-Evan Rachel wood.
So good to see you, pal.
Where are you? Where --
Are you in, like, a piano room?
What is this?
-No, this is my office, and
I play piano in here sometimes.
Yeah.
-Wow. I love it. It's so cool.
How is your quarantine?
How are you doing?
-I am okay. You know, I'm good.
I'm comfortable. I'm privileged.
I am homeschooling, though,
so that kind of evens
the playing field out
a little bit.
-Yeah. It really does.
Honestly, it's
Teacher Appreciation Week,
and, man, oh, man,
I don't know if anyone
could appreciate teachers
more than we are right now.
-They've done
such an amazing job
at making it
kind of a seamless transition
and doing everything on Zoom,
and they've just been
working around the clock.
And, yeah, hats off to teachers,
100 percent.
-Yeah, and how are they
even learning how to do
Zoom and Google Drive?
I mean, we didn't know
what these things were
four weeks ago.
-My son has more conference
calls than I do now.
It's really -- I just
don't want to feel like --
-Me too. Me too. Me too.
-I don't feel like parents
should be teaching their kids
anything except
how to be a good person.
Like, I'm not a teacher.
I should not be teaching him.
It becomes personal.
You're like, "No, sweetie,
this answer's wrong.
No, I'm not trying to tell you
how to live your life
like normal."
...wrong answer.
-"I'm in the role
of teacher now.
I'm teaching you, remember?"
-Yeah.
They don't want that...
They're bored of us.
-No.
They don't want that at all.
Are you playing piano?
Do you know how to play piano?
I know you sing.
-I don't. And so --
But I've been wanting to learn,
and quarantine gave me
an opportunity, so I found
some, you know, online classes
I could do
and started messing around.
-Is it fun? Is it working?
Are you having fun with it?
-I think so. Yeah, it is fun.
It's like, uh...
[ Piano playing "Minuet in G" ]
-Oh, my goodness! You're --
-[ Laughs ]
-What?! No!
-I couldn't do any of that
before quarantine,
so there's the silver lining.
-Wow.
-You got to keep busy.
-Oh, my goodness.
I'm not as talented. I don't
know if I could do that.
That is amazing.
That sounded beautiful.
-Oh, thanks.
-I thought I'd play a fun game
with you, because on Twitter
your account is EvanRachelWould.
W-O-U-L-D.
Like Evan Rachel Wood.
So I thought it would be fun
to play a game called
"Evan Rachel Would
or Evan Rachel Wouldn't."
And that's all you have to say,
is Evan Rachel would
or Evan Rachel wouldn't.
Okay? You can elaborate if you
want to, but you don't have to.
Alright. The first one.
Would you ever break a rule
or lie to your parents?
-Hm. Evan Rachel would and has.
Yes.
-You have, yes.
-Very rare.
Very, very, very, very rare.
I did lie about going
to Coachella one year,
and my boyfriend at the time
busted me...
-[ Gasps ] How?
-...and started talking
about what a great show
the Flaming Lips was
right in front of my mom.
And so the charade was done.
So I got caught.
-Oh, you got busted.
My mom thought Lollapalooza
was the name of a band.
-Aw. [ Laughs ]
-She's like, "Jimmy's gonna
go see Lollapalooza."
She goes, "I love them."
I go...
-That is the cutest thing ever!
-"Lollapalooza? You don't love
them. They're not a band."
Anyways. Alright. Ready?
Would you ever make an excuse
to get out of plans? Of course.
-Um, I really try not to,
but Evan Rachel would.
[ Laughter ]
-Have you been busted
for that, too, or no?
-Nope.
-Yeah.
-But now I'm admitting to it,
so probably.
-...quarantine. It's hard
to get out of anything.
You're like,
"Hey, are you busy?"
You're like,
"Uh, yeah, I'm busy?"
-Yeah.
[ Laughter ]
-No one's busy.
-Yes, I am...
-...something.
I don't have anything here.
Um. Alright. Let's see.
Would you ever do celebrity
impressions on national TV?
That's interesting.
-[ Laughs ]
Um, yes? I guess.
I don't know.
I don't know any celebrity --
What celebrity impressions
do I do? I don't know.
-You've never done
any on our show,
but you would do one
if you had one down?
-Yeah, I would. Yeah.
-Alright, good.
So maybe next time
you come on the show --
and hopefully it's in person --
we'll start writing down names
of things, and we'll have you
try different impressions.
Okay?
-Yes. Please.
-"Westworld" season-three finale
was last night.
And everyone is freaking out.
Fans are going nuts.
I have not seen it yet because
I'm still two episodes into it.
I know. I'm bad.
But it's been great
because we need things to watch
during this quarantine time.
So my wife and I have been
watching, and you are --
I can't spoil it for anyone
who hasn't seen the show,
but watch "Westworld," and if
you want to see how it's done,
Evan Rachel Wood crushes it.
But fans are freaking out.
I'm trying not to read anything.
But I heard that you are renewed
for season four.
Can you say anything about that?
-Um, well, I don't know.
If you don't want
to hear this, mute!
-[ Laughs ]
-Um, I think a lot of things
are still unknown
given how the finale ended.
-Okay.
-I think, obviously,
it's been proven --
You know, it's quite hard
to get rid of characters,
but I do think
certain things are final.
Um, I'm being very cryptic here.
-Wow! This is very good.
You're doing a great job.
-...season four, as well.
-Okay. Wow. See? That's good.
See? That's how you do it.
That's why
you're good at what you do.
Does your son know how --
what Mom does for a living?
-He does, and he's been visiting
the set of "Westworld"
since he was one years old.
He's now almost seven.
He got to direct a scene
this season.
[ Laughs ]
-What kind of lucky kid is this?
-It was episode 7.
Helen Shaver brought him
behind the monitor
and had him deliver
me and Aaron Paul's directions.
So we'd hear "action" and "cut,"
and it'd be my little son.
"Action!"
-A little 6-year-old voice. Aw.
-And then he'd come over to
Aaron with his headphones on
and be like, "That was good!
If you can take a beat
before the last line!"
Aaron would be like,
"Thank you. Thank you.
Is there anything else?"
Like, he played along so well.
It was so fun.
-That is so cute.
-Yeah.
-Last time we talked
about this bill that you wrote
and got passed
called the Phoenix Act.
And that is amazing that you --
that -- that even --
I mean, seriously,
the crowd erupted,
and if we had
an audience tonight,
they would be clapping, as well,
because of what you've done.
But can you explain this now
and has it gotten larger
or what's happening with it?
-Yeah, it's continuing to grow.
The Phoenix Act aims to expand
the statute of limitations,
which is how long you have
to report a crime.
And domestic violence
is such a complicated issue,
and sometimes
it can take people years
to be able to come forward
and feel safe enough
or to have processed
what happened to them.
And the laws need to
sort of start reflecting that.
And especially
now in quarantine,
a lot of people -- We have
these stay-at-home orders,
but home is not always
the safest place for people.
And I think people are going to
need help and more time,
and so the Phoenix Act is
definitely to raise awareness
about domestic violence, but
also to make the laws stronger
to support survivors.
And now we're planning
on taking it national,
and we want to pass it
in all 50 states that need --
Or whatever states that need it.
And so you can donate.
You can go to
ThePhoenixAct.com,
and you can sponsor states,
and you can do what you can to
help us strengthen these laws.
-I love that you did that, and I
love that you're still doing it.
And it's just getting bigger,
and it's just --
Now more than ever,
it's super, super important.
Guys, check it out and support
Phoenix Act. It's great.
Evan Rachel Wood, I love you.
I can't wait to see you again.
Hopefully in person is
the next time we see each other.
-I know! I want to see you!
-And I want to do impressions.
I want to play. I'm going to
start teaching myself piano
so I can play something
with you.
-We'll do it. Yeah.
-Alright. Let's please do it.
You're the best. Bye, bud.
Good to see you.
Thank you. Thank you.
