martin lawrence killed so much. i had to follow him. i died a death. i have never died that hard in my life. since then, i have never gotten the whooping i got that night. i said, i have to rethink myself as a performer and writer. i just had to rethink everything. realize, there is a new era coming in. i credit martin for -- in a weird way. >> it was a transformative moment for you. >> totally transformative for me. i knew what i was doing was not going to last. i knew like, sometimes this thing happens. you come from a poor place. you are making some money. you will get complacent. i am rich compared to where i am from. i'm poor compared to where i'm at. i was probably making $3000 a week, which was a ton of money considering where i am from. i got lazy. i stopped being curious about comedy. that is the worst thing that can happen to people in life. >> about anything, not just comedy. >> not be curious. i got curious again. >> there is this about you. they say you do not revel in your success. you are constantly thinking about the next place you want

ou thought when you some martin lawrence on stage in chicago. always saysriend competition keeps you in condition. if there is no competition, you are screwed. remember doing a show in chicago where martin lawrence was my opening act. i do not know was a week before martin mania was supposed to hit. normally i don't watch the opening act. i'm in the dressing room. on thesome commotion stage. i think there is a fight or something. i think my head out there. people are laughing like bloody is coming up. martin lawrence killed so much. i had to follow him. i died a death. i have never died that hard in my life. since then, i have never gotten the levine i got that night -- ooping i got that night. i said, i have to rethink myself as a performer and writer. i just had to rethink everything. realize, there is a new era coming in. i credit martin for -- in a weird way. >> it was a transformative moment for you. >> totally transform it for me. -- transformative for me. i knew what i was doing was not going to last. sometimes this thing happens. you com

i remember doing a show in chicago where martin laure lauren-- lawrence was on my opening act. i was on "saturday night live". and i didn't know it was the week before martin mania was supposed to hit, right. and normally i don't watch the opening act. and i'm in the dressing room. and i hear some commotion out, like you know, on the stage. and i think there's a fight or something going on. and i peek my head out there and people are laughing, like bloodç is coming out. they're like-- martin lawrence killed so much. and i had to follow him and i died a death i have never died that hard ever in my life. since then, like, i've never gotten the ass-whooping that i got that night. >> rose: and you said to yourself? >> i said you know what, i'm a little cocky, i got to-- i had to rethink everything about myself as a performer, you know. everything about myself as a writer. you know, just, i just had to rethink everything. and realize, you know, there's a newera coming in. and i credit martin a lot for, you know, in a weird way. >> rose: okay, but it was a moment, a transform difficu

it's martin lawrence. [laughing] >> stephen: dressed as big mama fantastic. incredible performance. this "interstellar thing" this is a trojan horse i believe for science. the whole thing for the people who haven't seen it tell them what happens. for those who have seen it and don't understand. it's about people traveling out in space and find a new home, right. >> it is. about a potential moment in human development. maybe the next step in human evolution. >> stephen: earth is in bad shape in the movie. >> yes they have to find another planet to sustain human life. >> stephen: that's my first question here. the most hopeful thing at the beginning of the movie is that we might be able to abandon our planet. [laughing] >> stephen: that's the good news. we may scrape the dirt of this thing off of our boots and go somewhere else. have you given up on the earth. >> i have not given up on the earth. >> stephen: your heroes do. >> my heroes do? it's not the question of giving up on the earth as much as having faith in humanity. the film is maybe humanity is capable of existing independent

kind of like an amalgamation of a bunch of comedians, so me, martin lawrence, eddy murphy, chris tuckerallen's movies. >> i love woody allen. it's his birthday today. how old is he -- >> 79. >> and richard pryor's birthday today. if richard pryor was alive today, he would be dead. [ laughter ] >> no, no, don't set it up that way. >> you love him, right? >> some of woody allen's trademarks, self examination in this movie. >> yeah, a little bit. there's a little bit -- you know, for the -- you know, people that know you. a little star dust memories in here, i could say, yeah. >> you take people inside the celebrity bubble a little bit, the world of agents and managers and press people and appearances and all that. you've lived in that bubble for several decades now. what do you think -- >> decades? >> yeah, i hate to say it. >> wow, man. makes me seem old! >> you're not old. what do you think most people would be surprised by inside that celebrity bubble? >> inside the -- what would people be surprised by? i guess people would be surprised that you don't always get what you want. you know

martin stepped into the spot and so did bruce springsteen. they performed his biggest hits and sent some love to bono. >> and jennifer lawrence is a movie starp vocalist. she is now on worldwide music charts this week. the song is called the hanging tree and it's a track off the movie sound track for the hunger games mocking jay part one, it's haunting like a chant, but she is singing. >> it was in the film? >> yes. >> i didn't even notice. >> she sings and acts and does it all. >> very talented. >>> still ahead, whether your child makes the nice and naughty list may depend on their name. we'll give you the best and worst names straight ahead. >> and the beginning of the end of the red light cameras in the garden state. plus -- >> today is giving tuesday but make sure your money is going where you intend. important advice with saving with 6 abc. >>> "action news" continues with the incredible reason a woman retracts her birth announcement 19 years after her daughter was born. >>> plus, it could have been filling but instead it was fulfilling, how one diner used his olive garden pasta pass. >> and later would you trade in your morning coffee