>> WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
STAY. FOLKS, MY NEXT GUEST TONIGHT IS
AN ACTOR YOU KNOW FROM THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL, SHE'S
BEEN NOMINATE FORD A SCREEN ACTOR'S GUILD AWARD AND SPIRIT
AWARD FOR HER PERFORMANCE IN EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT
ONCE. >> YOU AND YOUR-- .
>> CAN'T BE. >> IT ISN'T THAT I CAN'T BE
HERE. OR THAT I'M NOT ALLOWED TO BE
HERE. >> HEY.
>> OH YEAH. >> SEE I CAN PHYSICALLY BE HERE.
BUT WHAT YOU MEANT TO SAY IS YOU ARE NOT ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE.
>> HAND BEHIND YOUR BACK, COME ON.
>> WELL,. >> LET'S DO THAT.
SEE, I DON'T THINK YOU UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF THAT
WORD. >> PLEASE WELCOME TO THE LATE
SHOW STEPHANIE HSU.
>> SACRED CHAIR. >> Stephen: SO NICE TO MEET
YOU, THANKS FOR COMING ON. >> THANKS FOR HAVING ME, I'M SO
EXCITED. >> Stephen: YOUR FILM,
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE HAS MADE AN A NOR
MOUSE-- ENORMOUS SPLASH OVER THE PAST YEAR SIPS IT CAME OUT.
ARE YOU AT ALL SURPRISED BY HOW MEANSFUL THIS MOVIE HAS BEEN SO
TO MANY PEOPLE. >> WELL, THE DANIELS, THE
DIRECTORS ARE BRILLIANT, BEAUTIFUL WEIRDOES AND I
REMEMBER WE FILMED THE MOVIE IN 2020 ACTUALLY BEFORE THE
PANDEMIC. AND SO IT HAS BEEN A REALLY LONG
JOURNEY. BUT I REMEMBER GOING UP TO DAN
ONE DAY AND SAYING TO HIM, DANIEL, I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THE
MOVIE, DANIEL, THIS MOVIE IS GOING TO BRING PEOPLE BACK TO
THE THEATERS, YOU KNOW. BECAUSE I'M A CHAIN SMOKER 90
YEAR OLD NEW YORK PRODUCER. AND I THINK I KNEW THAT THE
SCOPE OF IT WAS SOMETHING INCREDIBLY SPECIAL.
BUT I DEFINITELY COULDN'T HAVE KNOWN THAT IT WOULD DO WHAT IT
HAS DONE. AND IT'S BEEN SO BEAUTIFUL TO
JUST SEE PEOPLE REALLY RECEIVE IT.
AND BELIEVE IN MOVIES AGAIN AND ALSO FEEL KIND OF UNITED IN THIS
WILD, WILD LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD.
>> Stephen: IT'S-- IT'S FUNNY. IT'S FUNNY, IT'S EXCITING.
IT'S BIZARRE ON SO MANY DIFFERENT LEVELS.
>> YEAH. >> Stephen: AND YET AT THE
SAME TIME IT MANAGE THIS EXTRAORDINARY EMOTIONAL
CONNECTION BETWEEN YOURSELF AND MICHELLE YEOH WHO PLAYS YOUR
MOTHER AND THE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE, I HAD NEVER SEEN EFI,
MY WIFE, I NEVER HAD SEEN MY WIFE CRY THAT HARD AT ANYTHING.
IN ANY MOVIE, I THOUGHT SHE MIGHT BE MEDICATED.
>> YEAH, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY T IS INTERESTING BECAUSE A LOT OF
PEOPLE WHO COME UP TO US AFTER THEY SEE THE MOVIE WHEN THEY
TALK TO US, EVEN TALKING TO US THEY WILL START TO GET REALLY
EMOTIONAL. AND IT'S REALLY BEAUTIFUL
ACTUALLY BECAUSE YOU REALLY FEEL THAT SOME CORD HAS BEEN STRUCK
AND EVERYONE IS JUST KIND OF BESIDE THEMSELVES.
IT IS ALSO REALLY INTENSE SOMETIMES.
>> Stephen: I'M SURE IT IS. THIS IS ALSO INTENSE.
NEW YORK TIMES CALLED YOU THE BREAKOUT STAR, FILM STAR OF
2022. AND PUT YOU ON THE COVER OF THE
ART SECTION. (APPLAUSE)
>> NOT EVERYBODY GETS THAT, YEAH.
>> Stephen: WHAT WAS THAT LIKE FOR YOU.
AND CAN YOU EXPLAIN THIS PHOTOGRAPH BEFORE I SHOW IT TO
THE REST OF THE WORLD. >> OKAY, THAT PHOTOGRAPH, MY
BEST FRIEND TOOK IT AND ACTUALLY IS HERE TONIGHT AND THEY WERE,
SO THAT NEW YORK TIMES ART SECTION CAME OUT THIS WEEK.
AND THEY WERE IN THEMPEE HAVING A HARD DAY IN THERAPY AND THEY
WALKED OUT. AND THERE I WAS ON THE FLOOR,
LAYING SPEWED ON A NEW YORK DIRTY STREET.
AND I LIVED IN NEW YORK FOR 11 YEARS.
AND TO BE SOMEONE'S DISCARDED PAPER FOR A RAT TO PEE ON, IS
LIKE I'VE PEAKED, YOU KNOW. I MAID IT, I MAID IT.
>> Stephen: YOU ARE ON THE AWARD SHOW CIRCUIT RIGHT NOW.
MICHELLE YE OW AND KI-W-I BOTH WON AT THE GOLDEN GLOAKS.
YOU GOT YOUR OWN NOMINATION AS I SAID, THERE IS OSCAR BUZZ FOR
THE FILM. ARE AWARD SHOWS, I ASSUME THIS
IS YOUR FIRST ROUND OF AWARD SHOWS.
>> YEAH. >> Stephen: ARE THEY ALL YOU
THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE CRACKED UP TO BE?
>> YOU KNOW, EARLY SON SOMEONE SHOWED ME THIS VIDEO OF COURTNEY
LOVE AND AMAZING YOU SHOULD GOOGLE.COM IT.
BUT IT IS COURTNEY LOVE, YOU KNOW, SHE WAS A GRUNGE QUEEN AND
WAS GETTING A A LITTLE BOUGIE AND GETTING PUSHBACK FOR PEOPLE.
AND SHE DID IN THIS PRESS INTERVIEW SHE SAYS A LOT OF
CRAZY THINGS BUT ONE OF THE THINGS SHE SAYS IS YOU KNOW, IF
I GET A CHANCE TO GO TO THE OSCARS AND WEAR A FABULOUS GOWN
AND LOOK ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS, THEN I'M GOING TO [BLEEP] TAKE
IT. SO I I HAVE BEEN REALLY
CHANNELING MY INTERNAL COURTNEY LOVE.
YEAH. >> Stephen: WELL, HAVE A GOOD
TIME. >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: HAVE A GOOD TIME. >> YEAH, WELL, THIS IS A BIG
SORT OF ROCKET RIDE MOMENT FORP YOU.
YOU HAVE BEEN PERFORMING FOR A LONG TIME.
YOU DID A LOT OF ALTERNATIVE THEATER IN EXPERIMENTAL THEATER.
AND THAT CAN MEAN A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS TO DIFFERENT
PEOPLE. WHAT KIND OF EXPERIMENTAL
THEATER DID YOU DO. >> WELL, I HEAR YOU ARE
EXPERIMENTAL THEATER. >> Stephen: I DID A FAIR
AMOUNT OF BLACK BOX EXPERIMENTSAL THEATER IN CHICAGO
WHEN I WAS STARTING. >> TOTALLY, ME TOO.
I MEAN I, YOU KNOW, MY CROWNING PERFORMANCE WAS IN A SHOW CALLED
POOR LESBIAN WHICH PLAYED A HAND.
>> Stephen: JUST A HAND. WERE THERE OTHER PARTS.
>> THE RIGHT HAND IS HERE TONIGHT ALSO.
YEAH. YEAH.
>> Stephen: IS THAT YOUR FRIEND.
>> THAT IS MY FRIEND, YEAH. YOU KNOW, I PLAYED A CAT.
A LOT OF INANIMATE OBJECTS. >> Stephen: YOU PLAYED AN
INANIMATE OBJECT. >> I MEAN I PLAYED A COMPUTER ON
BROADWAY, ACTUALLY. SO THAT WOULD BE SO DOWNTOWN.
>> Stephen: SURE. BUT YOU PLAY A ROCK IN THE
MOVIE. >> I KNOW.
>> Stephen: SO YOU WERE PREPARED FOR THAT.
>> IT IS MY WHEELHOUSE. >> Stephen: YES.
WHAT WAS ST IT LIKE TO WORK WITH MICHELLE YEOH, SUCH AN ICON.
WHAT IS SHE LIKE ON SET, PLAYFUL, JUST DOING THE WORK,
SOMEONE WHO STAYS IN CHARACTER ALL THE TIME WHAT IS SHE LIKE.
>> SHE REALLY IS INCREDIBLE. SHE IS SNOT ONLY A TOTAL BAD ASS
AND COMPLETELY-- THE CRAFT BUT SHE REALLY MAKES EVERYONE FEEL
LIKE FAMILY AND I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT THE MOVIE WAS ABLE
TO WORK BECAUSE SHE WAS OUR MAT REE ARC.
AND YOU KNOW, AS REAL AND POISED AND BEAUTIFUL AS SHE S SHE IS
ALSO SO SILLY. SHE IS REALLY WEIRD SO I'M
REALLY HAPPY THAT SHE GOT THIS OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF LET HER
FREAK FLAG FLY ALSO. YEAH.
>> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND THAT--
(APPLAUSE). >> Stephen: THIS IS ACTUALLY A
PICTURE FROM THE FILM. THIS SAY PICTURE OF YOU AND
MICHELLE YEOH AS MOTHER AND DAUGHTER BUT THIS SAY PICTURE
FROM YOUR LIFE, ISN'T IT. >> IT IS.
IT IS A PICTURE OF ME AND MY MOM NAL THE PRODUCTION JUST PHOTO
SHOPPED MY MOM'S FACE OUT AND THEN GLUED MICHELLE'S FACE ON.
WHICH IS I THINK MY MOTHER'S CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT.
SHE IS ALSO PEAKED. >> Stephen: WHAT IS GOING ON
IN THIS PHOTO HERE BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THIS WAS A TRADITION.
YOU SHOT THIS LEADING UP TO THE COVID PANDEMIC BUT YOU FINISHED
RIGHT BEFORE, RIGHT. >> WE FINISHED THE DAY THAT
EVERYTHING SHUT DOWN. >> Stephen: IN MARCH.
>> MARCH IS OFth, 2020. >> Stephen: OKAY.
THAT IS GOOD LUCK. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS, WHAT
IS GOING ON HERE HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THAT LUCK.
>> SO I ALWAYS SAY THAT OUR MOVIE HAS BEEN PROTECTED BY SOME
WU WU IMAGINE QUAL SPIRITUAL THING.
AND BECAUSE OF ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT HAVE COME FROM IT.
BUT THAT PHOTO IS A CAST AND CREW PHOTO ON THE FIRST DAY WE
DID A TRADITION THEY DO IN HONG KONG ON HONG KONG SETS WHERE YOU
COVER THE CAMERAS IN RED, OKAY, SOMEONE IS FROM HONG KONG.
, YOU LAY OUT A SUK ELLING PIG, SORRY IF YOU ARE VEGAN AND
EVERYBODY IN THE CREW AND CAST ALL HAVE INCENSE STICK.
BASICALLY YOU BLESS THE SET FOR SMOOTH SAILING.
AND THE DIRECTORS AND THE LEAD ACTORS TAKE A BIG KNIFE AND WE
HOLD OP TO THE KNIFE AT THE SAME TIME AND YOU CUT THE PIG FROM
HEAD TO TAIL TO BLESS AND EASEFUL SHOOT.
AND SO WE DID THAT ON THE FIRST DAY.
AND I THINK BACK TO THAT ALL THE TIME BECAUSE SO MUCH MAGIC HAS
BEEN HAPPENING FOR US. AND WE NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN AS
SUCCESSFUL AS WE WE ARE. NO ONE BELIEVED IN US.
AND FOR IT TO NOW BE A MOVIE THAT HAS SHIFTED THE WORLD OF
CINEMA AND ALSO IS IN YOU KNOW, OSCAR CONVERSATION, IS PRETTY
WILD. >> Stephen: I WANT TO POINT
OUT-- (APPLAUSE)
WHILE THIS IS GOOD LUCK. >> YES.
>> Stephen: WHILE THIS IS GOOD LUCK FOR ALL OF YOU, I WANT TO
POINT OUT IN THE SCENE THAT WE SHOWED TO INTRODUCE YOU, ONE OF
YOUR COSTARS IS A PIG. >> YES, IT'S NOT THAT ONE.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU, SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE IS
STREAMING NOW ON SHOWTIME. STEPHANIE HSU, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.