>> HI, HI, HI.
>> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN?
>> IT'SFUL WONDERFUL TO BE BACK.
>> Stephen: HOW ARE YOU BEEN.
>> I'M WORKING SO I HAVEN'T QUITE HAD THE FEEL OF THE
SUMMER.
I'M STILL SORT OF LIKE A 12-YEAR-OLD CHILD.
>> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
>> BECAUSE I HAVE THIS NAIVE IDEA OF WHAT MY SUMMER IS GOING
TO BE.
>> Stephen: WHEN THE SUMMER STARTS WHAT DO YOU THINK IT'S
GOING TO BE?
>> A LAKE, A RAFT, SUMMER, LEMONADE, BOOKS, WALKS.
>> Stephen: OH!
>> AND IT'S NONE OF THAT.
IT'S NEVER THAT.
YOU GET PAST A CERTAIN AGE -- >> Stephen: DO YOU EVEN LEAVE
THE CITY?
DO YOU EVEN LEAVE THE CITY?
>> I TRY TO LEAVE THE CITY, I DO.
BUT IT'S NOT-- EVERY YEAR I STILL THINK IT'S GOING TO BE
THAT.
I GUESS THAT'S A GOOD THING.
>> Stephen: SURE, LIVE IN HOPE RATHER THAN DESPERATION.
>> I'M STAY IN MY NAIVE ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT PLACE.
>> Stephen: I GET PANICKY AT THIS TIME OF THE SUMMER.
>> BECAUSE IT'S OVER.
>> Stephen: IT'S NOT OVER, IT'S NOT OVER, IT'S NOT OVER.
>> IT'S AUGUST.
IT'S DONE.
>> Stephen: IT'S MID-LATE JULY.
WHAT IS IT TODAY, THE 22nd, 24th, 27th, 26th--
YOU SEE THE PANIC.
YOU HAVE ONE MONTH LEFT FOR THE LAKE AND THE THING AND ALL THAT.
>> AND YOU SEE THAT ONE LEAVE CHANGE.
>> Stephen: SHUT UP!
>> AND THEN IT'S OVER!
IT'S HORRIBLE, BUT IT'S TRUE.
>> Stephen: I GET PANICKY AND THEN I JUST WANT TO GOBBLE ALL
THE SUMMER I CAN UP AND AT ONCE.
>> AND A LOT OF ICE CREAM.
>> Stephen: ABSOLUTELY.
>> AND THE SUMMER FOOD AND THE TOMATOES AND ALL OF IT.
>> Stephen: DO YOU-- DO YOU-- DO YOU GARDEN OR DO ANY OF THOSE
GARDEN THINGS?
>> I TRY.
I'M GOOD WITH BULBS.
>> Stephen: SURE.
>> I DO THE TULIPS AND DAFFIES.
THEY'RE EARLY.
>> Stephen: IT'S LOW MAINTENANCE.
>> IT IS LOW MAINTENANCE.
>> Stephen: YOU PUT THEM IN, IN OCTOBER AND THEN YOU WAIT.
>> BUT AT ONE POINT-- THAT'S WHY I DO IT-- BUT AT ONE POINT I
WILL TAKE UP THE SOUTHERN HERITAGE OF THE GARDENING.
>> Stephen: SURE.
YOU'LL KNOW ALL THE LATIN NAMES AND EVERYTHING
( MUMBLING ) ABSOLUTELY.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE IN THE WRONG ZONE FOR THAT.
>> I'LL HAVE THE HAT AND THE GLOVES AND DO THE WHOLE THING.
>> Stephen: I HEARD SOMETHING RECENTLY WHICH I FOUND HARD TO
BELIEVE IS THAT YOU, FOUR-TIME EMMY WINNER, GOLDEN GLOBE
WINNER, OSCAR-- MULTIPLE OSCAR NOMS, MULTIPLE TONY NOMS.
YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVEN'T MADE IT
( APPLAUSE ) YEAH, PLEASE.
YOU FEEL-- YOU GOT THIS FEELING YOU JUST HAVEN'T MADE IT AS AN
ACTOR YET.
WHAT IS "MAKING" IT TO YOU?
>> WELL, I THINK IT'S A COMBINATION OF I DON'T WANT TO
FEEL LIKE I'VE MADE IT BECAUSE THEN I THINK YOU'RE JUST STUNTED
INSTANTLY.
YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'VE MADE IT AND YOU'RE DONE AND IT'S OVER.
>> Stephen: IF I MADE IT I WOULD HAVE TIME TO GO TO THE
LAKE.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
TRUE.
AND THEN THERE IS ALSO SOMETHING, WHEN YOU'RE WORKING
IN FILM AND TELEVISION, WHEN CAMERA'S NOT ON YOU AND YOU'RE
OFF-CAMERA, I AM SO GOOD OFF CAMERA.
>> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
>> I MEAN I'M REALLY-- I'M REALLY GOOD OFF CAMERA.
>> Stephen: REALLY?
>> YES, MUCH BETTER THAN ON CAMERA.
>> Stephen: WHY DON'T THEY TURN THE CAMERA--
>> THAT'S THE THING.
UNTIL I FEEL LIKE I AM AS GOOD ON CAMERA THAN I AM OFF CAMERA
-- >> Stephen: IS IT BECAUSE
YOU'RE MORE RELAXED?
>> OF COURSE, OF COURSE.
AND IT'S ALWAYS EASY TO BE IN SERVICE OF SOMEONE ELSE, FIND.
>> Stephen: I CAN BUY THAT.
>> DESPITE HOW OUR POLITICAL CLIMATE IS AT THE MOMENT.
>> Stephen: RIGHT.
>> THERE IS A SENSE ABOUT-- IT'S EASIER FOR ME TO TRY TO HELP THE
PERSON WHO IS WORKING.
>> Stephen: IS THERE-- IS THERE LIKE-- WHEN I SEE ANY
PROJECT, WHETHER IT'S A FILM OR TELEVISION SHOW, AND I KNOW
YOU'RE IN IT, I'LL THINK, "IT'S GOT TO BE GOOD.
LAURA LINNEY IS IN IT."
>> THAT'S GENEROUS AND CRIME.
>> Stephen: IT'S NOT TRASH.
>> I HAVE A FEW TRASH -- >> Stephen: WHAT'S YOUR TRASH,
THAT JOHN ADAMS PROJECT?
DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE?
DO YOU HAVE ONE LIKE "THAT'S THE ONE?"
>> JOHN ADAMS IS UP THERE, CERTAINLY.
>> Stephen: SURE.
>> BUT I THINK THE MOST FUN I 4 WAS KINSWELIAM NEESON.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE OF THE SEXINESS.
>> IT WAS SEXY.
IT WAS MIGHTY SEXY.
AND LIAM AND I HAD JUST PLAYED THE PROCTORS IN "THE CRUC BELL"
ON BROADWAY SO WE WERE MARRIED AS THE PROCTORS.
WE WERE THIS VERY PURITANICAL -- >> Stephen: THE PURITANICAL.
>> THE PURITANICAL.
AND THEN WE WERE THE KINSEYS.
THREE MONTHS LATER WE WENT OFF AND FILMED THIS THING.
IT WAS LIKE WOW!
IT WAS FROM ONE-- FROM ONE -- >> Stephen: FROM THE COLD TO
THE HIGH.
YOU ARE LUCKY YOU GUYS DIDN'T SHATTER.
>> IT'S TRUE, IT'S TRUE.
WE HAD A GREAT TIME.
>> Stephen: WELL, THAT'S NICE.
IS THERE A ROLE WOULD LIKE TO GO-- SINCE YOU'RE GAWKED BY THE
IDEA YOU HAVEN'T HIT IT YET, IS THERE A ROLE YOU WOULD LIKE TO
TAKE ANOTHER SHOT AT.
>> I'M FILMING "TALES OF THE CITY" RIGHT NOW, WHICH DI25
YEARS AGO, SO I'M REVISITING THAT SAME CHARACTER 25 YEARS
LATER.
SO HOPEFULLY-- HOPEFULLY-- THERE'S BEEN A LITTLE
IMPROVEMENT.
HOPEFULLY, WE'LL SEE.
>> Stephen: DO YOU WATCH YOURSELF.
>> I CAN'T.
>> Stephen: FROM 25 YEARS AGO AND GO, "KILLED YOU DID NOT KNOW
WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING?" >> IT'S EASIER THE FURTHER AWAY.
WHEN YOU LOOK LIKE A BABY MUPPET, WHICH IS SORT OF WHAT
YOU DO.
AFTER 25 YEARS YOU LOOK LIKE A BABY MUTTLE... OOOH.
THE MOUTH GETS REALLY BIG.
SO THAT'S-- SO THAT'S KIND OF FUN.
I CAN'T WATCH THINGS THAT I'VE RECENTLY DONE.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
BUT YOU FEEL LIKE THE POSITIVE THING TO ALWAYS HAVE THAT
FEELING, LIKE YOU'RE NOT SATISFIED WHERE YOU ARE.
>> I THINK SO.
>> Stephen: SO THIS GNAWING SENSE OF INADEQUACY THEY HAVE AT
ALL TIMES IS A GOOD THING.
>> IT'S ACTUALLY A GOOD THING, STEPHEN.
YOU'RE STILL IN IT.
>> Stephen: GOOD TO KNOW.
>> EVOLUTION.
PARTICULARLY FOR YOUR FAMILY.
>> Stephen: OH, YEAH, IT'S REALLY EASY ON YOUR FAMILY.
>> YOUR WIFE MUST LOVE IT.
>> Stephen: DID YOU ALWAYS WANT TO BE-- YOU COME FROM A
THEATER FAMILY, BUT DID YOU ALWAYS WANT TO BE AN ACTRESS?
WAS IT SORT OF PREDESTINED THAT YOU WOULD BE AN ACTRESS?
>> NO, MY PARENTS WERE REALLY GOOD ABOUT NEITHER ENCOURAGING
ME OR DISCOURAGING ME.
IT WAS SOMETHING I ALWAYS WANTED BUT I WAS IN THE CLOSET ABOUT
IT.
I WAS EMBARRASSED TO SAY I WANT TO BE AN ACTRESS.
>> Stephen: WHY?
>> I THINK IT WAS A COMBINATION OF FEELING LIKE IT WAS SOMETHING
I HAD TO EARN AND THERE WERE JUST A LOT-- I-- I FOUND PEOPLE
WHO SAID, "I WANT TO BE AN ACTRESS!"
JUST REALLY HORRIFYING.
AND THOSE PEOPLE SCARED ME, AND I DIDN'T LIKE THEM, AND I DIDN'T
WANT TO BE AROUND THEM.
>> Stephen: HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT?
>> "I'M GOING TO BE AN ACTRESS!" >> Stephen: HOW DO YOU FEEL
ABOUT ACTORS NOW?
>> MOST OF THEM I LOVE, AND SOME ARE A CHALLENGE TO ONE'S
DISPOSITION ON A DAILY BASIS.
>> Stephen: THAT'S A KIND WAY OF SAYING ACTORS ARE HORRIBLE
PEOPLE.
>> NO THEY'RE NOT.
THEATRE MOST GENEROUS PEOPLE I KNOW, ACTUALLY.
I LOVE ACTORS.
AND THEN THERE IS YOUR OCCASIONAL, YOU KNOW,
INTERESTING PERSONALITY.
>> Stephen: SURE.
>> YEAH, YEAH.
>> Stephen: HAVE YOU WORKED WITH ANY INTERESTING
PERSONALITIES?
>> I HAVE.
I BET YOU HAVE, TOO.
>> Stephen: I HAVE, YEAH.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> MMM-HMMM.
>> Stephen: THE NEW SERIES OF "OZARK" IS COMING OUT.
THIS IS SEASON...
>> 2.
>> Stephen: SEASON 2 OF "OZARK."
OUR FRIEND, JASON BATEMAN.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: JASON BATEMAN.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP HERE OF THE TWO OF YOU-- IT'S
VERY DARK.
IT'S FUNNY.
IT'S DARK.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: TELL THE PEOPLE VERY QUICKLY WHAT THE PREMISE OF
THE SHOW IS.
>> FROM THE FIRST SEASON THERE'S A COUPLE WHO LIVED IN CHICAGO.
THEY'VE HAD TO LEAVE AND MOVE TO THE OZARK WHERE'S THEY THINK
THEY ARE GOING TO GO IN AND HAVE A VERY EASY TIME OF IT.
AND THEY DO NOT.
>> Stephen: THAT IS TRUE.
>> AND THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY LAUNDERING.
>> Stephen: AND THIS CLIP IS YOU AND JASON BATEMAN?
>> THAT'S RIGHT, IN THE DARK, IN OZARK.
>> Stephen: WE LIKE TO KEEP IT VAGUE HERE.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> IT'S SELF-EXPLANATORY.
>> Stephen: GO!
>> SO THAT'S IT?
WE GO BACK IN THAT HOUSE, WE GO TO BED, WE WAKE UP IN THE
MORNING, WE KISS THE KIDS?
>> THAT'S-- THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE DO.
WE MAKE THE PANCAKES AND ASK THE KIDS WHAT'S GOING ON WITH SCHOOL
AND WE KEEP TRYING TO FIGURE A WAY OUT OF THIS WENDY.
>> WE'RE RESPONSIBLE?
>> HOPEFUL.
>> ALL OF IT.
>> NO, WE'RE NOT.
>> ANOTHER MAN IS DEAD.
( APPLAUSE ) >> MYSTERY AND SUSPENSE.
>> Stephen: HOW MUCH OF THAT PERFORMANCE DO YOU REGRET
WATCHING IT RIGHT NOW?
ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT?
>> I CAN'T SEE THAT FAR SO IT'S FINE.
SO IT'S GOOD.
IT'S A BLUR.
>> Stephen: SEASON TWO OF "OZARK" PREMIERES AUGUST 31 ON
NETFLIX.
LAURA LINNEY, EVERYBODY!