1 00:00:02,001 --> 00:00:03,937 >> DWAYNE "THE ROCK" JOHNSON HAS REVEALED TODAY HE'S WORKING ON 2 00:00:04,003 --> 00:00:06,039 ANOTHER VIDEO GAME MOVIE. DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH "MEN'S 3 00:00:06,106 --> 00:00:08,308 JOURNAL," THE 39-YEAR-OLD FORMER PROFESSIONAL WRESTLER REVEALED 4 00:00:08,375 --> 00:00:12,145 THAT HE IS SET TO STAR IN ANOTHER VIDEO GAME ADAPTATION. 5 00:00:12,212 --> 00:00:14,047 THE ROCK SAYS, "I CAN'T TELL YOU WHICH GAME IN PARTICULAR WE'RE 6 00:00:14,114 --> 00:00:19,953 DOING, BUT THERE WILL BE AN ANNOUNCEMENT THIS YEAR. 7 00:00:20,019 --> 00:00:21,955 WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING ONE OF THE BIGGEST, MOST BAD -ASS 8 00:00:22,021 --> 00:00:27,560 GAMES TO THE SCREEN, ONE THAT I'VE PLAYED FOR YEARS." 9 00:00:27,627 --> 00:00:31,731 >> ME AND YOU, ONE ON ONE. I WILL BEAT YOUR ASS LIKE A 10 00:00:31,798 --> 00:00:41,975 CHEROKEE DRUM. ( BUZZER ) 11 00:00:42,041 --> 00:00:44,010 >> I'M GOING TO KNOCK YOUR TOOTH SO FAR DOWN YOUR THROAT, YOU'RE 12 00:00:44,077 --> 00:00:50,984 GOING TO STICK A TOOTHBRUSH RIGHT UP YOUR ASS TO BRUSH IT. 13 00:00:51,050 --> 00:00:53,787 >> DO YOU LIKE APPLES? >> NO. 14 00:00:53,853 --> 00:00:56,456 ( BUZZER ) HOW DO YOU LIKE THEM APPLES? 15 00:00:56,523 --> 00:01:00,693 >> THAT WOULDST BE GREAT, BUT NOT WITHOUT AMBITION, BUT 16 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:07,100 WITHOUT THE ILLNESS SHOULD ATTEND IT. 17 00:01:07,167 --> 00:01:15,108 ( GRUNTING ) >> FORTUNE FAVORS THE BRAVE. 18 00:01:15,175 --> 00:01:18,945 >> YES-YES-YES-YES-YES-YES. 19 00:01:19,012 --> 00:01:21,948 >> ANNOUNCER: IT'S "THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT." 20 00:01:22,015 --> 00:01:33,893 TONIGHT: MARLEE MATLIN AND MACKENZIE 21 00:01:33,960 --> 00:01:37,263 DAVIS. 22 00:01:37,330 --> 00:01:41,301 FEATURING JON BATISTE AND STAY HUMAN. 23 00:01:41,367 --> 00:01:43,036 AND NOW, LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE 24 00:01:43,102 --> 00:01:48,241 ED SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! 25 00:01:48,308 --> 00:01:53,513 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 26 00:01:53,580 --> 00:02:05,925 LOOK AT THAT! THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 27 00:02:05,992 --> 00:02:16,269 BEAUTIFUL. SIR, GOOD TO SEE YOU. 28 00:02:16,336 --> 00:02:21,007 >> Jon: AAAAHHHH! >> Stephen: PLEASE HAVE A 29 00:02:21,074 --> 00:02:23,943 SEAT, EVERYBODY. WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW." 30 00:02:24,010 --> 00:02:26,880 I AM YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT. AND I JUST WANT TO START OFF BY 31 00:02:26,946 --> 00:02:32,952 SAYING A HAPPY FRIDAY TO YOU ALL, IN HERE AND OUT THERE. 32 00:02:33,019 --> 00:02:35,355 I'M THRILLED YOU COULD JOIN US HERE AT THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER 33 00:02:35,421 --> 00:02:37,957 NEW YORK, NEW YORK, THE BIG CITY OF DREAMS. 34 00:02:38,024 --> 00:02:40,026 I HOPE YOU'RE ALL READY FOR THIS WEEKEND, BECAUSE A MAJOR WINTER 35 00:02:40,093 --> 00:02:43,429 STORM IS SET TO SLAM THE NORTHEAST TOMORROW, DROPPING UP 36 00:02:43,496 --> 00:02:47,467 TO 20 INCHES OF SNOW, WHICH YOU WON'T NOTICE, BECAUSE IT'S 37 00:02:47,534 --> 00:02:53,973 HAPPENING OUTSIDE. BUT SOUTHERN FLORIDA SAW OUR 38 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:57,977 WINTER STORM AND SAID "HOLD MY BEER AND DON'T TOUCH MY 39 00:02:58,044 --> 00:03:01,915 METH" BECAUSE, RECENTLY, A WEATHER WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR 40 00:03:01,981 --> 00:03:06,920 RAINING REPTILES AS IGUANAS START FALLING FROM SKY IN 41 00:03:06,986 --> 00:03:08,221 FLORIDA. THAT'S RIGHT! 42 00:03:08,288 --> 00:03:12,191 FROM THE PEOPLE WHO BROUGHT YOU "SHARKNADO" IT'S "LIZARD 43 00:03:12,258 --> 00:03:18,598 BLIZZARD." ( APPLAUSE ) 44 00:03:18,665 --> 00:03:24,938 WEATHER SYSTEM UP HERE IS CAUSING TEMPERATURES IN FLORIDA 45 00:03:25,004 --> 00:03:27,040 TO PLUMMET, AND IGUANAS OFTEN SLEEP IN TREES DURING COLDER 46 00:03:27,106 --> 00:03:30,944 WEATHER CONDITIONS, SO THEY CAN END UP FALLING FROM BRANCHES 47 00:03:31,010 --> 00:03:33,112 WHEN THEY ENTER A DORMANT STATE AND POTENTIALLY LAND ON 48 00:03:33,179 --> 00:03:38,251 UNSUSPECTING PASSERSBY. OF COURSE THEY'RE UNSUSPECTING. 49 00:03:38,318 --> 00:03:42,956 THERE'S A WORD FOR PEOPLE WHO WALK AROUND AND EXPECT TO BE 50 00:03:43,022 --> 00:03:47,660 PUMMELED BY FALLING IGUANAS. AND THAT WORD IS "INSANE." 51 00:03:47,727 --> 00:03:50,430 BY THE WAY, DON'T WORRY TOO MUCH ABOUT THE IGUANAS. 52 00:03:50,496 --> 00:03:53,099 AS ONE FLORIDA METEOROLOGIST EXPLAINED, "THEY ARE NOT DEAD. 53 00:03:53,166 --> 00:03:58,438 DON'T APPROACH. ONCE THE SUN IS OUT, THEY WILL 54 00:03:58,504 --> 00:04:02,375 MOVE." SO, SAME RULES APPLY TO FROZEN 55 00:04:02,442 --> 00:04:06,446 IGUANAS AS APPLY TO GRANDMA IN HER EASY CHAIR: DON'T TOUCH HER, 56 00:04:06,512 --> 00:04:12,185 SHE'LL WAKE UP WHEN THE SUN HITS HER. 57 00:04:12,251 --> 00:04:17,357 ( APPLAUSE ) ALSO IN FLORIDA. 58 00:04:17,423 --> 00:04:18,625 ALSO IN FLORIDA. THERE'S BAD NEWS FOR ANYBODY 59 00:04:18,691 --> 00:04:24,764 HEAVILY INVESTED IN #2 PENCILS. THE COLLEGE BOARD JUST 60 00:04:24,831 --> 00:04:30,436 ANNOUNCED THE S.A.T. WILL GO COMPLETELY DIGITAL BY 2024. 61 00:04:30,503 --> 00:04:33,706 I GOT TO SAY, AS A PERSON WHO TOOK THE S.A.T. ON PAPER IN THE 62 00:04:33,773 --> 00:04:39,412 80s, THAT MAWKS ME FEEL OLD. I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY. 63 00:04:39,479 --> 00:04:46,185 I MEAN, THAT MAKES ME MEAL "ANTEDILUVIAN." 64 00:04:46,252 --> 00:04:56,162 ( APPLAUSE ) COLLEGE BOARD SAID, "THE DIGITAL 65 00:04:56,229 --> 00:04:58,264 S.A.T. WILL BE EASIER TO TAKE, EASIER TO GIVE, AND MORE 66 00:04:58,331 --> 00:05:00,099 RELEVANT." YES, BEING RELEVANT IS KEY. 67 00:05:00,166 --> 00:05:02,435 IT EXPLAINS THIS SAMPLE QUESTION: "WEST ELM CALEB CAN 68 00:05:02,502 --> 00:05:05,038 SHOOT AT LEAST 12 TIKTOKS PER HOUR, UNLESS A KAREN CALLS A 69 00:05:05,104 --> 00:05:09,042 MANAGER ON HIM. IF HE WERE TO ALSO SPEND THREE 70 00:05:09,108 --> 00:05:10,276 HOURS TWITCH-STREAMING A "BREATH OF THE WILD" SPEED -RUN, WHO IS 71 00:05:10,343 --> 00:05:12,178 PETE DAVIDSON'S CURRENT GIRLFRIEND?" 72 00:05:12,245 --> 00:05:20,820 ( LAUGHTER ) THE ANSWER-- THE ANSWER-- 73 00:05:20,887 --> 00:05:26,359 THE ANSWER IS "D," ALL OF THE ABOVE. 74 00:05:26,426 --> 00:05:30,329 FANS OF SPORT AND/OR SPANGLY SPANDEX OUTFITS HAVE SOMETHING 75 00:05:30,396 --> 00:05:32,865 TO LOOK FORWARD TO, BECAUSE WE ARE JUST ONE WEEK AWAY FROM 76 00:05:32,932 --> 00:05:36,803 THE OPENING OF THE 2022 WINTER OLYMPICS GAMES. 77 00:05:36,869 --> 00:05:42,075 AND I'LL GIVE YOU ALL THE LATEST IN MY GOLD MEDAL -WORTHY SEGMENT 78 00:05:42,141 --> 00:05:43,309 "WINTER IS COMING: THE ROAD TO THE OLYMPICS." 79 00:05:43,376 --> 00:05:46,379 BROUGHT TO YOU BY CBS: THE OFFICIAL NETWORK OF NOT AIRING 80 00:05:46,446 --> 00:05:48,314 THE OLYMPICS. ( LAUGHTER ) 81 00:05:48,381 --> 00:05:52,485 WE'RE NOT DOING IT. NO! 82 00:05:52,552 --> 00:05:54,921 REFUSE! THIS YEAR, THE OLYMPICS ARE 83 00:05:54,987 --> 00:05:57,724 BEING HELD IN BEIJING, CHINA, A COUNTRY WITH A HISTORY OF 84 00:05:57,790 --> 00:06:00,159 CRACKING DOWN ON BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS. 85 00:06:00,226 --> 00:06:02,428 IN RESPONSE, THE U.S. HAS ALREADY ANNOUNCED THAT WE WILL 86 00:06:02,495 --> 00:06:05,064 NOT SEND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TO THE GAMES. 87 00:06:05,131 --> 00:06:07,066 THAT'S TOO BAD. TREASURY SECRETARY JANET YELLEN 88 00:06:07,133 --> 00:06:12,805 REALLY SHREDS ON THE HALF -PIPE. ( LAUGHTER ) 89 00:06:12,872 --> 00:06:21,380 OLYMPICS. THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME MIXED 90 00:06:21,447 --> 00:06:23,750 SIGNALS ON THE SUBJECT OF ATHLETES MIXING, BECAUSE BEIJING 91 00:06:23,816 --> 00:06:25,752 OLYMPICS ORGANIZERS ARE MAKING CONDOMS AVAILABLE, BUT ATHLETES 92 00:06:25,818 --> 00:06:27,086 ARE INSTRUCTED TO MINIMIZE PHYSICAL INTERACTIONS SUCH AS 93 00:06:27,153 --> 00:06:30,389 HUGS, HIGH-FIVES, AND HANDSHAKES. 94 00:06:30,456 --> 00:06:32,391 WAIT, THEY'RE GIVING OUT CONDOMS BUT SAYING YOU CAN'T HIGH-FIVE? 95 00:06:32,458 --> 00:06:33,226 COME ON! THAT'S THE BEST PART OF HAVING 96 00:06:33,292 --> 00:06:37,296 SEX! YOU KNOW, GREAT JOB! 97 00:06:37,363 --> 00:06:43,069 TEAM WORK! WHAT ARE ATHLETES SUPPOSED TO DO 98 00:06:43,136 --> 00:06:48,207 WHAT ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO DO? >> Jon: I DON'T KNOW. 99 00:06:48,274 --> 00:06:53,913 WHAT ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO DO AFTERWARDS, LAY THERE NOT 100 00:06:53,980 --> 00:06:56,849 HIGH-FIVING? A FIST BUMP IS SO IMPERSONAL, 101 00:06:56,916 --> 00:06:57,917 AND THUMB WRESTLING JUST TAKES TOO LONG. 102 00:06:57,984 --> 00:07:00,419 IT'S NOT EXACTLY CLEAR WHEN ATHLETES WILL GET THIS 103 00:07:00,486 --> 00:07:02,388 PROTECTION, THOUGH. ORGANIZERS SAID, "ALL 104 00:07:02,455 --> 00:07:04,290 OLYMPIC-RELATED UNITS WILL PROVIDE APPROPRIATE QUANTITIES 105 00:07:04,357 --> 00:07:07,493 OF CONDOMS FOR FREE AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME." 106 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:09,929 FIRST OF ALL, LET'S ACKNOWLEDGE THAT "OLYMPIC -RELATED UNIT" IS A 107 00:07:09,996 --> 00:07:12,799 PRETTY GREAT EUPHEMISM FOR PENIS. 108 00:07:12,865 --> 00:07:17,937 ( LAUGHTER ) PROVIDED "AT THE APPROPRIATE 109 00:07:18,004 --> 00:07:19,972 TIME"? WHO DETERMINES THAT TIME? 110 00:07:20,039 --> 00:07:22,441 "AND THE CONDOM HANDOFF IS COMPLETE, AND THEY'RE MOVING 111 00:07:22,508 --> 00:07:24,811 FROM THE TRIPLE LUTZ TO REVERSE COWGIRL, CAN THEY STICK 112 00:07:24,877 --> 00:07:32,585 THE LANDING? AND THEY DID IT! 113 00:07:32,652 --> 00:07:36,923 AMAZING DISMOUNT! AMAZING." 114 00:07:36,989 --> 00:07:40,326 BUT DON'T WORRY ABOUT BEIJING'S FAMOUS SMOG PROBLEM, BECAUSE 115 00:07:40,393 --> 00:07:43,462 BEHIND THE SCENES, THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT IS WORKING HARD TO 116 00:07:43,529 --> 00:07:51,437 CONTROL THE WEATHER, YES, BECAUSE 117 00:07:51,504 --> 00:07:53,072 "WEATHER CONTROL MACHINE" IS SOMETHING YOU ALWAYS ASSOCIATE 118 00:07:53,139 --> 00:07:54,574 WITH THE GOOD GUYS. THEY'RE GOING TO HOLD THE 119 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:56,442 OPENING CEREMONIES IN A REMOTE VOLCANO LAIR, WITH A PERFORMANCE 120 00:07:56,509 --> 00:07:57,810 OF SYNCHRONIZED HENCHMEN IN THE SHARK MOAT. 121 00:07:57,877 --> 00:08:01,380 THESE WEATHER MACHINES WILL HELP FIX A SMALL PROBLEM FOR THE 122 00:08:01,447 --> 00:08:06,786 EVENTS HELD ON SNOW-- THERE'S NO SNOW. 123 00:08:06,853 --> 00:08:08,754 THESE GAMES WILL BE THE FIRST TO USE 100% ARTIFICIAL SNOW BY 124 00:08:08,821 --> 00:08:12,391 DEPLOYING MORE THAN 100 SNOW GENERATORS AND 300 SNOW -MAKING 125 00:08:12,458 --> 00:08:16,229 GUNS AND 49 MILLION GALLONS OF CHEMICALLY-TREATED WATER. 126 00:08:16,295 --> 00:08:18,564 PERFECT FOR ANYBODY WHO'S PEERED INTO THE DEEP-BLUE SLOSHING 127 00:08:18,631 --> 00:08:20,633 CONTENTS OF A GREYHOUND TOILET AND SAID, "I WISH I COULD DO 128 00:08:20,700 --> 00:08:23,803 SPORTS ON THAT!" ( LAUGHTER ) 129 00:08:23,870 --> 00:08:34,413 OH, WAIT, WHAT'S THAT? WHAT IS-- WHAT IS-- WHAT IS-- 130 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:43,155 WHAT IS THAT SOUND I'M NOT HEARING IN MY FAKE EARPIECE 131 00:08:43,222 --> 00:08:47,927 IN MY DEAF EAR. THAT WE'VE GOT AN UPDATE ON A 132 00:08:47,994 --> 00:08:49,295 RECENT STORY, WHEN WE TOLD YOU ABOUT ANTI-VAX LEADER AND CLUB 133 00:08:49,362 --> 00:08:50,763 OWNER AUDITIONING STRIPPERS ON ZOOM, CHRIS KEY. 134 00:08:50,830 --> 00:08:53,165 AS WE DISCUSSED, KEY IS A POPULAR FIGURE AMONG FAR -RIGHT 135 00:08:53,232 --> 00:08:54,533 ONLINE COMMUNITIES WHO HAS A HISTORY OF MAKING DISCREDITED 136 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:56,636 MEDICAL CLAIMS, INCLUDING URGING HIS FOLLOWERS TO DRINK THEIR OWN 137 00:08:56,702 --> 00:08:59,071 URINE IN ORDER TO FIGHT COVID, ADDING, "I DRINK MY OWN URINE!" 138 00:08:59,138 --> 00:09:02,408 WELL, AT LEAST HE PUTS HIS URINE WHERE HIS MOUTH IS. 139 00:09:02,475 --> 00:09:10,416 ( LAUGHTER ) IT'S HIS JOB TO CONDUCT A 140 00:09:10,483 --> 00:09:13,352 CITIZEN'S ARREST OF DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS, AND TO DO SO, HE'S 141 00:09:13,419 --> 00:09:16,889 GOING ON A CROSS-COUNTRY ROAD TRIP. 142 00:09:16,956 --> 00:09:21,160 "OKAY, EVERYBODY, WE'VE GOT A REST STOP COMING UP. 143 00:09:21,227 --> 00:09:22,528 DOES ANYONE NEED TO USE THE BATHROOM OR GET A DRINK? 144 00:09:22,595 --> 00:09:29,735 'CAUSE I DON'T NEED EITHER." BUT... 145 00:09:29,802 --> 00:09:32,571 ♪ ♪ ♪ IT'S A THINKER. 146 00:09:32,638 --> 00:09:35,775 THE TRICK GETS EVEN-- ( APPLAUSE ). 147 00:09:35,841 --> 00:09:40,947 JOKES. THANK YOU, THOUGH. 148 00:09:41,013 --> 00:09:42,648 BUT THE TRIP GETS EVEN DUMBER, BECAUSE KEY CLAIMS THAT DESPITE 149 00:09:42,715 --> 00:09:45,051 OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE, HE DOESN'T NEED A DRIVER'S LICENSE 150 00:09:45,117 --> 00:09:46,185 BECAUSE, "I TRAVEL. YOU ONLY 'DRIVE' IF YOU ARE 151 00:09:46,252 --> 00:09:50,589 COMMITTING COMMERCE." WELL, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT 152 00:09:50,656 --> 00:09:54,026 COMMERCE, BUT HE SHOULD DEFINITELY BE COMMITTED 153 00:09:54,093 --> 00:10:00,700 SOMEWHERE. SPEAKING OF QUACKS, TV CHARLATAN 154 00:10:00,766 --> 00:10:02,101 AND MYSTERIOUS WIDOWER PUTTING THE MOVES ON YOUR RICH MOM, 155 00:10:02,168 --> 00:10:03,936 DOCTOR OZ. THE DOC IS RUNNING FOR THE 156 00:10:04,003 --> 00:10:05,905 REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR SENATE IN PENNSYLVANIA, AND HE'S BEEN 157 00:10:05,972 --> 00:10:09,942 TRYING TO DRUM UP G.O.P. SUPPORT, AND IT IS NOT GOING 158 00:10:10,009 --> 00:10:11,811 WELL. IN A RECENT STRAW POLL OF STATE 159 00:10:11,877 --> 00:10:14,947 REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE MEMBERS, HE RECEIVED JUST ONE VOTE OUT OF 160 00:10:15,014 --> 00:10:18,050 MORE THAN 100 CAST. AND THEN THIS WEEKEND, HE 161 00:10:18,117 --> 00:10:20,820 UNDERPERFORMED EXPECTATIONS AGAIN, FINISHING THIRD IN ONE 162 00:10:20,886 --> 00:10:23,990 STRAW POLL AND FOURTH IN ANOTHER. 163 00:10:24,056 --> 00:10:26,058 SO, THE GUY WHO PEDDLED FAKE WEIGHT-LOSS PRODUCTS LIKE GREEN 164 00:10:26,125 --> 00:10:34,066 COFFEE BEAN EXTRACT AND HOT PEPPER JELLY HAS FINALLY FOUND A 165 00:10:34,133 --> 00:10:37,603 PRODUCT SO FRAUDULENT EVEN HE CAN'T SELL IT: HIM. 166 00:10:37,670 --> 00:10:42,975 ( LAUGHTER ) WHY-- WHY-- BEAUTIFUL VIEW. 167 00:10:43,042 --> 00:10:44,143 WHY IS DOCTOR OZ LOSING SO BADLY? 168 00:10:44,210 --> 00:10:48,347 EXPERTS SAY IT MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH HIS 169 00:10:48,414 --> 00:10:50,049 TENUOUS CONNECTION TO PENNSYLVANIA, ADDING THAT HE WAS 170 00:10:50,116 --> 00:10:54,053 A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF NEW JERSEY, AND VOTED THERE AS 171 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:57,390 RECENTLY AS 2020. WELL, THAT EXPLAINS HIS CAMPAIGN 172 00:10:57,456 --> 00:11:01,727 SLOGAN: "DR. OZ FOR NEW JERSEY-- I MEAN, PENNSYLVANIA!" 173 00:11:01,794 --> 00:11:09,869 ( LAUGHTER ) DR. OZ, I SEE YOUR PROBLEM AND 174 00:11:09,935 --> 00:11:11,370 I THINK I CAN HELP, WITH DR. STEPHEN T. COLBERT'S 175 00:11:11,437 --> 00:11:14,040 RASPBERRY-TURMERICKETONE MIRACLE POLL-BOOST SUPPLEMENT. 176 00:11:14,106 --> 00:11:18,044 IT MAKES YOU MORE LIKABLE AND ELECTABLE, WHILE REDUCING BELLY 177 00:11:18,110 --> 00:11:22,815 FAT. ALL FOR ONE LOW PAYMENT OF, GIVE 178 00:11:22,882 --> 00:11:26,285 ME ALL YOUR MONEY. NOW, I WILL WARN YOU, THIS IS 179 00:11:26,352 --> 00:11:29,422 THE PILL. ( LAUGHTER ) 180 00:11:29,488 --> 00:11:34,060 IT'S BIG. BUT, DR. OZ, YOU CAN STICK IT UP 181 00:11:34,126 --> 00:11:35,728 YOUR ASS. ( LAUGHTER ) 182 00:11:35,795 --> 00:11:39,598 TONIGHT. MY GUESTS ARE MARLEE MATLIN AND 183 00:11:39,665 --> 00:11:42,068 "STATION ELEVEN" STAR, MACKENZIE DAVIS. 184 00:11:42,134 --> 00:11:46,839 BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, "MEANWHILE!" 185 00:11:46,906 --> 00:11:47,406 ♪ ♪ ♪ 186 00:12:27,012 --> 00:12:31,650 STAY HUMAN, EVERYBODY. THERE YOU GO. 187 00:12:31,717 --> 00:12:36,889 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Jon: HAPPY FRIDAY! 188 00:12:36,956 --> 00:12:38,023 >> Stephen: HAPPY FRIDAY, EVERYBODY. 189 00:12:38,090 --> 00:12:39,959 JON, YOU KNOW, THE WORD IS, THERE'S STILL A CHANCE WE'RE 190 00:12:40,025 --> 00:12:41,961 GOING TO GET DUMPED ON, RIGHT, TOMORROW. 191 00:12:42,027 --> 00:12:44,897 TOMORROW BEING SATURDAY, WHEN THE STORM IS SUPPOSED TO BE 192 00:12:44,964 --> 00:12:47,566 HERE. WHAT'S IT CALLED A BOMB CYCLONE? 193 00:12:47,633 --> 00:12:50,936 I'M FROM SOUTH CAROLINA, I THINK TWICE IN MY CHILDHOOD THERE WAS 194 00:12:51,003 --> 00:12:51,937 SNOW. >> Jon: OH, MY GOODNESS. 195 00:12:52,004 --> 00:12:53,973 >> Stephen: IT TOOK A LITTLE ADJUSTING FROM ME. 196 00:12:54,039 --> 00:12:56,876 YOU'RE FROM NEW ORLEANS. DID YOU HAVE ANY-- HOW DO YOU DO 197 00:12:56,942 --> 00:13:00,045 IN SNOW, BY THE WAY? >> Jon: I LOVE TO LOOK AT IT. 198 00:13:00,112 --> 00:13:04,049 I DON'T LIKE TO BE IN IT. WE DIDN'T HAVE SNOW GROWING UP. 199 00:13:04,116 --> 00:13:06,085 >> Stephen: NEVER, NOT A FLAKE? 200 00:13:06,152 --> 00:13:09,121 >> Jon: NOT A SINGLE ONE. THE FIRST TIME I SAW SNOW WAS 201 00:13:09,188 --> 00:13:12,591 WHEN I CAME TO NEW YORK CITY AND I DIDN'T HAVE A WINTER COAT. 202 00:13:12,658 --> 00:13:14,994 >> Stephen: HOW OLD WERE YOU? >> Jon: I WAS 17. 203 00:13:15,060 --> 00:13:19,098 THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I SAW SNOW IN MY LIFE. 204 00:13:19,165 --> 00:13:21,267 >> Stephen: THERE'S NO PREPARING ANYBODY FOR IT. 205 00:13:21,333 --> 00:13:25,337 >> Jon: IT'S MAGICAL AND IT'S COLD BUT YOU GET TIRED OF IT 206 00:13:25,404 --> 00:13:28,607 REAL QUICK. >> Stephen: JON, OSCAR WINNER 207 00:13:28,674 --> 00:13:31,010 MARLEE MATLIN IS HERE, AND MACKENZIE DAVIS, FROM "STATION 208 00:13:31,076 --> 00:13:33,045 ELEVEN" IS HERE. >> Jon: "STATION ELEVEN," 209 00:13:33,112 --> 00:13:36,715 THAT'S RIGHT. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 210 00:13:36,782 --> 00:13:41,153 CLIP, CLIP, EVERYBODY. FOLKS, IF YOU WATCH THE SHOW, 211 00:13:41,220 --> 00:13:48,694 AND I HOPE YOU DO, I SPEND A LOT OF TIME RIGHT OVER THERE, 212 00:13:48,761 --> 00:13:50,095 TIRELESSLY STUDYING THE LINEAGE OF THE DAY'S MOST IMPORTANT 213 00:13:50,162 --> 00:13:51,830 THOROUGHBRED STORIES AND HOLSTEINER HEADLINES, WORKING 214 00:13:51,897 --> 00:13:53,699 WITH THE BEST TRAINERS MONEY CAN BUY TO REAR THEIR COMEDY 215 00:13:53,766 --> 00:13:55,301 OFFSPRING WITH A HAND THAT IS STERN, YET GENTLE, INTO THE 216 00:13:55,367 --> 00:13:59,538 TRIPLE-CROWN-WINNING EQUINE SPECIMEN THAT IS MY NIGHTLY 217 00:13:59,605 --> 00:14:08,113 MONOLOGUE. BUT SOMETIMES, SOMETIMES, FOLKS 218 00:14:08,180 --> 00:14:09,848 I BREAK INTO AN UNINCORPORATED VETERINARY GENETICS LAB AND GRAB 219 00:14:09,915 --> 00:14:11,517 WHATEVER TEST TUBES I CAN FIND. THEN, UNDER A GROW LIGHT I GOT 220 00:14:11,584 --> 00:14:13,819 FROM A DISCARDED CHIA PET, I MIX THE PILFERED D.N.A. OF A HORSE 221 00:14:13,886 --> 00:14:18,924 AD WHATEVER WAS IN A TUBE LABELED "KEITH-COLON-EXTRA," 222 00:14:18,991 --> 00:14:23,128 SLURRYING THE CONCOCTION WITH CAFFEINE PILLS AND A MICROWAVED 223 00:14:23,195 --> 00:14:25,931 REDBULL, I SCREAM-SING A PRAYER TO JANUS, INITIATOR OF HUMAN 224 00:14:25,998 --> 00:14:30,302 LIFE AND GOD OF TRANSFORMATION AS A HALF HORSE, HALF MAN-FREAK, 225 00:14:30,369 --> 00:14:33,405 SEIZES TO LIFE BEFORE ME IN THE HEINOUS COLLECTION OF LOOSE 226 00:14:33,472 --> 00:14:37,443 ANIMAL PARTS AND CORRUPTED MAN TISSUE THAT IS MY SEGMENT: 227 00:14:37,509 --> 00:14:41,747 >> MEANWHILE! ( APPLAUSE ) 228 00:14:41,814 --> 00:14:45,951 WORTH IT EVERY TIME. THE TRIP IS WORTH IT EVERY TIME 229 00:14:46,018 --> 00:14:50,289 FOR THIS GOLDEN TREASURE. MEANWHILE, AS THE PANDEMIC 230 00:14:50,356 --> 00:14:52,958 CONTINUES TO DRIVE UP COSTS, WE'RE GETTING WORD THAT 231 00:14:53,025 --> 00:14:55,961 "OSCAR MAYER HOT DOGS AND VELVEETA CHEESE WILL GET MORE 232 00:14:56,028 --> 00:14:59,898 EXPENSIVE." GOOD LORD. 233 00:14:59,965 --> 00:15:01,634 IF THIS CONTINUES, IT MIGHT EVENTUALLY RAISE THE PRICE OF 234 00:15:01,700 --> 00:15:04,303 FOOD. ( LAUGHTER ) 235 00:15:04,370 --> 00:15:14,079 MEANWHILE, IN AN AMAZING NEW BREAKTHROUGH, A "FROG'S MISSING 236 00:15:14,146 --> 00:15:18,450 LEG WAS REGROWN WITH A CHEMICAL COCKTAIL" THAT WAS APPLIED TO 237 00:15:18,517 --> 00:15:21,854 "CLAWED FROGS." YOU REALIZE WHAT THIS MEANS: 238 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:25,557 CLEARLY, THEY HAVE CREATED FROG WOLVERINE, SO NOW THEY CAN 239 00:15:25,624 --> 00:15:27,993 FINALLY ASSEMBLE A TEAM OF FROG X-MEN TO BAND TOGETHER AT THEIR 240 00:15:28,060 --> 00:15:32,464 SECRET POND IN UPSTATE NEW YORK AND, AT LAST, BRING THE FIGHT TO 241 00:15:32,531 --> 00:15:35,634 THEIR NEMESIS, FROG-NETO. I LOVE SCIENCE. 242 00:15:35,701 --> 00:15:41,640 I JUST LOVE SCIENCE. MEANWHILE, IN BREAKING JUICE 243 00:15:41,707 --> 00:15:45,644 NEWS, "SIMPLY" BRAND LEMONADE IS BECOMING A BOOZY BEVERAGE. 244 00:15:45,711 --> 00:15:46,945 CONGRATS TO THE TEAM BEHIND THE RECIPE: EVERY SINGLE HIGH SCHOOL 245 00:15:47,012 --> 00:15:53,652 JUNIOR. ( LAUGHTER ) 246 00:15:53,719 --> 00:15:57,690 MEANWHILE, THIS ONE'S FOR ALL MY SEXY MULTICELLED ORGANISMS OUT 247 00:15:57,756 --> 00:16:01,660 THERE. AFTER DIGGING AROUND IN THE 248 00:16:01,727 --> 00:16:04,330 SIBERIAN PERMAFROST, "A 24,000-YEAR-OLD ANIMAL HAS BEEN 249 00:16:04,396 --> 00:16:07,900 FOUND ALIVE, WELL, AND READY TO REPRODUCE." 250 00:16:07,966 --> 00:16:11,170 SCIENTISTS WERE ALERTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT WHEN THE ORGANISM 251 00:16:11,236 --> 00:16:13,605 CHANGED ITS FACEBOOK STATUS TO, "OUT OF THE GROUND AND LOOKIN' 252 00:16:13,672 --> 00:16:16,041 TO POUND!" ( LAUGHTER ) 253 00:16:16,108 --> 00:16:25,351 THE ORGANISM HAD BEEN FROZEN IN THE GROUND FOR ALMOST 25,000 254 00:16:25,417 --> 00:16:28,053 YEARS BUT WAS CAPTURED ON VIDEO ALIVE AND MOVING. 255 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:33,659 TAKE A LOOK. IT'S A DELLOID ROTIFER, A 256 00:16:33,726 --> 00:16:40,032 SPECIES WHICH STILL EXISTS TODAY-- ALTHOUGH, TODAY THEY ARE 257 00:16:40,099 --> 00:16:46,038 MUCH BIGGER AND SEEN MOSTLY OUTSIDE CAR DEALERSHIPS. 258 00:16:46,105 --> 00:16:48,374 MEANWHILE, DUE TO OMICRON, "WHITE CASTLE HAS CANCELLED 259 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:49,842 THEIR ANNUAL TRADITION OF 'FINE DINING' ON VALENTINE'S DAY." 260 00:16:49,908 --> 00:16:52,177 NORMALLY, AT WHITE CASTLE, "FINE DINING" IS GETTING THROUGH LUNCH 261 00:16:52,244 --> 00:16:55,381 WITHOUT WITNESSING RATS BETTING ON A RACCOON FIGHT. 262 00:16:55,447 --> 00:17:01,420 BUT THIS VALENTINE'S, THE RESTAURANT WILL PIVOT, CHANGING 263 00:17:01,487 --> 00:17:04,022 GEARS TO "A TO-GO CELEBRATION, OFFERING A VERY PINK LOVE CUBE 264 00:17:04,089 --> 00:17:08,160 MEAL BOX, WHICH INCLUDES EIGHT CHEESE SLIDERS, TWO SMALL SOFT 265 00:17:08,227 --> 00:17:12,765 DRINKS, AND A CHOICE OF TWO SHAREABLE SIDES." 266 00:17:12,831 --> 00:17:15,000 COST OF THE MEAL: ABOUT $15. BUT THE LOOK ON THAT SPECIAL 267 00:17:15,067 --> 00:17:17,636 SOMEONE'S FACE AS THEY DECIDE TO LEAVE YOU? 268 00:17:17,703 --> 00:17:25,611 PRICELESS. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH OSCAR 269 00:17:25,677 --> 00:17:26,178 WINNER MARLEE MATLIN. ♪ ♪ ♪ 270 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:50,936 ( APPLAUSE ) GUEST THIS FRIDAY NIGHT IS AN 271 00:17:51,003 --> 00:17:52,337 ACADEMY-AWARD WINNING ACTRESS AND AUTHOR YOU'VE SEEN IN 272 00:17:52,404 --> 00:17:55,941 "CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD," "THE L WORD" AND "THE WEST WING." 273 00:17:56,008 --> 00:18:10,889 SHE NOW STARS IN THE FILM, "CODA." 274 00:18:10,956 --> 00:18:17,896 >> OH, HERE WE GO! 275 00:18:17,963 --> 00:18:32,845 SHE WON THE YANKEE MISS PAGGENT. 276 00:18:32,911 --> 00:18:34,913 SHE WON THE YANKEE MISS PAGGENT. 277 00:18:49,995 --> 00:18:51,930 >> STEPHEN: PLEASE WELCOME 278 00:18:51,997 --> 00:18:58,136 MARLEE MATLIN! ♪ ♪ ♪ 279 00:18:58,203 --> 00:19:13,085 ( APPLAUSE ) ( APPLAUSE ) 280 00:19:13,151 --> 00:19:19,558 ( APPLAUSE ) ( APPLAUSE ) 281 00:19:19,625 --> 00:19:22,160 >> HI, THERE. >> Stephen: WELCOME, WELCOME 282 00:19:22,227 --> 00:19:25,163 TO YOU. WELCOME TO YOUR INTERPRETER 283 00:19:25,230 --> 00:19:26,698 JACK, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. >> THANK YOU. 284 00:19:26,765 --> 00:19:28,901 >> Stephen: IT'S SO NICE TO FINALLY INTERVIEW YOU. 285 00:19:28,967 --> 00:19:31,803 >> IT'S ABOUT TIME. I HAVE BEEN WAITING AND WAITING 286 00:19:31,870 --> 00:19:34,573 AND WAITING AND WAITING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 287 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:38,911 >> Stephen: WELL, IT'S OUR PLEASURE. 288 00:19:38,977 --> 00:19:43,782 THIS YEAR IS THE 35th ANNIVERSARY OF YOU WINNING YOUR 289 00:19:43,849 --> 00:19:46,418 OSCAR FOR "CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD." 290 00:19:46,485 --> 00:19:51,823 THERE YOU ARE. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 291 00:19:51,890 --> 00:19:58,931 >> Stephen: YOU WERE NOT ONLY THE FIRST DEAF ACTOR TO WIN AN 292 00:19:58,997 --> 00:20:02,501 OSCAR, BUT ALSO THE YOUNGEST, AT AGE 21. 293 00:20:02,568 --> 00:20:07,906 WHICH IS PRETTY-- YOU LOOK FANTASTIC! 294 00:20:07,973 --> 00:20:11,176 YOU LOOK FANTASTIC! DON'T CHANGE A THING, KID. 295 00:20:11,243 --> 00:20:16,949 SO WHAT WAS IT LIKE-- YOU'RE 21 YEARS OLD. 296 00:20:17,015 --> 00:20:21,286 THIS IS YOUR FIRST BIG MOVIE. YOU HIT IT OUT OF THE PARK. 297 00:20:21,353 --> 00:20:23,956 WERE YOU STAR STRUCK? WHO WERE YOU RUBBING ELBOWS WITH 298 00:20:24,022 --> 00:20:27,059 AT AGE 21 AT THE OSCARS. >> IT'S 35 YEARS AGO SO I SORT 299 00:20:27,125 --> 00:20:31,463 OF HAVE TO REACH BACK INTO MY MEMORY BANK, I REMEMBER BEING 300 00:20:31,530 --> 00:20:32,497 STUNNED. SEEING ALL-- I'M IN THE BUSINESS 301 00:20:32,564 --> 00:20:34,633 FOR THE FIRST TIME-- EVERYONE THAT'S OUT THERE. 302 00:20:34,700 --> 00:20:37,069 I'M JUST A REGULAR GIRL FROM CHICAGO. 303 00:20:37,135 --> 00:20:39,571 I WAS WATCHING TELEVISION AND MOVIES AS A KID GROWING UP, 304 00:20:39,638 --> 00:20:42,641 LOOKING AT ALL THESE MOVIE STARS AND ON OSCAR NIGHT AND I WON AND 305 00:20:42,708 --> 00:20:45,310 I GO TO THIS PLACE CALLED SPAGOS. 306 00:20:45,377 --> 00:20:48,580 IT'S THE PLACE EVERYBODY WENT TO FOR THE AFTERPARTIES AND I WILL 307 00:20:48,647 --> 00:20:51,016 NEVER FORGET THAT I MET ELIZABETH TAILOR. 308 00:20:51,083 --> 00:20:53,852 >> Stephen: WOW. >> I MEAN, LIKE, COME ON, 309 00:20:53,919 --> 00:20:56,388 ELIZABETH TAYLOR. AND I WAS SO IN AWE OF HER, AND 310 00:20:56,455 --> 00:21:01,693 SHE WAS SO SWEET AND LOVELY. AND I STARTED ANALYZING 311 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:05,397 EVERYTHING ABOUT HER-- HER LIP, HER HAIR. 312 00:21:05,464 --> 00:21:08,233 IT WAS SO PERFECT. IT NEVER MOVED AN INCH. 313 00:21:08,300 --> 00:21:09,534 REALLY, SHE WAS PERFECT. SHE WAS PERFECT. 314 00:21:09,601 --> 00:21:14,406 .>> Stephen: AND YOU, ACTUALLY, AS I SHOWED BEFORE, YOU LOOKED 315 00:21:14,473 --> 00:21:16,608 PRETTY PERFECT YOURSELF THAT NIGHT, VERY BEAUTIFUL. 316 00:21:16,675 --> 00:21:20,278 ( APPLAUSE ) THAT'S A SETUP TO THE REST OF 317 00:21:20,345 --> 00:21:22,114 THIS-- >> SOMEONE PAID YOU TO SAY THAT. 318 00:21:22,180 --> 00:21:26,718 >> Stephen: THE THING IS SO MANY PEOPLE ENGAGED IN FUN 319 00:21:26,785 --> 00:21:30,689 ACTIVITIES DURING COVID, YOU DID A PRETTY COOL ONE HERE. 320 00:21:30,756 --> 00:21:35,961 YOU GOT BACK IN TO YOUR DRESS FROM 35 YEARS AGO. 321 00:21:36,028 --> 00:21:39,097 THAT-- THAT'S A RISKY THING TO TRY. 322 00:21:39,164 --> 00:21:42,734 ( APPLAUSE ) I MEAN, WE HAD-- I MEAN, I HAD 323 00:21:42,801 --> 00:21:44,903 TO. I MEAN, LISTEN, I WAS-- I PUT IT 324 00:21:44,970 --> 00:21:47,773 ON, I WAS LIKE, IT STILL FITS AFTER FOUR KIDS. 325 00:21:47,839 --> 00:21:49,841 I MEAN, WHY NOT? OKAY, FINE. 326 00:21:49,908 --> 00:21:52,377 I WILL TAKE IT. SO I DID. 327 00:21:52,444 --> 00:21:54,980 IT'S DURING THE PANDEMIC. IT WAS REALLY TOUGH. 328 00:21:55,047 --> 00:21:58,016 I MEAN IT WAS DEVASTATING. I NEEDED A LITTLE HURL TO 329 00:21:58,083 --> 00:22:00,052 LIGHTEN UP THE DAY SO I DECIDED TO PUT IT ON. 330 00:22:00,118 --> 00:22:03,088 >> Stephen: I DEFINITELY STILL FIT INTO THE CLOTHES I HAD WHEN 331 00:22:03,155 --> 00:22:06,892 I WAS 21. I'M NOT JEALOUS AT ALL. 332 00:22:06,958 --> 00:22:09,361 OKAY-- >> I WANT TO SEE A PICTURE. 333 00:22:09,428 --> 00:22:11,463 >> Stephen: WELL, LATER. ( LAUGHTER ). 334 00:22:11,530 --> 00:22:15,767 WAIT. DID HE JUST SIGN? 335 00:22:15,834 --> 00:22:21,606 >> Stephen: DID I? >> YOU SAID "LATER." 336 00:22:21,673 --> 00:22:25,877 >> JACK, WE DON'T NEED YOU JACK. >> Stephen: LATER AND THANK 337 00:22:25,944 --> 00:22:26,978 YOU. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. 338 00:22:27,045 --> 00:22:28,780 >> MY GOODNESS! >> Stephen: THIS? 339 00:22:28,847 --> 00:22:31,650 >> YEAH. >> Stephen: IT WAS VERY 340 00:22:31,717 --> 00:22:34,586 HANDING IN MEETINGS. IF SOMEONE WANTS TO INTERRUPT 341 00:22:34,653 --> 00:22:35,387 YOU GO... ( LAUGHTER ). 342 00:22:35,454 --> 00:22:40,058 >> Stephen: YOU ARE EASILY IMPRESSED. 343 00:22:40,125 --> 00:22:41,393 THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 344 00:22:41,460 --> 00:22:46,798 NOW, ONE OF YOUR MOST BELOVED ROLES WILL WAS THE POLLSTER JOEY 345 00:22:46,865 --> 00:22:50,068 LUCUS ON "THE WEST WING." LOVED THE PERFORMANCE. 346 00:22:50,135 --> 00:22:53,371 AND I'M A HUGE FAN OF THAT SHOW. I'VE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO 347 00:22:53,438 --> 00:22:55,173 INTERVIEW A TON OF THOSE CAST MEMBERS. 348 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:58,510 BUT THE THING THEY KNOW IS THAT THEY-- I KNOW THAT THEY PLAYED 349 00:22:58,577 --> 00:23:00,946 TRICKS ON EACH OTHER ALL THE TIME. 350 00:23:01,012 --> 00:23:02,914 ALMOST A CRUEL LEVEL TO EACH OTHER. 351 00:23:02,981 --> 00:23:05,917 I MEAN, A LOT OF PEOPLE DO THAT, BUT THEY WERE FAMOUS FOR IT 352 00:23:05,984 --> 00:23:08,887 PURPOSE YOU A VICTIM OF THAT? OR WERE YOU A PERPETRATOR? 353 00:23:08,954 --> 00:23:12,858 >> NO, I MEAN, BEING ON THE SHOW FOR SEVEN YEARS ON "THE WEST 354 00:23:12,924 --> 00:23:15,193 WING," UNFORTUNATELY, NO ONE PLAYED A PRANK ON ME. 355 00:23:15,260 --> 00:23:18,296 I NEVER GOT A PRANK. >> Stephen: NEVER? 356 00:23:18,363 --> 00:23:23,168 >> NEVER. PUT I FINALLY MET JOSH MELINA, 357 00:23:23,235 --> 00:23:26,805 WHO WAS "THE WEST WING," AND WE NEVER HAD SCENES TOGETHER ON THE 358 00:23:26,872 --> 00:23:31,543 SHOW BUT I KNEW HE PULLED PRANKS ALL THE TIME. 359 00:23:31,610 --> 00:23:35,213 I MET WITH HIM FOR HIS PODCAST. >> Stephen: SURE, THEY DO 360 00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:38,150 PODCASTS WHERE THEY BRING FANS ON THE SHOW. 361 00:23:38,216 --> 00:23:40,118 >> EXACTLY. I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, WHAT? 362 00:23:40,185 --> 00:23:43,755 I WANT TO PLAY A PRANK ON HIM JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT BECAUSE I 363 00:23:43,822 --> 00:23:46,124 NEVER MET HIM. I MET HIM, AND HESMS VERY 364 00:23:46,191 --> 00:23:50,495 NERVOUS, AND I WALKED IN, AND I SAW THESE MICROPHONES HE SET UP. 365 00:23:50,562 --> 00:23:52,998 I SAID I DON'T NEED A MICROPHONE. 366 00:23:53,064 --> 00:23:54,166 I'M DEAF. THAT'S FINE. 367 00:23:54,232 --> 00:23:57,335 I SAID-- I THREW THE MICROPHONE-- I THREW MY PURSE ON 368 00:23:57,402 --> 00:24:00,672 THE FLOOR AND SAID, "I DON'T NEED A MICROPHONE." 369 00:24:00,739 --> 00:24:03,942 AND I IDEAL AT JACK, I DON'T NEED THIS. 370 00:24:04,009 --> 00:24:08,313 AND HE STOOD THERE WATCHING US FIGHT, LIKE A SEVEN-YEAR- OLD, 371 00:24:08,380 --> 00:24:10,415 READY TO CRY. AND I PLAYED A PRANK ON HIM, AND 372 00:24:10,482 --> 00:24:16,621 HE WAS PISSED OFF, BECAUSE I WAS OFFENDED BY THE MICROPHONE. 373 00:24:16,688 --> 00:24:20,192 JACK SAID WALK OUT, WALK OUT. HE SAID LET'S GO AHEAD WITH THE 374 00:24:20,258 --> 00:24:21,927 INTERVIEW WITHOUT JACK, WITHOUT AN INTERPRETER. 375 00:24:21,993 --> 00:24:23,762 WE DON'T NEED ANY WORRIES ABOUT THAT. 376 00:24:23,829 --> 00:24:27,199 AND HE STARTED TO CRY. HE WAS-- HE WAS MORTIFIED. 377 00:24:27,265 --> 00:24:35,607 AND I SAID, "GOTCHA. KARMA'S A BITCH." 378 00:24:35,674 --> 00:24:37,142 TRUE, TRUE. ( APPLAUSE ) 379 00:24:37,209 --> 00:24:42,714 >> IS IT OKAY TO SAY "BITCH" ON TV? 380 00:24:42,781 --> 00:24:46,551 I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO SWEAR. >> Stephen: YOU CAN SAY BITCH 381 00:24:46,618 --> 00:24:51,223 ON TV. YOU CAN SAY BITCH ON CBS, RIGHT? 382 00:24:51,289 --> 00:24:54,793 LEAVE IT THERE. DON'T GET ALL WARMED UP ON ME 383 00:24:54,860 --> 00:24:57,128 NOW. THEY'LL BLUR YOUR HANDS. 384 00:24:57,195 --> 00:24:59,197 WOULD THEY? HEY, WOULD THEY BLUR HER HANDS 385 00:24:59,264 --> 00:25:02,701 IF SHE SAID BAD WORDS WITH HER HANDS. 386 00:25:02,767 --> 00:25:07,272 >> WHY DON'T WE FIND OUT. ( BLEEP ). 387 00:25:07,339 --> 00:25:16,815 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BLEEP ) ( BLEEP ). 388 00:25:16,882 --> 00:25:18,316 TWO LEGS. SEE THE LEGS. 389 00:25:18,383 --> 00:25:21,920 THE LEGS. ( LAUGHTER ) 390 00:25:21,987 --> 00:25:25,624 LESSER GOD," WHEN THEY WERE PROMOTING THE MOVIE ON 391 00:25:25,690 --> 00:25:27,192 TELEVISION. THE FILM AND THEY SHOWED CLIPS, 392 00:25:27,259 --> 00:25:31,930 THERE'S A SCENE WHERE-- I MEAN, THEY'LL SHOW-- THERE'S A SCENE 393 00:25:31,997 --> 00:25:35,200 WHERE I WAS STANDING AND I SAID ( BLEEP ) YOU AT THE BEACH. 394 00:25:35,267 --> 00:25:38,236 AND THEY KEPT SHOWING THE CLIP ON TV ALL THE TIME, AND I 395 00:25:38,303 --> 00:25:41,306 THOUGHT, FOR A MONTH AS THEY WERE PROMOTING THE MOVIE THEY 396 00:25:41,373 --> 00:25:44,676 SHOWED THE SAME SCENE ON TV OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND FINALLY 397 00:25:44,743 --> 00:25:49,047 SOMEONE CLUD THEM IN ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING ON THE SCREEN. 398 00:25:49,114 --> 00:25:51,983 >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK, BUT STICK AROUND, 399 00:25:52,050 --> 00:25:56,988 WHEN WE COME BACK, I'LL ASK MARLEE ABOUT HER NEW MOVIE 400 00:25:57,055 --> 00:25:58,056 "CODA." STICK AROUND. 401 00:26:05,964 --> 00:26:09,467 WE'RE BACK WITH THE STAR OF "CODA," MARLEE MATLIN. 402 00:26:09,534 --> 00:26:12,537 NOW YOU'RE STARRING IN THE FILM "CODA." 403 00:26:12,604 --> 00:26:16,541 WHAT IS IT ABOUT? AND WHAT DOES THAT TITLE MEAN? 404 00:26:16,608 --> 00:26:20,312 >> SO CODA STANDS FOR "CHILD OF DEAF ADULT." 405 00:26:20,378 --> 00:26:24,316 WHICH MEANS THAT I'M A MOTHER,s AND ALL MY KIDS ARE 406 00:26:24,382 --> 00:26:27,185 HEARING. SO THEY ARE CODAS. 407 00:26:27,252 --> 00:26:32,357 SO I'M THE DEAF ADULT. AND THE MOVIE-- WHO HAS SEEN IT? 408 00:26:32,424 --> 00:26:36,161 WHO HAS SEEN THE MOVIE, BY THE WAY? 409 00:26:36,227 --> 00:26:39,297 ( LIGHT APPLAUSE ) ONE, TWO, THREE... 410 00:26:39,364 --> 00:26:43,601 ANYWAY, SO IT'S ABOUT A FAMILY OF FOUR WHO HAPPEN TO BE DEAF-- 411 00:26:43,668 --> 00:26:47,339 WELL, ONE IS NOT DEAF. AND THEY ARE LIVING IN A SMALL 412 00:26:47,405 --> 00:26:50,442 LITTLE TOWN AND GOING ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS FISHING AND 413 00:26:50,508 --> 00:26:53,812 RELYING ON THEIR DAUGHTER WHO IS HEARING TO INTERPRET FOR THEM. 414 00:26:53,878 --> 00:26:59,684 AND THEN ONE DAY, SHE COMES IN AND SAYS, "I HAVE AN INTEREST IN 415 00:26:59,751 --> 00:27:02,921 SOMETHING, AND IT IS SINGING." AND THAT'S NOT PART OF THEIR 416 00:27:02,988 --> 00:27:05,991 LIVES, CLEARLY, AS DEAF PEOPLE. SO THEY ARE SORT OF THROWN FOR A 417 00:27:06,057 --> 00:27:07,859 LOOP. AND THEN IT'S ABOUT THE JOURNEY 418 00:27:07,926 --> 00:27:11,896 THROUGH THE FILM ABOUT HOW THEIR FAMILY CHANGES, AND WHAT THEY 419 00:27:11,963 --> 00:27:15,900 EVENTUALLY... THE ENDING IS GOOD. 420 00:27:15,967 --> 00:27:18,470 I JUST HAVE TO SAY, THE ENDING IS GOOD. 421 00:27:18,536 --> 00:27:20,271 >> Stephen: I KNOW IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO YOU. 422 00:27:20,338 --> 00:27:24,576 THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER IT WOULD BE ALL HEARING 423 00:27:24,642 --> 00:27:28,279 IMPAIRED OR DEAF ACTORS ACTUALLY PLAYING THE PARTS OF THE DEAF 424 00:27:28,346 --> 00:27:31,082 CHARACTERS, AND I KNOW IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR YOU, FOR 425 00:27:31,149 --> 00:27:35,787 THE-- FOR THOSE PARTS TO BE PLAYED BY DEAF ACTORS. 426 00:27:35,854 --> 00:27:38,890 IT MIGHT BE SELF-EVIDENT WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT, BUT I'D LOVE 427 00:27:38,957 --> 00:27:41,826 TO HEAR FROM YOU. WHY IS THAT SUCH AN IMPORTANT 428 00:27:41,893 --> 00:27:44,763 THING TO HAVE DEAF REPRESENTATION IN MOVIES? 429 00:27:44,829 --> 00:27:48,099 >> BEING IN THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS FOR 35 YEARS, AND 430 00:27:48,166 --> 00:27:52,270 HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO LOTS OF WORK, AND I'VE BEEN VERY 431 00:27:52,337 --> 00:27:53,505 FORTUNATE. IT DIDN'T COME EASY. 432 00:27:53,571 --> 00:27:57,308 I HAD TO, YOU KNOW, REACH OUT, GET CREATIVE, GET WORK FOR 433 00:27:57,375 --> 00:28:02,380 MYSELF BECAUSE I'M DEAF. AND NOT EVERYONE WOULD SAY, 434 00:28:02,447 --> 00:28:05,383 GREAT, LET'S PUT HER IN. LET'S HIRE MARLEE. 435 00:28:05,450 --> 00:28:08,887 AND I STRUGGLED AND I GOT MORE AND MORE WORK, AND I HAD TO 436 00:28:08,953 --> 00:28:11,222 HUSTLE. AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO SOUND 437 00:28:11,289 --> 00:28:14,192 LIKE I'M COMPLAINING-- MAYBE A LITTLE BIT. 438 00:28:14,259 --> 00:28:16,694 WELL, WHAT CAN YOU DO? NOW WHEN I HEARD THEY WERE 439 00:28:16,761 --> 00:28:20,465 CASTING OR THE STUDIO WAS THINKING OF PUTTING A HEARING 440 00:28:20,532 --> 00:28:23,501 ACTOR IN THE ROLE WHO HAD A NAME OR BOX OFFICE IN THIS ROLE, AND 441 00:28:23,568 --> 00:28:26,838 I SAID, YOU KNOW, WHAT? ALL THESE YEARS OF DEAF ACTORS 442 00:28:26,905 --> 00:28:30,208 BEING DISMISSED AND PEOPLE PLAYING DEAF, I THOUGHT IT'S 443 00:28:30,275 --> 00:28:31,276 TIME. WE'VE GOT TO STOP. 444 00:28:31,342 --> 00:28:33,445 I CAN'T LET THIS HAPPEN ANY LONGER. 445 00:28:33,511 --> 00:28:36,448 AND I WAS A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS BECAUSE I HAD TO SPEAK UP. 446 00:28:36,514 --> 00:28:41,653 NOT ONLY FOR MYSELF, BUT FOR ALL DEAF ACTORS OUT THERE-- DEAF 447 00:28:41,719 --> 00:28:44,789 DIRECTORS, DEAF WRITERS-- WHOEVER IT IS WHO IS WORKING AND 448 00:28:44,856 --> 00:28:47,926 LOOKING FOR WORK AND AS TALENTED ASANYONE ELSE IN THE BUSINESS. 449 00:28:47,992 --> 00:28:51,963 SO THAT'S WHAT I DID. I PUT MY FOOT DOWN, AND I'M 450 00:28:52,030 --> 00:28:54,532 THRILLED THAT "CODA" MADE A LOT OF NOISE AND WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT 451 00:28:54,599 --> 00:28:58,336 OF RESPECT, AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT YOU CANNOT JUST PUT ON A 452 00:28:58,403 --> 00:29:01,773 COSTUME AND BE DEAF LIKE YOU DO-- AND TAKE IT OFF AT THE END 453 00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:05,243 OF THE DAY. I THINK STUDIOS WHO NOW SEE THE 454 00:29:05,310 --> 00:29:08,413 FILM "CODA," CAN UNDERSTAND, LOOK, DEAF ACTORS ARE GREAT, 455 00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:10,949 FINE. AND NOT TO JUST USE THEM LIKE, 456 00:29:11,015 --> 00:29:14,185 WE'RE PUTTING THEM IN THE BACKGROUND AND CHECK OFF THAT 457 00:29:14,252 --> 00:29:15,887 BOX. HOPEFULLY THEY CAN CONTINUE WHAT 458 00:29:15,954 --> 00:29:19,390 WE DID WITH "CODA" FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. 459 00:29:19,457 --> 00:29:26,231 ( APPLAUSE ). THE NICE THING IS, THE NICE 460 00:29:26,297 --> 00:29:31,803 THING IS, IS THAT THE CAST WAS RECENTLY NOMINATED FOR THE SAG 461 00:29:31,870 --> 00:29:36,741 AWARD FOR BEST ENSEMBLE, WHICH IS A LOVELY-- A LOVELY HONOR. 462 00:29:36,808 --> 00:29:40,245 ( APPLAUSE ) THAT MEAN? 463 00:29:40,311 --> 00:29:43,014 >> IT MEANS THE WORLD TO ME, IT MEANS THE WORLD TO ME. 464 00:29:43,081 --> 00:29:45,383 I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT. >> Stephen: IT'S ALL RIGHT. 465 00:29:45,450 --> 00:29:48,786 >> IT MEANS THE WORLD TO ME BECAUSE THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE 466 00:29:48,853 --> 00:29:51,289 PEERS, WHO ARE VOTING FOR US, AND THEY'RE FRIENDS, AND I THINK 467 00:29:51,356 --> 00:29:54,626 IT'S A BIG DEAL, THE FACT THAT THEY RECOGNIZE US AS DEAF ACTORS 468 00:29:54,692 --> 00:29:56,928 IS JUST-- IT'S A LONG TIME COMING. 469 00:29:56,995 --> 00:30:00,165 IT'S ABOUT TIME. IT'S THAT KIND OF RECOGNITION 470 00:30:00,231 --> 00:30:03,668 THAT WE WANTED. AND, YEAH, HOPEFULLY, WE'LL BE 471 00:30:03,735 --> 00:30:11,976 ABLE TO TAKE HOME A STATUE. ( APPLAUSE ) 472 00:30:12,043 --> 00:30:18,950 CHARACTER IN "CODA," JACKIE, IS A MOTHER TO A TEENAGER. 473 00:30:19,017 --> 00:30:23,454 YOU'VE RAISED TEENAGERS. WERE YOU A-- WERE YOU-- I KNOW, 474 00:30:23,521 --> 00:30:24,856 I KNOW. IT'S DIFFICULT. 475 00:30:24,923 --> 00:30:27,859 I'VE RAISED TEENAGERS, TOO. WERE YOU A DIFFICULT TEENAGER? 476 00:30:27,926 --> 00:30:33,531 WERE YOU REBELLIOUS? >> WELL, MY PARENT ARE NO LONGER 477 00:30:33,598 --> 00:30:37,936 ALIVE, BUT THEY'RE UP THERE LAUGHING RIGHT NOW AT YOUR 478 00:30:38,002 --> 00:30:40,138 QUESTION. I MEAN, THEY PUT UP WITH A LOT 479 00:30:40,205 --> 00:30:42,974 FROM ME. THEY ARE, THEY'RE LAUGHING RIGHT 480 00:30:43,041 --> 00:30:46,544 NOW. THERE ARE SO MANY STORIES THAT 481 00:30:46,611 --> 00:30:50,648 HAPPENED TO ME, WHEN MY KIDS ARE OBNOXIOUS-- AND I LOVE MY KIDS. 482 00:30:50,715 --> 00:30:53,618 DON'T MISUNDERSTAND ME. I LOVE YOU, KIDS. 483 00:30:53,685 --> 00:30:56,354 I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER, ONE TIME, I MEAN, I 484 00:30:56,421 --> 00:30:59,924 WOULD ALWAYS PLAY THE DEAF CARD. THAT'S WHAT I DID. 485 00:30:59,991 --> 00:31:02,727 NO PAGERS, NO CELL PHONES, NOTHING. 486 00:31:02,794 --> 00:31:05,630 SO I WOULD CALL MY DAD WITH TWO MINUTES BEFORE MY CURFEW WAS 487 00:31:05,697 --> 00:31:10,702 SUPPOSED TO END AND SAY, "DAD, I RAN OUT OF GAS, I'LLING HOME 488 00:31:10,768 --> 00:31:13,771 WHENEVER I CAN GET HOME, GOOD-BYE, QUICK." 489 00:31:13,838 --> 00:31:15,840 THEY COULDN'T RESPOND BECAUSE I COULDN'T HEAR THEM. 490 00:31:15,907 --> 00:31:20,144 >> Stephen: IF THEY SAID, "NO, YOU HAVE TO COME HOME NOW," YOU 491 00:31:20,211 --> 00:31:24,148 COULD SAY "I DIDN'T HEAR YOU." >> THAT'S IT, HUNG UP THE PHONE. 492 00:31:24,215 --> 00:31:25,116 I'LL BE HOME LATER, 4:00 IN THE MORNING. 493 00:31:25,183 --> 00:31:26,384 >> Stephen: DID THEY BUY THAT? >> YES AND NO. 494 00:31:26,451 --> 00:31:29,554 EVENTUALLY THEY JUST GAVE UP. I MEAN, I'M THE BABY OF THE 495 00:31:29,621 --> 00:31:32,957 FAMILY, SO I GOT AWAY WITH A LOT OF STUFF. 496 00:31:33,024 --> 00:31:38,129 >> Stephen: MARLEE, TESTIFYING LOVELY TO MEET YOU. 497 00:31:38,196 --> 00:31:40,198 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 498 00:31:40,265 --> 00:31:43,268 >> THANK YOU. >> STEPHEN: "CODA" IS AVAILABLE 499 00:31:43,334 --> 00:31:44,602 ON APPLE TV+. MARLEE MATLIN, EVERYBODY! 500 00:31:44,669 --> 00:31:45,370 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH STAR OF "STATION ELEVEN," MACKENZIE 501 00:31:45,436 --> 00:31:46,437 DAVIS. 502 00:32:05,990 --> 00:32:08,926 ( APPLAUSE ) EVERYBODY! 503 00:32:08,993 --> 00:32:12,930 MY NEXT GUEST IS AN ACTRESS YOU KNOW FROM "HALT AND CATCH FIRE," 504 00:32:12,997 --> 00:32:16,668 "BLACK MIRROR," AND "TULLY." YOU CAN CURRENTLY SEE HER IN 505 00:32:16,734 --> 00:32:18,569 "STATION ELEVEN." >> ELIZABETH SAID IF WE STAY 506 00:32:18,636 --> 00:32:23,074 HERE, THEN SHE'LL GIVE US HOUSES. 507 00:32:23,141 --> 00:32:26,711 AND WE GOT BATHROOMS. >> WHAT THEY HAD WAS WE COULD 508 00:32:26,778 --> 00:32:31,949 STAY FOR THE WINTER UNTIL SARAH RECOVERS. 509 00:32:32,016 --> 00:32:34,952 >> AND IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT? >> I HAVEN'T HAD A SEWING 510 00:32:35,019 --> 00:32:36,621 MACHINE, EVER. ELIZABETH GOT ME ONE. 511 00:32:36,688 --> 00:32:41,392 >> RIGHT. >> SORRY, WHO THE ( BLEEP ) IS 512 00:32:41,459 --> 00:32:44,829 ELIZABETH? >> ELIZABETH COLTON. 513 00:32:44,896 --> 00:32:46,898 >> SHE WAS A MOVIE STAR FROM BEFORE. 514 00:32:46,964 --> 00:32:53,838 >> YES, I KNOW WHO SHE WAS. >> WASN'T SHE MARRIED TO ARTHUR 515 00:32:53,905 --> 00:33:00,311 LEANDER? 516 00:33:00,378 --> 00:33:06,918 >> OH... HOLY ( BLEEP ). 517 00:33:06,984 --> 00:33:11,723 >> STEPHEN: PLEASE WELCOME MACKENZIE DAVIS! 518 00:33:11,789 --> 00:33:20,098 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE ) 519 00:33:20,164 --> 00:33:25,937 >> Stephen: HEY. >> HI. 520 00:33:26,003 --> 00:33:27,071 >> Stephen: WELCOME TO THE SHOW. 521 00:33:27,138 --> 00:33:29,941 >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. >> Stephen: NOW, "STATION 522 00:33:30,007 --> 00:33:34,479 ELEVEN" IS-- IT'S ABOUT THE AFTERMATH OF A GLOBAL PANDEMIC 523 00:33:34,545 --> 00:33:39,684 IN WHICH 99% OF THE POPULATION IS WIPED OUT AND CIVILIZATION 524 00:33:39,751 --> 00:33:43,388 FALLS. ARE YOU AT ALL SURPRISED... 525 00:33:43,454 --> 00:33:46,758 NOW OF ALL TIMES, PEOPLE JUST LOVE IT. 526 00:33:46,824 --> 00:33:47,692 IT IS-- ( LAUGHTER ) 527 00:33:47,759 --> 00:33:51,062 VIEWING. EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT IT. 528 00:33:51,129 --> 00:33:56,334 AND, ALSO, TALKING ABOUT IT WITH A SENSE OF... WELL, THE BEAUTY 529 00:33:56,401 --> 00:33:59,604 OF IT AND THE HOPE OF IT. AND FOR PEOPLE NOT TO BE AFRAID 530 00:33:59,670 --> 00:34:02,106 TO WATCH IT JUST BECAUSE WE HAPPEN TO BE GOING THROUGH THIS. 531 00:34:02,173 --> 00:34:04,142 >> YEAH. I MEAN, I AM SURPRISED. 532 00:34:04,208 --> 00:34:08,212 WE ALSO RELEASED IT RIGHT AS THE SURGE OF OMICRON CAME REARING 533 00:34:08,279 --> 00:34:11,015 AROUND THE CORNER, SO I DON'T THINK ANY OF US EXPECTED PEOPLE 534 00:34:11,082 --> 00:34:13,317 TO WANT TO TUCK IN WITH IT OVER CHRISTMAS. 535 00:34:13,384 --> 00:34:16,654 BUT IT'S BEEN THIS, LIKE, REALLY LOVELY, JOYFUL THING TO SEE 536 00:34:16,721 --> 00:34:20,358 PEOPLE ATTRACTED TO IT. IT'S A VERY HOPEFUL SHOW. 537 00:34:20,425 --> 00:34:23,327 BUT, YEAH, AS YOU SAID, THE PREMISE IS TOUGH. 538 00:34:23,394 --> 00:34:27,365 >> Stephen: YEAH, YEAH. IT SCARES SOME PEOPLE AWAY. 539 00:34:27,432 --> 00:34:29,834 >> YEAH, YEAH. >> Stephen: LIKE, "I CAN'T 540 00:34:29,901 --> 00:34:33,371 WATCH THAT RIGHT NOW." WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THOSE 541 00:34:33,438 --> 00:34:35,506 PEOPLE? >> I'D SAY JUST WATCH IT ANYWAY, 542 00:34:35,573 --> 00:34:36,441 PLEASE. ( LAUGHTER ). 543 00:34:36,507 --> 00:34:42,113 SELL. >> I'M A COMEDIAN. 544 00:34:42,180 --> 00:34:44,882 IT'S OKAY IF YOU WATCH IT ANYWAY YOU MIGHT LIKE IT. 545 00:34:44,949 --> 00:34:47,485 >> Stephen: YOU GUYS ACTUALLY STARTED SHOOTING THIS, WAS IT 546 00:34:47,552 --> 00:34:49,420 JANUARY OF 2020? >> UH-HUH. 547 00:34:49,487 --> 00:34:52,824 >> Stephen: SO YOU HAD TO-- YOU HAD TO HEAR THE NEWS THAT 548 00:34:52,890 --> 00:34:55,593 THERE WAS ACTUALLY A BURGEONING PANDEMIC GOING ON. 549 00:34:55,660 --> 00:34:59,363 >> YEAH, BUT I MEAN, I THINK EVERYBODY AT THAT TIME WAS LIKE, 550 00:34:59,430 --> 00:35:02,500 WELL, I MEAN, IT'S NOT GOING TO CROSS THE ATLANTIC. 551 00:35:02,567 --> 00:35:06,370 LIKE, HOW WOULD IT GET HERE? THERE'S NO-- WHAT? 552 00:35:06,437 --> 00:35:08,739 IT'S GOING TO FLY? THERE WAS NO -- 553 00:35:08,806 --> 00:35:11,909 >> Stephen: WHEN DID IT BECOME CLEAR-- BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAD TO 554 00:35:11,976 --> 00:35:14,312 SHUT DOWN, RIGHT? >> WE WERE NATURALLY SHUTTING 555 00:35:14,378 --> 00:35:17,281 DOWN BECAUSE IT KIND OF TAKES PLACE IN THE WINTER AND SUMMER 556 00:35:17,348 --> 00:35:18,816 SO WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GO BACK IN MAY. 557 00:35:18,883 --> 00:35:22,587 THEY FINISHED FILMING, END OF FEBRUARY, WORLD SHUT DOWN, WE 558 00:35:22,653 --> 00:35:26,924 ALSO DID SHUT DOWN. AND THEN WE RESUMED JANUARY THIS 559 00:35:26,991 --> 00:35:28,392 YEAR. -- NO, LAST YEAR. 560 00:35:28,459 --> 00:35:32,797 >> Stephen: 2021, EXACTLY. SO FIRST OF ALL, UNDER STRICT 561 00:35:32,864 --> 00:35:33,931 COVID CONDITIONS. >> YEAH. 562 00:35:33,998 --> 00:35:36,834 >> Stephen: NO DOUBT. WERE YOU SHOOTING THAT HERE OR 563 00:35:36,901 --> 00:35:39,604 UP IN CANADA? >> WE WERE SHO SHOOTING IN TORO. 564 00:35:39,670 --> 00:35:42,073 >> Stephen: WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE SHOOTING IN A PANDEMIC ABOUT 565 00:35:42,139 --> 00:35:43,040 A PANDEMIC? SO-- 566 00:35:43,107 --> 00:35:45,376 >> IT WAS A BUMMER. IT WAS, LIKE, REALLY -- 567 00:35:45,443 --> 00:35:48,479 >> Stephen: WAS IT LIKE A BONDING FOR YOU GUYS, FOR THE 568 00:35:48,546 --> 00:35:50,114 CAST AND CREW? >> IT WAS. 569 00:35:50,181 --> 00:35:54,552 I MEAN, I THINK WE ALL REALLY WENT THROUGH SOMETHING TOGETHER. 570 00:35:54,619 --> 00:35:58,055 BUT BECAUSE, TO MAKE A SHOW OF THIS SIZE WITH THIS MANY PEOPLE 571 00:35:58,122 --> 00:36:01,893 NOT BEING ABLE TO LEAVE YOUR HOUSE AND GOING AND BEING AROUND 572 00:36:01,959 --> 00:36:06,030 150 PEOPLE EVERY DAY, YOU HAD TO BE REALLY ISOLATED WHEN YOU 573 00:36:06,097 --> 00:36:08,900 WEREN'T AT WORK. IT WAS THIS WEIRD PANTOMIME OF A 574 00:36:08,966 --> 00:36:12,336 WORT VERSION OF ISOLATION THAN THE ONE WE HAD BEEN THROUGH THE 575 00:36:12,403 --> 00:36:13,638 YEAR BEFORE. IT WAS STRANGE. 576 00:36:13,704 --> 00:36:15,806 BUT WE ALL REALLY WENT THROUGH SOMETHING TOGETHER. 577 00:36:15,873 --> 00:36:19,176 AND THEN SUMMER CAME AND IT WAS THIS BIG, ECSTATIC THING, WHERE 578 00:36:19,243 --> 00:36:20,611 WE GOT TO BE OUTSIDE AND TOGETHER AGAIN. 579 00:36:20,678 --> 00:36:22,747 IT WAS REALLY NICE. >> Stephen: COULD YOU CUT 580 00:36:22,813 --> 00:36:26,350 LOOSE IN THE SUMMER? UP IN CANADA, WERE THINGS OPEN? 581 00:36:26,417 --> 00:36:29,086 DID YOU GUYS HAVE A COVID SUMMER LIKE WE DID DOWN HERE? 582 00:36:29,153 --> 00:36:33,591 >> NO, NO, NO. BUT I WATCHED THAT WITH-- WOW-- 583 00:36:33,658 --> 00:36:36,027 A SALIVATING MOUTH. >> Stephen: JUST SOUTH OF THE 584 00:36:36,093 --> 00:36:38,996 BORDER. >> JUST SOUTH OF THE BORDER HOT 585 00:36:39,063 --> 00:36:43,367 GIRL SUMMER WAS HAPPENING AND IT WAS STILL COLD CANADIAN WINTER 586 00:36:43,434 --> 00:36:45,136 UP NORTH. >> Stephen: YOUR CHARACTER, 587 00:36:45,202 --> 00:36:46,971 KIRSTIN, IS VERY GOOD WITH A KNIFE. 588 00:36:47,038 --> 00:36:48,706 THERE SHE IS. THERE YOU GO. 589 00:36:48,773 --> 00:36:52,043 DID YOU-- NOW, DID YOU-- YOU LEARNED TO THROW A KNIFE AND ALL 590 00:36:52,109 --> 00:36:54,478 THAT GOOD STUFF. WAS THAT HARD FOR YOU TO LEARN? 591 00:36:54,545 --> 00:36:56,814 AND DID YOU HAVE REQUEST EXPERIENCE WITH IT BEFORE? 592 00:36:56,881 --> 00:37:00,284 >> I HAD NO EXPERIENCE WITH IT BEFORE. 593 00:37:00,351 --> 00:37:03,921 IT WAS-- IT WAS HARD TO LEARN, BUT THEN-- I'VE HEARD YOU THROW 594 00:37:03,988 --> 00:37:04,855 KNIVES. >> Stephen: I LEARNED FROM A 595 00:37:04,922 --> 00:37:06,791 GUY-- I GREW UP IN SOUTH CAROLINA. 596 00:37:06,857 --> 00:37:09,994 I LEARNED FROM A GUY DOWN THE STREET NAMED GATOR. 597 00:37:10,061 --> 00:37:15,232 WHEN I WAS A BOY HE TAUGHT ME HOW TO THROW A KNIFE. 598 00:37:15,299 --> 00:37:18,436 HE COULD SPLIT GEORGE WASHINGTON'S EYE ON A DOLLAR 599 00:37:18,502 --> 00:37:22,273 BILL. >> MY EXPERIENCE IS YOU CAN 600 00:37:22,340 --> 00:37:26,077 THROW A KNIFE ACCURATELY, LIKE YOU'RE ON A PENDULUM AND IT 601 00:37:26,143 --> 00:37:29,547 DOESN'T LOOK GOOD OR YOU CAN THROW IT COOL BUT IT'S NOT 602 00:37:29,614 --> 00:37:31,983 ACCURATE. >> Stephen: SHOW ME NOT COOL 603 00:37:32,049 --> 00:37:35,553 BUT ACCURATE. AND SHOW ME COOL. 604 00:37:35,620 --> 00:37:39,857 ( APPLAUSE ) JUST GOES. 605 00:37:39,924 --> 00:37:43,094 >> Stephen: IT'S NOT COOL. WE HAVE A CLIP OF YOU HERE 606 00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:44,729 TRAINING-- >> THIS IS MY GATOR. 607 00:37:44,795 --> 00:37:50,368 >> Stephen: OKAY, SO THIS IS YOU LEARNING RIGHT HERE. 608 00:37:50,434 --> 00:38:03,014 >> EXCUSE ME? WELL... 609 00:38:03,080 --> 00:38:04,949 >> Stephen: THAT'S A GOOD FEELING. 610 00:38:05,016 --> 00:38:07,084 >> I KNOW. IT FEELS REALLY GOOD. 611 00:38:07,151 --> 00:38:08,753 >> Stephen: YOU COULD PROTECT YOUR FAMILY. 612 00:38:08,819 --> 00:38:12,456 >> AND I WOULD, YEAH. THAT'S WHAT MY DAD -- 613 00:38:12,523 --> 00:38:15,026 >> Stephen: SHAKESPEARE PLAYS A REALLY IMPORTANT ROLE IN THIS. 614 00:38:15,092 --> 00:38:17,461 YOU ACTUALLY GET TO PLAY HAMLET. >> I DO, YEAH. 615 00:38:17,528 --> 00:38:21,899 >> Stephen: IN THIS. DID YOU HAVE MUCH SHAKESPEARE 616 00:38:21,966 --> 00:38:23,367 EXPERIENCE BEFORE YOU DID THIS PART? 617 00:38:23,434 --> 00:38:26,737 >> I WENT TO UNIVERSITY FOR ENGLISH LIT AND, YOU KNOW, WENT 618 00:38:26,804 --> 00:38:29,540 TO THEATER SCHOOL, SO I HAVE BEEN READING SHAKESPEARE MY 619 00:38:29,607 --> 00:38:32,143 WHOLE LIFE, BUT I NEVER PERFORMED IT UNTIL NOW. 620 00:38:32,209 --> 00:38:34,845 AND IT WAS SUCH-- SUCH A DREAM. IT WAS REALLY LOVELY. 621 00:38:34,912 --> 00:38:37,181 >> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE-- NOW THAT YOU'VE DONE 622 00:38:37,248 --> 00:38:41,786 A BIT OF IT, OR FROM YOUR ENGLISH LIT DAYS, DO YOU HAVE A 623 00:38:41,852 --> 00:38:46,123 FAVORITE BIT OF SHAKESPEARE? >> I WASN'T THAT FAMILIAR WITH 624 00:38:46,190 --> 00:38:48,125 "HAMLET." I READ IT BUT I HADN'T REALLY, 625 00:38:48,192 --> 00:38:56,033 REALLY STUDIED IT UNTIL NOW, BUT I FELL IN LOVE WITH IT, LOVE 626 00:38:56,100 --> 00:38:57,201 THELONNUOUS. >> WILL NOT SHUT UP. 627 00:38:57,268 --> 00:39:01,138 >> AND GETTING HIS STICKY LITTLE PAWS AND EVERYTHING. 628 00:39:01,205 --> 00:39:09,080 AND I LOVE THIS LINE FROM "ROMEO AND JULIETTE" WHEN-- ROMEO, KILL 629 00:39:09,146 --> 00:39:13,250 HIM AND I'LL CUT HIM UP IN LITTLE STARS AND PUT HIM IN THE 630 00:39:13,317 --> 00:39:16,487 NIGHT SKY, AND IT'S SUCH A VIOLENT, HORNY THING. 631 00:39:16,554 --> 00:39:18,255 LIKE, IT'S REALLY TEEN STUFF. I LOVE IT. 632 00:39:18,322 --> 00:39:23,561 >> Stephen: THAT'S A CHARACTER DESCRIPTION OF JULIETTE I NEVER 633 00:39:23,627 --> 00:39:25,463 HEARD. VIOLENT, COMMA, HORNY. 634 00:39:25,529 --> 00:39:28,733 IT DOES NOT END WELL, I HAVE TO SAY. 635 00:39:28,799 --> 00:39:31,368 MACKENZIE IT WAS LOVELY TO MEET YOU. 636 00:39:31,435 --> 00:39:34,839 >> YOU, TOO. >> Stephen: THANK YOU FOR 637 00:39:34,905 --> 00:39:37,007 COMING HERE. GOOD LUCK WITH THE KNIVES. 638 00:39:37,074 --> 00:39:39,210 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> STEPHEN: "STATION ELEVEN" CAN 639 00:39:39,276 --> 00:39:40,344 BE STREAMED NOW ON HBO MAX. MACKENZIE DAVIS, EVERYBODY! 640 00:39:40,411 --> 00:39:41,412 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. 641 00:40:04,001 --> 00:40:05,402 >> Stephen: THAT'S IT FOR THE "LATE SHOW," EVERYBODY. 642 00:40:05,469 --> 00:40:08,739 TUNE IN NEXT WEEK WHEN I'LL BE JOINED BY FAITH HILL, WHOOPI 643 00:40:08,806 --> 00:40:10,808 GOLDBERG, AND DUA LIPA. GOOD NIGHT.