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>> larry: are you the glue of the family? >> i don't think i'm a glue. i think there's a lot of glue in my family. we all keep each other together. >> larry: do you ever go back to newark? >> yeah. that's where my family's at, so i have to go back. i have to see my family, my friends. >> larry: now they're going to have the mets. they have a new soccer stadium. >> the soccer stadium looks amazing, too. >> larry: betty white was in the movie "bringing down the house." one of the funniest movies ever made. ever made, "bringing down the house." did you have fun doing that movie? >> i had so much ...

>> larry: were you addicted? >> no, no. but i think -- you know, when we do -- what we do for a living, you're in the spotlight and you have to wear a lot of hats. and you -- i think at that time i was just maybe using alcohol to numb whatever that i was -- whatever emotions i was dealing with, whatever i was exhausted about. and i just didn't pay attention. and it was kind of like -- god just pulled my skirt a little bit and said, wake up, girl, get it together. you know? >> larry: did you have to go to court? >> i didn't actually have to appear in court. i did have to go to court to deal wit...

Death clause in your contracts that queen latifah cannot die in a film? >> no dying allowed anymore. >> larry: is that true? >> it is. it was kind of a joke. but excuse me. i think i just died too well on camera. >> larry: supposing someone gives you a great script, phenomenal. oscar stuff. and you were nominated for an oscar. >> then i might -- >> larry: that you've got to die. >> i might -- >> larry: there's a death scene. runs about eight minutes, just you in front of the camera. >> wow, eight minutes? where's the camera. come closer. come, closer. >> larry: do you ever turn down a role or ...

Friends who i've known since high school. so i have real people around me. who can pat me on my back when i'm doing good and smack my hand when i'm doing something naughty, and it just keeps me more grounded. queen latifah has become a phenomenon in a sense, but underneath the queen is just la. i think that's what people really get from me, and they feel like -- when people approach me on the street, they just feel like they can hug me, you know? like they feel like they know me. and they say that to me. it's because i'm still me. underneath all that huge queen latifah business it's just la. >...

Looked right, i felt quite comfortable. >> larry: the book is "put on your crown." what's it like to be a brand? queen latifah will tell us, ahead. ancan stream livdeo to t web. firshaan hdmi out.♪ rst shar wi-fi with 8 devic at ce. rst is notteen fur firshaan hdmi out.♪ pledunder in al hous firswh will do firsthing. with e, e rs4g? firshaan hdmi out.♪ ly fm rint,thnone deafhaand opitspee dit access www.sprinty