>> my best friend and i would like to be frodo and sam but we're actually the lazy hungry ones so we're partnership pip and mary >> stephen: which is which? they're distinct >> i'm pippen >> stephen: pippen doesn't do anything >> stephen: oh, yeah. you are the singer >> we decided this before the third movie came out and then the third movie came out and i was, like, this is my moment and it wasn't me, it was billy, but for me it was my moment >> stephen: sam is the real hero of the movies >> yeah. but we're not really heros >> stephen: people like us have to settle >> okay >> stephen: i'll settle for erogorn >> oh >> stephen: you do have a beautiful voice. everybody knows you from the "pitch perfect" movies. "pitch perfect" is the most successful musical of all time >> i know. it's crazy. (cheers and applause) if we're going to be pedantic about it, if you're a theater nerd, it's not technically a musical because the characters know they're singing and the music doesn't move the story forward. okay. >> stephen: that's a very if the characters know they're singing -- >> then they're jus

>> frodo. >> jimmy: sorry, sorry. [ laughter ] of course. >> what do you mean, man? haven't you seen my feet? really are, yeah. >> no, like, i got a call from all these agents. you know, i got like a a conference called call from like 14 agents. they were all so excited. and when agents are excited it's really intense. >> jimmy: yeah. >> and so they called me up, and they were like, "oh, guess what?" i was like, "what?" they were like, "they're making 'lord of the rings,' and peter jackson's making it, it's going to be three movies over three and a half years!" and i was like, "oh wow, cool." and they're like, "when they said they need a hobbit, we thought, jake!" [ laughter ] i was literally like -- >> jimmy: thank you? >> thanks. yeah, literally. so i went in. i went in -- but there was -- >> jimmy: you read for it? >> yeah, i read for it. and i remember going into this room. and i remember there was a lot of stage directions, so there were no lines. like, we didn't have any lines to say, really. it was just, like, finding the ring. and you go in, you like, are sup

that that to me toan invitation come and speak there, so i am serving as an example for the mayor of frodo, i have accepted that -- mayor of roanoke, and i have accepted that invitation. i said to mayor bowers of roanoke, it is time to see "allegiance" is limited. we are closing on the 14th of february, so you better her yet because i am coming to roanoke. [laughter] mr. roosevelt: that is wonderful of you. [laughter] mr. roosevelt: i am very impressed. , one of thet astonishing things to me in this little cycle of hysteria and xenophobia, people were bringing up the japanese-americans as not something to learn from and repeat but a precedence for some of these measures and i thought that was terrible and showed a real lack of historical education and awareness. this is something that seems to happen over and over again. americans suffered some sort of overreact, scared, perpetrate injustice, later say we will never do it again but we do. my question to you, and i know this is a day question, how do you think we as a people can get better, as i often quote your father in my book, a nation

okay, this is what frodo says the first time he sees goldberry, okay, in the chapter, in the house of> stephen: and it is, "oh slender as a willow wand, oh clearer than clearer water, oh read by the living pool, fair river daughter. oh spring time and summer time went after, a wind on the water fall and the leaves laughter." ( cheers and applause ) i would definitely purell your hands after this, by the way. ( laughter ) >> that was beautiful. >> stephen: your turn. hit it. >> i'm sorry. "lord of the rings." that's when all the boys go into the mountain? ( laughter ) i know, i was thinking "goonies." i was thinking "goonies." so i-- i'm sorry. >> stephen: that's good, too. they're very similar. very similar. now, in "ride along 2" you play a bad-ass in this, you kick a little ass in this movie. >> yes, i'm supposed to. >> stephen: i'm not assuming you just showed up and started punching people. i assume it's in the script. >> yes, my character is a tough cop, she's a no-nonsense cop. >> stephen: sure. a nonsense cop would be kind of fun. ( laughter ) >> it would be fun. it was great,