>> Stephen: FOLKS, YOU'VE SEEN MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT IN
EVERYTHING FROM "JURASSIC PARK" TO "WILD" TO
"TWIN PEAKS."
SHE'S NOW NOMINATED FOR AN EMMY FOR HER PERFORMANCE IN HBO'S
"BIG LITTLE LIES."
PLEASE WELCOME, LAURA DERN!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
>> OH, MY GOD!
>> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> I'M SO THRILLED TO SEE YOU AND SO STAR STRUCK.
THIS IS AMAZING.
>> Stephen: ARE YOU KIDDING?
THE FEELING IS MUTUAL, THEN.
>> THE REASON I CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE IN LIFE, I HAVE YOU
TO WATCH AND CALM ME DOWN.
>> Stephen: OH, THAT'S NICE.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
>> Stephen: I HAD A NICE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE DINNER WITH
YOU IN MAY.
WE WERE BOTH INVITED TO THE MET GALA HERE, VERY FANCY THING.
>> AMAZING.
I WAS SITTING BETWEEN YOU ON MY LEFT AND MEGYN KELLY ON MY
RIGHT.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: VERY DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS.
>> YES.
( LAUGHTER ) THAT WAS AMAZING.
I WAS THRILLED BY OUR TABLE.
WE HAD THE AMAZING JOHN KERN TO OUR LEFT AND AS PEOPLE WERE
COMING UP TALKING ABOUT SELFIES AND FASHION AND ISN'T IT AMAZING
AND SO GORGEOUS, I REMEMBER WE ENGAGED IN A CONVERSATION ABOUT
PSORIASIS, WHICH I REALLY ENJOYED.
IT SOMEHOW BECAME OUR TABLE CONVERSATION, I WAS, LIKE, IT'S
REAL LIFE.
>> Stephen: EVERYBODY IS DOING IT NOW.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO TALK ABOUT PSORIASIS THESE DAYS.
( LAUGHTER ) YOU HAVE A VERY BUSY YEAR.
I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU HAVE TIME TO GO TO DINNERS BECAUSE "BIG
LITTLE LIES," "TWIN PEAKS," YOU'RE IN THE UPCOMING "STAR
WARS" MOVIE.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> I'M EXCITED, TOO.
>> Stephen: ONE OF THE INCREDIBLE THINGS ABOUT YOU
IS -- I MEAN, I'VE KNOWN OF YOUR WORK SINCE PROBABLY BLUE VELVET
WAS THE THING I SAW YOU IN 1986.
>> YEAH ( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: CITIZEN RUTH, YOU'RE PLAYING A HUFFER.
>> THAT WAS TYPE CASTING.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: HOW DO YOU AVOID
BEING TYPE CAST?
WHAT'S YOUR TRICK?
>> I THINK BEING RAISED BY ACTORS.
BOTH MY PARENTS ARE ACTORS AND MY FATHER BRUCE STERN WHO
STARTED BEING KNOWN AS THE BAD GUY IN WESTERNS.
>> Stephen: YEAH, COWBOYS.
YEAH, AND I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS A KID, MY PARENTS SAID IF
YOU WANT TO BE AN ACTOR, BE A CHAMELEON, TRY DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND THEY LOVED PLAYING FLAWED PEOPLE TO CAUSE EMPATHY FOR
HUMAN BEHAVIOR, AND I LIKE TO SHAKE IT UP.
>> Stephen: YOUR FIRST FOR MARTIN SCORSESE, WHAT DID HE
HAVE YOU DO?
>> HE HAD ME EAT AN ICE CREAM CONE.
WE DID 17 TAKES.
IT WAS FOR THE FULL "ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE."
MY MOM WAS, YOU WILL NEVER BE AN ACTRESS, TELLING ME IT'S NOT THE
EASIEST JOB, IT'S COMPLICATED FOR WOMEN, I HEARD ALL THESE
THINGS AND SCORSESE WALKED OVER AND SAID, THAT CUD JUST ATE 17
ICE CREAM CONES AND DIDN'T THROW UP, SHE'S GOT TO BE AN ACTOR.
I WAS, LIKE, THANK YOU, MR. SCORSESE!
SO THAT WAS GOOD.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: NOW, YOUR MOM
DISCOURAGED YOU TO BE A AN ACTRESS.
WHEN DID SHE GIVE IN?
>> I THINK I WAS SO DETERMINED.
MY DAUGHTER IS IN THE DRESSING ROOM, DON'T GET ANY IDEAS.
AROUND MY DAUGHTER'S AGE, 11, 12, I BECAME FAR MORE VIGILANT.
>> Stephen: 15, YOU BECAME EMANCIPATED?
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT TERM MEANS.
>> WHICH CAN MEAN MANY THINGS.
>> Stephen: FROM YOUR PARENTS.
IN MY CASE, IT WAS SOMEWHAT BORING.
I WAS WORKING ON FILMS AND, THEREFORE, I COULD NOT DO AS
MUCH SCHOOL HOURS AND WORK LONGER HOURS.
>> Stephen: IS THERE A REGAL PROCESS WHERE YOU BECOME
EMANCIPATED?
>> YEAH, I SHOULD HAVE USED IT MUCH TO MY ADVANTAGE AND DIDN'T.
>> Stephen: SO COULD YOU, LIKE, TAKE A PART WITHOUT
GETTING YOUR PARENTS' PERMISSION AND STUFF LIKE THAT?
>> IN THEORY.
I BASICALLY WAS DEEMED A REBEL WITH NO REBELLIOUS BONE IN MY
BODY.
>> Stephen: DID YOU THROW IT IN YOUR MOM'S FACE AND SAY, YOU
CAN'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO, I'M EMANCIPATED?
>> ONLY NOW THAT I'M IN MY '40s.
SHE'S, LIKE, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING -- I SAY, YOU SHOULD
HAVE TOLD ME THAT WHEN I WAS 16.
YOU WASTED IT.
>> Stephen: YOU PLAY VICE ADMIRAL HOLDO.
YOU HAVE PINK-PURPLE HAIR AND A MATCHING DRESS.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: CAN YOU TELL US ANYTHING ABOUT VICE ADMIRAL
HOLDO?
>> I CAN TELL YOU I LOVE HER.
>> Stephen: IS SHE A GOOD GUY, A BAD GUY?
>> COMPLICATED.
>> Stephen: SHE IS COMPLICATED.
( LAUGHTER ) >> I TOLD YOU I LIKE COMPLICATED
CHARACTERS EVEN IN "STAR WARS."
>> Stephen: IS IT LIKE "STAR WARS" THE FORCE?
>> IT'S GOING TO UNFOLD.
( LAUGHTER ) I WILL TELL YOU, TO BE AN ACTOR
MY WHOLE LIFE BUT FIRST A KID WHO LOVED MOVIES AND WALK ON A
SET, YOUR COSTUME IS READY, YOU'RE MICKED, YOU'RE LEARNING
YOUR LINES, THE CAMERA IS ROLLING, YOU OPEN YOUR EYES TO
DO A SCENE LIKE ANY OTHER WORKDAY, AND IT'S "STAR WARS" --
I COULD CRY.
LITERALLY, LIKE, OH, MY GOD, THAT'S R2D2.
I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO PASS OUT.
IT'S THE GREATEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED.
IT'S AMAZING.
>> Stephen: I WOULD DO THE SAME THING.
( APPLAUSE ) >> SO INCREDIBLE.
>> Stephen: IN CASE ANYBODY WANTS TO ASK ME, I WOULD DO THE
SAME THING.
BECAUSE YOU'RE SUCH A FAN AND THE WORLD IS SO IMMERSIVE, DO
YOU EVER, LIKE, FORGET YOU'RE DOING A MOVIE?
DO YOU EVER GO, LIKE, TOURIST OR ANYTHING IN YOUR OWN JOB?
>> NO.
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THE MOST EMBARGOS STORY ONLY BECAUSE RYAN
JOHNSON OUR DIRECTOR EMBARRASSED MY BY TELLING IT A FEW DAYS AGO.
I DIDN'T KNOW I DID IT AND I GUESS THEY WERE WATCHING DAILIYS
AND RECOGNIZED IT DEEPLY.
THERE'S A MOMENT WHERE, YOU KNOW, I GET TO HAVE A SPACE
WEAPON IN MY HAND.
>> Stephen: A BLASTER.
AND, I GUESS, DIDN'T REAL I WAS BACK IN MY BEDROOM EIGHT
YEARS OLD DOING THE SCENE AND I WENT, PEW!
PEW!
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
THEY'D TAKEN THE SOUND OUT.
I DON'T THINK YOU WILL HEAR THAT IN THE MOVIE, HOPEFULLY.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE GOING, PEW, PEW!
>> I WAS SO EXCITED!
( LAUGHTER ) I MEAN, IT'S "STAR WARS"!
>> Stephen: THAT'S THE MOST ADORABLE THING I'VE EVER HEARD
IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.
( LAUGHTER ) OKAY, LESS ADORABLE.
"BIG LITTLE LIES."
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) CONGRATULATIONS, NOMINATED FOR
AN EMMY THIS YEAR.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: I'LL SEE YOU OUT THERE.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: LET'S HIT THE PARTIES TOGETHER.
>> LET'S DO IT.
I CAN'T WAIT.
>> Stephen: NOW, WE HAVE A CLIP HERE.
RENATA IS A FIGHTER AND FIGHTS FOR HER KIDS.
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE SCENE WE'RE ABOUT TO SEE?
>> SHE IS TEACHING HER DAUGHTER ABOUT VOICE AND NOT ALLOWING
HERSELF TO BE BULLIED BUT UNFORTUNATELY DOES IT IN
COMPLICATED WAYS BECAUSE I PLAY COMPLICATED CHARACTERS.
>> Stephen: SHE'S USING THE FORCE.
JIM?
>> OH, MY GOD!
SOMEONE IS BITING OUR DAUGHTER!
OH, MY GOD.
OKAY.
HONEY, MOMMY IS GETTING VERY UPSET.
I'M GETTING VERY, VERY UPSET BECAUSE SOMEONE IS BULLYING YOU,
AND YOU NEVER LET A BULLY WIN.
DO YOU HEAR ME?
YOU HAVE TO SPEAK UP, EMMA BELA!
YOU HAVE TO BE A BIG GIRL AND USE YOUR VOICE IN THIS WORLD!
THAT'S WHY THEY CALL ME A BULLDOG BECAUSE I HAD TO LEARN
HOW TO FIGHT BACK WITH A BULLY!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: VERY COMPLICATED.
YEAH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
>> I'M SO THRILLED TO BE HERE.
>> Stephen: IT WAS LOVELY TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> OH, MY GOD.
AMAZING TO SEE YOU.
>> Stephen: "BIG LITTLE LIES" IS AVAILABLE ON HBO.
LAURA DERN, EVERYBODY.