Regina Hall: Why I Almost Became a Nun and The Loss that Changed Everything

Summary

Glass Half Full with Craig Melvin

Episode: Regina Hall: Why I Almost Became a Nun and The Loss that Changed Everything

Date: March 31, 2026
Host: Craig Melvin
Guest: Regina Hall

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Episode Overview

In this heartfelt and candid episode, Craig Melvin sits down with acclaimed actress Regina Hall to explore the pivotal moments that have shaped her personally and professionally. Regina shares stories about profound loss, finding faith and humor through adversity, her unconventional path to Hollywood, and why she came close to becoming a nun. The conversation weaves through themes of resilience, curiosity, the unpredictability of life, and the ever-present pursuit of joy.

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Main Discussion Points & Insights

1. Glass Half Full or Half Empty?

• Optimism from Day One:
  • Regina asserts she's always been a glass half full person.
  • Quote:
    • “Half full, for sure.” — Regina Hall (02:26)
  • She credits her outlook to her upbringing and sense of resilience.

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2. The Moment That Changed Everything: Losing Her Father

• Personal Tragedy as a Foundation:
  • Regina lost her father at age 23, while studying journalism at NYU.
  • The experience was “sobering,” making her realize the brevity of life and the loss of foundational protection.
  • Quote:
    • “It made me understand the brevity of life... It was sobering to be in your early 20s and lose that kind of foundation.” — Regina Hall (03:11)
• Career Path Divergence:
  • The event forced her to reassess her life goals, ultimately leading her towards acting instead of journalism.

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3. From Journalism to Acting

• The Unpredictable Path:
  • Initially started with the suggestion to audition for commercials to earn extra money.
  • Acting began as a reprieve and grew into a calling.
  • Quote:
    • “It felt very natural…I was like, oh, this is what I’m gonna do.” — Regina Hall (06:35)
• Philosophy on Life’s Twists:
  • Regina and Craig joke about how life could take you “from zero to 60” and into unexpected places.
  • Their banter underscores the beauty and risk of not following a script.
  • Memorable Moment:
    • “Maybe I wouldn’t have been a hooker…” — Regina Hall (04:11), joking about unpredictable life choices.

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4. Early Acting Struggles and Perspective on Failure

• Many Years of “No” Before “Yes”:
  • Regina recalls auditioning unsuccessfully for years, finding humor in repeated rejection.
  • Quote:
    • “I marveled at my failures...I was like, wow, this is like 30 no’s in a row.” — Regina Hall (08:37)
  • She didn’t take rejection personally until later in her career.
• Breakthrough:
  • A McDonald’s commercial was her first big yes after two years of auditions (09:10).

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5. Stepping Into Hollywood: “The Best Man” and Beyond

• Early Breakout Roles:
  • Regina was thrilled to work alongside an impressive ensemble in "The Best Man," but didn’t see it as her 'big break'—just hoped to leave waitressing behind.
  • Self-Doubt and Growth:
    • Quote:
      • “I think it takes a long time...I wasn’t like, ‘Do you think I’ll work again?’ I think there’s, in the beginning, you’re always in between jobs.” — Regina Hall (12:35)
  • Cites "Scary Movie" as her first substantial, confidence-building role.

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6. Comedy, Success, and Sequel Hesitations

• Iconic Roles & Audience Recognition:
  • "Scary Movie" and "Girls Trip" are the films people approach her about most.
• Sequel Insights:
  • On the pending "Girls Trip 2," Regina is cautious, emphasizing the importance of quality.
  • Quote:
    • “There’s not gonna be a sequel until the script is right, and we haven’t gotten that yet.” — Regina Hall (14:17)
  • Discusses the increased pressure, expectations, and difficulties associated with making sequels (15:22).

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7. Working with Industry Legends

• Recent Projects:
  • Regina describes working with Leonardo DiCaprio and Benicio del Toro as “wonderful,” noting how the experience was both intimidating and inspiring but made easy by their warmth (15:57).
• Actor’s Journey:
  • Finds excitement in breaking out of comedy stereotypes and tackling quieter, dramatic roles (16:43).

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8. Balancing Faith and Almost Becoming a Nun

• Spiritual Chapter:
  • Regina shares how, after a breakup and a period of deep reflection and connection with God, she considered taking vows to become a nun (18:29).
  • Quote:
    • “It was just an incredible peaceful time...it was the most—it made the breakup worth it.” — Regina Hall (20:03)
  • Ultimately, she was “too seasoned” (over the age requirement) for the order she applied to (21:26).
  • Humorous Parallel:
    • She likens her relationship with God now to being a couple married for 40 years—comfortable, familiar, but unshakable (21:03).

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9. Quickfire: Craig’s Curiosities (Rapid-Fire Q&A)

• Favorite Guilty Pleasure Show:
  • “Dateline.” She jokes about having seen nearly every episode (24:29).
• Most Quoted Line:
  • “‘Out of my face, out of my face!’ — Scary Movie” (25:58).
• Biggest Misconception About Hollywood:
  • “It’s a lot more calm than people think… It’s quite a corporate functioning way of life.”—Regina Hall (26:05)

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10. Hopes, Kindness, and What’s Next

• Open to Marriage:
  • Embraces the possibility of finding a partner, calling the idea of marriage “incredibly beautiful” (26:44).
• Chasing More Good Moments:
  • “I want more of all things. More of all things good.” — Regina Hall (26:59)
• How She Hopes to Be Remembered:
  • “Kindness.” — Regina Hall (27:16)
• Toast:
  • Regina toasts to “a lovely conversation with you, Craig” (27:25).

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Notable Quotes with Timestamps

• “It made me understand the brevity of life… It was sobering to be in your early 20s and lose that kind of foundation.” — Regina Hall (03:11)
• “Maybe I wouldn’t have been a hooker…” (joking about life's unpredictability) — Regina Hall (04:11)
• "I marveled at my failures...I was like, wow, this is like 30 no’s in a row.” — Regina Hall (08:37)
• “There’s not gonna be a sequel until the script is right, and we haven’t gotten that yet.” — Regina Hall (14:17)
• “It was just an incredible peaceful time...it was the most—it made the breakup worth it.” — Regina Hall (20:03)
• “I want more of all things. More of all things good.” — Regina Hall (26:59)
• “Kindness.” (What she hopes people remember her for) — Regina Hall (27:16)

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Important Timestamps for Key Segments

• [02:26] — Regina claims her optimism: glass half full.
• [03:02] — The life-defining loss: father’s death.
• [06:18] — Pivot from journalism to commercials/acting.
• [08:37] — Early years of acting rejection and humor in failure.
• [11:43] — Landing “The Best Man” and early Hollywood experiences.
• [13:13] — "Scary Movie" and finding her stride as a working actress.
• [14:08]-[15:47] — Discussion of sequels and “Girls Trip 2.”
• [15:57] — Working with Leonardo DiCaprio and Benicio del Toro.
• [18:29]-[21:26] — Her journey of faith and yearning to become a nun.
• [24:20]-[26:27] — Craig’s rapid-fire curiosity round.

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Tone & Atmosphere

The conversation is warm, humorous, and marked by candid self-reflection. Regina’s easy rapport with Craig fosters stories rich in feeling and delivered with wit. There’s a throughline of gratitude and resilience, balanced by a grounded understanding of both the industry and personal fulfillment.

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Takeaways

• Major life shifts are often born of loss or what feels like failure.
• The path to success is winding, nonlinear, and full of surprises.
• Maintaining humor and humility is essential, even (and especially) in tough times.
• Deep faith and self-knowledge are anchors through unpredictable chapters.
• Being remembered for kindness outlasts any career highlight.

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For listeners, this episode delivers both inspiration and laughter—an invitation to view life with curiosity, grace, and a glass half full.

Transcript

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[Regina Hall]

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[Regina Hall]

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[Craig Melvin]

Foreign. Craig Melvin here and welcome to my basement bar. And welcome to Glass Half Full. This is, this is where we really dig into the moments that define people that, you know, define them professionally, define them personally as well. My guest this time is one of whom Hollywood's most versatile talents, Regina Hall. You probably know her from Scary movie Girls trip, but recent film, of course, One battle after Another. You may not know though, the story behind her success, the losses that really shaped her. We spent some time talking about that. We spent some time talking about some of the projects she's working on now, what drives her. We talked a little bit about her love life as well. But I always enjoy my time with Regina hall and I hope you enjoy this conversation as well. Well, Regina hall, it's always good to see you. Welcome to Glass Half Full.

[Regina Hall]

I got my glass.

[Craig Melvin]

Okay. I've got my bourbon, you've got your champagne. Cheers to Regina Hall. First of all, would you say you're a glass half full or a glass half empty kind of person?

[Regina Hall]

Half full, for sure.

[Craig Melvin]

That was quick. That was quick. Have you always been that way?

[Regina Hall]

I think so, since I can remember.

[Craig Melvin]

Okay.

[Regina Hall]

I think so.

[Craig Melvin]

You've always struck me as someone who's optimistic. This is a podcast where we focus on the moments that shape us professionally and personally. For. For you, if you had to look back on a moment that shaped you more than others in your life, is There one that you can. You can point to

[Regina Hall]

the loss of my father.

[Craig Melvin]

How old?

[Regina Hall]

In 20, I was 23.

[Craig Melvin]

Wow. How did that shape you?

[Regina Hall]

Just think it made me understand the brevity of life. You know what ain't? It was sobering. You know what I mean? It was sobering to be 20s, in your early 20s and lose that kind of foundation and. And what you would consider protection, you know, when you're a young. When you're. When you're a young. A young woman.

[Craig Melvin]

You were studying journalism at NYU at the time, right?

[Regina Hall]

Mm, yep. First semester. Yeah. Just sobering for, you know, financially. Had to figure out a way to continue that. And then also it makes you realize, well, what do you. What do you really want to do with your life? You know, you don't know how long that is.

[Craig Melvin]

Do you think that had he not died, do you think you would be doing what I'm doing? Do you think you would have gone into journalism? Or do you think that you, no matter what, still would have go on the acting route?

[Regina Hall]

I don't know. I would imagine life would have propelled me. Life would have put me there some other way. I mean, I don't know. You know what I mean? It's so hard to say because, you know, life unfolds the way it unfolds and, you know, you can have judgment of it or think, oh, if this hadn't happened, you know, maybe I wouldn't have been a hooker if this happened. Maybe you would have been, you know, whatever. Whatever how it goes. You know what I'm saying? Whatever. Yeah, maybe. I don't know. Yeah, I mean. Or whatever, maybe not a hooker. There's a hard example I was going to say.

[Craig Melvin]

I mean, you went from, like, you went from zero to 60, but. Okay, I mean, whatever you're into.

[Regina Hall]

Well, I just mean, you know, your life can put you in places.

[Craig Melvin]

But don't you find that that's kind of one of the best parts of life? Like, it just never goes as scripted? Like it just doesn't play out like you think in your mind it's going

[Regina Hall]

to play out well when you're not the hooker and it plays out this way? Yeah, I think it's pretty marvelous. But I don't know, if it goes left, then, you know, you know, so it depends on what. What side you're looking at it from. But yes, I mean, of course, you know, sometimes it turns out better than your imagination, and then sometimes it turns out like I can't. I could have never imagined it.

[Craig Melvin]

You would have Been a fantastic journalist because I have always found you.

[Regina Hall]

I thought you were gonna say hooker. I was about to be like, maybe.

[Craig Melvin]

I mean, that would have been a compliment, too. That would have been a compliment.

[Regina Hall]

It would have. It would have. I would have committed. And when I say that, I mean I like anything that I would do. I would want to be great or I would want to put my heart into that.

[Craig Melvin]

Right.

[Regina Hall]

So, yes, I would have loved being a journalist as well. For sure. I love people.

[Craig Melvin]

Now you're naturally curious, too. Explain the decision to pivot, though. Like, how did you go from one day? You know what? I want to, you know, speak truth to power and tell stories and ask questions to. I want to be in movies. I want to be in TV shows. I want to act.

[Regina Hall]

I think after I lost my father and I did, and my friend, I had a friend who said, you can make extra money doing commercials. And I did it. And I think I started and I enjoyed it. And I think somehow that was a reprieve from many things. But I think I just kind of. I think I just.

[Craig Melvin]

Just.

[Regina Hall]

It felt very natural. I don't know, it felt like, oh, this is what I'm gonna do, or I wanna do. I don't. I don't. I will say this, Craig. I don't necessarily think that it's a weird thing. I do think about all things, and I do, but I don't. I don't know if you're like that too. You just. I don't know.

[Craig Melvin]

Things that you think about, you think about them deeply. But there are a lot of things that you don't bother yourself with, like using the bandwidth to even think about.

[Regina Hall]

That's exactly it. That's exactly it.

[Craig Melvin]

Yes.

[Regina Hall]

That's going to be my new quote. How did you know that? Is it because you do that, or can you help people like that?

[Craig Melvin]

No, I'm the same way. There are things that I won't say, obsess over, but there are things that I think about deeply, frequently. And there are other things that I probably should devote some thought time to. I'm like, I don't have time for that. Yeah, you can relate to that. Do you remember the first audition?

[Regina Hall]

It was a commercial.

[Craig Melvin]

Oh, I. Oh, we've seen the commercial. We have the commercial.

[Regina Hall]

Well, that was after two years of not getting any. I mean, I didn't have a. I didn't. It's like I. You know what? When I first started, I just. I couldn't. I don't know, I started and then when I was in grad school, I couldn't because I'm like, I'm. I was. I was. I was in. I had a lot of classes. I had a lot of work. And so popping into auditions. And then I think it was after grad school that I really started, but it was a commercial audition. I didn't. I didn't. I don't know what made me. Kept going. I had a. Keep going. I had a lot of. I had a lot of no's.

[Craig Melvin]

Who said no? Do you remember?

[Regina Hall]

Oh, everybody's. I mean, you know, I had a lot of, like, No, I had a lot of. I just didn't get the job. A lot of didn't get the jobs. But it was funny to me. I'd be like, mommy, I didn't get another one. Sound like when I got. When I got F's on my math test, I'd be like, mommy, this is lower than the last one.

[Craig Melvin]

I don't know.

[Regina Hall]

I marveled at my failures. Like, they. I thought they were. I thought they were. I was like, wow, this is like 30 no's in a row. Like, I kind of thought it was kind of fantastic in a way, you know, that you could get that many. So they weren't. I didn't. I don't know that I took them that personal until maybe one day I did when I was like, that was a rude no. You know what I mean? But that was later.

[Craig Melvin]

But then McDonald's said yes.

[Regina Hall]

McDonald's said yes.

[Craig Melvin]

And. And that was. That was the big no. That no, not true.

[Regina Hall]

That was a while before. That was like. That was two years before, I think, best man. But you know what? Whatever time. Is it real? Is it not real?

[Craig Melvin]

Is it?

[Regina Hall]

You know what I mean? It was enough to be like, oh. And I was excited, and I got paid good money, so I was very happy.

[Craig Melvin]

More to come with Regina Hall. Stay with us.

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[Regina Hall]

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[Craig Melvin]

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[Craig Melvin]

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[Regina Hall]

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[Regina Hall]

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[Regina Hall]

I don't know. I don't know that I ever thought like that. I just was like, I'm so excited. I had seen, like, Harold Perno and Romeo and Juliet with Claire Danes and Leonardo. I was like, he's amazing. And Nia Long. I was like, it's Nia Long and it's Taye Diggs. And I was just very excited. I don't know that I was like. I think I was probably more nervous because I was like a strip. I was like, I mean, a dancer. I can't dance. How am I going to dance? But I was incredibly. I was just excited. I don't know that I looked at it like, you know, oh, I'm an actress. I was like, maybe I won't waitress anymore.

[Craig Melvin]

Is there a moment, looking back on it after Best man where you. You thought, okay, now I'm comfortable. Like, now I'm confident in this job as an actor. Or are you still not there?

[Regina Hall]

Probably first time, I was like, maybe it was. Maybe it was Scary Movie. But that was the first time I'd been hired for run of Picture. I'd only done two things before, which was best man, love and basketball. And so when I booked Scary Movie, neither one of those Films had come out yet. And so I think when you're just. You're, you know, you're. You're working and you're like, okay, I'm believing I can work in this. And, like, And. And. But it. It wasn't, you know, I don't know. I think it takes a long time. It took a long time for me to feel like, okay, I'm gonna. You know, where I wasn't like, do you think I'll work again? I mean, I think there's. In the beginning, you're always like. Because, you know, you're always in between jobs.

[Craig Melvin]

Is Scary Movie still the. The movie that generates the most response from people on the street.

[Regina Hall]

Probably that. And maybe now Girls Trip. I mean. Or your best man. Because best man. It depends on who is the audience,

[Craig Melvin]

you know, Did y' all know when you were filming Girls Trip that it was going to be what it became, or was that one of those films that you were like, in the moment? You're like, okay, this is good. This is fun, but we'll see where it goes.

[Regina Hall]

We had fun shooting it. I don't know that I was like. I probably was a little nervous when they said Summertime. Same day as Dunkirk. Chris Nolan movie.

[Craig Melvin]

Oh, I remember that. That's right.

[Regina Hall]

I think I was like, is this wise? But was completely, you know, so happy that people loved it. You never know what an audience is gonna respond to.

[Craig Melvin]

Especially these days.

[Regina Hall]

Yeah, especially these days. I mean, this was obviously when you could gauge it a little bit more.

[Craig Melvin]

And now there's a sequel.

[Regina Hall]

That's what I'm hearing.

[Craig Melvin]

What do you mean? Don't do that. What do you mean? That's what you're hearing?

[Regina Hall]

Yes, I have. I mean, that's what I've been hearing.

[Craig Melvin]

But I haven't read a sequel.

[Regina Hall]

But there's not gonna be a sequel until the script is right, and we haven't gotten that yet.

[Craig Melvin]

You haven't gotten a script or you haven't gotten a script? That's right.

[Regina Hall]

They have not gotten a script. That's right. I think when this. When they. When our producers feel like the script is right, then they will. Then they will. Then we will read it.

[Craig Melvin]

What does a right girl's trip to script look like?

[Regina Hall]

It's gotta be funny. It's gotta be heartfelt. It's gotta be something audiences want but don't expect. You gotta have a surprise element you got. You know, it's gotta be a lot of things. Craig, you've given us a lot of time. It's gotta be a lot of things.

[Craig Melvin]

You've given us a lot of thought.

[Regina Hall]

Well, it's just sequels have a lot of. You don't want to do it again if it's not. If you're not, even if you don't believe it's good.

[Craig Melvin]

But don't you also find, as well, more often than not the sequel, they rarely live up to the original, and oftentimes they fall far short? No, but don't you think oftentimes that's the case with sequels?

[Regina Hall]

I would probably say, yeah, a lot of times that's the case.

[Craig Melvin]

Why is that?

[Regina Hall]

Probably because there's more fear, more pressure, more interference from the studios. They want to make sure that they're. You know what I mean? I think there are a lot more hands, there's a lot more weight on it. You're increasing the salaries, you're increasing the budget. People have a lot more weight on the need for it to do good. And there's nothing that's existing prior to it that you're trying to compare it to or live up to or surpass. So I just think the weight is different.

[Craig Melvin]

You recently did something that a lot of actors dream of doing. You worked with Leonardo DiCaprio and Benicio del Toro. What was that like?

[Regina Hall]

It was wonderful. It was a great kind of intimidation or pressure because they were so cool. I mean, I think the other thing, too, is they were so easy and so nice. I mean, the weight of working with them in the scenes really was on Tiana. I just had the weight of doing what I had to do in the. The emotional, you know, component of the film. But it was such a ride. It was such a. It was. I mean, it was so good. We had a good time. It was a very incredible experience. You know, looking back on that, a

[Craig Melvin]

lot of people talked about how. How quiet you were in. In one after another. And you seemed a little surprised by that, that people's reactions were so like, oh, Regina sure is quiet.

[Regina Hall]

I guess you. Whenever you do something, you never know. But I mean, I guess probably for people who know me, like, very largely for comedy and because I have had a lot of roles that have been, you know, bold and outspoken or, you know, wild. So I totally get that people were like, oh, I wouldn't have expected the. The quieter, straight role for Regina. But, I mean, I think that's just kind of like the. The fun of what we do for ourselves. It's kind of like a real journey of discovery. I think we kind of discover what we can and can't do. Sometimes I'm like, I can't do that. Why did they give me. You know? And then you're like, oh.

[Craig Melvin]

And then you do it.

[Regina Hall]

I got it. And then you do it. Yeah. I call my agent and I'm like, I can't do it.

[Craig Melvin]

And your agent's like, we play this game all the time. Yes, you can.

[Regina Hall]

All the time.

[Craig Melvin]

You got three movies coming out in 2026.

[Regina Hall]

Yeah. Scary movie.

[Craig Melvin]

Is it. Have you guys wrapped? Are you finished?

[Regina Hall]

Not yet. Not shooting now. And then another film called Three Bags Full A Sheep Detective Story. And then Judgment Day with Will Ferrell.

[Craig Melvin]

You're working a lot.

[Regina Hall]

It's been good. And then. And then. And then a limited. I did this Ellen Hildepran thing with Jennifer Garner and Chloe Savigne called a five star weekend.

[Craig Melvin]

It's a lot.

[Regina Hall]

Then I got my own stuff coming. We got some RH negative stuff for my production company.

[Craig Melvin]

So, you know, there's something about your story outside of acting that I find especially fascinating, and I don't think a lot of our listeners may necessarily know about this. You were this close to becoming Sister Regina. You almost became a nun.

[Regina Hall]

Well, I certainly took an initial step. Yes. And that's a big deal. Yeah. You know. Is it? I feel like I. I feel like I went ring shopping. You know what I mean? Like, you know, it's like getting engaged is a big deal, but is it? Marriage is probably a big deal.

[Craig Melvin]

I think it's a big deal.

[Regina Hall]

I still think you think engagement's a big deal.

[Craig Melvin]

I think. I mean, I think most people would agree, don't you, that if you go shopping for a ring with somebody that you love, that's a significant milestone in one's life?

[Regina Hall]

It's significant. Okay. It is significant. Is it significant if you don't get married?

[Craig Melvin]

Still significant.

[Regina Hall]

It is. Okay.

[Craig Melvin]

If you walk down an aisle and you don't even say, I do. The walk is significant.

[Regina Hall]

No, the walk is. But what if you never make it there? You just shopped for the ring. You didn't get proposed to and you didn't then. Is it significant? I'm just curious. Maybe it is. I mean, listen, it was significant.

[Craig Melvin]

Are we talking about you becoming a nun or are we talking about you almost getting married? Okay.

[Regina Hall]

No, we're talking about me becoming a nun. I was just making a. I was trying to make a parallel.

[Craig Melvin]

That's what parents are saying. Get close to home.

[Regina Hall]

I think. I mean, of course it was significant, but more significant was probably the time that led up to me wanting to do it.

[Craig Melvin]

What led up to it?

[Regina Hall]

Just the incredible romance I was having with God. It was just an incredible. It was an incredible time of meditation, of, like, prayer, of quiet. It was just an incredible peaceful time.

[Craig Melvin]

Was there something that led to this renewed connection with your faith? Or had that always been a fire that was burning?

[Regina Hall]

It was a breakup that had happened probably two or three years before that. And during that time, it was the most. It made the breakup worth it. You know what I mean? It made it really worth it. I could see the beauty in. I don't know, I could saw all the beauty in the defined orchestration of things. And I thought. And it was great. And I mean. I mean, the romance continues, but I feel like now we're like, you know, we're like a longtime couple now.

[Craig Melvin]

You and God have been married for, like, 40 years. He's finishing your sentences. You're finishing his stories.

[Regina Hall]

But I'm also mad that, you know, he left the toothpaste open. But it doesn't. It's not a big thing. It's not a big thing. It's like all this little stuff. It's not like I'm always happy with him, but I'm not going anywhere.

[Craig Melvin]

But why didn't they let you in the nunnery?

[Regina Hall]

I was too seasoned. They had an age. They had an age thing. I think the age thing, I don't know, was like, 39. And I was a little.

[Craig Melvin]

By the way, I was today years old when I found out that they had, like, an age limit on.

[Regina Hall]

Because not all of them. Every. Every order is different. Some have age. Some have sexual partners. Some have, like, family connections. They all have a different. They have their own different, you know, specificities, specifications.

[Craig Melvin]

More ahead with Regina Hall. Stay with us. And Doug. There's nowhere I wouldn't go to help someone customize and save on car insur with Liberty Mutual. Even if it means sitting front row at a comedy show.

[Regina Hall]

Hey, everyone. Check out this guy and his bird. What is this, your first date?

[Craig Melvin]

Oh, no. We help people customize and save on car insurance with Liberty Mutual together. We're married. Me to a human, him to a bird.

[Regina Hall]

Yeah, the bird looks out of your league anyways.

[Craig Melvin]

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[Regina Hall]

Liberty. Liberty. Liberty.

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[Craig Melvin]

Let's take a turn. We're going to. We've got a few minutes left. I don't want to run out of time here, so I'm going to turn to Craig's Curiosities. These are things that I'm genuinely curious about when it comes to you. So answer quickly and be honest. Don't do that thing where you think about the answer for 90 seconds.

[Regina Hall]

That's honest, though, when I think, nope, okay, but I won't think.

[Craig Melvin]

What's your favorite guilty pleasure TV show right now?

[Regina Hall]

Dateline.

[Craig Melvin]

You still watch the Datelines? You've seen them all?

[Regina Hall]

You know, I think I have. I'm starting to watch. But I'll discover one or few, one or two that I haven't seen.

[Craig Melvin]

So, you know it's always the husband or the boyfriend.

[Regina Hall]

It is always. It is. Sometimes it's the wife.

[Craig Melvin]

Occasionally. Occasionally.

[Regina Hall]

I just saw one.

[Craig Melvin]

But I think I told you a while back why we don't run as many of those. Did I tell you?

[Regina Hall]

Yes, Because. Wait, Is it because the women are sad and lonely?

[Craig Melvin]

Nope. No, wait.

[Regina Hall]

No, wait. What did you say? Why would. No, that was why? Women like date life. I'm talking about women like crime shows.

[Craig Melvin]

There's been some research that has shown that a woman, no matter how bad things might be going in her life, they can watch a dateline and they're like, you know what? I didn't get killed.

[Regina Hall]

That's true.

[Craig Melvin]

I didn't get killed.

[Regina Hall]

I wasn't murdered.

[Craig Melvin]

No, we don't run as many of the wives killing husbands or girlfriends, killing boyfriends. Because there's also been some research that has shown that women by and large believe, unfortunately, disproportionately, that when a woman kills a man, he has done something to warrant it. Yeah. Gasp.

[Regina Hall]

So you're saying we're biased? We have. Okay, that's interesting.

[Craig Melvin]

Yeah. Well, by interesting, I know you agree with it. What line from one of your films do people quote to you most often?

[Regina Hall]

Scary movie. Out of my face. Out of my face.

[Craig Melvin]

That never gets old to me. What's one thing about Hollywood that people get wrong?

[Regina Hall]

I think it's a lot more calm than people think. I think they think it's just like one endless. Yeah. Non stop party. And it's, it's, it's. It's quite a corporate functioning way of life. You have to get up very early in the morning and you have to do it every, you know, five days a week. So I don't think it's as glamorous as people think or as. As fun, I should say.

[Craig Melvin]

I know what you meant. We've got two questions for the road before we let you go. Are you open to the idea still of marriage? I know you were close once. Do you still think that there's somebody out there that you could settle down with and grow old with and sit on a rocking chair on the porch with?

[Regina Hall]

I think the concept is so incredibly beautiful. I think all things are possible.

[Craig Melvin]

What is one moment Regina hall is still chasing?

[Regina Hall]

Mm. A lot.

[Craig Melvin]

Just one. Give me one of a lot. Give me one moment.

[Regina Hall]

I want more of all things. More of all things good.

[Craig Melvin]

More of all things good. Put that on a T shirt. Okay.

[Regina Hall]

Yeah.

[Craig Melvin]

What is one moment that you hope people remember you for being kind?

[Regina Hall]

Kindness.

[Craig Melvin]

You strike me as somebody that probably leaves everyone feeling a little bit better after some time with you. All right, Regina hall, to. What would you like to toast?

[Regina Hall]

I would love to toast to a lovely conversation with you, Craig.

[Craig Melvin]

Always. Regina Hall. Cheers. Indeed. That was a. That was a fun conversation with Regina hall again, like one of those actors who just. Thoughtful in the literal sense. So big thanks to Regina for joining us. A big thanks to you as well for spending a little time with us on Glass Half Full. This is the portion of the program where the corporate overlords strongly encourage me to. Encourage you to like to share to what's. Subscribe. Subscribe. You can subscribe, apparently. But most importantly, comment. You can comment as well in some space underneath here. And you can also suggest other guests. We also we're open to criticism as well. Like if you want to take some shots at me and my style and my approach, we welcome that. Anyway, I digress. This is Glass Half Full. We'd love to see you back here for the next episode. Until then, cheers. Today's episode of Glass Half Full with Craig Melvin is produced by Sadie Bass and Jarrett Crawford, along with Amanda Sidman. Ali Straim is our editor and Giuliana Mastrorelli is our audio engineer. Arianna Davis and Ashley Kodiani are our executive producers. Additional production support is provided by Ned Friedrich, Chloe Long, Bailey Coronis, and Megan Sarnacki. Why have I asked my electrician I found on Angie.com to bury my pet hamster?

[Regina Hall]

I was so moved by how carefully

[Craig Melvin]

he buried my electrical wires, I knew I could trust him to bury my sweet nibbles after his untimely end. This is very strange, Angie, the one you trust to find the ones you trust. Find pros for all your home [e-mail].