How is Hugh Grant not a comedian yet? He's one liner is so perfectly timed and made the audience laugh all the times!!

I absolutely adore watching Hugh Grant in interviews. I wish the interviewer would let them talk more..

Meryl Streep is such a lovely person!

Hugh Grant still drawing the biggest audience laughs! A natural!

The moderator was excellent, what are people talking about? Articulate and eloquent and delivers her questions well. She talks a lot but she also puts the panelist at ease.

Audience question "What was the biggest risk you took that snowballed your career?" Hugh Grant: "Unprotected sex!" 44:25 min.

The interviewer loves to hear herself speak

Simon Helberg was great in the film and I hope he wins an Oscar.

Why does this woman's questions go on forever? She never stops speaking. The long questions make it so awkward for the three actors.

I must admit i envy the confidence she has, being able to talk soooo much in front of 3 incredible actors.

I was happy when Meryl mentioned she is lucky to have the chance because a lot of actors don't even get the chance because it's so true. It's not just talent that gets you the part, it's also connections or luck or just looking the part the best more than anybody else. And if you're not an American or white it's even harder.

love meryl streep. So good always.

So nice to see comments which are critical (justifiably, in my view) of the interviewer yet don't descent in to abuse. Hopefully she will have read them and amended her style subsequently.

simon helberg has gorgeous hair !!

Loved this movie! Have seen it twice! Wonderful !

...what an absolute delight to listen to the reality of ‘how to do it’, ‘how it happens’, how brilliance can make or break guidance of talent to excell, and come up with the unexpected - that ‘freedom’ which a great actor always dreams of...BRILLIANT!

After having seen so many painful interviewers, it's refreshing to watch someone like Annette. Thank you for this.

Key to understanding Florence is syphilis she contracted from her husband at very young age. In advanced stages it gives a feeling of grandiosity (can be confused with Narcissistic Personality Disorder according to Sam Vaknin). That's why she hasn’t seen anything wrong with her singing. Also, she was a prodigy piano player, have had sound education in music. Singing and music was more part of life then today. This movie showed nicely atmosphere of appreciation for music, art in her social circles, popularity of amateur theater groups. I was introduced to Florence's singing 20 years ago by music teacher as something laughable for classical music lovers (not like P.D.Q. Bach). 'Love story' was a very good angle here. People around her were polite but also knew her long enough to love and support her. I love scene in the lift when Simon Helberg's character finally laughs. His joy of getting well paid job, and even more relief after witnessing surreal situation. He is an excellent comedian. Because singing, music is so often gone from early stages of our life (first thousand days from conception are crucial) we have so many poor American Idol auditions and people brainwashed into following really bad music. Also, we have an epidemic of narcissistic behaviors. Among Millennials NPD is three times more prevalent. And line between class act and kitsch can be very thin (or blurred by mediocre 'artists'). When music is present at home you may have children like son of composer Rick Beato, boy with perfect pitch or Jackie Evancho, Amira Willhagen, Angelina Jordan. BTW Andrzej Wajda used the same 'technique' with his actors. He has had access to the best one because of his communist connections, allegiance. And they were doing his job, like setting the scenes. He took away stage, limelight, resources, Oscar (see: allegiance) from much more talented people.

I love each and every person on that stage, including Ms Insdorf.

great interview... I never heard someone speaking in english so clear that I understand everything as if it was spanish like this woman interviewer

I loved this movie.

I enjoyed hearing Meryl Streep's description of the film in the context of "love story": it's not about foppish silliness and vanity so much. I am sold on going to see it. Loved the 92nd St. Y's online interview!

Grate Merrill St. Love. And extremely talented aktor Hugh Grant. Like. ❤

fun panel they are all so funny and reflective

This interviewer talks too much. She has 3 eloquent actors who undoubtedly could speak for hours minimally prompted, but it seems she is much too conscious about appearing informed & intelligent. Ironically, she speaks about the director getting out of the way of the performers. She could have taken a hint from that technique.

What an excellent interviewer. Great questions and heartfelt responses.

A wonderful , wonderful movie ,loved it

great interview. thank you

fascinating.. Thanks for the post.

great talk, thanks for posting.

First of all... Why is the interviewer the only one who has to rise her hand to see? .... And on another subject... Meryl Streep seems to be a very accomplished and modest person. I like her

Thanks for this interview ,enjoyed it very much

Bravo!

Thanks so much for uploading!

Can't wait to see that movie. Even more so after that great talk!

I don't think that Annette Insdorf is a very good interviewer. She doesn't stop at asking the question: she follows the question with a series of anticipated / suggested answers.

Great interview. I cannot wait to see this film.

What a great interview!

Great Meryl!

I so love her hair

Fantastic interview. Brilliant questions.

An Intelligent delightful interview that I enjoyed very much. Particularly honest about the director and their own reaction to not being over directed and the vulnerability of the actor: waiting for the crushing that is not what I'm after type direction, never coming from the director but still being insecure enough to expect it. To me it shows the real lack of arrogance in this talented trio. A truly delightful film full of warmth and understanding. I am also glad the court scene was taken out. I feel it would have set an unfair premise on Hugh Grants character. Was he wasn't he a gold digger? I might change my mind about that several times but at the end of the day we will never know and I do not personally think worth the distraction from a very well done and extremely enjoyable film. Do not politisise everything. It was wrong to politisise the ending

Thé interviewer wants to be the star

I get a feeling of Lada GAGA when we talk about FFJ because GAGA is about the outfits and the extraness besides the voice. So Florence was very GAGA. Or GAGA is very Florence what ever.

the lady in charge talks too much !!!!

Great! Liked, shared and subscribed. :)

Meryl's shoes.

Whatever Hugh says, it's funny... He doesn't speak if isn't funny.

Sophie, have you seen the new stadium in Los Angeles?

a little gem but only because the audio was not a nerve end strainer on the ear lobe clearly

Filmed in Liverpool I believe.

The interviewer is so starstruck that she runs on, obliterating the conversation.

Must have pained Meryl to sing like that but then I whistle like Florence. So guys, plug your ears!

How you all collected these ppl which I never now

who are the sad 24 people who've given a thumbs down to this?

I’d love to hear these three speak, but I can’t stand another hot listening to that moderator.

It would have been far more fantastic if just three of them talked without the interviewer.

I used to love to sing (NOT professionally!) until my children told me how terrible my voice was.

The interviewer reminds me of Roseanne arquette.

Carnegie Hall & Lincoln Center . . . dueling doll towns . . . The Eagles.

first half is good, last half the interviewer starts to become a bit unbearable, however the questions were good

slay

So tired of Streep Worship. Grant is just as talented.

I wondered that a woman of such stature (body size) could have such a squeaky voice. A person that has enjoyed such pleasure (food) undoubtedly has the vocal cords relaxing also.

Okay, further comment: I can’t take any more of this interviewer. These three guests are potentially very interesting but the interviewer is murdering the show. How on earth does she get air time? I’m 60% through and quitting.

The interviwer seems kindof deluded

Is that young David Attenborough ?

thanks for the warning, I opted out before politics came into it. ...

Ms Insdorf needs to learn the art of interviewing. Ask your question, then shut up and let the guests answer. She should remember that humans have two ears and only one mouth, they should be used in that order. That lady is far too interested in her own voice. Compare this interview with one hosted by Graham Norton about the same subject and with both Hugh and Meryl.

It was great until the host brought up politics.

Grant should be as lucky as Streep to keep working when he's 67...only 7 more years from now.

I agree with the people who say that the interviewer should just shut up and let the guests speak. She also surprised me enormously with a couple of her pronunciations: she has obviously gone to a great deal of trouble to make her speech sound educated, to the verge of preciousness, and yet she says “singer” with a hard “g”; and as, I assume a film critic, she really ought to know that “Laundrette” has only two syllables.

The interviewer could let the actors talk more, she is intelligent and competent, but he ended of knowing more of her views, than the three other persons and I would have wished the opposite. Also too long questions, so sometimes one looses the point.

Meryl immerse her acting into the persona of the character she was portraying to the extent that one who sees her in that situation cannot identify the real person and the actor!

Really, really great - then the political note turned it sour for me - good job they saved that for last!

Maybe they were giving her mercury and arsenic and then told her she had syphllis.

Ugh, I can't stand Insdorf, she's so full of herself. I hate the way she pretends to ask a question and then either answers it, or pontificates, or lets the guest start to answer the question and *then* goes off on it. Imagine analyzing a movie -- complete with cultural references -- to the three actors who actually starred in it. Cringe-inducing.

Simon is nervous as hell. He's fidgetting all over the place. He's immensely talented, but here he looks like an amateur. Poor guy...

Does Annette Insdorf cut her own hair? And her dress sense with that puff-sleeve??? What is wrong with the people letting her on stage like that? Isn't there a stylist? Or even a child with common sense to dress her and do something with that footballer-haystack on her head??? Mind you, the greatest Meryl Streep has also not been taken care of very well hair-wise...

I can’t watch this, the interviewer is so long-winded.

Perhaps Laramie Cowboys aren't so dumb roping titans and nice people to take their masks off. . .and it would be their fault.

This is about the Hyundai commercial which precedes the interview. What is with women narrators these days?? She is using a 'Tennage Girl Munchkin Voice' with a heavy glottal fry. So Annoying!!!!

I love Meryl but her interviews are yawn.....lol😂❤

If this interviewer says "sin-ger" with a hard g one more time...🙄

Interviewer talks too much

*spit! Can't you just leave your goddam politics out of it?

Vvvnnn you k

Sad that she got into politics and alienated well more than half of her listeners

Another interviewer who talks too much!

Why must something always be ruined with politics.

Annette Insdorf, you are wonderful! Please, some lighter pants and shoes and a top in Merryl's rich ligher color range, lighter haircut PLEASE or just put it back, and /or, just forget the "natural" hair color - go rich and light (OK, if you will not, put your damn hair back)!

The interviewer is sooo annoying Her questions are cringe The way she speaks is saccharine And cheesy

Lovely discussion, except for the last moments when politics put a bad taste in my mouth. I wish that these incredible actors could realize that Hillary Clinton is the Florence Foster Jenkins of our lifetimes.

Streep says you can hear it in her voice the passion???? Jenkins was a joke and she should have never received the attention given to her. Her dad had a lot of money and that’s the only reason she is known today.

What a terrible interviewer. Put Janelle in from Variety.

this simon helberg is boring ...puuh! repeating was hugh grant sais all the time, but in a such a boring way!

Frankly I never liked this film. Probably because of the things this Interview exposes

Only 2 actors here I like. It's hard to give a thumbs up for the actress (so called). I used to like her but she's a nothing.

can't understand why she chosen screen acting as her career, she hasn't got any talent and good looking for movie needs.she can't compare with Catherine Zeta-Jones, Julianne Moore; Susan Sarandon;.Glenn Close..... she certainly is an overrated actress. in the movie "Sophie's Choice" she played the horrible role of Holocaust survivors. her performance just horrible ! also in the movie "The Bridges of Madison County" she performed laughing by the end of the scene was so over acting, artificial and fake. her acting makes me vomiting. only the people who stay in the nursing home would enjoy to watching her movie.