1 00:00:02,001 --> 00:00:06,106 ALERT ABOUT SANTA. TURNS OUT, IT MIGHT BE HARD FOR 2 00:00:06,172 --> 00:00:09,275 SANTA TO SHOW UP IN EVERY MALL THIS YEAR. 3 00:00:09,342 --> 00:00:10,944 IT'S PART OF A MASSIVE NATIONWIDE LABOR SHORTAGE 4 00:00:11,010 --> 00:00:14,948 LEAVING MALLS AND STORES SCRAMBLING FOR ST. NICKS, JUST 5 00:00:15,014 --> 00:00:16,249 WHEN EVERYONE NEEDS THAT CHRISTMAS CHEER. 6 00:00:16,316 --> 00:00:19,285 ♪ ♪ ♪ >> THIS HOLIDAY SEASON ON THE 7 00:00:19,352 --> 00:00:23,957 HALLMARK CHANNEL, THE VILLAGERS WERE ANGRY BECAUSE THERE WERE NO 8 00:00:24,023 --> 00:00:27,794 MALL SANTAS. >> WE NEED A SANTA! 9 00:00:27,861 --> 00:00:30,897 >> UNTIL ONE DESPERATE STORE MANAGER CAME UP WITH A CRAZY 10 00:00:30,964 --> 00:00:33,633 IDEA. HE MADE ONE. 11 00:00:33,700 --> 00:00:35,568 >> IT'S ALIVE! IT'S ALIVE! 12 00:00:35,635 --> 00:00:37,971 IT'S ALIVE! >> THIS WINTER, IT'S 13 00:00:38,037 --> 00:00:39,739 "FRANKENCLAUSE," THE HEARTWARMING TALE OF A MALL 14 00:00:39,806 --> 00:00:41,975 SANTA ASSEMBLED FROM HUMAN REMAINS. 15 00:00:42,041 --> 00:00:46,212 >> I CREATED IT. I MADE IT WITH MY OWN HANDS FROM 16 00:00:46,279 --> 00:00:49,983 THE BODIES I TOOK FROM GRAVES FROM THE GALLOWS. 17 00:00:50,049 --> 00:00:53,586 >> WATCH AS HE LEARNS FROM A RETIRED MALL SANTA, AND HAVE 18 00:00:53,653 --> 00:00:55,822 YOUR HEART WARMED AS FRANKENCLAUSE CONNECTS WITH 19 00:00:55,889 --> 00:01:00,794 CHILDREN. >> I WANT AN EASY BAKE OVEN! 20 00:01:00,860 --> 00:01:03,997 >> IT'S THE YULETIDE HOLIDAY TREAT THAT YOU'D BE CRAZY TO 21 00:01:04,063 --> 00:01:08,034 MISS. >> CRAZY, AM I? 22 00:01:08,101 --> 00:01:11,438 WE'LL SEE WHETHER I'M CRAZY OR NOT. 23 00:01:11,504 --> 00:01:15,975 >> "FRANKENCLAUSE," COMING THIS HOLIDAY SEASON. 24 00:01:16,042 --> 00:01:18,011 >> Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE 25 00:01:18,077 --> 00:01:23,450 SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT." TONIGHT: 26 00:01:23,516 --> 00:01:28,254 WHO DONE IT? AND A STAR-STUDDED MUSICAL 27 00:01:28,321 --> 00:01:33,026 TRIBUTE TO "THE LORD OF THE RING." 28 00:01:33,092 --> 00:01:34,794 PLUS, STEPHEN WELCOMES: DENZEL WASHINGTON 29 00:01:34,861 --> 00:01:39,332 AND MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL 30 00:01:39,399 --> 00:01:43,770 FEATURING JON BATISTE AND STAY HUMAN. 31 00:01:43,837 --> 00:01:46,773 AND NOW, LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE 32 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:52,779 ED SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! 33 00:01:52,846 --> 00:02:07,293 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: HEY! 34 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:12,131 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE ) 35 00:02:12,198 --> 00:02:22,842 YOU. WELCOME, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,. 36 00:02:22,909 --> 00:02:25,512 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 37 00:02:25,578 --> 00:02:28,548 WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW." I AM YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT. 38 00:02:28,615 --> 00:02:34,854 FOLKS-- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 39 00:02:34,921 --> 00:02:38,925 ABOUT THE INSURRECTION ON JANUARY 6, THE MORE IT BECOMES 40 00:02:38,992 --> 00:02:45,498 CLEAR THAT WE HAVE TWO POLITICAL PARTIES IN THIS COUNTRY. 41 00:02:45,565 --> 00:02:47,100 YOU HAVE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, AND THE ANTI -DEMOCRATIC PARTY, 42 00:02:47,166 --> 00:02:48,968 BECAUSE ONLY ONE OF THESE PARTIES CARES WHETHER YOU GET 43 00:02:49,035 --> 00:02:52,839 TO VOTE IN AN ELECTION. TAKE THE CASE OF FORMER CHIEF OF 44 00:02:52,906 --> 00:02:56,943 STAFF AND CLINICALLY DEPRESSED POTATO, MARK MEADOWS. 45 00:02:57,010 --> 00:03:01,147 MEADOWS AT FIRST AGREED TO COOPERATE WITH THE JANUARY 6 46 00:03:01,214 --> 00:03:03,650 CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION, THEN QUICKLY UNAGREED. 47 00:03:03,716 --> 00:03:08,821 SO LAST NIGHT, THE HOUSE VOTED TO HOLD MEADOWS IN CRIMINAL 48 00:03:08,888 --> 00:03:09,622 CONTEMPT. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). 49 00:03:09,689 --> 00:03:14,627 YES, HELL, YES! CRIMINAL CONTEMPT. 50 00:03:14,694 --> 00:03:17,196 AND THE REST OF US CAN JUST KEEP HOLDING HIM IN REGULAR CONTEMPT. 51 00:03:17,263 --> 00:03:25,271 ( LAUGHTER ) FOR IT: KINZINGER AND CHENEY. 52 00:03:25,338 --> 00:03:28,041 EVERY OTHER REPUBLICAN, EVERY OTHER ONE, DOESN'T WANT YOU TO 53 00:03:28,107 --> 00:03:38,785 KNOW WHAT HAPPENED ON JANUARY 6 ( AUDIENCE BOOING ) 54 00:03:38,851 --> 00:03:40,587 TAKE OHIO CONGRESSMAN AND MIME WHO WON'T SHUT UP, JIM JORDAN. 55 00:03:40,653 --> 00:03:41,654 JORDAN WANTED TO LET HIS BUDDY MEADOWS OFF THE HOOK. 56 00:03:41,721 --> 00:03:45,592 >> MARK MEADOWS IS OUR FORMER COLLEAGUE. 57 00:03:45,658 --> 00:03:48,227 HE IS A GOOD MAN. AND HE'S MY FRIEND. 58 00:03:48,294 --> 00:03:52,932 AND THIS IS-- THIS IS AS WRONG AS IT GETS. 59 00:03:52,999 --> 00:03:54,067 >> Stephen: NO, "AS WRONG AS IT GETS" IS IGNORING SEXUAL 60 00:03:54,133 --> 00:03:57,570 ABUSE IN THE SHOWERS AT OHIO STATE. 61 00:03:57,637 --> 00:04:03,509 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) NEVER FORGET. 62 00:04:03,576 --> 00:04:09,649 IT'S NOT JUST JORDAN. THE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS IS AN 63 00:04:09,716 --> 00:04:13,786 ACCESSORY TO THIS COUP, AND WE RECENTLY GOT MORE EVIDENCE OF 64 00:04:13,853 --> 00:04:16,055 THAT IN THE FORM OF TEXT MESSAGES TO MARK MEADOWS, LIKE 65 00:04:16,122 --> 00:04:17,290 THIS ONE HE RECEIVED ON JANUARY 7 FROM A REPUBLICAN LAWMAKER: 66 00:04:17,357 --> 00:04:19,959 "YESTERDAY WAS A TERRIBLE DAY..." 67 00:04:20,026 --> 00:04:23,196 WELL, I MEAN, AT LEAST WE CAN ALL AGREE ON THAT. 68 00:04:23,262 --> 00:04:27,200 "WE TRIED EVERYTHING WE COULD IN OUR OBJECTION TO THE SIX STATES. 69 00:04:27,266 --> 00:04:30,336 I'M SORRY NOTHING WORKED." OH! 70 00:04:30,403 --> 00:04:34,941 SO HE REGRETS NOT BEING ABLE TO DROWN LADY LIBERTY IN A BATHTUB. 71 00:04:35,008 --> 00:04:38,478 IT'S LIKE SENDING A SYMPATHY CARD THAT SAYS, "MY DEEPEST 72 00:04:38,544 --> 00:04:42,315 CONDOLENCES... THAT YOU LIVED. 73 00:04:42,382 --> 00:04:47,353 I WAS ROOTING FOR THE TUMOR!" NOW-- YES, IT'S NOT A GOOD CARD 74 00:04:47,420 --> 00:04:50,423 TO HAVE SENT. THE COMMITTEE RELEASED A 75 00:04:50,490 --> 00:04:52,925 DISTURBING TEXT FROM ANOTHER REPUBLICAN LAWMAKER, SENT TO 76 00:04:52,992 --> 00:04:54,927 MEADOWS THE DAY AFTER THE ELECTION: 77 00:04:54,994 --> 00:04:58,931 "HERE'S AN AGGRESSIVE STRATEGY: WHY CAN'T THE STATES OF GEORGIA, 78 00:04:58,998 --> 00:05:02,335 NORTH CAROLINA, PENNSYLVANIA, AND OTHER REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLED 79 00:05:02,402 --> 00:05:05,938 STATE HOUSES DECLARE THIS IS B.S.-- WHERE CONFLICTS AND 80 00:05:06,005 --> 00:05:08,107 ELECTION NOT CALLED THAT NIGHT-- AND JUST SEND THEIR OWN ELECTORS 81 00:05:08,174 --> 00:05:11,010 TO VOTE AND HAVE IT GO TO THE SCOTUS?" 82 00:05:11,077 --> 00:05:15,014 "AN AGGRESSIVE STRATEGY," IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT. 83 00:05:15,081 --> 00:05:16,616 THAT'S LIKE AN ARSONIST SAYING, "YOUR HONOR, I DON'T 84 00:05:16,683 --> 00:05:22,789 THINK OF IT AS BURNING THE HOUSE DOWN. 85 00:05:22,855 --> 00:05:28,761 I THINK OF IT AS AN AGGRESSIVE MARIE KONDO-ING: "THE HOUSE 86 00:05:28,828 --> 00:05:31,030 DID NOT SPARK JOY, SO I SPARKED A BOX OF OILY RAGS." 87 00:05:31,097 --> 00:05:35,268 ( LAUGHTER ) WELL, THE IDENTITY OF THESE 88 00:05:35,334 --> 00:05:39,005 LAWMAKERS WAS NOT BEING DISCLOSED. 89 00:05:39,072 --> 00:05:42,642 SO PEOPLE ON TWITTER ARE NOW GUESSING NAMES LIKE 90 00:05:42,709 --> 00:05:47,013 PAUL GOSAR, JIM JORDAN, DEVIN NUNES, MATT GAETZ, TED CRUZ, AND 91 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:48,848 JOSH HAWLEY. AND YOU CAN PLAY THE HOME 92 00:05:48,915 --> 00:05:51,184 VERSION IN THE FUN NEW GAME "CLUE-LESS." 93 00:05:51,250 --> 00:05:54,987 ( LAUGHTER ) THESE MESSAGES-- GOT A LITTLE-- 94 00:05:55,054 --> 00:06:03,062 GOT A LITTLE-- THERE YOU GO. THESE MESSAGES HAVE THE RING OF 95 00:06:03,129 --> 00:06:06,466 UNFILTERED TRUTH BECAUSE THEY'RE TAKEN FROM MARK MEADOWS' TWO 96 00:06:06,532 --> 00:06:11,070 PERSONAL PHONES. AND NOTHING SAYS "INNOCENT" LIKE 97 00:06:11,137 --> 00:06:13,706 A SECOND CELL PHONE. ( LAUGHTER ) 98 00:06:13,773 --> 00:06:18,444 WHAT'S THAT, HONEY? YOU FOUND MY SECOND PHONE IN THE 99 00:06:18,511 --> 00:06:20,713 CLOSET? OH, THAT'S JUST MY BACKUP. 100 00:06:20,780 --> 00:06:23,015 'I LOVE YOU' PHONE IN CASE I CAN'T FIND THE FIRST ONE TO TELL 101 00:06:23,082 --> 00:06:25,885 YOU HOW MUCH I WAS NOT SLEEPING WITH THE BABYSITTER LAST NIGHT. 102 00:06:25,952 --> 00:06:28,654 HELLO! I LOVE MY WIFE... WHO'S RIGHT 103 00:06:28,721 --> 00:06:32,959 HERE IN THE ROOM WITH ME RIGHT NOW. 104 00:06:33,025 --> 00:06:35,061 GOOD-BYE, WRONG NUMBER!" THIS WHOLE ATTEMPTED COUP WAS 105 00:06:35,128 --> 00:06:40,166 BASED ON THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S ENDLESS LIES ABOUT NON-EXISTENT 106 00:06:40,233 --> 00:06:47,006 MASSIVE VOTER FRAUD. AND NOW THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HAS 107 00:06:47,073 --> 00:06:48,508 SHOWN JUST HOW BIG A LIAR IT IS. THEY CONDUCTED A REVIEW OF EVERY 108 00:06:48,574 --> 00:06:51,077 POTENTIAL CASE OF VOTER FRAUD IN THE SIX BATTLEGROUND STATES HE 109 00:06:51,144 --> 00:06:54,814 DISPUTED AND FOUND FEWER THAN 475, A NUMBER THAT WOULD HAVE 110 00:06:54,881 --> 00:06:59,085 MADE NO DIFFERENCE IN THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. 111 00:06:59,152 --> 00:07:01,154 WOW, THAT'S GOING TO MAKE RUDY GIULIANI YELLING ABOUT FRAUD 112 00:07:01,220 --> 00:07:04,123 NEXT TO A DILDO SHOP SEEM RIDICULOUS. 113 00:07:04,190 --> 00:07:08,461 ( LAUGHTER ) THAT'S-- THAT'S-- THAT'S SAD. 114 00:07:08,528 --> 00:07:11,130 IT'S SAD. >> Jon: SAD, SAD, SAD. 115 00:07:11,197 --> 00:07:13,466 >> Stephen: CRAZY. IT'S CRAZY! 116 00:07:13,533 --> 00:07:18,805 >> Jon: IT'S CRAZY! >> Stephen: THE FEW CASES THAT 117 00:07:18,871 --> 00:07:21,974 THE A.P. DID FIND COULD NOT THROW THE OUTCOME INTO QUESTION 118 00:07:22,041 --> 00:07:23,342 EVEN IF ALL THE POTENTIALLY FRAUDULENT VOTES WERE FOR 119 00:07:23,409 --> 00:07:26,179 BIDEN-- WHICH THEY WERE NOT-- AND EVEN IF THOSE BALLOTS WERE 120 00:07:26,245 --> 00:07:29,282 ACTUALLY COUNTED-- WHICH, IN MOST CASES, THEY WERE NOT. 121 00:07:29,348 --> 00:07:31,150 OKAY, BUT ARE WE REALLY SUPPOSED TO BELIEVE A BUNCH OF REPORTERS 122 00:07:31,217 --> 00:07:33,119 ON SOMETHING AS IMPORTANT AS AN ELECTION? 123 00:07:33,186 --> 00:07:36,522 NONE OF THEM HAVE EVER INVENTED A PILLOW! 124 00:07:36,589 --> 00:07:42,495 ( LAUGHTER ) WAS NO FRAUD AT ALL. 125 00:07:42,562 --> 00:07:47,433 IN FACT, THREE REPUBLICAN 126 00:07:47,500 --> 00:07:49,302 RESIDENTS OF THE VILLAGES RETIREMENT COMMUNITY IN FLORIDA 127 00:07:49,368 --> 00:07:51,504 WERE ARRESTED FOR CASTING MULTIPLE VOTES IN 2020. 128 00:07:51,571 --> 00:07:55,141 ( APPLAUSE ) I GOTCHA! 129 00:07:55,208 --> 00:07:59,145 LET'S SEE THE ELECTION FRAUDSTERS THE G.O.P. HAS 130 00:07:59,212 --> 00:08:02,615 BEEN HUNTING FOR: MY GOD-- IT'S THE CRIMINAL 131 00:08:02,682 --> 00:08:05,585 MASTERMINDS KNOWN AS "THE MAH JONGG MAFIA!" 132 00:08:05,651 --> 00:08:08,754 ( LAUGHTER ) "THE VILLAGES," IT'S THE LARGEST 133 00:08:08,821 --> 00:08:12,592 RETIREMENT COMMUNITY IN THE WORLD. 134 00:08:12,658 --> 00:08:15,261 IMAGINE IF CENTRAL FLORIDA MADE LOVE TO A GOLF CART ON A 135 00:08:15,328 --> 00:08:18,598 PICKLEBALL COURT AND HAD 100,000 VERY OLD BABIES. 136 00:08:18,664 --> 00:08:23,202 ( LAUGHTER ) GOING RIGHT FROM BOCCE BREAKFAST 137 00:08:23,269 --> 00:08:27,206 TO THE EARLY JAILBIRD SPECIAL, BECAUSE THEY VOTED IN FLORIDA 138 00:08:27,273 --> 00:08:30,576 WHILE ALSO CASTING BALLOTS IN THEIR ORIGINAL HOME STATES, 139 00:08:30,643 --> 00:08:34,547 WHICH IS A THIRD-DEGREE FELONY PUNISHABLE BY UP TO FIVE YEARS 140 00:08:34,614 --> 00:08:35,548 IN PRISON. YEAH. 141 00:08:35,615 --> 00:08:45,024 ( APPLAUSE ) THEY'LL HAVE TO LIVE A LIFE OF 142 00:08:45,091 --> 00:08:47,226 INSTITUTIONAL MEALS AND LIGHTS OUT AT 8:00 SHARP... 143 00:08:47,293 --> 00:08:49,195 SO, PRETTY MUCH THE SAME. ( LAUGHTER ) 144 00:08:49,262 --> 00:08:58,504 COVID NEWS, THERE IS STILL, UNFORTUNATELY, NO VACCINE FOR 145 00:08:58,571 --> 00:09:00,306 "STUPID." AND WE SAW THAT FIRSTHAND 146 00:09:00,373 --> 00:09:05,578 YESTERDAY IN QUEENS, WHEN, REPORTEDLY, A GROUP OF 147 00:09:05,645 --> 00:09:07,046 ANTIVAXXERS STAGED A "SIT -IN" AT A CHEESECAKE FACTORY. 148 00:09:07,113 --> 00:09:10,483 IRONIC, BECAUSE THE HEALTHIEST THING YOU CAN GET AT A 149 00:09:10,549 --> 00:09:12,652 CHEESECAKE FACTORY IS COVID. ( LAUGHTER ) 150 00:09:12,718 --> 00:09:16,522 AFTER THE-- OH, WHAT DO THEY HAVE? 151 00:09:16,589 --> 00:09:19,292 THE... CHEESEBURGER SPRING ROLLS. 152 00:09:19,358 --> 00:09:23,229 AFTER THE MASKLESS CRUSADERS SHOWED UP TO THE RESTAURANT, 153 00:09:23,296 --> 00:09:26,032 THEY REFUSED TO CHECK IN AT THE HOST STAND, SKIPPED WAITING 154 00:09:26,098 --> 00:09:29,001 CUSTOMERS, AND SAT THEMSELVES ACROSS MULTIPLE TABLES. 155 00:09:29,068 --> 00:09:31,270 EVENTUALLY, THE POLICE WERE CALLED, AND AFTER REFUSING TO 156 00:09:31,337 --> 00:09:34,674 LEAVE, FOUR PEOPLE ENDED UP BEING ARRESTED. 157 00:09:34,740 --> 00:09:35,875 YEAH! ( APPLAUSE ) 158 00:09:35,942 --> 00:09:39,078 THROW THE BOOK AT THEM! OR THE MENU FOR THE CHEESECAKE 159 00:09:39,145 --> 00:09:42,648 FACTORY! IT'S THICKER. 160 00:09:42,715 --> 00:09:48,654 BUT THERE IS SOME GOOD NEWS IN THE WORLD OF COVID... 161 00:09:48,721 --> 00:09:50,957 OR AT LEAST SOME ADORABLE NEWS. BECAUSE RESEARCHERS ARE TRAINING 162 00:09:51,023 --> 00:09:57,163 DOGS TO SNIFF OUT COVID FROM OLD SOCKS. 163 00:09:57,229 --> 00:10:01,133 IT'S A SMART IDEA. MUCH BETTER THAN TRAINING 164 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:04,170 CATS CAN DETECT IF YOU HAVE COVID, BUT THEY WON'T TELL YOU, 165 00:10:04,236 --> 00:10:07,673 BECAUSE THEY WANT YOU DEAD. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). 166 00:10:07,740 --> 00:10:09,208 WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT. 167 00:10:09,275 --> 00:10:12,244 SO MANY GREAT THINGS. SO MANY GREAT GUESTS. 168 00:10:12,311 --> 00:10:14,914 WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A SECOND. 169 00:10:14,981 --> 00:10:17,283 NOW, NORMALLY RIGHT NOW AT THE END OF THE MONOLOGUE, WE WOULD 170 00:10:17,350 --> 00:10:22,054 GO TO A COMMERCIAL BREAK. BUT I'VE GOT A PERSONAL 171 00:10:22,121 --> 00:10:24,657 QUESTION, AND I NEED AN HONEST ANSWER FROM YOU ALL. 172 00:10:24,724 --> 00:10:25,658 WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE COMMERCIALS OR MORE SHOW? 173 00:10:25,725 --> 00:10:29,662 >> Audience: MORE SHOW! 174 00:10:29,729 --> 00:10:30,730 >> Stephen: EVEN IF THE MORE SHOW IS BASICALLY ALSO A 175 00:10:30,796 --> 00:10:31,564 COMMERCIAL? >> Audience: 176 00:10:31,630 --> 00:10:33,232 EVEN IF! >> Stephen: OKAY. YOU'RE THE 177 00:10:33,299 --> 00:10:37,069 BOSS. SAY HI TO JON BATISTE AND STAY 178 00:10:37,136 --> 00:10:39,505 HUMAN WHILE I CROSS OVER HERE. ( APPLAUSE ). 179 00:10:39,572 --> 00:10:44,076 YES, INDEED! WE LOVE IT! 180 00:10:44,143 --> 00:10:48,247 >> Stephen: JON, JON, WHAT DO I GOT HERE? 181 00:10:48,314 --> 00:10:49,482 JON. >> Jon: YES. 182 00:10:49,548 --> 00:10:51,617 >> Stephen: I-- I AM TALKING THIS EVENING-- I AM TALKING THIS 183 00:10:51,684 --> 00:10:53,786 EVENING TO TWO TOWERING INDIVIDUALS. 184 00:10:53,853 --> 00:10:55,654 >> Jon: OH, YEAH. >> Stephen: YOU A FAN OF 185 00:10:55,721 --> 00:10:58,824 DENZEL WASHINGTON. >> Stephen: OH, MY GOODNESS. 186 00:10:58,891 --> 00:10:59,892 LEGEND. LEGEND. 187 00:10:59,959 --> 00:11:02,895 >> Stephen: ONE OF THE GREATEST ACTORS ALIVE. 188 00:11:02,962 --> 00:11:05,831 AND WE HAVE MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL HERE TONIGHT. 189 00:11:05,898 --> 00:11:09,869 NJTSZ GOT A GOOD VIBE IN HERE TONIGHT. 190 00:11:09,935 --> 00:11:12,605 >> Stephen: I'VE SEEN HER NEW MOVIE "THE LOST DAUGHTER." 191 00:11:12,671 --> 00:11:14,707 UNBELIEVABLE. IT ALMOST MAKES ME ANGRY THIS IS 192 00:11:14,774 --> 00:11:16,909 HER FIRST MOVIE TO ACT AND DIRECT. 193 00:11:16,976 --> 00:11:18,611 IT'S EXTRAORDINARY. THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING SHE'S 194 00:11:18,677 --> 00:11:22,615 NOT GOOD AT. WE HAVE TO FIND OUT. 195 00:11:22,681 --> 00:11:26,619 FOLKS, TONIGHT'S "MORE SHOW" IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY GOOGLE'S "YEAR 196 00:11:26,685 --> 00:11:30,289 IN SEARCH,"THEIR ANNUAL SHORT FILM, THAT I'M ABOUT TO SHOW 197 00:11:30,356 --> 00:11:31,757 YO, AND WHICH EXPLORES THE PAST YEAR'S BIGGEST GOOGLE SEARCH 198 00:11:31,824 --> 00:11:34,627 TRENDS. GOOGLE EVEN SENT OVER SOME OF 199 00:11:34,693 --> 00:11:36,395 THE TRENDING SEARCHES ABOUT YOURS TRULY. 200 00:11:36,462 --> 00:11:40,633 IN 2021, SOME OF THE MOST FREQUENT SEARCHES ABOUT ME 201 00:11:40,699 --> 00:11:42,001 WERE-- AND THEY TELL ME THIS IS TRUE-- "HOW OLD IS STEPHEN 202 00:11:42,068 --> 00:11:47,640 COLBERT?" I'M 57. 203 00:11:47,706 --> 00:11:51,644 "HOW TALL IS STEPHEN COLBERT?" I'M 5'11." 204 00:11:51,710 --> 00:11:55,648 AND "HOW SEND PHOTOS TO STEPHEN COLBERT SHOW." 205 00:11:55,714 --> 00:11:59,985 OH, IT EASY. SEND PHOTOS TO SHOW. 206 00:12:00,052 --> 00:12:03,722 OR PAINT PICTURE ON CAVE WALL. ( LAUGHTER ) 207 00:12:03,789 --> 00:12:09,261 EMERGED IN THE GOOGLE-SCAPE: PEOPLE WANT TO HEAL.ú 208 00:12:09,328 --> 00:12:11,697 SOME OF THE TRENDING SEARCHES FROM 2021 INCLUDED: 209 00:12:11,764 --> 00:12:15,701 "WHEN CAN I GET THE VACCINE," "HOW TO STAY STRONG." 210 00:12:15,768 --> 00:12:19,071 AND "WHAT IS MY PURPOSE." THIS YEAR, I HAVE OFTEN WONDERED 211 00:12:19,138 --> 00:12:22,274 THE SAME THING, SO I GOOGLED "WHAT IS MY PURPOSE" BEFORE THE 212 00:12:22,341 --> 00:12:23,742 SHOW, AND THE ANSWER WAS, "TO BANK SOME COIN FOR CBS BY DOING 213 00:12:23,809 --> 00:12:27,713 PRODUCT PLACEMENT." ( LAUGHTER ) 214 00:12:27,780 --> 00:12:35,354 2021'S GOOGLE "YEAR IN SEARCH" IS "HEALING." 215 00:12:35,421 --> 00:12:37,857 WE HAVE A LOT TO HEAL FROM: THE PANDEMIC, JOB STRESS, SHORTAGES, 216 00:12:37,923 --> 00:12:40,159 JURGEN GETTING KICKED OFF "THE GREAT BRITISH BAKING SHOW" RIGHT 217 00:12:40,226 --> 00:12:43,095 BEFORE THE FINALE-- I SAW IT COMING, BUT I STILL WASN'T 218 00:12:43,162 --> 00:12:49,101 READY! 2021 WAS SO ROUGH, IT MADE 2020 219 00:12:49,168 --> 00:12:51,971 LOOK LIKE 2019. ( LAUGHTER ) 220 00:12:52,037 --> 00:12:55,074 FOR ANSWERS. HERE'S A LOOK AT HOW WE SEARCHED 221 00:12:55,141 --> 00:12:59,678 THIS YEAR. ♪ ♪ ♪ 222 00:12:59,745 --> 00:13:02,748 >> THIS YEAR HAS BEEN EXTREMELY 223 00:13:02,815 --> 00:13:11,757 CHALLENGING FOR ME. I AM BROKEN. 224 00:13:11,824 --> 00:13:18,197 AND I AM HEALING. 225 00:13:18,264 --> 00:13:19,965 >> I AM HERE AT THE MEMORIAL WALL. 226 00:13:20,032 --> 00:13:21,667 I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING TO REMEMBER MY MOM. 227 00:13:21,734 --> 00:13:24,603 >> FOR SOME REASON, I'M HAVING ANXIETY. 228 00:13:24,670 --> 00:13:26,438 OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S NORMAL WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT 229 00:13:26,505 --> 00:13:27,673 NOW. >> I THINK I'M GOING TO TAKE A 230 00:13:27,740 --> 00:13:31,177 BREAK FOR A WHILE. >> YOU CAN GET THROUGH IT, AND 231 00:13:31,243 --> 00:13:34,480 IF YOU CAN GET THROUGH IT, THERE'S A GREATER REWARD ON THE 232 00:13:34,547 --> 00:13:37,116 OTHER SIDE. >> JUST LIKE ANYBODY ELSE, I'M 233 00:13:37,183 --> 00:13:41,654 JUST TRYING TO DO MY LITTLE PART TO TRY AND SAVE MY COMMUNITY. 234 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:43,822 >> I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED WE'RE BACK OPEN. 235 00:13:43,889 --> 00:13:47,626 >> AND I AM SMILING UNDER MY MASK! 236 00:13:47,693 --> 00:13:51,163 >> THE DAY THE FANS CAME BACK. >> WELCOME BACK TO THEATER! 237 00:13:51,230 --> 00:13:57,269 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). >> YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOURSELF IN 238 00:13:57,336 --> 00:13:59,772 THE MIRROR, AND YOU'RE JUST LIKE, "THERE I AM." 239 00:13:59,838 --> 00:14:04,977 >> BE YOUR BEST! NEVER, EVER, EVER STOP DREAMING! 240 00:14:05,044 --> 00:14:08,781 I DON'T CARE WHAT THEY TELL YOU. >> WE, THE JURY IN THE ABOVE 241 00:14:08,847 --> 00:14:11,350 ENTITLED MATTER AS TO COUNT THREE FIND THE DEFENDANT GUILTY. 242 00:14:11,417 --> 00:14:16,288 >> I AM PROUD TO BE ASIAN! >> WE ARE NOT DROWNING. 243 00:14:16,355 --> 00:14:20,726 WE ARE FIGHTING. >> WE CANNOT KEEP QUIET ABOUT 244 00:14:20,793 --> 00:14:22,761 CLIMATE INJUSTICE. NO ACTION IS TOO SMALL. 245 00:14:22,828 --> 00:14:27,132 >> WE JUST HAVE TO BAND TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY AND GET PEOPLE'S 246 00:14:27,199 --> 00:14:33,138 LIVES BACK. 247 00:14:33,205 --> 00:14:38,377 >> EVEN AS WE GRIEVED, WE GREW. EVEN AS WE HURT, WE HOPED. 248 00:14:38,444 --> 00:14:46,552 EVEN AS WE TIRED, WE TRY THAT WE'LL FOREVER BE TIED TOGETHER, 249 00:14:46,619 --> 00:14:56,829 VICTORIOUS. ♪ ♪ ♪ 250 00:14:56,895 --> 00:15:06,705 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) AND THAT, THAT RIGHT THERE... 251 00:15:06,772 --> 00:15:13,579 ( APPLAUSE ) FOLKS, NOT ONLY HAS IT BEEN A 252 00:15:13,646 --> 00:15:15,848 HECK OF A YEAR. IT'S ALSO BEEN A HECK OF A 253 00:15:15,914 --> 00:15:19,852 DECADE, A HECK OF A CENTURY, FOR THAT MATTER, A HECK OF A 254 00:15:19,918 --> 00:15:21,220 MILLENNIUM. SO WE HERE AT "THE LATE SHOW" 255 00:15:21,287 --> 00:15:24,857 ARE ABOUT TO TAKE A MUCH -NEEDED HOLIDAY BREAK. 256 00:15:24,923 --> 00:15:26,058 BUT THE ONLY THING I REGRET ABOUT THAT IS IT MEANS I WON'T 257 00:15:26,125 --> 00:15:29,228 BE ON THE AIR NEXT WEEK TO CELEBRATE THE 20th ANNIVERSARY 258 00:15:29,295 --> 00:15:33,799 OF "THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING," WHICH 259 00:15:33,866 --> 00:15:38,671 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 20th ANNIVERSARY OF ME NOT 260 00:15:38,737 --> 00:15:41,173 SHUTTING UP ABOUT "THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE 261 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:45,878 RING." IT WAS 20 YEARS AGO THIS SUNDAY 262 00:15:45,944 --> 00:15:47,713 THAT THIS MOVIE KICKED OFF MY FAVORITE FILM SERIES OF ALL 263 00:15:47,780 --> 00:15:51,050 TIME. AND WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS: 264 00:15:51,116 --> 00:15:55,087 WHERE THE HELL ARE THE CELEBRATIONS? 265 00:15:55,154 --> 00:15:57,890 HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE ARE NOT MARKING IT AS A PEOPLE? 266 00:15:57,956 --> 00:15:59,258 "HARRY POTTER" IS GETTING A GIANT 20th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL 267 00:15:59,325 --> 00:16:02,895 WITH A FULL CAST REUNION. SERIOUSLY? 268 00:16:02,961 --> 00:16:04,029 "HARRY POTTER" IS FINE, BUT IT'S NO "LORD OF THE RINGS." 269 00:16:04,096 --> 00:16:06,865 I MEAN, DUMBLEDORE COULDN'T TAKE A BALROG. 270 00:16:06,932 --> 00:16:13,906 HE WAS KILLED BY A HIGH SCHOOL CHEMISTRY TEACHER! 271 00:16:13,972 --> 00:16:18,277 ( LAUGHTER ) TOWERING ACHIEVEMENT DESERVES 272 00:16:18,344 --> 00:16:19,445 THE SAME KIND OF TREATMENT. BECAUSE, IF YOU ASK ME, THERE IS 273 00:16:19,511 --> 00:16:21,914 NO BETTER FILM SERIES. "LORD OF THE RINGS" IS WITHOUT A 274 00:16:21,980 --> 00:16:25,384 DOUBT THE GREATEST TRILOGY IN MOVIE HISTORY. 275 00:16:25,451 --> 00:16:29,488 AND I KNOW-- ( APPLAUSE ) 276 00:16:29,555 --> 00:16:34,693 TIMES BEFORE. BUT I HAVE NEVER-- NOT ONCE -- 277 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:38,697 RAPPED IT. UNTIL NOW. 278 00:16:38,764 --> 00:16:42,468 JIMMY, JAM ME! 279 00:16:42,534 --> 00:16:46,705 >> Stephen: LORD OF THE RINGS IS THE NUMBER ONE TRILOGY. 280 00:16:46,772 --> 00:16:47,840 >> Jon: OF ALL TIME SUCKAS. >> Stephen AND Jon: IT'S THE 281 00:16:47,906 --> 00:16:50,109 ♪ NUMBER ONE TRILOGY, THE NUMBER ONE TRILLY 282 00:16:50,175 --> 00:16:52,745 ♪ TRY TO DENY AND YOU JUST SOUND SILLY 283 00:16:52,811 --> 00:16:54,313 ♪ WORLDWIDE GROSS OF ALMOST 3 BILLY 284 00:16:54,380 --> 00:16:56,849 ♪ 16 TIMES WHAT THEY MADE ON 285 00:16:56,915 --> 00:17:00,085 ♪ FREE WILLY >> Stephen: ( BLEEP )YOU WHALES! 286 00:17:00,152 --> 00:17:02,788 ♪ BEST TRIPLE FEATURE? HELL YEAH, WE WOULD WIN IT. 287 00:17:02,855 --> 00:17:08,961 ♪ WE GOT THE ONLY TRILOGY WITH EVERYTHING IN IT 288 00:17:09,027 --> 00:17:10,963 >> Jon: DON'T BELIEVE ME? ♪ YOU CAN CHECK FOR YOURSELF 289 00:17:11,029 --> 00:17:13,132 THE GODFATHER DOESN'T EVEN HAVE ♪ ONE ELF 290 00:17:13,198 --> 00:17:16,201 >> Stephen: C.G.I.? OH MY GUY ♪ YEAH WE HAVE THAT ( BLEEP ) 291 00:17:16,268 --> 00:17:18,604 ANDY SERKIS DOIN WORKIS ♪ MOTION CAPTURIN' IT 292 00:17:18,670 --> 00:17:20,572 >> Jon: STAR WARS IS BETTER? ♪ HA, YOU MAKE ME SICK 293 00:17:20,639 --> 00:17:25,110 >> Stephen: JAR JAR CAN GO AHEAD ♪ AND SUCK MY... 294 00:17:25,177 --> 00:17:37,489 RING >> (ALL) LORD OF THE RINGS IS 295 00:17:37,556 --> 00:17:40,826 ♪ THE NUMBER ONE TRILLY >> ASK DOM MONAGHAN 296 00:17:40,893 --> 00:17:43,328 >> OR YOU CAN ASK BILLY >> SEAN ASTIN'S HERE TOO? 297 00:17:43,395 --> 00:17:45,130 ♪ WOW THAT'S ACTUALLY SILLY >> WILL ELIJAH WOOD JOIN US 298 00:17:45,197 --> 00:17:49,368 >> I DON'T KNOW WILL HE? >> ELF, 299 00:17:49,435 --> 00:17:50,269 ♪ DWARF, WIZARD, 300 00:17:50,335 --> 00:17:52,171 ♪ HUMAN, HOBBITS AT THE SHIRE 301 00:17:52,237 --> 00:17:55,107 ♪ BRING THE RING TO MOUNT DOOM AND I THROW IT IN THE FIRE 302 00:17:55,174 --> 00:17:56,508 >> SUCH A GOOD TRILL ♪ THAT I WISH THEY MADE 303 00:17:56,575 --> 00:17:59,244 FOUR THOUGH >> THESE FILMSA BETTER THREESOME 304 00:17:59,311 --> 00:18:00,279 ♪ THAN YOUR FAVORITE PORNO >> Stephen: A STRIDER, 305 00:18:00,345 --> 00:18:01,180 ♪ SOME RIDERS, GOLLUM, 306 00:18:01,246 --> 00:18:04,583 ♪ A SPIDER WE GOT A GREY WIZARD 307 00:18:04,650 --> 00:18:07,085 ♪ AND WE GOT ONE THAT'S WHITER >> BEST TRILL EVER BABY DON'T 308 00:18:07,152 --> 00:18:08,720 ♪ YOU FORGET >> THAT'S RIGHT ANNA KENDRICK 309 00:18:08,787 --> 00:18:13,892 ♪ PITCH PERFECT AIN'T ( BLEEP ) >> WHAT THE HELL? 310 00:18:13,959 --> 00:18:17,196 ♪ I THOUGHT WE WERE FRIENDS? DAMN. 311 00:18:17,262 --> 00:18:20,499 >> THAT'S SCARY, HE'S HAIRY, OH ♪ EAGLES IN THE AIRY 312 00:18:20,566 --> 00:18:22,935 >> REMEMBER WHEN THE FOUR OF US ♪ RODE BUCKLEBURY FERRY 313 00:18:23,001 --> 00:18:24,470 >> PLUS WE GOT DEDICATION ♪ YEAH, VIGGO KNOWS 314 00:18:24,536 --> 00:18:26,572 >> DUDE LOST A TOOTH ♪ AND HE BROKE TWO TOES 315 00:18:26,638 --> 00:18:31,210 >> Jon: NUMBER ONE TRILLY, ♪ HEAD OF THE CLASS 316 00:18:31,276 --> 00:18:34,246 >> Stephen: YOU THINK ANY ♪ DIFFERENT YOU CAN KISS MY ASS 317 00:18:34,313 --> 00:18:35,113 >> Jon: I AIN'T TAKIN NO ♪ QUESTIONS 318 00:18:35,180 --> 00:18:36,882 SO YOU BEST NOT ASK >> Stephen: TEST ME 319 00:18:36,949 --> 00:18:43,055 ♪ MOTHER( BLEEP ) AND YOU SHALL NOT PASS 320 00:18:43,121 --> 00:18:44,490 >> TELL EM METHOD MAN >> LORDY LORDY WE WON SOME 321 00:18:44,556 --> 00:18:46,725 ♪ AWARDS. BE CUTTIN DOWN PRETENDERS 322 00:18:46,792 --> 00:18:49,194 ♪ LIKE ARAGORN'S SWORD, G. SEVENTEEN OSCARS THAT'S 323 00:18:49,261 --> 00:18:50,562 ♪ KING ( BLEEP ) FOREVER THAT'S MORE THAN THESE THREE 324 00:18:50,629 --> 00:18:52,064 ♪ MOTHER ( BLEEP ) PUT TOGETHER EFFECTS? 325 00:18:52,130 --> 00:18:53,165 ♪ IMPECCABLE COSTUMES? 326 00:18:53,232 --> 00:18:55,734 ♪ UNASSAILABLE I'M ONLY ON THIS SONG 327 00:18:55,801 --> 00:18:57,169 ♪ CUZ' IAN MCKELLAN'S UNAVAILABLE 328 00:18:57,236 --> 00:19:00,672 >> SHOW 'EM MIKE >> BACK TO FUTURE 329 00:19:00,739 --> 00:19:02,641 ♪ OH YOU GOT A DELOREAN WE GOT SEXY ELVES 330 00:19:02,708 --> 00:19:05,244 ♪ ALL OVER LOTHLORIEN AN ARCHAEOLOGIST? 331 00:19:05,310 --> 00:19:08,146 ♪ SORRY, I'M SNORING IT'S INDIANA JONES AND THE 332 00:19:08,213 --> 00:19:10,415 ♪ TEMPLE OF BORING! BILLIONAIRE FIGHTS CRIME? 333 00:19:10,482 --> 00:19:13,252 ♪ I DON'T UNDERSTAND-A THE DARK KNIGHT'S 334 00:19:13,318 --> 00:19:15,020 ♪ CAPITALISTIC PROPAGANDA AND HOCKEY AIN'T ( BLEEP ) 335 00:19:15,087 --> 00:19:17,556 ♪ ( BLEEP ) THE MIGHTY DUCKS AND I KNOW IT'S FIVE MOVIES BUT 336 00:19:17,623 --> 00:19:20,492 ♪ TWILIGHT SUCKS ( BLEEP ) ANNA KENDRICK 337 00:19:20,559 --> 00:19:23,529 >> ME? I'M BARELY IN THOSE MOVIES! 338 00:19:23,595 --> 00:19:26,265 >> THE WOMEN ARE GORGEOUS, ♪ THE FELLAS ARE CUTE 339 00:19:26,331 --> 00:19:29,134 >> LET MY MAN RAP IN ELVISH ♪ WHILE SERKIS PLAYS THE FLUTE 340 00:19:29,201 --> 00:19:44,082 >> (ALL):LORD OF THE RINGS 341 00:19:44,149 --> 00:19:45,617 >> (ALL):LORD OF THE RINGS 342 00:19:45,684 --> 00:19:49,021 ♪ IS THE NUMBER ONE TRILLY MOVIE'S SO SICK 343 00:19:49,087 --> 00:19:50,656 ♪ I GOTTA TAKE AN ADVILLY WHEN I'M SNIFFIN DAFFODILLIES, 344 00:19:50,722 --> 00:19:53,258 ♪ SIPPING CHAMOMILLIES LORD OF THE RINGS IS THE NUMBER 345 00:19:53,325 --> 00:19:56,962 ♪ ONE TRILLY >> BUT, I WILL ADMIT THE NAKED 346 00:19:57,029 --> 00:20:01,233 GUN MOVIES ARE PRETTY GREAT. >> (ALL): LORD OF THE RINGS 347 00:20:01,300 --> 00:20:04,369 ♪ IS THE NUMBER ONE TRILLY ASK ANYBODY AND 348 00:20:04,436 --> 00:20:06,538 ♪ THEY KNOW THE DILLY FROM JACKSONVILLE-Y 349 00:20:06,605 --> 00:20:08,640 ♪ TO MANILA PHILLY ASK ALL THE FISHES, 350 00:20:08,707 --> 00:20:11,710 ♪ THE SEAWEED, THE KRILL-Y LORD OF THE RINGS 351 00:20:11,777 --> 00:20:13,545 ♪ IS THE NUMBER ONE TRILLY LORD OF THE RINGS 352 00:20:13,612 --> 00:20:16,882 ♪ IS THE NUMBER ONE TRILLY LORD OF THE RINGS 353 00:20:16,949 --> 00:20:18,083 ♪ IS THE NUMBER ONE TRILLY TRILLY, 354 00:20:18,150 --> 00:20:19,585 ♪ TRILLY, TRILLY, 355 00:20:19,651 --> 00:20:25,257 ♪ TRILLY ♪ ♪ ♪ 356 00:20:25,324 --> 00:20:27,025 ♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 357 00:20:27,092 --> 00:20:33,699 THE OFFICIAL EXCLUSIVE "LORD OF THE RINGS" 20th ANNIVERSARY 358 00:20:33,765 --> 00:20:37,235 CELEBRATION: THE ONE CELEBRATION TO RULE THEM ALL! 359 00:20:37,302 --> 00:20:40,906 THANK YOU TO ELIJAH WOOD, SEAN ASTIN, BILLY BOYD, DOMINIC 360 00:20:40,973 --> 00:20:42,207 MONAGHAN, HUGO WEAVING, ANDY SERKIS, ORLANDO BLOOM, 361 00:20:42,274 --> 00:20:46,144 VIGGO MORTENSEN, METHOD MAN, KILLER MIKE, AND ANNA KENDRICK! 362 00:20:46,211 --> 00:20:48,814 THANK YOU TO SIR PETER JACKSON AND A HAPPY 20th ANNIVERSARY TO 363 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:50,882 ALL WHO MADE THIS MOVIE AND ALL WHO CELEBRATE IT! 364 00:21:11,436 --> 00:21:15,374 ( APPLAUSE ) WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," 365 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:17,376 EVERYBODY. FOLKS, MY FIRST GUEST IS A TWO 366 00:21:17,442 --> 00:21:21,380 TIME ACADEMY AWARD WINNER, A TONY WINNER, AND AN ALL AROUND 367 00:21:21,446 --> 00:21:23,382 LEGEND. PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE 368 00:21:23,448 --> 00:21:25,917 SHOW," THE ONE, THE ONLY, DENZEL WASHINGTON. 369 00:21:25,984 --> 00:21:40,866 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE ) 370 00:21:40,932 --> 00:21:55,814 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE ) 371 00:21:55,881 --> 00:22:07,426 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE ) 372 00:22:07,492 --> 00:22:18,537 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> MERRY CHRISTMAS! 373 00:22:18,603 --> 00:22:26,445 ( APPLAUSE ) LOVELY, LOVELY TO HAVE YOU BACK. 374 00:22:26,511 --> 00:22:29,481 NOT JUST ON THE SHOW, BUT ON A PROPER BROADWAY STAGE HERE. 375 00:22:29,548 --> 00:22:31,883 >> YES. >> Stephen: YOU'RE NO STRANGER 376 00:22:31,950 --> 00:22:33,518 TO TROTTING THE BOARDS. >> THANK YOU. 377 00:22:33,585 --> 00:22:36,354 >> Stephen: AND-- AND STARTED THAT RIGHT HERE-- 378 00:22:36,421 --> 00:22:40,659 >> "TROTTING THE BOARDS." >> Stephen: TROTTING THE 379 00:22:40,726 --> 00:22:42,461 BOARDS. , YOU KNOW,, YOU KNOW, THE 380 00:22:42,527 --> 00:22:45,530 BOARDS, THE THEATER BOARDS. AND STARTED DOING SO WHEN YOU 381 00:22:45,597 --> 00:22:48,166 WERE AT COLLEGE IN FORDHAM. >> UH-OH. 382 00:22:48,233 --> 00:22:52,237 >> Stephen: THERE YOU GO. THERE'S YOUR FIRST PRODUCTION IN 383 00:22:52,304 --> 00:22:55,974 COLLEGE. >> EUGENE O'NEILL'S "THE EMPEROR 384 00:22:56,041 --> 00:22:57,542 JONES." >> Stephen: THERE YOU ARE. 385 00:22:57,609 --> 00:23:00,545 FRESHMAN. >> NO, I WAS A JUNIOR, JUNIOR. 386 00:23:00,612 --> 00:23:02,547 I THOUGHT I WAS SUPPOSED TO ACT MEAN AND BE SERIOUS. 387 00:23:02,614 --> 00:23:04,549 >> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING-- DO YOU HAVE ANY 388 00:23:04,616 --> 00:23:07,986 ADVICE FOR THIS-- WHAT 20-YEAR-OLD, 21-YEAR-OLD, 389 00:23:08,053 --> 00:23:09,588 SOMETHING LIKE THAT? DO YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE FOR THIS 390 00:23:09,654 --> 00:23:12,023 KID RIGHT HERE? BECAUSE HE SEEMS PRETTY 391 00:23:12,090 --> 00:23:15,060 CONFIDENT ALREADY. >> THANK YOU. 392 00:23:15,127 --> 00:23:19,331 IGNORANCE IS BLISS. I DIDN'T-- THAT WAS THE FIRST 393 00:23:19,397 --> 00:23:24,269 LEADING ROLE I EVER PLAYED. AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS 394 00:23:24,336 --> 00:23:26,705 SUPPOSED TO DO. I'D GO OUT AND PEEK AND LOOK AT 395 00:23:26,772 --> 00:23:30,776 THE AUDIENCE AND, YOU KNOW, COUNT, SEE IF MY MOM WAS OUT 396 00:23:30,842 --> 00:23:33,111 THERE OR SOMETHING. >> Stephen: HOW OFTEN WAS YOUR 397 00:23:33,178 --> 00:23:35,781 MOM OUT THERE? >> EVERY TIME, EVERY NIGHT. 398 00:23:35,847 --> 00:23:37,282 >> Stephen: THAT'S WHAT MOMS DO. 399 00:23:37,349 --> 00:23:38,717 THAT'S WHAT MOMS DO. THAT'S NICE. 400 00:23:38,784 --> 00:23:41,419 >> THAT'S WHAT MOMS DO. ( APPLAUSE ) 401 00:23:41,486 --> 00:23:49,227 NEW FILM ADAPTATION OF-- WELL, WE'LL CALL IT THE SCOTTISH PLAY. 402 00:23:49,294 --> 00:23:52,164 >> RIGHT "MACBETH." >> Stephen: EXACTLY, YOU CAN 403 00:23:52,230 --> 00:23:55,400 SAY IT. DIRECTED BY JOEL COEN, 404 00:23:55,467 --> 00:23:57,936 COSTARRING FRANCES McDORMAND, EXTRAORDINARY. 405 00:23:58,003 --> 00:24:01,673 FIRST OF ALL, THERE IS, FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW, THERE IS 406 00:24:01,740 --> 00:24:07,078 A TRADITION, A SUPERSTITION, NOT TO SAY THE NAME OF THAT PLAY-- 407 00:24:07,145 --> 00:24:09,815 IF YOU WANT TO SAY IT. >> YOU MEAN "MACBETH?" 408 00:24:09,881 --> 00:24:12,083 >> Stephen: YES, NOT TO SAY THE NAME OF THAT PLAY IN A 409 00:24:12,150 --> 00:24:16,021 THEATER BECAUSE IT'S BAD LUCK. DID YOU-- WERE YOU TAUGHT THAT? 410 00:24:16,087 --> 00:24:20,492 >> I'M A GODFEARING MAN. I DON'T-- THAT'S SUPERSTITION. 411 00:24:20,559 --> 00:24:25,063 I DON'T BELIEVE IN GHOST S. >> Stephen: MACBETH, MACBETH, 412 00:24:25,130 --> 00:24:25,897 MACBETH. >> MACBETH. 413 00:24:25,964 --> 00:24:27,365 >> Stephen: OKAY, SO YOU'VE PLAYED-- 414 00:24:27,432 --> 00:24:29,868 >> WHO STARTED THAT? >> Stephen: I DON'T-- PROBABLY 415 00:24:29,935 --> 00:24:33,438 SOMEONE WHO DIDN'T DO WELL IN "MACBETH." 416 00:24:33,505 --> 00:24:35,841 >> PROBABLY. >> Stephen: BLAMED IT ON A 417 00:24:35,907 --> 00:24:37,409 SUPERSTITION. YOU'VE DONE A FAIR AMOUNT OF 418 00:24:37,475 --> 00:24:43,949 SHAKESPEARE AT THIS POINT. YOU'VE BEEN IN "OTELLO," RICHARD 419 00:24:44,015 --> 00:24:49,688 II" "JULIUS CAESAR." "MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING." 420 00:24:49,754 --> 00:24:53,158 >> WITH KEANU. >> Stephen: WHAT WAS YOUR 421 00:24:53,225 --> 00:24:54,960 FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH SHAKESPEARE? 422 00:24:55,026 --> 00:24:57,162 FIRST TIME HAVING TO READ IT OR PERFORM IT? 423 00:24:57,229 --> 00:25:01,733 >> "OTELLO." AFTER I DID "THE EMPEROR JONES" 424 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:06,972 I PLAYED "OTELLO" AT FORDHAM UNIVERSITY WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER 425 00:25:07,038 --> 00:25:09,007 THAN EVERYONE ELSE IN THE CAST. >> Stephen: SOME PEOPLE WHEN 426 00:25:09,074 --> 00:25:11,610 THEY FIRST COME TO SHAKESPEARE HAVE TROUBLE CRACKING IT, LIKE 427 00:25:11,676 --> 00:25:14,846 CRACKING THE MEANING OPEN. LIKE EVERY SONNET IS IN THIS 428 00:25:14,913 --> 00:25:18,083 LITTLE BOX YOU HAVE TO OPEN AND COMPLETELY SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND 429 00:25:18,149 --> 00:25:20,218 IT. WHAT'S YOUR PROCESS LIKE TO WORK 430 00:25:20,285 --> 00:25:23,655 ON SHAKESPEAREAN MONOLOGUES? >> I WAS AT THE-- I WENT TO 431 00:25:23,722 --> 00:25:26,825 FORDHAM UNIVERSITY IN THE BRONX FOR TWO YEARS, AND THEN LINCOLN 432 00:25:26,892 --> 00:25:29,227 CENTER FOR TWO YEARS. ( APPLAUSE ). 433 00:25:29,294 --> 00:25:35,667 AT THE LINCOLN CENTER LIBRARY THEY HAD RECORDS OF THE PLAYS. 434 00:25:35,734 --> 00:25:44,109 SO THEY HAD OLIVIER'S "OTELLO." I PUT THE HEADPHONES ON... OH, 435 00:25:44,175 --> 00:25:48,747 MY LORD. I'D SIT THERE AND GO "OH, MY 436 00:25:48,813 --> 00:25:50,215 LORD." IGNORANCE IS BLISS, I DIDN'T 437 00:25:50,282 --> 00:25:53,051 KNOW. I THOUGHT I'LL SING IT LIKE THIS 438 00:25:53,118 --> 00:25:56,721 AND MAKE IT HAPPEN. PEOPLE SEEMED TO LIKE IT. 439 00:25:56,788 --> 00:26:02,160 >> Stephen: DID YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE FROM WELL-KNOWN 440 00:26:02,227 --> 00:26:04,796 SHAKESPEAREAN PERFORMERS LIKE THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT. 441 00:26:04,863 --> 00:26:08,266 DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE SINGING? HAS ANYBODY GIVEN YOU ADVICE? 442 00:26:08,333 --> 00:26:11,102 >> I'M SURE-- YES, YES. >> Stephen: THAT'S ALL I 443 00:26:11,169 --> 00:26:13,338 WANTED TO KNOW. I WOULD-- THAT'S ALL I WANT TO 444 00:26:13,405 --> 00:26:15,173 KNOW IS THAT SOMEONE GAVE YOU ADVICE. 445 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:16,775 >> I HOPE THEY DID. ( LAUGHTER ). 446 00:26:16,841 --> 00:26:20,612 GIVE ME SOME ADVICE? >> I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO GIVE 447 00:26:20,679 --> 00:26:23,515 ME SOME ADVICE. >> Stephen: ABOUT SHAKESPEARE? 448 00:26:23,581 --> 00:26:24,649 >> YES. >> Stephen: I DON'T-- I 449 00:26:24,716 --> 00:26:27,886 NEVER-- I NEVER PERFORMED SAKESPEARE EXCEPT IN ACTING 450 00:26:27,953 --> 00:26:29,421 CLASS. >> NOW IS THE TIME. 451 00:26:29,487 --> 00:26:33,625 NOW IS THE TIME. >> SPEAKING TRIPPINGLY ON THE 452 00:26:33,692 --> 00:26:35,894 TONGUE. >> BUT IF YOU MOUTH IT... 453 00:26:35,961 --> 00:26:40,799 >> Stephen: MOUTH IT. >> AS MANY OF YOUR PLAYERS DO. 454 00:26:40,865 --> 00:26:46,204 BUT USE ALL WISELY FOR IN THE VERY TORRENT TEMPEST AS I MAY 455 00:26:46,271 --> 00:26:54,579 SAY WHIRLWIND OF YOUR FASHION. ( APPLAUSE ) 456 00:26:54,646 --> 00:26:59,884 >> DON'T KNOW WHERE I FOUND THAT ONE. 457 00:26:59,951 --> 00:27:02,821 BUT I FOUND IT. >> Stephen: I DO KNOW TOMORROW 458 00:27:02,887 --> 00:27:06,424 AND TOMORROW AND TOMORROW, CREEPS AT ITS PETTY PACE TODAY, 459 00:27:06,491 --> 00:27:11,830 TODAY, FROM ITS LAST SORROW OF OUR TIME, THE WAY TO DUSTED 460 00:27:11,896 --> 00:27:14,065 DEATH. OUT, OUT, BRIEF CANDLE. 461 00:27:14,132 --> 00:27:18,737 LIFE IS BUT A... ( LAUGHTER ) 462 00:27:18,803 --> 00:27:26,344 WHO STRUTS AND FRETS HOUR UPON THE STAGE AND HEARD NO MORE. 463 00:27:26,411 --> 00:27:30,949 >> IT IS A... >> Stephen: TALE TOLD BY AN 464 00:27:31,016 --> 00:27:34,719 IDIOT, FULL OF SOUND AND FURY, SIGNIFYING-- 465 00:27:34,786 --> 00:27:37,055 >> NOTHING! LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! 466 00:27:37,122 --> 00:27:39,324 >> Stephen: BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT. 467 00:27:39,391 --> 00:27:41,893 LET'S TALK ABOUT "MACBETH" FOR A SECOND. 468 00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:43,328 >> THAT WAS GREAT, MAN. >> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU THINK 469 00:27:43,395 --> 00:27:46,664 IS GOING ON WITH MACBETH. THAT IS THE MOST-- THAT IS THE 470 00:27:46,731 --> 00:27:49,734 BEST ENCAPSULATION OF A FEELING OF DEPRESSION THAT ANYONE HAS 471 00:27:49,801 --> 00:27:52,237 EVER WRITTEN, THAT ONE LITTLE SPEECH I JUST DID. 472 00:27:52,303 --> 00:27:55,273 >> HE WANTS IT. HE'S DUE. 473 00:27:55,340 --> 00:27:56,875 HE OVERDUE. >> Stephen: HE WANTS TO BE 474 00:27:56,941 --> 00:27:59,044 KING. >> HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE KING. 475 00:27:59,110 --> 00:28:01,880 IT'S GOOD TO BE KING. >> Stephen: WHAT ABOUT HIM AND 476 00:28:01,946 --> 00:28:04,616 LADY MACBETH? IS THAT A GOOD RELATIONSHIP? 477 00:28:04,682 --> 00:28:08,420 ( LAUGHTER ) LIKE, AS AN ACTOR, DO YOU LIKE 478 00:28:08,486 --> 00:28:14,426 TO INVESTIGATE, BECAUSE SHE'S CERTAINLY KNOWN FOR PUSHING HIM, 479 00:28:14,492 --> 00:28:19,030 YOU KNOW. SHE'S PUSH WILL HIM. 480 00:28:19,097 --> 00:28:21,933 "GO BE KING! GO BE KING!" 481 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:22,801 DO THEY HAVE A LOVING RELATIONSHIP? 482 00:28:22,867 --> 00:28:27,639 DO YOU AND FRANCES TALK ABOUT THAT? 483 00:28:27,705 --> 00:28:35,380 >> YES, WE CHANGED A LINE THAT TALKED ABOUT HER ABILITY TO HAVE 484 00:28:35,447 --> 00:28:39,884 CHILDREN. SHE COULD NOT HAVE AN HEIR. 485 00:28:39,951 --> 00:28:41,653 SHE COULD NOT HAVE A CHILD. AND THAT WAS A FRISTRAWGZ OF 486 00:28:41,719 --> 00:28:43,354 HERS. AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, WE 487 00:28:43,421 --> 00:28:49,661 ARE UP IN YEARS, AND WE FELT LIKE IT WAS OUR TURN. 488 00:28:49,727 --> 00:28:56,668 AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, HE DIVED INTO THE DARK SIDE. 489 00:28:56,734 --> 00:28:59,137 HE LISTENED TO THE DEVIL. HE LISTENED TO THE WITCHES. 490 00:28:59,204 --> 00:29:01,506 HE LISTENED TO THOSE PEOPLE. AND THEY TOOK HIM DOWN. 491 00:29:01,573 --> 00:29:04,309 >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK, BUT DON'T GO 492 00:29:04,375 --> 00:29:06,444 ANYWHERE. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE 493 00:29:06,511 --> 00:29:08,379 MR. DENZEL WASHINGTON, EVERYBODY. 494 00:29:08,446 --> 00:29:08,947 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). ♪ ♪ ♪ 495 00:29:16,554 --> 00:29:22,494 WE'RE BACK HERE WITH THE STAR OF "THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH," DENZEL 496 00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:25,130 WASHINGTON. I AM SORRY TO HEAR THAT YOU LOST 497 00:29:25,196 --> 00:29:26,731 YOUR MOTHER THIS YEAR. AT THE AGE OF 97. 498 00:29:26,798 --> 00:29:28,867 >> 97. >> Stephen: IT'S A GREAT 499 00:29:28,933 --> 00:29:30,468 BLESSING TO HAVE YOUR MOTHER SO LONG. 500 00:29:30,535 --> 00:29:34,873 >> SHE DIDN'T GET CHEATED, NOR DID MY BROTHER AND MY SISTER AND 501 00:29:34,939 --> 00:29:36,174 I. >> Stephen: YOU SAID THAT A 502 00:29:36,241 --> 00:29:41,146 MOTHER IS A SO SON'S FIRST LOVE. AND I'M CURIOUS, HOW DO YOU 503 00:29:41,212 --> 00:29:46,284 HONOR THAT LOVE AND HER LOVE FOR YOU AND HER MEMORY WITH YOUR 504 00:29:46,351 --> 00:29:53,858 WORK? >> A MOTHER IS A SON'S FIRST 505 00:29:53,925 --> 00:29:56,728 TRUE LOVE. A SON, ESPECIALLY THAT FIRST 506 00:29:56,794 --> 00:30:01,399 SON, IS A MOTHER'S LAST TRUE LOVE. 507 00:30:01,466 --> 00:30:08,506 THAT'S-- I'M GETTING CHOCKED UP. SORRY. 508 00:30:08,573 --> 00:30:17,115 ( APPLAUSE ) BUT... 509 00:30:17,182 --> 00:30:22,654 TOMORROW AND TOMORROW AND TOMORROW. 510 00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:25,890 MY WIFE-- YOU KNOW WHEN I KNEW THAT? 511 00:30:25,957 --> 00:30:30,662 WHEN I SAW MY SON JOHN DAVID WASHINGTON HANDLE MY WIFE. 512 00:30:30,728 --> 00:30:34,999 I DON'T CARE WHAT HE DOES, SHE'S GOING, "ALL RIGHT, BABY." 513 00:30:35,066 --> 00:30:41,806 ( LAUGHTER ) "WELL, MA, I THINK I GOT--" 514 00:30:41,873 --> 00:30:45,743 "JUST GIVE ME THE CLOTHING AND BRING ME ALL THE STUFF." 515 00:30:45,810 --> 00:30:48,413 THAT'S WHEN I REALIZED, REALLY, REALLY THAT BOND. 516 00:30:48,479 --> 00:30:49,914 AND, YOU KNOW, SHE WAS THERE FOR EVERYTHING. 517 00:30:49,981 --> 00:30:54,185 AND SHE WENT HOME. GOT A TISSUE? 518 00:30:54,252 --> 00:30:56,354 >> Stephen: I'VE GOT A TISSUE FOR YOU. 519 00:30:56,421 --> 00:30:57,855 THERE YOU GO. THERE YOU GO. 520 00:30:57,922 --> 00:31:02,393 HERE'S YOUR MOTHER. THIS IS THE 1990 ACADEMY AWARDS. 521 00:31:02,460 --> 00:31:10,969 ( APPLAUSE ) "GLORY." 522 00:31:11,035 --> 00:31:14,305 >> THIS IS TERRIBLE! >> Stephen: NO-- 523 00:31:14,372 --> 00:31:17,909 >> AND DIDN'T-- DIDN'T CRY AT HER FUNERAL. 524 00:31:17,976 --> 00:31:19,844 >> Stephen: WHY DO YOU THINK? >> I DON'T KNOW. 525 00:31:19,911 --> 00:31:23,648 I GUESS I SAVED IT UP FOR YOU. ( LAUGHTER ) 526 00:31:23,715 --> 00:31:28,853 >> Stephen: WELL, YOU KNOW, THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THIS 527 00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:33,157 CONFIDENCE, THIS GUY, HIS CONFIDENCE RIGHT HERE, SIGMUND 528 00:31:33,224 --> 00:31:37,395 FREUD, WHO HAD HIS FAULTS, SAID THAT A SON WHO BELIEVES HIMSELF 529 00:31:37,462 --> 00:31:41,899 TO BE HIS MOTHER'S FAVORITE HAS A LIVED LONG CONFIDENCE THAT 530 00:31:41,966 --> 00:31:45,503 NOTHING CAN SHAKE. >> WOW. 531 00:31:45,570 --> 00:31:48,072 I DON'T KNOW IF I WAS HER FAVORITE. 532 00:31:48,139 --> 00:31:50,508 I GAVE HER THE HARDEST TIME. I CAN TELL YOU THAT. 533 00:31:50,575 --> 00:31:54,379 ( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: WELL, DENZEL, IT 534 00:31:54,445 --> 00:31:56,180 WAS REALLY WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU AGAIN. 535 00:31:56,247 --> 00:31:58,216 THANK YOU FOR COMING. >> MY PLEASURE. 536 00:31:58,283 --> 00:32:01,853 HUG THEM, LOVE THEM. ( APPLAUSE ) 537 00:32:01,919 --> 00:32:06,324 >> YOU KNOW IT WELL. YOU'VE DONE DOWN THAT ROAD? 538 00:32:06,391 --> 00:32:08,626 >> Stephen: YEAH, A COUPLE OF TIMES. 539 00:32:08,693 --> 00:32:15,133 THANK YOU, DENZEL. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 540 00:32:15,199 --> 00:32:22,740 THEATERS CHRISTMAS DAY, AND ON APPLE TV+ JANUARY 14. 541 00:32:22,807 --> 00:32:23,975 IT'S DENZEL WASHINGTON, EVERYBODY. 542 00:32:24,042 --> 00:32:26,744 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL. 543 00:32:26,811 --> 00:32:27,312 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE ) 544 00:32:56,774 --> 00:33:06,718 WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY. MY NEXT GUEST IS AN ACTOR YOU 545 00:33:06,784 --> 00:33:08,152 KNOW FROM "SECRETARY," "CRAZY HEART," AND 546 00:33:08,219 --> 00:33:09,587 "THE DARK KNIGHT." SHE'S NOW WRITTEN AND DIRECTED 547 00:33:09,654 --> 00:33:14,492 HER FIRST FEATURE FILM, "THE LOST DAUGHTER." 548 00:33:14,559 --> 00:33:17,395 >> YOU REALLY PUT US THROUGH IT, HUH? 549 00:33:17,462 --> 00:33:19,530 >> I THOUGHT YOU SAID YOU WERE PREGNANT WITH YOUR FIRST? 550 00:33:19,597 --> 00:33:23,835 >> I AM. >> WHAT WERE YOUR DAUGHTERS LIKE 551 00:33:23,901 --> 00:33:26,671 WHEN THEY WERE LITTLE? WERE THEY LIKE THIS WILLFUL 552 00:33:26,738 --> 00:33:30,441 LITTLE CREATURE? >> HONESTLY, I CAN'T REMEMBER, 553 00:33:30,508 --> 00:33:34,746 ACTUALLY. >> NO, YOU CAN'T FORGET ANYTHING 554 00:33:34,812 --> 00:33:40,451 ABOUT YOUR OWN CHILDREN. >> IS THAT YOUR EXPERIENCE? 555 00:33:40,518 --> 00:33:43,721 >> I JUST MEAN... DID YOUR DAUGHTERS GIVE YOU A 556 00:33:43,788 --> 00:33:49,127 HARD TIME WHEN THEY WERE LITTLE? >> I HONESTLY DON'T REMEMBER. 557 00:33:49,193 --> 00:33:52,463 >> YOU OKAY? >> SHE DOESN'T REMEMBER. 558 00:33:52,530 --> 00:34:01,773 >> I WAS VERY TIRED. EXCUSE ME. 559 00:34:01,839 --> 00:34:02,974 >> Stephen: PLEASE WELOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," MAGGIE 560 00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:10,782 GYLLENHAAL! ♪ ♪ ♪ 561 00:34:10,848 --> 00:34:21,392 ( APPLAUSE ) >> HELLO. 562 00:34:21,459 --> 00:34:23,728 >> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU. >> NICE TO SEE YOU, TOO. 563 00:34:23,795 --> 00:34:26,764 >> Stephen: I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE AND I'M SO GLAD WE HAVE A 564 00:34:26,831 --> 00:34:30,301 CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT THIS MOVIE WHICH I CANNOT RECOMMEND HIGHLY 565 00:34:30,368 --> 00:34:31,536 ENOUGH. >> THANK YOU. 566 00:34:31,602 --> 00:34:37,442 >> Stephen: IT NOT ONLY IS AN EXTRAORDINARY DIRECTORIAL AND 567 00:34:37,508 --> 00:34:41,045 SCREEN-ADAPTING, WREEN WRITING-ADAPTING DEBUT, BUT THE 568 00:34:41,112 --> 00:34:47,452 PERFORMANCES ARE FANTASTIC. OLIVIA COLEMAN, JESSIE BUCKLEY. 569 00:34:47,518 --> 00:34:54,292 IT IS A BEAUTIFUL AND HEARTWRENDING AND MYSTERIOUS 570 00:34:54,358 --> 00:34:56,761 DEPICKED OF MOTHERHOOD AND ONE WOMAN'S REACTION TO THAT. 571 00:34:56,828 --> 00:34:58,996 AND WE'LL GET TO THAT IN JUST A MOMENT. 572 00:34:59,063 --> 00:35:02,500 BUT FIRST, YOU HAVE BEEN ACTING SINCE YOU WERE A KID. 573 00:35:02,567 --> 00:35:05,837 WHEN DID YOU SAY, "OKAY, I'M GOING TO BE A DIRECTOR?" 574 00:35:05,903 --> 00:35:09,373 HAS THIS BEEN A LONGTIME THING? >> YOU KNOW, I THINK NOW THAT 575 00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:15,580 I'VE MADE A FILM, I-- I REALIZE I WAS ALWAYS A DIRECTOR. 576 00:35:15,646 --> 00:35:19,650 AND WHEN I WAS ACTING-- I MEAN, I LOVE ACTING, AND I MISSACKING, 577 00:35:19,717 --> 00:35:24,789 AND IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME. IT'S SINCE "THE DEUCE" I HAVEN'T 578 00:35:24,856 --> 00:35:26,357 ACTED IN ANYTHING. >> Stephen: WELL AS THE 579 00:35:26,424 --> 00:35:30,728 DIRECTOR YOU CAN CAST YOURSELF. >> WHICH IS NICE, TAKE OUT THE 580 00:35:30,795 --> 00:35:33,297 MIDDLE MAN. BUT I WAS ALWAYS, LIKE, BANGING 581 00:35:33,364 --> 00:35:36,467 UP AGAINST SOMETHING. YOU KNOW, I WAS ALWAYS WANTING 582 00:35:36,534 --> 00:35:39,704 MORE THAN I WAS ABLE TO EXPRESS AS AN ACTRESS. 583 00:35:39,770 --> 00:35:44,909 AND, YOU KNOW, ALSO, THERE'S THIS THING-- I READ THIS THING 584 00:35:44,976 --> 00:35:47,245 THAT SUPPOSEDLY MERYL STREEP SAILED-- I DON'T KNOW IF SHE 585 00:35:47,311 --> 00:35:49,013 DID. SHE'LL TELL US NOW, PROBABLY, IF 586 00:35:49,080 --> 00:35:53,251 WE SAY IT ON COLBERT. BUT THAT-- THAT IF YOU'RE AN 587 00:35:53,317 --> 00:35:56,354 ACTRESS AND YOU HAVE AN IDEA AND YOU NEED IT IN ORDER TO GET YOUR 588 00:35:56,420 --> 00:35:59,891 WORK DONE, OFFER IT UP WITH A SPOON FULL OF SUGAR. 589 00:35:59,957 --> 00:36:02,260 AND I THINK IT'S REALLY GOOD ADVICE. 590 00:36:02,326 --> 00:36:05,096 AND I TOOK THAT ADVICE FOR MOST OF MY LIFE. 591 00:36:05,162 --> 00:36:09,901 BUT IT'S A LOT OF WORK. >> Stephen: THE SUGAR PART. 592 00:36:09,967 --> 00:36:12,904 >> YEAH, THE SUGAR PART. AND, YOU KNOW, EVEN THEN, YOU 593 00:36:12,970 --> 00:36:17,441 PROBABLY GET WHAT, 40% OF WHAT IT IS YOU WANTED TO EXPRESS 594 00:36:17,508 --> 00:36:22,513 ACTUALLY IN THE FILM, WHEREAS AS A DIRECTOR, IT'S ALL-- IT'S ALL 595 00:36:22,580 --> 00:36:25,249 IN THERE. YOU KNOW, WHICH IS TERRIFYING. 596 00:36:25,316 --> 00:36:27,518 MY MOVIE COMES OUT IN A COUPLE OF DAYS, YOU KNOW. 597 00:36:27,585 --> 00:36:31,255 IT'S SCARY TO HAVE IT ALL OUT THERE. 598 00:36:31,322 --> 00:36:36,093 BUT IT ALSO FEELS GREAT, BECAUSE IT IS-- IT IS WHAT I MEANT TO 599 00:36:36,160 --> 00:36:37,929 SAY. >> Stephen: THIS MOVIE TALKS 600 00:36:37,995 --> 00:36:40,831 ABOUT MOTHERHOOD, ESPECIALLY YOUNG MOTHERHOOD, IN A WAY THAT 601 00:36:40,898 --> 00:36:43,734 YOU DON'T ORDINARILY SEE. AND IT IS ABOUT LOVE. 602 00:36:43,801 --> 00:36:49,173 BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT THE DIFFICULTY, AND IN A CERTAIN 603 00:36:49,240 --> 00:36:54,378 SENSE-- CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG HERE-- ONE WOMAN'S AMBIVALENCE 604 00:36:54,445 --> 00:36:55,580 ABOUT HER ROLE AS A MOTHER. >> YES. 605 00:36:55,646 --> 00:36:58,182 >> Stephen: YOU DON'T SEE THAT DEPICTOLD THE SCREEN. 606 00:36:58,249 --> 00:37:00,351 YOU EITHER SEE A BAD MOTHER OR A GOOD MOTHER. 607 00:37:00,418 --> 00:37:02,987 >> WELL, I HAVE LOTS OF THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS, I MEAN -- 608 00:37:03,054 --> 00:37:05,156 >> Stephen: SHARE A FEW, SHARE A FEW. 609 00:37:05,222 --> 00:37:08,192 >> OKAY. I THINK... 610 00:37:08,259 --> 00:37:14,131 WHEN WE'RE LITTLE, OUR SURVIVAL DEPENDS ON OUR PARENTS, AND 611 00:37:14,198 --> 00:37:17,835 MAYBE IN PARTICULAR, OUR MOTHERS, BECAUSE THEY'RE FEEDING 612 00:37:17,902 --> 00:37:22,940 US FROM THEIR BODIES-- WANTING NOTHING MORE-- OUR FANTASY THAT 613 00:37:23,007 --> 00:37:27,078 THEY WANT NOTHING MORE THAN TO TAKE CARE OF US. 614 00:37:27,144 --> 00:37:30,181 BECAUSE OUR ACTUAL SURVIVAL DEPENDS ON IT. 615 00:37:30,247 --> 00:37:33,384 WHEN, IN FACT, THEY'RE US. THEY ALSO WANT TO HAVE A DRINK 616 00:37:33,451 --> 00:37:36,520 SOMETIMES, AND THEY ALSO WANT A NIGHT WITH THEIR HUSBAND OR WIFE 617 00:37:36,587 --> 00:37:40,391 AND THEY ALSO WANT TO WORK AND THEY WANT MANY THINGS, LIKE WE 618 00:37:40,458 --> 00:37:41,158 DO. >> Stephen: AND TO BE AWAY 619 00:37:41,225 --> 00:37:42,560 FROM YOU. >> EXACTLY. 620 00:37:42,627 --> 00:37:46,397 ( LAUGHTER ) EXACTLY. 621 00:37:46,464 --> 00:37:57,375 AND SO I THINK THERE'S A PART OF US THAT CAN BARELY BEAR TO 622 00:37:57,441 --> 00:38:01,345 CONDITIONAL HOW-- THAT PARENTHOOD, NO MATTER WHAT, 623 00:38:01,412 --> 00:38:04,015 INCLUDES AMBIVALENCE. AND, I MEAN, MY FILM -- 624 00:38:04,081 --> 00:38:06,717 >> Stephen: WE CAN'T BEAR IT AS PARENTS, BUT WE ALSO CAN'T 625 00:38:06,784 --> 00:38:09,854 BEAR IT AS CHILDREN TO THINK THAT OUR PARENTS DIDN'T NEED US 626 00:38:09,920 --> 00:38:11,856 AS MUCH AS WE NEEDED THEM ALL THE TIME. 627 00:38:11,922 --> 00:38:14,659 >> WELL, YEAH. ALSO, THERE'S NOWHERE TO TALK 628 00:38:14,725 --> 00:38:18,195 ABOUT ALL THE FEELINGS OF AMBIVALENCE THAT WE HAVE AS 629 00:38:18,262 --> 00:38:23,768 PARENTS. NOT JUST GIVI AMBIVALENCE PPAREG 630 00:38:23,834 --> 00:38:26,337 IS INCREDIBLE. I GET A CHANCE TO MAKE A MOVIE 631 00:38:26,404 --> 00:38:29,073 ABOUT ANYTHING I WANT. IT'S ALL ABOUT MOTHERHOOD-- 632 00:38:29,140 --> 00:38:31,208 WELL, IT'S ABOUT OTHER THINGS, TOO. 633 00:38:31,275 --> 00:38:33,277 THAT'S A HUGE ASPECT OF WHO I AM. 634 00:38:33,344 --> 00:38:36,981 I LOVE MY CHILDREN, BUT, LIKE, IT'S A VERY COMPLICATED 635 00:38:37,048 --> 00:38:40,551 EXPERIENCE, RIGHT. I MEAN, AND MOSTLY, IF IT 636 00:38:40,618 --> 00:38:43,387 DOESN'T FITTED IN THIS VERY NARROW SPACE THAT WE'VE AGREED 637 00:38:43,454 --> 00:38:46,323 WE'RE ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT, THEN THEY SAY SOMETHING'S WRONG 638 00:38:46,390 --> 00:38:50,528 WITH YOU. BUT IN FACT, HOW CAN YOU BE A 639 00:38:50,594 --> 00:38:53,130 PARENT AS ANYTHING OTHER THAN A BEGINNER, RIGHT? 640 00:38:53,197 --> 00:38:56,667 YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LIKE, "HERE, HERE", YOU KNOW,. 641 00:38:56,734 --> 00:38:58,669 >> Stephen: THERE IS THAT FEELING WHEN YOU GET THE BABY, 642 00:38:58,736 --> 00:39:00,905 LIKE, "NO, NO, NO. THERE'S A MISTAKE. 643 00:39:00,971 --> 00:39:03,507 I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO." >> WELL, YES! 644 00:39:03,574 --> 00:39:05,543 IT'S DESIGNED TO INCLUDE FAILURE. 645 00:39:05,609 --> 00:39:10,181 AND IF IT INCLUDES FAILURE, IT WILL ALSO INCLUDE GROWING. 646 00:39:10,247 --> 00:39:12,149 BUT GROWING HURTS. >> Stephen: SURE. 647 00:39:12,216 --> 00:39:15,352 AND YOU'RE FAILING AT THIS PRECIOUS THING, WHICH IS 648 00:39:15,419 --> 00:39:18,322 DEVELOPING ANOTHER HUMAN BEING. >> AS YOU'RE GROWING, AS YOU'RE 649 00:39:18,389 --> 00:39:25,463 LOVING, AS YOU'RE-- ALL OF THIS. BUT SO IF WE CAN INCLUDE TERROR, 650 00:39:25,529 --> 00:39:30,968 REAL ANXIETY, DESPAIR ALONG WITH, LIKE, THE HEARTWRENCHING 651 00:39:31,035 --> 00:39:34,238 ECSTASY ON EITHER SIDES OF THE EXPERIENCE THAT WE'RE ALL 652 00:39:34,305 --> 00:39:38,442 ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT, I THINK-- I THINK IT WOULD BE-- I THINK 653 00:39:38,509 --> 00:39:41,145 IT'S COMFORTING TO SORT OF GO, "YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY PERSON THAT 654 00:39:41,212 --> 00:39:43,681 EVER HAD THESE FEELINGS,", YOU KNOW,. 655 00:39:43,748 --> 00:39:45,182 >> Stephen: AND YOU ARE CERTAINLY NOT THE ONLY PERSON 656 00:39:45,249 --> 00:39:50,921 WHO HAS EVER HAD THESE FEELINGS, BECAUSE THIS IS BASED ON THE 657 00:39:50,988 --> 00:39:53,390 NOVEL "THE LOST DAUGHTER" BY ELENA FERRANTE. 658 00:39:53,457 --> 00:39:54,658 PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHO ELENA FERRANTE IS. 659 00:39:54,725 --> 00:39:56,961 SHE IS SORT OF A MYSTERIOUS FIGURE IN MANY WAYS. 660 00:39:57,027 --> 00:39:59,196 THERE'S A LOT OF MYSTERY ABOUT WHO SHE IS. 661 00:39:59,263 --> 00:40:01,332 >> THESE ANONYMOUS. IT'S A PEN NAME. 662 00:40:01,398 --> 00:40:03,567 AND SHE'S WRITTEN ALL THESE BOOKS THAT EVERYONE IS FREAKING 663 00:40:03,634 --> 00:40:06,937 OUT ABOUT, THAT THEY'RE GOING, "OH, MY GOD, YOU'RE SPEAKING TO 664 00:40:07,004 --> 00:40:08,539 ME. NO ONE HAS SAID THIS BEFORE. 665 00:40:08,606 --> 00:40:11,308 HER BOOKS ARE FLYING OFF THE SHELVES." 666 00:40:11,375 --> 00:40:12,543 >> Stephen: SHE'S ANONYMOUS, YOU DON'T KNOW WHO SHE IS-- YOU 667 00:40:12,610 --> 00:40:14,512 WROTE HER A PERSONAL LETTER. HOW DO YOU ADDRESS SOMETHING TO 668 00:40:14,578 --> 00:40:17,181 SOMEONE YOU DON'T KNOW. >> LIKE SANTA CLAUS. 669 00:40:17,248 --> 00:40:20,117 >> Stephen: "DEAR SANTA, I'VE BEEN VERY GOOD THIS YEAR." 670 00:40:20,184 --> 00:40:23,154 >> AND YOU CROSS YOUR FINGERS. >> Stephen: SHE GAVE YOU 671 00:40:23,220 --> 00:40:26,290 PERMISSION TO MAKE IT, AND ACTUALLY TOLD YOU TO DO IT YOUR 672 00:40:26,357 --> 00:40:27,458 OWN WAY. >> YEAH. 673 00:40:27,525 --> 00:40:29,827 >> Stephen: WHICH WAS AN INCREDIBLY GENEROUS THING FOR 674 00:40:29,894 --> 00:40:31,095 HER TO DO. >> YEAH. 675 00:40:31,162 --> 00:40:33,631 >> Stephen: AND SHE SAID THIS RECENTLY IN AN INTERVIEW ABOUT 676 00:40:33,697 --> 00:40:36,534 HAVING SEEN THE FILM. SHE SAID, "TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH 677 00:40:36,600 --> 00:40:41,071 I LIKE THE WHOLE FILM. GYLLENHAAL MAKES TRUE CINEMA. 678 00:40:41,138 --> 00:40:46,977 SHE TRUSTS IMAGES, EVERY THUS THE STORY FLOWS, AND, YET, SINKS 679 00:40:47,044 --> 00:40:49,880 INTO ITS DARK SIDES. DIGS WITHIN. 680 00:40:49,947 --> 00:40:53,150 YES, IT'S A GREAT JOB." HOW DOES THAT FEEL? 681 00:40:53,217 --> 00:41:01,625 ( APPLAUSE ) >> WELL, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE-- 682 00:41:01,692 --> 00:41:06,564 BECAUSE ELENA FERRANTE IS ANONYMOUS, AND BECAUSE HER BOOK 683 00:41:06,630 --> 00:41:16,207 JUST SO ( BLEEP ) GOOD, SHE HAS BEEN THIS KIND OF FANTASY, 684 00:41:16,273 --> 00:41:20,211 FEMININE, COSMIC, LIKE THING OUT IN THE UNIVERSE. 685 00:41:20,277 --> 00:41:24,515 LET ME JUST SAY, THE MOVIE IS, YES, A LOT ABOUT MOTHERING, BUT 686 00:41:24,582 --> 00:41:30,221 IT IS ALSO IN GENERAL, AND THE BOOK, TOO, ABOUT A REAL 687 00:41:30,287 --> 00:41:34,425 ARTICULATION OF WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A WOMAN IN THE WORLD-- AS 688 00:41:34,491 --> 00:41:38,229 A LOVER, AS A THINKER, AS AN ARTIST, AND AS A MOTHER. 689 00:41:38,295 --> 00:41:41,966 SHE'S BEEN SO HONEST ABOUT THESE THINGS. 690 00:41:42,032 --> 00:41:45,336 WHICH THEN, RIGHT, I DON'T KNOW WHO SHE IS. 691 00:41:45,402 --> 00:41:47,304 BUT SHE CAN BE WHOEVER I NEED HER TO BE. 692 00:41:47,371 --> 00:41:49,807 WHEN I ASKED HER FOR THE RIGHTS-- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU 693 00:41:49,874 --> 00:41:53,510 KNOW THIS-- I WROTE TO HER, SLAWZ, YOU KNOW. 694 00:41:53,577 --> 00:41:56,981 I WROTE TO HER AND I SAID, "I WANT TO DIRECT IT, AND I WOULD 695 00:41:57,047 --> 00:41:59,316 LIKE THE RIGHTS, AND THIS IS WHY." 696 00:41:59,383 --> 00:42:02,920 AND SHE SAID, "YES, YOU CAN HAVE THE RIGHTS. 697 00:42:02,987 --> 00:42:10,928 BUT THE CONTRACT IS VOID UNLESS YOU DIRECT IT. 698 00:42:10,995 --> 00:42:13,397 THE. SO EVEN THOUGH I HAD WANTED TO 699 00:42:13,464 --> 00:42:19,403 DIRECT IT, AND IT WAS, LIKE, YOU KNOW, NEW FOR ME AND SCARY FOR 700 00:42:19,470 --> 00:42:20,838 ME. HERE COMES THIS VOTE OF 701 00:42:20,905 --> 00:42:23,540 CONFIDENCE FROM OUT IN THE COSMOS SOMEWHERE. 702 00:42:23,607 --> 00:42:27,745 THEN, YEAH, THEN SHE WROTE THIS OTHER PIECE IN "THE GUARDIAN" 703 00:42:27,811 --> 00:42:32,116 SAYING, "TAKE IT, AND MAKE IT YOURS, THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT 704 00:42:32,182 --> 00:42:37,788 IT BE GOOD, AND THAT THE ONLY WAY THAT IT WILL BE GOOD IF IT'S 705 00:42:37,855 --> 00:42:40,124 MINE." AND I DID THAT. 706 00:42:40,190 --> 00:42:44,528 AND THEN, SHE WRITES THIS PIECE IN THE "NEW STATESMAN," AND I 707 00:42:44,595 --> 00:42:48,499 WAS DOING AN INTERVIEW, AND SOMEONE WHO WAS OVERSEEING THE 708 00:42:48,565 --> 00:42:57,608 INTERVIEW SAID, "YOU MIGHT WANT TO READ THE 'NEW STATESMAN', AND 709 00:42:57,675 --> 00:43:00,511 I STOOD OUT ON THE BALCONY AND STOOD THERE READING THIS PIECE. 710 00:43:00,577 --> 00:43:04,014 IT'S NOT JUST THAT SHE LIKED IT. LIKE, SHE SAW IT. 711 00:43:04,081 --> 00:43:08,485 ( APPLAUSE ) I'M HAPPY FOR YOU. 712 00:43:08,552 --> 00:43:10,287 THAT'S WONDERFUL. >> THANK YOU. 713 00:43:10,354 --> 00:43:12,656 >> Stephen: MAGGIE. IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU AGAIN. 714 00:43:12,723 --> 00:43:14,625 THANK YOU FOR THIS FILM. "THE LOST DAUGHTER" IS IN 715 00:43:14,692 --> 00:43:15,626 THEATERS THIS FRIDAY AND ON NETFLIX DECEMBER 31. 716 00:43:15,693 --> 00:43:19,997 MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL, EVERBODY! WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. 717 00:43:20,064 --> 00:43:20,564 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 718 00:43:28,706 --> 00:43:30,007 LATE SHOW." THANK YOU AGAIN TO EVERYONE WHO 719 00:43:30,074 --> 00:43:32,643 JOINED ME FOR THE "LORD OF THE RINGS" SONG! 720 00:43:32,710 --> 00:43:38,649 YOU CAN JOIN SEAN ASTIN'S BOOK CLUB fable.co TO READ "LORD OF 721 00:43:38,716 --> 00:43:41,352 THE RINGS" WITH SAMWISE HIMSELF. AND YOU CAN CATCH METHOD MAN IN 722 00:43:41,418 --> 00:43:43,387 "POWER BOOK 2: GHOST" CURRENTLY ON STARZ. 723 00:43:43,454 --> 00:43:45,990 TUNE IN TOMORROW WHEN MY GUEST WILL BE ANDERSON COOPER. 724 00:43:46,056 --> 00:43:50,461 JAMES CORDEN IS NEXT. GOOD NIGHT. 725 00:43:50,527 --> 00:43:51,028 Captioning sponsored by CBS Media Access Group at WGBH