. >> stephen: please welcome zoe kazan. hello, thank you. hey.ing me. >> stephen: so you are what we in the industry call a triple threat. you are an actress, you are a writer, you've actually just written a play that's opening in the fall called after the blast. you wrote and acted in ruby sparks, an indy hit. olive kitteridge, it's complicated and you're also from a film dynasty, your mom and dad, they're oscar nominated. >> they're both screen writers and directors. >> stephen: wow. and your grandfather was the great elia kazan, on the water front, street car named desiree, face in the crowd. >> yeah, he actually had a-- (applause) >> he had a contract, he had to put the great before his meme always like a zar. >> stephen: i would feel bad if i didn't. how did you get into writing? was it just sort of like the family just expects you will be writing? >> yeah, i don't know. i was like a weird little kid. it was like tell stories with my stickers. so i think it was kind of-- you know, like a sphorree board, like the bunny is going to go over and