1 00:00:01,201 --> 00:00:03,636 >> OREO IS PARTNERING WITH POKEMON TO RELEASE SPECIAL- 2 00:00:03,703 --> 00:00:05,071 EDITION COOKIES. 3 00:00:05,138 --> 00:00:08,241 >> NOW, SOME OF THE COOKIES ARE COMMON, LIKE THOSE WITH A 4 00:00:08,308 --> 00:00:09,409 PIKACHU ON THEM. 5 00:00:09,476 --> 00:00:12,445 BUT ONE COOKIE IN PARTICULAR IS RESELLING FOR BIG MONEY ON 6 00:00:12,512 --> 00:00:13,380 EBAY. 7 00:00:13,446 --> 00:00:15,048 THEY'RE RESELLING FOR THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. 8 00:00:15,115 --> 00:00:17,083 >> WOW. 9 00:00:51,117 --> 00:00:57,056 >> Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT." 10 00:00:57,123 --> 00:00:59,626 TONIGHT: PLUS, STEPHEN WELCOMES: 11 00:01:05,131 --> 00:01:11,271 ANITA HILL AND ALESSANDRO NIVOLA 12 00:01:11,337 --> 00:01:17,076 FEATURING JON BATISTE AND STAY HUMAN. 13 00:01:17,143 --> 00:01:20,580 AND NOW, LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK 14 00:01:20,647 --> 00:01:21,548 CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! 15 00:01:21,614 --> 00:01:33,026 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: HEY! 16 00:01:33,092 --> 00:01:43,069 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 17 00:01:43,136 --> 00:01:49,242 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 18 00:01:52,445 --> 00:01:53,613 >> Stephen: HEY! 19 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:55,849 PLEASE HAVE A SEAT, EVERYBODY. 20 00:01:55,915 --> 00:01:58,451 THANK YOU, KINDLY. 21 00:01:58,518 --> 00:02:02,155 WELCOME, ONE AND ALL, WELCOME ONE, AND ALL-- THANK YOU SO 22 00:02:02,222 --> 00:02:03,990 MUCH, EVERYBODY. 23 00:02:04,057 --> 00:02:05,058 WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW." 24 00:02:05,124 --> 00:02:06,159 I AM YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT. 25 00:02:06,226 --> 00:02:07,961 AND I JUST WANT TO SAY-- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 26 00:02:08,027 --> 00:02:13,066 THANK YOU. 27 00:02:13,132 --> 00:02:20,006 I HOPE EVERYONE IN AMERICA IS USING PROTECTION, BECAUSE IT IS 28 00:02:20,073 --> 00:02:21,808 VERY POSSIBLE THAT WE ARE ALL SCREWED. 29 00:02:21,875 --> 00:02:23,743 WE MAY BE APPROXIMATELY 24 HOURS FROM THE UNITED STATES 30 00:02:23,810 --> 00:02:24,511 GOVERNMENT SHUTTING DOWN. 31 00:02:24,577 --> 00:02:29,082 AND THAT'S NOT EVEN THE BAD NEWS. 32 00:02:29,148 --> 00:02:32,886 IF IT SURVIVES THE NEXT 24 HOURS, THE U.S. GOVERNMENT IS 33 00:02:32,952 --> 00:02:34,754 ALSO RAPIDLY APPROACHING THE DEBT CEILING, AND IF CONGRESS 34 00:02:34,821 --> 00:02:37,056 DOESN'T FIND SOME WAY TO RAISE IT IN THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS, IT 35 00:02:37,123 --> 00:02:41,060 COULD CAUSE THE UNITED STATES TO DEFAULT ON ITS DEBTS FOR THE 36 00:02:41,127 --> 00:02:44,831 FIRST TIME IN HISTORY, PLUNGING THE NATION INTO A RECESSION, 37 00:02:44,898 --> 00:02:46,866 CRASHING THE STOCK MARKET, AND CAUSING INTEREST RATES TO 38 00:02:46,933 --> 00:02:49,068 SKYROCKET. 39 00:02:49,135 --> 00:02:57,243 IT WOULD BE WHAT ONE ECONOMIST CALLED "FINANCIAL ARMAGEDDON." 40 00:02:57,310 --> 00:03:07,120 ARE THAT IS BAD NEWS AND EVEN WORSE TIMING 41 00:03:07,186 --> 00:03:09,856 BECAUSE AMERICA'S ALREADY SCHEDULED A PLAGUE ARMAGEDDON, A 42 00:03:09,923 --> 00:03:10,857 CLIMATE ARMAGEDDON, AND A DEMOCRACY ARMAGEDDON. 43 00:03:10,924 --> 00:03:13,059 CAN WE PENCIL THAT IN FOR NEXT WEDNESDAY? 44 00:03:13,126 --> 00:03:14,494 MAYBE A LUNCH-MAGEDDON? 45 00:03:14,561 --> 00:03:16,229 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 46 00:03:16,296 --> 00:03:20,833 WHATEVER HAPPENS-- WHATEVER HAPPENS-- THANK YOU, CITIZEN. 47 00:03:20,900 --> 00:03:25,071 WHATEVER HAPPENS, I'LL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT IN MY NEW SEGMENT: 48 00:03:25,138 --> 00:03:29,576 >> APOCALYPSE DOW: COUNTDOWN TO SHUTDOWN: WANTED: DEBT OR 49 00:03:29,642 --> 00:03:33,046 ALIVE. 50 00:03:33,112 --> 00:03:36,182 >> THE BUDGET. 51 00:03:36,249 --> 00:03:37,183 THE BUDGET. 52 00:03:37,250 --> 00:03:41,054 ( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: HOW DID WE GET TO 53 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:44,123 THE BRINK OF BUDGET DEFAULT, WHEN THE DEMOCRATS, WHO SUPPORT 54 00:03:44,190 --> 00:03:47,360 RAISING THE DEBT CEILING, ARE IN CONTROL OF EVERYTHING? 55 00:03:47,427 --> 00:03:49,062 LOOK NO FURTHER THAN THE COMEDY STYLINGS OF SENATE MINORITY 56 00:03:49,128 --> 00:03:50,730 LEADER MITCH McCONNELL. 57 00:03:50,797 --> 00:03:56,135 ( LAUGHTER ) ( BOOING ) 58 00:03:56,202 --> 00:03:59,739 NICE JOB BY THE EMBALMER. 59 00:03:59,806 --> 00:04:03,042 HEY REALLY LOOKS LIKE HE'S SLEEPING. 60 00:04:03,109 --> 00:04:04,877 ON MONDAY, McCONNELL LED A REPUBLICAN FILIBUSTER THAT 61 00:04:04,944 --> 00:04:07,547 BLOCKED GOVERNMENT FUNDING AND RAISING THE DEBT CEILING. 62 00:04:07,614 --> 00:04:08,982 SO, THIS IS A TOTALLY AVOIDABLE CRISIS. 63 00:04:09,048 --> 00:04:11,784 IT WOULD BE LIKE KNOWING THERE WAS A LIFE-SAVING MEDICINE 64 00:04:11,851 --> 00:04:15,288 AVAILABLE DURING A PANDEMIC AND NOT TAKING IT. 65 00:04:15,355 --> 00:04:19,792 ( LAUGHTER ) OHIO OHIO WAIT, WAIT. 66 00:04:19,859 --> 00:04:21,894 MAYBE WE SHOULD INJECT THE BUDGET WITH HORSE PASTE? 67 00:04:21,961 --> 00:04:25,798 IT'S ALL PART OF McCONNELL'S PLAN TO DERAIL BIDEN'S 68 00:04:25,865 --> 00:04:28,167 $3.5 TRILLION "BUILD BACK BETTER" PLAN, WHICH CAN ONLY 69 00:04:28,234 --> 00:04:33,373 PASS THROUGH A BUDGET PROCESS CALLED RECONCILIATION THAT 70 00:04:33,439 --> 00:04:35,808 SHIELDS FISCAL MEASURES FROM A FILIBUSTER. 71 00:04:35,875 --> 00:04:41,814 YES, FOR ONE MAGICAL VOTE A YEAR, SENATORS LEAVE THE MORTAL 72 00:04:41,881 --> 00:04:43,750 WORLD BEHIND AND ENTER AN ENCHANTED LAND OF 73 00:04:43,816 --> 00:04:44,751 RECONCILIATION. 74 00:04:44,817 --> 00:04:46,085 ( SINGING TO "WORLD OF PURE IMAGINATION") 75 00:04:46,152 --> 00:04:51,791 ♪ COME WITH ME AND YOU'LL BE 76 00:04:51,858 --> 00:04:59,799 IN A WORLD OF RECONCILIATION ♪ IT'S OUR SOLE REMEDY 77 00:04:59,866 --> 00:05:07,774 EXCEPT FOR PURE INTOXICATION ♪ RECONCILIATION-- 78 00:05:07,840 --> 00:05:10,643 ( APPLAUSE ) RECONCILIATION IS A 79 00:05:10,710 --> 00:05:12,278 FANTASMAGORICAL PLACE OF LEGISLATIVE WONDER, WHERE 80 00:05:12,345 --> 00:05:13,813 ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN. 81 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:15,782 WHO KNOWS? 82 00:05:15,848 --> 00:05:19,152 MAYBE EVEN SOMETHING! 83 00:05:19,218 --> 00:05:22,255 THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT MITCH MCCONNELL'S AFRAID OF, SO HE'S 84 00:05:22,321 --> 00:05:24,190 TRYING TO HARSH THE DEMOCRATS' RECONCILIATION BUZZ BY MAKING 85 00:05:24,257 --> 00:05:27,527 THEM ADD THE DEBT CEILING INCREASE TO THE "BUILD BACK 86 00:05:27,593 --> 00:05:28,561 BETTER" BILL. 87 00:05:28,628 --> 00:05:31,731 BUT SCHUMER'S NOT BUYING IT, TELLING RPORTERS THAT 88 00:05:31,798 --> 00:05:34,767 DEMOCRATS "CANNOT AND WILL NOT" RAISE THE DEBT CEILING THROUGH 89 00:05:34,834 --> 00:05:35,968 RECONCILIATION. 90 00:05:36,035 --> 00:05:39,806 McCONNELL AND SCHUMER ARE IN A STARING CONTEST THAT'S ALSO A 91 00:05:39,872 --> 00:05:42,975 HIGH-STAKES GAME OF CHICKEN-- IN THAT, THEY BOTH LOOK LIKE RAW 92 00:05:43,042 --> 00:05:43,910 POULTRY. 93 00:05:43,976 --> 00:05:46,546 ( LAUGHTER ) EVEN IF THE DEMOCRATS WERE 94 00:05:46,612 --> 00:05:50,817 WILLING TO USE RECONCILIATION, IT WOULDN'T BE EASY. 95 00:05:50,883 --> 00:05:52,785 THEY WOULD HAVE TO ESSENTIALLY PASS FOUR BILLS SIMULTANEOUSLY: 96 00:05:52,852 --> 00:05:59,125 ONE TO FUND THE GOVERNMENT, ONE TO RAISE THE DEBT CEILING, THE 97 00:05:59,192 --> 00:06:02,795 "BUILD BACK BETTER" BILL, AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL. 98 00:06:02,862 --> 00:06:04,864 AND THAT LAST ONE MIGHT BE THE MOST IMPORTANT, BECAUSE IF THE 99 00:06:04,931 --> 00:06:08,401 FIRST THREE DON'T PASS, WE'LL ALL NEED BRIDGES TO LIVE UNDER. 100 00:06:08,468 --> 00:06:11,404 ( LAUGHTER ) AND HERE'S THE PROBLEM AND IT'S 101 00:06:11,471 --> 00:06:14,707 TWO PROBLEMS: WEST VIRGINIA SENATOR, JOE 102 00:06:14,774 --> 00:06:16,809 MANCHIN, SEEN HERE EXPLAINING WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE MOON HITS 103 00:06:16,876 --> 00:06:19,278 YOUR EYE LIKE A BIG PIZZA PIE. 104 00:06:19,345 --> 00:06:20,747 ALONG WITH ARIZONA SENATOR AND MIDLIFE CRISIS VELMA, KYRSTEN 105 00:06:20,813 --> 00:06:21,614 SINEMA. 106 00:06:21,681 --> 00:06:28,821 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 107 00:06:28,888 --> 00:06:32,792 IN ORDER TO PASS THE BILL THROUGH RECONCILIATION, ALL 50 108 00:06:32,859 --> 00:06:35,328 SENATE DEMOCRATS HAVE TO BE ON BOARD, BUT MANCHIN AND SINEMA 109 00:06:35,394 --> 00:06:37,130 HAVE BOTH SAID THAT THERE ARE PARTS OF THE $3.5 TRILLION BILL 110 00:06:37,196 --> 00:06:40,800 THAT THEY OPPOSE. 111 00:06:40,867 --> 00:06:43,236 BUT THEY HAVE YET TO PUBLICLY DETAIL THEIR DEMANDS. 112 00:06:43,302 --> 00:06:45,238 SO THEY'RE HOLDING UP THE ENTIRE GOVERNMENT, BUT THEY WON'T TELL 113 00:06:45,304 --> 00:06:48,040 ANYONE WHAT THEY WANT. 114 00:06:48,107 --> 00:06:50,810 THAT'S LIKE GETTING A RANSOM NOTE THAT SAYS, "YOUR BROTHER 115 00:06:50,877 --> 00:06:52,779 GETS IT UNLESS YOU GIVE US... 116 00:06:52,845 --> 00:06:56,783 WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO KNOW?" ( LAUGHTER ) 117 00:06:56,849 --> 00:07:00,787 SO OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS, THE WHITE HOUSE HAS TRIED TO FIGURE 118 00:07:00,853 --> 00:07:05,458 OUT WHAT THEY WANT-- OR, AS POLITICO PUT IT, THEY'VE BEEN 119 00:07:05,525 --> 00:07:07,160 TRYING TO UNLOCK THE MANCHINEMA PUZZLE. 120 00:07:07,226 --> 00:07:08,427 MANCHINEMA! 121 00:07:08,494 --> 00:07:09,262 REALLY? 122 00:07:09,328 --> 00:07:12,765 THAT SOUNDS LIKE HALF MAN, HALF ENEMA! 123 00:07:12,832 --> 00:07:15,134 ( LAUGHTER ) AND IF YOU'RE JUST SLAPPING 124 00:07:15,201 --> 00:07:16,803 THEIR NAMES TOGETHER, COME ONE! 125 00:07:16,869 --> 00:07:18,004 SINEMIN WAS RIGHT THERE! 126 00:07:18,070 --> 00:07:19,205 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 127 00:07:19,272 --> 00:07:22,642 THIS-- THIS RIGHT HERE-- ( APPLAUSE ) 128 00:07:22,708 --> 00:07:23,810 I GOT A THING. 129 00:07:23,876 --> 00:07:26,813 I GOT A THING. 130 00:07:26,879 --> 00:07:31,651 THIS IS WHY POLITICAL WRITERS CA'T CUT IT IN HOLLYWOOD. 131 00:07:31,717 --> 00:07:34,954 THEY WOULD NEVER HAVE COME UP WITH BENNIFER, OR EVEN 132 00:07:35,021 --> 00:07:35,721 AF-LO. 133 00:07:35,788 --> 00:07:38,791 WE'D HAVE ENDED UP WITH FLECKPEZ. 134 00:07:38,858 --> 00:07:44,497 ( LAUGHTER ) WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THIS STORY AS 135 00:07:44,564 --> 00:07:47,834 ABSOLUTELY NOTHING CONTINUES TO HAPPEN. 136 00:07:47,900 --> 00:07:50,803 IN BOOSTER SHOT NEWS, DR. ANTHONY FAUCI SAYS THREE 137 00:07:50,870 --> 00:07:54,607 SHOTS WILL BE THE "OPTIMAL REGIMEN" OF COVID VACCINATION. 138 00:07:54,674 --> 00:07:58,744 "OPTIMAL REGIMEN," BY THE WAY, THE MOST BORING TRANSFORMER. 139 00:07:58,811 --> 00:08:02,815 ( OPTIMUS PRIME VOICE ) "I CAN TURN INTO A '92 COROLLA." 140 00:08:02,882 --> 00:08:06,519 THE REASON WE'LL NEED BOOSTERS IS BECAUSE VACCINE EFFECTIVENESS 141 00:08:06,586 --> 00:08:08,788 DROPS A LITTLE OVER TIME. 142 00:08:08,855 --> 00:08:11,224 AND RIGHT NOW, THE C.D.C. 143 00:08:11,290 --> 00:08:14,293 RECOMMENDS THAT ANYONE AGE 65 AND OVER SHOULD GET ONE. 144 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:15,928 NOW, AN EASY WAY TO CHECK IF YOU'RE IN THE RIGHT AGE GROUP IS 145 00:08:15,995 --> 00:08:19,098 IF YOU ARE YOU WATCHING THIS ON CBS RIGHT NOW. 146 00:08:19,165 --> 00:08:20,967 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 147 00:08:21,033 --> 00:08:24,804 BUT-- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 148 00:08:24,871 --> 00:08:28,841 ♪ ♪ ♪ YOU LOOK GREAT! 149 00:08:28,908 --> 00:08:30,343 YOU LOOK GREAT. 150 00:08:30,409 --> 00:08:33,212 BUT THE VACCINE THAT LOSES THE MOST EFFECTIVENESS ACROSS ALL 151 00:08:33,279 --> 00:08:36,782 AGES IS JOHNSON & JOHNSON'S, WHICH IS WHY FOR PEOPLE WHO GOT 152 00:08:36,849 --> 00:08:41,821 THE J&J VACCINE, SOME DOCTORS ARE ADVISING BOOSTERS ASAP. 153 00:08:41,888 --> 00:08:46,525 AND WE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THIS ONE SHOT WAS TOO GOOD TO BE 154 00:08:46,592 --> 00:08:48,494 ONE SHOT COVERING EVERYTHING? 155 00:08:48,561 --> 00:08:49,362 NO! 156 00:08:49,428 --> 00:08:50,796 IT'S LIKE SHAMPOO-CONDITIONER-BODY WASH. 157 00:08:50,863 --> 00:08:55,034 IT CAN'T POSSIBLY DO ALL THOSE THINGS IN ONE, AND NOW, NO 158 00:08:55,101 --> 00:08:58,404 MATTER HOW MUCH I RINSE, I'M STILL SLIPPERY! 159 00:08:58,471 --> 00:09:00,439 THERE IS SOME GOOD NEWS: VACCINE MANDATES HAVE BEEN GOING INTO 160 00:09:00,506 --> 00:09:01,674 EFFECT, AND THEY'RE WORKING. 161 00:09:01,741 --> 00:09:04,510 IN HEALTHCARE, WHERE DEADLINES FOR GETTING VAXXED ARE COMING UP 162 00:09:04,577 --> 00:09:07,947 SOON, MOST WORKERS ARE GETTING SHOTS, ESPECIALLY AT LARGE 163 00:09:08,014 --> 00:09:09,015 HOSPITAL CHAINS. 164 00:09:09,081 --> 00:09:14,487 SO YOU CAN FEEL SAFE AT ALL THE BIG-CHAIN HOSPITALS: 165 00:09:14,553 --> 00:09:16,989 MC-SINAI'S, E-R-BY'S, AND THE CHEESECAKE SURGERY. 166 00:09:17,056 --> 00:09:18,991 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 167 00:09:19,058 --> 00:09:25,731 THE AIRLINE-- THE CH CHEESECAKE SURGERY. 168 00:09:25,798 --> 00:09:27,934 I WOULD GO TO THAT. 169 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:31,037 THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY IS ALSO SEEING POSITIVE RESULTS. 170 00:09:31,103 --> 00:09:33,072 UNITED SAYS THAT NEARLY ALL ITS WORKERS HAVE MET THE VACCINE 171 00:09:33,139 --> 00:09:36,042 MANDATE DEADLINE. 172 00:09:36,108 --> 00:09:37,176 WELL, THAT'S GREAT. 173 00:09:37,243 --> 00:09:38,644 NOW FLIGHT ATTENDANTS WILL BE SAFE WHILE THEY DUCT TAPE 174 00:09:38,711 --> 00:09:41,981 ANTI-MASK PROTESTORS TO THEIR CHAIRS. 175 00:09:42,048 --> 00:09:44,483 ( APPLAUSE ) OUT OF-- 176 00:09:44,550 --> 00:09:45,418 ( APPLAUSE ) FLIGHT ATTENDANTS. 177 00:09:45,484 --> 00:09:48,788 FLIGHT ATTENDANTS. 178 00:09:48,854 --> 00:09:56,796 OUT OF UNITED'S 67,000 WORKERS, ONLY 593 COULD FACE TERMINATION 179 00:09:56,862 --> 00:09:58,030 FOR REFUSING THE SHOTS. 180 00:09:58,097 --> 00:09:59,231 BUT DON'T WORRY, ANTI-VAX UNITED EMPLOYEES. 181 00:09:59,298 --> 00:10:02,802 YOU'VE GOT A GOOD CHANCE OF GETTING SOMETHING WITH DELTA. 182 00:10:02,868 --> 00:10:05,838 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 183 00:10:05,905 --> 00:10:07,907 IN SOME PLACES-- THANK YOU, JOE, THANK YOU. 184 00:10:07,974 --> 00:10:09,742 DON'T HOLD BACK. 185 00:10:09,809 --> 00:10:12,812 I VALUE YOUR HONESTY. 186 00:10:12,878 --> 00:10:16,782 IN SOME PLACES, AS THE COVID SITUATION IMPROVES, LIFE IS 187 00:10:16,849 --> 00:10:20,386 GETTING BACK TO NORMAL, LIKE FRANCE, WHERE THE TRADITIONAL 188 00:10:20,453 --> 00:10:21,620 "LA BEEZ" GREETING-- A KISS ON EACH CHEEK-- IS SLOWLY MAKING A 189 00:10:21,687 --> 00:10:24,790 COMEBACK. 190 00:10:24,857 --> 00:10:27,960 ALSO MAKING A COMEBACK: PANICKED AMERICANS WHO DON'T KNOW HOW 191 00:10:28,027 --> 00:10:32,631 MANY KISSES THIS IS GOING TO BE. 192 00:10:32,698 --> 00:10:38,437 MANY KISSES TO DO: "HI, OKAY, OKAY, WHEN DO WE 193 00:10:38,504 --> 00:10:38,971 STOP? 194 00:10:39,038 --> 00:10:42,174 IS THIS A PART OF IT? 195 00:10:42,241 --> 00:10:43,275 YET NEVER KNOW WHAT TO DO. 196 00:10:43,342 --> 00:10:50,783 I THINK WE'RE GOING STEADY AT A CERTAIN POINT. 197 00:10:50,850 --> 00:10:52,785 AT THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC, THE KISSING THING WAS BANNED, 198 00:10:52,852 --> 00:10:54,820 BUT NOW, WITH MORE THAN 70% OF THE FRENCH FULLY VAXXED, IT'S 199 00:10:54,887 --> 00:10:55,654 BACK, AND PEOPLE ARE LOVING IT. 200 00:10:55,721 --> 00:10:56,889 ACCORDING TO ONE FRENCH CIVIL SERVANT: 201 00:10:56,956 --> 00:11:01,727 ( FRENCH ACCENT ) "IT'S BEST TO BE VACCINATED AND 202 00:11:01,794 --> 00:11:03,195 KISS EACH OTHER THAN NOT BE VACCINATED AND NOT KISS EACH 203 00:11:03,262 --> 00:11:05,231 OTHER." 204 00:11:05,297 --> 00:11:06,165 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 205 00:11:06,232 --> 00:11:09,568 MAN. 206 00:11:09,635 --> 00:11:10,770 WOW. 207 00:11:10,836 --> 00:11:12,805 WOW. 208 00:11:12,872 --> 00:11:17,543 ( APPLAUSE ) EVEN FRENCH CIVIL SERVANTS CAN 209 00:11:17,610 --> 00:11:20,780 MAKE THINGS SOUND SEXY. 210 00:11:20,846 --> 00:11:24,784 ( FRENCH ACCENT ) "PLEES FILL OUT ZEES FORMS IN 211 00:11:24,850 --> 00:11:26,819 MENAGE A TRIPLICATE." 212 00:11:26,886 --> 00:11:29,321 SPEAKING OF EUROPE, YESTERDAY, THE VATICAN ANNOUNCED IT WILL 213 00:11:29,388 --> 00:11:31,190 MANDATE VACCINES FOR EMPLOYEES. 214 00:11:31,257 --> 00:11:32,591 WELL, NO SURPRISE THEY'RE BEING STRICT. 215 00:11:32,658 --> 00:11:36,796 THEIR BOSS WAS ALSO THE FIRST TO MANDATE CIRCUMCISIONS. 216 00:11:36,862 --> 00:11:39,098 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 217 00:11:39,165 --> 00:11:43,836 AND THE VATICAN-- WOW, HUGE FANS OF CIRCUMCISION. 218 00:11:43,903 --> 00:11:48,808 AND THE VATICAN WON'T BE ALLOWING RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS. 219 00:11:48,874 --> 00:11:50,042 OF COURSE NOT. 220 00:11:50,109 --> 00:11:51,043 AS JESUS SAID, BLESSED ARE THE VACCINATED, FOR THEY MAY ATTEND 221 00:11:51,110 --> 00:11:54,346 'THE LATE SHOW.'" ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 222 00:11:54,413 --> 00:11:56,315 WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT. 223 00:11:56,382 --> 00:12:00,786 MY GUESTS ARE ANITA HILL AND ALESSANDRO NIVOLA. 224 00:12:00,853 --> 00:12:02,955 BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, WHICH CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS ARE THE 225 00:12:03,022 --> 00:12:05,958 ENDORSE-MOST? 226 00:12:06,025 --> 00:12:06,659 JOIN US. 227 00:12:33,185 --> 00:12:44,964 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE ) 228 00:12:45,030 --> 00:12:47,266 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! 229 00:12:47,333 --> 00:12:54,440 GIVE IT UP FOR JON BATISTE AND STAY HUMAN. 230 00:12:54,507 --> 00:13:04,049 ( APPLAUSE ) JN, GOT-- TWO FASCINATING 231 00:13:04,116 --> 00:13:05,518 GUESTS THIS EVENING, JON. 232 00:13:05,584 --> 00:13:08,220 ALWAYS AN HONOR TO HAVE THE KIND OF GUESTS YOU DON'T SEE ALL THE 233 00:13:08,287 --> 00:13:09,221 TIME IN LATE NIGHT. 234 00:13:09,288 --> 00:13:11,757 TONIGHT WE HAVE ANITA HILL. 235 00:13:11,824 --> 00:13:12,525 >> Jon: OH, YEAH. 236 00:13:12,591 --> 00:13:14,460 >> Stephen: SO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT. 237 00:13:14,527 --> 00:13:16,662 HOW FAR THE COUNTRY HAS COME FROM HOW THEY APPROACHED HER 238 00:13:16,729 --> 00:13:19,098 CASE TO HOW WE TALK ABOUT SUCH CASES NOW. 239 00:13:19,165 --> 00:13:20,299 >> Jon: YEAH. 240 00:13:20,366 --> 00:13:23,335 >> Stephen: AND WE HAVE THE STAR OF THE "THE MANY SAINTS OF 241 00:13:23,402 --> 00:13:26,138 NEWARK," ALESSANDRO NIVOLA IS GOING TO BE HERE. 242 00:13:26,205 --> 00:13:29,808 ( APPLAUSE ) SCRR TALENTED, VERY PHYSICALLY 243 00:13:29,875 --> 00:13:32,411 ATTRACTIVE, I MIGHT ADD. 244 00:13:32,478 --> 00:13:35,247 STARS-- THEY'RE JUST LIKE US: THEY ENJOY MONEY-- WHICH IS WHY, 245 00:13:35,314 --> 00:13:36,749 FOR AS LONG AS THERE HAVE BEEN CELEBRITIES, THERE HAVE BEEN 246 00:13:36,815 --> 00:13:39,451 CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS, FROM BABE RUTH AND RED ROCK COLA, TO 247 00:13:39,518 --> 00:13:44,890 GEORGE CLOONEY AND NESPRESSO, TO BOB DYLAN AND VICTORIA'S SECRET. 248 00:13:44,957 --> 00:13:48,460 AND IF YOU THINK IT'S RANDOM TO HAVE BOB DYLAN SELLING PUSH-UP 249 00:13:48,527 --> 00:13:52,665 BRAS, MAY I REMIND YOU-- HE'S OLD ENOUGH TO NEED ONE. 250 00:13:52,731 --> 00:13:54,500 ( LAUGHTER ) AND IF YOU THINK-- IF YOU 251 00:13:54,567 --> 00:13:58,704 THINK-- IF YOU THINK STARS THAT YOU HIKE WOULD NEVER SELL OUT, 252 00:13:58,771 --> 00:14:02,107 YOU'RE NUTS. 253 00:14:02,174 --> 00:14:03,509 STARS ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW WAYS TO CASH IN ON THEIR 254 00:14:03,576 --> 00:14:05,044 CELEBRITY. 255 00:14:05,110 --> 00:14:08,914 BUT THE QUESTION IS WHO DOES IT BEST? 256 00:14:08,981 --> 00:14:11,250 LET'S FIND OUT IN MY NEW COMPETITIVE CELEBRITY 257 00:14:11,317 --> 00:14:17,256 COLLABORATION SEGMENT, ( BEEPING ) 258 00:14:17,323 --> 00:14:24,863 "STEPHEN COLBERT: SELLING OUT" DELICIOUS! 259 00:14:24,930 --> 00:14:26,131 >> Stephen: THE FIRST CONTESTANT IN THE CASH COW COUNTDOWN: POP 260 00:14:26,198 --> 00:14:31,270 SENSATION AND ANGRY PISTACHIO, BILLIE EILISH. 261 00:14:31,337 --> 00:14:35,241 EILISH IS MOST FAMOUS FOR HER MUSIC, BUT SHE'S RECENTLY 262 00:14:35,307 --> 00:14:39,245 BRANCHED OUT INTO THE FIELD OF MAKING MONEY, BECAUSE "BILLIE 263 00:14:39,311 --> 00:14:45,150 EILISH AND JORDAN BRAND HAVE A NEW AIR JORDAN 15 264 00:14:45,217 --> 00:14:46,385 COLLABORATION." 265 00:14:46,452 --> 00:14:47,586 SOUNDS LIKE AN UNLIKELY PAIRING, BUT I'M GUESSING THE MINUTE I 266 00:14:47,653 --> 00:14:51,257 PUT THOSE SHOES ON, I COULD PLAY BASKETBALL AS WELL AS BILLIE 267 00:14:51,323 --> 00:14:55,628 EILISH. 268 00:14:55,694 --> 00:14:56,762 NOW, THE SHOES ARE NOT OUT YET, BUT WE HAVE A PIC OF THE 269 00:14:56,829 --> 00:14:57,796 PROTOTYPES. 270 00:14:57,863 --> 00:14:58,731 WOW! 271 00:14:58,797 --> 00:14:59,898 WOW! 272 00:14:59,965 --> 00:15:05,271 SEE, WHAT THEY DID WAS TAKE YOUR GRANDMA'S ORTHOPEDICS, AND 273 00:15:05,337 --> 00:15:06,071 THAT'S WHAT THEY DID. 274 00:15:06,138 --> 00:15:07,006 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 275 00:15:07,072 --> 00:15:11,043 IF YOU FIND THESE SHOES-- WHAT COLOR IS THAT? 276 00:15:11,110 --> 00:15:14,780 I DEFY YOU TO SAY WHAT COLOR THAT IS. 277 00:15:14,847 --> 00:15:17,283 IF YOU FIND THESE SHOES A LITTLE UNUSUAL, THAT'S BECAUSE THE 278 00:15:17,349 --> 00:15:20,419 DESIGNER'S ACTUAL INSPIRATION FOR THE SHOE WAS THE X-15 279 00:15:20,486 --> 00:15:21,220 FIGHTER JET. 280 00:15:21,287 --> 00:15:26,058 OKAY, LET'S SEE THOSE SIDE BY SIDE. 281 00:15:26,125 --> 00:15:27,226 WAIT! 282 00:15:27,293 --> 00:15:29,295 WAIT! 283 00:15:29,361 --> 00:15:31,497 WHICH IS THE SHOE AND WHICH IS THE JET-- IS WHAT I'D SAY IF I'D 284 00:15:31,563 --> 00:15:35,267 NEVER SEEN A SHOE OR A JET. 285 00:15:35,334 --> 00:15:39,271 ( LAUGHTER ) OKAY, LET'S MEET OUR NEXT 286 00:15:39,338 --> 00:15:41,273 CASHING-IN CONTESTANT: ELECTROPOP GROUP AND YOUR 287 00:15:41,340 --> 00:15:46,545 EX-GIRLFRIEND'S NEXT THREE BOYFRIENDS, SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA. 288 00:15:46,612 --> 00:15:49,748 THIS TRIO OF BAD BOYS ANNOUNCED THEIR NEW BRAND PARTNERSHIP WITH 289 00:15:49,815 --> 00:15:50,883 AN EXCITING TEASER VIDEO. 290 00:15:50,949 --> 00:15:52,017 SEE IF YOU CAN GUESS WHO THEIR PARTNER IS BEFORE THE BIG 291 00:15:52,084 --> 00:16:03,262 REVEAL. 292 00:16:03,329 --> 00:16:08,934 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( LAUGHTER ) 293 00:16:09,001 --> 00:16:15,240 >> Stephen: WOW! 294 00:16:15,307 --> 00:16:17,042 WHAT? 295 00:16:17,109 --> 00:16:19,244 I WOULD NEVER EXPECT THAT DEGREE OF RANDOMNESS FROM A FURNITURE 296 00:16:19,311 --> 00:16:23,582 STORE THAT SELLS MEATBALLS. 297 00:16:23,649 --> 00:16:27,252 ( LAUGHTER ) VERY LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT THE 298 00:16:27,319 --> 00:16:29,722 COLLABORATION, OTHER THAN THAT IT WILL BE A LINE OF HOUSEWARES 299 00:16:29,788 --> 00:16:33,425 "GEARED TOWARDS THE EVERYDAY MUSIC LISTENER: THOSE WHO SIMPLY 300 00:16:33,492 --> 00:16:36,261 LIKE TO HAVE A GOOD KITCHEN DANCE SESSION." 301 00:16:36,328 --> 00:16:46,338 BECAUSE NOTHING SAYS "EVERYDAY MUSIC LISTENER HAVING A GOOD 302 00:16:46,405 --> 00:16:47,439 KITCHEN DANCE SESSION" THAN WHATEVER THAT WAS WE JUST 303 00:16:47,506 --> 00:16:48,374 LISTENED TO. 304 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:52,244 "ALL RIGHT, HONEY, THE CHICKEN'S IN THE OVEN. 305 00:16:52,311 --> 00:16:56,382 LET'S SAY WE CUT LOOSE? 306 00:16:56,448 --> 00:17:00,919 I'LL-- I'LL JUST START ON THE SALAD! 307 00:17:00,986 --> 00:17:05,290 I SAID, I'LL JUST START ON THE SALAD!" 308 00:17:05,357 --> 00:17:13,665 ( LAUGHTER ) AND OUR FINAL CONTESTANT: RAPPER 309 00:17:13,732 --> 00:17:14,733 SAWEETIE, SEEN HERE SAYING, "WHAT CURTAINS? 310 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:19,271 I HAVEN'T SEEN YOUR MISSING CURTAINS." 311 00:17:19,338 --> 00:17:22,141 WHO HAS SAWEETIE PARTNERED WITH? 312 00:17:22,207 --> 00:17:23,275 BETTER QUESTION: WHO HASN'T SHE? 313 00:17:23,342 --> 00:17:27,246 BECAUSE SAWEETIE AND HIDDEN VALLEY RANCH JUST LAUNCHED A 314 00:17:27,312 --> 00:17:31,150 COLLABORATION WITH CROCS. 315 00:17:31,216 --> 00:17:38,557 IT ALL STARTED WHEN ONE BRILLIANT AD EXES 316 00:17:38,624 --> 00:17:40,192 HAD THE IDEA TO TAKE YOUR DAD'S FAVORITE SHOES AND YOUR DAD'S 317 00:17:40,259 --> 00:17:41,427 FAVORITE SALAD DRESSING, AND MIX THEM WITH YOUR DAD'S FAVORITE 318 00:17:41,493 --> 00:17:43,262 PERSON HE'S NEVER HEARD OF. 319 00:17:43,328 --> 00:17:44,430 NOW, SAWEETIE ANNOUNCED THE PARTNERSHIP ON HER INSTAGRAM. 320 00:17:44,496 --> 00:17:51,236 TAKE A LOOK. 321 00:17:51,303 --> 00:18:01,280 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( LAUGHTER ) 322 00:18:01,346 --> 00:18:07,052 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( LAUGHTER ) 323 00:18:07,119 --> 00:18:08,120 >> Stephen: EVIDENTLY, HER MICROWAVE HAS BUTTONS FOR 324 00:18:08,187 --> 00:18:11,857 POPCORN, DEFROST, AND "GODLESS ABOMINATION." 325 00:18:11,924 --> 00:18:12,991 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 326 00:18:13,058 --> 00:18:17,262 NOW, YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED-- >> Jon: AHEAD OF HIS TIME, 327 00:18:17,329 --> 00:18:21,667 MAN. 328 00:18:21,733 --> 00:18:22,768 >> Stephen: YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED THAT THE SHOES ARE 329 00:18:22,835 --> 00:18:25,204 COVERED IN SOME OF THOSE FUN CROC ORNAMENTS. 330 00:18:25,270 --> 00:18:27,272 THAT'S BECAUSE EACH PAIR COMES WITH "NINE SPECIAL CHARMS MADE 331 00:18:27,339 --> 00:18:33,679 IN THE LIKENESS OF EVERYTHING THAT PAIRS WELL WITH RANCH." 332 00:18:33,745 --> 00:18:34,513 SO WHAT MADE THE CUT? 333 00:18:34,580 --> 00:18:38,984 TOMATOES, FRIES, AND A BOTTLE OF RANCH. 334 00:18:39,051 --> 00:18:42,521 ( LAUGHTER ) I DO FIND THAT WHEN I'M EATING 335 00:18:42,588 --> 00:18:46,391 RANCH, IF I ADD SOME RANCH, IT REALLY BRINGS OUT THE RANCH. 336 00:18:46,458 --> 00:18:50,195 OKAY, IT'S TIME TO DECIDE WHO WON "SELLING OUT" THIS WEEK. 337 00:18:50,262 --> 00:18:53,265 WHICH OF THESE CELEBS GOT THE BEST INTEGRITY-TO-MONEY EXCHANGE 338 00:18:53,332 --> 00:18:54,333 RATE? 339 00:18:54,399 --> 00:18:55,367 BILLIE EILISH AND HER EMOTIONALLY NEUTRAL BASKETBALL 340 00:18:55,434 --> 00:18:57,836 SHOES? 341 00:18:57,903 --> 00:19:01,273 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA AND WHATEVER 342 00:19:01,340 --> 00:19:02,074 THE HELL THEY'RE DOING? 343 00:19:02,140 --> 00:19:06,478 OR SAWEETIE AND HER SALAD SAWANDLES? 344 00:19:06,545 --> 00:19:08,046 TONIGHT'S WINNER IS... 345 00:19:08,113 --> 00:19:09,147 BILLIE EILISH! 346 00:19:09,214 --> 00:19:11,583 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 347 00:19:11,650 --> 00:19:13,852 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH ANITA HILL. 348 00:19:41,780 --> 00:19:42,481 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! 349 00:19:42,548 --> 00:19:46,385 WELCOME BACK! 350 00:19:46,451 --> 00:19:50,956 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT IS A PROFESSOR OF 351 00:19:51,023 --> 00:19:53,091 LAW AND GENDER STUDIES AT BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, AND A 352 00:19:53,158 --> 00:19:54,259 LEADER IN THE FIGHT TO END GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE. 353 00:19:54,326 --> 00:19:57,996 HER NEW BOOK IS "BELIEVING." 354 00:19:58,063 --> 00:20:01,800 PLEASE WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW," ANITA HILL. 355 00:20:01,867 --> 00:20:11,843 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE ) 356 00:20:11,910 --> 00:20:21,987 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE ) 357 00:20:22,054 --> 00:20:23,989 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: THANKS SO MUCH FOR 358 00:20:24,056 --> 00:20:24,489 BEING HERE. 359 00:20:24,556 --> 00:20:25,424 >> OH, MY GOODNESS. 360 00:20:25,490 --> 00:20:26,592 THANK YOU. 361 00:20:26,658 --> 00:20:31,897 >> Stephen: I WANT-- I WANT TO GET TO YOUR BOOK RIGHT HERE, 362 00:20:31,964 --> 00:20:32,998 "BELIEVING" IN JUST ONE MOMENT. 363 00:20:33,065 --> 00:20:35,667 BUT FIRST, I JUST FOUND OUT YOU'RE ONE OF 13 CHILDREN. 364 00:20:35,734 --> 00:20:37,002 >> YES, YOUNGEST. 365 00:20:37,069 --> 00:20:41,473 >> Stephen: I'M THE YOUNGEST OF 11. 366 00:20:41,540 --> 00:20:42,774 >> REALLY. 367 00:20:42,841 --> 00:20:44,242 WE COULD TRADE STORIES. 368 00:20:44,309 --> 00:20:45,377 >> Stephen: WE COULD. 369 00:20:45,444 --> 00:20:48,280 IT TAKES THAT LONG TO GET IT RIGHT SOMETIMES, DOESN'T IT? 370 00:20:48,347 --> 00:20:49,448 >> I THINK SO. 371 00:20:49,514 --> 00:20:53,685 >> Stephen: I LIKE TO DO THIS WITH PEOPLE AT BIG FAMILIES. 372 00:20:53,752 --> 00:20:57,055 ARE YOU GOING SAYING THE NAMES TOP TO BOTTOM QUICKLY. 373 00:20:57,122 --> 00:20:57,889 QUICKLY. 374 00:20:57,956 --> 00:20:59,291 >> I CAN. 375 00:20:59,358 --> 00:21:00,425 >> Stephen: DO YOU WANT TO RACE. 376 00:21:00,492 --> 00:21:03,161 I'LL LET YOU GET TWO NAMES OUT BEFORE I START. 377 00:21:03,228 --> 00:21:06,264 I'LL SAY, ONE, TWO, THREE, GO, AND START TOP TO BOTTOM. 378 00:21:06,331 --> 00:21:07,332 ONE, TWO, THREE, GO. 379 00:21:07,399 --> 00:21:12,804 >> ARETHA, ALBERT -- JIMMY, EDDIE, MARY... 380 00:21:12,871 --> 00:21:14,206 >> OH, MY GOODNESS. 381 00:21:14,272 --> 00:21:17,175 >> Stephen: SORRY, I THOUGHT THIS WAS A CONTEST. 382 00:21:17,242 --> 00:21:18,910 I APOLOGIZE. 383 00:21:18,977 --> 00:21:19,911 YOU PRACTICED. 384 00:21:19,978 --> 00:21:20,746 YOU HAVE PRACTICED. 385 00:21:20,812 --> 00:21:22,247 >> Stephen: I PRACTICED MY ENTIRE LIFE. 386 00:21:22,314 --> 00:21:24,149 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 387 00:21:24,216 --> 00:21:30,522 IT'S ALWAYS AN HONOR TO SPEAK TO SOMEONE WHO IS ICONIC IN MORE MO 388 00:21:30,589 --> 00:21:31,757 AMERICAN HISTORY. 389 00:21:31,823 --> 00:21:35,994 I CERTAINLY REMEMBER LISTENING WITH RAPT ATTENTION TO ALL THOSE 390 00:21:36,061 --> 00:21:37,162 HEARINGS. 391 00:21:37,229 --> 00:21:42,000 THIS IS-- THIS IS, YOU KNOW, 30 YEARS AGO, YOUR TESTIMONY 392 00:21:42,067 --> 00:21:44,903 AGAINST CLARENCE THOMAS, TRANSFORMED THE NATIONAL 393 00:21:44,970 --> 00:21:46,171 CONVERSATION ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT. 394 00:21:46,238 --> 00:21:48,407 DID YOU KNOW IN THIS MOMENT, DID YOU REALIZE IN THIS MOMENT THAT 395 00:21:48,473 --> 00:21:50,676 YOUR LIFE WAS ABOUT TO CHANGE FOREVER? 396 00:21:50,742 --> 00:21:51,109 >> ABSOLUTELY NOT. 397 00:21:51,176 --> 00:21:52,210 ABSOLUTELY NOT. 398 00:21:52,277 --> 00:21:56,281 IN FACT, I THOUGHT I WOULD BE ABLE TO GO HOME AND KEEP 399 00:21:56,348 --> 00:22:02,120 TEACHING LAW, COMMERCIAL LAW, AND CONTRACTS,S AND IT WOULD BE 400 00:22:02,187 --> 00:22:02,888 FINE. 401 00:22:02,954 --> 00:22:03,655 >> Stephen: AND YOU COULDN'T DO IT. 402 00:22:03,722 --> 00:22:06,158 >> MY LIFE WAS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN. 403 00:22:06,224 --> 00:22:08,660 IT WAS COMPLETELY TURNED UPSIDE DOWN. 404 00:22:08,727 --> 00:22:11,263 IT WAS CHAOS AND TURMOIL AND THREATS, THREAT TO MY JOB AND, 405 00:22:11,329 --> 00:22:13,999 YOU KNOW, JUST ABOUT EVERY ASPECT OF MY LIFE. 406 00:22:14,066 --> 00:22:15,934 BUT, I HUNG IN THERE. 407 00:22:16,001 --> 00:22:19,438 AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HELPED ME HANG IN THERE WAS WHAT 408 00:22:19,504 --> 00:22:26,078 I KEPT HEARING FROM PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN SUFFERING FROM A FORM 409 00:22:26,144 --> 00:22:29,881 OF GENDER VIOLENCE, ONE OR THE OTHER, WHETHER IT WAS INCEST OR 410 00:22:29,948 --> 00:22:33,652 BULLYING OR SEXUAL HARASSMENT OR RAPE OR SEXUAL ASSAULT-- ALL OF 411 00:22:33,719 --> 00:22:34,786 THE ABOVE. 412 00:22:34,853 --> 00:22:41,093 >> Stephen: AND YOUR TESTIMONY GAVE THEM HOPE OR COURAGE? 413 00:22:41,159 --> 00:22:42,260 WHAT WOULD THEY SAY TO YOU? 414 00:22:42,327 --> 00:22:45,297 >> I THINK MANY OF THEM, IT GAVE PEOPLE COURAGE, AND HOPE. 415 00:22:45,363 --> 00:22:50,469 YOU KNOW, I GUESS IT REALLY HADN'T DAWNED ON ME WHAT MY 416 00:22:50,535 --> 00:22:53,271 TESTIMONY MEANT UNTIL A FEW YEARS AGO, MAYBE ABOUT 10 YEARS 417 00:22:53,338 --> 00:22:57,843 AGO NOW, I WAS SPEAKING AT A HIGH SCHOOL. 418 00:22:57,909 --> 00:23:02,214 IT WAS A VOC-TECH SCHOOL, AND WE WERE ALL IN THE CAFETERIA. 419 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:07,619 AND THIS YOUNG MAN, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, STEPPED UP TO THIS OPEN 420 00:23:07,686 --> 00:23:13,058 MIC THAT THEY'D SET UP, AND HE SAID TO ME, "HOW DOES IT FEEL TO 421 00:23:13,125 --> 00:23:17,195 KNOW THAT YOU'VE CHANGED THE WORLD?" 422 00:23:17,262 --> 00:23:22,033 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) AND I-- I REALLY DIDN'T HAVE AN 423 00:23:22,100 --> 00:23:23,268 ANSWER. 424 00:23:23,335 --> 00:23:29,541 BUT WHAT THAT DID FOR ME WAS TO MAKE ME ACT AS THOUGH I COULD 425 00:23:29,608 --> 00:23:31,009 CHANGE THE WORLD. 426 00:23:31,076 --> 00:23:36,248 I MEAN, THAT INSPIRED ME, BECAUSE SOMEONE THAT AGE TO 427 00:23:36,314 --> 00:23:39,284 HAVE-- TO HAVE THAT PERSPECTIVE. 428 00:23:39,351 --> 00:23:46,892 AND I REALIZED IN A REAL WAY WHO I WAS CHANGING THE WORLD FOR, A 429 00:23:46,958 --> 00:23:52,664 GENERATION OF PEOPLE WHO OTHERWISE WILL INHERIT THE 430 00:23:52,731 --> 00:23:56,668 PROBLEMS THAT ARE LEFT OVER FROM MY GENERATION. 431 00:23:56,735 --> 00:24:00,272 >> Stephen: BIDEN WAS-- WAS HE CHAIRMAN AT THE TIME OF 432 00:24:00,338 --> 00:24:01,173 JUDICIARY? 433 00:24:01,239 --> 00:24:03,074 >> HE WAS CHAIRING THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. 434 00:24:03,141 --> 00:24:04,810 >> Stephen: AND HE HAS SINCE POLICIED TO YOU. 435 00:24:04,876 --> 00:24:06,011 >> YES. 436 00:24:06,077 --> 00:24:09,214 >> Stephen: FOR YOUR TREATMENT AND THE WAY HE SPOKE ABOUT YOU 437 00:24:09,281 --> 00:24:12,083 DURING THOSE HEARINGS. 438 00:24:12,150 --> 00:24:15,754 YOU HAVE-- FIND SOME FAULT WITH HOW MUCH HE HAS RESPONDED TO THE 439 00:24:15,821 --> 00:24:18,223 NEEDS OF WOMEN, ESPECIALLY GENDER VIOLENCE. 440 00:24:18,290 --> 00:24:20,158 WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU LIKE HIM TO DO? 441 00:24:20,225 --> 00:24:24,729 >> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I THINK HE NEEDS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT 442 00:24:24,796 --> 00:24:26,998 GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IS PREVALENT. 443 00:24:27,065 --> 00:24:29,301 IT IS PERSISTENT IN THIS COUNTRY. 444 00:24:29,367 --> 00:24:32,604 IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR GENERATIONS AND GENERATIONS. 445 00:24:32,671 --> 00:24:35,841 AND THE NEXT GENERATION IS GOING TO INHERIT IT BECAUSE IT IS, IN 446 00:24:35,907 --> 00:24:39,845 FACT, GOING ON IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW, AND 447 00:24:39,911 --> 00:24:43,582 UNIVERSITIES AND TO YOUNG PEOPLE WHEN THEY ENTER THE WORKFORCE 448 00:24:43,648 --> 00:24:48,286 I WOULD LIKE FOR HIM TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE LEVEL OF THIS 449 00:24:48,353 --> 00:24:53,225 PROBLEM AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PROBLEM, NOT JUST TO THE 450 00:24:53,291 --> 00:24:56,361 INDIVIDUAL VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS, BUT TO OUR COUNTRY AS 451 00:24:56,428 --> 00:25:02,033 A WHOLE, AND HOW IT IS EATING AWAY, WITH OUR VALUES AND OUR 452 00:25:02,100 --> 00:25:04,369 TRADITIONS OF EQUALITY IN THIS COUNTRY. 453 00:25:04,436 --> 00:25:07,539 AND SO, AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT WOULD BE A START. 454 00:25:07,606 --> 00:25:09,741 BUT THEN, OF COURSE,IMENT TO START BUILDING -- 455 00:25:09,808 --> 00:25:13,211 >> Stephen: TO GIVE HIM HIS DUE, HE DID CHAMPION THE 456 00:25:13,278 --> 00:25:15,280 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN'S ACT IN THE MID-90s. 457 00:25:15,347 --> 00:25:16,481 >> YES, YES. 458 00:25:16,548 --> 00:25:18,717 >> Stephen: IS THAT THE SORT OF THING YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT? 459 00:25:18,783 --> 00:25:22,153 >> IN FACT, HE DID CALL TO APOLOGIZE TO ME PERSONALLY. 460 00:25:22,220 --> 00:25:27,626 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE DIDN'T DO WAS TO TALK ABOUT HOW THAT 461 00:25:27,692 --> 00:25:33,131 1991 HEARING HAD REALLY TORN PEOPLE APART THROUGHOUT THE 462 00:25:33,198 --> 00:25:33,798 COUNTRY. 463 00:25:33,865 --> 00:25:35,333 AND SO, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. 464 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:40,639 BUT THEN HE SAID THAT HE HAD GONE ON, HE'D WORKED AND BEEN A 465 00:25:40,705 --> 00:25:42,908 SPONSOR, COSPONSOR OF THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN'S ACT. 466 00:25:42,974 --> 00:25:49,214 HE WAS HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION WITH THE 467 00:25:49,281 --> 00:25:53,218 CAMPUS CRUSAYS AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES. 468 00:25:53,285 --> 00:25:54,419 VERY IMPORTANT WORK. 469 00:25:54,486 --> 00:26:00,959 AND WHAT I SAID AT THAT TIME IS, I SAID, "ALL OF THOSE THINGS 470 00:26:01,026 --> 00:26:06,498 TOGETHER, INCLUDING 1991, REALLY POSITIONS HIM AS A LEADER, 471 00:26:06,564 --> 00:26:12,304 SOMEONE WHO COULD REALLY DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE PROBLEM, HAS 472 00:26:12,370 --> 00:26:19,444 AN INVESTMENT IN IT, AND WOULD ALLOW HIM TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE 473 00:26:19,511 --> 00:26:22,580 FOR 1991 AND FOR REVERSING SOME OF THE DAMAGE. 474 00:26:22,647 --> 00:26:28,820 >> Stephen: WELL, THE NEW BOOK IS CALLED-- THE FULL TITLE 475 00:26:28,887 --> 00:26:32,023 "BELIEVING: OUR 30-YEAR JOURNEY TO END GENDER VIOLENCE." 476 00:26:32,090 --> 00:26:35,460 GENDER VIOLENCE, ON ITS SURFACE, THE PHRASE IN ITS SIMPLEST FORM 477 00:26:35,527 --> 00:26:37,128 IS EASY TO UNDERSTAND. 478 00:26:37,195 --> 00:26:38,863 BUT IN THE BROADER SENSE, WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? 479 00:26:38,930 --> 00:26:42,634 >> WELL, IN THE BROADER SENSE I MEAN ALL OF THE THINGS THAT THE 480 00:26:42,701 --> 00:26:45,236 PEOPLE WHO HAVE WRITTEN ME HAVE TALKED ABOUT AND WHO THE VICTIMS 481 00:26:45,303 --> 00:26:49,207 AND SURVIVORS SEE THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN SEXUAL 482 00:26:49,274 --> 00:26:53,211 HARASSMENT FOR WHICH I WAS KNOWN, AND THE KIND OF BULLYING 483 00:26:53,278 --> 00:26:56,147 THAT THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED, THE INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE. 484 00:26:56,214 --> 00:26:59,050 I'VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUFFERED THAT. 485 00:26:59,117 --> 00:27:03,655 I'VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUFFERED FROM RAPE AND HAD THEIR 486 00:27:03,722 --> 00:27:07,926 CLAIMS JUST DISMISSED, SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS. 487 00:27:07,993 --> 00:27:12,931 I'M TALKING ABOUT VIOLENCE THAT IS DIRECTED AT PEOPLE, LARGELY 488 00:27:12,998 --> 00:27:18,703 BECAUSE OF THEIR GENDER, BUT IN FACT, WHEN PEOPLE THINK OF IT, 489 00:27:18,770 --> 00:27:20,205 THEY THINK ONLY OF WOMEN. 490 00:27:20,271 --> 00:27:22,640 BUT I'M ALSO TALKING ABOUT GENDER VIOLENCE AGAINST MEN. 491 00:27:22,707 --> 00:27:27,645 ONE OF THE FIRST CALLS THAT I GOT THAT SORT OF CLUD ME IN TO 492 00:27:27,712 --> 00:27:30,648 THE PROBLEM BEING BIGGER THAN SEXUAL HARASSMENT, AND CERTAINLY 493 00:27:30,715 --> 00:27:37,522 LARGER THAN ME, WAS FROM A MAN WHO HAD BEEN AN INCEST SURVIVOR. 494 00:27:37,589 --> 00:27:42,794 AND WHAT HE DID WAS TO COMPARE HIS EXPERIENCE, WHEN HE TOLD HIS 495 00:27:42,861 --> 00:27:46,931 PARENTS THAT HE HAD BEEN ABUSED BY A RELATIVE, WITH THE 496 00:27:46,998 --> 00:27:50,602 QUESTIONING AND THE ATTITUDES OF THE SENATE MEMBERS. 497 00:27:50,668 --> 00:27:57,208 AND SO I REALLY BEGAN TO SEE THAT IN FACT, IT NOT ONLY IS IT 498 00:27:57,275 --> 00:27:59,878 BIGGER THAN ME, BUT ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS ARE CONNECTED. 499 00:27:59,944 --> 00:28:04,716 AND IF WE DON'T DEAL WITH ALL OF THEM, WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE 500 00:28:04,783 --> 00:28:05,817 THE WORLD SAFE FOR ANY OF US. 501 00:28:05,884 --> 00:28:07,318 >> Stephen: WELL, MISHILL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING 502 00:28:07,385 --> 00:28:07,719 HERE. 503 00:28:07,786 --> 00:28:08,787 >> THANK YOU. 504 00:28:08,853 --> 00:28:12,457 >> Stephen: THE BOOK, "BELIEVING," IS AVAILABLE NOW. 505 00:28:12,524 --> 00:28:14,159 ANITA HILL, EVERYBODY! 506 00:28:14,225 --> 00:28:16,194 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH THE STAR-- HOME ON ONE SECOND, 507 00:28:16,261 --> 00:28:19,230 MA'AM-- STAR OF THE "THE MANY SAINTS OF NEWARK," ALESSANDRO 508 00:28:19,297 --> 00:28:20,065 NIVOLA. 509 00:28:28,306 --> 00:28:32,143 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE ) 510 00:28:32,210 --> 00:28:33,178 >> Stephen: HE'S GOT A SHOT AT TWO. 511 00:28:33,244 --> 00:28:34,846 HE'S GOT A REAL SHOT AT IT. 512 00:28:34,913 --> 00:28:37,282 SEE WHAT HAPPENS. 513 00:28:37,348 --> 00:28:38,450 HEY, WELCOME BACK! 514 00:28:38,516 --> 00:28:45,457 THERE YOU ARE! 515 00:28:45,523 --> 00:28:46,624 FOLKS, MY NEXT GUEST IS AN ACTOR YOU KNOW FROM "FACE/OFF," 516 00:28:46,691 --> 00:28:47,826 "AMERICAN HUSTLE," AND "DISOBEDIENCE." 517 00:28:47,892 --> 00:28:51,362 HE NOW STARS IN "THE MANY SAINTS OF NEWARK." 518 00:28:51,429 --> 00:28:54,132 >> YEAH, WELL, THEY'RE HOT. 519 00:28:54,199 --> 00:28:55,533 >> THEY FELL OFF THE TRUCK. 520 00:28:55,600 --> 00:29:02,440 >> FAR OUT, MAN. 521 00:29:02,507 --> 00:29:04,576 OH! 522 00:29:04,642 --> 00:29:08,446 10-INCH WOOFERS. 523 00:29:08,513 --> 00:29:10,849 >> I WANT TO GO TO COLLEGE. 524 00:29:10,915 --> 00:29:16,955 I CAN'T GET CAUGHT WITH THIS. 525 00:29:17,021 --> 00:29:23,862 >> THIS ISN'T WHOLESALE. 526 00:29:23,928 --> 00:29:26,698 >> YOU WANT TO BE A CIVILIAN, I APPRECIATE THAT. 527 00:29:26,764 --> 00:29:28,166 I'M ALL FOR IT. 528 00:29:28,233 --> 00:29:29,834 BUT PAY ATTENTION TO ME FOR OCE, OKAY. 529 00:29:29,901 --> 00:29:32,036 YOU TAKE THE SPEAKERS, RIGHT? 530 00:29:32,103 --> 00:29:37,275 AT THE SAME TIME, YOU PROMISE YOU SAY TO YOURSELF,s THIS IS 531 00:29:37,342 --> 00:29:39,944 THE LAST TIME I'M EVER GOING TO STEAL SOMETHING. 532 00:29:40,011 --> 00:29:43,815 AND YOU STICK TO IT. 533 00:29:43,882 --> 00:29:48,753 IT'S THAT SIMPLE. 534 00:29:48,820 --> 00:29:52,924 >> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW," ALESSANDR 535 00:29:52,991 --> 00:30:05,970 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE ) 536 00:30:06,037 --> 00:30:08,773 HAVE A SEAT. 537 00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:09,874 THANKS FOR BEING HERE. 538 00:30:09,941 --> 00:30:10,542 NICE TO MEET YOU. 539 00:30:10,608 --> 00:30:12,610 >> GOOD TO MEET YOU. 540 00:30:12,677 --> 00:30:15,013 >> Stephen: NOW, "THE MANY SAINTS OF NEWARK," FOR THE 541 00:30:15,079 --> 00:30:19,484 PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT IT YET, BUT I CAN'T IMAGINE WHY, 542 00:30:19,551 --> 00:30:21,152 BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS TALKING. 543 00:30:21,219 --> 00:30:29,160 NOW, YOU PLAY DICKIE MOLTISANTI, WHO IS REFERRED TO IN "THE 544 00:30:29,227 --> 00:30:32,430 SOPRANOS" AS BEING TONY SOPRANO'S MENTOR, HIS UNCLE. 545 00:30:32,497 --> 00:30:37,468 IS IT TRUE YOU HAD NEVER SEEN AN EPISODE OF "THE SOPRANOS" BEFORE 546 00:30:37,535 --> 00:30:38,369 YOU AUDITIONED FOR THIS PART? 547 00:30:38,436 --> 00:30:43,141 >> THIS HAS BECOME A BIG STORY. 548 00:30:43,208 --> 00:30:46,744 >> Stephen: THAT IS-- I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY IT IN ITALIAN. 549 00:30:46,811 --> 00:30:51,950 >> LOOK, I HAD GROWN UP KNOWING THAT THIS WAS A SEMINOLE SHOW 550 00:30:52,016 --> 00:30:56,287 AND IT USHERED IN THIS ERA OF CULTURAL RELEVANCE FOR 551 00:30:56,354 --> 00:30:57,188 TELEVISION. 552 00:30:57,255 --> 00:30:59,023 >> Stephen: THE GOLDEN AGE OF TELEVISION. 553 00:30:59,090 --> 00:31:01,793 >> BUT I WAS AN OUT-OF-WORK ACTOR LIVING ON CHRISTOPHER 554 00:31:01,859 --> 00:31:05,730 STREET, AND I DIDN'T HAVE CABLE. 555 00:31:05,797 --> 00:31:08,266 SO I-- WHAT WAS I SUPPOSED TO DO? 556 00:31:08,333 --> 00:31:13,004 BUT I-- YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY SENT ME THE SCENES TO AUDITION FOR 557 00:31:13,071 --> 00:31:16,541 THE ROLE, I-- YOU KNOW, I TAKE THESE AUDITIONS VERY SERIOUSLY 558 00:31:16,608 --> 00:31:17,809 THESE DAYS. 559 00:31:17,875 --> 00:31:19,811 AND I-- ( LAUGHTER ). 560 00:31:19,877 --> 00:31:20,979 >> Stephen: JUST RECENTLY? 561 00:31:21,045 --> 00:31:25,116 >> AT MY AGE, YOU HAVE TO TAKE THESE THINGS SERIOUSLY. 562 00:31:25,183 --> 00:31:26,851 THEY DON'T COME AROUND ALL THE TIME. 563 00:31:26,918 --> 00:31:30,288 SO I BINGE WATCHED THE FIRST SEASON. 564 00:31:30,355 --> 00:31:31,823 AND -- >> Stephen: PRETTY GOOD, 565 00:31:31,889 --> 00:31:32,657 PRETTY GOOD, RIGHT? 566 00:31:32,724 --> 00:31:37,395 >> COME, ON IT'S-- IT'S LIFE CHANGING. 567 00:31:37,462 --> 00:31:40,765 >> Stephen: HAVE THE SEEN "STAR WARS"? 568 00:31:40,832 --> 00:31:42,634 THAT'S PRETTY GOOD, TOO. 569 00:31:42,700 --> 00:31:43,935 "MASH" WAS A GOOD SERIES, TOO. 570 00:31:44,002 --> 00:31:49,474 >> "STAR WARS" WAS IN THEATERS WHEN I WAS A KID. 571 00:31:49,540 --> 00:31:50,074 THAT'S HOW OLD I AM. 572 00:31:50,141 --> 00:31:51,276 >> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND. 573 00:31:51,342 --> 00:31:55,613 >> SO I WATCHED IT AND LAID DOWN WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A PRETTY 574 00:31:55,680 --> 00:31:56,848 BAD-ASS TAPE FOR DAVID CHASE. 575 00:31:56,914 --> 00:32:01,819 AND THEN I INVITED ETHAN HAWKE OVER, MY FRIEND WHO LIVES DOWN 576 00:32:01,886 --> 00:32:05,490 THE STREET, AND ASKED HIM TO TAKE A LOOK. 577 00:32:05,556 --> 00:32:09,360 AND HE WATCHED IT, AND HE SAID, "WOW, THAT'S-- YEAH, THAT'S 578 00:32:09,427 --> 00:32:10,395 GOOD." 579 00:32:10,461 --> 00:32:13,765 ( LAUGHTER ) "YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO GET IT." 580 00:32:13,831 --> 00:32:15,900 ( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: WHY? 581 00:32:15,967 --> 00:32:19,837 >> BECAUSE I HAD SHOP HIM EVERY OTHER TAPE THAT I'D DONE, AND I 582 00:32:19,904 --> 00:32:20,905 NEVER GOT THOSE. 583 00:32:20,972 --> 00:32:23,374 >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK. 584 00:32:23,441 --> 00:32:24,942 BUT STICK AROUND, AND WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE ALESSANDRO 585 00:32:25,009 --> 00:32:25,543 NIVOLA. 586 00:32:45,296 --> 00:32:47,899 >> Stephen: HEY, HEY, EVERYBODY! 587 00:32:47,965 --> 00:32:49,834 WE'RE BACK WITH THE STAR OF "THE MANY SAINTS OF NEWARK," 588 00:32:49,901 --> 00:32:50,968 ALESSANDRO NIVOLA. 589 00:32:51,035 --> 00:32:56,507 ALESANDRO, THE CREATOR OF "THE SOPRANOS," DID HE GIVE YOU 590 00:32:56,574 --> 00:32:58,443 ADVICE ON HOW TO PLAY DICKIE? 591 00:32:58,509 --> 00:33:00,545 >> WELL -- >> Stephen: BACK STORY? 592 00:33:00,611 --> 00:33:08,986 >> HE'S-- HE'S-- HE'S NOT THE MOST FORTHCOMING MAN. 593 00:33:09,053 --> 00:33:11,255 HE KEEPS HIS CARDS CLOSE TO HIS CHEST. 594 00:33:11,322 --> 00:33:16,494 BUT HE DID GIVE ME A LITTLE WORD OF ADVICE, WHICH WAS "DON'T PAY 595 00:33:16,561 --> 00:33:20,465 ATTENTION TO ANYTHING THAT ANYONE SAID ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER 596 00:33:20,531 --> 00:33:24,235 ON THE SERIES, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL LIARS. 597 00:33:24,302 --> 00:33:24,769 THE ( LAUGHTER ). 598 00:33:24,836 --> 00:33:25,837 >> Stephen: WOW! 599 00:33:25,903 --> 00:33:26,204 THAT'S GREAT. 600 00:33:26,270 --> 00:33:28,506 >> THEY ARE. 601 00:33:28,573 --> 00:33:29,574 YOU KNOW. 602 00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:31,242 >> Stephen: RAY LIOTTA PLAYS YOUR FATHER IN THE FILM. 603 00:33:31,309 --> 00:33:36,514 WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO BE PLAYING ESSENTIALLY GANGSTER SCENES 604 00:33:36,581 --> 00:33:41,819 AGAINST ONE OF THE "GOODFELLAS." 605 00:33:41,886 --> 00:33:47,492 >> RAY WAS ONE OF MY IDOLS GROWING UP, AND I-- I ACTUALLY 606 00:33:47,558 --> 00:33:50,595 FELT THERE WAS A LOT OF SIMILARITY BETWEEN HENRY HILL, 607 00:33:50,661 --> 00:33:54,198 HIS CHARACTER IN "GOODFELLAS" AND THE CHARACTER I WAS PLAYING, 608 00:33:54,265 --> 00:33:57,435 AND THEY BOTH ARE KIND OF CONFUSED BY THEIR OWN VIOLENCE 609 00:33:57,502 --> 00:34:00,805 AND, YOU KNOW, THE HORRIBLE THINGS THAT THEY DO. 610 00:34:00,872 --> 00:34:04,409 SO I-- I HAD WATCHED THAT MOVIE 100 TIMES BEFORE WE STARTED 611 00:34:04,475 --> 00:34:09,981 FILMING, AND I WAS NERVOUS ABOUT COMING TO DO SCENES WITH HIM. 612 00:34:10,047 --> 00:34:15,052 AND THE FIRST-- ONE OF THE FIRST SCENES THAT WE HAD TO SHOOT WAS, 613 00:34:15,119 --> 00:34:19,791 LIKE, A VERY VIOLENT FIGHT THAT WE GET INTO IN A CAR. 614 00:34:19,857 --> 00:34:23,661 AND IT'S CLOSE QUARTERS, AND WE WERE-- WE WERE-- IT WASN'T ONE 615 00:34:23,728 --> 00:34:28,533 OF THOSE SCENES THAT WAS HIGHLY CHOREOGRAPHED, WHERE, YOU KNOW, 616 00:34:28,599 --> 00:34:32,503 POW, YOU HIT HIM, AND YOUR HEAD GOES THAT WAY, AND THEN HE HITS 617 00:34:32,570 --> 00:34:33,638 YOU THAT WAY. 618 00:34:33,704 --> 00:34:34,572 IT WAS MESSY. 619 00:34:34,639 --> 00:34:37,909 LIKE, YOU KNOW, HANDS AND FACES AND KNOW-- 620 00:34:37,975 --> 00:34:39,977 >> Stephen: AGAIN-- >> FINGERS UP NOSE. 621 00:34:40,044 --> 00:34:41,245 ME AND MY DAD. 622 00:34:41,312 --> 00:34:41,746 >> Stephen: SURE, SURE. 623 00:34:41,813 --> 00:34:42,914 >> FAMILIAR STUFF. 624 00:34:42,980 --> 00:34:44,482 YOU'VE BEEN THERE. 625 00:34:44,549 --> 00:34:47,685 >> Stephen: 100%. 626 00:34:47,752 --> 00:34:51,789 >> AND WE'D BEEN SHOOTING THIS FOR HOURS AND HOURS, AND WE GOT 627 00:34:51,856 --> 00:34:56,194 TO ABOUT 5:00 A.M., WE WERE ALL EXHAUSTED, AND BY TOTAL 628 00:34:56,260 --> 00:34:58,663 ACCIDENT, I TAGGED HIM IN THE JAW. 629 00:34:58,729 --> 00:35:02,700 AND I-- AND IMMEDIATELY, I WAS LIKE, "OH, NO! 630 00:35:02,767 --> 00:35:03,568 OH, NO! 631 00:35:03,634 --> 00:35:05,536 I JUST TAGGED MY IDOL." 632 00:35:05,603 --> 00:35:09,273 AND I WENT HOME THAT NIGHT JUST-- JUST, LIKE, HATING 633 00:35:09,340 --> 00:35:10,408 MYSELF. 634 00:35:10,475 --> 00:35:13,478 AND I LAY IN BED, AND I STARED AT THE CEILING ALL NIGHT. 635 00:35:13,544 --> 00:35:14,612 I COULDN'T GET TO SLEEP. 636 00:35:14,679 --> 00:35:18,249 AND I FINALLY DRIFTED OFF, AND THE PHONE RANG. 637 00:35:18,316 --> 00:35:21,085 AND IT'S RAY. 638 00:35:21,152 --> 00:35:24,856 AND HE SOUNDS LIKE HE'S GOT HIS MOUTH FULL OF COTTON OR 639 00:35:24,922 --> 00:35:25,890 SOMETHING. 640 00:35:25,957 --> 00:35:33,664 ( LAUGHTER ) AND HE'S LIKE, "UH, HEY, IT'S 641 00:35:33,731 --> 00:35:34,632 RAY. 642 00:35:34,699 --> 00:35:39,303 I'M-- I'M IN A HOSPITAL ON THE UPPER EAST SIDE. 643 00:35:39,370 --> 00:35:42,940 YOU BROKE MY JAW." 644 00:35:43,007 --> 00:35:47,278 ( AUDIENCE REACTS ) >> AND I'M LIKE... 645 00:35:47,345 --> 00:35:48,546 WHAT? 646 00:35:48,613 --> 00:35:52,517 LIKE, I MEAN, I-- I MEAN, I'M SO SORRY THAT I HIT YOU, BUT, LIKE, 647 00:35:52,583 --> 00:35:54,418 I DIDN'T HIT YOU THAT HARD." 648 00:35:54,485 --> 00:35:58,456 AND HE'S LIKE, "NO, NO, LISTEN I TONIGHT WANT YOU TO WORRY ABOUT 649 00:35:58,523 --> 00:35:59,090 IT. 650 00:35:59,156 --> 00:36:02,527 THEY GOT GREAT PILLS HERE." 651 00:36:02,593 --> 00:36:06,831 AND I'M LIKE-- AND I'M LIKE, MY HEART RATE'S GOING UP AND UP AND 652 00:36:06,898 --> 00:36:07,765 UP. 653 00:36:07,832 --> 00:36:09,600 AND HE'S LIKE, "LISTEN, IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT. 654 00:36:09,667 --> 00:36:11,469 THESE THINGS HAPPEN." 655 00:36:11,536 --> 00:36:14,906 AND I'M THINKING THIS IS MY FIRST BIG BREAK. 656 00:36:14,972 --> 00:36:19,043 I'M LIKE ALMOST 50 YEARS OLD, AND IT'S MY BIG BREAK AS AN 657 00:36:19,110 --> 00:36:22,980 ACTOR, AND I'VE JUST BROKEN THE JAW OF MY COSTAR, THEY'RE GOING 658 00:36:23,047 --> 00:36:23,848 TO FIRE ME. 659 00:36:23,915 --> 00:36:24,348 >> Stephen: SURE, SURE. 660 00:36:24,415 --> 00:36:26,684 >> THE MOVIE'S OVER. 661 00:36:26,751 --> 00:36:27,752 HE'S LIKE, "IT'S ALL GOING TO BE FINE. 662 00:36:27,818 --> 00:36:29,353 I'M ONLY GOING TO BE OUT TWO WEEKS. 663 00:36:29,420 --> 00:36:31,389 THEY WIDER MY JAW SHUT." 664 00:36:31,455 --> 00:36:35,459 AND BY THIS TIME I'M IN FULL-BLOWN PANIC ATTACK 665 00:36:35,526 --> 00:36:40,298 ( LAUGHING ) "I GOT YOU!" 666 00:36:40,364 --> 00:36:42,366 HE'S DOING, LIKE -- >> Stephen: THEN YOU WANT TO 667 00:36:42,433 --> 00:36:43,067 PUNCH HIM. 668 00:36:43,134 --> 00:36:44,035 THEN YOU WANT TO REALLY POP HIM. 669 00:36:44,101 --> 00:36:49,206 >> HE'S DOING THE "GOODFELLAS" LAUGH. 670 00:36:49,273 --> 00:36:50,741 >> Stephen: IS THIS TRUE? 671 00:36:50,808 --> 00:36:54,278 I HEARD THAT YOU WERE THE LEAD IN 12 MOVIES, 12 MOVIES, THAT 672 00:36:54,345 --> 00:36:56,547 WERE NEVER RELEASED. 673 00:36:56,614 --> 00:37:05,690 >> UHKNOW-- BY THE WAY, THESE WERE NOT, LIKE, CANDY-CAM, HOME 674 00:37:05,756 --> 00:37:06,557 MOVIE S. 675 00:37:06,624 --> 00:37:08,526 >> Stephen: THESE WERE NOT HOME MOVIES. 676 00:37:08,593 --> 00:37:13,531 >> THIS WAS LIKE CHRIS WALKEN-- "FIVE DOLLARS A DAY," CHRIS 677 00:37:13,598 --> 00:37:14,165 WALKEN. 678 00:37:14,231 --> 00:37:14,632 >> Stephen: NEVER RELEASED. 679 00:37:14,699 --> 00:37:18,336 >> NEVER RELEASED. 680 00:37:18,402 --> 00:37:23,140 RACHEL WEIS AND I STARRED IN A MOVIE CALLEDIMENT" YOU." 681 00:37:23,207 --> 00:37:25,076 I'M SURE YOU HAVE HEARD OF IT. 682 00:37:25,142 --> 00:37:32,917 ONE MOVIE WAS "1% MORE HUMAN" WITH JUNEAU TEMPLE, ANOTHER 683 00:37:32,984 --> 00:37:35,786 GREAT ACTRESS ON "TED LASSO." 684 00:37:35,853 --> 00:37:39,890 I WON BEST ACTOR AT THE TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL FOR THIS MOVIE, 685 00:37:39,957 --> 00:37:42,360 NEVER GOT RELEASED. 686 00:37:42,426 --> 00:37:46,297 ( APPLAUSE ) YEAH, LET'S CLAP TO THAT! 687 00:37:46,364 --> 00:37:48,566 LET'S CLAP TO THAT! 688 00:37:48,633 --> 00:37:52,937 >> Stephen: YOU HAVE A VERY ITALIAN-SOUNDED NAME, ALESSANDRO 689 00:37:53,004 --> 00:37:53,804 NIVOLA. 690 00:37:53,871 --> 00:37:56,173 NIVOLA IS A HAZEL NUT COOKIE, ISN'T IT? 691 00:37:56,240 --> 00:37:59,677 LIKE A SHOT OF AN ESPRESSO AND THE NIVOLA ON THE SIDE? 692 00:37:59,744 --> 00:38:02,813 >> IT'S ONE OF THE MANY INTERPRETATIONS PEOPLE COME UP 693 00:38:02,880 --> 00:38:03,781 WITH. 694 00:38:03,848 --> 00:38:08,486 >> Stephen: HAS IT BEEN A BIT OF A HINDRANCE. 695 00:38:08,552 --> 00:38:11,355 HAS EVERYBODY CAST YOU AS AN, ITALIAN? 696 00:38:11,422 --> 00:38:12,957 >> THIS IS THE FIRST ITALIAN ROLE I HAD. 697 00:38:13,024 --> 00:38:16,093 >> Stephen: NO ONE THOUGHT TO CAST YOU AS AN ITALIAN. 698 00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:20,364 >> I DID A LOT OF ENGLISH PARTS IN THE BEGINNING OF MY CAREER. 699 00:38:20,431 --> 00:38:22,366 NOBODY KNOWS WHAT TO MAKE OF MY CAREER. 700 00:38:22,433 --> 00:38:28,806 I PLAYED SO MUCH DIFFERENT PARTS-- NICOLAS CAGE, WHEN I DID 701 00:38:28,873 --> 00:38:32,209 "FACE/OFF," HE TOOK ME ASIDE ONE NIGHT-- WE GOT TO BE PRETTY 702 00:38:32,276 --> 00:38:33,511 CLOSE FRIENDS FOR A WHILE. 703 00:38:33,577 --> 00:38:36,480 WE WERE DRIVING MOTORCYCLES AROUND HAWAII. 704 00:38:36,547 --> 00:38:37,381 >> Stephen: WOW. 705 00:38:37,448 --> 00:38:40,685 >> AND I'M REMEMBERING THE GOOD OLD DAYS. 706 00:38:40,751 --> 00:38:44,555 AND HE WAS SITTING DOWN IN THE BASEMENT WITH ME ONE NIGHT, WE 707 00:38:44,622 --> 00:38:45,790 WERE DRINKING WINE. 708 00:38:45,856 --> 00:38:51,128 AND WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT MY CAREER, WHICH LIKE, YOU KNOW,. 709 00:38:51,195 --> 00:38:51,996 >> Stephen: SURE. 710 00:38:52,063 --> 00:38:54,065 >> SOMETIMES I LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THAT. 711 00:38:54,131 --> 00:38:58,602 AND HE SAID, "YOU KNOW, ALESANDRO, WHO DO YOU WANT TO 712 00:38:58,669 --> 00:38:59,870 BE, MAN? 713 00:38:59,937 --> 00:39:11,348 IAND I'M LIKE, "I DON'T KNOW, ANYBODY EXCEPT MYSELF; SOMEBODY 714 00:39:11,415 --> 00:39:12,116 ELSE." 715 00:39:12,183 --> 00:39:14,118 "WELL, YOU GOTTA FIGURE THAT OUT." 716 00:39:14,185 --> 00:39:14,885 ( LAUGHTER ). 717 00:39:14,952 --> 00:39:16,787 >> Stephen: HAS HE FIGURED IT OUT. 718 00:39:16,854 --> 00:39:18,122 >> I OBVIOUSLY NEVER DID. 719 00:39:18,189 --> 00:39:20,958 >> Stephen: HAS HE FIGURED IT OUT. 720 00:39:21,025 --> 00:39:24,261 >> NO, HE'S NIC, MAN, THERE'S NO MISTAKING HIM. 721 00:39:24,328 --> 00:39:26,797 >> Stephen: I'M GOING TO WATCH THAT MOVIE AGAIN RIGHT NOW. 722 00:39:26,864 --> 00:39:30,234 FIRST I'M GOING TO WATCH "THE MANY SAINTS OF NEWARK," WHICH IS 723 00:39:30,301 --> 00:39:33,304 IN THEATERS AND STREAMING ON HBOMAX ON FRIDAY. 724 00:39:33,370 --> 00:39:34,905 ALESSANDRO NIVOLA, EVERYBODY. 725 00:39:34,972 --> 00:39:36,874 ALESANDRO, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 726 00:39:36,941 --> 00:39:39,343 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪ ♪ ♪ 727 00:39:39,410 --> 00:39:40,177 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. 728 00:39:50,755 --> 00:39:52,022 THAT'S IT FOR "THE LATE SHOW," EVERYBODY. 729 00:39:52,089 --> 00:39:54,625 TUNE IN TOMORROW WHEN MY GUEST WILL BE JOHN LITHGOW. 730 00:39:54,692 --> 00:39:55,726 JAMES CORDEN IS NEXT. 731 00:39:55,793 --> 00:40:00,397 GOOD NIGHT. 732 00:40:00,464 --> 00:40:01,799 WELCOME BACK. 733 00:40:01,866 --> 00:40:02,333 HELLO, JON. 734 00:40:02,399 --> 00:40:03,434 WHAT HAPPENED TO JOE? 735 00:40:03,501 --> 00:40:07,304 IS HE OKAY? 736 00:40:07,371 --> 00:40:08,539 YOU KNOW WHAT? 737 00:40:08,606 --> 00:40:10,541 LOVE PEOPLE WHILE THEY'RE WITH YOU, BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN 738 00:40:10,608 --> 00:40:11,509 THEY'RE GOING TO BE GONE. 739 00:40:11,575 --> 00:40:13,010 >> Jon: HMMM... 740 00:40:13,077 --> 00:40:15,212 >> Stephen: THAT'S WHAT I JUST LEARNED. 741 00:40:15,279 --> 00:40:17,214 >> Jon: JUST NOW WITH JOE? 742 00:40:17,281 --> 00:40:17,782 >> Stephen: YEAH. 743 00:40:17,848 --> 00:40:19,984 >> Jon: OH, WOW, I SEE. 744 00:40:20,050 --> 00:40:21,852 >> Stephen: I LEARNED IT BEFORE, BUT THIS REALLY BRINGS 745 00:40:21,919 --> 00:40:22,019 IT HOME.