>> Stephen: HELLO.
>> HELLO.
>> Stephen: IT'S SO NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> IT'S SO NICE TO MEET YOU.
I'M SO EXCITED TO BE HERE.
>> Stephen: WE'RE SO EXCITED TO HAVE YOU HERE.
EVERYBODY HERE IS A BIG FAN OF "THIS IS US."
>> THANK YOU!
>> Stephen: I'VE GOT KLEENEX IF THIS THING GOES SOUTH.
BEFORE WE GET TO THE BEAUTIFUL HEARTBREAK THAT YOU DO ON A
WEEKLY BASE FOR AMERICA, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING HAPPY
THAT YOU DID THAT I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO.
>> REALLY?
>> Stephen: YEAH, YOU CLIMBED MOUNT KILIMANJARO.
>> I DID!
>> Stephen: THERE YOU ARE.
>> I JUST DID IT IN APRIL.
>> Stephen: YOU JUST DID THIS.
>> IN APRIL, YES.
>> Stephen: OKAY, THAT IS-- WHAT-- I-- UHH.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN.
LIKE, IS IT THE FIRST MOUNTAIN YOU'VE EVER CLIMBED.
>> FIRST MOUNTAIN I EVER CLIMBED.
FIRST TIME I HAVE BEEN CAMPING, GUYS.
I JUST DOVE RIGHT INTO THE DEEP END.
>> Stephen: WAIT A SECOND, THE FIRST THING YOU DID WAS CLIMB
THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN AFRICA.
>> AND CAMPED OUT.
>> Stephen: WAS THIS GLAMPING.
>> NO IT WAS THE OPPOSITE OF GLAMPING.
YOU'RE SLEEPING ON THE GROUND IN A TENT AND TRYING TO STAY WARM.
>> Stephen: HOW HIGH ARE WE TALKING?
HOW HIGH DO YOU GET?
>> ALMOST 20,000 FEET AT THE END, THE SUMMIT.
>> Stephen: WHAT DID YOU DO-- I HAVE A FRIEND WHO DID IT AND
HE GOT SICK, ACTUALLY, GOING UP, BECAUSE OF THE ALTITUDE.
WHAT DID YOU DO TO PREP YOURSELF?
>> THEY SAID THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WAS TO STAY HYDRATED,
WHICH MEANT WE WERE ALL PEEING A LOT --
>> Stephen: THAT WILL HAPPEN.
>> AND THE VERY FIRST DAY, I TOLD ONE OF THE GUIDES, I WAS
LIKE, "SORRY, CAN YOU JUST TELL ME WHERE THE BEST PLACE IS TO
USE THE BATHROOM?" AND HE SAID, "NO, NO.
WE HAVE A CODE.
WE CALL IT 'SENDING A MESSAGE'."
I SAID OKAY I NEED TO SEND A MESSAGE.
LITERALLY, BY DAY TWO, WE WERE LIKE, "SENDING A MESSAGE."
AND EVERYBODY EVERYONE WOULD STOP WHERE THEY WERE ON THE
TRAIL AND TURN THEIR BACK A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE SOMEBODY HAD
TO USE THE RESTROOM.
>> Stephen: "SEND A MESSAGE.
WHOVMENT IS RECEIVING THIS MESSAGE?
>> MOTHER EARTH.
>> Stephen: WHAT IF YOU'RE NOT SENDING A MESSAGE.
WHAT DO YOU CALL IF YOU'RE NOT SENDING A MESSAGE?
>> WE CALLED IT "TAKING A MEETING?"
( LAUGHTER ) YEAH.
AND WE BECAME ABSOLUTELY OBSESSED -- I WENT WITH MY
FIANCE AND TWO OF MY BEST FRIENDS, AND WE BECAME OBSESSED
ANY TIERNLG THE END OF THE DAY, FOUR:00 5:00, WE WOULD SIT
AROUND THE DINNER TABLE AT THE CAMP TENT AND WE WOULD TALK
ABOUT, "DID YOU SEND A MESSAGE?" OVER BEFORE WE LEFT IN THE
MORNING, THE ONE AND ONLY TIME TO SEND A MESSAGE, BECAUSE ON
TOP OF HAVING ALL THESE INCREDIBLE PORTERS THAT CARRIED
OUR STUFF.
THEY CARRIED OUR TENT AND FOOD FOR US AND OUR BAGS AND
EQUIPMENT, WE JUST HAD OUR BACKPACKS WITH US.
THERE WAS ONE SWEET GENTLEMAN WHO CARRIED THE THRONE FOR US.
HE CARRIED A LITTLE TOILET THAT THEY SAT UP-- THEY SAT AND SORT
OF SET IT UP AT EVERY CAMPSITE ALONG THE WAY YOU WANT MOUNTAIN.
>> Stephen: THIS WAS REALLY A SEAT, ONLY.
THERE WAS NO PLUMBING.
>> IT WAS A SEAT.
BUT THAT'S WHERE YOU TOOK YOUR MEETING PUP HAD TO MAKE SURE YOU
TOOK YOUR MEETING IN THE MORNING BEFORE WE LEFT OR THE EVENING
WHEN WE GOT THERE.
OTHERWISE, YOU WERE THROAFT YOUR OWN DEVICES IN THE WILD.
>> Stephen: I'VE BEEN IN MEETINGS LIKE THAT?
>> YOU HAVE.
>> Stephen: YES, TERNAL, TERRIBLE.
>> WE BECAME OBSESSED.
AND WE WERE LIKE, WAS IT A CONFERENCE CALL?
WAS THE BOSS AT THE MEETING?
>> Stephen: I DON'T WANT TO BE IN A CONFERENCE CALL!
I'M NOT INTO THAT SCENE.
>> WAS IT JUST THE CONFERENCE CALL?
WAS THE MEETING WELL ATTENDED?
WAS THE BOSS THERE?
WE JUST KEPT IT GOING THE WHOLE TIME.
>> Stephen: WHAT WAS THE AGENDA?
>> EXACTLY!
>> DID YOU SEAL THE DEAL?
>> Stephen: WHO TOOK THE MINUTES?
>> YES!
>> Stephen: OKAY, WELL, SO YOU-- HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO
DO?
>> A WEEK.
>> Stephen: A WEEK CLIMBING UP THERE.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: IS IT HIKING OR IS THERE ACTUALLY ANY CLIMBING?
>> NO, NO, IT'S IT'S JUST HIKING.
>> Stephen: ARE THERE STILL SNOWS ON KILIMANJARO.
>> THERE ARE, AT THE SUMMIT THERE AREs, THE GLACIER S.
>> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE TO GO UP AT NIGHT.
YOUR FINAL ASCENT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAMN NIGHT.
>> WE SUPPORTED AT NIGHT.
NOT EVERYBODY DOES, BUT I WOULD RECOMMEND IT BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT
AN EIGHT-HOUR HIKE, AND SO I WOULD JUST EYE WOULD FEEL SO
DAUNTED, LIKE, LOOKING AT THE PEAK, AT THE SUMMIT, AND JUST
THINKING LIKE, WOW, I STILL HAVE ALL OF THAT TO GO.
>> Stephen: AND I ASSUME YOU GET TO SEE THE SUNRISE.
>> WE STARTED AT MIDNIGHT.
WE SUPPORTED AROUND 7:00, AND YOU GET TO THE TOP AND IT'S
ANOTHER, LIKE, HOUR AND A HALF WALK AROUND THIS CRATER AT THE
TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN.
SO BY THE TIME YOU SORT OF ARE AT THE TOP, AND YOU'RE ACTUALLY
TRAVERSING GROUND TO GET TO THE HIGHEST POINT IN ALL OF AFRICA,
THE SUN SORT OF WAS COMING UP AROUND ME.
IT FELT LIKE THIS LIGHT INSTALLATION.
IT WAS THE MOST INCREDIBLE THING I'VE EVER EXPERIENCED.
I WAS SO EMOTIONAL.
IT WAS SOMETHING I'D WANTED TO DO SINCE I WAS 18 YEARS OLD.
AND TO FINALLY BE THERE AND IN THE MOMENT AND WITH SOME OF MY
CLOSEST FRIENDS WAS JUST INDESCRIBABLE.
>> Stephen: THAT'S LOVELY.
>> YEAH, IT WAS GREAT.
>> Stephen: THAT'S LOVELY.
WELL, SPEAK OF 18 YEARS OLD, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE BEEN FAMOUS SINCE
BEFORE THAT.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: I MEAN, WE HAVE PICTURES OF YOU HERE.
>> OH, NO.
>> Stephen: THIS IS YOU.
>> OH, NO.
>> Stephen: THIS IS YOU, TEEN MACHINE.
>> TEEN MACHINE.
>> Stephen: MANDY MOORE.
>> I ALMOST DID THAT HAIRSTYLE TONIGHT TOO.
LIKE I WAS REALLY CLOSE TO WANTING TO REPLICATE --
>> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR HAIR?
>> CRYSTALS.
THOSE ARE CRYSTALS IN MY ZIGZAG PART.
THAT'S WHAT YOU DID IN THE 90s.
>> Stephen: I DID THE SAME THING.
OBVIOUSLY WE KNEW YOU AS A POP STAR BUT YOU ACTUALLY HAD A
SINGING GIG BEFORE THE POP STAR GIG.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: SO WHAT DID YOU SING BEFORE THAT?
>> I GREW UP IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA, AND MY VERY FIRST GIGS
WERE SING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.
AND I SORT OF MADE IT A REAL JOB.
LIKE THE FIRST TIME I SANG WAS FOR THE ORLANDO MAGIC, BECAUSE I
SAW ANOTHER LITTLE GIRL MY AGE SINGING.
>> Stephen: HOW OLD ARE YOU AT THIS POINT?
>> 12.
AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS EVEN A
POSSIBILITY.
I SENT IN MY LITTLE-- MY MOM RECORDED ME ON A CAMCORDER, SENT
IN THE VHS OF ME SINGING.
I GOT ASKED TO DO IT, AND THEN EVERY OTHER SPORTS TEAM THAT
PLAYED IN THE ARENA-- THE ARENA FOOTBALL TEAM, THE ROLLER HOCKEY
TEAM, THE ICE HOCKEY TEAM-- I ENDED UP SINGING FOR ALL OF
THEM.
>> Stephen: OH, WOW.
>> IT BECAME A PROFESSIONAL PART OF MY LIFE AT THAT POINT.
I HAD MY AMERICAN FLAG HAIR BOW.
I WENT OUT WITH MY PITCH PIPE.
IT WAS A WHOLE PROFESSIONAL OPERATION.
>> Stephen: WOW.
AMERICAN FLAG HAIR BOW.
>> I WAS VERY PATRIOTIC.
I WAS INTO IT.
>> Stephen: DONALD TRUMP IS DISTRIBUTING THOSE TO EVERYONE
IN THE N.F.L.
NOW YOU'RE ON "THIS IS US."
>> I AM.
>> Stephen: IT'S A HUGE HIT.
IT'S A CULTURAL EVENT THIS SHOW.
ARE YOU PROUD TO BE A PART OF IT?
YOU MUST BE.
>>IM SO PROUD, SO HUMBLE.
IT'S THE MOST INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE I HAVE HAD IN MY
LIFE.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE THE ONLY CHARACTER WHO IS IN ALL THE
TIMELINES, AS YOU WOULD.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: THE ONLY ONE WHO AGES.
>> I AM.
>> Stephen: WHAT IS THAT LIKE FOR YOU?
WHAT IS THE AGING PROCESS LIKE FOR YOU?
>> I PLAY THIS CHARACTER, REBECCA PEARSON, FROM THE AGES
OF 23 TO 68.
SO THAT ENTAILS ABOUT THREE AND A HALF HOURS OF PROSTHETICS IN
ORDER TO PLAY HER PRESENT DAY.
>> Stephen: ME, TOO.
>> REALLY?
>> Stephen: EVERY NIGHT.
>> WOW!
IT'S REALLY GOOD!
IT'S SO SEAM GLLS I'M MUCH YOUNG THAERN THIS.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: THREE HOURS OF PROSTHETICS.
IT'S NOT EVERY DAY.
THERE ARE DAYS YOU SHOOT WITH THE OLDER VERSION OF YOUR
CHARACTER.
>> YES.
ABSOLUTELY.
WE JUMP AROUND IN TIME.
IT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE SHOW.
>> Stephen: DO YOU THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU WILL LOOK LIKE--
>> I HOPE SO.
>> Stephen: WILL YOU PLEASE COME BACK AND YOU'RE 68?
>> I WILL, ABSOLUTELY.
YOU'RE STILL GOING TO BE DOING THE SHOW THEN?
>> Stephen: IF THEY STRAP THE PROSTICTS ON ME.
>> I MEAN, YOU GUYS, THIS IS 34 YEARS FROM NOW.
THAT'S A LONG TIME.
BUT I HOPE THAT I CAN AGE LIKE THIS CHARACTER.
>> Stephen: CBS SAYS, "NO, I WILL NOT."
>> THEY JUST INFORMED YOU.
>> Stephen: I HOPE I SEE YOU ANYWAY.
>> EXACTLY.
>> Stephen: "THIS IS US" RETURNS THIS FALL ON NBC.
MANDY MOORE, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH SARA BAREILLES AND JOSH GROBAN.