Just use this as an invitation to bring it back.

Now I'm the one on an airplane with my cousin.

I'm 12, and it's my first trip back to Uzbekistan since we came to America when I was just two years old.

When we land, my dad is standing there waiting, smiling with his whole face.

He scoops me up with a hug like I'm six years old, but it makes me so happy, I let him.

Then he takes me and my cousin out to eat with a bunch of his friends.

The food just keeps coming.

In this situation, have you taken sides? What does that feel like?

You do this.

I am.

Yeah.

Well, I think it's, it kind of ties into the last thing we talked about where I realized that if I use my humor to attract people and to relate with people, then it was much more substantial and rewarding for me.

So that I think, uh, is a big part of how it became my life's work.

In college, I was a waitress, and I found that if I was funny I got more tips, which is kind of like training a dog, you know? I got a treat every time I, I [laughs] made someone laugh, so that was good reinforcement.

And then, um, and then after college I discovered improv comedy which, uh, I'm sure a lot of people know, but for those who don't it's, it's really just making it up as you go and hoping that it appears seamless.

in January of 2016?

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It's a friendship story actually between him and Rocky, this alien that he finds from another planet that is also trying to save the universe.

And, uh, and it's gorgeous and hilarious, and the music is bananas, and Ryan is of course so funny, but also Rocky the alien is so funny.

[laughs] And, uh, and so when I shot, my first day on set was after Ryan had shot all of his astronaut alone in a spaceship stuff for, like, eight months, and so he was so eager for us to improvise with him.

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And so they would look her up, and then I ended up getting, yeah, this male following.

And so, uh, last year, during the fires, you know, we were all here in LA trying to figure out how to help people, and people were giving away clothes and furniture and all that.