Inside the Actors Studio1994

Himself - Host:
Apu?

Hank Azaria:
[as Apu] What is it?

[audience laughter]

Himself - Host:
I haven't the courage even to try and pronounce your last name. Would you say it for me?

Hank Azaria:
Everyone has such difficulty with this, and I don't understand it. It is "Nahasapeemapetilon". It sounds exactly the way it is spelled.

[audience laughter]

Himself - Host:
What is your country of origin?

Hank Azaria:
I am from India.

Himself - Host:
Aha. And your immigration status?

Hank Azaria:
I believe I was a semi-legal alien.

Himself - Host:
[laughing] Semi? Semi-legal alien? What is the name of your store?

Hank Azaria:
It is the Kwik-E-Mart.

Himself - Host:
That makes it sound like a convenience store. How do you make it truly convenient for your customers?

Hank Azaria:
I keep the beer next to the salty snacks, and things like this. There is really an art. There is an art, James.

Himself - Host:
Oh, yeah. I know that convenience stores can be either inexpensive or expensive, because of the convenience. Let's take a little poll here. How much is a twenty-nine cent stamp at the Kwik-E-Mart?

Hank Azaria:
A twenty-nine cent stamp, I believe, is... a dollar eighty-nine.

[audience laughter]

Himself - Host:
How much would two dollars worth of gas be?

Hank Azaria:
That's four twenty.

[audience laughter]

Himself - Host:
Four twenty.

Hank Azaria:
Yeah.

Himself - Host:
And tell me, how much is the penny candy?

Hank Azaria:
Surprisingly expensive.

[audience laughter]