ROCK'n With Chris

"Excuse me, you're Tiffany right? Can you please stand right here, Chris will be ready for you next."

And there I stood, facing a wooden door with a white piece of paper taped to the front. It read "CHRIS ROCK".

I was at the Regency Hotel on the Upper East Side at a press junket for Rock's new movie "I Think I Love My Wife". The 18th floor was devoted to housing all the PR people, (that would be the girls wearing the really important black headsets), the stylists, the makeup artist, the press and of course the stars of the movie: Chris Rock and Kerry Washington.

As I waited to go inside, I'm not gonna lie, I was nervous. At the Super Bowl, you just had to roll with whatever happened. But at something like this, there was a lot less going on and a lot more time waiting which just leads to thinking and that very thing leads to getting nervous.

The door opened and in I walked. Immediately you notice the clutter everywhere. But its not junk, its just a lot of stuff squeezed into a small room to make all the 'magic happen'. There are already two cameras set up and behind those cameras is the crew who just waits as people revolve in and out of the room. Two promo posters hung off to either side of the carefully placed chairs. More people with headsets sat around the room. Cable cords are everywhere, lights hanging, a black curtain makes a U around the middle of the room. And in the center of all of it is Chris.

"Hey, I'm Tiffany. Nice to meet you."
Chris gave me that classic sly smile and said, "Nice to meet you too." Ha.. I thought to myself. This is going to be fine.

Part of the pressure is you only get a set amount of time. As soon as the cameraman says "GO" you have exactly four minutes to get your interview. Four minutes on a treadmill after you've run for 36 minutes is a long time. You just want it to end and it won't. Four minutes with one of America's funniest comedians is a flash in the pan. You blink and the whole thing is over.

I get the official word: "GO".
"Hey Chris.."
"Hey Tiff.."
Normally close friends call me Tiff.. but hey if he wants to call me Tiff that's cool. And for the next four minutes we talk. A little about the movie (cause we have too) and then we get into sports. Did you know he's a big Mets fan? Yup. So if you want to know more... then you'll have to tune in to Breakfast With Tiffany to see the interview!