Kerry Washington on Working with Ben Affleck & Rooting for Two People on Dancing with the Stars

Our first guest tonight is one of our all-time favorites. She was the first American Pope and now she stars opposite Ben Affleck in the new thriller Animals. Animals premieres in theaters and on Netflix Friday. Please welcome Kerry Washington. >> [music] [music]

[music] >> I'm good. >> I'm good. >> You were fantastic. >> clean up for you. >> Very good to see you. You look wonderful. Uh thank you for being here. Thank you for braving the sweltering heat to be here. >> LA's so dramatic about this heat. >> [laughter] >> Like as a New Yorker, I'm like it's hot.

>> I know. I get >> you know, it's LA. So everybody's like it's so hot. >> Well >> We're melting. >> It's October, I think is the thing. I think we can accept when it's hot in July. When it's October, I mean I remember a time where you'd go trick-or-treating and you'd want to wear

like, you know, I'd dress like a gorilla or something to stay warm just for that reason. >> Yeah, yeah, yeah, the onesie costume. >> And now all of a sudden it's like you got to be Michael Phelps or something. You have to go out in a Speedo. >> I'm not doing that. >> In New York, by the way, we just got

back from New York and I'm going to tell you something. >> though. >> We I saw a lot of there was a lot of kombucha, a lot of mustache wax. It's not quite as tough as it used to be. It's not the Brooklyn of my youth. I will tell you that right now.

>> All right, all right, all right. >> Now, uh have you been I want to get into something with you. Okay. Have you been watching Guillermo on Dancing with the Stars? >> I have been watching Dancing with the Stars. >> Okay. >> But I have a few former co-stars. >> That's what I want to