joining me are the stars of the film susan sarandon and rose byrne and the writer and director lorene scafaria. i'm pleased to have all you will of you at this table. welcome. >> thank you, thanks for having us. >> thank you for joining me. now lorene, this is your second film and it is a personal story for you. it is based a little bit on your own mother, ask that right? >> very much on my own mother. >> was it a film you always wanted to make or a project that you came to in the middle of other idea sms. >> no, i started writing it in 2010 about a month after my mother moved from new jersey to los angeles after my father passed away. and she got an iphone immediately and started calling a lot. and a few voice mails later i started writing the opening scene. i wasn't sure how personal it was going to be, ultimately. ultimately it's very personal, got even more personal as i went. and yeah, so it's very much based on my mom, the character is very much baisessed on my mother. and the setup is mostly true. but we deef yaited from there. >> so it was a little bit of an outlet for you as you were

." >> lorene scafaria. she is -- >> seth: and lorene directed it? >> lorene is amazing. >> seth: she is a fantastic writer, fantastic director. >> amazing director, amazing writer. it's based so much on her life. and susan sarandon just crushes it. >> seth: that's great. >> i play twins! >> seth: do you really? >> i play two of me. which it is too much of me. the movie is great. it is just too much of me. >> seth: did you have to play, were you different personalities or are you very similar. >> i play it really close to the vest. it's just me and then kind of me again. [ laughter ] >> seth: okay, gotcha. so, you're not known for your range. i've played jerrod in most things that i've done. [ laughter ] >> seth: as a guy who also has his name in the title of the show, i've been there, my friend. >> why would we ever play anybody else? >> seth: because nobody wants to see us play anybody else. >> god bless you. [ laughter and applause ] >> seth: give it up for jarrod charmichael, everybody. "the charmichael show" airs sunday nights at nine, right her

lorene scafaria, the writer/director -- it's basically autobiographical about her, played by rose byrne, and her mom, gail, played by susan sarandon. they're both this genius and brilliant. and it is very funny, but it's real and sweet. lorene told me, the only completely fictional character who sort of her wishful filament for the guy that would -- >> seth: oh, that would actually come on her. was there a bit of -- did you feel less of a burden, i mean, not having to play a real person? >> well, i felt a burden, you know, playing the scenes with susan sarandon. >> seth: yeah, that would be the burden, yeah. >> i was telling somebody recently, you know, if that had come along 10 or 15 years ago, i would have really, really been terrified, but i was only mildly intimidated. >> seth: and you play a cop who is now working security on film sets. did you, have you ever met, or -- i mean, obviously you've worked on sets. you must be with these guys all the time. >> i hang out with those every time i work. they're always great guys. they have great stories. and so, i felt a real, sort of, obli