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>> after you get what you want, you dont want it. thats a perfect number, because thats really her story, too. ♪ because after you get what you want ♪ ♪ you dont want what you ♪ >> she had the money and the lights and the costumes and the fans. ♪ i know you ♪ >> but there was something missing. >> she doesnt want to be stuck at fox making stereotype movies. >> i could have sworn youre a dramatic actress. >> thats impossible. >> what id like to do is to be a good actress. >>...

She knew exactly what she was doing. it was how she could push back against them. >> one day we waited for a very long time. and sir laurence made her apologize to the whole crew. for keeping them waiting so long. >> excuse me. >> but once she was in front of the camera, she was magic. >> hey, listen, i can do the short one. i need it for my heart, its kind of beating down here. >> so sorry. >> its all right, its not your fault. in fact, if id known this was all that was going to happen, i needn...

>> i need it for my heart. its kind of beating down here. >> im so sorry. >> its all right, its not your fault. if i had known this was all that was going to happen, i neednt have been nervous. >> when you watch the movie, i think shes much better than he is in it. he comes off stilted, and she is always luminous. >> hey, listen. theres something to this stuff. >> she upstages him into the heavens. its one of her loveliest, sweetest, most effective performances. and she steals it from him. >> i ...

In fact, if i had known all this was going to happen, i wouldnt even have been nervous. long life to your grand highness. >> cheerio. >> better luck next time. only not with me, of course. >> when you watch the movie, i think shes much better than he is in it. i think he comes off stilted, and she is always luminous. >> listen, are you sure there is no effect when you drink it that way? >> she up stages him into the heavens. its one of her lovliest, sweetest, most effective performances, and she...

Of his sort of high staging which clearly feeds his ego, it gives it some distance. where state of the union responses, in my opinion, fail is when they try to mimic that high ceremony, when they try to do a version of it and it comes off stilted. stacey abrams, i thought, made a very interesting choice to literally make her response feel like a response from the average person, from the people. she wrote the speech herself. it felt very personal, and it felt like kind of the response of your av...