if you left to look everything everywhere at once With more questions than answers, well, you’re not alone. Even james hongwho plays Gong Gong, the grandfather character in the film, told Jimmy Kimmel that he “still [doesn’t] find out what the movie is about.

The talk show host was asking the actor what his plan was for the film to get an Oscar nomination, considering its anticipated release date, when Hong joked that he had no idea what. everything everywhere it is actually about.

“Maybe some of you can tell me later,” he continued, to amused laughter from the audience and from Kimmel himself. However, the actor quickly got serious, excited about the work of the director duo Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert on the film.

“It’s, you know, it’s just a conglomeration of the two guys, the two Daniel guys, the directors, you know. Somehow they put together this art film out of all their memories and nightmares, really. You know? Because it just jumps out of one thing, but in the end, somehow, it makes sense. It has a good moral.”

Kimmel then quickly stepped in to stop the 93-year-old actor from spoiling the film’s ending, to which he wittily responded, “Well, you know the ending is…” Hong’s brilliant comedic timing was cheered by the studio crowd when he proposed to reveal the ending in Chinese, so Kimmel wouldn’t understand.

James Hong was in Jimmy Kimmel live to celebrate earning his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, as well as to reflect on a tremendous storied career, to which the greatest critical success everything everywhere at once it’s just the latest addition.