WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," FOLKS.
MY FIRST GUEST IS AN ACADEMY AWARD-NOMINATED ACTOR YOU KNOW
FROM "BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN," "NIGHTCRAWLER," AND "SPIDER-MAN:
FAR FROM HOME." THIS FRIDAY, HE HEADS TO BROADWAY IN "SEA WALL/A
LIFE."
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," JAKE GYLLENHAAL!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK!
THANK YOU!
SO LOVELY TO BE HERE.
>> Stephen: SO LOVELY TO HAVE YOU.
HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?
I HAVE BEEN GREAT.
>> Stephen: IT HASN'T BEEN THAT LONG SINCE YOU HAVE BEEN
ON.
LIKE SIX MONTHS, A YEAR?
>> I TRY AS BEST I CAN TO COME EVERY SIX MONTHS.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JUST FOR A CHECK-IN?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: GET YOUR CARD PUNCH.
>> GET MY MILEAGE IN.
>> Stephen: GET A FREE SUB AT THE END OF TEN.
THAT'S GREAT.
>> WOW!
>> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND NOT EVERY GUEST WEARS A TIE, BUT --
( LAUGHTER ) -- BUT SOME OF THEM BRING
COLLARS.
WHAT HAPPENED?
WERE YOU MUGGED?
DID THEY TAKE YOUR COLLAR, JAKE?
>> IT'S A THOUSAND DEGREES OUTSIDE.
>> Stephen: IT'S NOT REALLY.
IT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INTELLIGENCE AND STUPIDITY.
>> Stephen: WOW!
PUT 'EM UP!
>> BY THE WAY, THAT'S THE STUPIDEST THING I'VE EVER DONE.
>> Stephen: I LIKE IT.
I JUST DECIDED TO GO WITHOUT A COLLAR.
>> Stephen: GOOD FOR YOU.
THE LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE, YOU WERE IN REHEARSALS FOR "SEA
WALL/A LIFE" AT THE PUBLIC THEATER HERE.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: NOW YOU'RE GOING TO BROADWAY, AND ONE OF THE
THING YOU TALKED ABOUT -- AT THE HUDSON THEATER STARTING PREVIEWS
THIS FRIDAY -- ONE OF THE THINGS YOU SAID IS IT IS DAUNTING FOR
YOU TO BE ON STAGE.
ARE YOU STILL DAUNTED?
>> YES, BUT IT'S NOT AS NERVE RACKING AS IT WAS BEFORE, WHICH
IS A STRANGE FEELING.
I'M SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THIS, BUT YOU COME OUT EVERY NIGHT.
THERE'S THE WEIRD FEELING WHEN YOU STEP OUT ON STAGE AND YOU'RE
NOT NERVOUS.
>> Stephen: THAT'S NOT GOOD.
AND IT'S NOT GOOD.
>> Stephen: RIGHT.
IT'S THE ODDEST FEELING YOU COULD EVER HAVE.
>> Stephen: DON'T BE TOO COMFORTABLE.
>> BECAUSE THEN YOU'RE ABNORMAL, LIKE REALLY ABNORMAL.
IF YOU'RE NOT NERVOUS IN FRONT OF A GROUP OF PEOPLE AND HAVING
TO PERFORM IN FRONT OF THEM, SOMETHING IS SERIOUSLY WRONG.
DO YOU KNOW THAT FEELING.
>?>> Stephen: I HAVE BEEN TOO RELAXED ON STAGE BEFORE AND THEN
I THOUGHT, THIS IS NOT ENTERTAINMENT, THIS IS ME JUST
HANGING WITH THESE PEOPLE.
WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WANT TO HANG WITH THE PEOPLE, THERE HAS
TO BE SOMETHING A LITTLE EXTRA.
>> THE PIECE I DO IS A REALLY PERSONAL ONE AND EVERY NIGHT
IT'S DIFFERENT.
EACH AUDIENCE LET YOU FEEL DIFFERENT THINGS.
THEY COME IN AND I SAY THEY DEFINE IT FOR ME.
>> Stephen: THEIR ENERGY.
THEIR ENERGY, WHAT THEY'RE INTO, WHAT'S GOING ON.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A PRETTY EMOTIONAL PIECE, SO THERE ARE
MOMENTS IN WHICH PEOPLE ARE LAUGHING AND THERE ARE MOMENTS
I'VE ACTUALLY HEARD PEOPLE CRYING, THINGS LOOK THAT HAPPEN.
IN THAT WAY, I THINK WE'RE ALL PRETTY VULNERABLE WITH EACH
OTHER WHILE I'M THERE SO I'M NOT AS NERVOUS.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
>> Announcer: I'M TALKING ABOUTO BROADWAY ACTORS AND
PEOPLE FROM WEST END WHO ARE HORRIFIED ABOUT PEOPLE HOLDING
UP THEIR PHONES AND RECORDING.
WAS THERE ANY KIND OF BAD BEHAVIOR YOU HAD TO CALL OUT?
>> THERE WAS A TIME WHERE THERE WAS A TRUCK BACK UP CONSISTENTLY
FOR AT LEAST FIVE MINUTES.
>> Stephen: OUTSIDE OF THE THEATER.
>> YEAH, THE GUY PUT IT IN REVERSE AND JUST, LIKE, BACKED
IT UP SLOWLY INTO A WALL AND KEPT IT THERE AND GOT OUT IS
WHAT IT FELT LIKE.
>> Stephen: GOING BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP --
>> LITERALLY FIVE MINUTES.
AT FIRST, I THOUGHT, IT'S COOL, I'M AN ARTIST, THAT'S WHAT
HAPPENS, YEAH, LIKE MY CHARACTER IS HEARING THE SOUND OF A TRUCK
BACKING UP AND NO BIG DEAL.
THEN I WAS, LIKE, STOP THAT TRUCK NOW!
>> Stephen: DID YOU STOP THE SHOW?
>> I SAID, HOLD ON ONE SECOND, AND I WENT OFFSTAGE AND I WENT
TO OUR STAGE MANAGER AND I SAID WHAT'S GOING ON?
WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE?
AND HE SAID, A TRUCK'S BACKING UP.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: THAT'S WHY HE'S
THE BOSS.
>> I SAID, BUT I'M ACTING OUT THERE!
I'M SAVING THE WORLD!
( LAUGHTER ) BUT HE -- FINALLY, IT STOPPED,
AND IT WAS LIKE THIS SORT OF COMMUNAL SIGH AND THIS AMAZING
MOMENT, PROBABLY THE MOST EMOTIONAL MOMENT WE ALL HAD.
IT WAS, LIKE, THE RELIEF OF A SOUND STOPPING, LIKE IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO SLEEP, IT'S LIKE
NOTHING ELSE.
>> Stephen: THAT AND WHEN A BABY STOPS CRYING.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE A BABY?
>> NO.
>> Stephen: YOU PROBABLY DON'T KNOW THAT SOUND.
>> I'VE HEARD ABOUT THAT.
>> Stephen: YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT IT?
NOTHING CAN COMPARE TO THE REALITY, MY FRIEND.
>> FUNNY YOU SAY THAT, I HAVE A HUGE SECTION IN MY SHOW ABOUT
THAT.
>> Stephen: ABOUT A BABY CRYING?
>> YES, I PLAY A NEW PHAT SNORE OH.
CONGRATULATIONS.
>> WHAT?
>> Stephen: TO YOUR CHARACTER.
IT'S ALL SHOW BUSINESS.
>> I'M NOT NERVOUS, ARE YOU IN.
>> Stephen: NO.
DO YOU DO SOMETHING TO CALM YOURSELF DOWN?
WHEN I WAS A YOUNG PERFORMER, VERY NERVOUS, BEFORE I WALKED
OUT ON STAGE DOING LIVE THEATER IN CHICAGO, I WOULD SAY MY SOUL
IS A STILL SHIP ON A CALM SEA.
AND IF I COULD PICTURE THE STILL SEA AND THE CALMSHIP SITTING ON
IT, I COULD GO ON.
DO YOU HAVE ANY RITUALS OR ANYTHING YOU DO LIKE THAT?
>> YES, I GO BACK AND FORTH FROM THE TOILET, LIKE, 150 TIMES.
>> Stephen: JUST TO MAKE SURE?
YEAH.
IT'S, LIKE, WHEN LITERALLY NOTHING IS LEFT AND IT'S JUST --
IT'S SAD AND IT'S WHEN I KNOW I'M READY TO GO ON STAGE, YEAH.
>> Stephen: SPEAKING OF BEING NERVOUS ON STAGE, HAVE YOU EVER
BEEN NUDE ON STAGE?
>> WHAT?
>> Stephen: THERE ARE SOME PLAYS THAT REQUIRE A NUDE SCENE.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: NOT JUST RECREATIONALLY.
I MEAN PROFESSIONALLY.
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN NUDE ON STAGE?
>> RECREATIONALLY.
PROFESSIONALLY NO.
>> Stephen: SO YOU'VE NEVER STOOD IN FRONT OF A GROUP OF
PEOPLE BUCK NAKED.
>> ARE YOU GOING TO ASK ME TO DO SOMETHING NOW?
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: I WASN'T GOING TO.
TEPHEN, YOU CAUGHT ME ON A VERY, VERY RACY NIGHT.
I HAVE NO COLLAR ON.
>> Stephen: EXACTLY.
YOU'RE HALFWAY THERE, ALREADY!
( LAUGHTER ) WHAT ARE PANTS BUT THE COLLARS
OF THE LEG?
( LAUGHTER ) >> MY GOSH, THAT'S WHAT I'M
GOING TO SAY TO MYSELF BEFORE I GO OUT ON STAGE EVERY NIGHT.
>> Stephen: WHAT ARE PANTS BUT THE COLLARS OF THE LEG.
( LAUGHTER ) WE HAD YOUR CO-STAR, SPIDERMAN
HIMSELF, MR. TOM HOLLAND ON HERE JUST A LITTLE WHILE AGO AND HE
HAD A FEW THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THE TWO OF YOU.
HE'S REALLY ENJOYING TOURING WITH YOU IN SUPPORT OF
SPIDERMAN.
CAN WE SHOW THE CLIP?
PEOPLE ARE CALLING THIS A BROMANCE THE TWO OF YOU.
YOU GUYS LOOK LIKE YOU'RE HAVING FUN OUT ON THE ROAD.
YOUNG PEOPLE OUT THERE, FIND SOMEBODY THAT LOOKS AT YOU THE
WAY JAKE GYLLENHAAL IS LOOKING AT TOM HOLLAND.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> WE LOVE EACH OTHER!
( LAUGHTER ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: ARE YOU ENJOYING THE PRESS TOUR WITH MR. HOLLAND?
( LAUGHTER ) HE SEEMED TO ENJOY IT VERY MUCH.
>> OH, TOM, WHATEVER.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: I'M NOT GOING TO
STOP.
ENJOYING VERY MUCH.
( LAUGHTER ) IS BEING ON A MARVEL
INTERNATIONAL PRESS TOUR -- >> I WAS JUST GOING TO --
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: SUPER BOWL
RATINGS!
>> YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
>> Stephen: SUPER BOWL RATINGS!
>> IT IS WHAT IT IS.
>> Stephen: NOW, IF YOU REALLY --
( LAUGHTER ) IF YOU LIKELY WANT TO SELL SOME
TICKETS TO THIS DAMN SHOW, JUST SAY YOU TAKE YOUR PANTS OFF IN
THE SHOW.
>> SURE!
YOU'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO COME SEE.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: IS BEING ON A
MARVEL PRESS TOUR DIFFERENT THAN OTHER PRESS TOURS?
BECAUSE THESE ARE THE BIGGEST MOVIES IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW.
IS IT ENJOYABLE?
>> IT IS, IT'S GREAT.
LIKE NORMAL PRESS TOURS ARE, LIKE, INCREDIBLE, A LOT OF THEM,
BUT, LIKE, A MARVEL IS LIKE A FOUR-HAND MASSAGE.
A REGULAR IS A LIKE A NORMAL MASSAGE WHICH IS REALLY NICE --
>> Stephen: HOLD ON.
SO YOU'VE NEVER BEEN ON STAGE NAKED BUT YOU'VE HAD A
FOUR-HANDED MASSAGE.
>> NO, IT'S WHAT I WOULD IMAGINE A FOUR-HANDED MASSAGE WOULD BE
LIKE.
>> Stephen: I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS SUCH A TERM AS A
FOUR-HANDED MASSAGE.
IS THERE SUCH A THING?
>> YEAH, THERE ARE LIKE THOSE THINGS IF YOU GO THROUGH, LIKE,
A SPA THING AND THERE'S A MASSAGE AND THERE'S USUALLY,
LIKE, A FOUR HANDED MASSAGE IN, LIKE, A BATH OF WINE, DO YOU
KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
WHO'VE DONE THAT?
I KNOW SOMEONE'S DONE THAT HERE.
>> Stephen: I THINK THE OWNER OF THE PATRIOTS DID THAT.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> STEPHEN: "SEA WALL/A LIFE"
OPENS IN PREVIEWS THIS FRIDAY AT THE HUDSON THEATER.
JAKE GYLLENHAAL, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MARIANNE
WILLIAMSON.