>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK! AND NOW, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
MORE OF WHAT CRITICS ARE ALREADY PROCLAIMING,
"STEPHEN COLBERT AND BARBRA STREISAND TALKING."
WERE THERE PEOPLE YOU HAD TO GIVE A HEADS UP TO ABOUT SOME OF
THE STORIES YOU TOLD IN HERE. I'M SPECIFICALLY THINKING ABOUT
MANDY PATINKIN. DID YOU SEND HIM A TEXT SAYING
HEADS-UP? SO HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT'S IN
THIS BOOK? >> Barbra: NO.
NO, BECAUSE HE MADE MY LIFE MISERABLE WHEN I WAS MAKING
"YENTL," I'M SORRY. >> Stephen: SO YOU DIDN'T TELL
MANDY THIS WAS COMING? SHOULD I TELL HIM?
HE THOUGHT YOU GUYS WERE GOING TO HAVE AN AFFAIR.
>> Barbra: THAT'S THE TRUTH. >> Stephen: IN THE BOOK YOU
SAY YOU TOOK HIM ASIDE AND SAID, WHAT'S GOING ON?
IS HE SO AGITATED. >> Barbra: SO ANGRY.
BANGING THE DOORS. >> Stephen: HE SAID I THOUGHT
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MORE INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP.
WHAT YOU MEAN? I THOUGHT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN
AFFAIR. >> Barbra: ARE UNAWARE THIS
CAME FROM. THE POINT WAS I WAS TRYING TO
HELP HIM WITH HIS BEHAVIOR. I TRIED TO TEACH HIM.
IN OTHER WORDS, WHEN I WAS ON THE SET, I JUST HONOR THE PEOPLE
ON THE SET AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THEM TO BE THERE AND TO BE
INTERESTED IN THE MOVIE. BECAUSE MAYBE THERE'S A THING
LIKE JEALOUSY THAT GOES AROUND. >> Stephen: NOT TO JUMP ON YOU
HERE. >> Barbra: PLEASE JUMP ON ME.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE THEIR FIRST WOMAN, YOUR STARTING, YOU'RE
DIRECTING, PRODUCING. THERE ARE ALSO PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T
WANT "YENTL" TO BE MADE, DIDN'T WANT "YENTL" TO BE MADE.
WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS? >> Barbra: LOOK, BEFORE I MADE
"YENTL," I WENT TO A CLASS AT USC IN GENDER STUDIES.
AND YOU KNOW I HAVE A -- I HAVE A CENTER AT UCLA NOW.
THAT IS GOING TO STUDY AND IS STARTING TO STUDY THE DYNAMICS
OF POWER BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN. IN OTHER WORDS, THIS IS A
COMPLICATED SUBJECT. A WOMAN IS TELLING SOMEBODY, YOU
KNOW, WHERE TO PUT THE CAMERA OR WHERE TO PUT THE LIGHT OR BEING
IN CONTROL OF ONE'S WORK. THAT WAS NOT THAT IMPORTANT --
NOT THAT THAT'S THE WORD. THAT'S NOT THE WORD.
A MAN COULD BECOME I'M TRYING TO THINK OF THE WORD.
IT WAS LIKE, FORCEFUL. I MEAN A BETTER WORD THAN THAT.
>> Stephen: DEMANDING? >> Barbra: NO.
THE WOMAN IS DEMANDING. >> Stephen: A PEJORATIVE TERM
FOR A WOMAN AND NOT A PEJORATIVE TERM FOR A MAN.
HE'S A GENIUS. HE'S EXACTING.
HE'S A PERFECTIONIST. >> Barbra: BUT SHE IS A PAIN
IN THE ASS. SHE IS A CONTROL FREAK.
YEAH, VERY, VERY DIFFERENT. AND THEY NOW ARE TAKEN SERIOUSLY
AS FILMMAKERS. THEY DON'T HAVE TO PROVE
ANYTHING. I'M SO GLAD FOR WOMEN.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE KNOWN AND SUPPORTED A LOT OF POLITICAL
FIGURES. FRIENDS WITH THE CLINTONS.
I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO YOU DATING YOUR TRUE GO.
POLITICIANS AND MORE THAN ONE COUNTRY, SHALL WE SAY.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE POLITICAL CLIMATE IN THE
UNITED STATES? >> Barbra: BAD.
WELL, I LIKE BIDEN. I LIKE BIDEN.
I THINK HE HAS DONE A GOOD JOB. I THINK HE IS COMPASSIONATE,
SMART, SUPPORTS THE RIGHT THINGS.
>> Stephen: HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE SPECTER OF A SECOND
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION? >> Barbra: I WILL MOVE.
I CAN'T LIVE IN THIS COUNTRY IF HE BECAME PRESIDENT.
>> Stephen: WHERE WOULD YOU GO?
>> Barbra: PROBABLY TO ENG ENGLAND.
I LIKE ENGLAND. >> Stephen: WHAT ABOUT THE
RISE OF ANTI-SEMITISM AND FASCISM NOT ONLY AROUND THE
WORLD WHERE IT'S NEVER BEEN ERADICATED.
BUT TO SEE IT RISE IN THE UNITED STATES.
>> Barbra: IT'S SO SAD. IT'S SAD ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON
TODAY. MEANING PEOPLE HAVE TO LIVE
TOGETHER EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE DIFFERENT RELIGIONS OR WHATEVER.
PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE. IT'S TRUE.
YOU KNOW, WE ALL WANT THE SAME THING.
WE ALL WANT LOVE IN OUR HEARTS. WE ALL WANT FAMILY.
WE ALL WANT TO FEEL SECURE. I HOPE FOR THE BEST BECAUSE THIS
IS HEARTBREAKING. WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW.
THESE PEOPLE, THE CHILDREN, THE MOTHERS.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT RELIGION THEY ARE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THIS IS BEYOND RELIGION.
THIS IS... INSANITY FOR US TO NOT TO LEARN
HOW TO LIVE TOGETHER IN PEACE. SEE, THIS IS WHAT'S HARD TO TALK
ABOUT MY CAREER OR EVEN MY BOOK WHEN THIS DEADLY COMBUSTIBLE
THING IS HAPPENING IN THE WORLD. >> Stephen: IT IS HARD TO HAVE
PROPER PERSPECTIVE ON THE THINGS THAT WERE IMPORTANT TO YOU AT
ONE TIME WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT IS ETERNALLY IMPORTANT
HAPPENING. >> Barbra: I COULD EASILY CRY
ABOUT THIS. YOU KNOW, WHERE IS GOD IN THIS
TIME? WHERE IS HE OR SHE?
WHY CAN'T THAT ENERGY STOP THIS MADNESS?
>> Stephen: IS PART OF YOUR DRIVE TO CREATE BEAUTIFUL ART
RELATED TO THE SADNESS YOU SEE IN THE WORLD?
>> Barbra: I THINK SO. I THINK THAT'S TRUE.
WE CAN CREATE, WE CAN MAKE STORIES THAT ARE MORE PALATABLE
TO THE AUDIENCE IN A SENSE AND TEACH THE LESSONS, TRY TO TEACH
THE LESSONS. YEAH, WHEN YOU SEE SCHINDLER'S
LIST OR THE GRAPES OF WRATH, ART CAN TEACH, I THINK.
PEOPLE SEE THE TRUTH ABOUT THINGS.
>> Stephen: THINK THAT'S ALL THE BABS WE'VE GOT?
THINK AGAIN.