[laughter] >> michael: please welcome david alan grier!! >> hold on. >> desi: we are big fans of yours, as is everyone in this audience. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. >> desi: we are very excited to talk to you about this film but before we get into that, we have to talk about the last very cool job that you just had last week. you were -- >> what was that? >> desi: you were the voice of god at the academy awards. >> yes, yes, i was. [cheers and applause] it was really fun. i mean, i can't tell you who did it before me. i never was like, "the voice over guy was amazing!" jimmy kimmel is an old friend. he texted me and asked me, do i want to do it? i said, being the whore that i am, i said of course. how many tickets? i am in! it was really fun, though. got to take my daughter who is 16. >> desi: did she love it? was she over the moon? >> yes, she really was. she walked the carpet with me. it was great. when she was a little kid, she told me that she wanted to go to the oscars and i was like, sure, honey. but inside i'm like, [bleep].