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April 8, 2019. From Comedy Central's World News Headquarters in New York. This is the Daily Show with I'm Joe Noa. Thank you so today for tuning in. And thank you all for coming out. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you over there. Welcome to the show, everybody.

Let's get into it. Let's do it. Let's do it. Our guest tonight. Thank you. Thank you over there. Welcome to the show, everybody. Let's get into it. Let's do it, let's do it. Our guest tonight is an actor. He's in the new PBS miniseries of Les Miserable. Here, because I'm the only late night host who can correctly pronounce his name on the first try.

David Oylolo is joining us everybody. Also on tonight's show, President Trump fires his Secretary of Homeland Security, Vladimir Putin might be screwing with your GPS, and the U.S. economy is totally in good hands. So let's catch up on today's headlines. First up, let's talk about Joe Biden. First up, let's talk about Joe Biden. Former Vice President and Register registered hug offender. Last week, as more women complained about his weave diving habits,

Biden released a video, assuring everyone that he understands the problem, but after this weekend, it's not clear that he does. Former vice president Joe Biden in damage control after numerous women accused him of unwelcome physical contact, though not sexual. During a speech on Friday, Biden raised eyebrows by adlibbing a joke about the controversy. I just want you to know, I had permission to hug Lonnie. And again, seeming to make light of it after inviting children to the stage. By the way, he gave me permission to touch it. Later, trying to make light of it after inviting children to the stage. By the way, he gave me permission to touch him. Later, trying to explain.

It wasn't my intent to make light of anyone's discomfort. I realize my responsibility is to not invade the space of anyone who is uncomfortable in that regard. Oh wow, man. He didn't even make it to the car before he had to explain himself again. He's like, I know what you're going to say, and I'm sorry. I'll be honest, I've never seen anything like this in politics. I've seen people apologize and stop doing the thing. I've seen Trump who never apologizes,

but Biden is the only politician who says he'll stop doing something while doing it. Like if Joe Biden was robbing a bank, he'd be like, thiii. thin be doing this. And I understand why people take a fence. Hand me another bag. I've learned so much. And I will be doing better in the future. Honestly, I think Joe Biden just doesn't get it, which is great news for him,

because guys who just don't get it is one of the most powerful voting blocks in America. Moving on to international news, Putin's international to international to international to international to international to international to to international to to to to the their new their new. National News. Vladimir Putin, president of Russia and hairless grizzly bear. According to a new report, Putin's security team is apparently using a device that scrambles GPS signals wherever he goes. This is a completely true story. And researchers have figured this out because they noticed, for example, when Putin was driving near the ocean, all the ships nearby, their GPS systems suddenly told them that they were on land 40 miles away.

That's what happened. It just scrambles GPS. Yeah. Also in the cars nearby, Ways suddenly started speaking in a Russian accent. It was just like, at next intersection, drive off cliff into leg. Person was like, okay, ah! Recalculating. And you know, also, you would think scrambling the GPS around Putin would throw people off, but once you know he's doing it, all you have to do is look for the place where a GPS doesn't work, and that's where he is, right?

It's as simple as that. It's just like whenever my Fitbit doesn't work, you know that I'm in a cheesecake factory because I turned it off. Judgmental bitch. And finally, some news from South Africa about a guy who did the Circle of Life challenge. And a disturbing story out of South Africa, a suspected poacher gets the ultimate payback by the wild. Park authorities from Kruger National Park, say a skull and this pair of pants was all that was left behind of a suspected poacher who was killed by an elephant and then eaten by lions. Wow

Killed by an elephant and then eaten by lions. This story has all the jungle A-list is it's a South African Tarantino film that's what this is and I know I know a lot of people are celebrating the story because it feels like karma or whatever, but I'll be honest I feel sad for the elephants, because lions kill every day, but an elephant never forgets. Yeah, it's going to wake up in the middle of the night like, I can still see his face, Margaret. Ah, ha ha!

Prrh! Oh, here's a weird detail. My favorite detail in the story is after the elephant killed the poacher and the lions ate him, all they found was a skull and pants, which means somewhere out there is a lion with a new shirt. All right, let's move on to today's top story. When Donald Trump came onto the political scene, there were a few things we knew about the man. He was rich, he loved women, and his favorite catchphrase was this. You're fired. You're fired.

You're fired. Get out. Yeah, that's him talking to wife number two. And since Trump took office, a record number of people have left the White House, which even for Trump is pretty impressive. It's almost like he's leading the resistance by himself. Everyone out there is like, we've got to get these people out of office. And Trump is like, way ahead of you folks. And today, President Trump continued his streak by firing the head of to to to toe. toe. thiiiiiii. thi. thi. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, tha, tha, tha, tha, thea, thea, thea, thea, thea, thea, thea, thea, theu, thea, th. And, thea, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, th. And, thi, thi, the the the the the the the the, the, the the the the the the try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, thea, thea, the the the the the today, President Trump continued his streak by firing the head of the Secret Service. Yeah. Plus, get this, to add actual insult to injury, it also came out that Trump has

secretly been calling this guy Dumbo because of his giant ears. Yeah. Which you've got to admit is super gangster, right? I mean, for two reasons, one, this is the person protecting your life. And secondly, normally the Secret Service has code names for the president, but this is president who has code names for a secret service. He's standing there like, Oakley is talking to Dumbo and now here comes broken condom. I like how that was a wave. That was nice. Yeah. You guys got it first and then you took it all the way to the back. I like that. But that wasn't even the most prominent firing of the past 24 hours.

Because the news rocking the headlines has been this. Overnight, Homeland Security Secretary Kirsten Nielsen forced out of the administration. Tensions between Nielsen and President Trump have been simmering for months, but reached a boiling point after the president's furious response to the recent surge in migrant crossings at the southern border. Just hours after a face-to-face meeting with the president on Sunday, Nielsen submitted her resignation. Oh, well, look at that. Kirsten Nilsson, the woman responsible for Trump's border enforcement has been deported

out of the White House. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh! And you know what makes it worse? Not just that she lost her job, it's that Nielsen is leaving this White House with her reputation and tatters. Remember, she was the face of the Trump administration's family separation policy, where kids were split from their parents and kept in cages. So basically, the only job she can get now is working for Arkelli. But the crazy thing, the crazy thing,

I don't even know who you're booing Arkelly or her, I don't know what that means. But the crazy thing is that even though people on the left consider her cruel and inhumane, President Trump thought she was too soft. A person close to Nielsen says she's been on thin ice with the administration, often clashing with President Trump, who was accused her of not doing enough to stem the tide of undocumented immigrants. She was always in a tough position seen as too tough on immigration on Capitol Hill,

not tough enough here at the White House. Not tough enough? This White House is Not tough enough? Oh, this White House is weird. Man, how are you going to get rid of the kids in cages woman for being too nice? That's like firing a cat for not displaying its anus enough. And she's like, I'm sorry, cat, we just needed more butt. We needed much more butt than that.

Hey, here's the thing, it was no secret to Secretary Nielsen that Trump wanted her to be tougher on migrants, right? He made that very clear to her and everyone else within shouting distance. For months, President Trump has been openly berating Secretary Nielsen at cabinet meetings, pushing her to take more and more drastic measures to stop the flow of migrants at the southern border. According to the New York Times, the president called Ms. Nielsen at home early in the mornings to demand that she take action to stop migrants from entering the country, including doing things that were clearly illegal, such as blocking all migrants from seeking asylum. Wow. Trump would call her early in the morning just to yell

about the border. You know how horrible that must have been? Think about it. We're all traumatized by Trump th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th thu- thu- thu- thu- thu- thu- thu- thu- thu- thu- thu- thr- thr- thr-in-in-n-n-n-n-a' th-a' th-a' th. the-a-a-a' the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. th. th. thi. thi. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. today-n. today-n. today-n. today-n. today-I. thae. te. to yell about the border. You know how horrible that must have been? Think about it. We're all traumatized by Trump's tweets at 5 a.m. Now imagine if the tweets came into your bedroom every morning and were like, hey, caravans of rapists, weak Democrats, love crime, and by the way, Kofifi. But that's right. But that's right. Trump wanted Nielsen to block all migrants from claiming asylum, which by the way is against US law. And even though people have said the United States needs to provide refuge to people who are

fleeing poverty and crime, Trump has made it clear that he doesn't believe their stories at all. The asylum program is a scam. Some of the roughest people you've ever seen. People that look like they should be fighting for the UFC. Give him asylum, he's afraid. He's afraid. We don't love the fact that he's got tattoos on his face.

That's not a good sign. Okay, look, I'll be honest. I get where Trump is coming from. If I see someone with tattoos on their face, I get uncomfortable, because I know they're gonna try and sell me their mixtape. Yeah, they'll say it's free, but then they look at me funny when I start walking away and then I'm like should I have taken this? I've made a horrible mistake. Anyway look the point is Trump is clearly ignoring all the women and children who are claiming asylum. He's obsessed

with the pictures of the guys who look to him like UFC fighters which also might explain why he wants everyone in cages. He thinks it's their natural habitat. And this shouldn't be surprising to us, because here's the thing about Donald Trump that you have to understand. To him, it's all about how people look. If you look like a big tough guy, you can't be an asylum seeker in his mind. He wants people who look how he expects them to look, which is why he gets so excited when he meets someone in the real world who looks like a character from the movies. These are central casting. If I'm doing a movie, I pick you, General Mattis. NRC, Chair, Tom, Emmer, this guy's like central casting.

You couldn't pick a better guy in Hollywood. There's no actor. You talk central casting, these guys, you couldn't, I mean, it's incredible. They had a master sergeant, I could take him right now, bring him to Hollywood, make a military movie and he's the star of the movie. That happened once before, you know. Central casting, you can't cast it. What do you have?

You don't have anybody in Hollywood that looks like these guys. He's got 10 people standing. Everyone is central casting. Class is pad. Boom. I was the perfect person. I was like central casting. Really? You were central casting?

As president, I mean, as presidents are in a Shark-NATO movie, maybe, yes. I mean, we've got to stop these sharks, folks. I get that. But you see, it's really simple. And if anything, this is a great lesson for the migrants. Because it's not your story or your life that President Trump cares about. It's just how you look. Here's my advice.

When you show up to the border, you just need to look like the people Trump wants to see in America. So guys, grab an oversized suit, get a tie, and while you add it, throw a tumbleu. . throw a tumbleweed up there as a wig. Yeah. Once Trump sees a million hymns trying to get into America, forget a wall, he's going to build a ramp straight into the US. It's me! Let me in! We'll be right back. This election cycle has already been quite a ride. Scared, nauseous, wishing this thing had seatbelts, Pod Save America is here to help.

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But most people pay as much attention to it as they do to their belly button hygiene. And if you just laughed at that, you've got to wash your belly button. Yeah. Have you taken a look at it? What's inside those crevasses? You don't know. Anyway, President Trump nominated his friend, Herman Kane for a seat seat on the Federal Reserve, and already people are not happy. Is President Trump trying to stack the Federal Reserve Board with loyalists and critics of the current Fed leadership? In the past, friendship with a sitting president has not been what lands you a job running the world's most powerful central bank?

This sort of unorthodox pick, more political than academic. He's a proponent of the gold standard, which is, which, which, which, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, toe, toe, toe, tooiioli, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, and, thi, the thi, and, and, and, and, is, and, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, and, is, is, is, more political than academic. He's a proponent of the gold standard, which is one of the most archaic ideas when it comes to monetary policy one could possibly think of. He does not understand pretty basic economic policy issues. Yes, it seems like once again, Trump has nominated someone who seems wholly unqualified for the job. The question is, how does he keep on this? I feel like he goes on Angie's list and then clicks the sort button so that all the one-star reviews come up first. I start from the bottom.

Although I do understand why Trump would like someone who supports the gold standard, because I mean gold standard is also Trump's interior decorating philosophy. But still, still guys, this is exciting news. Trump has hired a black person into a high-profile position. And sure, maybe he gave Herman Kane the job because he thought it was Bing Carson, but that's not the point, all right? The point is, there's a new face joining the world of Trump. So let's get to know the guy who's going to be controlling all of our money in another installment of profiles and tremendousness. I have the most dedicated people. I have the most the most the most the most the most the most thake. Meet thake. Meet th. Meet thia. th. thii. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thiolomea. I have thi. thi. thi. I'm thi. I'm thi. I'm thi. I'm thi. I'm thi. I. I'm thi. I. I. I. I. I'm thi. I. I. I. I'm thi. I'm thi. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. teee. t. tea. tea. tea.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a. t.a. t.a.a.a have the best people. Meet Herman Kane,

businessman and Tyler Perry movie villain. He built his reputation as an executive at Burger King, Pillsbury, and he was even the CEO of Godfather's Pizza, which is a weird name if you ask me because you're selling an Italian food using their worst possible stereotype. Yeah, it'd be like opening a soul food restaurant called Always Late. But what made Kane really famous was his 2012 presidential campaign, right? When he came up with a tax plan that didn't

make sense but sounded really cool. Herman Kane's campaign is on fire thanks in large part to his 999 economic plan, but a long list of economists say Kane's plan would hit the lower middle class hard. Criticized for simplicity and hailed as a campaign marketing coup. This 999 plan, it didn't come off a pizza box. 9% corporate business flat tax, 9% personal income flat tax, and a nine percent national sales tax. I have a free gift for everybody. It's called nine, nine, nine, nine. Nine, nine. It doesn't sound like a tax plan. It sounds like he's

selling discount water beds. That's what it sounds like. And I won't, I won't deny it. It is catchy, but you can't create a tax plan off of a catchphrase, right? It doesn't inspire much confidence. It's the same way I wouldn't trust a doctor who spoke in slogans. Doctor, how will you treat this tumor? We're gonna cut it, gut it, and toss it in a bucket. Like, uh, I'm gonna get another opinion. Ha! Ha! Hulmk-in'a! own doctor, yeah! But Herman Kane wasn't just known for 999, right? He's also

known for all the other wacky shit that he said while he was running for the highest office in the land. Ah, shuckin' duckin'! My kind of crowd. He wrote in his memoir that if he were president, his code name given by the Secret Service should be cornbread. We've got plenty of experts. And a leader knows how to use those experts. We need a leader, not a reader. I'm ready for the gotcha questions. And they are already starting to come.

And when they ask me, who's the president of you, Becky, Becky, Becky, Becky, Becky, Becky, Stan. I'm going to say, you know, I don't know. Wait what? What? How is foreign policy a gotcha question? People would like to know if you're familiar with the other people you will be working with. He's making it sound like the job interview is a trap. Are you familiar with Word and Excel? Why don't you hire me? Then we'll see. Honestly, I can see why Herman Kane lost though, because he admitted that he didn't know who the leader of Uzbekistan was.

Like Trump would have just created his own reality. Trump would be like, of course I know the president of Uzbekistan. But I can't tell you for strategic reasons, folks. But he's a very good friend of mine. Him and his first lady, Uzbekie with the good hair. Great hair, best hair. Best hair. Oh, and in case you thought that Herman Kane was joking, no, he really didn't know foreign policy. Here's how he answered another question about whether he supported Obama's actions

in Libya. Okay, Libya. President Obama supported the uprising, correct? President Obama called for the removal of Qaddafi. Just want to make sure we're talking about the same thing before I say, yes, I agree to agree. I'm not to agree with the same thing. Before I say, yes, I agreed I, I know I didn't agree. I do not agree with the way he handled it for the following reason.

No, that's a different one. I gotta go back, see. See, got all the stuff twirling around in my head. Specifically, what are you asking me, did I agree with that? I don't know what was happening there? But it seemed like the human version of when you need to take out the Nintendo cartridge and blow on it. You know, that guy's so bad at hiding his thought process. I bet when he was a kid he would get busted all the time. His mom would be like, Herman, did you spill juice on the couch? He was probably like, okay, there's juice on the couch and you want to know why. Where I was out playing ball. No, no, that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the thi. thi. their their their their their their their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. the their. the the the the their. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the thi. thi. thi. too. too. too. too. too. too. too. too. too. too. tt too. th t t th th th th t the couch and you want to know why. Where I was out playing ball. No, no, that's a different one.

No, maybe it spilled itself. No, let me think. I got to go back. Mom, I got a lot swilling in my head right now, Ma'am. So in many ways, you can see why Trump liked Herman Kane. He started out as a flashy businessman and built a presidential campaign on catchphrases and not much information. But their real connection goes even deeper than that.

Once that rising candidate in the polls now, the embattled former pizza executive Herman Kane has suspended his campaign for president, this all happened yesterday. He says he's out. The announcement comes on the heels of sexual harassment allegations. Yep. Just like Trump. Herman Kane was accused of sexual harassment. But unlike Trump, it took him down. I bet Trump looks at Cain and thinks, wow, that could have been me. So that's Herman Kane. And if his nomination goes through, the economy will be in the hands of a president who has bankrupted casinos and a pizza guy who wants to bring back the gold standard. But don't worry, folks. Everything is going to be fine, fine, fine. We'll be right back. We'll be right back. Welcome back to the Daily Show.

My guest tonight is a Golden Globe-nominated actor who executive producers and stars as Javert in the upcoming PBS masterpiece miniserable. Please welcome David Oyarabd. Please welcome David Oylo. All. Please welcome, David Oyloor. Thank you. Thank you. Welcome to the show. Wow. Thank you. Welcome to the show.

Wow. It's very nice. You're very nice for being here. I'm a huge fan of you in every single role. You have the ability to transform yourself in every single world. You, you have the ability to you kidding me? You're very nice. You're very nice for being here. I'm a huge fan of you in every single role. You have the ability to transform yourself in every single role

that you're truly an actor. Thank you. Some people act but you are an actor. I really appreciate that. No, you genuinely are. Like you're a Shakespeareaned actor. In fact, there is something I want to admit, seeing Herman Kane earlier and where he had that meltdown. Yes. So if you're doing a Shakespeare play and you blank, which I have done, just say,

for sooth, my liege. And people think that's what the thing is. Yon Bear. I've done that. And people think that's what the thing is? Yeah. Just say forsooth. Forsooth? I feel like if Herman Kane said that in the middle of a thing. Who's the leader of Uzbek? Who's Be? Forsooth my leash. You're right. He would be sectioned. No, he'd be president. He would be president. So, uh, welcome to the show. Thank you. Congratulations on all of your success. Let me start off by saying, I'll be honest with you. I'm not a big fan of musicals. Right. Right. And so when they say, here's my thing. It's just for me, I like it when they, I like it when musicals when they sing and they talk and talk and they sing. the the th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. Congratulations. th. Congratulations. th. Congratulations. th. Congratulations. Congratulations. the th. Congratulations th. Congratulations. Congratulations. Congratulations. Congratulations. Congratulations. Congratulations. Congratulations. th. Congratulations. Congratulations. th. Congratulations. th. th. Congratulations. th. Congratulations. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the their. Let their. Let their. Let. Let. Let. Let. Let. Let. Let. Let. Let. Let. Let. Let. Let. Let. Congratulations. Let. Let. Let. Congratulations. Let. Let. Let. Let. Congratulations. Let. Let me. th. Congratulations. th. Congratulations. th. th. Congratulations. th. th. Congratulations. th. Congratulations. Congratulations. I. Congratulations. I. th. Congratulations. th. Congratulations. th. Congratulations. with you or two I don't I can't do that but kind of nice though when you do it but no flattery no but this is completely different

a lot of people will say oh the miserable I don't like is that it's the musicals this is different this is different this is the this is the story split into six hours and it is one of the most gripping things I have ever watched. Well. thank you. Yes, it is an adaptation by Andrew Davies from Victor Hugo's original novel. A 1,500 page novel. A lot of people don't realize that's what the musical is based on. Right. And he did an adaptation, so it's six hours from that. What you get, though, from this story that's different from the musical is you get to focus on moments in the story. For instance, many people who've watched the musical will know that the Anne Hathaway scene where you know she's talking about selling her teeth and you're like, oh that's like a cute fun thing I'm selling my teeth, I'm poor, I'm

selling my teeth. And then you watch this and you're like they're ripping her teeth out. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. their. Yes. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their their their their their. their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their. their their their their their their their their their. The their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their theeea. tea. tea. tea. tea. their their their their their their their their their their their theiritty nuances of the story? Well, if you're going to do another rendition of Les Miserables so soon after the musical film, you better be bringing something different, something new, something revelatory. And so what we wanted to do was to really dig into the context, the dimension, the complexity, the backdrop. The backdrop is post the French Revolution. For my character, for instance, in Javert, you th, you you th, you you th, you th, you th, you th, you to to to the the to, you, to, to, to, to, to, to, the to, to, to, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I'm, and, to, and I'm, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, to, to, to, to, to to, to, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e get to know in the musical that he was born in prison to criminal parents, hates that side of him, transposes that on to Jean Valjean, which is why he's so obsessed with him.

You don't get to see the fact that Fontaine fell in love with this aristocrat and had a baby by him and he abandoned her, and so she fell through the cracks of society and that's why she goes on to sell her teeth and her hair and all that kind of stuff so this is an opportunity to really see the context behind those characters you love. When you watch this series one thing that struck me is whenever I watched pieces of Le Mizarre I was always like, nah this is happening whenever thrown. Right. I know this sounds strange, but watching this series felt eerily like things that are happening today. Absolutely. Absolutely. And that was another focus of ours. You know, Jean Valjean, for instance, as played by Dominic West. He's in prison for

19 years for stealing a loaf of bread. Well, you only have to look at the prison industrial complex here in America right now. People who are people of color, people from deprived economic backgrounds, being given disproportionate sentences for crimes that don't warrant that level of sentence. It's because of indentured servitude, it's an extension of slavery. This is what was also happening in the early 1800s in France. You know, the gap between the halves and have not-nots widening so much as we are seeing now, especially in the West, that is exactly what was going on back there. So that's the only reason to do a show like this now is if it speaks to now.

It genuinely feels like it speaks to now. You're amazing in it. I genuinely recommend everybody goes and watches it, but you're not just doing that. You are one of the hardest people, hardest working people I know right now in Hollywood because you were in Australia like now. And then you were in London. When were you in Australia? When were last week? And then you're going to London?

Then I was in London two days ago. And now you're here. Why? What are you doing? My wife asked the same question. I was doing Peter Rabbit 2, which we shot in Sydney, Australia and in London, much to the joy of my seven-year-old daughter who loved the original film as well. And then I'm here with you, of course. And then in about two days I'm off to Oregon where I'm going to be directing a film so yeah just keeping busy. This is exciting, this is really exciting because... I mean we know and love you as an actor I mean you're phenomenal on screen but now

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sounding conceited. Yeah. We played, we played mother and son in the film The Butler. We became very good friends after that. We became even greater friends after she helped bring about Selma, which I was also a part of. And she's just a huge advocate, supporter and mother-like figure to me. So she, yeah, she's supporting me in this endeavor.

You're going from in front of the camera to behind the camera, and then now you're going to be trying to control what the camera actually records. Because you also have a production company that you've started. Why have you started that in particular? Everyone has a different reason for starting a production company. But why did you do it? Well, I grew up loving film and television, and I rarely got to see myself reflected in what I loved, admired, and was obsessed with watching.

And, you know, as I gained in notoriety, I feel like if I'm not part of the solution, I'm part of the problem. I've been given a platform, and so therefore I want a different world for my children. I want them to see themselves represented on film because it's such a powerful cultural tool for empathy. I think the more we understand different cultures, different backgrounds, different peoples, the more we are less likely to operate in ignorance which is where I think prejudice comes from. You are... So, you work in London, you work in Australia, but you live in the US and your father lives with you in Los Angeles or does he come and visit you quite a lot?

No, no, no, he lives with us. He lives with us. Right. And, yeah. Yeah. What, The reason I'm pausing is my dad, when we lived in the UK, we lived in houses or apartments that we didn't have a yard. Now, LA, as most people know, has a lot of space. And my dad has become obsessed with leaf blowing. You being serious?

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