>> REPUBLICANS ARE DEADLOCKED, IN DISARRAY IN THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES OVER THE BATTLE FOR A NEW SPEAKER.
>>THE REPUBLICANS ARE IN DISARRAY.
THEY DO NOT HAVE A LEADER.
>> GROWING CHAOS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
>> Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT."
TONIGHT: PLUS, STEPHEN WELCOMES:
CHRIS WALLACE AND JESSIE BUCKLEY
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: WOOO!
WOOO!
RIGHT OVER THERE, MY FRIEND.
ALL RIGHT.
EVERYBODY-- WATCH YOUR BACK.
OF HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY THURSDAY.
THAT'S RIGHT.
THANKS, EVERYBODY.
WELCOME, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, TO "THE LATE SHOW."
THE.
I AM YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT.
YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD-- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
WE, REALLY, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF FUN THIS WEEK MAKING JOKES ABOUT
KEVIN McCARTHY LOSING IN THE MOST HUMILIATING FASHION
POSSIBLE.
BUT AT WHAT POINT DOES IT BECOME SAD TO WATCH HIM GET REPEATEDLY
DRAGGED THROUGH THE TOWN SQUARE WHILE THE VILLAGE IDIOTS PELT
HIM WITH ROTTING GARBAGE?
( APPLAUSE ) NOT AT THIS POINT, BECAUSE THIS
IS STILL A LOT OF FUN.
BY NOW, IT'S REALLY CLEAR THAT EVERY DAY McCARTHY ATTEMPTS TO
BECOME SPEAKER IS JUST ANOTHER UNNECESSARY BUT ENJOYABLE
SEQUEL, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE COVERING ALL THE LOWLIGHTS IN A
SEGMENT WE'RE CALLING "MAMMA MIA: HERE HE LOSE AGAIN."
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
♪ WATERLOO, RUNNING FOR SPEAKER HE SHOULDN'T DO ♪
LET ME CATCH YOU UP.
ON TUESDAY, KEVIN McCARTHY TRIED TO GET ELECTED SPEAKER, BUT HE
LOST THREE TIMES.
BUT THEN ON WEDNESDAY, HE LOST THREE MORE TIMES.
YOU MAY BE SENSING A PATTERN.
AFTER THE SECOND DAY OF DEFEAT, A DESPERATE McCARTHY OFFERED THE
REBELS ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING, INCLUDING HIS BALLS IN A
LITTLE MOLESKIN PURSE.
OKAY, THERE YOU GO.
A LITTLE LATCH, A LITTLE LATCH ON TOP.
HE PROMISED THE FREEDOM CAUCUS TWO SEATS ON THE POWERFUL HOUSE
RULES COMMITTEE, GUARANTEED THAT ONE OF THE PACs HE'S ASSOCIATED
WITH WOULD STAY NEUTRAL IN ALL FUTURE REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES,
AND HE GAVE IN ON THE ONE THING HE SAID HE WOULD NEVER GIVE IN
ON: "ALLOWING A SINGLE LAWMAKER TO
FORCE A SNAP VOTE AT ANY TIME TO OUST HIM FROM THE SPEAKERSHIP."
WOW, THAT IS A REALLY WEAK POSITION TO TAKE IN WHAT IS
ESSENTIALLY A JOB INTERVIEW.
"MY GREATEST STRENGTH?
PROBABLY THAT I'M SO EASY TO FIRE.
( LAUGHTER ) WATCH.
SECURITY!
SEE YA MONDAY!" ( LAUGHTER )
( APPLAUSE ) I'M GOING!
AFTER THESE CONCESSIONS, McCARTHY WAS FEELING PRETTY
HOPEFUL THAT PROGRESS WAS BEING MADE INCREMENTALLY TOWARD HIS
VICTORY.
AS HE TOLD REPORTERS,"I CRAWL BEFORE I WALK.
I WALK BEFORE I RUN."
THAT REMINDS ME OF THAT ANCIENT RIDDLE: "WHAT WALKS ON FOUR LEGS
IN THE MORNING, TWO LEGS IN THE AFTERNOON, AND IS NEVER GONNA BE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE?" ( LAUGHTER )
( APPLAUSE ) RIDDLE ME THIS!
ANYWAY, KEVIN SHOOK OFF THOSE FIRST TWO DAYS OF LOSING THREE
TIMES, CAME INTO THE CHAMBER TODAY WITH A PEP IN HIS STEP,
AND LOST FOUR MORE TIMES.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
SO FAR.
WHY-- I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
THAT'S THE MOST SINCE, LIKE, 1859, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IT BEAT THE 1923 NINE TIMES IN A ROW.
WHY DOES HE KEEP GOING?
I'M BEGINNING TO THINK LOSING FLOOR VOTES MIGHT BE HIS KINK.
( LAUGHTER ) HE'S GETTING OFF ON THIS.
IT'S ALL IN THE NEW EROTIC CONGRESSIONAL NOVEL, "FIFTY
SHADES OF NAY."
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
NOW WHY ELSE-- THAT'S UPSETTING.
( APPLAUSE ) WHY ELSE WOULD KEVIN McCARTHY
KEEP DOING THIS, OTHER THAN TO MAKE ME HAPPY.
BECAUSE I CANNOT GET ENOUGH OF THIS.
I DON'T KNOW HAUGEN THE REST OF YOU FEEL, BUT THIS IS BETTER
THAN WATCHING HIM LOSE AN ELECTION.
IT'S BETTER THAN WATCHING HIM LOSE AN ELECTION.
YOU GET TO WATCH HIM LOSE THREE TIMES A DAY FOR, APPARENTLY,
ETERNITY.
IT'S FANTASTIC.
AND I KNOW THESE ARE NOT THE FEELINGS THAT THE LORD WANTS ME
TO HAVE ABOUT ANYONE.
I WILL GRANT YOU THAT.
THE LORD IS FREE TO STOP ME.
BUT UNTIL HE COMES ON A CLOUD OF GLORY AND TELLS ME NOT TO FEEL
HAPPY ABOUT KEVIN McCARTHY GETTING REPEATEDLY NUT PUNCHED,
EVERY DAY IS CHRISTMAS FOR STEVIE.
BECAUSE-- AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY.
( APPLAUSE ) I'LL TELL YOUS WHY.
BECAUSE HERE'S A GUY-- AND LET ME EXPLAIN, LORD-- HERE'S A GUY
WHO, RIGHT AFTER JANUARY 6, YOU WILL REMEMBER, ON THE FLOOR OF
THE HOUSE HE WANTS TO BE SPEAKER OF, SAID THAT THE PRESIDENT BORE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE UNPRECEDENTED ATTACK ON THE
CAPITOL.
AND THEN, TWO WEEKS LATER, WENT DOWN TO MAR-A-LAGO TO KISS THE
RING.
AND I DON'T MEAN ( BOOING )
AND I DON'T MEAN THIS ONE.
HE KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING WAS WRONG, AND HE DID IT ANYWAY FOR
HIS PERSONAL POLITICAL POWER.
COULD DO THE RIGHT THING OR I COULD BE SPEAKER.
AND NOW HE GETS NEITHER.
10 TIMES IN A ROW, SO FAR.
IT PROFIT A MAN NOTHING TO GAIN THE WORLD AND LOSE HIS SOUL,
ASSUMING HE HAD A SOUL TO BEGIN WITH.
ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ON THE SUBJECT.
OKAY, I'LL SAY A LITTLE MORE.
( APPLAUSE ) AT THIS POINT, HE'S OFFERED TO
GIVE AWAY SO MUCH POWER THAT THE SPEAKER JOB ITSELF HAS NO
MEANING.
SO WHAT DOES HE ACTUALLY WANT?
MY GUESS-- AND THIS IS KIND OF TRUE-- HE'S DOING IT FOR LEGACY,
FOR HIS PLACE IN HISTORY, BECAUSE-- AND THIS IS TRUE-- THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MUST ACQUIRE AN OIL PORTRAIT OF EVERY
SPEAKER.
OR IN JOHN BOEHNER'S CASE, A TASTEFUL NUDE.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
MAYBE-- HE LOOKS GOOD.
HE LOOKS REALLY GOOD.
NOW, MAYBE KEVIN'S JUST DESPERATE FOR THAT PORTRAIT IN
THE SPEAKER'S LOBBY.
IS WELL, TO END THIS LOGJAM, TO SAVE DEMOCRACY, I HAVE
PERSONALLY COMMISSIONED AN OIL PAINTING OF KEVIN McCARTHY.
BRING IT OUT, BOYS!
( APPLAUSE ) THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN.
THANK YOU.
HERE'S WHAT WE DID-- WE ABSOLUTELY DID THIS.
WE WENT ONLINE TO ONE OF THOSE A.I. ART GENERATORS, AND TYPED
IN THE KEY WORDS THAT WE FOUND IN NEWS ARTICLES ABOUT THIS
IMPASSE: "KEVIN McCARTHY," "SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE," AND
"CHAOS."
THIS IS WHAT THE A.I. GENERATED: VOI-LOSER!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) HONEST TO GOD.
( APPLAUSE ) I THINK-- I THINK-- I THINK THIS
TRULY CAPTURES KEVIN'S JE NE SAIS AAAAHHHH!!
THERE'S YOUR PORTRAIT, KEVIN.
WE'LL SEND THIS TO YOU, AND YOU CAN HANG IT UP IN YOUR OFFICE,
WHEREVER THAT ENDS UP BEING.
I'M GUESSING THE CORNER BOOTH AT RUBY TUESDAY'S.
AFTER A COUPLE CHOCOLATE COOKIE SKILLETS, YOU'LL FORGET ALL THIS
HAPPENED.
AND I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT BASED ON THIS COMPUTER-GENERATED
PORTRAIT, WHEN THIS IS ALL OVER, STEVE CARRELL'S GOING TO WIN AN
OSCAR FOR PLAYING KEVIN McCARTHY.
STEVE...
( APPLAUSE ) THIS IS REAL.
NOW, AS FUN AS THIS WAS FOR AMERICA TO SAY AND AS FUN AS ALL
THIS CHAOS IS FOR AMERICA TO HAVE, THIS IS ALSO TERRIBLE FOR
AMERICA.
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CANNOT BEGIN ITS BUSINESS UNTIL
THERE'S A SPEAKER.
THAT MEANS NO ONE'S SWORN IN, NO ONE'S BEING PAID, NO LAWS BEING
PASSED, NO MONEY FOR OFFICE SUPPLIES.
IT HAS LED "THE WASHINGTON POST" TO WONDER, "DOES THE HOUSE EVEN
EXIST RIGHT NOW?" THAT LEADS TO A FASCINATING,
PHILOSOPHICAL QUESTION: "IF KEVIN McCARTHY FALLS IN THE
FOREST, ISN'T IT FUN TO LAUGH AT HIM?"
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) REPUBLICANS-- YOU GOT TO SEND
THAT TO HIM.
WE HAVE TO SEND THAT TO KEV.
REPUBLICANS ARE UNDERSTAND AGENCY TRIAL TO SPIN THE
INABILITY TO FULFILL THE BASIC FUNCTIONS OF DEMOCRACY.
>> IT'S BAD, BUT IT'S DEMOCRACY.
WHAT LOOKS CHAOTIC AND SEEMS KIND OF COUNTERPRODUCTIVE TO
MANY, IT'S ACTUALLY IN ITS OWN WAY REFRESHING.
>> Stephen: "CHAOTIC," COUNTERPRODUCTIVE," AND
"REFRESHING"?
THAT COULD ONLY BE THE GREAT TASTE OF CLUSTERMUNCH COLA.
ALL THE THIS DISFUNCTION IS LEAVING HOUSE MEMBERS WITH TIME
TO KILL.
NEW MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE CAN'T BE SWORN IN UNTIL A
SPEAKER IS PICKED, WHICH MEANS ALL THOSE FAMILIES WHO CAME TO
GET A PROUD PHOTO-OP HAVE NOW BEEN CAMPING OUT FOR DAYS.
IT'S GOTTEN SO BAD THAT CALIFORNIA REPRESENTATIVE JIMMY
GOMEZ HAD TO MAKE THE DEMOCRATIC CLOAK ROOM A BABY CHANGING
STATION.
AND WHAT GETS CLEANED UP IN THERE, NANCY PELOSI?
>> THE POO POO.
>> Stephen: YES, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER.
( APPLAUSE ) GOMEZ EVEN TWEETED THIS PHOTO.
OH, MY GOD.
MAKE THE BABY THE SPEAKER!
HIS RESUME IS JUST AS REAL AS GEORGE SANTOS.
BUT-- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
DANCING WITH THAT CHICKEN.
BUT THE BEST HAD TO BE REPRESENTATIVE TROY NEHLS FROM
TEXAS, WHO WAS SEEN OUTSIDE SMOKING A CIGAR, AND WHEN ASKED
ABOUT IT HE SAID, "THEY'RE MILD TO MODERATE, WHICH IS GOOD,
BECAUSE THEY WON'T MAKE YOU (BLEEP) YOUR PANTS."
WE FACT CHECKED THAT, AND THAT IS GOOD.
( LAUGHTER ) OF COURSE, IT IMPLIES THAT HE
SOMETIMES CHOOSES A BRAND OF CIGAR THAT INTENTIONALLY MAKES
YOU CRAP YOUR PANTS: "YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN SMOKING
MILD ALL WEEK, BUT WE'RE GOING ON VACATION NOW.
HONEY, PACK MY CRAPPIN' PANTS."
WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT!
MY GUESTS ARE CHRIS WALLACE AND THE STAR OF "WOMEN TALKING,"
JESSIE BUCKLEY.
BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, "MEANWHILE!"
JOIN US, WON'T YOU?
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: LOUIS CATO AND THE
LATE SHOW BAND, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!
( APPLAUSE ) LOUIS.
>> Louis: STEPHEN.
>> Stephen: LOUIS, MY FRIEND.
>> Louis: STEPHEN, MY FRIEND.
>> Stephen: YOU GUYS SOUND GOOD.
YOU GUYS SOUND FANTASTIC AS USUAL, POWERFUL.
YUP.
( APPLAUSE ) TONIGHT-- THANKS, EVERYBODY.
HERE'S THE THING-- >> Audience: STEPHEN!
STEPHEN!
>> Stephen: THANKS, EVERYBODY.
PLEASE HAVE A SEAT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
LOUIS WE HAVE TWO FANTASTIC GUESTS A GUY WE HAVE HAD OUT
HERE MANY TIMES.
WE ALWAYS MIX IT UP.
HE'S PERFECT TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE CRISE IN WASHINGTON RIGHT
NOW, A YOUNG MAN COVERING WASHINGTON FOR 50 YEARS, CHRIS
WALLACE IS HERE TONIGHT.
AND JUST ONE OF MY-- ONE OF MY FAVORITE ACTRESSES OF ALL TIME,
JESSIE BUCKLEY FROM THE MOVIE "WOMEN TALKING" IS GOING TO BE
UP ON THE HERE IN JUST A LITTLE WHILE.
SHE'S A COMPLETE JOY.
WE LIKE TO HAVE GOOD GUESTS FOR OUR AUDIENCE.
IT'S ALWAYS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE--
( APPLAUSE ) AND WE DON'T LET PEOPLE DOWN
HERE.
ON MONDAY, WE HAVE A YOUNG MAN YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF, MR. TOM
HANKS IS GOING TO BE HERE ON MONDAY.
WE CALL THAT HOLD ROYALTY, OKAY.
BUT THEN ON TUESDAY, WE HAVE ACTUAL ROYALTY, BECAUSE PRINCE
HARRY IS GOING TO BE SITTING RIGHT THERE.
>> Louis: COME ON!
>> Stephen: TO TALK ABOUT HIS NEW BOOK "SPARE."
IT'S EITHER A GRIPPING TELL-ALL ABOUT THE ROYAL FAMILY, OR A
BOOK OF HANDY BOWLING TIPS.
TUNE IN TO FIND OUT.
ONCE AGAIN, "TUESDAY!
>> Louis: YES.
>> Stephen: IN A LATE-NIGHT EXCLUSIVE-- THAT'S AN EXCLUSIVE,
RIGHT, TOM?
THAT'S AN EXCLUSIVE.
PRINCE HARRY WILL BE RIGHT THERE ON THIS SHOW.
SO STOCK UP ON CORGIS AND STEAL A PRICELESS CULTURAL TREASURE
FROM ONE OF YOUR COLONIES BECAUSE "THE LATE SHOW"" IS
GOING IMPERIAL, OKAY.
FOLKS, I SPEND MOST OF MY TIME RIGHT OVER THERE, MELTING DOWN
THE DAY'S BIGGEST NEWS STORIES INTO A FINE, TOPICAL BRASS WHICH
I CAST INTO AN ENGRAVED CASE ON AN EBONISED PLINTH, WITH AN
ENAMELED DIAL AND VISIBLE ESCAPEMENT TO CREATE THE
EXQUISITE BROCOT-DELETTREZ MANTLE CLOCK THAT IS MY
MONOLOGUE.
BUT SOMETIMES, SOMETIMES, FOLKS, I RASH A STOLEN DUNE BUGGY INTO
A CLAM SHACK, MAINLINE SOME EVERCLEAR, SNAP A FIN OFF THE
PROPELLER OF AN ABANDONED FISHING BOAT AND STICK IT TO A
DIRTY FRISBEE WITH SOME CHEWING GUM FROM A BUS STATION
URINAL TO SET OUT THE TRANSIENT'S CRACKPOT SUNDIAL OF
NEWS THAT IS MY SEGMENT: >> MEANWHILE!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ROYALTY!
THAT'S RIGHT THERE.
IT'S A MESSAGE OF HOPE IS WHAT THAT IS.
MEANWHILE, ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY, PROCRASTINATION CAN MAKE
YOU DEPRESSED AND POOR.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
IT'S LATE.
YOU'RE TIRED.
JUST BE DEPRESSED AND POOR TOMORROW.
RESEARCHERS REACHED THEIR CONCLUSION AFTER STUDYING THE
PROCRASTINATION HABITS OF SWEDISH UNIVERSITY STUDENTS.
AND WE HAVE ONE OF THE SWEDES' VIDEO INTERVIEWS:
♪ ♪ ♪
>> Stephen: MEANWHILE, EVER SINCE DANIEL CRAIG ANNOUNCED HE
WAS DONE AS JAMES BOND, PRODUCERS HAVE BEEN HUNTING FOR
A NEW ACTOR TO TAKE OVER THE ROLE, NAMING ONLY THREE
CRITERIA: BRITISH, MALE, AND 30-SOMETHING.
DAMN IT.
IF ONLY I WERE BRITISH.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) WELL, WE GOT BIG NEWS THIS WEEK
WHEN REPORTS EMERGED THAT THERE IS A FRONTRUNNER TO PLAY BOND:
AARON TAYLOR-JOHNSON.
SORRY, I MEANT "JOHNSON.
TAYLOR JOHNSON.
AARON TAYLOR-JOHNSON."
MEANWHILE, "A WISCONSIN CANAL WAS CLOGGED BY MELTED BUTTER
AFTER A DAIRY PLANT FIRE."
WELL, WHY SHOULD WISCONSIN'S CANALS BE ANY DIFFERENT THAN
EVERYONE WHO LIVES THERE?
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
MEANWHILE, "GAS STATION HEROIN WAS JUST BANNED IN OHIO."
THAT HEADLINE AGAIN: SOMETHING CALED GAS STATION HEROIN HAS
BEEN LEGAL IN OHIO THIS WHOLE TIME.
THE ACTUAL NAME OF THIS NEWLY BANNED DRUG IS TIANEPTINE, AN
ANTIDEPRESSANT THAT CAN MIMIC THE EFFECTS OF OPIOIDS.
WELL, IF THIS KEEPS UP, I MIGHT START THINKING IT'S NOT A GOOD
IDEA TO GET MY ANTI-DEPRESSANTS AT A GAS STATION.
( LAUGHTER ) ( LAUGHTER )
OF WOW.
THE NEW "CHARLOTTE'S WEB" IS INTENSE.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
MEANWHILE, ON NEW YEAR'S EVE, A TOWN IN THE U.K. WAS FORCED TO
CANCEL ITS FIREWORKS DISPLAY BECAUSE OF THE PRESENCE OF A
MASTURBATING WALRUS.
( LAUGHTER ) OF COURSE,s THAT'S JUST
POLITE.
IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO CONCENTRATE WITH ALL THE NOISE.
WILDLIFE EXPERTS SAID FIREWORKS WOULD HAVE DISTRESSED THE ANIMAL
AFTER IT TURNED UP TO RELAX FOR SOME "ME TIME" AT THE COASTAL
TOWN.
ONE RESIDENT SAID OF THE SELF-PLEASURING ANIMAL'S
APPEARANCE: "IT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER
SEEN ONE.
IT'S HUGE.
YOU RESPECT NATURE WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING OF THAT SIZE."
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
ALSO, THE WALRUS.
MEANWHILE, IN OOPSIE-DAISY NEWS A U.K. MEDICAL PRACTICE
MISTAKENLY TEXTED ITS PATIENTS THAT THEY HAD "AGGRESSIVE LUNG
CANCER" WHEN THEY MEANT TO TEXT "MERRY CHRISTMAS."
HONEST MISTAKE.
WE'VE ALL DONE IT.
STILL NOT AS BAD AS A WEEK LATER, WHEN THEY ACCIDENTALLY
MAILED A LETTER SAYING "WE HAVE YOUR FAMILY IN AN ABANDONED SHED
IN THE WOODS.
YOU WILL NEVER FIND THEM-- OOPS, WE MEANT HAPPY NEW YEAR!"
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH CHRIS WALLACE.
>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY!
WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW."
FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, FOR OVER-- I'M SO PLEASED TO HAVE MY
GUEST HERE TONIGHT.
OVER FIVE DECADES, MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT HAS COVERED EVERY
MAJOR AMERICAN POLITICAL EVENT.
HE NOW HOSTS "WHO'S TALKING TO CHRIS WALLACE?"
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," MR. CHRIS WALLACE!
♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE )
♪ ♪ ♪
>> Stephen: I DID NOT KNOW YOU GREW UP TO A DAIRY FARM, BECAUSE
YOU WERE MILKING THAT CROWD.
>> THEY DO UNDERSTAND I'M NOT PRINCE HARRY, CORRECT.
>> Stephen: I CAN SEE IT.
I CAN SEE IT.
YOU HAVE A REGALIGATE.
YOU'RE IMPERIALLY SLIM.
CHRIS, IT'S LOVELY TO HAVE YOU HERE.
WHO WOULD I MORE WANT ON DAY THIEF OF KEVIN McCARTHY-GEDON.
>> AS YOU CALLED IT IN YOUR MONOLOGUE, YOU COULD NOT BE
HAPPIER, COULD YOU?
>> Stephen: NO.
>> I MEAN, THE COUNTRY -- >> Stephen: THE BIRTH OF MY
CHILDREN AND THIS IS.
JUST FANTASTIC.
>> YOU HAVE ONE-THIRD OF THE GOVERNMENT IN OPERATION AND FOR
YOU-- LOOK AT YOU.
YOU'RE JUST-- YOU'RE JUST-- BESIDE YOURSELF.
>> Stephen: IT JUST SAYS TO ME THERE IS SUCH A THING AS A GOD
WHO PAYS ATTENTION TO PEOPLE LIKE KEVIN McCARTHY, WHO ARE
OVERT HYPOCRITES, WHO CLEARLY SOLD THEIR SOUL FOR POLITICAL
POWER AND GET NOTHING IN RETURN.
( APPLAUSE ) IT JUST MAKES ME HAPPY THAT
THERE IS SUCH A THING AS KARMA.
HOW ABOUT THAT?
>> I HAVE AN INTERESTING STORY TO TELL YOU.
I CAME UP ON THE TRAIN TODAY.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
>> FROM-- THAT'S THE END OF THE STORY.
NO, FROM -- >> Stephen: I'M GRIPPED SO
FAR.
>> FROM D.C. TO NEW YORK.
WHEN I GOT TO NEW YORK, I HAPPENED TO BUMP INTO NANCY
PELOSI'S DAUGHTER.
>> Stephen: ALEXANDRA.
>> ALEXANDRA, EXACTLY.
SHE HAS OTHER DAUGHTERS, BUT IT WAS ALEXANDRA.
>> Stephen: I GUESSED.
>> WE BOTH AGREED THIS WOULD NEVER HAPPEN UNDER NANCY PELOSI
BECAUSE NANCY PELOSI HAD ONE RULE WHICH WAS IF YOU DON'T HAVE
THE VOTES, YOU DON'T GO TO THE FLOOR.
SO THEY-- SHE SIMPLY WOULD HAVE SAID, "WELL, THE HOUSE IS IN
RECESS.
WE'RE GOING TO WAIT."
SHE WOULD NOT HAVE HAD 10 VOTES,s WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE AT
AS WE SPEAK RIGHT NOW.
( APPLAUSE ) AND INCIDENTALLY, THERE IS A
POSSIBILITY THEY MAY HAVE TO KEEP VOTING BECAUSE THEY-- KEVIN
McCARTHY MAY NOT HAVE ENOUGH VOTES TO ADJOURN UNTIL TOMORROW.
>> Stephen: RIGHT, BECAUSE THE DEMOCRATS WANTED TO KEEP GOING--
>> IT'S EMBARRASSING KEVIN McCARTHY.
AND IT'S PLEASING YOU.
>> Stephen: ME, EXACTLY.
>> AND THE ANTI-KEVIN PEOPLE WANT TO PLEASE YOU.
NO, THAT'S NOT TRUE.
>> Stephen: NO.
>> BUT IN ANY CASE THERE ARE ONLY 200 VOTES.
THEY MAY STAY IN THERE FOREVER JUST VOTING OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
>> Stephen: IS THERE-- IS THERE-- LET'S SEE, IS THERE AN
END GAME HERE?
DO YOU THINK HE'S GOT ANY PLAN?
BECAUSE WHAT MORE CAN HE GIVE AWAY?
THEY'VE REDUCED THE SIZE OF THAT SPEAKER'S CHAIR WITH ALL THE
THINGS THAT HE'S GIVEN UP.
AND HE'S LIKE,s, I'LL LOP OFF ANYTHING TO FIT IN THAT CHAIR AT
THIS POINT."
>> LOOK, THAT'S THE REAL POINT.
AT SOME POINT WE'RE GOING TO GET A SPEAKER.
AND, YOU KNOW, AS BAD AS IT SEEMS RIGHT NOW, IT'S GOING TO
BE FORGOTTEN WHAT WE WENT THROUGH IN THE FIRST WEEK OF
JANUARY.
BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE A REPUBLICAN WHO IS GOING TO BE
RUNNING THE HOUSE, AND WITH ALL OF THE THINGS THAT KEVIN
McCARTHY HAS GIVEN AWAY, CAN THE HOUSE DO ANYTHING?
FOR INSTANCE, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO AT SOME POINT PASS A
BUDGET TO KEEP THE GOVERNMENT FUNDED.
THEY'RE GOING TO AT SOME POINT HAVE TO RAISE THE DEBT LIMIT OR
WE GO INTO DEFAULT.
IF THEY CAN'T ELECT A SPEAKER, WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THEY'RE
GOING TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THE TOUGH VOTES TO ACTUALLY KEEP THE
GOVERNMENT IN OPERATION?
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK, BUT WE'LL BE RIGHT
BACK WITH MORE CHRIS WALLACE.
STICK AROUND, EVERYBODY.
♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: THEY LIKE YOU.
WE'RE BACK HERE RIGHT THERE.
LOOK AT THAT.
IT'S THE HOST OF "WHO'S TALKING TO CHRIS WALLACE?"
CHRIS WALLACE.
YOU'VE COVERED POLITICS FOR-- >> YES.
>> Stephen: 50 YEARS, LET'S SAY.
>> ROUGHLY.
>> Stephen: ROUGHLY, OKAY.
YOU "MEET THE PRESS" TURNED 75 IN NOVEMBER.
AND YOU WERE ONE OF ITS ANCHORS.
AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE...
OF...
( APPLAUSE ).
>> SEE, THIS IS INTERESTING.
YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO EMBARRASS ME WITH THAT PICTURE.
I THINK SOME OF THEM THINK, "YOU KNOW WHAT?
YES, IT WAS A HELMET HEAD.
YES, THE HAIR WAS A LITTLE LONG, BUT COME ON, GUYS.
>> Stephen: THERE'S NOTHING EMBARRASSING ABOUT THAT
PHOTOGRAPH?
>> INTENTALLY, THIS IS A FUNNY THING, THEY SHOWED ME THE
PICTURE BEFOREHAND, YOUR PRODUCERS DID, LOOK AT THE TIES.
THE TIES ARE ALMOST IDENTICAL.
>> Stephen: THAT IS THE CONSISTENCY WE WANT IN A CHRIS
WALLACE.
WHO WAS YOUR FAVORITE PERSON TO INTERVIEW IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME
YOU WERE THE HOST, THE MOST MEMORABLE INTERVIEW?
>> WITHOUT ANY QUESTION, IT'S EASY-- RICHARD M. NIXON.
>> Stephen: WOW.
>> HE CAME ON IN 1987 OR-- '88, I THINK.
AND IT WAS TOM BROKAW, JOHN CHANCELLOR AND ME INTERVIEWING
RICHARD NIXON.
IT WAS THE FIRST TIME HE'D BEEN ON SINCE BEFORE HE BECAME
PRESIDENT, AND CERTAINLY, OBVIOUSLY, SINCE WATERGATE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'D HEARD AFTERWARDS, WHICH FASCINATED ME,
IS THAT TO PREPARE-- I MEAN, HE'S BEEN THROWN OUT OF OFFICE,
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TO HIM-- HE WROTE DOWN EVERY QUESTION HE
THOUGHT WE WOULD ASK AND WROTE OUT ON A LEGAL PAD EVERY ANSWER
TO THE QUESTION AND BASICALLY MEMORIZED IT.
THAT WAS THE KIND OF PRECISION-- I WILL TELL YOU ONE OTHER THING
ABOUT HIM.
HE MADE A BUNCH OF PREDICTIONS ON THAT SHOW.
THEY WERE ALL REALLY COVERAGENT.
THEY WERE ALL FASCINATING AND INFORMED.
THEY WERE ALL WRONG.
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM.
>> Stephen: DO YOU REMEMBER ANY OF THEM?
LIKE WHAT WAS HE WRONG ABOUT?
>> HE WAS WRONG ABOUT A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE.
HE WAS WRONG ABOUT WHO WAS GOING T WIN THE WORLD SERIES.
YOU NAME TRICHARD NIXON WAS WRONG.
BUT HE WAS SMART.
>> Stephen: DID YOU BELIEVE HIM AT THE TIME.
DID YOU GO, THAT GUY KNOWS WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT.
>> I DON'T THINK I'D SAY I EVER BELIEVED RICHARD NIXON.
>> Stephen: YOU SPENT 20 YEARS INTERVIEWING POLITICIANS ON YOUR
SUNDAY SHOW.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: AND NOW YOU'VE GOT THE NEW SHOW GOING INTO INTO THE
SECOND SEASON ""LOOK WHO'S TALKING TO CHRIS WALLACE."
IT'S "WHO'S TALKING TO CHRIS WALLACE?"
>> Stephen: THERE'S NO LOOK?
>> YOU THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER AS "LOOK WHO'S TALKING TO CHRIS
WALLACE?" >> Stephen: MAYBE.
>> WE'LL PROBABLY SPEND A MILLION DOLLARS ON MARKETING.
ANYWAY, "WHO'S TALKING TO CHRIS WALLACE?"
WE DID 10 WEEKS, 30 GUESTS, AND WE'RE BEGINNING SEASON TWO
TOMORROW WITH JAMES CAMERON, ABOUT AVATAR.
WHAT'S FASCINATING IS IT HAS BECOME A BUSINESS STORY NOW
WHICH IS IS HE GOING TO MAKE ENOUGH MONEY TO MAKE AVATAR 3,
4, AND 5?
AND IT LOOKS LIKE HE IS.
>> Stephen: DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY HE HAS TO MAKE TO
MAKE THE REST?
>> HE SAID SOMETHING BETWEEN $1.5 BILLION-- WHICH HE MADE--
AND $2 BILLION.
>> Stephen: HAVE YOU SEEN THE MOVIE?
>> I HAVE SEEN IT.
>> Stephen: WHAT DID YOU THINK?
>> I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY GOOD AND A LITTLE LONG.
>> Stephen: ARE YOU GOING TO SAY THAT TO HIM?
DO YOU SAY THAT TO HIM IN THE INTERVIEW?
>> I HAVE ALREADY INTERVIEWED HIM.
>> Stephen: DID YOU SAY THAT?
>> I SAID HALF OF THAT TO HIM.
>> Stephen: CAN I JUST GUESS WHICH HALF?
( APPLAUSE ) >> AND HUGH HUGH JACKMAN.
>> Stephen: THESE ARE REALLY GOOD GUESTS.
"LOOK WHO'S TALKING TO CHRIS WALLACE."
>> "WHO'S TALKING TO CHRIS WALLACE?"
CAN I BRING SOMETHING UP HERE.
>> Stephen: SURE, GO AHEAD.
>> THE LAST TIME I WAS ON THE SHOW IT WAS MARCH 27.
>> Stephen: I REMEMBER IT WELL.
CNN+ STILL EXISTED.
THANK YOU, THERE IS THE ONE VIEWER OF CNN+.
IT WAS THE DAY BEFORE THE SHOW WAS GOING TO DEBUT, AND YOU AND
I HAD A CONVERSATION BECAUSE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BOOKING AND
HOW IMPORTANT IT IS -- >> Stephen: ON AIR WE WERE
TALKING?
>> YES, IT EXIST S.
>> Stephen: THIS IS ON TAPE.
>> YES.
>> AND I SAID, "YOU KNOW WHO I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HAVE AS A
GUEST, YOU?" AND YOU SAID, "YOU KNOW WHAT?"
AND YOU SHOOK MY HAND," AND SAID, "IT'S A DEAL."
SINCE THEN WE HAVE TALKED TO HIS IS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, AND WE
KEEP HEARING-- HIS SCHEDULE IS SUCH.
THIS HAS BEEN SINCE LAST MARCH AND HE CAN'T DO IT.
YOU TELL A FEW JOKES, YOU ASK A FEW QUESTIONS THAT SOMEBODY
WROTE OUT FOR YOU, YOUR SCHEDULE IS SUCH THAT YOU CAN'T COME ON
AND DO-- THE BAND!
THE BAND HAS TURNED ON YOU!
YOU CAN'T COME ON FOR HALF AN HOUR TO-- AND I'LL TELL YOU
WHAT.
WE WILL CHANGE THE NAME OF THE SHOW TO "LOOK WHO'S TALKING TO
CHRIS WALLACE."
>> Stephen: CHRIS, "IT'S A DEAL!
( APPLAUSE ).
>> AND WE KNOW WHAT THAT'S WORTH.
>> Stephen: 100-- YOU BETCHA.
IT'S WHAT I CALL A TV PROMISE, CHRIS.
YOU BETCHA.
DID YOU-- NOW, WOULD YOU EVER WANT TO DO A SUNDAY SHOW AGAIN?
BECAUSE YOU WERE SO GOOD AT DOING THE SUNDAY SHOW.
WHY WOULDN'T YOU WANT TO GO BACK AND DO THAT?
YOU GET TO TALK TO THE NEWS MAKERS AND EVERYTHING?
>> BECAUSE, ONE, IT'S SUNDAY MORNINGS.
GETTING UP EARLY, I DID IT FOR 18 YEARS.
>> Stephen: OH, YEAH, YOU DO THAT STUFF LIVE.
>> YEAH, YEAH IT'S CALLED NEWS.
>> Stephen: WE PRETAPE.
WE PRETAPE.
>> HONESTLY, AFTER 18 YEARS OF DOING IT AND, LIKE, ONE WEEK IT
WOULD BE WHAT HAPPENED IN THE "BUILD BACK BETTER BILL" TODAY
AS OPPOSED TO LAST WEEK, AND INCREMENTAL CHANGE.
>> Stephen: EXACTLY.
>> TO BE ABLE TO SIT DOWN WITH A JAMES CAMERON, "HUGH JACKMAN,
JANE FONDA WHO WE'RE GOING TO DO, YOU KNOW, YOU GET REAL
PEOPLE IN REAL MOMENTS, AND YOU HAVE REAL DISCUSSIONS.
AND, YES, OF COURSE, THEY'VE TALKED TO HIR PUBLICIST, BUT IT
DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THEY'RE JUST FILLED WITH SCRIPTING, TALKING
POINTS.
AND THE-- YOU KNOW, AT A CERTAIN POINT, PEOPLE FORGET THE LIGHTS,
AND WE TALK FOR HALF AN HOUR.
PEOPLE FORGET THE LIGHTS.
THEY FORGET CAMERAS.
AND MAYBE YOU GET A REAL MOMENT.
>> Stephen: WOW.
>> LIKE YOU AND I ARE HAVING RIGHT NOW.
>> Stephen: WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU WOULD WANT TO ASK ME
IF I CAME ON THE SHOW?
SELL ME.
>> WHY THE HELL DID YOU NOT KEEP YOUR PROMISE FROM LAST MARCH?
( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: HEY, HEY, NOW WAIT A SECOND!
I DIDN'T SAY I WOULD COME ON IN SEASON ONE OR TWO OR THREE OR
FOUR.
>> WELL, ARE YOU COMING CAN,s ON SEASON TWO.
>> Stephen: LET'S... LET'S SEE HOW THE SHOW GOES.
I THINK YOU'RE NEVER GOING OFF THE AIR, CHRIS.
I THINK I COULD KEEP THIS PROMISE 10 YEARS FROM NOW.
THAT'S HOW CONFIDENT I AM IN "WHO IS TALKING TO CHRIS
WALLACE."
>> YOU GOT THE NAME OF THE SHOW RIGHT.
>> Stephen: IS THAT WHAT IT'S CALLED?
>> YES.
>> Stephen: I DON'T LIKE THAT NAME.
I WILL SEE YOU THERE.
WHERE DO YOU GUYS TAPE?
>> WELL, RIGHT DOWN IN HUDSON YARD S.
>> Stephen: OOOH.
THAT'S A LONG WAY AWAY.
20 BLOCKS.
SEASON TWO OF "WHO'S TALKING TO CHRIS WALLACE?" STARRING STEPHEN
COLBERT, STARTS TOMORROW ON HBO MAX AND SUNDAY ON CNN.
>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW,"
ALREADY IN PROGRESS.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NEXT GUEST IS A SINGER AND ACTOR YOU
KNOW FROM "WILD ROSE," "CHERNOBYL," AND "THE LOST
DAUGHTER."
HER LATEST FILM IS "WOMEN TALKING."
>> I WANT TO STAY AND FIGHT.
>> WON'T WE LOSE THE FIGHT TO THE MEN AND BE FORCED TO FORGIVE
THEM ANYWAY?
>> I WANT TO STAY AND FIGHT, TOO.
>> NO ONE IS SURPRISED YOU DO.
ALL YOU DO IS FIGHT.
>> IS THIS REALLY HOW WE ARE TO DECIDE THE FATE OF ALL THE WOMEN
IN THIS COLONY, JUST ANOTHER VOTE WHERE WE PUT AN "X" NEXT TO
OUR POSITION?
I THOUGHT WE WERE HERE TO DO MORE THAN THAT.
>> YOU MEAN TALK MORE ABOUT FORGIVING THE MEN AND DOING
NOTHING.
>> EVERYTHING ELSE IS INSANE.
>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," JESSIE
BUCKLEY!
♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE ).
>> HI!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: HEY.
LOVELY TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> OH, IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU, TOO.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU FOR BRING SOMETHING SPRINGTIME INTO
THE BLEAK MIDWINTER.
>> I THOUGHT WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE FUN THIS YEAR.
>> Stephen: LISTEN, WE HAVEN'T SEEN YOU SINCE 2019.
>> WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING?
>> NOT MUCH.
IT'S BEEN KIND OF AVERAGE.
YOU WERE ON FOR "WILD ROSE."
YOU CAME AND PERFORMED.
IT'S LOVELY TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
I'VE SEEN YOU IN "THE LOST DAUGHTER," "CHERNOBLE," "ROMEO
AND JULIETTE."
NOW "WOMEN TALKING."
HOW WERE YOUR HOLIDAYS?
LET'S START THERE.
WE JUST HAD KIND OF A NORMAL POST-COVID CHRISTMAS.
DID YOU GUYS HAVE A GOOD TIME?
>> YEAH.
I WENT BACK TO IRELAND FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR CHRISTMAS SINCE
THE PANDEMIC.
>> Stephen: SO IT'S THREE CHRISTMASES SINCE YOU'VE BEEN.
WHERE ARE YOU FROM AGAIN?
>> KERRY.
>> Stephen: I'VE BEEN THERE.
IT'S VERY BEAUTIFUL.
YOU HAVE TRADITIONS IN YOUR FAMILY?
>> OH, YEAH.
SLIGHTLY ODD TRADITIONS, LIKE MY BOYFRIEND, WHEN HE CAME BACK FOR
CHRISTMAS FOUR YEARS AGO, HE -- >> Stephen: IS HE IRISH?
>> HE'S BRITISH.
>> Stephen: OH, OKAY.
>> MY GRANDMOTHER USED TO ALWAYS GIVE HIM AN IRISH NAME.
ALL MY ENGLISH BOYFRIENDS WHO CAME HOME WERE CALLED SEAMUS.
WHATEVER THEIR NAME WAS.
>> Stephen: JUST TO MAKE HER FEEL BETTER?
>> IT'S A TERM OF ENDEMOCRATIC, KIND OF.
>> Stephen: ALL RIGHT, SURE.
>> THE FIRST CHRISTMAS HE CAME BACK EATS LET'S SHOW YOU AN
IRISH CHRISTMAS.
WE BROUGHT HIM TO THE BAR.
AND IT WAS A KIND OF PROPER KNEES UP, FIDDLES, PEOPLE
JUMPING OVER BROOM STICKS.
AND HE SAID OH, MY GOD.
I'VE ARRIVED IN IRELAND FOR CHRISTMAS.
IT'S AMAZING.
AND WE WENT TO THE BRIG FAMILY CHRISTMAS PARTY AND HE OPENED
THE DOOR AND IT WAS MEXICAN THEMED AND HE WAS SO CONFUSED.
THEY WERE ALL SINGING "FE LIZ NAVID."
AND EVERY TIME ANYBODY OPENED A PRESENT THEY WERE SINGING FELIZ
NAVIDAD.
>> Stephen: WAS CHRISTMAS ON TACO TUESDAY THAT YEAR?
WHY DID YOUR FAMILY DO THIS?
IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF FUN.
WHAT WAS THE IMPETUS.
JUST SOMETHING DIFFERENT?
>> MY UNCLE HAD LIVED IN TEXAS FOR A WHILE.
( APPLAUSE ) AND CAN I SAY ANYTHING AND
YOU'LL SAY, WOOO!
ANY PLACE,s NEW YORK!
WOOO!
AND SO I THINK HE BROUGHT IT OVER.
AND IT'S GREAT FUN.
I'M ALL INTO KIND OF MEXICAN-IRISH CHRISTMAS.
>> Stephen: CURRENTLY, YOU'RE ONE OF THE STARS OF THIS
EXTRAORDINARY ENSEMBLE FILM, MAYBE ONE OF THE MOST ENSEMBLE
PERFORMANCES I'VE EVER SEEN CALLED "WOMEN TALKING."
AND IT'S.
- - IT'S A FASCINATING MOVIE.
IT'S A CHALLENGING MOVIE.
IT'S A DARK STORY.
TELL THE PEOPLE-- I BELIEVE IT'S BASED ON A TRUE STORY.
I SPOKE TO THE DIRECTOR SARAH POLLEY WHEN HE WAS ON HERE ABOUT
IT.
IT'S BASED ON A TRUE STORY, BUT IT'S SORT OF RESET.
TELL THE PEOPLE WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
>> SO IT WAS BASED ON-- THERE WAS AN ARTICLE THAT CAME OUT IN
"VICE" MAGAZINE ABOUT THIS MENNONITE COMMUNITY IN BOLIVIA
WHERE THE WOMEN HAD BEEN TOLD THEY-- THEY WOKE UP AND IN THE
MORNING THERE WAS BLOOD ALL OVER THEM AND THEY HAD NO
RECOLLECTION OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED.
AND THEY WERE TOLD BY THE COMMUNITY AND THE ELDERS IN THE
COMMUNITY THAT THEY-- IT WAS DREAMS AND IT WAS THE DEVIL
VISITING THEM IN THE NIGHT.
AND ONE OF THE YOUNGER PEOPLE DISCOVERED THAT SOME OF THE MEN
WERE CREEPING INTO THEIR ROOMS IN THE NIGHT TIME AND
TRANQUILIZING THEM WITH COW TRANQUILIZER.
THE MEN WERE BROUGHT TO COMMUNITY BUT BECAUSE OF THEIR
FAITH IN COMMUNITY, THEY WERE-- THE MEN WENT TO BAIL THE OTHER
MEN OUT AND SAID, "IF YOU WANT TO GO TO HEAVEN, YOU HAVE TO
FORGIVE THESE MEN."
SO WHILE THEY WERE AWAY, THESE WOMEN HELD A MEETING IN AN ATTIC
OVER THREE DAYS WHERE THEY DEBATED WHETHER TO STAY AND
FIGHT, TO LEAVE, OR TO DO NOTHING.
AND SO THE STORY IS ABOUT THIS GROUP OF WOMEN BASICALLY
EMBARKING ON THAT KIND OF CONVERSATION.
>> Stephen: I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE APPLICABILITY OF WHAT I
LEARNED FROM WOMEN TALKING ABOUT HOW WOMEN TALK.
( LAUGHTER ) AND I MEAN THAT SEMISERIOUSLY.
IT'S NOT ALWAYS THAT SUBJECT, THAT HEAVY.
AND THERE IS ONE MAN, AUGUST, THERE IS ONE CHARACTER THERE,
SORT OF A STENOGRAPHER OF WHOOPS HAPPENING, HELPING YOU MAKE UP
YOUR MIND.
HOW DO WOMEN TALK, IN YOUR OPINION, WHEN THERE ARE NO MEN
AROUND?
>> UHM, I DON'T KNOW.
ACTUALLY, DO YOU KNOW WHAT?
THIS IS KIND OF-- PARTLY WHAT DREW ME TO "WOMEN TALKING" WAS
THAT I'D NEVER REALLY EXPLORED THE COMPLEXITIES OF FEMALE
FRIENDSHIPS AND RELATIONSHIPS.
AND THERE'S SO MUCH UNSAID ABOUT THAT KIND OF DYNAMIC, YOU KNOW.
WE'RE OFTEN...
WE OFTEN ARE KIND OF REPLICATING THINGS AND PUT THINGS UNDER.
BUT IT'S A REAL BEATING THING.
IT'S COMPLICATED AND HAS CONFLICT AND HAS JEALOUSY.
>> Stephen: YOUR CHARACTERS ARE NOT IN A HURRY TO BE
FRIENDS, EITHER.
>> NO, I GUESS SHE HAS A LOT OF FEAR, YOU KNOW.
AND -- >> Stephen: WHICH COMES OUT AS
ANGER.
>> YEAH, IT COMES OUT AS-- YEAH, ANGER, I GUESS, AND CYNICISM, I
GUESS.
AND IN A WAY, SHE'S LEARNED TO SURVIVE HER PAIN BY HOPING FOR
SOMETHING BETTER IN THE NEXT LIFE.
AND WHAT SHE COMES TO UNLEARN ABOUT HERSELF IS THAT ACTUALLY
THERE'S ENOUGH TO HOPE FOR IN THE LIFE THAT SHE'S LIVING AND
WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY AND WITHIN THIS CONVERSATION, IN SOME WAY
SHEDS THE SKIN THAT SHE'S ALWAYS CARRIED.
>> Stephen: ONE LAST THING, AND--
>> AND THAT'S IT.
NO, I'M JOKING.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: WELL, THAT'S JUST
IT IS THE THING.
SO YOU WERE GREAT IN "WILD ROSE."
YOU WERE GREAT IN "CHERNOBLE."
YOU WERE GREAT IN "ROMEO AND JULIETTE."
YOU WERE GREAT IN "THE LOST DAUGHTER."
THIS IS PRETTY HEAVY.
BUT YOU'RE A BUBBLING FONT OF JOY.
DID YOU EVER WANT TO BE A ROM-COM, SOMETHING LIGHT?
I THINK ROM-COMS ARE FRIVOLOUS.
YOU'RE SO FUNNY.
>> I'M HILARIOUS!
>> Stephen: YOU ARE.
NO.
( APPLAUSE ) DON'T YOU WANT TO-- DID YOU EVER
WANT TO BE THE KIND OF, LIKE, FUN LOVE INTEREST IN SOMETHING?
>> YEAH, ACTUALLY, LAST SUMMER I DEFINITELY FELT HUNGRY FOR THAT.
AND I JUST FINISHED FILMING A FILM CALLED "WICKED LITTLE
LETTERS" WITH OLIVIA COLMAN, AND SHE'S REALLY NAUGHTY, AND IT'S
TWO PEOPLE BEING REALLY NAUGHTY.
I'LL BE BACK HERE.
WE'LL BOTH COME BACK AND BE NAUGHTY AND FUN.
>> Stephen: I'LL BRING THE MEXICAN FOOD.
JESSIE, SO LOVELY TO SEE YOU.
IT "WOMEN TALKING" IS NOW PLAYING IN SELECT THEATERS AND
PLAYING EVERYWHERE JANUARY 20.
JESSIE BUCKLEY, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
>> Stephen: THAT'S IT FOR "THE LATE SHOW."
JOIN US NEXT WEEK.
I'VE GOT TOM HANKS AND PRINCE HARRY.
GOOD NIGHT!
♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE )