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So I actually saw you at the night before Oscar party.

Oh, yeah.

And my manager goes, there's Gina.

You're going to have her on the podcast.

Go up to her.

And I'm so, it's so funny being in this business for so long.

I'm like, no, her time's valuable.

I don't want to go up.

I was too nervous to come up to you.

Oh, I left you.

Said hi. Isn't that crazy? Yeah. I know, and everyone's always so happy. I know what you mean, though. I feel the same way, too. I'm like, oh, I don't really know him. Should I say hi? I should say, and then of course you say,

and they're like, oh my God, I love you.

You know, it's always, it's like a real weird thing.

I know. Oh, I wish you said hi.

I know. So do I. I'm like kicking myself that I didn't. And I thought about it afterwards.

No, it was just that thing. You do so many of these. You've had such an outstanding long career. It's like, I don't know. I was like, she says hello to everyone. She must just want to have fun. I thought they're going to have fun at an Oscar party with all eyes on you. But you know what I mean. I was so, I mean, I went out to L.A. because I don't live there anymore, but I went there to, I was doing a Barnes & Noble talk, you know, with the book. I was doing press out there. And I just happened to coincide with Oscar Weekend, which I'm usually like, oh, if I'm not in one of the movies or this, I'm like, why do I want to be here? But I haven't been around for so long.

I mean, I've been in writing mode.

And I'm like, oh, yeah, I'm an actress. I forgot. That's my day job. I should. And actually, I just went to like three different parties. And it was actually really nice to see people. I hadn't seen them in a long time. It is. I felt the same way. I could never compare myself to you. But I'm, I have kids and

I've been in and out, but I'm like, okay, you know what, here's the thing. Sometimes you just

got to get yourself back out there. And it seems like, and once you're there, it's kind of

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