[APPLAUSE] >> Stephen: WELCOME BACK,
FOLKS, MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT AS AN ACTOR YOU KNOW FROM
"GREY'S ANATOMY," "KILLING EVE," AND "THE CHAIR."
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW" SANDRA OH!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> WHAT AN AMAZING AUDIENCE!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT GREENING!
LIVE. LIVE AUDIENCE!
>> Stephen: LIVE AUDIENCES ARE LOVELY.
IT'S LOVELY TO SEE YOU, DON'T SEE YOU NEARLY ENOUGH BUT YOU
ARE NOT IN NEW YORK NEARLY ENOUGH.
PEOPLE KNOW YOU FROM THE TVs AND FROM THE MOVIES, BUT YOU ARE
HERE IN TOWN OFF BROADWAY RIGHT NOW.
>> YES, TO DO A LIVE SHOW. I'M HERE -- WE JUST STARTED
REHEARSALS LIKE THIS WEEK, I'M ON MY THIRD DAY BUT I'M DOING A
PLAY AT THE ATLANTIC THEATER DIRECTED BY SARAH BENSON AND
IT'S GOING TO PREVIEW IN LATE MAY AND OPEN IN JUNE.
PLEASE COME. >> Stephen: SURE, I WOULD LOVE
TO. THEATER IS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT
BEAST BECAUSE IT'S ONE CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE FOR AN
AUDIENCE. WHAT IS THE FEELING LIKE
DIFFERENT FOR YOU AS A PERFORMER TO DO THAT AS OPPOSED TO THE
STOP AND START OF TV AND FILM? >> IT'S JUST LIKE THIS,
HONESTLY. I WALKED ON STAGE, I FEEL YOU,
RIGHT? AND THAT KIND OF DYNAMIC, IT
INFORMS EVERYTHING AND IT PROPELS EVERYTHING.
WHETHER IT IS A DRAMA OR COMEDY, IT JUST ENERGIZES YOU AND IT'S
LIKE I'M SHORT -- THIS IS WHY YOU DO IT TOO.
>> Stephen: A LIVE AUDIENCE, YEAH.
>> IT'S GREAT. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Stephen: THERE'S YOU, THERE'S THE AUDIENCE, BUT
THERE'S ANOTHER CHARACTER IN ANY NEW YORK SPACE, AND THAT'S THE
CITY ITSELF. HOW DO YOU LIKE LIVING IN
NEW YORK AND -- DO YOU GET TO WALK TO WORK?
>> OH, MY GOD, THIS IS THE DREAM.
THIS IS THE DREAM, YOU JUST PICTURE ME HERE, I AM LIKE EIGHT
YEARS OLD, I'M IN A SMALL TOWN IN CANADA -- YES.
ALL RIGHT, CANADIANS! AND ALL AND WANT TO DO -- I
NEVER REALLY THOUGHT THAT I -- I WAS LIKE I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
LOS ANGELES WAS, I DIDN'T REALLY CARE ABOUT TELEVISION OR FILM.
ALL HE WANTED TO DO WAS BE IN NEW YORK AND BE A THEATER ACTOR,
SO COMING UP THE SUBWAY AND I HAVE MY LUNCH AND I FEEL SO GOOD
WALKING TO REHEARSAL, IT'S GREAT, IT'S THE DREAM, I LOVE
IT. >> Stephen: WHAT ARE WE MAKING
FOR LUNCH, WHAT ARE WE PACKING? >> OKAY, DO YOU WANT TO KNOW?
I ALWAYS HAVE MY YOGURT, MY NONDAIRY YOGURT AND I ALWAYS
HAVE PEPPERS, MAYBE A PAPAYA. >> Stephen: SLICED PEPPERS?
IT SOUNDS VERY HEALTHY. >> I'M OBSESSED WITH EATING LIKE
ALL THE TIME -- IT HAS TO BE HEALTHY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU
ARE USING YOUR BRAIN AND ALSO ALL THE FEELINGS ARE GOING ON
AND YOU ARE BURNING A LOT OF ENERGY.
>> Stephen: THE INSTRUMENTS. >> [LAUGHS]
YES! >> Stephen: I WENT TO THEATER
SCHOOL. THE INSTRUMENTS.
EXACTLY. WHILE WE ARE ON CANADA HERE FOR
A SECOND, CAN I ASK YOUR QUESTION ABOUT YOU ALL?
BECAUSE I'M FROM THE SOUTH AND PEOPLE THINK WE ARE POLITE.
>> YOU ARE. >> TO
>> Stephen: BUT WE SAY THINGS LIKE REALLY PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE
WHAT PRESS BLESS YOUR HEART. CANADIANS HAVE THE REPUTATION
FOR BEING REALLY NICE, ARE THEY ACTUALLY REALLY NICE?
>> WE ARE. BUT NO ONE CAN SAY SORRY QUITE
LIKE THE CANADIAN AND TO MAKE IT MEAN LIKE MANY, MANY THINGS,
WHICH IS LIKE SORRY, WHICH IS LIKE I HATE WHAT YOU JUST DID
BUT I'M NOT GOING TO SAY ANYTHING.
THAT'S KIND OF LIKE SORRY. >> Stephen: THAT'S
PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE. THAT'S "BLESS YOUR HEART."
>> WE REALLY ARE LIKE THAT. >> Stephen: I LIKE YOU GUYS.
>> I'M GLAD, WE ARE A LIKABLE PEOPLE.
>> Stephen: I SAY WE DON'T BUILD A WALL.
>> [LAUGHS] YOU WENT TO THEATER SCHOOL.
>> I DID. >> Stephen: DO YOU REMEMBER
ANY OF THE STUFF? >> TWO TOTES TOTALLY TIED TRY TO
TALK TO -- TWO TOADS TOTALLY TIRED TRY TO
TALK TO TISDALE. >> Stephen: ADMITS THE MISSED
WITH FIERCEST FROSTS -- [BLEEP]. AGAINST THE POST AND STILL
INSISTS HE SEES THE GHOST. LIKE THAT WINTER MIKE
>> DID YOU JUST CALL THAT UP? >> Stephen: I JUST MADE IT UP.
NO. >> THEATER SCHOOL.
>> Stephen: IN MONTREAL, WAS THE SIN FRENCH OR WERE YOU IN
ENGLISH? >> THE NATIONAL THEATER SCHOOL
SO IT WAS HALF FRENCH AND I WAS IN THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT. A-DETERMINER
>> Stephen: THEY DIDN'T MAKE YOU DO STUFF IN FRENCH.
>> NO, BUT WAS GREAT, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE IS FAMILIAR WITH
MONTREAL, ONE OF THE BEST CANADIAN CITIES SO TO BE EXPOSED
TO THE WHOLE CULTURE WAS GREAT. >> Stephen: THE REASON I ASK
ABOUT THE FRENCH IS BECAUSE I WAS THREATENED WITH ARREST IN
MONTREAL FOR THE MONTREAL THEATER FESTIVAL, I WAS PUTTING
UP POSTERS FOR OUR PLAY ALL AROUND AND THEY WERE IN ENGLISH.
>> REALLY? AND THEY WERE LIKE NO.
>> Stephen: THEY HAD TO BE IN BOTH ENGLISH AND FRENCH AND THEY
WERE ONLY IN ENGLISH AND THE POLICEMAN FOLLOWED ME AROUND THE
CITY AND SAW THAT I TOOK EVERYONE DOWN.
I GUESS THERE'S NO OTHER CRIME. >> THAT IS QUITE QUÉBECOIS.
>> Stephen: WHEN YOU ARE UP IN CANADA I UNDERSTAND YOU DID
CLOWN TRAINING? >> SURE, YOU MUST HAVE DONE THAT
TOO, RIGHT? WE DID A LOT OF MASK TRAINING
AND WE DID A LOT OF CLOWN. >> Stephen: I KNOW THERE IS
REDNOSED CLOWN AND WHITE FACE CLOWN, WHICH ONE WERE YOU?
>> WE DID REDNOSED. AND ACTUALLY THAT WAS ONE OF THE
LITTLE TOOLS I USED -- I DID THIS COMEDY WITH AWKWAFINA
CALLED QUIZ LADY AND SO IN MY TRAINING FORT AS I WAS TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT THE CHARACER -- BECAUSE IT IS SUCH BROUGHT
COMEDY AND I WAS LIKE OKAY, I'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW I'VE GOT
TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT AND I HAVE A FRIEND OF MINE WHO
TEACHES CLOWN WILL YOU HELP ME WITH THE NOSE TO TRY TO FIGURE
OUT THE BROAD REACHES OF THE CHARACTER --
>> Stephen: SO YOU REHEARSED WITH THE CLOWN NOSE.
>> SO YOU BASICALLY REHEARSE INTO JUST TRYING GO AS FAR AS
YOU CAN GO. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS NO,
BASICALLY LIKE IN REDNOSED TRAINING, YOU ARE UP ON STAGE
AND THEN YOUR TEACHER IS THE DIRECTOR AND THEY WILL JUST ASK
YOU SIMPLE THINGS TO DO. IT'S LIKE MOVE THAT PIECE OF
PAPER. MY CLOWN -- MY CLOWN, ALL SHE
DID WAS CRY. ALL I DID WAS CRY.
ALL I DID WAS CRY SO YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO COME BUT
ALSO IT WOULD BE LIKE MOVE THAT PIECE OF PAPER...
[CRYING] BUT LIKE WEEPING.
WEEPING. >> Stephen: I LOVE IT.
I LOVE IT. THAT'S FUNNY TO ME.
IS THIS THE SAME THING? IS THIS THE SAME PROJECT YOU DID
THIS FOR? THIS IS YOU AND AWKWAFINA THE
GREAT PAUL REUBENS RIGHT THERE. YOU MAY KNOW HIM.
AS PEE-WEE HERMAN. >> THAT WAS OUR FIRST DAY OF
SHOOTING. >> Stephen: WERE YOU FRIENDS
WITH PAUL? YES.
JEN D'ANGELO, A WRITER, SHE PUT THIS WHOLE PART THAT HAD TO DO
WITH PAUL AND I REMEMBER THINKING TO WE HAVE PAUL DID
PAUL AGREE TO THIS AND IT WAS LIKE OKAY, I GUESS I WILL JUST
TEXT PAUL AND SAY AND I SEND YOU SOMETHING, IS THAT OKAY, AND HE
IS JUST SO GREAT, HE READ IT IMMEDIATELY AND SAID HEY, I WILL
COME AND PLATE THAT SHE CAME TO PLAY THE FIRST DAY AND IT WAS
SUCH AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO HAVE HIM ON OUR FILM AND, I
MEAN, JUST SO GREAT. >> Stephen: AND I UNDERSTAND
THAT WAS THE LAST THING HE DID. >> YES.
>> Stephen: LOVELY. WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK
BUT DON'T GO ANYWHERE, WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE
SANDRA OH, EVERYBODY. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]