00:01Let your inner cookie out.
00:06As you guys already know, Taraji plays Cookie on Empire, which is the smash of this season.
00:12Did you ever have any idea that this show was gonna take off the way it did?
00:15I know good material when I see it, and I just knew that if it was handled properly, it would
00:20change the game.
00:21Do you have a favorite beauty product that you kind of always rely on?
00:24My favorite, favorite product is the Perfect Blend Foundation Stick,
00:28made by Shinta Sharif, who beats my face.
00:30And you're wearing it right now?
00:31I'm wearing it right now.
00:32What would you tell, like, a 25-year-old Taraji?
00:35I would tell her not to change a thing and to stay on the path that she's on. You just
00:40can't give up.
00:41It looks like you have so much fun when you're playing Cookie. What is your favorite moment kind of off
00:45-camera?
00:46The famous butt-slapping moment with the lingerie.
00:49I decided at the last minute that, you know, I would get Anika back.
00:53When we got to episode six, I was like, a lingerie moment. Watch this. I'll show her what that real
00:59ass looks like.
01:00And I just did it. And literally everybody at the table was like,
01:03Tell me about your favorite moment with any of the guest stars.
01:08For me, it was Courtney Love.
01:09Okay.
01:10Because, I mean, come on. Everybody knows Courtney Love.
01:13I love working with people who lose themselves in the work.
01:16So, I have to know, off-camera, when you're not Cookie, you're stripped of the amazing outfits, the makeup, everything.
01:23What is the moment when you feel your most beautiful?
01:26Usually when I'm coming from the gym, because I'm feeling myself, my muscles are pumped up, and there's a glow.
01:31I can't explain it.
01:32That's beautiful. I love that answer.
