Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT."
TONIGHT... FIRST, STEPHEN WELCOMES...
STEVEN SPIELBERG AND COMPOSER JOHN WILLIAMS.
FEATURING LOUIS CATO AND "THE LATE SHOW" BAND.
AND NOW, LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER
IN NEW YORK CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT.
♪ ♪ [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
Audience: [CHANTING]
STEPHEN! STEPHEN!
Stephen: WELCOME ONE AND ALL.
ALL AROUND THE WORLD. WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW."
I'M YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT. I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING TO
EVERYBODY AT HOME. IF YOU'RE STANDING,
YOU'D BETTER SIT DOWN. AND IF YOU'RE SITTING DOWN,
GET ON THE FLOOR AND WEEP. BECAUSE THERE IS A MASSIVE
CONTROVERSY ROCKING D.C. THIS WEEK, THE WASHINGTON POST
ASKED A QUESTION THAT GENERATIONS OF HISTORIANS
WILL DEBATE. THE BIDENS ORDERED THE SAME DISH
AT A RESTAURANT. WHO DOES THAT?
I'LL TELL YOU WHO! I'LL TELL YOU WHO!
A RENEGADE PRESIDENT WHO'S UP TO HIS BIB IN THE BIGGEST NATIONAL
FOOD SCANDAL SINCE NIXON SAID THIS.
"I AM NOT A COOK." Stephen: YES,
THANK YOU. THAT'S RARE.
WHICH IS WHY TONIGHT, WE'RE CALLING THE
BIDENS' REDUNDANT-ENTREE SCANDAL
"ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MENU!" NOW, ADMITTEDLY, IT'S A BIT OF
A SLOW NEWS DAY. AND I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE
WHO IS SO STARVED FOR A STORY THAT IT'S MAKING ME HANGRY.
THE MEDIA LANDSCAPE IS BRISTLING WITH HEADLINES LIKE
"BIDEN AND FIRST LADY'S ORDER SPARKS STRONG REACTIONS,"
"BIDENS' RESTAURANT ORDER SPARKS FURIOUS DEBATE,"
AND "THE BIDENS WENT TO DINNER AND ORDERED THE SAME DISH,
DIVIDING THE INTERNET." YES.
THIS IS A FAR CRY FROM THE LAST PRESIDENT AND HIS FIRST LADY.
THEY NEVER GOT THE SAME DISH. HE WOULD ORDER A BURNT STEAK
WITH KETCHUP, AND SHE ALWAYS HAD A SMALL SIDE OF BLOOD DIAMONDS.
BUT ONE THING THIS FIRESTORM PROVES: AFTER FOUR YEARS OF
THE LAST GUY PUTTING US THROUGH A DAILY ROLLERCOASTER OF
NEOFASCIST GRIFT, WE FINALLY GET TO BE OUTRAGED ABOUT
LOW-STAKE SCANDALS. SO BREAK OUT...
SO BREAK OUT YOUR TAN SUIT, EAT YOUR PIZZA WITH A FORK
AND KNIFE, AND PUKE ON THE PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN, 'CAUSE
I THINK EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE OKAY!
SO LET ME WALK YOU THROUGH EXACTLY WHAT WENT DOWN
WITH THE BIDENS. EVERY DETAIL.
A FEW WEEKS BACK, JOE AND JILL SNUCK OUT FOR A DATE
TO A D.C.-AREA RESTAURANT. OKAY, THAT'S RIGHT.
NOT ONLY IS TODAY'S BIG STORY ABOUT TWO OLD PEOPLE EATING,
IT HAPPENED A WHILE AGO. AND HERE ARE EVERY SINGLE ONE
OF THE DETAILS. THE FIRST COUPLE ORDERED
A CHICORY SALAD, GRILLED BREAD AND BUTTER,
AND TWO BOWLS OF RIGATONI! HOW DARE THEY ORDER
THE SAME ENTREE! THIS IS AMERICA!
DAMN IT! THE RULE IS, YOU AND YOUR SPOUSE
GO IN WITH A PLAN. YOU ORDER DIFFERENT ENTREES,
SO YOU CAN TRY TWO THINGS. BUT THEN THE OTHER PERSON
SEEMS TO LIKE YOUR THING MORE THAN THE THING THEY SAID THAT
THEY WANTED. SO THEY KEEP TAKING BITES
UNTIL YOU SAY, "YOU KNOW WHAT, WHY DON'T YOU JUST FINISH IT."
AND THEN THEY SAY, NO, NO, IT'S YOURS.
I'LL EAT MY CHICKEN CAESAR." AND YOU SAY, "THIS IS THE
CHEESECAKE FACTORY ALL OVER AGAIN!"
THEN YOU FORGET YOUR LEFTOVERS ON THE TABLE AND DRIVE HOME
IN SILENCE, THE WAY GOD INTENDED!
BUT I'M SORRY.
THERE ARE RULES. THESE DAYS, IT ISN'T ALL PASTA
FOR THE PREZ. YESTERDAY, BIDEN GAVE A SPEECH
TO HOUSE DEMOCRATS, WHERE HE TOUTED HIS ADMINISTRATION'S
REDUCTION OF THE DEFICIT. JUST ONE PROBLEM: HE WAS A BIT
OFF ON THE NUMBER. WE CUT THE DEFICIT BY
1.7 BILLION IN TWO YEARS, THE LARGEST DEFICIT REDUCTION IN
AMERICAN HISTORY. TRILLIUM.
Stephen: IT'S PRETTY RARE FOR HECKLERS TO TELL YOU THAT
YOU'RE DOING BETTER THAN YOU THOUGHT.
"YOU SUCK...SESSFULLY RE-BOOTED THE ECONOMY!
BOOO-TIFUL JOB!" BIDEN ALSO HIGHLIGHTED A HUGE
WIN FROM YESTERDAY, WHEN ELI LILLY ANNOUNCED IT WOULD
FINALLY LOWER THE COST OF INSULIN.
SO MANY PEOPLE GET INSULIN. GUESS WHAT, INSTEAD OF 400 TO
500 BUCKS A MONTH, THEY'RE GOING TO PAY $35 A MONTH.
Stephen: THAT'S AN OVER 90% DISCOUNT!
THAT'S LIKE IF THE DOLLAR TREE CHANGED THEIR NAME TO
[BLEEP] IT, IT'S FREE. OF COURSE, BIDEN'S CHIEF RIVAL
IS LIKELY TO BE THE FORMER PRESIDENT.
BUT HE'S NO SURE THING. IN PART BECAUSE ACCORDING TO
INSIDERS, THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS FACING A "SOFT BAN" AT FOX.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
WHAT? THEY'RE BANNING
THE EX PRESIDENT? THAT'S LIKE THE DISCOVERY
CHANNEL BANNING SHARKS. NO ONE WANTS TO WATCH
"SALTY WATER" WEEK. APPARENTLY, THE FORMER PRESIDENT
HAS FALLEN OUT OF FAVOR WITH NEWSCORP CHAIRMAN AND PLUM
YOU SHOULD HAVE EATEN FIVE DAYS AGO, RUPERT MURDOCH.
ACCORDING TO FILINGS IN THE DOMINION LAWSUIT, MURDOCH HAS
BEEN TRYING TO KEEP THE EX PREZ OFF FOX FOR A LONG TIME.
AFTER JANUARY 6, MURDOCH INSTRUCTED AN AIDE "TO MAKE THE
FORMER PRESIDENT A NONPERSON." HE WANTS TO MAKE THE FORMER
PRESIDENT "PERSONA NON GRATA". AS OPPOSED TO NOW,
WHEN HE'S "PERSONA AU GRATIN." INSTEAD, FOX NEWS IS TRYING
TO PROMOTE OTHER CANDIDATES, ESPECIALLY FLORIDA GOVERNOR
RON DESANTIS, SEEN HERE STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF
"I'M WITH STUPID" BOULEVARD. YOU SEE?
IT'S WORTH WAITING FOR THE JOKE. BUT THINGS ARE NOT GOING
ACCORDING TO UNCLE RUPEY'S PLAN. EARLIER THIS WEEK, FOX SENT
THE MOST INFORMATION-RESISTANT OF THE "FOX AND FRIENDS" DOWN
TO A DINER IN DESANTIS' HOME STATE OF FLORIDA IN HIS OLD
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT TO SHOW JUST HOW POPULAR DESANTIS IS.
2024. WHO'S PUMPED UP FOR THE ELEC
ELECTION? RAPID FIRE.
WHO IS YOUR MAN? WHO'S YOUR WOMAN?
MY MAN, DONALD TRUMP. WHO'S YOUR MAN OR WOMAN?
I WOULD SAY TRUMP. A LODGE OF TRUMP FANS.
Stephen: "HA HA. NOT THE ANSWER I WAS LOOKING
FOR. HAVE YOU GUYS NOT HEARD THERE'S
A SOFT BAN? PLEASE, SOMEONE SAY ANYONE
ELSE'S NAME OR RUPERT'S GONNA TAKE MY THUMBS."
YOU, SIR? ANYTHING?
THEN HE SAW ONE RAY OF HOPE. A WOMAN WEARING
A DESANTIS SHIRT. I SEE--
I SEE GOVERNOR DeSANTIS. WHAT ABOUT PRESIDENT DeSANTIS?
I LIKE IT. WHO'S YOUR PICK?
OH, GOSH. I DON'T KNOW.
TRUMP OR DeSANTIS. EITHER OR.
Stephen: EITHER/OR? YOU'RE WEARING A RON DESANTIS
T-SHIRT! THAT'S LIKE MR. MET SAYING,
"GO METS! OR YANKEES.
I'M NOT REALLY INTO BASEBALL. THIS IS JUST AN UNRELATED
MEDICAL CONDITION." IT'S A WEIRD PRIORITY,
BUT ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY, REPUBLICANS ARE LASER-FOCUSED
ON ONE ISSUE: BANNING DRAG. THE LATEST HATEFUL DUMMY
TO JUMP ON THE TURDWAGON IS TEXAS STATE REPRESENTATIVE AND
GUY WHO BROKE UP WITH HIS LAST GIRLFRIEND BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T
LIKE "IMPRACTICAL JOKERS," NATE SCHATZLINE.
SCHATZLINE HAS AUTHORED A BILL THAT WOULD SEEK TO LIMIT DRAG BY
DESIGNATING ANY ESTABLISHMENT AS A "SEXUALLY ORIENTED
BUSINESS" IF IT ALLOWS "ON-PREMISES CONSUMPTION
OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES" AND PERFORMANCES BY A PERSON
WEARING ANY CLOTHING OR MAKEUP NOT STEREOTYPICAL
TO THEIR BORN SEX. IF SERVING ALCOHOL AND HAVING
MEN IN GOWNS MAKES YOU A SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS,
I'VE GOT BAD NEWS ABOUT CHURCH. NOT ME.
THAT'S HIM SAYING THAT. HE IS SAYING THAT.
SO, SCHATZLINE WANTS TO STOP PEOPLE FROM PUBLICLY WEARING
ANYTHING THAT DOESN'T CONFORM TO TRADITIONAL DEFINITIONS OF
GENDER. WHICH IS WHY PEOPLE HAD SOME
CONFUSION WHEN THIS VIDEO EMERGED OF HIM IN HIGH SCHOOL
RUNNING AROUND. ♪ ♪
OKAY, THAT'S HIM IN FRONT IN THE DRESS, AND THAT'S DRAG, AND
NOW HE'S TRYING TO BAN IT FOR EVERYONE ELSE?
THIS IS THE MOST HYPOCRITICAL MOVE SINCE NANCY REAGAN'S
FAMOUS ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN. "JUST SAY NO...
BECAUSE THAT'S MY BAG OF COKE. BACK OFF, OR I'LL CUT A BITCH!"
WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT.
MY GUESTS ARE STEVEN SPIELBERG AND COMPOSER JOHN WILLIAMS.
THAT'S RIGHT. STICK AROUND.
♪ ♪ Stephen: GIVE IT UP FOR THE
BAND PERRY LOUIS CATO AND "THE LATE SHOW."
WELCOME BACK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, LAST WEEK I HAVE THE HONOR TO SIT DOWN WITH A MAN
WHO'S BEEN DELIGHTING MOVIEGOERS FOR THE LAST 50 YEARS,
STEVEN SPIELBERG. THE LEGENDARY DIRECTOR,
WHO RARELY DOES TELEVISION AND HAS NEVER DONE
LATE NIGHT HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR SOME OF OUR GREATEST
CULTURAL TOUCHSTONES: "JAWS," "CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
OF THE THIRD KIND," "RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK,"
"E.T.," "JURASSIC PARK,"
"SCHINDLER'S LIST," "SAVING PRIVATE RYAN,"
"MUNICH," "LINCOLN," AND LAST YEAR'S
"WEST SIDE STORY." HIS LATEST,
"THE FABELMANS," IS NOMINATED FOR SEVEN ACADEMY AWARDS,
INCLUDING BEST DIRECTOR AND BEST PICTURE.
IT IS A SEMIAUTOBIOGRAPHICAL TELLING OF STEVEN SPIELBERG'S
OWN YOUTH. THROUGH SAMMY FABELMAN, WE LEARN
ABOUT HOW THIS ICONIC DIRECTOR FELL IN LOVE WITH MAKING MOVIES,
AND THE SECRET HE KEPT THAT LED TO THE SHATTERING OF HIS FAMILY.
MR. SPIELBERG WAS KIND ENOUGH TO INVITE ME INTO HIS AMBLIN
OFFICES FOR AN EXTENSIVE CONVERSATION ABOUT HIS LIFE
AND HIS FILMS. JIM?
STEVEN SPIELBERG, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE AT AND SITTING
DOWN TO TALK ABOUT THE FABELMANS IN YOUR CAREER.
Steven: WELCOME. Stephen: THERE IS A
MYTHICAL STORY THAT YOU GOT INTO UNIVERSALIST PART OF A TOUR AND
JUST STAYED. Steven: I DID.
I HID IN THE BATHROOM DURING A BATHROOM BREAK.
THERE IS A BIG BUS. YOU GOT ON A BIG BUS AND THEY
TOOK YOU AROUND A LOT AND SHOWED YOU THE BACK LOT TEN THE
SOUNDSTAGES FROM OUTSIDE. I KEPT WANTING TO GET INSIDE THE
SOUNDSTAGES. THEY WOULDN'T LET US OFF THE BUS
SO THEY GAVE US ONE BATHROOM BREAK AND I STAYED IN THE STALL
UNTIL I HEARD ALL THE DOORS CLOSE AND I GAVE IT ANOTHER
10 MINUTES. I WAS SORT OF LOOSE ON THE LOT.
Stephen: IS IT TRUE THAT YOU TOOK AN EMPTY OFFICE AND
JUST CLAIMED IT AS YOUR OWN AND PUT YOUR NAME ON THE DOOR?
Steven: YEAH. THERE WAS A CAMERA STORE IN
LAUREL CANYON THAT SOLD THESE LITTLE TILE LETTERS, STICK ON
LETTERS. I BOUGHT A SET OF THOSE THAT I
PUT MY NAME IN THAT LITTLE DIRECTORY THAT YOU OPEN UP THE
LITTLE DOOR, THE GLASS DOOR. I PUT MY NAME ON THAT OF THE
ROOM UMBER. THAT WAS WHERE I HUNG MY HAT
DURING THE SUMMER. THE SECOND SUMMER I HAD DONE
THAT. Stephen: NOBODY KNEW THAT
YOU WERE DOING THIS? Steven: YEAH, THERE WERE
PEOPLE THAT KNEW I WAS DOING IT BUT NO ONE WOULD KICK ME OFF THE
LOT. Stephen: THE VP OF THE
STUDIO WAS IMPRESSED WITH YOUR SHORT FILM, AMBLIN.
1968? '68 AND HE OFFERED YOU A
SEVEN-YEAR DIRECTING CONTRACT AND IS PART OF THAT, THE VERY
FIRST PERSON YOU EVER DIRECTED, I UNDERSTAND, WHO HAD A SAY
UNION CARD WAS JOAN CRAWFORD. Steven: THAT'S RIGHT.
YOU ARE HOW OLD? Steven: 22.
Stephen: HOW DID YOU HAS A 22-YEAR-OLD GIVE NOTES AND
DIRECT ON ICON LIKE JOAN CRAWFORD?
WHERE DID YOU FINALLY, WHAT WHAT IS THE YIDDISH WORD, HUEVOS
RANCHEROS? Steven: CHUTZPAH IS ANOTHER
WORD. Stephen: WHAT IS THAT FIRST
MOMENT, YOU WALK ON THE SET AND THERE IS JOHN CRAWFORD?
Steven: I HAD MET JOAN BEFORE AT THE HOUSE THAT SHE WAS
RENTING. SHE WANTED TO MEET ME.
HOW I WENT UP THERE WITH JOHN, THE ASSOCIATE PRODUCER.
WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GO OUT TO DINNER, WE WALKED INTO THE FRONT
DOOR AND JOAN TOOK ONE LOOK AT ME AND SAID, WE CAN'T GO TO
DINNER NOW. PEOPLE WILL THINK YOU'RE MY SON.
THAT WAS THE FIRST THING SHE SAID TO ME.
THE FIRST WORDS OUT OF JOAN CRAWFORD'S MOUTH, PEOPLE WILL
THINK YOU'RE MY SON. Stephen: WERE YOU SHAVING?
Steven: NO. [LAUGHTER]
I WAS USING CLEARASIL. Stephen: YOU DIRECTED A
BUNCH OF TV. MARCUS WELBY MD, COLOMBO, THE
NAME OF THE GAME. ANY ADVICE FOR THE YOUNG GUY
SHOOTING THESE TV THINGS? ANYTHING YOU SEE IN THAT WORK
AND YOU GO, I WISH I COULD GO BACK AND TELL HIM THIS?
Steven: THERE'S ALWAYS THINGS.
THIS IS MY DON'T LOOK AT A LOT OF MY MOVIES AFTER I'VE MADE
THEM. I DON'T SIT DOWN.
I AM NOT GLORIA SWANSON ON SUNSET BOULEVARD HAVING
SCREENINGS OF HER OWN SILENT MOVIES OF HERSELF.
I DON'T LOOK BACK THAT OFTEN BUT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, I'LL SEE
A MOVIE WITH MY KIDS. I WANT TO ACCOMPANY MY KIDS WHEN
THEY SEE "E.T." FOR THE FIRST TIME.
I DON'T WANT THEM TO SEE IT WITHOUT DAD SITTING THERE,
ESPECIALLY THE SCARY PARTS OF THE BEGINNING.
SOMETIMES I SEE THINGS THAT I HAD INTENDED TO DO THAT I DIDN'T
DO AND SOMETIMES I SEE THINGS THAT WOULD'VE BEEN A BETTER IDEA
THAN WHAT I AM NOW SAYING ALL THESE YEARS LATER.
FOR THE MOST PART, "E.T." IS A PRETTY PERFECT MOVIE.
Stephen: IT'S PRETTY GOOD. CALLING "E.T." PRETTY GOOD.
Steven: ONE OF THE MOVIES I CAN LOOK AT AGAIN AND AGAIN.
THERE'S ONLY A HANDFUL OF MOVIES I CAN WATCH MORE THAN ONCE, NOT
A LOT. I'VE MADE LIKE 34 FILMS.
I'M NOT GOING TO NAME WHICH ONES THEY ARE BEYOND "E.T.."
THERE'S ABOUT FIVE OR SIX THAT I CAN WATCH AGAIN BUT I DON'T
USUALLY DO THAT. Stephen: BEFORE "THE
FABELMANS," YOU'VE SAID "CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND"
WAS THE MOST PERSONAL FILM YOU HAD MADE.
WHY? Steven: IT WAS THE FIRST
FILM I'D EVER MADE ABOUT A FAMILY BREAKING UP.
I HAD NEVER MADE A PICTURE OF A FAMILY COMING INTO, COLLIDING
WITH THEIR VALUES OR WITH THEIR OBSESSIONS.
SO A LOT OF THE BREAKUP, I WROTE THE SCRIPT.
IT WAS VERY EVOCATIVE OF MY OWN LIFE AND THE DRAMA THAT WILL
SUFFER. MY PARENTS ANNOUNCED TO ALL OF
US THAT THEY WERE SEPARATING. AND THEN LATER THEY WOULD BE
DIVORCING. Stephen: FOR THE
CHARACTERS, FOR THE KIDS, CERTAINLY IN "CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
CHEMICALS BUT IT'S INEXPLICABLE. THEIR FATHER'S BEHAVIOR IS
MADNESS. IS THAT WHAT IT FELT LIKE TO YOU
AT THE TIME? Steven: I WAS NOT THAT
YOUNG ONE MY PARENTS TO ANNOUNCE.
I WAS 17. ABOUT READY TO GO OFF TO
COLLEGE. I THINK IT IS MADNESS.
YOU'RE SO CONFIDENT. IT MAY SNOW IN THE DESERT IN
ARIZONA THAT WOULDN'T SURPRISE YOU SOMEDAY BUT YOUR PARENTS
WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU. YOU WILL NEVER BE UNACCOMPANIED.
WEN I SAW THAT HAPPENING, WHAT MY SISTER SAW THAT ALL OF A
SUDDEN WHAT WE CONSIDERED TO BE NORMAL WITH A MOM AND DAD, WE
WERE SUDDENLY GOING TO HAVE A MOM LIVING THERE AND A FATHER
LIVING THERE. WE'RE GOING TO SEPARATE AND
DIVIDE UP. BETH HAS INFORMED MANY OF MY
STORIES. Stephen: WHEN WE COME BACK,
I ASK STEVEN SPIELBERG WHY NOW IS THE RIGHT TIME FOR HIM TO
MAKE "THE FABELMANS." STICK AROUND.
♪ ♪ Stephen: WELCOME BACK,
EVERYBODY. NOW HE RETURNED TO MY
CONVERSATION WITH STEVEN SPIELBERG.
HAD YOU BEEN THINKING ABOUT TELLING THE STORY OF THE
FABELMANS FOR A LONG TIME? Steven: FOR YEARS.
Stephen: WHAT KEPT YOU FROM TELLING IT BEFORE THIS OR WHY
WAS THIS THE RIGHT MOMENT? Steven: FOR ONE THING, I
HAD A LOT OF PASSIONS AND THINGS, STORIES I WAS TELLING
HIM THINGS I HAD ON MY WISH LIST.
IT WOULDN'T EVEN CALL IT A BUCKET LIST.
I REALLY WANT TO MAKE THIS KIND OF MOVIE.
I WANT TO GET INTO THAT GENRE. I WANT TO DO A MOVIE ABOUT, I
WANT TO DO A MOVIE ABOUT AI. I HAD ALL THESE OTHER THINGS.
I REALIZED I KEPT PUTTING SEGMENTS OF THE FABELMANS' STORY
INTO ALL OF THESE OTHER FILMS. Stephen: IT'S A DARING
THING TO LOOK AT YOUR OWN LIFE, I THINK, IF YOU CAN DO IT
HONESTLY. THERE ARE THINGS YOU MAYBE
DIDN'T WANT TO REMEMBER ABOUT YOUR LIFE.
IS THERE ANY POINT WHERE YOU SAID, THIS MIGHT BE A MISTAKE?
Steven: YES. I THOUGHT BY TELLING A STORY
ABOUT HOW I DISCOVERED MY MOM WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR OF THE
HEART WITH HER AND MY FATHER'S BEST FRIEND AND MY FATHER'S
BUSINESS PARTNER, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT NEVER HAD TO BE
PUBLICLY EXPRESSED. I HAD A LOT OF SECOND THOUGHTS
ABOUT THAT. BUT TO HIS CREDIT, TONY KUSHNER
CONTINUED TO SAY, THAT IS THE MacGUFFIN OF THIS MOVIE.
THE CENTER RING, THE CENTER OF YOUR LIFE, THE CENTER RING.
THAT'S WHERE YOU GOING TO BE FLYING THROUGH THE AIR ON A
TRAPEZE AND THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A NET.
I THINK YOU CAN AFFORD WITH ALL YOUR SUCCESS TO POSSIBLY SLIP
AND FALL TO HER DEATH. DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT BECAUSE
YOU'VE EARNED THE RIGHT TO TELL THE STORY.
Stephen: IT'S BRILLIANT MOVIE.
I THINK IT'S VERY BEAUTIFUL. THAT MIGHT BE THE GREATEST
MOMENT IN IT, THE MOMENT OF DISCOVERY.
WHERE SAM, WITHOUT WORDS, IN THE PUREST FILM WAY DISCOVER
SOMETHING TO THE LENS OF HIS CAMERA.
[FILM CLICKING]
DO YOU HAVE A CONSCIOUS SENSE THAT YOU CAN SEE MORE THROUGH
THE LENS AND YOU SEE IN YOUR DAILY LIFE?
Steven: YES. BECAUSE I OBVIOUSLY OBSERVED MY
MOM'S BEHAVIOR, HOW SHE LIT UP WHEN SHE WAS AROUND BERNIE.
I NEVER THOUGHT THERE WAS ANYTHING UNTOWARD ABOUT IT.
I WAS NEVER SUSPICIOUS ABOUT IT. MY MOM HAD A BEST FRIEND WHO
HAPPENED TO BE MY DAD'S BUSINESS PARTNER.
SOMEHOW WHEN I PUT AN ASPECT RATIO AROUND THAT LOOKED THROUGH
MY LITTLE BOLEX 8 MILLIMETERS CAMERA AND CUTTING THE FILM
TOGETHER, THE FILM TOLD ME THE TRUTH WHERE MY EYES COULD
PERCEIVE IT. IT WAS SOMETHING I COULDN'T SEE.
AS A HUMAN INTERACTING WITH MY MOM AND DAD AND BERNIE, ON THESE
CAMPING TRIPS. SOMEHOW ON THAT LITTLE SCREEN OF
THE MOVIE EDITOR, I SAW SOMETHING THAT I'D NEVER SOUND
WITH MY OWN EYES. Stephen: WHAT WAS IT LIKE
TO STEP ON THE SET FOR THE FIRST DAY WITH PAUL DANO AND MICHELLE
WILLIAMS AS YOUR MOM AND DAD? Steven: I THOUGHT IT WAS
GOING TO BE ROUTINE. Stephen: DONE IT A MILLION
TIMES. Steven: DONE IT A MILLION
TIMES. I KNOW IT THE FIRST DAY OF
SHOOTING IS LIKE. I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO GET THE
CAST ASSEMBLED AND GET THE BLOCKING COME OF THE CAST AND
THE CAMERA. IT WAS VERY ROUTINE.
BUT I HAVE NEVER SEEN THEM TOGETHER.
I'D ONLY SEEN MICHELLE IN HER COSTUME WITH MARK BRIDGES, WHO
DESIGNED THE COSTUMES, AND PAUL DANO, I SAW THEM SEPARATE.
THE FIRST DAY OF SHOOTING, MARK BRIDGES CAME OVER TO ME AND
SAID, I'VE GOT PAUL AND MICHELLE HERE.
THEIR HAIR AND MAKEUP AND COSTUMES.
I WAS TALKING TO CHRISTY. I TURNED AROUND AND I TURNED
AROUND AND THERE WAS MY FATHER AND MY MOTHER.
I JUST BURST INTO TEARS. JUST LIKE THAT.
I DIDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT. IT JUST HAPPENED.
MICHELLE RAN TO ME, HUGGED ME. PAUL CAME AROUND THE BACK OF ME,
HE'S REALLY TALL, HUG ME AROUND THE SHOULDERS AND JUST HELD ME.
BY THE WAY, AND GIVEN THEM SPEECHES LONG BEFORE THE FIRST
DAY OF SHOOTING. I GOT ALL MY TEARS OUT IN THE
SCRIPT WITH TONY KUSHNER. WHEN TONY AND I COWROTE THIS, I
GOT ALL MY EMOTION OUT. I'M A PROFESSIONAL.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME. YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE CARE O
ME. MY JOB IS TO TAKE CARE OF YOU
AND GUIDE YOU TO GIVING SOME GREAT PERFORMANCES.
IT WASN'T TO BE. [LAUGHTER]
Stephen: LET'S TALK ABOUT THE MONKEY.
HOW LONG DOES YOUR FAMILY HAVE THE MONKEY?
Steven: MY FAMILY DIDN'T HAVE THE MONKEY.
MY MOM HAD THE MONKEY. Stephen: YOUR SPLITTING
HAIRS, STEVEN SPIELBERG. IF THERE IS A MONKEY IN THE
HOUSE, THE WHOLE FAMILY HAS THE MONKEY.
Steven: I DIDN'T PUT THIS IN "THE FABELMANS" BUT THE
MONKEY WOULD BASICALLY THROW ITS FECES AT US TO THE MISSION OF
HIS CAGE. MONKEY.
Stephen: YOUNG SAM, AND I ASSUME YOUNG STEVEN SPIELBERG IS
BULLIED AND FEELS ALIENATED BY HIS JEWISHNESS.
YOU HAVE SAID IT TOOK YEARS FOR YOU TO EMBRACE YOUR HERITAGE.
NOT DOING SO FULLY UNTIL YOU'RE ACTUALLY MAKING "SCHINDLER'S
LIST." YOU CREATED THE SHOA FOUNDATION.
I'M CURIOUS, AS SOMEONE WHO HAS EXAMINED HIS OWN JEWISHNESS, DO
YOU FIND IT SURPRISING, THE RISE OF PUBLIC ANTI-SEMITISM NOT ONLY
IN THE UNITED STATES BUT IN AUTHORITARIAN COUNTRIES ALL
AROUND THE WORLD NOW? Steven: I FIND IT VERY,
VERY SURPRISING. ANTI-SEMITISM HAS ALWAYS BEEN
THERE. IT'S EITHER BEEN JUST AROUND THE
CORNER AND SLIGHTLY OUT OF SIGHT BUT ALWAYS LURKING.
OR IT HAS BEEN MUCH MORE OVERT, LIKE IN GERMANY IN THE '30s.
BUT NOT SINCE GERMANY AND THE '30s HAVE I WITNESSED
ANTI-SEMITISM NO LONGER LURKING BUT STANDING PROUD WITH HANDS ON
HIPS LIKE HITLER AND MUSSOLINI, KIND OF DARING US TO DEFY IT.
I'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS IN MY ENTIRE LIFE ESPECIALLY IN
THIS COUNTRY. Stephen: IT'S DISTURBING.
IT'S HEARTBREAKING. DO YOU HAVE ANY THEORIES AS TO
WHY IT'S RAISING ITS UGLY HEAD? Steven: SOMEHOW THE
MARGINALIZING OF PEOPLE THAT AREN'T PART OF SOME KIND OF A
MAJORITY RACE IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN CREEPING UP ON US FOR
YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS. SOMEHOW.
2014, 2015, 2016, HEAT BECAME A KIND OF MEMBERSHIP.
HATE BECAME A KIND OF MEMBERSHIP TO A CLUB THAT HAS GOTTEN MORE
MEMBERS THAN I EVER THOUGHT WAS POSSIBLE IN AMERICA.
HATE AND ANTI-SEMITISM GO HAND-IN-HAND.
YOU CAN'T SEPARATE ONE FROM THE OTHER.
Stephen: IS ONE OF THE GREATEST, GATORS IN THE WORLD,
WHAT GIVES YOU HOPE THAT THE GAMBIT THAT IS DIVISIVENESS AND
HATE AND ANGER IS THE POLITICAL POLICY, THAT IT WILL NOT
SUCCEED? WHAT IS THE COUNTERVAILING
MESSAGE TO THAT THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO SAY?
Steven: I JUST THINK WITHOUT PAINTING A NAIVE
PORTRAIT OF MYSELF SITTING HERE TALKING TO YOU AND TO QUOTE
ANNE FRANK, I THINK SHE'S RIGHT WHEN SHE SAID IN MOST PEOPLE
THERE IS GOOD. SHE SAW GOOD IN MOST PEOPLE.
I THINK ESSENTIALLY AT OUR CORE, THERE IS GOODNESS AND THERE IS
EMPATHY. Stephen: WHEN WE COME BACK,
STEVEN SPIELBERG AND I ARE JOINED BY LEGENDARY COMPOSER,
THE GREAT JOHN WILLIAMS. STICK AROUND
Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.
FOLKS, AS IF IT WASN'T EXCITING ENOUGH TO TALK TO
STEVEN SPIELBERG, WE WERE JOINED BY A VERY SPECIAL GUEST.
JOHN WILLIAMS HAS BEEN STEVEN SPIELBERG'S CLOSEST
COLLABORATOR. THEY HAVE WORKED ON NEARLY EVERY
PROJECT TOGETHER FROM 1974'S "SUGAR LAND EXPRESS" TO
"THE FABELMANS," JOHN WILLIAMS' 53RD OSCAR NOMINATION.
HE HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR SOME OF THE MOST ICONIC SCORES IN
FILM HISTORY. [LIGHT, DELICATE MUSIC]
Stephen: YOUR 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF WORKING TOGETHER.
YOU MET IN 1972. THE FIRST FILM YOU DID WAS
"SUGAR LAND EXPRESS" IN 1974 WITH STEVEN.
IS IT TRUE THAT YOU MET ON BASICALLY A FIRST DATE THAT
SOMEBODY ELSE SET UP? WAS IT A BLIND DATE?
John: SOMEBODY SET UP A LUNCH MEETING FOR US IN SOME
FANCY RESTAURANT. THE HEAD WAITER CAME AND HE SAID
I WILL BRING YOU TO MR. SPIELBERG.
I SAW THIS TEENAGER, I THOUGHT, YOU'VE GOT TO FORGIVE ME.
TELL THE STORY. Steven: I'M NOT EVEN HERE.
TELL THE STORY. John: I THOUGHT THAT IS
MR. SPIELBERG'S SON. IS SPIELBERG?
WITHIN A MINUTE OR TWO? I REALIZED IT WAS SOME OF THE
VERY, VERY SPECIAL WITH KEENAN WRESTLING AND DAZZLING INTELLECT
WHO REMEMBERED EVERYTHING I'D EVER WRITTEN.
Steven: I HAD A HUGE COLLECTION OF SOUNDTRACKS AND
WHEN I HEARD JOHN'S SCORE, I SAID TO MYSELF, IF I EVER GET A
CHANCE TO DIRECT MOVIES, I WANT THIS GUY TO SCORE ALL OF THEM.
THIS WAS BACK IN 1972. Stephen: I HAVE A VERY
SIMPLE QUESTION, WHAT IS YOUR JOB?
I DON'T MEAN THAT FICTITIOUSLY. John: IT'S A WONDERFUL
QUESTION. IT'S VERY SIMPLE.
I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN GIVE YOU A SIMPLE ANSWER.
I THINK THE FIRST ANSWER I CAN GIVE YOU IS TO INFORM AND
IMPROVE THE PROCESS OF STORYTELLING THROUGH MUSIC, IF I
CAN. DESCRIBE THE CHARACTERS,
DESCRIBED THE ATMOSPHERE, THE AMBIENCE OF WHAT THE STORY
REQUIRES. MY JOB IS TO BE A COLLABORATOR
WITH THE DIRECTOR IN ACHIEVING ALL THESE THINGS.
THE ATMOSPHERICS, EMOTIONAL CONTENT AND SO ON.
Stephen: STEVEN, YOU HAVE SAID I DEPEND ON JON MORE THAN I
DEPEND ON ANYONE TO REWRITE MY MOVIES MUSICALLY AND PUT THEM ON
A RUN HIGHER THAN I COULD EVER REACH.
WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS ABOUT JOHN THAT ALLOWS HIM TO
UNDERSTAND YOUR INTENTION AND AMPLIFY THAT IN NO WAY YOU CAN'T
REACH HERSELF? Steven: JOHN PUTS A LOT OF
STOCK IN THE FIRST IMPRESSION OF WATCHING THE STORY ON THE SPOOL.
WHEN HE SEES THE FILM FOR THE FIRST TIME.
HE PUTS A LOT OF STOCK IN THEM. I THINK THERE IS SOME KIND OF,
SOMETHING HAPPENS WHICH IS BEYOND, CERTAINLY WAY BEYOND MY
ABILITY TO SORT OF DO AN AUTOPSY ON THE GENIUS OF JOHN WILLIAMS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT. I JUST KNOW SOMETHING HAPPENS.
THE FILM CONNECTS. JOHNNY HAS IDEAS AND IS WATCHING
THE FILM. HE LET THE STORY ON SPOOLING
ROLLOVER HIM, MAKE HIM FEEL SOMETHING AND HE SOMEHOW ABLE TO
TAKE THOSE FEELINGS, THOSE EMOTIONS, AND IS ABLE TO FIND
THE MUSICAL EQUIVALENT OF EMOTION, OF ENERGY, OF CREATING
A MUSICAL NARRATIVE, BINDING ALL THE DISPARATE PARTS OF A MOVIE
STORY INTO A VERY SMOOTH NARRATIVE MUSICALLY AND HE JUST
HAS A WAY OF DOING THIS UNLIKE ANYONE I'VE EVER SEEN PERFORM
HIS JOB. John: WE JUST AGREE ABOUT
AESTHETIC CHOICES. MATTERS OF TASTE.
WE HAVE NEVER HAD AN ARGUMENT. Stephen: REALLY?
Steven: NO. 29 FILMS WE HAVE DONE TOGETHER.
SPHERE AND THAT IS REALLY SURPRISING QUESTION LIKE IS IT
BECAUSE YOU BOTH ACKNOWLEDGE EACH OTHER'S LANES, YOU
ARE A MASTER SPEAKING TO A MASTER?
Steven: I DON'T GET THAT AS MUCH AS WE ARE IN THE SAME LANE
WITHOUT PLAYING BUMPER CARS. WE HAVE A WAY.
I HAVE NEVER NOT LIKED SOMETHING THAT JOHN HAS WRITTEN FOR ONE OF
MY MOVIES. I'VE NEVER SAID "OH, I DON'T
FEEL THAT'S RIGHT FOR MY MOVIE." OR "I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD USE
THIS PIECE OF MUSIC AT THIS POINT."
EVERYTHING JOHNNY HAS WRITTEN HAS FIT LIKE A GLOVE.
THERE'S NEVER BEEN BUMPS ABOUT MY DISAGREEING WITH SOMETHING
THAT HE HAS COMPOSED. EVER.
Stephen: WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME AND TONIGHT'S SHOW
WITH MY FULL CONVERSATION WITH JOHN WILLIAMS BUT TUNE IN NEXT
WEEK. WE'LL HAVE MORE WITH STEVEN AND
JOHN ON THEIR FAMOUS COLLABORATIONS AND WHEN WE
RETURN, ASK STEVEN SPIELBERG ABOUT UFOs.
STICK AROUND.
Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.
AND NOW THE THRILLING CONCLUSION OF MY CONVERSATION WITH THE MAN
I NOW FEEL COMFORTABLE CALLING "MR. SPIELBERG."
LET'S TALK ABOUT UFOs FOR A MINUTE.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW?
Steven: OH, IT'S EXCITING. [LAUGHS]
THERE IS SOMETHING OUT THERE. Stephen: SO YOU'RE A
BELIEVER? PICCHU I DON'T KNOW IF I'M A
BELIEVER IN THE SENSE THAT I'M KIND OF A PERSON THAT WOULD
THINK, I'VE GOT TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO BELIEVE IT.
I CAN MAKE STUFF UP AND MAKE MOVIES ABOUT THINGS THAT I'VE
NEVER SEEN OR EXPERIENCED BUT IN TERMS OF REALLY BELIEVING
SOMETHING I THINK I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE MY OWN CLOSE ENCOUNTER.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN A UFO. I WISH I DID.
Stephen: NOTHING THAT'S UNEXPLAINABLE?
Steven: I'VE NEVER SEEN AN THING I COULDN'T EXPLAIN.
BUT I BELIEVE CERTAIN PEOPLE WHO HAVE SEEN THINGS THAT THEY CAN'T
EXPLAIN, THAT'S UNEXPLAINABLE. I THINK WHAT HAS BEEN COMING UP
RECENTLY IS FASCINATING, JUST ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING.
I THINK THE SECRECY THAT IS SHROUDING ALL OF THESE SIGHTIGS
AND THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY UNTIL FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT
COMPELS CERTAIN MATERIALS TO BE RELEASED PUBLICLY, I THINK THAT
THERE IS SOMETHING GOING ON THAT SIMPLY NEEDS EXTRAORDINARY DUE
DILIGENCE. I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT
IT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE.
MY IMAGINATION AND MY LOVE. I DON'T BELIEVE WE ARE ALONE IN
THE UNIVERSE. I THINK IT'S MATHEMATICALLY
IMPOSSIBLE THAT WE ARE THE ONLY INTELLIGENT SPECIES IN THE
COSMOS. I THINK THAT'S TOTALLY
IMPOSSIBLE. AT THE SAME TIME, IT ALMOST
SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE THAT ANYBODY WOULD VISIT US FROM 400 MILLION
LIGHT-YEARS FROM HERE, EXCEPT IN THE MOVIES, UNLESS IT FIGURES
OUT SOME WAY OF SORT OF BASICALLY JUMPING THE SHARK, SO
TO SPEAK, AND GETTING HERE THROUGH WORMHOLES.
I'M NOT AN ASTROPHYSICIST. I CAN'T REALLY SPEAK THE
LANGUAGE OF THE PEOPLE THAT DO IT SO WELL AT JPL.
BUT I JUST KNOW AS A PERSON THAT MAKES MOVIE AND USES HIS
IMAGINATION AND ALSO AS A PERSON THAT'S INSATIABLY CURIOUS ABOUT
UFOs, OR UAPs, THERE IS SOMETHING GOING ON THAT WE ARE
REALLY NOT-- THAT IS NOT BEING DISCLOSED TO
US. Stephen: SENATORS THAT HAVE
BEEN BRIEFED ON THIS, AND NOT JUST THESE LATEST BALLOON
INCIDENTS, SENATORS WHO HAVE BEEN BRIEFED ON THE SAID THERE
ARE THINGS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE TO KNOW ON THE QUOTE I
LOVE IS "AND THEY'RE READY TO LEARN."
THAT SAYS TO ME THERE IS SOMETHING SORT OF PARADIGM
SHATTERING ABOUT THIS NEWS THAT WE ARE NOT BEING TOLD.
Steven: THE MOST OPTIMISTIC THING I FEEL ABOUT THESE THINGS
THAT WE ARE SEEING IN THE SKIES, THE ARMY AND NAVY AND AIR FORCE
ARE RECORDING ON THEIR GUN CAMERAS, IS THAT WHAT IF THEY'RE
NOT FROM AN ADVANCED CIVILIZATION 300 MILLION
LIGHT-YEARS FROM HERE. WHAT IF IT'S US 500,000 YEARS
INTO THE FUTURE THAT IS COMING BACK TO DOCUMENT THE SECOND HALF
OF THE 20TH CENTURY AND INTO THE 21ST CENTURY BECAUSE THEY ARE
ANTHROPOLOGISTS AND THEY KNOW SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T QUITE
KNOW YET THAT HAS OCCURRED. AND THEY ARE TRYING TO TRACK THE
LAST 100 YEARS OF OUR HISTORY? Stephen: THE HOPEFUL PART
OF THAT TO ME IS THAT WE SURVIVE.
Steven: YES, THAT WE SURVIVE.
OR A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF US SURVIVE THAT ALLOWS THESE OTHER
GENERATIONS TO FLOURISH. Stephen: OKAY, IF THERE ARE
ALIENS, IS YOUR BET ON ET OR WERE OF THE WORLD?
Steven: ET. WAR OF THE WORLDS WAS A
REFLECTION OF 9/11. MY WAY OF MAKING A STORY ABOUT
THE IMPACT THAT 9/11 HAD ON ALL OF US.
I BELIEVE THAT IF ANY EXTRATERRESTRIAL CIVILIZATION
HAS JOURNEYED ALL THE WAY HERE, IT'S BECAUSE OF CURIOSITY AND
SCIENCE AND IT'S NOT ABOUT AGGRESSION.
Stephen: BECAUSE IF THEY CAN GET HERE, THEY DON'T NEED
OUR RESOURCES. THEY MUST HAVE ENORMOUS
RESOURCES ALREADY. Steven: EXACTLY.
THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE BEEN THIS PATIENT WITH US AND HAVEN'T
TURNED THE EARTH INTO A BURNED-OUT CINDER IS
EXTRAORDINARY. Stephen: YOU ARE
STEVEN SPIELBERG. OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE PICCHU MOVIE
IDEAS ALL THE TIME. I HAVE A GREAT IDEA.
USE IT. DON'T USE IT.
HEAR ME OUT. ET 2.
IT'S TIME. Steven: IS THAT THE TITLE?
"E.T. 2: IT'S TIME." Stephen: IT DOESN'T MATTER
WHAT THE TITLE IS. ET 2, ELECTRIC BOOGALOO.
WE MAKE IT. WHAT'S IT ABOUT?
IT'S ABOUT A BILLION-DOLLAR OPENING WEEKEND.
THE HIGHEST GROSSING OPENING WEEKEND OF ALL TIME.
ET 2. Steven: OR NOBODY WILL SHOW
UP BECAUSE THEY LOVE "E.T. 1" SO MUCH.
Stephen: YOU'RE CRAZY. I'VE GOT SOME TITLES.
ET AGAIN. LOOK WHO IS ETING NOW.
ET PREDATOR. WOULD YOU WANT TO SEE THE
PREDATOR FIGHT ET? Steven: IT IS LIKE YODA IN
THE LAST "STAR WARS" MOVIE WHERE HE FOUGHT SO WONDERFULLY.
Stephen: EXACTLY. CGI ET, GIVE THEM A LIGHTSABER,
CROSSOVER. Steven: I DON'T KNOW.
Stephen: THINK ABOUT IT. DON'T ANSWER ME NOW.
Steven: THE WEAPONIZING OF "E.T.," I DON'T THINK THAT SUCH
A GOOD IDEA. Stephen: REALLY?
IT'S A DIFFERENT WORLD. 1982, OBVIOUSLY ET ISN'T GOING
TO HAVE A LIGHTSABER. Steven: HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY
ARMOR. HE HAS NO CLOTHES.
IF IT WASN'T FOR GERTIE AND ELLIOT, HE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY
CLOTHES. PEOPLE REPORT BEING ABDUCTED BY
EXTRATERRESTRIALS, WHY THEY ARE NOT WEARING CLOTHES.
WHY ARE THEY NAKED? Stephen: MAYBE IT'S A VERY
TIGHT SKIN SUIT. MAYBE IT'S A CATSUIT.
Steven: MAYBE IT'S A WHOLE THERMOSTATIC SYSTEM.
Stephen: MAYBE THEY ARE NOT GRAY.
MAYBE HAD ZIPS UP. ALL RIGHT.
ONE MORE TIME ON THE ET 2, THIS TIME WE DO IT RIGHT.
FORGET REESE'S PIECES. THE M&M PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE
CRAWLING TO YOU. Steven: YOU KNOW SOMETHING,
THEY HAD THEIR SHOT. I'M STICKING WITH REESE'S.
Stephen: LOYALTY. YOU LIKE TO WORK WITH THE SAME
PEOPLE OVER AND OVER AGAIN. Steven: I AM LOYAL TO THE
PEOPLE THAT ARE LOYAL TO ME. Stephen: IT IS NOT A HARD
KNOW IS WHAT I'M HEARING, THAT YOU'VE THOUGHT ABOUT IT.
Steven: I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT IT, AN ENDLESS SUPPLY OF
REESE'S PIECES. Stephen: DID YOU EVER THINK
ABOUT A SEQUEL TO "E.T."? Steven: NO, NEVER.
Stephen: I'M JUST GOING TO LEAVE THIS WITH YOU.
Steven: I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M LOOKING AT THAT RIGHT NOW.
Stephen: I WANT YOU, JUST WHATEVER.
LOOK THROUGH IT. DON'T LOOK THROUGH IT.
DON'T LOOK AT IT NOW. Steven: IT SAYS ET ETU
BRUTE. IT'S THE ONE I WANT SENTENCE FOR
YOU. "E.T. MAKE BANK."
THAT'S MY CHRISTMAS CARD. Steven: I AM GOING TO OPEN
THIS WHEN I'M IN THE OFFICE AND I WILL WRITE YOU A LETTER ABOUT
IT. OH, MY GOD, THERE IS ACTUALLY A
SCRIPT HERE. Stephen: DO YOU THINK I'M
NOT GOING TO PITCH STEVEN SPIELBERG--
I AM GIVING IT TO J.J. ABRAMS. THANKS AGAIN TO
STEVEN SPIELBERG. JOHN WILLIAMS.
EVERYONE AT AMBLIN. YOU CAN WATCH "THE FABELMANS" IN
THEATERS AND AT HOME NOW. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
Stephen: THAT'S IT FOR "THE LATE SHOW."
TUNE IN NEXT WEEK MY GUESTS WILL BE
JAMES TAYLOR, IDRIS ELBA, JANE FONDA, LILY TOMLIN.
STICK AROUND FOR JAMES. GOOD NIGHT!