>> CITY OFFICIALS IN SAN FRANCISCO APPROVED A
CONTROVERSIAL MEASURE THAT ALLOWS POLICE-CONTROLLED ROBOTS
TO USED DEADLY FORCE.
>> THE S.F.P.D. POLICY JUST CONSIDERED BY SAN FRANCISCO'S
SUPERVISORS ALLOWING ROBOTS TO KILL SUSPECTS IN CERTAIN
CRITICAL SITUATIONS.
>> THAT'S IT.
THIS WEEKEND, YOU ARE GROUNDED!
>> HEAT STRIKE.
>> CUT IT OUT!
I LOVE YOU.
>> HA-HA-HA.
>> Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT."
TONIGHT: TWETWEEDLE DUM.
PLUS, STEPHEN WELCOMES: JOHN KRASINSKI
AND SARAH POLLEY
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 ).
>> Stephen: WHOA!
WOW!
>> Stephen: OH!
OH!
HEY!
HEY, EVERYBODY!
WHEN YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU'RE RIGHT.
UP HERE, DOWN THERE.
THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
THANK YOU, MY FRIENDS.
♪ ♪ ♪ THAT'S A THURSDAY VIBE.
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS, LOUIS?
THAT IS A THURSDAY AUDIENCE?
YOU CANNOT FAKE THAT FEEL RIGHT THERE.
>> Louis: UNMISTAKABLE.
>> Stephen: YOU CAN'T BOTTLE IT.
WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW."
I AM YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT.
IT IS THURSDAY-- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
IT IS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1st, WHICH MEANS, BY LAW, YOU MUST
THROW OUT THAT TURKEY FROM THANKSGIVING.
STUFFING'S PROBABLY STILL GOOD.
ASK A LOVED ONE TO GIVE IT A SNIFF.
( LAUGHTER ) SPEAKING-- SPEAKING OF THINGS
THAT ARE STARTING TO SMELL BAD-- ELON MUSK.
EVER SINCE-- ( APPLAUSE )
THERE YOU GO!
EVER SINCE HE TOOK OVER TWITTER, IT'S BECOME A FLAMING
PORT-A-POTTY DROPPED OUT OF A HELICOPTER.
AMONG OTHER BLUNDERS, MUSK UNLEASHED CHAOS BY LETTING
ANYONE BUY A VERIFIED BLUE CHECKMARK FOR $8.
THAT CAUSED A LOT OF CONFUSION, AND SOME COMPANIES, LIKE
ELI LILLY, LOST BILLIONS, THANKS TO TWITTER IMPERSONATORS.
WELL, NOW MUSK HAS FOUND A SOLUTION TO ALL THE PROBLEMS
CAUSED BY THAT STUPID CHECKMARK: THREE MORE STUPID CHECKMARKS.
HE ANNOUNCED THAT HE'S ROLLING OUT A "GOLD CHECK FOR COMPANIES,
A GREY CHECK FOR GOVERNMENT, AND A BLUE FOR INDIVIDUALS."
IS THIS TWITTER OR A NEW BREAKFAST CEREAL?
( LAUGHTER ) ( IRISH ACCENT )
"THEY'RE AFTER ME MUSKY CHARMS!
BLUE CHECKS, GOLD CHECKS, YELLOW MOONS, AND PURPLE NAZIS!"
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
OT ONLY-- DANCING WITH THAT CHICKEN!
I'M DANCING WITH THAT CHICKEN!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) I'M REALLY A HOOVER.
NOT ONLY THAT, BUT MUSK CLAIMS THAT ALL VERIFIED ACCOUNTS WILL
BE MANUALLY AUTHENTICATED BEFORE THE CHECK ACTIVATES.
WHAT?
ELON MUSK IS GOING TO PERSONALLY VERIFY EVERY ACCOUNT ON TWITTER?
"HELLO, THIS IS ELON MUSK.
AM I SPEAKING WITH THE REAL MAGA-BUTTFACE-69?
( LAUGHTER ) NICE."
THAT'S NOT MUSK'S ONLY POLICY CHANGE.
AS OF LAST WEEK, "TWITTER IS NO LONGER ENFORCING ITS COVID
MISINFORMATION POLICY."
( AUDIENCE BOOING ) NO, THIS IS GREAT, TWITTER CAN
NOW GO BACK TO BEING MY NUMBER-ONE SOURCE OF NEWS ABOUT
WHAT THE VACCINE DID TO A RAPPER'S COUSIN'S FRIEND'S
BALLS.
I DIDN'T KNOW-- WHO KNOWS WHAT GLAND WAS SWOLLEN WHERE.
NOW THAT IT'S OKAY TO LIE ABOUT COVID, MUSK HAS UN-BANNED THE
PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF ONE OF OUR NATION'S TOP DUMMY DUMB-DUMBS,
GEORGIA REPUBLICAN CONGRESSWOMAN MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE, SEEN
HERE RELEASING DOVES INTO A WIND TURBINE.
( LAUGHTER ) GREENE WENT RIGHT BACK TO WORK,
ON TWITTER, TWEETING THE FOLLOWING, WHICH I SWEAR, IS
100% REAL: "SO MANY PEOPLE STILL WEARING MASKS.
I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU: IF A PAIR OF UNDERWEAR-- REALLY THICK
ONES, HIGH-QUALITY COTTON-- CAN'T PROTECT YOU FROM A FART,
THEN HOW WILL A MASK PROTECT YOU FROM COVID?"
( LAUGHTER ) OKAY.
LET'S TAKE IT ONE STEP AT A TIME.
YEAH.
THERE'S A LOT GOING ON THERE.
FIRST OF ALL, MARGE, TRY LACTAID.
SECOND, WHAT ON EARTH DOES SHE SAY AT THE STORE?
"EXCUSE ME, I AM LOOKING FOR YOUR THICKEST, MOST PADDED,
COTTON UNDERPANTS-- Y'KNOW, THE KIND OF ACTIVE GAL WHO-- HOW
DO I PUT THIS DELICATELY-- BLASTS SEVEN-CHILI-PEPPER
NUCLEAR BUTT WIND?
UNDERGARMENTS FOR THE KIND OF ASS-NADO THAT TEARS A HOLE IN
THE SPACE-TIME CONTINUUM AND SUCKS YOUR GRANDMA INTO THE
FUTURE TO SMELL THE UNHOLY MESS HER LOINS HAVE WROUGHT.
AND DO YOU HAVE THAT IN A THONG."
( APPLAUSE ) THANKS, JUST-- JUST GETTA BRITA.
JUST GET A BRITA.
EVER SINCE MUSK HAS RE-RELEASED RIGHT-WING NUTBALLS LIKE GREENE
ON TWITTER, IT SEEMS THAT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF LIBERALS MAY BE
LEAVING THE SITE.
WELL, YEAH!
NO ONE WANTSTTO STAY WHERE THEY'RE BEING THREATENED AND
HARASSED.
THAT'S WHY DISNEYLAND HAD TO PULL THE PLUG ON THEIR INFAMOUS
CHARACTER, FRANK THE HORNY CANNIBAL.
( LAUGHTER ) MUSK--
( LAUGHTER ) YOUR REACTION IS WHY THEY HAD TO
PULL THE PLUG ON THEM.
MUSK ISN'T JUST ELEVATING RIGHT WINGERS.
HE'S ALSO ATTACKING TWITTER'S TOP ADVERTISER.
THIS WEEK, HE TWEETED, "APPLE HAS MOSTLY STOPPED ADVERTISING
ON TWITTER.
DO THEY HATE FREE SPEECH IN AMERICA?"
ELON, ELON, ELON, FREE SPEECH MEANS THE GOVERNMENT CAN'T TELL
YOU WHAT TO SAY.
IT DOESN'T MEAN PEOPLE HAVE TO GIVE YOU MONEY NO MATTER WHAT
YOU SAY.
I KNOW-- I KNOW YOU'RE MAD AT THEM--
( APPLAUSE ) I KNOW YOU'RE MAD AT THEM, BUT
THEY DON'T HATE FREE SPEECH.
THEY'RE MAD AT YOU BECAUSE YOU FREED HATE SPEECH.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) BUT-- BUT--
>> Louis: UH-HUH.
>> Stephen: THAT WORKS.
THAT WORKS.
BUT MUSK'S TWITTER FEED ISN'T ALL FUN AND DELUSIONAL ATTACKS
ON HIS ADVERTISERS.
HE ALSO TWEETED THIS PICTURE OF HIS BEDSIDE TABLE, WITH GUNS AND
CANS OF CAFFEINE-FREE DIET COKE.
WELL, THE MESSAGE IS CLEAR: ELON IS ALWAYS READY, JUST IN CASE HE
HAS TO WAKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND SHOOT THE MOST
USELESS SODA IN THE WORLD.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
BROWN WATER THAT KEEPS YOU SLEEPY.
SPEAKING OF KOO-KOO CRAZYPANTS, WE'VE GOT AN UPDATE ABOUT
MYPILLOW C.E.O. MIKE LINDELL, SEEN HERE CHALLENGING A MAILBOX
TO A KARATE FIGHT.
( LAUGHTER ) EVER SINCE LATCHING ONTO THE
EX-PRESIDENT'S ELECTION CONSPIRACIES, LINDELL HAS HAD A
GROWING INFLUENCE ON THE G.O.P., AND NOW HE WANTS TO MAKE IT
OFFICIAL, BECAUSE HE IS LAUNCHING A CAMPAIGN FOR
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIR, IN A BID TO RUN THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY.
SORRY, I JUST NEED A MOMENT.
"DEAR SANTA--" ( LAUGHTER )
( APPLAUSE ) "I HAVE BEEN A VERY GOOD BOY
THIS YEAR, AND I JUST WANT ONE THING FOR CHRISTMAS: PLEASE PUT
THE SCREAMY MUSTACHE MAN IN CHARGE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY."
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
ALSO, A TOBLERONE THE SIZE OF A BASEBALL BAT.
BUT DESPITE LINDELL'S MAGA LOYALTY, THE FORMER PRESIDENT
HAS NOT YET PUBLICLY SUPPORTED HIS BID.
WOW.
HE HASN'T SAID ANYTHING SUPPORTIVE?
BUT LINDELL'S BEEN LIKE A SON TO...
OHH, YEAH.
ALL RIGHT.
THAT MAKES SENSE.
SO WHAT HAPPENS IF/WHEN LINDELL DOESN'T WIN THE R.N.C. CHAIR?
WELL, HERE'S WHAT HE SAID ABOUT ACCEPTING THE RESULTS:
"IF THERE'S ANY COMPUTER USED, I WOULD QUESTION ANY ELECTION
WHICH USED A COMPUTER."
( AS LINDELL ) "I DON'T TRUST THE COMPUTERS.
CAN'T TRUST-- ( APPLAUE )
NO, NO, NO.
YOU CAN'T TRUST THE COMPUTERS.
I'VE BEEN GOOGLING ALL THE BAD STUFF THEY DO AND IT IS NO
BUENO.
SO I'M TAKING THE COMPUTERS ON, ALL OF EM: THE FOLDY GUYS, THE
DESKTOP SQUARE FELLAS, THE BIG ONE AT THE AIRPORT, THE
ONE THAT GLOWS ORANGE AND MAKES MY BREAD CRISPY.
ALL OF THEM."
I'M SUPPOSED TO TAKE THIS OFF NOW, BUT I KIND OF LIKE THIS
LOOK.
THIS IS-- I FEEL LIKE-- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
♪ WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS ♪ >> Louis: YES!
>> Stephen: YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
♪ ♪ ♪ BUT I'M A BIT WORRIED HERE,
BECAUSE AN R.N.C. ELECTION PITTING LINDELL AGAINST
INCUMBENT RONNA McDANIEL COULD TEAR THE PARTY APART BETWEEN
MYPILLOW MAGA CRAZIES AND TRADITIONAL CONSERVATIVES.
WHICH IS WHY I PROPOSE A COMPROMISE CANDIDATE, SOMEONE
RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE: "PILLOW."
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
HE'S GOT EVERYTHING THE REPUBLICANS WANT.
HE'S WHITE AND SHE'S SQUARE.
OH, THERE'S SOME NEWS-- WHAT HAPPENED.
THERE'S SOME NEWS OUT OF CALIFORNIA, THE GARDEN STATE,
BECAUSE YESTERDAY, SAN FRANCISCO VOTED TO LET THEIR POLICE FORCE
DEPLOY POTENTIALLY LETHAL, REMOTE-CONTROLLED ROBOTS IN
EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.
THIS IS WHERE IT STARTS.
BUT BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, POLICE ARE GONNA BE PLAYING THE OLD
MIND GAME: "GOOD COP, BLEEP BLORP."
SEEMS LIKE AN OBVIOUSLY BAD IDEA, BUT THE VOTE WAS EIGHT IN
FAVOR AND THREE ABOUT TO BE EXECUTED BY ROBOTS.
( LAUGHTER ) THE SAN FRANCISCO POLICE
DEPARTMENT DOESN'T WANT ANYONE TO PANIC, PROMISING THEY HAVE
NO PLANS TO ARM ROBOTS WITH GUNS, BUT COULD DEPLOY ROBOTS
EQUIPPED WITH EXPLOSIVE CHARGES.
( LAUGHTER ) OH, IT'S LIKE THE OLD SAYING:
NEVER BRING A GUN TO AN EXPLODING ROBOT FIGHT.
NOW, ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I JUST WANT TO SAY, IT TAKES A LOT OF
PEOPLE TO PUT ON A SHOW LIKE THIS, AND WE'D NEVER BE ABLE TO
MAKE IT TO AIR WITHOUT OUR INCREDIBLE TEAM OF INTERNS.
THEY DO IT ALL, FROM STOCKING SNACKS TO STOCKING BEVERAGES,
ALONG WITH A LOT OF OTHER STUFF THAT DOES NOT AFFECT ME
DIRECTLY.
I ALWAYS LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT OUR FORMER INTERNS ARE UP TO.
SO TONIGHT, I'M DEBUTING MY LONG-RUNNING OR ONE-TIME-ONLY
SEGMENT, "INTERN CHECK-IN."
( COUGHING ) ( APPLAUSE )
TONIGHT WE'RE CATCHING UP WITH A FELLOW NAMED JORDAN, AN INTERN
FROM THE AMAZING CLASS OF SPRING 2018,
THAT'S A GOOD LOOKING-GROUP.
THERE'S JORDAN RIGHT THERE, AND THAT GUY IN THE MIDDLE MUST HAVE
BEEN A GRAD STUDENT.
JORDAN WAS A GREAT INTERN.
WE ALL LOVED WORKING WITH HIM.
FUN FACT: HE'S ALSO THE SON OF THEN-BROOKLYN BOROUGH PRESIDENT
ERIC ADAMS, WHO IS NOW THE MAYOR OF NEW YORK-- WHICH MAY EXPLAIN
WHY JORDAN HAS LEFT FOR ALBANIA.
LET ME EXPLAIN: JORDAN HAS A BURGEONING CAREER AS A RAPPER
UNDER THE STAGE NAME "JAY-OH."
AND THIS IS TRUE: THIS WEEK, JAY-OH APPEARED IN THE FINALS OF
THE ALBANIAN VERSION OF "AMERICAN IDOL," "MAGIC SONG"--
OR AS THEY CALL IT, "KONGA MAJIKA"-- HOSTED BY THE RYAN
SEACREST OF ALBANIA, RYGAN SYEE-KREPST.
( LAUGHTER ) OUR OLD INTERN JORDAN PERFORMED
ON THE SHOW.
HE DID AN ORIGINAL SONG CALLED "ITSY BITSY."
AWW.
LET'S SEE WHAT THAT CUTE LITTLE SPIDER'S UP TO THIS TIME!
>> ♪ YEAH THE ITSY BITSY, WANNA TWERK THAT (BLEEP) AND SHAKE
>> Stephen: OH, MY.
HE CHANGED OUR PRINTER PAPER WITH THAT MOUTH?
( LAUGHTER ) WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU
TONIGHT!
MY GUESTS ARE JOHN KRASINSKI AND THE DIRECTOR OF "WOMEN TALKING,"
SARAH POLLEY.
WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK.
WELCOME BACK
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN-- PUT THAT AWAY.
PUT THAT AWAY RIGHT THERE.
FOLKS, WHERE AM I TALKING HERE, MARK?
RIGHT HERE?
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU KNOW MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT FROM "A
QUIET PLACE," "JACK RYAN," AND "THE OFFICE."
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," JOHN KRASINSKI!
♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE )
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> I ONLY WANT TO BE A SURPRISE GUEST NOW.
THIS IS IT.
>> Stephen: HEY.
>> THIS IS IT.
>> Stephen: IT'S LOVELY TO SEE YOU.
>> IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> Stephen: IT'S SO NICE TO HAVE YOU HERE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: JACK KRASINSKI, EVERYBODY!
NOW, THEN-- >> GO OUT ON A HIGH.
THAT'S WHAT THEY TAUGHT US BACK IN SNOW BIZ DAYS.
>> Stephen: LEAVE THEM WANTING EVERYTHING.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> Stephen: YOUR DELIGHTFUL WIFE, EMILY BLUNT WAS ON HERE A
WEEK AGO, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
>> A WEEK AGO.
>> Stephen: A WEEK AGO TONIGHT.
>> YEAH.
ALL RIGHT, ENOUGH.
>> Stephen: IT'S HARD TO TELL WHICH ONE OF YOU I ENJOY
INTERVIEWING MORE.
>> THAT'S NICE.
IT'S HER.
IT'S VERY CLEAR.
IT'S A LITTLE CREEPY HOW YOU LOOK AT HER SOMETIMES.
IT'S A BIT LIKE, YOU KNOW...
WITH ME IT'S JUST FRIENDLY.
WITH HER IT'S A LITTLE LIKE...
>> Stephen: IT GETS CREEPY WHEN YOU'RE NOT LOOKING.
LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THE KIDS.
DO YOU MIND IF I ASK YOU SOMETHING ABOUT THE KIDS?
>> YEAH, LET'S GET PERSONAL.
YEAH.
I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS ON BARBARA WALTERS TONIGHT.
FULL TEARS.
>> Stephen: IF I DON'T MAKE YOU CRY, I HAVE FAILED AS A
HOST.
WE'RE GOING TO SHOOT YOU IN REAL SOFT FOCUS.
>> PLEASE, AND SLOW PUSH-IN.
>> Stephen: THE KIDS, HAVE THEY WATCHED "THE OFFICE."
MY KIDS, WHO ARE IN THEIR 20s, LOVE "THE OFFICE.
THE.
YOUR KIDS ARE SOMEWHAT YOUNGER.
>> EIGHT AND SIX.
YES.
>> Stephen: NEVER TOO EARLY TO START DOING THE COLLEGE TOUR,
THOUGH.
I'M TELLING YOU.
>> IT IS TRUE.
>> Stephen: HAVE THEY STARTED WATCHING "THE OFFICE"?
>> THEY LITERALLY JUST STARTED WATCHING "THE OFFICE."
I SHOWED THEM ONE EPISODE, THEIR ACTUAL QUOTE WE WERE DRIVING AND
FROM THE BACK SEAT I HEARD, "SO WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH THIS OFFICE
THING?" AND I WAS LIKE, IT'S A BIG
QUESTION.
WE'LL CUT IT DOWN IN BITE-SIZED MORSELS.
EMILY IS LIKE, "SHOW THEM THE PILOT."
THEY WERE WATCHING THE FIRST EPISODE.
AND THE OLDEST, IT TURNS OUT SHE'S A SCREEN TALKER-ATTAR.
SHE'S TALKING TO THE SCREEN.
WHEN STEVE FIRED JENNA, SHE GOES, WHAT, ARE YOU DOING?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" AND THEN SHE GOES, "YOU'RE A
HORRIBLE PERSON."
AND I SAID YOU SHOULD MEET STEVE CARELL.
DID YOU SEE THAT.
>> Stephen: I SAW THAT.
>> AND MY SIX-YEAR-OLD KEPT ASKING, "IS THAT YOU?"
>> AND I SAID, "YEAH IT IS."
AND SHE SAID, "YOU LOOK VERY DIFFERENT.
I SAID, I'LL TRY TO TAKE THAT AS NOT A HURTFUL THING.
SHE SAID THAT'S NOT YOU.
AND WATCHED TWO MORE EPISODES.
"THAT'S NOT YOU.
GUY LOOKS A LOT LIKE YOU, THOUGH."
ARE THEN SHE'LL BE LIKE THERE'S A BRITISH VERSION OF YOU?
I'LL BE LIKE YEAH.
>> Stephen: DOES IT MAKE YOU COOL AT ALL THAT YOU'RE ON THE
TV?
I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE THEY'VE SEEN OF YOURS.
>> EMILY HAD A HEAD START BY BEING IN "MARY POPPIN'S."
>> Stephen: A SLIGHT EDGE.
>> A LITTLE EDGE ( APPLAUSE )
AND I THINK MY-- MY KIDS THOUGHT THAT SHE HAD MARRIED ME AT A
CHARITY.
THEY'RE LIKE, "YOU'RE SO NICE TO MARRY AN ACCOUNTANT.
THAT'S SO NICE OF YOU."
THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT I DO.
>> Stephen: THEY THINK YOU WORK AT AN OFFICE?
>> I THINK SO.
THE REASON WHY I THINK THAT,s I WAS WALKING THEM IT SCHOOL ONE
DAY, AND THIS GUY CAME UP-- HE WAS VERY NICE, AND HE SAID,
"JOHN, FROM 'THE OFFICE."
I SAID THANKS.
AND SHE SAID, "DO YOU WORK WITH HIM?"
AND I SAID, "NO."
AND SHE SAID, "WHY ARE YOU LYING TO ME?
AND I WENT,"I'M NOT LYING TO YOU."
"NO, HE JUST SAID HE KNOWS YOU FROM 'THE OFFICE."
>> Stephen: HERE'S ONE SAID IN FRONT OF MY CHILDREN.
A GUY SAID, "MY WIFE GOES TO BED WITH YOU EVERY NIGHT."
( LAUGHTER ) >> THAT'S AMAZING.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU.
WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK.
>> DO WE?
>> Stephen: BUT DON'T GO ANYWHERE.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE JOHN KRASINSKI, EVERYBODY.
>> Stephen: HEY, LOOK AT THIS.
LOOK AT THAT.
WE'RE HERE WITH THE STAR OF "JACK RYAN."
JOHN KRASINSKI.
EVERYBODY KNOWS AND LOVES YOU AS AN ACTOR, BUT OF COURSE NOW
YOU'RE A BILGE BIG-TIME DIRECTOR.
>> AM I A BIG-TIME DIRECTOR.
>> Stephen: "A QUIET PLACE," "A QUIET PLACE 2."
YOU WERE ON "THE OFFICE," A SEMIDOCUMENTARY STYLE.
DID THAT INFLUENCE YOUR DIRECTING?
>> "THE OFFICE" WAS MY FILM SCHOOL.
I WAS A PROFESSIONAL EIGHTER.
I WENT BACK TO WAITING TABLES AFTER THE PILOT.
I SAID THIS IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
IT FELT LIKE I WAS IN A REPERTORY COMPANY OF ACTORS
BECAUSE NOBODY WAS WATCHING US IN THE BEGINNING.
I GOT TO IN MY FREE TIME GO UP TO THE WRITERS' ROOM AND SEE
WHAT IT REALLY IS TO FOSTER AN IDEA, AND EVERY JOKE THAT WAS
TOLD YOU COULD ALMOST SEE IT IN THE AIR.
THIS COULD WORK, AND THIS IS GREAT.
AND THEY WERE ALL WORKING TOGETHER.
AND THE EDITOR BROUGHT ME DOWN AND SAID THIS IS WHAT THE FIRST
CUT LOOKS LIKE, THE SECOND CUT.
I DEFINITELY WOULD NOT BE DIRECTING IF IT WASN'T FOR THAT
SHOW.
YEAH, TRUE.
>> Stephen: TRUE STORY.
>> IT'S A TRUE STORY.
( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: OBVIOUS FOLLOW-UP-- WHAT KIND OF
RESTAURANT?
I GOT FIRED FROM NINE.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: DID YOU REALLY GET
FIRED?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: IT'S HARD TO GET FIRED FROM A RESTAURANT, MAN.
>> WELL.
>> Stephen: WERE YOU PUTTING YOUR THUMB IN THE CHOWDER?
>> NOT MY THUMB.
( LAUGHTER ) NOPE.
AS I-- ( LAUGHTER )
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: ARE YOUR KIDS
GOING TO WATCH THIS?
>> ARE WE STILL EDITING?
CAN WE EDIT THAT OUT?
WE CAN'T.
>> Stephen: DID YOU REALLY GET FIRED THAT MANY TIMES?
>> I DID.
I REMEMBER GOING TO AN AUDITION AND SOME GUY SAID, "IF YOU WALK
OUT THAT DOOR TO GO TO AN ODDDITION, DON'T EVEN COME
BACK."
AND I TURNED AND AROUND SAID, "OKAY," AND WALKED OUT AND WENT
TO AN AUDITION, THEY DIDN'T GET.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
>> THAT WAS SAD.
I SHOULD TELL A DIFFERENT STORY.
AND THEN I GOT "THE OFFICE"!
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: AND THEN YOU GOT
"JACK RYAN."
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: I WANT TO-- I'M A BIG FAN OF YOUR JACK RYAN.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN A NICE FAN OF THE
SHOW.
>> Stephen: I DON'T REMEMBER-- OH, WE FOUGHT.
>> YOU DON'T REMEMBER THE BIT WE DID.
>> Stephen: I REMEMBER KICKING YOUR ASS.
THAT'S ALL I REMEMBER.
>> I THREW YOU OFF A ROOF.
>> Stephen: AND I'M OKAY.
NOW WHO SEEMS MORE INTIMIDATING?
SO I LOVED SEASON ONE, LOVED SEASON TWO.
WHEN IS SEASON 3 AVAILABLE?
>> DECEMBER 21 FOR CHRISTMAS, THE HOLIDAY S.
>> Stephn: THE SOLSTICE.
>> THE SOLSTICE.
>> Stephen: WHAT DO WE LEARN FROM JACK THIS TIME?
WHO ARE WE FIGHTING?
>> THIS TIME JACK IS ON THE LAM.
HE'S OUT ON HIS OWN.
HE'S GONE ROGUE.
>> Stephen: IS THAT HOW THE SECOND SEASON ENDED?
>> THAT'S THE BEST.
CAN WE JUST CAPTURE THAT.
THAT WAS AMAZING.
>> Stephen: GREAT CELL PHONE RING.
>> YEAH.
SO THE C.I.A. IS AFTER JACK THIS SEASON, AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHY.
>> Stephen: IS WENDELL PIERCE STILL IN IT?
>> WENDELL PIERCE IS VERY MUCH STILL THERE IT.
THE BEST.
MICHAEL KELLY, AMAZING.
>> Stephen: DID YOU HAVE TO GET JACK RYAN?
>> I DON'T KNOW, YOU TELL ME.
THAT WAS EMBARRASSING EVEN TO SAY IT.
>> Stephen: HOW LONG DID YOU ACTUALLY SHOOT IT?
WERE YOU SHOOTING IT DURING COVID?
>> WE SHOT SEASON THREE AND FOUR BACK TO BACK.
SO WE SHOT FOR TWO YEARS DURING COVID.
>> Stephen: WOW.
>> SO WE WERE -- >> Stephen: WAS IT HARD TO
STAY, YOU KNOW, FIGHTING FORM WITH ALL THAT SOURDOUGH BREAD
WAITING BACK HOME.
>> I THOUGHT YOU WERE CALLING ME SOURDOUGH BREAD.
I WAS LIKE, OH, THAT HURT MY FEELINGS.
>> Stephen: THE YEAST IS RISING.
>> OH, OKAY.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP HERE.
IS IT GOING TO BE OBVIOUS WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE?
>> I THINK OF ALL THE CLIPS I'VE EVER SHOWN ON A TALK SHOW, THIS
IS THE MOST OBVIOUS CLIP EVER.
>> Stephen: JIM, LET'S FIND OUT IF HE'S RIGHT.
>> THIS IS TANGO, 3-6.
ASKING TO LAND AND DROP OFF ONE PACK.
>> THIS IS NAVY U.S. NAVY WARSHIP.
YOU ARE NOT CLEAR TO LAND.
I SAY AGAIN, YOU ARE NOT CLEARED TO LAND.
>> SORRY, AMIGOS, THEY SAID NO GO.
>> ( BLEEP ).
>> >> HOW ABOUT YOU NEED TO GET ON
THAT SHIP?
>> LIFE OR DEATH.
>> HAVE A NICE SWIM!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: CLASSIC, CLASSIC
JACK RYAN.
>> CLASSIC JACK RYAN.
>> Stephen: MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN.
HERE'S THE THING-- THAT REALLY LOOKS LIKE YOU FELL OUT OF THAT
HELICOPTER.
>> THAT IS ME NOT BEING-- THAT'S ME BEING THROWN OUT OF A
HELICOPTER.
SO WHAT HAPPENED WAS,s THAT MORNING, THEY HAD DONE THAT
STUNT WITH THE STUNT TEAM OVER AND OVER SCPOFER.
AND THEY WERE FLYING ME OUT IN A BLACK HAWK TO GET TO THE MIDDLE
OF THE OCEAN, SLOWLY DROP ME DOWN IN THE WATER AND THEN JUST
DO THE SHOT OF THE HELICOPTER PULLING AWAY.
AND AS WE'RE GOING, ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS ABOUT DOING THE
SHOW IS TO INTERACT WITH THE MILITARY COMMUNITY.
AND WE WERE IN BLACK HAWK WITH ALL SEALs.
AND THAT GENTLEMAN RIGHT THERE IS KEVIN KENT.
HE'S A WONDERFUL GUY, AND I'VE DONE FOUR SEASONS WITH HIM.
>> Stephen: THIS GUY?
>> YEAH, THIS GUY.
NOW YOU JUST LABELED HIM AS "THIS GUY."
HE'S SO MUCH MORE THAN THIS.
AS WE WERE FLYING HE SAID, "ARE YOU GOING TO DO THIS STUNT?"
I SAID, "NO, THEY SHOT IT THIS MORNING."
"IT WOULD LOOK A LOT COOLER IF YOU DID IT."
I SAID, "WE DIDN'T PLAN FOR THAT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE."
IT WOULD LOOK LIKE, ME GRAB BE THE SEAT BELT AND THROWING YOU
OUT OF THE HELICOPTER.
I SAID, "I DON'T KNOW IF I'M GOING TO DO THIS."
AND THE CAMERA GUY WAS SITTING THERE LIKE THIS, LIKE PLEASE
DON'T DO THIS.
THEY HASN'T TOLD ANY OF THE PRODUCERS OR ANYTHING.
AND I SAID LET'S DO IT.
THE CAMERA GUY JUMPS UP, HE UNBUCKLED ME AND THREW ME OUT OF
THE BLACK HAWK.
>> Stephen: AND THE CAMERA GUY KNOT IT.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: AND GOT THIS.
>> YEAH.
( APPLAUSE ) IT WAS GREAT.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE ANOTHER LITTLE BREAK HERE.
>> DO WE?
>> Stephen: WE DO.
( LAUGHTER ) WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK-- I DON'T
KNOW.
GET OUT OF HERE.
YOU KNOW WHO HE IS!
♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: HEY, LOOK AT THAT!
THAT IS THE STAR OF "JACK RYAN."
JOHN KRASINSKI.
GOT A REALLY IMPORTANT QUESTION TO ASK YOU: HOW LONG AGO WERE
YOU IN JACK RYAN SHAPE?
THAT'S MY QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU.
>> AGAIN, I'M OFFENDED BECAUSE I'M STILL IN JACK RYAN SHAPE.
>> Stephen: YOU COULD JUST SAY, "RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW I'M STILL IN JACK RYAN SHAPE."
YOUR WIFE SAID YOU HAD NOODLE ARMS.
SHE SAID YOU WEREN'T-- >> HOLD ON ONE SECOND.
>> Stephen: BUT YOU WEREN'T JACKED RYAN.
>> I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THIS RIGHT WHEN WE CAME OUT.
SO MY WIFE LAST WEEK SAID I'M NOT-- I'VE BEEN DIRECTING A
MOVIE-- WHICH IS TRUE.
I JUST WRAPPED THIS MOVIE I DIRECTED TWO NIGHTS AGO.
AND SHE SAID, "SO HE'S NOT QUITE IN JACK RYAN SHAPE.
HE HAS NOODLE ARMS."
>> Stephen: YEAH.
>> AND THEN SHE SAID, "I WOULDN'T NECESSARILY CALL HIM
FAT RYAN, BUT YOU JUST DID."
SO -- >> Stephen: SO HOW IS THE
LINGUINI HOLDING UP OVER THERE.
THE RIGATONI, HOW IS IT DOING OVER THERE?
>> WHY DON'T YOU COME FIND OUT.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE ARM WRESTLED BEFORE.
ARM WRESTLED UP IN THAT LITTLE ROOM.
>> I ARM WRESTLED.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WERE DOING.
>> Stephen: HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
ARE YOU READY TO GO ANOTHER ROUND?
>> YEAH, FOR SURE.
>> Stephen: BRING IT OUT, BOYS.
LET'S GO.
RIGHT OVER THERE.
>> OH, WE HAVE THE FULL -- >> Stephen: THERE WE GO.
THERE WE GO.
( APPLAUSE ) >> YOU WANT SOME!
COME GET SOME!
THERE IS NO TOMORROW!
( APPLAUSE ) COME ON!
HA, HA, HA.
WE HAVE FUN.
IT'S TIME TO PAY THE PIPER.
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A MERIT BADGE IN PAIN.
IS THIS ROCK 'EM-SOCK 'EM ROBOTS?
>> IT IS.
>> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?
>> THIS IS THE OFFICIAL ARM WRESTLING.
>> Stephen: YES.
>> DOES THIS ELECTROCUTE US?
>> Stephen: JUST HOLD ON TO THAT BABY.
THAT'S A STABLIZER.
>> I CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE DOING THIS AGAIN.
>> Stephen: IT'S GOING TO BE THE LAST TIME, #-R BUDDY.
HAVE YOU READ "BAY WOLF."
YOU'RE GENDLE AND I'M RIPPING THAT ARM OFF.
>> YOU GUYS ALL GOT THAT.
YOU GOT THAT.
THE MOST LITERARY AUDIENCE EVER.
>> Stephen: LET'S DO IT.
SERIOUSLY, ARE YOU SCARED?
ARE YOU NERVOUS?
>> I'M NOT NERVOUS AT ALL.
DO YOU WANT TO TAKE YOUR JACKET OFF.
>> Stephen: NO.
>> OH, WE GOT IT.
>> Stephen: YOU WON'T WIN THROUGH INTIMIDATION.
>> THESE PADS ARE SO COMFORTABLE.
>> Stephen: STRAIGHT UP.
YOU CAN'T BREAK YOUR WRIST.
NO, YOU CAN'T START THAT WAY.
YOU CAN'T START THAT WAY.
>> CAN I DO THAT LATER?
>> Stephen: YOU CAN DO ANYTHING YOU WANT LATER.
>> HOW BAD DO YOU WANT THIS.
>> Stephen: MY STAGE MANAGER, MARK --
>> Stephen: IS EVIE HERE.
EVIE WAS HERE LAST NAME.
>> Stephen: SHE'S NOT HERE.
>> I'M DOING THIS FOR EVIE.
>> READY, SET, GO!
( APPLAUSE ) >> ERRR.
>> AAHHH.
>> ERRRR!
( APPLAUSE ) ( BLEEP ).
>> AAAHHH!
( APPLAUSE ) >> IT'S RIGHT THERE.
IT'S RIGHT THERE.
>> Stephen: YOU CAN DO IT, TOO.
IT'S RIGHT THERE.
( BLEEP ).
♪ ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: I HAD YOU SO
CLOSE.
>> OH, MY GOD.
>> Stephen: I HAD YOU SO CLOSE.
WITH WE GET PLAY-BACK ON THIS.
CAN WE GET SLOW-MO ON THIS, PLEASE.
>> YOU DID GREAT.
YOU DID GREAT.
>> Stephen: ALL RIGHT, I'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
>> I'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
>> Stephen: I'LL SEAL YOU NEXT TIME.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: THE NEW SEASON OF "JACK RYAN" PREMIERES
DECEMBER 21.
JOHN KRASINSKI, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH THE DIRECTOR OF "WOMEN TALKING,"
SARAH POLLEY.
>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY!
THANK YOU, MARK.
WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.
MY NEXT GUEST IS AN ACTRESS, WRITER, AND DIRECTOR OF THE
MOVIES "AWAY FROM HER" AND "TAKE THIS WALTZ."
HER LATEST FILM IS "WOMEN TALKING."
PLEASE WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW," SARAH POLLEY!
♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: SO NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> SO NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> Stephen: NOW, TUESDAY NIGHT, YOU HAVE-- BESIDES BEING
A DIRECTOR OF THE NEW FILM, YOU ALSO HAVE A MEMOIR CALLED "RUN
TOWARD THE DANGER," WHICH I WANT TO GET INTO IN A MOMENT HERE.
BUT YOU HAD AN EVENT AT THE STRAND BOOKSTORE HERE IN NEW
YORK WITH THE GREAT FRANCES McDORMAND.
THERE ARE THE TWO OF YOU TOGETHER.
SHE INTERVIEWED YOU.
SHE MODERATED THIS EVENING.
I DON'T THINK-- I NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO INTERVIEW HER, SPEND
TIME WITH HER.
WHAT-- WHAT'S SHE LIKE?
DOES SHE ASK TOUGH QUESTIONS?
>> SHE'S-- YEAH, THERE'S NOT, LIKE, A LOT OF NICETIES.
SHE GETS TO THE POINT.
IT'S PRETTY DIRECT.
BUT THE THING THAT SHE DID LAST NIGHT THAT WAS SO AMAZING WAS
SHE READ FROM THE BOOK, AND I HAD THIS AMAZING EXPERIENCE OF
HEARING MY INNER-MOST THOUGHTS READ BY FRANCES McDORMAND,
WHICH I ACTUALLY THINK IS AN EXPERIENCE WE SHOULD ALL HAVE.
>> Stephen: LIKE PLAYING YOU TO YOU.
>> YEAH, BUT AS FRANCES McDORMAND, TOO.
NOW I HEAR MY VOICE AS VERY CONFIDENT.
LAUGH.
>> Stephen: I WOULDN'T PICTURING MYSELF AS FRANCES
McDORMAND.
>> IT'S REALLY THERAPEUTIC.
>> Stephen: NOW, THE BOOK, AS I SAID BEFORE, IT'S CALLED "RUN
TOWARD THE DANGER."
WHICH IS AN EVOCATIVE AND AN ATTRACTIVE IDEA.
WHERE DOES THAT TITLE COME FROM FOR YOU?
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
>> I HAD A CONCUSSION IN 20 15.
A VERY LARGE EXPIRE EXTINGUISHER FOAL MY HEAD AND I HAD A
CONCUSSION THAT LASTED THREE AND A HALF YEARS, ON AND OFF.
>> Stephen: WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, A CONCUSSION-- I THINK I
PROBABLY HAD THEM BRIEFLY WHEN I WAS A KID.
WHAT IS-- HOW DOES THAT MANIFEST ITSELF OVER A LONG PERIOD OF
TIME?
>> SO IT CAME AND WENT IN INTENSITY, BUT BRAIN FOG,
HEADACHES, ENORMOUS TENSIVITY TO LIGHT AND NOISE, IMPOSSIBLE TO
MULTITASK.
I CERTAINLY WASN'T GOING TO BE MAKING A FILM AGAIN.
AND SO I DID ALL KIND OF TREATMENTS, WENT TO ALL KINDS OF
DOCTORS.
A LOT OF THE ADVICE WAS, "GO LIE IN A DARK ROOM.
REST.
LISTEN TO YOUR BODY.
LISTEN TO YOUR LIMITATIONS."
AND I FINALLY FOUND MYSELF TO FITZBURG MEDICAL CENTER AND
DR. MICHAEL COLLINS WHO SAID IF YOU REMEMBER ONLY ONE THING FROM
THIS MEETING, REMEMBER THIS, "RUN TOWARDS THE DANGER."
BY THAT HE MEANT ALL OF THE THINGS I HAD BEEN AVOIDING
BECAUSE THEY WERE TOO MUCH FROM MY HEAD WHERE I HAD TO GO LIE IN
A DARK ROOM OR AVOITH THINGS THAT TRIGGERED SYMPTOMS WERE
THINGS I HAD TO DO MORE OF.
MY BRAIN WAS BECOMING WEAKER WHAT I WAS AVOIDING OUT OF JIET.
>> Stephen: DESENSITIZE YOURSELF TO THAT STIMULUS.
>> YEAH, AND YOU HAVE TO MOVE TOWARDS THE THINGS THAT MAKE YOU
VERY UNCOMFORTABLE.
AND THAT'S THE ONLY WAY YOU'RE GOING TO GET BETTER.
>> Stephen: WHAT DOES THAT MEAN ON A BROADER SENSE TO YOU?
YOU NAME YOUR BOOK, I ASSUME, BECAUSE THAT HAS RESONANCE TO
THE REST OF YOUR LIFE AND YOUR WORK.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU GENERALLY NOW?
>> I THINK IT WAS A REAL PARADIGM SHIFT.
I THINK I'M SOMEONE WHO LISTENED TO THEIR ANXIETY A LOT IN LIFE,
LISTENED TO THEIR LIMITATIONS.
AND I THINK IT MADE ME THINK THESE ARE ACTUALLY CHALLENGES.
THESE ARE EXCITING OBSTACLES TO OVERCOME, THE THINGS I'M AFRAID
OF, I CAN MOVE ALONGSIDE THE ANXIETY.
I DON'T EVEN HAVE TO OVERCOME IT.
I CAN MOVE WITH IT AND DO THE THINGS THAT ARE UNCOMFORTABLE
>> Stephen: HOW DO YOU FEEL?
HOW IS YOUR HEAD NOW?
>> WITHIN SIX WEEKS OF BEING AT THAT PROGRAM I WAS COMPLETELY
BETTER.
>> Stephen: AFTER THREE AND A HALF YEARS OF SUFFERING THROUGH
THIS.
>> YEAH, YEAH.
>> Stephen: THAT'S EXTRAORDINARY.
( APPLAUSE ) ANOTHER THING, ANOTHER THING
ABOUT FRANCES McDORMAND IS SHE OPTIONED THE 2018 NOVEL "WOMEN
TALKING," WHEN YOU'VE ADAPTED AND DIRECTED.
AND SHE ALSO ACTS IN THE FILM AND IS A PRODUCER.
YOU'VE ALREADY SAID SHE HAS AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF CONFIDENCE
AND, YOU KNOW, SHE SEEMS FUN BUT TOUGH.
IS SHE INTIMIDATING TO WORK WITH AT ALL?
>> I MEAN, SHE'S-- SHE IS REALLY FUN.
AND SHE HAS AN ENORMOUSLY KIND HEART.
BUT SHE DOES CUT TO THE CHASE, SO THERE WAS A GUY WHO WAS OUR
HOST AT THE STRAND NAMED WALKER LAST NIGHT, AND THERE WAS A
MOMENT WHERE SUDDENLY I SAID, "WALKER, HOW ABOUT A TOILET?"
AND IT WAS LIKE YOU JUST GET STRAIGHT TO THE ACTUAL THING
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
>> Stephen: WHAT WAS IT LIKE MEETING HER ORIGINALLY WHEN SHE
CAME TO YOU WITH THE BOOK?
>> I MEAN, I WAS THRILLED BECAUSE IT WAS A BOOK "WOMEN
TALKING," A BOOK THEY LOVED SO MUCH.
AND I HAD ACTUALLY REACHED OUT WHEN I FOUND OUT SHE HAD THE
RIGHTS, AND SHE AND DEED GARDNER, WHO ARE PRODUCING IT
TOGETHER, REACHED OUT TO ME ON THE SAME DAY SO IT FELT VERY
MEANT TO BE AND VERY EXCITING.
>> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND YOU HADN'T DIRECTED IN A LONG TIME,
YOU KNOW, AS YOU SAID.
YOU CERTAINLY COULDN'T DIRECT.
IT HAD BEEN 10 YEARS.
DID YOU APPROACH DIRECTING DIFFERENTLY AFTER THIS THAN YOU
DID BEFORE?
>> YEAH.
I MEAN, I FELT SO GRATEFUL EVERY DAY JUST TO BE ABLE TO DO THE
JOB AND TO BE ABLE TO COLLABORATE WITH PEOPLE.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT SOUNDS TRITE BUT IT WAS A REALLY TRUE SENSE
OF EUPHORIA EVERY DAY BEING ABLE TO DO A JOB THAT REQUIRED
IMAGINE SCPAGZ COLLABORATION AND MULTITASKING.
AND ALSO, I'VE HAD THREE KIDS IN THE LAST 10 YEARS AND THAT WAS A
BIG PART OF THE REASON I TOOK THE TIME OFF.
THE STAKES JUST FEEL LOWER WITH EVERYTHING AFTER THREE KIDS.
>> Stephen: NOTHING CAN BE AS HARD AS THREE KIDS.
>> NO.
I WAS-- ALL THE PEOPLE I WAS WORKING WITH HAD FULLY DEVELOPED
FRONTAL LOBES.
NO ONE YELLED ABOUT THE WRONG-SIZED SPOON.
IT WAS REALLY EASY.
>> Stephen: WELL, THE FILM HAS GOT AN EXTRAORDINARY CAST.
CLAIRE FOY, ROONEY MARA, JESSIE BUCKLEY, EXTRAORDINARY ACTRESS.
WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
AND WE HAVE A CLIP HERE, IF YOU COULD SET UP WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO
SEE?
>> SURE, SO "WOMEN TALKING" IS ABOUT A GROUP OF WOMEN IN AN
ISOLATED RELIGIOUS COLONY.
THERE HAS BEEN A SERIES OF SEXUAL ASSAULTS OVER MANY, MANY
YEARS.
WE DON'T SEE THIS IN THE FILM.
THIS IS THE BACKDROP.
AND THEY GATHER WHEN THE MEN HAVE BEEN CAUGHT, THE MEN HAVE
GONE TO JAIL.
ALL OF THE MEN OF THE COLONY HAVE LEFT TO BAIL OUT THE MEN.
THE WOMEN ARE THROFT DECIDE THE FATE OF THEIR COLONY.
ARE THEY GOING TO STAY AND FIGHT?
ARE THEY GOING TO STAY AND DO NOTHING AND FORGIVE THE MEN?
OR ARE THEY GOING TO LEAVE AND BUILD THEIR OWN COLONY?
THE FILM FOLLOWS THIS VERY RIGOROUS, PASSIONATE DEBATE
BETWEEN THESE WOMEN.
AND IN THE CLIP WE'RE ABOUT TO SEE, SOME OF THE MORE STICKY
QUESTIONS ARE GETTING ASKED.
LIKE, WHAT IF WE HAVE THE WRONG GUYS.
>> Stephen: JIM.
>> THIS.
>> NO!
NO!
THAT IS NOT OUR RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE WE AREN'T IN CHARGE OF
WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE PUNISHED.
WE KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN ATTACKED BY MEN, NOT BY GHOSTS OR SATAN,
AS WE WERE LED TO BELIEVE FOR SO LONG.
WE KNOW THAT WE'VE NOT IMAGINED THESE ATTACKS.
THAT WE WERE MADE UNCONSCIOUS WITH COW TRANQUILIZER.
WE KNOW THAT WE ARE BRUISED AND INFECTED AND PREGNANT AND
TERRIFIED AND IN PAIN, AND SOME OF US ARE DEAD!
WE KNOW THAT WE MUST PROTECT OUR CHILDREN, REGARDLESS OF WHO IS
GUILTY!
>> ALL RIGHT, SALOME, THANK YOU, PLEASE, SIT DOWN.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: BESIDES BEING A
DIRECTOR AND AN AUTHOR, YOU STARTED ACTING WHEN YOU WERE
VERY YOUNG.
HERE-- HERE YOU ARE.
HOW OLD ARE YOU WHEN YOU'RE DOING THIS?
>> I THINK I'M FIVE, BUT WHEN I WAS A KID, I USED TO LIE AND SAY
I WAS FOUR, BECAUSE IT MEANT I HAD BEEN DOING IT FOR LONGER.
BUT I THINK I'M FIVE.
>> Stephen: WHAT-- WHAT WAS THIS EXPERIENCE LIKE FOR YOU AS
A KID?
NOT EVERYBODY ENJOYS BEING A CHILD ACTOR, LATER WHEN THEY
LOOK AT IT, AT THE TIME THEY WANT TO DO IT, THERE'S A LOT OF
EXCITEMENT BEING AROUND ADULTS AND DOING THIS ADULT THING AND
GETTING THE ATTENTION.
WHAT WAS THAT LIKE FOR YOU?
YOU HAVE KIDS, DO YOU ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO IT?
>> NO.
I DO NOT ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO IT.
I WOULD SAY IN GENERAL IT'S A REALLY WEIRD THING TO HAVE KIDS
IN A PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENT AMONGST PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT
TRAINED TO BE AROUND CHILDREN.
IT DOESN'T MAKE A TON OF SENSE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW ETHICAL IT IS.
SO I DON'T ENCOURAGE-- WILL ANY OF MY THREE KIDS TO DO THAT AS
CHILDREN.
IF THEY WANT TO DO IT WHEN THEY'RE OLDER, GREAT.
>> Stephen: DO THEY COME TO SET WITH YOU?
>> THEY CAME ON THIS SET BECAUSE WITH COVID PROTOCOLS, THE ONLY
WAY THEY COULD COME WAS BY BEING BACKGROUND PERFORMERS.
AND MY OLDEST KID, OF COURSING, WANTS DESPERATELY TO BE A CHILD
ACTOR BECAUSE EVERY BUTTON MUST BE PUSHED.
SO...
( LAUGHTER ) SO THEY KIND OF NEGOTIATED THEIR
WAY ON SET.
AND DID A LOT OF-- EVERY TIME I WOULD TALK TO THE KID ON SET,
WHO I WAS VERY UNCOMFORTABLE HAVING THERE, "ANY TIME YOU'RE
UNCOMFORTABLE, ANY TIME YOU NEED TO LEAVE OR TAKE A BREAK, JUST
LET US KNOW.
YOU DON'T NEED TO BE HERE."
AND MY OLDEST WOULD BE LIKE, "WE KNOW.
STOP BORING US WITH YOUR CHILDHOOD.
WE'RE FINE."
SO, YES, THEY VERY MUCH WANT TO BE ACTORS, AND THEY WILL NOT BE
UNTIL THEY'RE OLDER.
>> Stephen: GOOD LUCK WITH THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: SARAH, IT WAS SO LOVELY TO MEET YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: "WOMEN TALKING" IS IN SELECT THEATERS DECEMBER 23rd
AND "RUN TOWARD DANGER" IS AVAILABLE NOW.
SARAH POLLEY, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
>> Stephen: THAT'S IT FOR "THE LATE SHOW."
JAMES CORDEN IS NEXT.
GOOD NIGHT!