kumail: we come out really soon.thing with judd has been he really puts you in charge of the process. he oversees it, but you can be as involved as you want to be. we were in editing all throughout. charlie: you are learning on the job. kumail: you really are. you know what i have realized? you watch so many movies, there are patterns and language is of movies that are part of your neural pathways. even if you have not thought them, part of you understands them. you can watch a movie and think, why is that weird? oh, because they them, part of u understands crossed the line, they are looking the wrong way. people have an understanding of language. when you are editing you suddenly realize you know a lot more than you think you do. i loved editing -- charlie: you took the words out of my mouth. kumail: you pause a little bit longer, and suddenly something is funny. you take air out, something is funny. somebody says something, you say, i don't believe them. it is really brilliant. and seeing people like holly hunter,

my name's kumail. we know. we saw you perform. that the niceties are out of the way, i have to tell you that when you yelled at me, it really threw me off. you really should not heckle comedians, it's so rude. i didn't heckle you. i just woo—hooed you, it's supportive. that's a common misconception. yelling anything at a comedian is considered heckling. it does not have to be negative. so if i yelled out, like, "you are amazing in bed", that would be a heckle? yeah, that would be an accurate heckle. whoa! goodbye. i'm going. you have scared my friend off now. already, it is endearing, isn't it? i think kumail and emily, the writers, are inspired by the greats. they've said they were inspired by richard curtis, annie hall and tootsie so if you are inspired by those movies, that is a good start. tootsie is one of my favourite films! absolutely. what was really good about it, a lot of people have said, is this some statement about the politics of america and racial relations in america right now but it is not. it is a personal story,

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. —— kumail nanjiani. it is about the real—life romance.itional pakistani family were as emily is a white american, academic and eccentric family. that is the chalk and cheese dynamic for the romantic comedy. why so it called the big sick? there is also an illness which happens to one of the characters. there's a lot happening, a lot of story. the clip is from the beginning of the movie. he is trying to make it as a stand—up comedian and meets emily the first time. hi. hi, hello. my name's kamal. we know. we saw you perform. 0k. and now at the niceties are out of their way, i have to tell you when you yelled at me really put me off. you should not heckle comedians, it's so rude. i did not heckle you. ijust gave a woo—hoo, it's supportive. that's a common misconception. yelling anything at a comedian is considering heckling. it does not have to be negative. so if i yelled out, you are amazing in bed, that would be a heckle? yeah, that would be an accurate heckle. goodbye. you have scared my friend off now. already it is endearing. the writer

you and kumail are great together.y lovely tweet about this film right before he went and saw it. >> she did. well, before she came with me to the premiere. i should say. >> seth: okay. so yes, you were going to the premiere. >> right, right. >> seth: and she tweeted, and for everyone to see this, here it is. "'the big sick' premiers in l.a. tonight, and we're going to watch our daughter zoe kazan have sex and be put in a coma. [ light laughter ] very pumped." [ laughter ] >> yeah, that's my mom. >> seth: very pumped. is this typical for your mother? >> yeah. they're very sex positive. >> seth: oh, that's good. [ light laughter ] >> you know, i grew up in a house where i was, like, totally allowed to watch anything with sex in it and nothing with violence in it. so they had their priorities straight, obviously. >> seth: this is good priorities, i will admit. >> it's really nice. you know, i feel like this is, like -- this was actually fairly light for them on the like sex meter in terms of -- >> seth: yeah, because thi

my name's kumail. we know. we saw you perform. me, it really threw me off. you really should not heckle comedians, it's so rude. i did not heckle you. i just woo—hooed you, it's supportive. that's a common misconception. yelling anything at a comedian is considered heckling. it does not have to be negative. so if i yelled out, like, "you are amazing in bed", that would be a heckle? yeah, that would be an accurate heckle. whoa! goodbye. i'm going. you have scared my friend off now. already, it is endearing, isn't it? i think kumail and emily, the writers, are inspired by the greats. they've said they were inspired by richard curtis, annie hall and tootsie so if you are inspired by those movies, that is a good start. tootsie is one of my favourite films! absolutely. what was really good about it, a lot of people have said, is this some statement about the politics of america and racial relations in america right now, but it is not. it is a personal story, not a political story. it is a true story about two people getting together. i

rob is only 30 and >> rose: kumail nanjiani is a stand up comedian, actor and written.he new film the big sick that he wrote with his wife is a semi ought biographer of the telling of the beginning of their relationship when emily is placed in a medically induced comma they were forced to divulge his relationship to their parents. he wants to arrange the marriage with a pakistani woman. the film is a winning heart serial and story of culture clash. with that here is the trail. >> this is fun. >> wait. we haven't had time -- >> i'm not that time of girl. i only have sex once on the first date. >> what's your name. >> after dating this girl, she's like -- >> a white girl. >> okay, we hate terrorists. >> i one who that could be. >> i'm guessing it's a young single pakistani woman. >> it is out there. >> are you judging pakistani models. >> you know how we have arranged marriage in our culture. >> in which we end up together. >> we put her under a medically induced coma. >> you should call her family. >> thank you. >> i think i'm just going to wait anyway. >> you guys broke

yeah. >> kumail while she was under i hung out with her parents sort of about that time.ously you know i love the movie i've been beating a lot about the film one of the best of the year. i do want to talk to you about the idea of blending fiction and non fiction. you obviously have to tell a story in a certain period of time so there are things you have to adjust. can you talk about what elements of the film that you had to ask actually kind of put into a non fiction format to push the story along and can you give an example of maybe a scene of >> yeah. i mean we sort of took the basics of our story and then we wrote it draft of the script that was exactly as it happened and then we were like, all right, now let's separate us and make the best movie we can. so we can change whatever he want. to. as long as it feels emotionally true it will work. >> certainly the movie happened ten years ago but the movie is set now. so like there's an iphone joke in the movie would not have happened ten years ago. >> i'm be a an uber and uber wasn't even around then. >> yeah. >> yeah. >>

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please welcome kumail nanjiani!cheers and applause ) i like that look, man. it's a very clean, very crisp look you've got there. fantastic. >> thank you. i'm the first person on the show that donald trump, jr. doesn't follow on twitter. i actually checked. i got excited. ( laughter ) >> stephen: i checked and found out i was followed. maybe after tonight he will. >> well, i'm going to tweet at him. >> stephen: you definitely should. >> hey, can i get a follow back. thanks, dude. >> stephen: you've got to end with the thanks, dude. >>t to keep this nice. thank you for having me. i love your show so much. it's been good. >> stephen: and i love your show so much. ( cheers and applause ) i love "silicon valley." we go way back. my show was the first tv show you were on, is that right? >> that's correct. >> stephen: where america met you is you came out from underneath my desk. eight or nine years later you have a new movie called "the big stick." >> yeah. >> stephen: you wrote it, you star in it and

this one was where i directed something that kumail and emily wrote. but you find things in it that you feel are personal so you feel you're there too. >> rose: did they come to you. >> no. i begged judd to hire me. >> rose: you don't hire me to do this then this will be a disaster for you believe me. >> yes, that but not as bluntly put. but you say i he passionate believe in this movie. >> and he manipulated me. >> rose: seems to me knowing you and all you made to this show and the nice things you say about us, that you like doing everything. do you want to be both an owner and a player. you really want to. >> every project is different. i saw a nice movie hello my name is doris which sally fields started in and i remember warming it in my house and i remember going this is great. and i loved the tone because it was so funny and it was so real that as soon as we started talking about we do this, i thought i could do this with friend that kumail and emily had. and then i'm happy not to do it. the thing is if i think it will work without me i'll sit at

kumail nan—jiani is being dubbed as the first muslim rom—com hero. worry about being judged, you're always going to bejudged and you can't really control how people judge you. all you can control is what you make and put out there, so i've really only thought about that. you are being called hollywood's first muslim rom—com hero, how does that feel? terrifying, it's not something that i had really thought about, ifeel like in the uk people of indian— pakistani heritage are more integrated into pop culture, whereas in america it is still pretty segregated to see like a brown guy in a movie is still novel. do you feel that responsibility of representing an entire religion or ethnicity or culture? i really don't want to feel that responsibility, it is a lot sometimes people will see and be like, "we want more representation but why this guy? he is not good looking enough, or smart enough for... 0r talented enough." and i like, iagree with you it shouldn't be me. it should be someone else. i have been dating this girl, she is white. a white girl?! you ca

kumail had to really be emotional.g all this in his life when his girlfriend's life was at risk. like: they are kind of baseball players running from third, and you are like, go home! it's ok! charlie: take a look at this. this is from "the big sick," where they meet at the bar after she has interrupted his standup set. here it is. hi. >> we saw you perform. >> now that the niceties are out of the way, i have to tell you when you yelled at me, it really threw me off and you really shouldn't heckle comedians, it's so rude. >> i didn't heckle you. hooed you. it is supported. >> that's a common misconception. yelling anything at a comedian is considered heckling. heckling doesn't have to be negative. >> if i yelled out your amazing in bed, that would be a heckle. >> yes, it would be an accurate heckle. >> wow. >> you scared my friend off now. charlie: what do we say about that as comedy? >> i think it follows in the tradition of trying to be as truthful as possible. that's life. i feel like in life anything is so awkward

. >> kumail nanjiani is a an actor and writer. he wrote "the big sick" with his wife. it's a biobraphy of the beginning of their relationship and opens in theaters nationwide this weekend. >> i love movies, horror, sci-fi and comedies, too. that was my first, like, big thing. so -- but it's tough to make movies. it's easier to do standup. >> rose: they cost a lot of money. >> yeah, just sign up. >> rose: or it doesn't take much. you've got to find somebody to give you that. >> with standup, go, put your name on the list at a bar, go do it. you could decide to be a comedian and be a comedian in six hours. if you want to be a filmmaker, you have to convince a lot of people. >> rose: is writing for comedy, writing for standup different than writing a script for a movie or is it a series of one-liners strung 20g9? >> no, it's very different. with standup, there is kind of no rules. i could do a bit, a joke that's a minute long and that's it. that's how long it's supposed to be. i could write a story that's eight minutes long, and that's all it has to be. with the movie, an

. >> hey, really proud of this movie, kumail, nanjiani, it is the true story of how think met.p he to you sts second producer and ray ramona and holly hunter. and it's out everywhere this weekend. it's like all around the world. >> i like it like this. i appreciate it but there is actually like-- . >> stephen: that's how it supposed to be worn. >> it's cool. >> stephen: i didn't realize that, let me get hip to the scene. >> this is like, this is cool. (applause) >> it's the cool thing. >> stephen: you have to give the ladies, you have to give the ladies what they want. >> hey man. >> stephen: middle age man gut, hello. and of course, now let's get back to wet hot american summer. the very first one was how long ago did you do the first one? >> 2,000. >> stephen: 2,000. and then the sequel took place. >> three months, no two months before that movie. >> stephen: so it is a prequell before that movie even though you guys were decades older. >> we were 30 then. >> stephen: you were 30 when you were laying teenagers. >> 30 playing 16. then we were like 40 playing a little bit young