Title: Kobe Bryant on Winning an Oscar

Conversation text :

CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

Jimmy: I LOVE THAT YOU'RE CARRYING IT AROUND.

I MEAN WHAT IN THE HELL.

Jimmy: HAVE YOU BEEN CARRYING IT AROUND.

I MEAN, I'M STILL TRIPPING ABOUT IT.

Jimmy: I WOULD THINK SO.

YOU PROBABLY THOUGHT YOU WERE DONE WINNING AWARDS RIGHT?

YEAH I HADN'T WON A CHAMPIONSHIP IN A REALLY, REALLY LONG TIME SO HERE WE ARE.

Jimmy: THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE,

IT REALLY IS, YOU NOW HAVE MORE OSCARS THAN SHAQ AND MICHAEL JORDAN COMBINED.

SPACE JAM AND \"KAZAM\" WERE BOTH AWESOME THOUGH. IN THEIR OWN WAYS.

THIS IS JUST FANTASTIC.

Jimmy: I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN YOU THIS HAPPY.

I HAVE TO SAY. THIS IS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN.

I'M SUPPOSED TO PLAY BASKETBALL

Jimmy: WILL YOU BE GOING FOR A GRAMMY? WHAT'S NEXT?

I KNOW MY LIMITATIONS.

I DON'T EVEN SOUND GOOD IN A SHOWER. I'LL LET THAT BE.

Jimmy: OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

SO YOU'RE AT THE OSCARS, SITING THERE, I WAS THINKING ABOUT YOU FOR LOT OF THE NIGHT

BECAUSE I'M WONDERING, LIKE, HOW IT COMPARES TO PLAYING BASKETBALL.

LIKE, ARE YOU NERVOUS-WISE, HOW DOES IT COMPARE SITTING WAITING

TO HEAR YOUR NAME OR MAYBE NOT HEAR YOUR NAME AND BEING THE GUY TAKING THE LAST SHOT.

YEAH I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE EASIER.

YOU'RE NOT IN CONTROL.

THERE'S NO DIRECT COMPETITION WHERE YOU ARE AFFECTING THE OUTCOME.

Jimmy: IT'S COMPLETELY OUT OF YOUR CONTROL.

IT'S GOING TO BE EASY, IT'S COOL, IT GETS CLOSER AND CLOSER

YOU ARE FEELING BUTTERFLIES AND I'M LIKE WHY THE HELL AM I FEELING THIS.

THEN I REALIZE IT'S WORSE BECAUSE I'M NOT IN CONTROL OF THE OUTCOME.

JUST SITING THERE.

WE KNOW OUR AWARD IS COMING UP NEXT.

THEY GO TO COMMERCIAL.

ME AND MY WIFE WERE LIKE YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING.

LET'S GO.

Jimmy: YOUR COLLABORATOR DIRECTOR AND ANIMATOR GAVE MOST OF THE SPEECH.

EVERYONE WAS HOPING TO HEAR FROM YOU.

YOU GOT TO SAY A LITTLE SOMETHING.

THAT WAS THE PLAN.

GLEN IS SWEETEST GUY IN THE WORLD

BUT A STORY TELLER AT HEART SO THINGS TEND TO DRAG OUT A BIT.

I DIDN'T KNOW THIS BUT THEY HAVE THE BIGGEST COUNT DOWN CLOCK IN THE WORLD.

Jimmy: YEAH.

LIKE RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU.

IT'S LIKE MASSIVE NUMBERS.

Jimmy: AND YOU ARE GETTING IT IN BEFORE THE CLOCK EXPIRES.

I'M USED TO IT.

COUNT DOWN, SHOT, THE BUZZER.

Jimmy: EVERYONE ELSE IS LIKE LOOKING BEYOND THE CLOCK.

GLEN GAVE ME THE BALL, PASSED THE BALL WITH FIVE SECONDS LEFT ON THE CLOCK.

I WAS LIKE. WHAT THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO DO WITH FIVE SECONDS.

Jimmy: WHAT DIDN'T YOU GET TO SAY?

THE MOST IMPORTANT PART I GOT OUT, THANKS TO MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER.

THAT'S MOST IMPORTANT THING.

Jimmy: FOR SURE.

OUTSIDE OF THAT I THINK THIS IS A FASCINATING INDUSTRY TO BE PART OF IT.

I THINK FOR US GOING FORWARD IT'S HOW DO WE -- HOW DO I CARRY THIS NIGHT BEYOND THIS NIGHT.

Jimmy: THAT'S ALWAYS HOW YOU THINK.

IT HAS TO BE.

NOW THERE'S A GREATER SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY.

HOW DO I CREATE -- HOW DO I PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR

EVEN MORE DIVERSE AND NEW VOICES TO BE HEARD IN THIS INDUSTRY.

Jimmy: I SEE.

IN THE ANIMATION BUSINESS THERE'S SERIOUS LACK OF DIVERSITY

I WON THE AWARD THE OTHER NIGHT AS THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN TO WIN THAT AWARD IN THAT CATEGORY.

THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND I'M EXTREMELY EXCITED.

IN THIS GREAT STUDIOS WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO PUSH THAT FORWARD.

Jimmy: YEAH THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO LOOK AT IT.

IS ACTING SOMETHING YOU WANT TO DO?

NO.

I DON'T HAVE THE PATIENCE FOR THAT.

I WOULD RATHER WRITE AND PUT THE STORY TOGETHER.

Jimmy: ALMOST EVERY ACTOR I SPOKE TO, A LOT OF THEM CAME THROUGH HERE

AFTER VARIOUS OSCAR EVENTS THERE'S A LAUNCHING BEFORE HAND

THEY WERE BY FAR MOST EXCITED THAT YOU WERE THERE.

FOR INSTANCE TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET

WAS ACTUALLY LIKE KIND OF -- SHOCKED THAT YOU WOULD EVEN TAKE A MOMENT TO

GET IN THE BACKGROUND OF HIS PHOTOGRAPH.

AND THIS IS FRANCIS, I DON'T KNOW WHO IS MORE EXCITED TO MEET WHO THERE.

THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF MUTUAL ADMIRATION.

WAS THERE ANYBODY THERE BESIDES?

OBVIOUSLY THAT WAS EXCITING THAT YOU COULDN'T BELIEVE YOU WERE TALKING TO ALICEON.

YEAH ALICEON IS INCREDIBLE ABLE.

FOR US PERSONALLY MEETING HER MIGHTY GRAINGER WAS LIKE.

OH, REALLY, YOU LOVE HARY POTTER.

SHE'S TRANSITIONED OUT.

Jimmy: BUT NOT YOU.

I MET HER WHEN I WAS REALLY, REALLY YOUNG.

SHE CAME TO A LAKERS GAME BUT TO SEE HER THERE WAS PRETTY COOL.

Jimmy: WHAT PARTIES DID YOU GUYS GO TO AFTERWARDS?

SO WE DID VANITY FAIR?

YEAH, THE VANITY FAIR PARTY.

Jimmy: I HAVE A LITTLE PRESENT FOR YOU.

DON'T KNOW IF YOU WHETHER USE IT

BUT I WANT YOU TO HAVE IT.

I THINK THIS WILL BE GREAT.

THIS IS FOR OSCAR NOT FOR YOU.

THAT IS AWESOME.

Jimmy: IF YOU WIN ANOTHER OSCAR MAYBE JUST WANT TO CHANGE IT OUT.