WEBVTT - Wonder Woman: Amy Schumer 0:00:05.320 --> 0:00:08.080 Hi everyone. Today, I am reporting to you from my 0:00:08.240 --> 0:00:10.840 park car on a side street and for Manhattan. Now, 0:00:11.119 --> 0:00:13.600 why on earth is that? Well, it's because I just 0:00:13.720 --> 0:00:16.599 stepped out of Amy Schumer's apartment, which sounds like the 0:00:16.680 --> 0:00:19.599 name of a new TV show, Amy Schumer's Apartment, and 0:00:19.640 --> 0:00:21.919 I wanted to tell you all about our conversation while 0:00:21.920 --> 0:00:25.680 it's still fresh in my mind. Amy Schumer, the comedian, actress, 0:00:25.720 --> 0:00:29.320 writer and now Broadway star, is the latest lady in 0:00:29.360 --> 0:00:32.920 our Wonder Women's series. It was just us gals in 0:00:32.960 --> 0:00:36.640 her apartment. Yes, I'm pretty excited about that for our chat. 0:00:37.080 --> 0:00:40.040 But as you heard, Brian already barged into the ads, 0:00:40.040 --> 0:00:42.800 and don't worry, Brian will be back again during the 0:00:42.840 --> 0:00:45.920 break and credits as well, and of course for next 0:00:46.000 --> 0:00:49.720 week's episode two. As for my interview with Amy, we 0:00:49.840 --> 0:00:53.040 had a lot to cover. She's been so productive since 0:00:53.040 --> 0:00:56.040 bursting onto the national stage back in two thousand seven 0:00:56.160 --> 0:00:58.520 when she was a contestant Believe It or Not on 0:00:58.720 --> 0:01:02.840 NBC's Last Comic Standing turned out pretty well for her. 0:01:03.600 --> 0:01:06.360 Amy made her mark in stand Up with her signature 0:01:06.360 --> 0:01:11.520 brand of taboo busting and unapologetically raunchy comedy, and to 0:01:11.560 --> 0:01:13.800 give you an idea. Her first stand up special was 0:01:13.840 --> 0:01:18.319 called Mostly Sex Stuff. Now more recently, she's also flexed 0:01:18.319 --> 0:01:21.560 her skills and acting, producing and writing. Of course, I 0:01:21.640 --> 0:01:25.320 love train Wreck, you probably did too. She started movies 0:01:25.400 --> 0:01:28.160 Penda best selling memoir The Girl with the Lower Back 0:01:28.240 --> 0:01:31.520 Tattoo Bunny Huh, and she's won awards for her hit 0:01:31.600 --> 0:01:34.959 sketch series on Comedy Central. And if that weren't enough, 0:01:35.200 --> 0:01:38.559 she's fresh off her Broadway debut in a play written 0:01:38.600 --> 0:01:43.160 by Steve Martin called Meteor Shower. Fair warning, Amy is 0:01:43.200 --> 0:01:45.640 known for being a little bit body and to kick 0:01:45.680 --> 0:01:49.160 things off, I decided to clear the air and revisit 0:01:49.240 --> 0:01:53.920 the time that Amy full On pranked me. Now it's 0:01:54.000 --> 0:01:57.320 probably a bit r rated, so you may not want 0:01:57.320 --> 0:02:00.560 to listen to this episode with the kids, actually, if 0:02:00.600 --> 0:02:03.560 you haven't had the talk yet, or maybe even if 0:02:03.600 --> 0:02:10.560 you have. We have so much to talk about. But first, 0:02:10.560 --> 0:02:12.960 I think Amy, we should give people a little bit 0:02:13.000 --> 0:02:16.840 of the backstory of our last history, because you have 0:02:17.040 --> 0:02:19.800 utilized me and some of your were such a great 0:02:19.840 --> 0:02:22.080 sport and like I just I mean, I'm such a 0:02:22.120 --> 0:02:25.480 fan of yours anyway, and I'm very grateful to your work. Um, 0:02:25.520 --> 0:02:28.160 for real, like thank you. Yeah, it's it's I I 0:02:28.520 --> 0:02:30.320 feel a little choked up that you're you're here in 0:02:30.400 --> 0:02:33.040 my home, So thank you, and you just were such 0:02:33.040 --> 0:02:35.400 a great sport. It was tell the story. Okay, we'll 0:02:35.440 --> 0:02:38.160 tell the story. It was that it was after the 0:02:38.200 --> 0:02:40.480 Glamor Glamour Women of the Year Awards. We were at 0:02:40.520 --> 0:02:43.600 this after party and at our table it was Steve 0:02:44.520 --> 0:02:47.880 Mindy Kaling and we were next to each other and 0:02:48.240 --> 0:02:51.440 your husband arrived and you were like, you know, kind 0:02:51.440 --> 0:02:52.960 of like, oh my god. He was an embarrassed he's 0:02:52.960 --> 0:02:55.280 crashing like you were. You know, actually I was kind 0:02:55.280 --> 0:02:58.320 of aggregated with him because he you know, I didn't 0:02:58.360 --> 0:03:00.840 invite him. I love you, John, but he wasn't invited 0:03:01.200 --> 0:03:03.320 and he sort of just showed up and I was like, 0:03:03.400 --> 0:03:05.960 wait a second, what is my husband doing here? Because 0:03:05.960 --> 0:03:07.760 it's kind of even though Stephen was at our table, 0:03:07.800 --> 0:03:10.399 it's kind of a girl powered thing, and it's it's 0:03:10.400 --> 0:03:14.000 such a bring your really it's not really a plus one. 0:03:14.120 --> 0:03:16.880 And so John walked in and I was like, oh 0:03:16.919 --> 0:03:19.320 my god, what's going on? My husband's here? So I 0:03:19.360 --> 0:03:22.359 got up because he made a bee line to Carrie Russell. 0:03:22.520 --> 0:03:25.720 Remember that. Yeah. I was like, oh no, he who 0:03:25.760 --> 0:03:29.720 he loves. Yes, he loves Carrie Russell. So I thought 0:03:29.880 --> 0:03:31.400 I better go say hi to him, or he's going 0:03:31.480 --> 0:03:33.920 to leave this party with Carrie Russell. So I got 0:03:34.000 --> 0:03:37.360 up and I left my phone on the table. Left 0:03:37.400 --> 0:03:40.640 your phone on the table, unlocked, unlocked, And so that's 0:03:40.680 --> 0:03:44.400 on you, you very cageally, I, without thinking about it 0:03:44.480 --> 0:03:47.360 and without consulting anyone, just picked up your phone. I 0:03:47.400 --> 0:03:49.440 saw that you had just text your husband, and then 0:03:49.480 --> 0:03:52.080 I text him saying I want to have anal tonight, 0:03:53.160 --> 0:03:56.520 and the rest is history. So it was so funny 0:03:56.520 --> 0:03:59.520 because from my perspective, so I kind of like, I go, 0:03:59.600 --> 0:04:01.800 oh my, because I just have these impulses to do, 0:04:01.880 --> 0:04:03.240 like what's the worst thing I could do right now, 0:04:03.640 --> 0:04:06.000 and then kind of check with people to be like, 0:04:06.040 --> 0:04:08.600 oh it's okay. So I go, Mindy, I just and 0:04:08.600 --> 0:04:11.160 I showed Steven and they're just Mindy was like very alarmed, 0:04:11.200 --> 0:04:12.840 as she should have been, and Stephen just fell on 0:04:12.920 --> 0:04:15.600 the floor laughing. And then you, you and your husband 0:04:15.760 --> 0:04:18.480 came back over the table kind of like soon after 0:04:18.520 --> 0:04:21.799 and we're like we're leaving, and it just from my perspective, 0:04:21.800 --> 0:04:23.920 I was like, well, this is absolute hilarious, and then 0:04:23.920 --> 0:04:26.039 I don't know if by the way, yes, I thought 0:04:26.040 --> 0:04:28.520 it was super funny. Yeah, because it actually sounded like 0:04:28.640 --> 0:04:31.880 something that I would do, because a friend I was 0:04:32.000 --> 0:04:35.040 constantly pranking people like that on computers at work when 0:04:35.040 --> 0:04:37.520 they left their computer open. I would do, you know, 0:04:37.560 --> 0:04:41.080 write funny messages to people. But U and I thought 0:04:41.120 --> 0:04:43.599 it was really funny. My husband actually is really funny 0:04:43.680 --> 0:04:45.800 and a great sense of humor. He thought it was 0:04:45.839 --> 0:04:50.240 funny too, and we laughed about it. But then how 0:04:50.360 --> 0:04:53.839 long later, Cole, I don't know, like you months later, 0:04:53.920 --> 0:04:55.800 months later, I kind of started you were I think 0:04:55.800 --> 0:05:00.240 you were publicizing train Wreck? Was it? Colbert? Oh? Yes, yes, okay, 0:05:00.360 --> 0:05:02.520 and I talked about it. We went to bed. We 0:05:02.560 --> 0:05:05.880 went to bed, uh, and suddenly our phones were flowing 0:05:05.960 --> 0:05:08.760 up in the morning saying, oh my god, Amy Schumer 0:05:08.880 --> 0:05:11.480 was talking about you guys last night, and I was like, 0:05:11.560 --> 0:05:13.840 oh god, oh god, So I thought it was I 0:05:13.880 --> 0:05:16.320 actually thought it was really funny. And I always was 0:05:16.440 --> 0:05:20.040 upset that you didn't include what John wrote back to me, 0:05:20.240 --> 0:05:23.240 Oh I didn't see. What he texted back was again, 0:05:23.640 --> 0:05:26.799 oh my gosh. If I had if I had gotten 0:05:26.800 --> 0:05:29.200 that text, I would have cried laughing, and I actually 0:05:29.240 --> 0:05:31.640 thought it was really funny. So you you've also used 0:05:31.640 --> 0:05:36.080 it on your HBO special Comedy Special. People really liked 0:05:36.120 --> 0:05:39.080 the idea of that prank, you know, they're like, oh 0:05:39.080 --> 0:05:42.320 my god, the sweetest Yeah. But but but what I 0:05:42.400 --> 0:05:44.440 what The only thing that hurt my feelings is you 0:05:44.520 --> 0:05:46.480 described when I came up to you with the Glamour 0:05:46.520 --> 0:05:48.719 Awards and you said that I said something that I 0:05:48.800 --> 0:05:52.839 never would have said, like I love funny, I love humor, 0:05:53.000 --> 0:05:54.960 I love humor. But I don't think I said that. 0:05:55.040 --> 0:05:56.559 I know, well, this is where we have to agree 0:05:56.600 --> 0:05:59.480 to disagree, but just the same, I feel, you know, 0:05:59.600 --> 0:06:01.560 that was like a couple of years ago, and I 0:06:01.600 --> 0:06:05.640 do feel like I take more responsibility for, you know, 0:06:05.720 --> 0:06:08.520 just being more careful with people's feelings and stuff. So okay, 0:06:08.560 --> 0:06:10.280 it just made me sound like such a tool. And 0:06:10.279 --> 0:06:13.839 I do know you're not. Thank you one of the 0:06:13.839 --> 0:06:16.039 greatest people of all times. You're so sweet to say that. 0:06:16.080 --> 0:06:18.240 But I was like, I would never say I love humor. 0:06:18.279 --> 0:06:19.800 I'm sure I do remember going up to you and 0:06:19.800 --> 0:06:21.600 saying Hi, Amy. I just wanted to want to tell 0:06:21.640 --> 0:06:24.159 you I'm a big fan of yours and then you 0:06:24.160 --> 0:06:28.440 said I love humor. I did not. I did, okay, 0:06:28.520 --> 0:06:30.440 But anyway, I still am trying to think of how 0:06:30.480 --> 0:06:33.920 to get you back. But I know you actually thought 0:06:33.920 --> 0:06:36.200 it was really funny. So we have so much to 0:06:36.240 --> 0:06:40.279 talk about in addition to your texting and pranking my husband, 0:06:40.520 --> 0:06:43.800 which is you've just finished doing Meteor Shower on Broadway, 0:06:43.839 --> 0:06:46.600 which I saw. I thought you were fantastic in it, 0:06:47.040 --> 0:06:50.800 and that was must have been an incredible experience for 0:06:50.839 --> 0:06:54.520 you because that was your first I mean Broadway Amy, 0:06:54.600 --> 0:06:56.840 I got to do a Broadway play I Want to 0:06:56.880 --> 0:07:00.840 play written by Steve Steve Martin. It's it's still like 0:07:01.040 --> 0:07:03.520 really amazing to me that that happened. So how did 0:07:03.600 --> 0:07:06.919 it all come about? Well, my relationship with Steve was 0:07:07.200 --> 0:07:10.160 I did a play of his called Picasso at the 0:07:10.200 --> 0:07:13.600 Lapana yiel In College and uh, you know, just this 0:07:13.640 --> 0:07:16.760 little student production and such a huge fan of his 0:07:17.120 --> 0:07:20.400 for you know, like everyone else. And then I hosted 0:07:20.440 --> 0:07:24.120 this music show, this music talk show like ten years ago, 0:07:24.240 --> 0:07:26.760 and he was on with his bluegrass band, and I 0:07:26.800 --> 0:07:28.480 had him signed my copy of the play, and I 0:07:28.560 --> 0:07:31.720 had him signed my copy of his autobiography Born Standing 0:07:31.800 --> 0:07:34.520 up and and I loved his music and everything and 0:07:34.520 --> 0:07:36.920 and he was really play and sweet, and I got 0:07:36.920 --> 0:07:38.320 to do like a little bit with him for a 0:07:38.360 --> 0:07:41.240 promo on the show, and I left and I cried 0:07:41.240 --> 0:07:42.640 because I just couldn't believe I got to do a 0:07:42.640 --> 0:07:45.360 bit with Steve Martin. And then I became friends with 0:07:45.480 --> 0:07:48.560 Edie Brikell, and I went to see their musical Bright Star, 0:07:48.840 --> 0:07:51.560 and and then just through friends, like we just kind 0:07:51.560 --> 0:07:53.440 of kept running into each other. And then Steve and 0:07:53.480 --> 0:07:56.920 I became friendly and you know, would hang out and 0:07:56.920 --> 0:07:59.520 he'd have some people over dinner or whatever. And then 0:07:59.560 --> 0:08:01.360 he had this play and he said, I want you 0:08:01.400 --> 0:08:02.960 to read this play and I'd like you to play 0:08:02.960 --> 0:08:07.000 the role of Quirky. And I was like already thinking 0:08:07.080 --> 0:08:09.360 of yes, I'm doing this, I don't care. And then 0:08:09.400 --> 0:08:10.640 I read it and I was like, this is so 0:08:10.680 --> 0:08:12.320 fun and it will be so great to do this 0:08:12.400 --> 0:08:16.080 role and it's Steve Martin, and so yeah, I said, 0:08:16.400 --> 0:08:18.400 what's the least amount of time I can do it? 0:08:18.520 --> 0:08:20.400 And I said if you like that kind of team 0:08:20.400 --> 0:08:23.320 play or energy then and they were like, yeah, you 0:08:23.360 --> 0:08:26.840 can do it for like twelve to fifteen weeks, and 0:08:26.840 --> 0:08:28.560 and we did it and what was it fun? What 0:08:28.640 --> 0:08:32.200 was it like? Because you know, watching you you play, 0:08:32.280 --> 0:08:34.200 I mean I love the character you play. I wonder 0:08:34.200 --> 0:08:35.839 which show you were at. Did I yell at the 0:08:35.880 --> 0:08:38.240 audience at any point? You didn't yell at the Okay, good, 0:08:38.960 --> 0:08:42.400 But you were sort of a an exaggerated version of 0:08:43.000 --> 0:08:46.000 some version of yourself in a way a different time. Yeah, 0:08:46.000 --> 0:08:48.880 both both sides and you it was really fun and funny. 0:08:48.920 --> 0:08:51.640 But watching you, I thought, boy, and I think this 0:08:51.720 --> 0:08:54.400 every time I go see a Broadway show. This must 0:08:54.400 --> 0:08:57.720 be so hard. It must be so hard to remember 0:08:57.760 --> 0:09:02.640 all this stuff. Oh that's not a problem. No, no, 0:09:02.880 --> 0:09:05.760 I am. My sister tested my Q once and I 0:09:05.840 --> 0:09:09.600 tested in some categories as is if I were a 0:09:09.640 --> 0:09:14.160 special needs person, and like in the low percentile for 0:09:14.240 --> 0:09:16.760 some things like word recognition just reading down a fast list. 0:09:16.800 --> 0:09:19.000 And then some things I tested as a genius, and 0:09:19.040 --> 0:09:24.120 one of those was dismemorization and um and short term memory. 0:09:24.280 --> 0:09:26.719 So you know, for stand up for anything. Memorization is 0:09:26.760 --> 0:09:29.560 not a problem for me. But reading like a billboard 0:09:29.640 --> 0:09:31.960 as I'm driving down the street, is I see something 0:09:32.000 --> 0:09:34.920 different than what it says? Really, when you do stand up, 0:09:34.920 --> 0:09:37.280 do you have any kind of prompter or any kind 0:09:37.280 --> 0:09:40.040 of que cards that help remind you. A set list 0:09:40.120 --> 0:09:44.400 with keywords. Yeah, so, where's is it? In ane? My 0:09:44.440 --> 0:09:47.679 set list for like a year, it'said Katie kirk as 0:09:47.720 --> 0:09:50.440 the closing bit, I mean people. Yeah, it was good 0:09:50.520 --> 0:09:52.440 enough that it was a closer. So do this wet 0:09:52.440 --> 0:09:56.840 your appetite to do more Broadway? Yeah? Not right away? 0:09:56.880 --> 0:10:01.480 Oh yes, I'm of the theater now. I yeah, I'll 0:10:01.480 --> 0:10:05.360 do more theater, but not for a couple of years. Yeah, 0:10:05.440 --> 0:10:08.160 I hope I do. So let's talk about some of 0:10:08.200 --> 0:10:10.280 the other things that you've been up to. First of all, 0:10:10.559 --> 0:10:13.600 your schedule is crazy, and I love how you are 0:10:13.640 --> 0:10:15.880 doing a little bit of everything. So you're doing some 0:10:15.920 --> 0:10:18.840 stand up stuff. You just you're doing another movie. I 0:10:18.880 --> 0:10:21.800 feel pretty right. Have you finished that movie? Yeah, we're 0:10:21.880 --> 0:10:25.480 editing it. You're editing it. You did uh the Great 0:10:25.480 --> 0:10:28.520 Movie with Goldie Hawn, which was really fine, and you 0:10:28.559 --> 0:10:34.360 did train Wreck with Judd Apatau or toe Apatap. I've 0:10:34.360 --> 0:10:37.600 been saying it wrong for your who seems like an 0:10:37.600 --> 0:10:41.280 incredibly nice guy. He's awesome. He's like the sweetest guy. 0:10:41.360 --> 0:10:44.280 Especially with everything going on culturally, you really appreciate the 0:10:44.320 --> 0:10:46.959 people who have never made you uncomfortable. He has a 0:10:47.000 --> 0:10:49.560 special on Netflix which is really good. Really yeah, I've 0:10:49.559 --> 0:10:53.160 been seeing some snippets of it on his Instagram. But inside, 0:10:53.160 --> 0:10:55.720 Amy Schumer, you're not doing right now, but you'd like 0:10:55.800 --> 0:11:00.199 to do more television in the future something. Yeah. It's 0:11:00.280 --> 0:11:04.480 like everything keeps evolving with the you know, the options 0:11:04.480 --> 0:11:09.240 for how people can view content. So I'm open to everything. Well, 0:11:09.360 --> 0:11:12.280 let's talk first about the movie that's coming out in June. 0:11:12.320 --> 0:11:15.280 Is that right? So it's like, tell me a little 0:11:15.320 --> 0:11:18.320 bit about that. Okay, Well, you know, I came at 0:11:18.320 --> 0:11:19.920 a time where I was going to maybe do this 0:11:19.960 --> 0:11:22.480 other really big movie, and because with Stand Up, I've 0:11:22.520 --> 0:11:24.280 made a lot of money and so it's like I 0:11:24.280 --> 0:11:27.280 can really do stuff I care about now. I was like, 0:11:27.360 --> 0:11:29.600 you know, you're always afraid as a comic. You're like, 0:11:29.880 --> 0:11:31.440 am I going to have Is this my last set? 0:11:31.520 --> 0:11:32.960 Is this the last joke I'll ever? Right? Am I 0:11:32.960 --> 0:11:34.760 gonna ever work again? So I was like really trying 0:11:34.760 --> 0:11:37.840 to sort of just make enough money so I could 0:11:37.840 --> 0:11:41.360 feel like I myself and my family and my friends 0:11:41.400 --> 0:11:43.920 were safe. You know, like if somebody got sick, I 0:11:43.920 --> 0:11:46.000 could take care of them. And then I was like, 0:11:46.280 --> 0:11:48.600 now I really want to I'd love to still make money, 0:11:48.640 --> 0:11:50.040 but I want to do stuff that I feel like 0:11:50.080 --> 0:11:53.680 it's really saying something. Um, which was sort of the 0:11:53.720 --> 0:11:55.760 only drawback with doing the play because it was so 0:11:55.800 --> 0:11:58.840 fun and exciting, but during this particular time you I 0:11:58.880 --> 0:12:01.360 really wanted to be giving all my energy to something 0:12:01.360 --> 0:12:03.720 that was like helping, you know. And even though people 0:12:03.760 --> 0:12:06.320 come and they laugh, it's like the crowds are all 0:12:06.640 --> 0:12:09.400 you know, Broadway goers. It's I don't think it's a secret, 0:12:09.440 --> 0:12:12.960 it's all white, you know pretty much, um, wealthy people. 0:12:13.040 --> 0:12:15.760 It's that those tickets are expensive. So I felt a 0:12:15.800 --> 0:12:19.920 little bad about out of the conversation. I was still 0:12:19.960 --> 0:12:23.280 you know, in meetings for Times Up and still active 0:12:23.520 --> 0:12:26.400 as an activist, but my main energy was going into 0:12:26.440 --> 0:12:28.760 that place. So I feel pretty came up and the 0:12:28.800 --> 0:12:32.959 message was just it was just exactly what I wanted 0:12:33.000 --> 0:12:36.760 to say to um. Two women, because I, you know, 0:12:36.800 --> 0:12:40.880 I I'm interested in helping everybody that I can, but 0:12:40.880 --> 0:12:44.040 but really I love women and want to focus on 0:12:44.080 --> 0:12:48.280 projects that empower them. And this this movie is, uh, 0:12:48.360 --> 0:12:51.880 it's all about that. It's really fun and funny and relatable. 0:12:51.920 --> 0:12:55.240 But but yeah, I think there's a really sweet message. 0:12:55.280 --> 0:12:56.839 We'll tell us. Can you tell me a little bit 0:12:56.840 --> 0:13:00.400 more about it? And who else is in it? Okay? Um, 0:13:00.440 --> 0:13:02.800 So Michelle Williams is so funny in this movie, and 0:13:03.080 --> 0:13:07.920 um Lauren Hutton plays the role Naomi Campbell. Um Rory Scovell, 0:13:07.960 --> 0:13:11.440 who's a comedian who I've been friends with for fifteen 0:13:11.520 --> 0:13:14.880 years and he's so great in this movie. And Adie Bryant, 0:13:15.280 --> 0:13:20.000 who I love her. We became really really close and 0:13:20.360 --> 0:13:24.160 um yeah, and Busy Phillips and it's it's a really solid, 0:13:24.440 --> 0:13:27.600 solid cast and we had such a good time. And 0:13:27.600 --> 0:13:31.200 and Emily Raditowski and that's almost a percent not how 0:13:31.200 --> 0:13:34.880 you say her name, but um, you know who I mean. Okay, 0:13:34.960 --> 0:13:38.840 So she's great, She's amazing and uh and it's about 0:13:39.640 --> 0:13:45.400 um my character, Renee. She doesn't have particularly good self 0:13:45.520 --> 0:13:50.160 esteem and just understands that that people judge you of 0:13:50.160 --> 0:13:52.480 how you look in this world right away, and we're 0:13:52.480 --> 0:13:54.760 trying to move further away from that, but that's the situation. 0:13:54.840 --> 0:13:58.760 And she just kind of longs to be um, to 0:13:58.760 --> 0:14:00.880 to have a better job, to go for these guys, 0:14:00.880 --> 0:14:04.680 but she just doesn't have the confidence and I you know, 0:14:04.720 --> 0:14:06.880 I hit my head, I fall off a bike and 0:14:07.240 --> 0:14:09.440 insul cycle and then all of a sudden, I see 0:14:09.480 --> 0:14:16.440 myself as an absolute supermodel and everything changes, but changes. Yeah, 0:14:16.520 --> 0:14:19.400 the way you relate to the world, Yes, I have. 0:14:19.520 --> 0:14:22.680 It's a whole new life, a whole new person. And 0:14:22.680 --> 0:14:25.960 and um, that's so interesting because really the way you 0:14:26.000 --> 0:14:29.800 feel about yourself, if you feel like you're not attractive 0:14:29.920 --> 0:14:32.800 or something that's going on with you, or you've gained 0:14:32.800 --> 0:14:37.280 weight or whatever, it is amazing for women how much 0:14:37.400 --> 0:14:42.280 that can completely distorts, right, Yeah, you want to hide. 0:14:42.360 --> 0:14:45.800 It doesn't let you to live to your your potential. 0:14:46.000 --> 0:14:48.560 And that's what we want from women the most right now. 0:14:48.680 --> 0:14:52.200 Just you have so much potential and you can do anything, 0:14:52.200 --> 0:14:54.680 and we need you to lead and and they, you know, 0:14:55.160 --> 0:14:58.840 feel held back. And I also have. I know we're 0:14:58.840 --> 0:15:02.320 gonna talk about activismly or but Lisa Evans, who's a 0:15:02.360 --> 0:15:06.560 costume designer and a stylist, we started a foundation called 0:15:06.560 --> 0:15:09.360 Style Fund, and it's helping women learn how to dress 0:15:09.960 --> 0:15:12.240 for their bodies and like just kind to give them 0:15:12.240 --> 0:15:15.200 a formula so if there is you know, we started 0:15:15.200 --> 0:15:17.680 out with like prisoners going back to work and and 0:15:17.720 --> 0:15:21.560 now or military veterans, but now it's it's really we're 0:15:21.560 --> 0:15:24.600 trying to get develop it for all women just because 0:15:24.680 --> 0:15:26.360 not everyone knows how to dress and they don't have 0:15:26.400 --> 0:15:28.560 access to, you know, help, like like you and I 0:15:28.640 --> 0:15:31.440 might and it just really holds you back. But if 0:15:31.440 --> 0:15:35.160 you feel good and confident, then you're able to achieve more. 0:15:35.240 --> 0:15:37.760 So I think it's it's kind of all in line 0:15:38.040 --> 0:15:41.760 with the same message. That's incredible. Have you are you 0:15:41.800 --> 0:15:43.720 working with some of the women you're healthy with this 0:15:44.440 --> 0:15:49.560 feah and what is that like to see the uh 0:15:49.920 --> 0:15:55.680 really change their whole outlook, say, their energy completely shifts. 0:15:55.840 --> 0:15:59.960 It's it feels so good and yeah, it's really emotion 0:16:00.040 --> 0:16:02.520 and all to see. You know, a mother of four 0:16:02.840 --> 0:16:06.120 is just trying to reenter the workforce. Who just how 0:16:06.160 --> 0:16:08.200 how do you? You can't do everything? How are you 0:16:08.200 --> 0:16:11.840 going to? Also? You know, with a lot, with a 0:16:11.840 --> 0:16:16.080 low income job and kids and your you need help. 0:16:16.400 --> 0:16:18.480 You know, most people need help, and so just having 0:16:18.480 --> 0:16:21.240 someone hands you the tools you understand. Okay, So if 0:16:21.280 --> 0:16:23.560 I wear this kind of scoop neck is good on me? 0:16:23.640 --> 0:16:24.880 And then if I just a cardian you know, and 0:16:24.920 --> 0:16:27.440 it can be from the Salvation Army, who we partnered 0:16:27.480 --> 0:16:29.760 with for these events. You know, it doesn't have to 0:16:29.800 --> 0:16:32.920 be some fancy designer and you can go into H 0:16:32.960 --> 0:16:34.800 and M and get like a ten dollar card again 0:16:34.840 --> 0:16:37.240 and make a pencil score. You know. We just help 0:16:37.280 --> 0:16:40.800 people dress for their for their comfort. What do they 0:16:40.840 --> 0:16:44.640 say when they cry and they they're so excited and 0:16:44.640 --> 0:16:46.680 they're proud to go home and show their kids and 0:16:47.240 --> 0:16:50.840 go out and the energy just completely changes. You see 0:16:50.840 --> 0:16:59.240 a transformation in these women. Time to take a quick break. 0:16:59.280 --> 0:17:08.359 We'll be back with Amy Schumer right after this. And 0:17:08.440 --> 0:17:10.800 now back to my conversation with the one and only 0:17:10.920 --> 0:17:18.359 Amy Schumer. I want to talk about your activism regarding 0:17:18.720 --> 0:17:22.040 sensible gun laws in a moment, and also of course 0:17:22.119 --> 0:17:25.919 what's been happening in Hollywood and beyond. But first I 0:17:26.000 --> 0:17:28.520 want to go back a little bit, Amy, and I 0:17:28.560 --> 0:17:30.919 know you get probably tired of talking about some of 0:17:30.920 --> 0:17:33.600 the same things. But I didn't know a lot about 0:17:33.600 --> 0:17:36.320 your life story. I didn't realize that you grew up 0:17:36.320 --> 0:17:40.080 here on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, and that 0:17:40.280 --> 0:17:43.000 I didn't know that your dad had been diagnosed with 0:17:43.160 --> 0:17:45.520 MS when you were very young, when you were what 0:17:45.720 --> 0:17:51.040 nine years old? Yeah, like nine or ten, and that 0:17:51.520 --> 0:17:56.200 you had gone from kind of a well raged yeah, yeah, 0:17:56.240 --> 0:17:58.400 and that that suddenly you kind of had to make 0:17:58.440 --> 0:18:02.520 this adjustment when your life changed. Your dad lost his business, 0:18:02.520 --> 0:18:06.399 he had to declare bankruptcy from a really sort of space, 0:18:09.560 --> 0:18:12.800 and then your folks got divorced. So I know that 0:18:12.880 --> 0:18:14.920 you still see your dad and he still he has 0:18:14.920 --> 0:18:18.000 a standing lesson right now, Yes he would. Yeah, he's 0:18:18.040 --> 0:18:20.320 getting stem cells, so he's like they put him in 0:18:20.320 --> 0:18:23.200 a contraption called the Standard and it's it helps him 0:18:23.240 --> 0:18:25.720 like remember how to stand because he's been in wheelchairs 0:18:25.720 --> 0:18:28.720 so long. Yeah. And and how do you think that 0:18:29.480 --> 0:18:32.360 impacted your outlook on life? And do you think that 0:18:32.520 --> 0:18:36.040 steered you toward comedy in a way. Yeah, you guys 0:18:36.040 --> 0:18:39.520 worried about holding for sound hold for sound before Amy 0:18:39.600 --> 0:18:46.320 talks about her wheelchair. Dad. Um, I think it. It 0:18:46.359 --> 0:18:49.080 made me, like, you know, these humor is like a 0:18:49.119 --> 0:18:53.359 defense mechanism and keep everybody laughing also and keep myself laughing. 0:18:53.440 --> 0:18:57.600 And also just the reality of your parents are human 0:18:57.600 --> 0:18:59.760 beings and they're not invincible, and they can get sick, 0:19:00.160 --> 0:19:03.159 they can have affairs and make mistakes. I learned that 0:19:03.200 --> 0:19:07.720 it too young of an age, and um, and I 0:19:07.760 --> 0:19:11.119 think just the things I observed. I I'm a comic. 0:19:11.200 --> 0:19:14.840 We are highly observational people, and I really took it 0:19:14.840 --> 0:19:17.200 all in and kind of understood the way the world 0:19:17.240 --> 0:19:21.240 worked with for women and sex and like how little 0:19:21.320 --> 0:19:24.399 sort of power we had. And I think that's like 0:19:24.520 --> 0:19:26.600 been the basis of a lot of my stand up 0:19:26.640 --> 0:19:30.040 up to this point. It was watching your mom and dad. Yeah, 0:19:30.080 --> 0:19:31.920 I think like watching my mom and her dating and 0:19:32.200 --> 0:19:35.119 seeing my dad and his he's you know, I have 0:19:35.160 --> 0:19:36.639 a joke now when I stand up that you just 0:19:36.760 --> 0:19:39.199 assume everyone in a wheelchairs nice, like we always like 0:19:39.240 --> 0:19:41.280 kind of smile and pay attention to someone wheelchair. But 0:19:41.280 --> 0:19:44.200 my dad is like a really like he's like a womanizer. 0:19:44.320 --> 0:19:46.600 You know, he's not the best part. I love him 0:19:46.600 --> 0:19:49.919 and he loves me, but you know, the way he 0:19:50.040 --> 0:19:53.080 was with women like really objectified them. And just like 0:19:53.119 --> 0:19:56.879 witnessing that at such a young age, I wasn't faithful 0:19:56.920 --> 0:20:00.199 to your mom. I assume no he I mean, who, No, 0:20:00.280 --> 0:20:02.520 I don't think he was. But that's like the least 0:20:02.560 --> 0:20:06.080 of it, really yeah. Oh yeah, yeah, Um, he maintains 0:20:06.080 --> 0:20:08.760 that he was, but I seriously doubt that. But they 0:20:08.800 --> 0:20:13.320 both made huge mistakes and weren't completely faithful, and it 0:20:13.359 --> 0:20:16.080 sounds like it was complicated. Oh I would say, I 0:20:16.119 --> 0:20:18.200 would say it's complicate, but you know, But but then 0:20:18.280 --> 0:20:21.480 also I feel bad saying that because there are people 0:20:21.520 --> 0:20:24.359 who have had it so much worse, you know, So 0:20:24.400 --> 0:20:26.760 I really don't feel like poor me. It's like, I'm 0:20:26.800 --> 0:20:28.639 grateful that I had two parents that loved me and 0:20:28.680 --> 0:20:30.960 we had a roof over our heads. And it was 0:20:31.000 --> 0:20:33.280 a really strange change to go for being rich to 0:20:33.320 --> 0:20:37.760 being pretty poor. But I wasn't getting hit, I wasn't 0:20:37.800 --> 0:20:41.200 getting raped. Like, it's just people have it so much harder. 0:20:41.280 --> 0:20:44.840 I feel like, you know, having said that, it wasn't ideal. No, 0:20:44.960 --> 0:20:47.760 it was not ideal. It was crazy. And you kind 0:20:47.760 --> 0:20:50.800 of used humor. I mean, were you always funny? Amy? 0:20:50.800 --> 0:20:53.199 When did you realize that, Hey, I'm funny? I was 0:20:53.240 --> 0:20:55.800 always funny. I really like a kid. Did you come 0:20:55.800 --> 0:20:58.640 out funny? Yes? I mean, you know, don't you feel 0:20:58.680 --> 0:21:01.480