>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.
CORY WONG ON GUITAR, RIGHT THERE.
NICE TO YOU HAVE THIS WEEK. WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.
MY FIRST GUEST IS AN ACTOR YOU KNOW FROM "THE SOCIAL NETWORK,"
"NOW YOU SEE ME," AND "FLEISHMAN IS IN TROUBLE."
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," JESSE EISENBERG!
♪ (APPLAUSE)
>> THANK YOU. >> Stephen: SO NICE TO SEE
YOU. >> NICE TO SEE YOU TOO.
>> Stephen: IT IS REALLY LOVELY TO SEE YOU AGAIN, AS I
WAS SAYING BACKSTAGE T HAS BEEN A MINUTE.
>> YES, SO GREAT TO SEE YOU. >> Jon:
>> Stephen: YOU WERE HERE IN 2015 ON OUR 16th SHOW.
>> YEAH, YEAH. >> Stephen: IT IS 1,348 SHOWS
LATER. >> WOW.
>> Stephen: THAT IS A LOT TO COVER.
>> YEAH. >> Stephen: I DON'T WANT TO
MUCH CA UP ON ALL SEVEN YEARS SO LET'S JUST STICK WITH THE
HOLIDAYS. >> OKAY.
>> Stephen: HOW WERE THOSE, DID YOU HAVE A LOVELY TIME, A
LOVELY RELAXING, REFRESHING, REJUVENATING TIME FOR 2023.
>> I WOULN'T USE ANY OF THOSE ADJECTIVES.
>> Stephen: NOT LOVELY, RELAXING REJUVENATE.
>> NO, I HAD A LOVELY, BIZARRE TIME, WE GO TO A VULCAN DANCE
CAMP. >> Stephen: DANCE CAMP.
>> DO YOU NOT-- . >> Stephen: I I HAVE NOT
DANCED, IS IT IN THE BALANCE CANS OR SOME PLACE DOING BALANCE
CANADIANSS LIKE THE ETHNIC PEOPLE OF THE BALANCE CANS.
>> THAT'S T INSPIRED BY PEOPLE IN THE BALANCE CANS WHO ARE NOT.
THERE THESE ARE PEOPLE LIKE ME, KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE
PEOPLE WHO THIS STYLE OF DANCES. AND ST BEAUTIFUL, WONDERFUL.
BUT I DON'T LIKE IT BECAUSE IT IS DANCING, YOU KNOW.
SO I AVOID IT. >> Stephen: YOU WENT TO A
CAMP, HOW DO YOU AVOID IT IF YOU WENT TO A BALANCE CANADIANS
CAMP. >> HAVE I BEEN AVOIDING DANCING
MY WHOLE LIFE. I'M THE KIND OF PERSON WHO
SPENDS THE PROM HIDING IN THE BATHROOM IN THE TOILET SEAT
BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE DANCING IN THIS CASE THOUGH I FOUND THIS
LITTLE LOOPHOLE IN DANCE CAMP WHICH IS THAT YOU CAN DO A
JUGGLING CLASS DURING SOME OF THE DANCING.
SO I SIGNED UP FOR-- . >> Stephen: ALSO BALANCE
BALANCE CAN. >> ST TRADITIONAL AMERICAN
JUGGLING, PURE AMERICANA JUGGLING SO I SIGNED UP FOR THE
JUGGLING CLASS. GI TO THE JUGGLING CLASS.
ST THE KID'S JUGGLING CLASSICS I'M THE ONLY-- I'M THE TALLEST
ONE THERE WHICH IS EXCITING AND I'M THE OLDEST.
AND I'M AN ADULT. I AM DOING THIS JUGGLING CLASS.
I'M THERE ONLY BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE DANCING.
AND I DON'T LIKE JUGGLING EITHER.
BUT I DON'T LIKE DANCING MORE THAN I DON'T LIKE JUGGLING, YOU
KNOW, ANYWAY, THE TEACHER WHO IS THE ONLY OTHER ADULT THERE, THEY
HAVE LIKE A FAMILY EMERGENCY, THEY HAD TO LEAVE, THIS
WONDERFUL SWEET WOMAN AND I HAD TO TAKE OVERT JUGGLING CLASS.
>> Stephen: NOT KNOWING ANYTHING ABOUT JUGGLING.
>> OR CHILDREN, YES, OR TEACHING.
YEAH, OR BALANCE CANADIANSING, WHICH EVERYBODY ELSE KNOWS ABOUT
THERE. >> Stephen: YES, THEY WERE AT
THAT CAMP. >> SO I HAD TO TAKE OVER.
I WAS TERRIBLE. THE CLASS TURNED INTO MAYHEM AND
I REALIZED IT IS BECAUSE, THIS IS A FLAW BUT I WANT PEOPLE TO
THINK I'M COOL, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
SO I CAN'T DISCIPLINE YOUNG PEOPLE BECAUSE I WANT THEM TO
LOVE ME. SO THEY WERE LIKE WE'LL THROW
BALLS AT THE WINDOW AND CREATE A BAT WITH THE STICK.
AND I WAS LIKE THAT'S AWESOME. WE SHOULD ALL DO THAT AND
PASSING OUT CIGARETTES AND EVERYTHING.
>> Stephen: WOW, WOW. CAN I GO BACK TO SOMETHING YOU
SAID EARLIER ON IN THE STORY. >> SURE.
>> Stephen: IS THAT YOU IMPLIED THAT YOU AND YOUR WIFE
DIDN'T JUST GO, YOU HAD BEEN MORE THAN ONCE O TO THIS BALANCE
CANADIANS CAMP. >> YES, IT IS A KIND OF THING
WHERE YOU DON'T LEARN YOUR LESSON AND THEN YOU DO THIS-- .
>> Stephen: I'M GUESSING THIS IS YOUR WIFE'S IDEA.
>> THIS IS MOSTLY HERS. >> Stephen: HAVE YOU BEEN OPEN
WITH HER ABOUT YOUR RELUCTANCE, YOUR LOATHING OF ORGANIZED HUMAN
MOVE SNMENT. >> NO, BUT SHE IS GOING TO WATCH
THE SHOW TONIGHT AND I THINK STH IS-- .
>> Stephen: RESOLVE THE COMMUNICATION, HEALTHY
RELATIONSHIPS ARE ALL ABOUT COMMUNICATION.
>> YEAH. >> Stephen: GOOD FOR YOU.
>> NANGS A LOT. >> Stephen: PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
WATCHING THE SERIES FLEISHMAN IS IN TROUBLE.
BUT NOW YOU'RE NOT ACTING, ACTUALLY.
>> THAT'S RIGHT. >> Stephen: YOU ARE NOT ACTING
IN THIS NEW FIM, YOU WROTE IT AND ARE DIRECTING IT.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, YEAH. >> Stephen: AND ST YOU WILL
CAD WHEN YOU FINISH SAVING THE WORLD, WHAT IS IT ABOUT.
>> IT IS ABOUT A MOTHER AND A SON, JULIANNE PLAYS THE MOTHER,
SHE RUNS A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER IN THE MIDWEST AND HER
SON IS LIKE THIS TIKTOK STYLE STAR ONLINE AND THEY HAVE A
CLASH OF VALUES. SHE HE IS A CAPITALIST TEENAGE
KID TRYING TO MIKE MONEY SELLING MUSIC AND SHE IS A SOCIAL
JUSTICE PERSON. >> Stephen: AND YOU AS A
DIRECTOR, ARE YOU THE KIND OF DIRECTOR, BECAUSE I'M ALWAYS
CURIOUS WHEN ACTORS TAKE THIS TURN.
ARE YOU THE KIND OF A DIRECTOR YOU AS AN ACTOR WANT?
>> NO, NO, NO. I WAS KIND OF LIKE THE PERSON I
WOULD SECRETLY HATE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, AND CALL MY AGENT,
WHY DID YOU PUT ME IN THIS THING.
YOU KNOW, AS AN ACTOR I LOVE LIKE GETTING DIRECTION FROM
PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, AS YOU CAN TELL.
I HAVEN'T FORMED MYSELF YET. AND I LOVE ANY KIND OF
MICROMANAGING OR EVEN MACRO MANAGING.
I LOVE BEING MANAGED. AND AS A DIRECTOR I FOUND MYSELF
JUST COMPLETELY IN A-W-E AND TERRIFIED OF THE ACTOR.
I WAS STANDING THERE WITH JULIANNE MORE, MY JOB TO GIVE
HER NOTES AND I WAS THINKING SHE PROBABLY DON'T WANT TO LEARN THE
STUPID LINES I WROTE LAST YEAR SO MAYBE I SHOULD LEAVE HER
ALONE. AND OF COURSE THAT IS NOT HOW
YOU MAKE A MOVIE OR LEAD A TEAM OR DO ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD.
>> Stephen: I'M SEEING A PATTERN.
>> YES. >> Stephen: BETWEEN THIS AND
THE CHILDREN WHO ARE ALLOWED TO DO ANYTHING THEY WANT WITH THE
BALLS AND THE STICK AND EVERYTHING.
I FEEL LIKE PERHAPS YOU SHOULDN'T BE LEFT IN CHARGE OF
THINGS, OR RATHER MAYBE YOU SHOULD, I HEAR THE MOVIE IS
LOVELY SO MAYBE THIS NONCONFRONTATIONAL STYLE IS
USEFUL T WORKS FOR YOU. >> IT WOULD HAVE BEEN LOVELY
HER-- . >> Stephen: IF YOU HAD DONE
ANYTHING. WE HAVE A CLIP, CAN YOU TELL ME
WHAT IS HAPPENING? >> YEAH, THE BOY IS JUST TRYING
TO GET HIS PARENTS TO LISTEN TO HIS MUSIC AND THEY DON'T WANT
TO. >> Stephen: JIM.
>> YOU DON'T PLAY BLUES MUSIC, DO YOU.
>> NO, I PLAY FOLK ROCK WITH ALTERNATIVE INFLUENCES.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. >> WELL, CAN I PLAY IT FOR YOU.
I JUST GAVE YOU THE NEW SONG, TRUTH ACHE, I CAN SHOW IT TO
YOU. >> DID YOU SAY TRUTH EGGS.
>> YEAH, DO YOU WANT TO HEAR IT? >> I'M ASSUMING THAT WE ARE NOT
YOUR TARGET AUDIENCE. >> RIGHT.
>> I MEAN IT'S GEARED TOWARDS TEENAGER, AM I RIGHT?
>> YEAH, SURE. >> BECAUSE IT IS INCREDIBLY
UNETHICAL. WHITE PEOPLE PLAYING BLUES
MUSIC. DID YOU EVER MEET THE-- BECAUSE
IS HE VERY EXPLICIT ON THE ISSUE OF CULTURAL APPROPRIATION.
>> DAD, I DON'T PLAY BLUSH MUSIC.
>> Stephen: DON'T GO AWAY, JESSE ISENBERG IS GOING TO SING
THE AN DORAN NATIONAL ANTHEM WHEN WE COME BACK.