MILES FROM WHERE WE WANT COLONEL

GRANT TO LAND.

IF WE ASSUME THAT'S THE BAHAMAS,

544 MILES AN HOUR, 46.56

DEGREES, 2,990 MILES -- OKAY.

SO THAT PUTS YOUR LANDING ZONE

AT 5.0667 DEGREES NORTH, 77.3333

DEGREES WEST.

WHICH IS HERE.

GIVE OR TAKE 20 SQUARE MILES.

>> Jimmy: THAT IS TARAJI P.

HENSON, "HIDDEN FIGURES."

OPENS EVERYWHERE ON FRIDAY.

WHEN YOU'RE DOING A CALCULATION

LIKE THAT, THAT WAS REALLY YOU

WRITING IT ALL ON THE BOARD,

THAT WASN'T CGI?

>> NO, THAT WASN'T A --

>> Jimmy: IS IT HARD?

HOW DO YOU REMEMBER THAT STUFF?

>> I HAD TO HAVE A CHALKBOARD

PUT IN MY APARTMENT WHERE I WAS

STAYING.

IT'S LIKE CHOREOGRAPHY.

TALK WHILE I'M WRITING, I DON'T

KNOW WHAT I'M WRITING, I REALLY

DON'T.

I'M NOT WIRED MATHEMATICALLY, IT

WAS HORRIBLE.

THAT'S WHEN I KNEW I WAS AN

ARTIST.

BUT IT'S OKAY.

MATH IS NOT FOR EVERYONE, IT'S

OKAY.

>> Jimmy: EVEN IF YOU WERE VERY

GOOD AT MATH THAT SEEMS LIKE IT

WOULD BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO

REMEMBER.

>> YEAH, WELL -- YOU KNOW,

MEMORIZATION.

YOU CRAM, CRAM, CRAM.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE CHOREOGRAPHY

BECAUSE I HAD TO DO THE MATH, I

HAD TO SAY THE LINES SO THAT IT

LOOKED NATURAL.

IT HAD TO LOOK LIKE I KNEW WHAT

I WAS TALKING ABOUT.

I'M AN ACTRESS.

>> Jimmy: OH, THAT'S THE SECRET.

[ APPLAUSE ]

>> WE HAD A MATHEMATICIAN WHO

MADE SURE THE NUMBERS WE WERE

PUTTING ON THE BOARD WERE

CORRECT.

YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT

THERE LIKE, OH, THAT WAS WRONG!

>> Jimmy: RIGHT, YOU CAN'T HAVE

ANYTHING WRONG.

>> YOU CAN'T HAVE ANYTHING

WRONG.

>> Jimmy: BECAUSE THERE ARE TEN

NERDS WHO WILL BE ANGRY.

>> THE NERD ATTACK.

>> Jimmy: YOU HAD A SCREENING --

THE FIRST LADY HAD A SCREENING

OF THE FILM AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

>> YES.

>> Jimmy: THAT HAD TO BE GREAT.

THEY HAVE A MOVIE THEATER AT THE

WHITE HOUSE?

>> THEY HAVE EVERYTHING.

>> Jimmy: THEY HAVE EVERYTHING,

YEAH.

HOW MANY SEATS ARE IN THE MOVIE

THEATER?

>> IT LOOKED LIKE A SMALL ONE

LIKE THIS.

IT WASN'T THIS FAR, LIKE THE

SCREEN WAS MAYBE HERE.

>> Jimmy: THEN DO YOU SIT THERE

AND WATCH YOURSELF WHILE THE

FIRST LADY IS WATCHING YOU?

>> ACTUALLY, I DID NOT.

I CAME AFTER.

BECAUSE WE HAD OTHER PRESS TO DO

THAT DAY.

>> Jimmy: IT WOULD BE WEIRD TO

BE LOOKING OVER AT HER, RIGHT?

>> IT WOULD PROBABLY BE WEIRD

FOR HER.

I'D BE LIKE --

[ LAUGHTER ]

WATCHING HER EVERY MOVE.

>> Jimmy: I THINK IT WOULD BE

WEIRD FOR HER.

>> IT WOULD BE WEIRD FOR HER,

YEAH.

>> Jimmy: WAS THE PRESIDENT

THERE AS WELL?

>> WE DIDN'T KNOW.

YOU GO TO THE WHITE HOUSE, THEY

SAY YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE

FIRST LADY.

ARE WE GOING TO SEE THE

PRESIDENT?

THEY'RE LIKE, WE DON'T KNOW.

THEN AT THE LAST MINUTE SHE

WALKED IN WITH HIM HOLDING

HANDS.

WE JUST WENT CRAZY.

>> Jimmy: YOU DID, YEAH.

>> YEAH.

THERE'S A PICTURE OF OCTAVIA

SPENCER ON THE INTERNET,

CIRCULATING INTERNET.

A TOTAL UGLY FACE.

THEY ALMOST CAUGHT MY UGLY FACE

BUT I PULLED IT TOGETHER REAL

QUICK.

I WAS LIKE. AAHHH!

[ APPLAUSE ]

>> Jimmy: DOES THAT HAPPEN TO

YOU MUCH?

YOU MEET SOMEBODY, YOU GET

STARSTRUCK?

>> IT HAPPENED TWICE IN MY

LIFETIME.

PRINCE AND CAROL BURNETT.

>> Jimmy: REALLY, WOW.

WOW, CAROL.

>> CAROL BURNETT.

>> Jimmy: WHAT HAPPENED?

>> I STARTED SHAKING.

SHE WAS LIKE A COMEDY ICON FOR

ME.

I GREW UP IN THE HOOD, I NEEDED

THINGS TO ESCAPE.

"THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW," I

LOVED HER LAUGH.

AS A KID I JUST -- I GOT THE

HUMOR.

>> Jimmy: SAME THING IN OUR

HOUSE, WE LOVED THAT SHOW.

CAROL BURNETT WAS HERE, I KEPT

LOOKING AT HER GOING, OH MY GOD,

CAROL BURNETT IS HERE, IT'S

REALLY CRAZY.

WHAT ABOUT PRINCE?

EVERYBODY WHO HAS MET PRINCE HAS

A STRANGE STORY.

DID YOU HAVE A WEIRD ENCOUNTER

WITH PRINCE?

>> YEAH.

IT WAS WEIRD FOR HIM.

[ LAUGHTER ]

>> Jimmy: IT WAS.

>> YEAH.

I HELD ON TO HIS HAND TOO LONG.

>> Jimmy: OH, YOU DID.

>> YEAH.

I SHOOK HIS HAND AND I WAS JUST

LIKE --

[ LAUGHTER ]

HE LOOKED AND HE REALIZED AND HE

PASSED IT OFF TO THE NEXT

PERSON.

THAT WENT REALLY BAD.

>> Jimmy: HE PASSED YOUR HAND?

>> HE PASSED MY HAND OFF LIKE IT

WAS THIS PIECE OF PAPER.

>> Jimmy: HE DID NOT.

>> MY ARM FLOPPED AFTER THAT.

IT WAS LIKE, THAT WAS AWKWARD.

>> Jimmy: WOW.

WHEN DOES "EMPIRE" COME BACK ON?

>> OH, WHEN DOES "EMPIRE" COME

BACK ON?

>> Jimmy: GUILLERMO?

>> Guillermo: SUMMER.

>> Jimmy: SUMMER.

HE JUST MAKES THINGS UP.

>> THAT'S NOT TRUE.

>> Jimmy: IT COMES BACK IN

MARCH.

THERE'S NOW A FIGHT HAPPENING IN

THE AUDIENCE.

COMES BACK IN MARCH.

WHEN YOU WERE OFF, WHEN YOU'RE

NOT WORKING, DO YOU AND TERRANCE

HOWARD SPEND TIME TOGETHER?

>> YEAH, THE WHOLE CREW.

>> Jimmy: WAS HE ON THE ISLAND?

>> NO, HE DID NOT.

I DIDN'T WANT TO SEE ANYONE I

WORKED WITH.

>> Jimmy: THE LAST TIME HE WAS

HERE, HE TOLD ME A STORY ABOUT

NUMEROLOGY AND HOW IMPORTANT THE

NUMBER 9 WAS.

>> YES.

I KNOW.

AND 1 MINUS 1 EQUALS 2 -- DOES

IT?

>> Jimmy: NO, IT DOESN'T.

>> HE'S TOLD ME THAT SO MUCH I'M

STARTING TO BELIEVE IT.

>> Jimmy: BUT YOU WRITE IT ON

THE BOARD.

>> I DO NOT.

I'M THE GIRL WHO SHIES AWAY FROM

NUMBERS.

WHENEVER HE STARTS THAT, TARAJI,

DID YOU KNOW THAT -- AND I WALK

AWAY.

>> Jimmy: YOU DON'T INDULGE

THAT.

>> I DO NOT INDULGE.

IT'S ALL HERE.

>> Jimmy: VERY GOOD TO SEE YOU,

CONGRATULATIONS ON THE FILM.