>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.
FOLKS, MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT IS THE MY-WINNING STAR OF "ORPHAN
BLACK."
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW, TATIANA MASLANY!
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HEY!
>> HI.
HOW ARE YOU?
>> Stephen: I'M FINE.
NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> IT'S A DIFFERENT DESK.
>> Stephen: IS IT DIFFERENT?
I THINK IT MIGHT BE.
I THINK IT'S THINNER SO I CAN GET CLOSER TO THE GUESTS.
YOU HAVE DIFFERENT HAIR.
>> THINNER, SO PEOPLE CAN GET CLOSER TO ME, TOO.
>> Stephen: I LIKE IT.
IT'S VERY NICE.
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR EMMY NOMINATIONS.
>> THANKS.
>> Stephen: I HEAR YOU GOT NOMINATED AGAIN FOR THE FINAL
SEASON OF "ORPHAN BLACK."
( APPLAUSE ) YOU HAVE ALREADY WON AN EMMY
ONCE.
OLD HAT AT THIS POINT?
OLD HAT TO BE NOMINATED?
>> I THOUGHT WE WEREN'T EVEN GOING TO BE REMOTELY IN THE
RUNNING.
BECAUSE OUR SHOW MISSED-- WE MISSED THE EMMYS LAST YEAR.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE IT WAS SO LATE IN THE SEASON.
>> YEAH, YEAH.
>> Stephen: AND YOU THOUGHT PEOPLE HAD FORGOTTEN ABOUT US?
>> YES.
>> Stephen: NOBODY WILL FORGET ABOUT "ORPHAN BLACK."
HOW DID YOU CELEBRATE?
>> IT WAS OPENING NIGHT OF MY FIRST OFF-BROADWAY PLAY IN NEW
YORK.
>> Stephen: THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
TONIGHT.
THE NAME OF THE PLAY IS "MARY PAGE MARLOWE" AT THE TONY KISER
THEATER.
IT'S THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE DONE THEATER IN NEW YORK.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF NEW YORK AUDIENCES?
>> IT'S AMAZING.
WE'RE A MONTH FROM THE END AND I DON'T WANT IT TO BE DONE.
>> Stephen: YOU HAD NOT LIVED IN NEW YORK BEFORE, I
UNDERSTAND.
>> NO, NEVER.
I BROUGHT MY BIKE, SHIPPED MY BIKE TO L.A.
>> Stephen: THEY HAVE THE CITY BIKES IN THE CITY.
>> THOSE ARE NOT BIKES.
>> Stephen: OKAY, WHAT'S A BIKE?
GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE.
>> A BIKE IS A COOL THING -- >> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE AN
ANTIQUE BIKE OR MOUNTAIN BIKE.
>> I HAVE A MOUNTAIN BIKE.
I'M A SERIOUS PERSON.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE AN EXTREME BIKER AROUND NEW YORK.
BOUNCING OFF THE SIDE OF CABS.
DRINKING MOUNTAIN DEW.
I CAN SEE THAT.
>> CAN'T YOU TELL?
BECAUSE OF MY NEW HAIR.
MORE AERODYNAMIC.
>> Stephen: YOUR HELMET FITS RIGHT OVER.
>> IT IS A HELMET.
>> Stephen: FIRST TIME DOING THEATER IN NEW YORK.
BUT SURELY DID YOU THEATER GROWING UP IN CANADA.
>> YES, I DID THEATER FROM A VERY, VERY, VERY YOUNG AGE.
>> Stephen: IS THIS THE YOUNGEST?
IS THIS AS YOUNG AS IT GETS?
I'VE BEEN SENT THIS PHOTOGRAPH.
>> THIS IS NOT EVEN THE YOUNGEST.
>> Stephen: THIS IS NOT THE YOUNGEST.
>> BUT THIS WAS AN ICONIC, IMPORTANT ROLE THAT I PLAYED.
( APPLAUSE ) SNEAK!
VERY SNEAKY.
>> Stephen: DO YOU STILL HAVE IT?
>> I CAN STILL ACCESS THAT SNEAKINESS.
>> Stephen: WHO ARE YOU PLAYING HERE?
>> I'M A MOUSE.
IT WAS A CLASSIC DANCE OF CAT AND MOUSE.
BALLET.
>> Stephen: I DIDN'T KNOW YOU DANCED?
>> YEAH, WELL, I DID.
I MEAN LIKE THIS, THIS KIND OF DANCE.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S GOOD TURNOUT HAPPENING THERE AT ALL.
YEAH.
THIS IS A DREAM COME TRUE FOR ME.
>> Stephen: SO THIS IS NOT THE YOUNGEST YOU SAID.
HOW YOUNG-- I THINK I WAS THREE WHEN I FIRST WAS ON STAGE AND
THAT WAS TAP DANCE.
>> Stephen: AND DID YOU IMMEDIATELY GO, "I WANT THIS!"
>> I NEED THIS.
I NEED THIS RUSH.
I BECAME ADDICTED TO IT.
>> Stephen: I HAVE A SON WHO IS QUITE OLD NOW, BUT WHEN HE
WAS SIX, WE ASKED HIM TO DO A BIT ON THE OLD SHOW AND AS HE
WALKED OFF STAGE HE TURNED TO MY MAKEUP ARTIST AND SAID, "I LIKED
IT OUT THERE."
( LAUGHTER ).
>> AND YOU'RE LIKE, "NO!" >> Stephen: EXACTLY.
SO WHEN WAS THE MOMENT YOU SAID, "OH, NO, THIS IS FOR ME?
I'M GOING TO DO THIS."
BECAUSE IT'S A RISKY THING TO DO WITH YOUR LIFE.
>> YEAH, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW.
I GUESS IT WAS JUST, LIKE, BEING IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE AND
HAVING THAT ENERGETIC EXCHANGE AND BEING CLAPPED FOR.
IT'S VERY EXCITING.
>> Stephen: THAT'S KIND OF PATHETIC, WANTING TO BE CLAPPED
FOR BY AN AUDIENCE.
( APPLAUSE ) I DON'T NEED THAT.
I DON'T NEED THAT.
>> YOU DON'T DIG THAT, NOT AT ALL.
>> Stephen: NOW, OKAY, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S AN-- THE
THAT COLLICISM IS AN UNDERCURRENT OF THE PLAY.
WHAT IS THE PLAY ABOUT?
>> THE PLAY IS ABOUT A SEEMINGLY ORDINARY WAEM LIFE, AND WE SEE
11 DIFFERENT MOMENTS FROM HER LIFE THAT HAVE IN SOME WAY
IMPACTED HER, SHAPED HER, WHETHER THEY'RE MEANINGFUL OR
INNOCUOUS, AND SIX OF US PLAY HER AT VARIOUS DIFFERENT AGES.
SO WE DEAL WITH HER RELIGION.
WE DEAL WITH HER AFFAIRS.
WE DEAL WITH HER FAMILY LIFE, HER DIFFERENT HUSBANDS.
ALL OF THAT.
>> Stephen: WELL, WHAT DOES-- DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING AGAINST
JUST PLAYING ONE WOMAN FOR THE ENTIRE RUN OF SOMETHING?
>> YEAH, YEAH.
IT'S SO BORING.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: ARE YOU, YOURSELF, A CATHOLIC?
>> I AM.
I WAS RAISED CATHOLIC.
>> Stephen: THAT GENERALLY MEANS ARE YOU NO LONGER A
CATHOLIC WHEN YOU SAY, "I WAS RAISED CATHOLIC."
>> I WAS RAISED CATHOLIC AND I RAN AWAY.
I STILL HAVE CERTAIN THINGS I'M SURE WE ALL DO THAT WERE RAISED
CATHOLIC THAT HOOK INTO YOU.
>> Stephen: SURE.
>> WHEN I'M ON A PLANE, IF THERE'S TURBULENCE, I WILL BE
LIKE, "ALL RIGHT, I GET IT, YOU'RE ALL POWERFUL.
CHILL OUT.
RELAX."
LIKE, "DO US A FAVOR."
I'LL HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH HIM.
>> Stephen: YOU WENT TO A DIFFERENT CATHOLIC CHURCH THAN I
DID.
>> WE WERE QUITE CHILL ABOUT IT.
>> Stephen: I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO SAY WHEN YOU CROSSED
THE AISLE, YOU GEN YOU FLECTED ON THE PLANE.
AT WHAT AGE DID YOU REALIZE I CAN'T BE A PRIEST?
>> BEFORE I KNEW I WAS A WOMAN, PROBABLY.
WASN'T THAT, LIKE, THE FIRST-- THAT'S THE FIRST THING THEY TELL
YOU, ISN'T IT.
>> Stephen: THEY START WITH JESUS.
>> RIGHT.
>> Stephen: LOOK, YOU CAN'T BE A PRIEST.
"WHAT DOES A PRIEST DO?" "IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT HE
DOES."
I WAS JUST CURIOUS.
I KNOW SOME WOMEN WHO WERE LIKE, "WAIT A SECOND."
THEY GOT DISENCHANTED WHEN THEY FOUND OUT THE TOP JOB WAS NOT
AVAILABLE TO THEM.
THE POPE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A PRIEST.
>> WHAT.
>> Stephen: THEY CAN PICK ANYBODY.
MAKE EVEN A WOMAN.
BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A PRIEST.
>> REALLY.
>> Stephen: IT'S KIND OF LIKE AN EMERGENCY, BREAK GLASS OR
MOVE SOMEBODY.
IT CAN JUST BE ANYBODY VERY FEW PEOPLE KNOW THAT.
I MIGHT HAVE JUST MADE IT UP.
VERY FEW PEOPLE KNOW THAT.
WELL, NOW, WHEN YOU LEAVE HERE, WHERE DO YOU LIVE YOUR REGULAR
LIFE?
IF YOU'RE LEAVING NEW YORK, THE GREATEST CITY IN NEW YORK, WHERE
IS YOUR EXILE?
>> MY EXILE IS EITHER TO CANADA, LOS ANGELES, OR PRAGUE.
MY BOYFRIEND IS ABOUT TO FILM IN PRAGUE.
>> Stephen: THAT'S A NICE TOWN.
>> IT'S A BEAUTIFUL TOWN.
>> Stephen: VERY, VERY...
SPOOKY.
>> LOTS OF PUPPET THEATER S.
>> Stephen: THAT'S NOT THE SPOOKY PART TO ME.
BUT EYE DIDN'T REALIZE.
THERE'S A LOT OF PUPPET THEATER?
>> YEAH.
IT'S LIKE THEIR THING, APPARENTLY, IS PUPPETS.
>> Stephen: I SAW PUPPET THEATER THERE WHEN I WAS THERE
FOR CHRISTMAS TWO YEARS AGO.
>> WAS IT AS GOOD AS -- >> Stephen: NO.
>> STHAWZ STHA BECAUSE IT WAS IN CZECH --
>> Stephen: NO, PUPPETS HAVE LIMITS.
>> I DISAGREE.
>> Stephen: PUPPETEERS HAVE LIMITS.
>> TO ME PUPPETS ARE SOME OF THE BEST ACTORS AND I LEARNED A LOT
ABOUT ACTING FROM PUPPETS.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE RIGHT, KERMIT, MISS PIGGY.
>> YES!
>> Stephen: I'M SO STUPID.
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
SNROO.
>> Stephen: PLEASE FORGIVE ME.
>> PLEASE DO.
LET HIM FORGIVE US FOR THIS WHOLE THING.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: I'M STILL A
CATHOLIC, SO YOU SHOULD FORGIVE ME FIRST.
>> I WAS RAISED CATHOLIC.
>> Stephen: THE PLAY IS "MARY PAGE MARLOWE."
IT'S AT THE TONY KISER THEATER.
AND THIS YOUNG LADY IS TATIANA MASLANY.
GOOD LUCK AT THE EMMYS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.