THESE. >> OKAY. SO FIRST OF ALL, WHEN I WAS READING THE SCRIPT, THERE WERE TWO THINGS I THOUGHT. I'M GOING TO HAVE TO TALK TO THE DANIELS ABOUT THIS. ONE, THEY CANNOT CALL EVELYN WONG MICHELLE. YOU HAVE TO KEEP IT SEPARATED. YOU CANNOT BE REMINDED, IF THEY CALL ME MICHELLE AS AN AUDIENCE. MY MOM IS, LIKE, WHY DO YOU LOOK SO OLD IN THE MOVIE? IT'S NOT ME, OKAY? AND THEN WHEN JAMIE LEE CURTIS -- I LOVE HER TO DEATH. >> YES. >> SHE -- IT WAS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT FOR US. IT WAS LIKE SHE IS THE MOST INCREDIBLE ACTRESS AS YOU KNOW, OKAY? WE GOT THE HOT DOG FINGERS. IN THIS UNIVERSE, IT'S LIKE THE BEST LOVE STORY EVER. >> WHEN YOU HAVE FINGERS LIKE THAT. >> YES, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT WE DO WITH THEM? >> NO. >> WE HAVE THIS, LIKE, MATING DANCE WHERE WE ARE, LIKE -- >> YOU MUST GO SEE THIS. >> I WANT TO DO IT. >> "EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE" WILL BE IN THEATERS NATIONWIDE TOMORROW. DO YOURSELF A FAVOR. GO SEE IT. YOU WILL NOT BE SAD THAT YOU DID. WE, OF COURSE, WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. ♪ [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
