Regina Hall

29:29And then I had to borrow money. And my parents were like, what are you going to do? So I was like, I'll go back to school. Okay. So you went back to study journalism then. I went back to study journal and my dad had a stroke and passed away very suddenly my first few months of school. First few months. And so you didn't, you stopped going to school after that? No. I finished because I knew he'd want me to, but I had a friend who said, do you want to make extra money doing commercials? And she was like, I'll introduce you to my manager. I met her manager, that manager. I couldn't show up for auditions because I was like, I'm doing my thesis.

29:58I can't show up to an audition. But I did. And then I took a class in acting and I think it was very healing for me after my dad. to be out of my head a little bit. Yeah. And that's how, and then I was like, oh, I love this. So then I finished NYU and then decided to go to Columbia's bartending school. Whoa. Because I was going to need to pay for acting school. Yeah. And then I went to acting school. I remember my mom was like, so you just don't want a job, huh, baby? And I could have been a professional student. I did love school. I studied at Bill Esper. I could see you also being a great bartender.

30:37Oh, my gosh. I can see you. I would have been, but I don't know how to make any drinks because you were supposed to spit those drinks out in class. I was really tipsy after every class. But I liked it. But so much of bartending is faking, like you're just making the drink, but it's about the chit-chat. Yeah. And I do like people. Yeah. So I love to converse and meet. I find people to be fascinated. Okay, so back to commercials. You're auditioning for commercials. Did you get any commercials during that time? I did. What did you get? I got— That was a big deal to get a commercial in the 90s. It was national.

31:16Shit. McDonald's. What? You got a national McDonald's commercial? I did. How much money did you make from that? Because that could change your life, a national commercial. Yeah. It was—yeah. My line, I had to say, and some McDonald's fries. You were ordering them? I was at a movie theater watching. We were watching a movie about McDonald's. Were you watching a McDonald's movie? No, we were watching a movie about something, and they were running. I don't even remember, but he says, I could go for a Big Mac. Yeah, I think the movie they were watching, and then I sent in some McDonald's fries. And what do you remember about being on the set?

31:56You know how sometimes you can remember the feeling when you're shooting something? Were you nervous? I was nervous, yes. I was nervous. I remember I was like, I don't know if I like my hair because they did these rods. But now I look back and I'm like, that hair was just fine. I thought everyone was going to recognize me. I thought that commercial was going to air. I was outside like this. You were like. Waiting. Waiting for people to be like, the fries girl. There she is. Did you just do a McDonald's commercial? Not one. Nobody. But that's a big get. It was a big get. That is a big get. and it ran for a while?

32:32It did. It ran for like, you remember how they had to pay for your cycles? I think I made like over a period, like 30, 40 ,000, 30 ,000. Yes, back then you could make, you could live. And there were some people who made like, yeah, but I made like, I think I made like 30. Yeah. And if you could get a commercial and it could run and - Your residuals were nice. Yes.

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35:38It's been really interesting to look at your range, like we talked about. I mean, you have done all different kinds of work. You've been in big, huge franchises. Can I interrupt? Yes. I love this woman. No, I want to say that. No, no, no. I have to say it because I have to say how profoundly inspiring you are. Right. That's across all cultures, races and genres. You know that too. Thank you for saying that. In terms of comedy. Yeah. Because it's like, you know, ever you say Amy Poehler, it doesn't matter. Right. We all know who it is. and so when I would watch you and Tina I'd be like they're beautiful they're funny and so you know you're always looking at people who you admire and I think also how much fun they're having right and so whether it's conscious or subconscious like and Maya Maria Rudolph, who's also hilarious, but to see women be so funny and so like beautiful and yet not vain because you can't really have that right when you're doing comedy.

37:04That's right. You can't be like, I don't know. But that was profoundly like impactful and inspirational with I don't even think without me without me knowing it at first. And then it became like, oh, my goodness, I love them. Well, you know, thank you for saying that. It does mean a lot because I have followed your career and been so impressed by how genuinely and deeply funny you are. You are really funny. And also, you have played incredibly subtle, grounded, interesting characters, including the film that you're in, the new Paul Thomas Anderson film that you're in that we'll talk about. like you are playing deep, complex characters and also getting to swing the other way.

37:51That's very inspiring because it's very hard to not be just limited or like, you know, to come in through the comedy door and never leave that way. Yeah, it is. Have you found that to be like, was that, did that happen in the beginning? Like when you were doing more comedic stuff, did you feel? I think after Scary Movie. I think after, and the interesting thing with Scary Movie is after Scary Movie, then it was like oh she only does broad comedy so then you have to say well can you get a you know a grounded and a lot of them I just you know I mean a lot of stuff you don't get right isn't there like well I'd be curious because I was thinking like what is Regina when you were you know we all have this thing where we get scripts sent to us or parts sent to us and we scroll down to see what people are thinking about us and sometimes it's like okay I got my first job I got was a stripper and I just was like, I'm going to get inundated.

38:48I haven't been asked again. I'm offended. I'm serious. I literally was like, watch. I do remember I had an agent. I love her so much. Her name is Jamie. And she said, we've gotten a foreign film for you.

39:04I haven't read it yet, but we just got the offer. This was after Scary Movie and I was like, oh, gosh, I'm international. And this is before emails. And remember when you had to pick your scripts up? Oh, yeah. Physically go to someone's house. So I physically went to the agency and it was in the bin because I wasn't at the point where they were messengering them to me. So I got the script and I remember it. It was Playa Haters, which she was reading as Playa, the beach. No. Yes. Playa Haters. Playa Haters. That's what she said to me on the phone. And I said, it's player haters. I was like. She was like, so it doesn't have a place on a beach?

39:49No, and it's not a foreign film. There's nothing foreign about it. And so I didn't end up doing player haters. Player haters. Player haters. It's a foreign film. She was so excited, too. Jamie, no. Do you feel like you were getting, after Scary Movie, were you getting a lot of the same stuff offered to you? Probably, like, more broad. Yeah. Like, yeah, yeah. Yeah, like, I was laughing because I was like, I bet Regina and I would be in a movie where we'd be playing, like, stereotypical versions. Because I still, you know, to this day, someone's like, we thought of you. We think it's great. And I'm like, okay.

40:33And I read the part and I'm like. I know. One of those characters that is just like usually very like, let me speak to the manager. Very nuts. Very like, get her out of here. I know. Yeah. And I feel like we would probably be cast in a movie where we would be. I'd be the one that you wanted to speak to the manager over. I'd be like, they'd always have it. Like there's some hood chick and she's always like. Yeah. And I would be like. Totally. Because you just can't do that. All this. You're like, what else? and versions of that. Well, that leads me to my question. So we do this thing on the show where we talk well behind someone's back.

41:13We kind of try to find out more about them, see people that know them. And so we talked to Andrew Rannells today. Hi, baby daddy. I heard you have twins together. Don and Dawn. We have children. We don't know where are our kids. Don and Dawn. I love Andrew. I love Andrew. I know. He's so, what do you love about him? Oh, he's just, he makes me smile. He makes me laugh. He's funny. So talented. Yeah. But he's just such a nice human being. Like, I love Andrew. Like, I knew he was my baby daddy from the first moment I saw him. Yeah, I know. I can tell you have a special connection with him. I love Andrew.

41:53Like, one day we did a scene, and I said decade instead of decade. And it was late. And then every time we had to do it over, and it would come to the word. You know how that happens? You get the giggles and we couldn't stop. I have a clip of that. Deckard. Deckard. And I was like, it was just, we couldn't stop. And he was like, don't, don't look at me. And we couldn't do it. We couldn't do it. We had to break. He loves you. And he loves working with you. Loved working with you. And you guys worked together on Black Monday. Yeah. And he talked about, like, one of the questions is kind of like what we talk about, what we're talking about now because like whether it's you know girls trip or love and basketball or one battle after another your new film you've done big budget you've done small independence like um support the girls you've done scary movie you've done big and small like uh dramatic and comedic and he was just saying like i want to ask regina does she feel like she's the architect of this?

42:52Or does it feel like part of a kind of a bigger flow? Like, like, are you feeling like you're adjusting the dials on those all the time? Or are you just kind of seeing what's coming up next? I mean, at a certain point, you have more options, right? In your career. I mean, I think it was, I mean, I would love to say I was an architect. I think it was probably accidental because in the beginning you would just, you kind of said yes. Yeah, totally. I got a job. So Playa Haites, when does it start? When does Playa Haites? If that would have been my first offer, I would have been there. So it's kind of been like.

43:29I know. It is kind of funny in retrospect when people say, you know, what made you make that choice? And it's like, they just asked. They asked. Yeah. I know. And it went well. Yeah. But that's kind of how it was. I mean, Scary Movie was a little, I think Best Man in the Love. Scary Movie was different because I was a huge fan of the weigh-ins. And I mean, I really wanted to work with Kenan. And then that just ended up having. But I will say for the beginning, it was kind of an accident. Everything was an accident. When that movie comes out and it's a huge hit, you've been in a couple films that are just like giant hits right away.

44:05Scary Movie, Girl Strip, where you're just on this train. what is that like to just have you know do something and then suddenly it's like oh we've got a franchise you know nothing I don't know I'll ask you this nothing necessarily feels like that in real time yeah that's right it's kind of like what is what's discussed later yeah it's later I think in real time it came out it did well and I was like you know that's great but I I did die in the first one. That's right. And I didn't expect to come back for the second one. It was like I didn't have a deal. Remind me how they got you back after you died.

44:43It was a near-death experience. Right. They described it as a near-death experience. And then I became psychic. But I really wasn't psychic at all. Jesus. Brenda just swore she was psychic. But I think, yeah, that was like, it's kind of like, you know, you don't know who knew. Yeah. I mean, and that was kind of. Did you feel that way about Girls Trip too? Which, I mean, I can remember when that came out. Tracy Oliver, who I got the pleasure to work with, we produced a show together called Harlem. Oh, yes. For a couple of years on Amazon. And Tracy's. Yes, Megan. And Tracy's so talented. And I just remember that feeling very exciting when that was a big, big hit.

45:28What was that experience like? That was great. You know, I will say this. This is going to sound crazy to many people, but my dog got really sick right before. And my dog passed away like four days after Girl Shoe came out. And he had been really sick. And I loved my dog, Zeus. So it was a bit of a blur. I was very sad. I was very sad because I had lost my little fat little baby. You know, he was a little bulldog. And so I was very happy it did well. Yeah. I remember because at first I was like, I think I was not, I think the girls were a lot more optimistic. I was like, should we be coming out in the summer?

46:15That was my thought. I was like against, I mean, he's not like he's very talented, but Chris Nolan and Dunkirk. I was like, we're coming out the same day. But sometimes that counter-programming can really work. Sometimes. And I guess at that time it did. I guess because I'm a Nolan fan, so I was not. So, yeah, it was great. But sometimes you've had a day and you're just like, I can't go see Dunkirk today. You're like, I can't do it. Right, and you want to laugh. My day was Dunkirkian. Yes, right. And I need to laugh. Yeah, I don't need Dunkirk again. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Because I remember Tina and I did a movie called Sisters and it came out against Star Wars.

47:01Oh. And so it was like, hmm. I have a film I'm coming out in, an animated film. Ooh. SpongeBob. Yes. And that's coming out the same day as Avatar. So I was like, that's. But I like that programming. I like that because. Tell me how. I like that very much. Because I don't understand that. Tell me, tell me. I like it. You like an Avatar. I like an Avatar SpongeBob. Yeah. choice because because I feel like I would take my kids to see Avatar as well dude how much Avatar are we gonna get but the thing is this is the last Avatar so that's what you gotta go see it but he hasn't filmed anymore and it takes like I mean is it the last Avatar yeah I mean how many times we get fooled by that right that's true the last I feel safer now and I don't know and that one I just it's gonna take so long that's the other thing is movies are so long well Spongebob is only, it's short.

47:55I mean, 96 minutes. Of course it is, because it's hilarious. Yeah, it's in and out. And it's in and out. But I mean, when you see, I just like, the other thing is like, what do you, I could only go to that movie starting at four o 'clock. There's no way I'm going to go to an eight o 'clock movie of Avatar. But of SpongeBob, aren't they sleep by then to the kids? You got to get them in and out of there by 12. One, two, five. Yeah, SpongeBob, you got to do like a 6 p.m. probably. A 6 p.m. But I think, are you going to get a lot of adults? That's a good idea, because that's going to Spongebob. But don't you think those adults would see Avatar 2?

48:26Not this adult. Not that. So we got one, everybody. I'm going to say it right now, and I'm sorry if I'm going to like cause problems. I'm not going to see the new Avatar. I'm not. I don't. I'm not going to see it. Well, we're not on IMAX anyway, so the Avatar took the IMAX, so we're going to be on. Also, I don't like IMAX. Yeah, those big theaters. That isn't so intense. It's too loud. Well, we're coming out. One battle after another is coming on IMAX. Okay, except for that.

49:00Right. Yeah, that one. Okay, but so before I get to that movie, because it looks so great. And I mean, Paul Thomas Anderson is just such an incredible director. And your cast is incredible. But I want to talk about award shows. Because you and I are, we've both hosted stuff. I love, yes, I love when you host. And I love when you host. You are so good at it. Well, I mean. What do you like about doing it? I mean, I don't know that I do. I know what you mean. Right? It's hard. I know what I mean. It's hard. And it's a little bit of like diminishing returns. Like the more you do it, like when you pull it off the first time, you're like, we did it.

49:41And they're like, come back and do it again. It's like, I don't know if I should do it. Although you all have managed to do repeat performance and honestly be amazing each time. Thank you. Right back at you. And I feel like you have something that hosts need that you just kind of can't teach, which is you have to be a little, a little ambivalent, a little relaxed. You can't care too much about it. No, because people can feel that. I know. They can feel it in the room. They can feel it in the room. So what do you do to kind of keep that vibe going or like fake that vibe when you're out there doing it?

50:15I do. I mean, I don't know. Let me ask you if you feel this. You know, you're nervous. But once the curtain goes up, you're like, well, here it is. Yes. There's nothing you can do. I mean, at that point, it's just, you know, it's like that breast exam. It's on. The shirt is off. We got to do it. The machine is open. We got to slap them on in there. I think it just kind of, I mean, you got to feel that what you've got is enough. I think that's what it is. You've got to just feel like, well, what I have is enough. Because I always feel like the minute you feel like you panic. Yes. That's when it's going to be your hardest.

50:50And you are like a host, whether it be you're having a dinner party, whether you're having a wedding, whether you're hosting the BT Awards, whatever is the thing. If you're having fun. Right. I agree. You set the tone, people relax. But if, to your point, if you, I mean, you were hosting the Academy Awards during a very hectic year, the year of the slap, very stressful, you and Amy and Wanda, and you guys had to handle like this crazy live thing. Yeah. Are you the kind of performer when something like that happens where you, like, how do you, how do you adjust? Do you just like try to stay in your body?

51:30Do you disassociate? Do you, what do you do? How do you adjust when those kinds of things happen? Well, I had, I mean, I, I mean, it was wonderful to have them, you know, and not be doing that alone. Yeah. And they were great. Um, I think you just are like, let, we just, you know, the show must go on. Right. I think there's just something about the show must go on mentality that you just are like, it is, here we go. Yeah. And because you're at that point, you are thinking of your audience. You want your audience to continue to enjoy the show. And that's the thing about a live show. You know, anything can happen anyway when you're doing anything live.

52:12So I think you have to just always be prepared for that. Whatever that ends up being, you just ride it out. Yeah. I mean, it's a skill. It's a skill to be able to do that and to not let things kind of throw you. and you're so good at pivoting in real time like whether you're accepting for Kevin Costner in real time which was amazing like a beautiful poem and an incredible that is my fault because they said Regina you should read this backstage and I was like no no no I got it right I was like no no I got it and I didn't realize what they had written and I think it was that discovery in real time.

52:51It was very human and very light, lovely, like, because you were real, you were accepting for Kevin Costner, who wasn't there at the time because he was dealing with weather in Santa Barbara, which was real, um, destructive weather that people were, you know, and you were, of course, doing what anyone would do, which is like doing like this fun, gracious kind of light tease to the person who won until you realize mid sentence that you're like, I see, this is more serious and it was a beautiful do you remember i forget what award show it was maybe it was the emmys and jimmy fallon's um prompter went out do you remember that yes and i mean he was he he he handled it so well he just was like hey i can't read the prompter and he just kind of riffed for a second yes and i thought oh oh i do remember that he just kind of made a thing about it.

53:46And I remember like for hours after just kind of lying in my room thinking that is a living stress dream that you would just walk out to all these people and just the prompter would go out. I know. And even for two seconds, cause it's like the beginning, it's right when you need, it's right when you are like, I need to engage them. I'm letting them know what this night is going to be like. And then you don't have a prompter. Back to dentistry. have you ever had dreams that your teeth fall out? No, have you? You haven't? It's a very typical stress dream that you go to talk and your teeth fall out.

54:26Oh my God. I'm stressed thinking about it. I know, I'm sorry to bring it up. What would be a typical stress dream for you? I probably am not sleeping if I'm that stressed. I think that's what happens. Are you a good sleeper? I love to talk about sleep. I love sleep. Here's the thing. I love sleep. I want more of it. Okay, let's talk about how to get you there. Okay. What's your bedtime? Well, there's the answer. Too late? It's too late. There's a lot to do sometimes when I get home. Okay. Or it's that last Dateline episode that I've never seen and I want to get that last one in. You cannot watch a Dateline.

55:08To feel good. Late at night. Fair happens. Well, it's just bad for dreams. Oh, I have great dreams. Okay. A lot of times it's spouses. Have you seen that? Have you noticed that? That is true. And I was talking about this with Zarna Garg a couple weeks ago on this podcast. Love Zarna. That women who are, I think Zarna, great. That women who are married are much more likely to die earlier. And yes, to get murdered. Oh, you mean from stress. Oh, yes. Yes, yes, yes. But it shortens your life if you're married. You know that. Yeah. Yep. Sucks it right out. Sucks it right out. Because you're caretaking and you're thinking of.

55:39And a lot of times women, they're nurturing, so they're giving so much. But the men, they fare better. They do. A man lives longer. That's why I don't even know why y 'all don't want to get married. Y 'all should be begging to run down an altar. Like, literally. Yeah, right. Men should know that it's going to add. And they should do like a very like, you know, there's all these like podcasts and books and classes of like maximizing your potential. They should just do it about getting married. They should just say you get married, you live five more years. 86 % of the most successful men are married.

56:26I'm just saying I mean that's gotta you know they need that grounding they need that home base and women don't no no because they find it in friendships yeah you know what I was saying and tell me this anyone else in here have you noticed that men oh there was a study if you ask men who their best friend is most of them say their wives right and if you ask a woman she's really got her friends. She's like, Lisa, you know, Amy, like they really, they have, they have it. And for men, it'll be their wives. Yeah. I do feel like women have, you know, tribes and. We're in our 50s, right? So we're kind of in the middle.

57:06I thought we were in the 30s. Oh, we were in our 30s. Wait, let me check. Yeah. 39. 39. Yeah. And we are in the watery middle. We're in the watery middle.

57:18Water is so important. That's a good resource. Water is a sponsor. It is. Water, please. Yeah. Water. Don't go. Don't go. Water, don't go. Don't go. Do you worry about, like, are you a— Totally in the climate change, yes. Yes. And do you—are you, like, a prepper? Are you—do you think about— Okay. Totally aware, and I'm like, fuck it at the same time. Yeah, I know. Because I'm like, what can I do? I can't—I can't live in the stress of it. Yeah. But I'm aware enough to be like, if there is something that can be done, I will do it. If there was a zombie apocalypse, let's just say. Oh my gosh, take me out.

57:52I can't live in buildings and just take me out. I'm going to go at some point anyway. I feel exactly the same. I would just be like, let me be the first to go. Just, yeah. Like, don't bite me because I don't want to be alive and dead. But just somebody just run me on over. However, whatever is the quickest way. Right. But I don't want to just survive. I haven't slept. Amy, get up. I hear something. You've got a gun. We've got one candy bar between us. It's got to last for like 10 days. No. We should do a zombie movie where the two of us immediately get killed. First act. We're trying to get killed the whole movie.

58:25No one will kill us. Can't even get bitten by a zombie. We can't. Yeah. That was a good idea. I know because I feel, but what are you like in a crisis? Because I'm projecting on you. I feel like you'd be very level-headed. I think I'm pretty calm in a crisis. Yeah. At least most crises. But I have a metophobia, so it depends on fat crisis I'm not great in. Let's talk about that. I know. I love a phobia. Do you have any?

58:59I don't think so. I don't have a real phobia. I think I have intrusive thoughts that maybe is phobia adjacent, like fear of stuff. But I don't have an actual— Clowns. Fear of clowns? I don't love clowns. You don't. I don't mind clowns. I don't love them. I definitely don't want to be around a clown, but I wouldn't scream in my way. They're just, they see, it's a lot. It's a lot. I don't like any people that are like performing clown stuff. But I respect them and I wouldn't scream if I saw one. Right. But emetophobia is? Well, I have two phobias. Emetophobia. Emetophobia. Yeah. And then claustrophobia.

59:43Ametophobia is a fear of like throwing up. Yeah. Someone throwing up or you throwing up. Yeah. I have some friends who have that. We won't talk about it anymore because it makes people stressed. Yes. For people listening, we won't talk about it, but it's real. It's real. And so it's claustrophobia. Okay. And so claustrophobia, how does that manifest in your everyday? My, you know what? I only am claustrophobic if I'm like, I can't get out. So like I can do a small space if I can get out of it. But if it's a small space and I'm like an MRI, I got to know I can scoot out. But you can't in an MRI.

1:00:19Exactly. That's why I can't do those. So do you take a night-night pill when you do that? No, I do the open MRI. There's an open one? Yeah, which is wider. Which is wider. Well, you can scoot out. You can scoot out. And I don't let them leave me alone. Yes. They have to sit in there with me and then I have to talk to them. Mm-hmm. They have to talk to me. And are you feeling, do you know, do you have a sense of where your claustrophobia came from? I remember it starting when I got a face, what do you call those? Facial? Not a facial. Oh, I know exactly what you're talking about. So actors often have to get.

1:00:57Yes. Like a plaster cast of their face. And it is terrifying. And that's when I, I didn't have it before that I remember, but I remember when they were both on me. plastering me. Yeah. Plastering my face. I know. Neither sounds good. It's a very weird thing. It's like I keep trying to make it sound better. It's a very weird thing that people don't know, which is a lot of actors have to get, especially if you're doing any prosthetics. Yes. And I'm sure makeup artists have made it better and better and easier and easier. But back when we were doing it, it was like stick two straws in your nose. Yeah.

1:01:31And they do your mouth and then they're patting you and your ears are covered and then they're trying to go fast and then it has to harden. That's right. And then once it hardens, they can remove it. And the thing wasn't that. I just was like, what if a fire comes? They forget about me and run out.

1:01:47Wait, this is a really interesting thing your brain is doing. So my brain creates scenarios. It wouldn't be the fire that would be the problem. It would be that you've been left alone. I've been left and I can't get the thing out. That's a good anxiety. That's what happens to me. Okay, so I do want to talk about one battle after another because, I mean, you've worked with a lot of great directors. Paul Thomas Anderson is. Yeah, it's amazing. His films are really amazing. He was one of my, yeah, he's like, he's my favorite. What was it like to shoot it? It was shot in all in LA. All in LA. Like really.

1:02:20All different parts of California. Yeah, right, right. Not LA, California. It was great. Yeah. You know, it's wonderful to, I mean, the cast is amazing. And how did you like working with Leonardo DiCaprio, Leo? Well, he's, you know, the thing with Leo is he's not very experienced. He's green. And so you've, when you're working with - And you're like, oh no, sweetie, that's crafty. That's crafty. That's not set. Exactly. Honey, you went the wrong way. No. Yeah. I had to do a lot of that. No, that's the lens. Don't look into it. Because he was doing a lot of that. Yeah, yeah. Once we got past that, though, he was great.

1:02:54He was great. He's great. Yeah, no, it was sad, but it was also sweet. It's endearing. Yeah, it's tender. Yeah, yeah. And he's got a lot riding on this because he's never had a big movie. No. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, he sounds sweet. He is. And then you're making another scary movie. Making another scary movie. Which is like a perfect example of your career. You have this like, you know, kind of prestigious, very like intense. And then you're going to go do that dumb fun. Because I imagine it's real big dumb fun. Oh my gosh. Yes. Yeah. Yes, it is. And like, you know, I think for us, it's like, well, let's see how far we can push humor in 2025.

1:03:34You know, that's a big thing. But, you know, the great thing is you get at everybody. Yeah. That's right. That's what comedy, that's where it lives, right? Getting at everybody. I think so. I mean, like what, I asked this of all my guests, but what do you, what do you. Why do I have an urge to do this? What is it called? It's called, what's the word when you, misophonia. So I don't think it's a phobia. I think it's a phonia. I don't know what's the difference. But yeah. Wow. Misophonia is when you can't hear. Can you look up the difference between phobia and phonia? Maybe I have phonias. I have a laptop here.

1:04:13And she is part of that generation, like myself, of pre-technology. That's right. Where I slowly type things in. We would be going to the microfiche. Remember microfiche? Remember microfiche? Okay, misophonia is a condition where specific sounds, this is a condition. So it's audit? where specific sounds trigger intense negative emotional reactions such as anger annoyance or anxiety i don't know if it's intense but for example if i'm listening to a podcast yes and someone needs to take a drink of water and they're really dry mouth you can hear it not only can i hear it but i really can't listen to the person so you have also you must have an incredible ear i do have a i have a good ear and i can hear things pretty well now look up phobia and just see what that definition is phobia let's see what the latin word of phobia is phobia meaning if i was like phobia in an extreme or irrational fear or aversion to something so it's fear and and the other one is anger and disgust yeah but just about sounds because like phonograph yes that makes sense um but you want to know um what causes phobia what it's genetic predisposition environmental factors and traumatic experiences so there you go that experience of that thing of that face thing i also was like they could be doing anything i can't see right i just heard fingers and then like you know i could have been ass up in like 30 seconds Not that I thought that.

1:05:54I didn't think that. But if I think about it now, anything could happen. They were very nice, both of them. Treatment is CBT, exposure therapy, medication. How are you going to, you know, so I just have to get in small spaces, claustrophobia, and then just be forced to send it sitting there, huh? So you don't like to get smushed. I love getting smushed. I don't mind getting smushed. I just need to know I can get out. If you put me in a small closet and I know it can't get locked, then I can get in there. Yeah. I can get in an elevator just fine unless the elevator gets stuck. Oh, has that happened?

1:06:35One day I was panicking. I just hadn't hit the open button. Because, you know, if the doors don't open, it's very stressful. Yeah. Yeah. And I was like, you know, because it's the can't get out part. It's not the actual. because I can do, can you do rollercoaster rides where you get strapped in? Okay, I can do them. I don't feel a phobia from them, but I hate being shook that much. Like the shaky, like I don't do rollercoasters. I feel it's too much. Where is it shaky for you? Just the, I don't, I don't, like a rollercoaster to me is like, I get nauseous. I feel like all like dizzy. It's not worth it for me.

1:07:16The feeling of. I love them. You love them. And I get on them and like, and I want to get off. And when it's going chick, chick, chick, chick, I'm like, I want to get off. I want to get off. As soon as the first drop happens and I make it, I'm like, whoo. Now I can't enjoy it because I worry about someone throwing up on it.

1:07:39But if roller coasters are like a way to shake it up, what is, and I asked my guests this, what is something that you're listening to, watching? Where do you go to laugh? Because I know you love to laugh. You have a great sense of humor. You're deeply funny. Who makes you laugh? I have comfort watches. I've seen Sleepless in Seattle and When Harry Met Sally 5 ,000 times. Yeah. And Heartburn. I kind of like more Heartburn, isn't it? Heartburn is not talked about enough. Meryl in that movie. Oh, my God. And Jack. They're so good together. And, you know, Jack, stop. You wanted it to work. What about when she had that pregnant belly and then that little baby and she had to sing and she had to leave?

1:08:23That movie, I think that movie is not, I don't know if it's underrated, but I say it's underrated. I think you're right. It is so good. Check out Heartburn, everybody. Check out Heartburn. It's so good. And it's so honest. You know, when she came back. You know what I loved? The delivery scene when he was talking to her and he cried and you were like, it's going to be different. and they had the baby. He was right back out there. He was right back out there in 10 minutes just doing him. He couldn't even. Yes. So she couldn't do it anymore. No. People are complicated. People are complicated and it's not good or bad, but it is, can I stand it?

1:09:03And there was a little bit of her that was too compromised in that film, in that story, or Efron's story. And I love Heartburn. Even in the beginning when it was like, should we get married? Remember behind when she had the cold feet? Yes. So good. So human. So human. Yeah. She's funny, too. Oh, Meryl's so funny. I mean, Meryl's everything. Meryl? Meryl. I mean, there's no words. Meryl. Meryl, rub on us. Meryl, rub up on us. Yes, just rub on us. I mean, love Meryl. That was a great one, though. Well, I have to say, Regina, it's been so great talking to you. And I have to say that the Catholic Church loss has been our gain.

1:09:44I really appreciate you doing this. Thank you so much for coming. It's so great to talk to you. I know. And I'll see you on another dance floor hopefully soon. Yeah, yeah, absolutely. Okay. Okay. Thanks, honey. Thank you so much, Regina Hall. You are awesome. And it was so great to talk to you and so fun. And today's Polar Plunge is presented by BMW Certified. Visit bmwusa.com slash certified dash pre-owned to learn more. uh for this plunge i want to talk about uh a film that we mentioned briefly that uh regina was in but it's just great if you get a chance to check it out it's called support the girls and it was 2018 it was just kind of this slice of life indie film about a bunch of young women working at like a sports bar and regina is just so great in it and i just wanted to take the plunge moment to remind you to check that out wherever it's streaming.

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