Ayo Edebiri on Directing “The Bear”

You look amazing.

You look stunning. No, you look stunning.

What s up? We doing Pilates?

We doing yoga. What are we doing, what s up?

Oh my god. You know what?

Someone asked me up there if I m a Pilates princess.

It s giving, it s giving that.

I love Pilates. We should do Pilates together.

I m down. It s fun.

I m down. Okay, let s do it.

The east side Pilates?

Yeah. We ll get that on the schedule.

We ll get that sorted out. We ll get that sorted out.

Wait, how are you? I feel like you re so busy right now.

A little bit. [laughs]

Do you feel like when you re busy it, like,

makes really big events like this almost easier?

Cause you re so overwhelmed that...

Yeah, I feel like everything is on,

like, the schedule s never been more set.

Packed? Yeah.

And so you just are like showing up,

showing up, showing up, showing up.

Yes, yes. That s all I have to do.

Yep. Is just show up.

And whatever unfolds. Unfolds.

Yeah. Hey.

I heard that you re directing for the first time too.

It s true. Yes.

[Emma] How s that?

It s great. It s the best.

We have the best, best, best crew in the world.

The most amazing actors. I love our cast.

It s like such a dream to get to work alongside them

and to work with them in a different way and, like,

see that skill from a different vantage point

has been really cool, it s a fun thing.

You know, I started out writing and acting as well.

And so I feel like I know things from behind camera

and in front of camera, and again, just getting to zoom out.

[Emma] Yeah, yeah.

It s really cool. I love that.

You look amazing. Thank you so much.

Who are you wearing, by the way?

Loewe. This is Loewe!

This is Loewe. [Emma gasping]

[Emma] It looks so good. Do you feel like a little garden?

Yes, very much that, yeah. [Emma laughing]

We got the flowers in the hair, you know.

So good. Is this your first Met?

It s my first Met. Stop. How do you feel?

Like, kind of crazy.

But I ll take, like, another check at the end of the night.

You ll be fine. But it s really fun.

It s a great group so I m really happy.

After the carpet you re good.

Yeah. It s that part. And we all relax.

It s that part. You got this.

Yeah, just be sort of yelled at by 100 people.

It s fine.

To move in different directions.

They re just screaming your name and you feel

like you re in trouble with the principal s office.

I am, I am. It does feel like

you re in trouble. I am.

But we are. We are.

And we re gonna be in the principal s office together.

I love that for us. I know. I love that for us.

It ll be fun. You look amazing.

Thanks, Emma. Go have fun.

I ll see you in there.

[Ayo] It s nice to see you. I ll see you in there, okay.

[Emma] I know.

[Ayo] Bye.