Catherine Zeta-Jones on Being Very Pregnant When Winning an Oscar

HERE.
>> IT'S SO -- THANK YOU, REFER
ARE EVERYBODY.
IT'S SO LOVELY.
>> Jimmy: YOU'VE NEVER BEEN HERE
BEFORE, HOW'S IT GOING SO FAR?
>> IT'S GOING GREAT, REALLY
GREAT, YEAH?
DID YOU COME OUT FOR THE OSCARS?
>> NO, NO, I DIDN'T.
I DID WATCH IT.
>> Jimmy: OH, OKAY.
>> AT HOME WITH MY HUSBAND, MY
KIDS, MY MOM AND DAD.
>> Jimmy: OH, WOW.
>> AND MY BROTHER, WHOSE
BIRTHDAY IT IS TODAY, LINDON IS
IN THE GREEN ROOM.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LONDON.
IT WAS A BIT DRAMATIC.
WE HAD A POWER CUT IN THE
STREET.
WE'VE GOT ME AND MICHAEL GOING,
DO THEY KNOW IT'S OSCAR NIGHT.
>> Jimmy: A LOT OF DISASTERS
HAPPENED.
WE LOST POWER AND EVERYTHING.
>> FIRST OF ALL, CAN I JUST SAY
YOU DID A FANTASTIC JOB.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
I FELT THAT I WAS PART OF THE
PARTY AND THAT CONTINUED RIGHT
UP TO THE END WHEN EVERYONE
STARTS TO CRY.
>> Jimmy: RIGHT.
THAT'S NICE.
YOU DID SAY THE POWER WENT OUT.
DID YOU ACTUALLY SEE IT?
>> NO, I DID SEE IT, YEAH.
WE SAW IT ON OUR -- ON THE TV
SCREEN THAT I BOUGHT MY HUSBAND
TO BRIBE HIM TO MOVE HOUSE.
>> Jimmy: OH, REALLY.
YOUR HUSBAND IS THE SUBJECT OF
THE BIG TV SCREEN.
I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THIS,
WHEN YOU WON THE OSCAR, THIS
WAS --
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> I THINK I HOLD THE RECORD OF
CARRYING THE BIGGEST JUGS TO THE
OSCARS.
I WAS TEN DAYS BEFORE I GAVE
BIRTH TO OUR DAUGHTER.
>> Jimmy: THAT'S AMAZING.
>> IT WAS A SPECIAL NIGHT.
>> Jimmy: HAD SHE EVER WATCHED
VIDEO OF HER MOM --
>> OH, I LET HER KNOW, BABY, I
CARRIED YOU AROUND.
WHEN I WAS LESS PREGNANT THEY
INVITE MED TO SING LIVE WITH
QUEEN LATIFAH, ONE OF THE
ORIGINAL --
>> Jimmy: OH, RIGHT.
>> WHICH I THOUGHT WAS A
WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL IDEA.
A REAL HONOR.
>> Jimmy: AND?
>> UNTIL TEN DAYS BEFORE I WAS
ABOUT TO GIVE BIRTH, I'M ON A
HYDRAULIC LIFT GOING UP GOING,
WHAT THE -- WAS I THINKING?
>> Jimmy: YEAH, IT SEEMS UNWISE.
>> IT GOT THROUGH IT THOUGH.
>> Jimmy: YOU KNOW WHAT,
YOU'RE --
>> IT'S NERVE-RACKING.
WERE YOU NERVOUS BEFORE YOU DID
THAT?
>> Jimmy: OF COURSE I WAS
NERVOUS.
>> IT'S TERRIFYING.
>> Jimmy: ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE
PREGNANT AND ON A HYDRAULIC
LIFT.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> YEAH, PREGNANT ON A HYDRAULIC
LIFT.
>> Jimmy: I MEAN, THEY HAVE
PROBLEMS WITH ENVELOPES, LET
ALONE A HIGH DRAMAIC LIFT.
YEARS LATER YOU LOOK BACK ON
THAT FONDLY.
ARE YOUR KIDS INTERESTED IN
BEING IN SHOW BUSINESS?
>> THEY ARE, THEY ARE.
>> Jimmy: IS THAT GOOD?
OR NO?
>> I JUST -- I KNOW IT'S GOING
TO BE HARD FOR THEM BECAUSE
THEY'VE GOT THEIR GRANDFATHER
KIRK, THEY'VE GOT ME, THEY HAVE
THEIR -- THEY HAVE MICHAEL.
BUT THEY SO INHERENTLY LOVE IT.
THEY'RE GOOD.
THEY GO TO SUMMER CAMP EVERY
YEAR, THEY DO THREE MUSICALS AND
STRAIGHT PLAYS, THEY LOVE IT.
I'VE HAD A WONDERFUL LIFE IN
THIS BUSINESS.
SO I ONLY -- IF THEY WANT TO DO
IT, THEY KNOW THE HARDSHIPS AND
THE PERCENTAGES OF WHO MAKES IT
AND WHO DOESN'T.
SO I JUST THINK THAT THEY'VE
GOT -- THEY'VE GOT THE TALENT.
AND I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE THE
DRIVE.
>> Jimmy: WHAT DID YOUR PARENT
DOZEN FOR A LIVING?
>> THEY'RE IN THE GREEN ROOM
TOO.
MY DAD OWNED A CANDY FACTORY, WE
CALL IT SWEET FACTORIES, MY
MOTHER WAS A SEAMSTRESS.
I WAS BROUGHT UP WITH HER
STICKING ME WITH PINS FOR
COSTUMES.
>> Jimmy: YOU DECIDED THAT YOU
WANTED TO BE A PERFORMER, THIS
KIND OF THING?
>> I DID.
>> Jimmy: THEY WERE SUPPORTIVE
OF IT.
>> THEY WERE SUPPORTIVE, VERY
SUPPORTIVE.
>> Jimmy: WHAT CANDY DID YOUR
DAD MAKE?
>> HARD BOILED SWEETS, ROCK
CANDY.
>> Jimmy: THE WORST ONES.
>> THE ONES THAT GIVE YOU ULCERS
ON THE ROOF OF YOUR MOUTH.
>> Jimmy: DID THEY PUT THAT ON
THE PACKAGING?
>> NO, NO.
BACK THEN THEY DIDN'T DO
ANYTHING.
NO SEAT BELTS.
>> Jimmy: NO SLOGAN SAYING "THEY
GIVE YOU ULCERS ON THE ROOF OF
YOUR MOUTH"?
>> THEY SAY, ONE DAY IF YOU EAT
THIS YOU TOO COULD BE ON THE

Catherine Zeta-Jones on Being Very Pregnant When Winning an Oscar

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