>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME, AMY RYAN!
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) ♪
IT'S LOVELY TO MEET YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
I'M AN ENORMOUS FAN.
>> OH, RIGHT BACK AT YOU!
>> Stephen: YOU'RE FANTASTIC.
YOU'VE GOT SUCH AN INCREDIBLE RANGE.
NOMINATED FOR OSCAR FOR "GONE, BABY, GONE."
YOU'RE SO SWEET IN "THE OFFICE."
YOU PLAY SUCH A SWEET, LOVEABLE, REALLY FUNNY CHARACTER IN "THE
OFFICE" AND THEN SO HARSH AND HATEFUL IN "BIRDMAN."
CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING YOU, I GUESS.
THERE'S NO QUESTION THERE.
>> WYE, THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: WE ALL GOT TO KNOW YOU FROM "GONE, BABY, GONE."
THAT WAS YOUR BREAKOUT ROLE.
DID THAT CHANGE EVERYTHING FOR YOU?
>> OH, THAT WAS THE ABSOLUTE GAME-CHANGER.
I HAVE BEEN WORKING SINCE I WAS 18 AND DOING THEATER, SO THAT
INVITED ME TO HIGHER-STAKES TABLES WITH DIRECTORS LIKE CLINT
EASTWOOD AND SIDNEY AND IT WAS A BIG DEAL FOR ME.
>> Stephen: WHAT WAS THE FIRST BIG SHOW YOU WERE CAST IN?
>> RIGHT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL PERFORMING
ARTS OR P.S. FAME.
>> Stephen: OH!
♪ I'M GONNA LIVE FOREVER ♪ ♪ I'M GONNA LEARN HOW TO FLY ♪
>> BUTFY FIRST WAS BILOXI BLUES (APPLAUSE)
>> Stephen: THE ORIGINAL CAST IS HERE TONIGHT
(LAUGHTER) >> I WENT TO 53 DIFFERENT CITIES
IN AMERICA.
>> Stephen: DID YOU GET TO MEET NEIL SIMON?
>> I DID.
HE WAS AT MY AUDITION THEN, AND HE WAS VERY SWEET TO ME.
YEARS LATER, I WORKED WITH HIM IN A PLAY OF HIS CALLED LONDON
SUITE IN SEATTLE AND IT WAS A BIG DEAL BECAUSE I WAS COMING TO
NEW YORK AND MOVING TO BROADWAY AND HE WROTE ME A LETTER AND
FIRED ME.
>> Stephen: THAT'S VERY NICE.
HE'S DEAD NOW.
(LAUGHTER) AND I'M BITTER!
>> Stephen: THAT'S YOUR CHARACTER FROM BIRDMAN COMING
OUT RIGHT THERE.
(LAUGHTER) SO "GONE, BABY, GONE," AND YOU
WENT FROM THAT RIGHT INTO "THE OFFICE."
>> I WAS SUCH A HUGE FAN OF THE OFFICE, BOTH THE BRITISH AND THE
AMERICAN VERSION, AND AFTER "THE OFFICE" -- I MEAN, AFTER "GONE,
BABY, GONE," I'M, LIKE, I'M ONLY GOING TO BE OFFERED
DRUG-ADDICTED MOTHERS AND DOWN AND OUT.
SO I WAS, LIKE, I'VE GOT TO BE ON A COMEDY AND BRUSH MY HAIR.
(LAUGHTER) MY LOVELY AGENT JASON CALLED
THEM UP AND LET THEM KNOW I WAS A FAN, AND THEN I MARRIED
MICHAEL SCOTT (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
>> Stephen: THAT'S NICE.
NOW YOU'RE IN AN ACTION COMEDY CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AND YOU'RE
A BAD-ASS IN THAT.
WAS THAT ATTRACTIVE TO YOU?
>> IT'S SO GREAT.
IN CINEMA, I HAVE BEEN MARRIED TO MANY A FORMIDABLE MAN -- DID
I SAY THAT RIGHT?
>> Stephen: SURE.
OKAY.
BUT IT'S NICE TO BE THE BAD-ASS BOSS LADY.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
DO YOU FIGHT THE ROCK?
>> I TORTURE THE ROCK.
I TICKLE TORTURE THE ROCK.
>> Stephen: WOW.
AND I TORTURE THE ROCK.
>> Stephen: NOT A LOT OF ACTION STARS ARE ACTUALLY HUGE
MEN, BUT HE'S AN ACTUAL HUGE MAN.
>> HE'S A TALL DRINK OF WATER.
(LAUGHTER) YOU KNOW, I'M NOT PROUD OF THIS,
BUT I'LL TELL YOU THIS, I FELT LIKE A DIRTY OLD LADY ON SET
BECAUSE HIS T-SHIRT GOT WET, AS WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN IN THE
SCENE, AND THEY HAD A QUICK CHANGE TO DO THE SECOND TAKE.
AS THEY CHANGED HIM ON SET, I PRETENDED TO BE JUST LOOKING
AROUND THE ROOM AND -- (LAUGHTER)
-- AND MAYBE NO ONE NOTICED.
AND THEN THE SECOND AND THIRD -- NO, SECOND TAKE I DID IT AGAIN.
THE THIRD TAKE, I WATCHED THE ROOM, AND EVERY MAN AND WOMAN
WAS OGLING.
JAWS DROPPED OPEN.
EVERY WOMAN GASPED AND EVERY MAN WENT, OH...
CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING YOU AND YOUR MOVIE.
"CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE" OPENS TOMORROW!