>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.
PLEASE. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT IS AN ACADEMY
AWARD-WINNING ACTOR YOU KNOW FROM "THE FAVOURITE," "CRUELLA,"
AND "LA LA LAND." SHE NOW STARS IN "POOR THINGS."
>> THESE TWO WERE FIGHTING AND IDEAS WERE BANGING AROUND IN
BELLA'S HEAD. >> YOU'RE ALWAYS READING READING
NOW, BELLA. YURI LOSING SOME SOME OF YOUR
ADORABLE WAY OF SPEAKING. SPEAK I'M A CHANGEABLE FEAST.
>> COME, COME. JUST COME.
>> YOUR AND MY SON. YOU'RE IN MY SUN.
>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," EMMA
STONE. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Stephen: THERE YOU GO. >> Emma: THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Stephen: EMMA STONE FANS
HERE TONIGHT. >> Emma: WOW.
ALL RIGHT, HOW MUCH DO I PAY YOU?
>> Stephen: LOVELY TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
NICE TO HAVE YOU HERE. >> Emma: NICE TO SEE YOU.
THANK YOU. >> Stephen: CONGRATULATIONS ON
THE OSCAR NOMINATIONS. 11 OSAR NOMINATIONS FOR THIS
FILM. THAT'S EXTRAORDINARY.
THIS IS YOUR FOURTH NOMINATION AS AN ACTOR IN YOUR FIRST
NOMINATION AS A PRODUCER? >> Emma: YES.
>> Stephen: THAT'S A NICE FEELING.
THAT'S GOOD. >> Emma: IT'S VERY EXCITING,
JUST FOR THE ENTIRE CREW. IT WAS MANY YEARS IN THE MAKING.
WE'RE VERY, VERY EXCITED. >> Stephen: HOW MANY TIMES
HAVE YOU WORK WITH YORGOS LANTHIMOS?
>> Emma: THIS WAS OUR THIRD TIME.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER.
>> Emma: FOUR TIMES. THIS WAS OUR THIRD AND WE MADE
ANOTHER ONE LAST FALL AFTER WE MADE "POOR THINGS."
IT'S CALLED KINDS OF KINDNESS. [LAUGHING]
>> Stephen: HE'S HERE. YORGOS IS HERE.
>> Emma: YOUR CHARACTER, BELLA.
IT'S WONDERFUL CHARACTER. SHE DOESN'T EXPERIENCE SHAME.
WHAT WAS THAT LIKE TO PLAY? DID YOU ENJOY BEING THAT
HEADSPACE? >> Emma: ARE YOU KIDDING?
IT WAS THE BEST. IT WAS SO IMPOSSIBLE TO SORT OF
UNDERSTAND. I GUESS NOT USE SHAME.
BUT BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T JUDGE HERSELF AT ALL OR HER IMPULSES
OR REALLY JUDGE ANYTHING AS A POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE EXPERIENCE,
IT'S ALL JUST A PART OF LIFE AND IT'S ALL MEANINGFUL.
AND ALL JUST INTERESTING TO HER. THAT WAS AN INCREDIBLE THING TO
DO. I AM ALWAYS LIKE "THIS IS A GOOD
THING. THIS IS A BAD THING.
THIS MAKES ME WORRIED. THIS MAKES ME HAPPY."
TO TRY TO STRIP ALL THAT AWAY. >> Stephen: WOULD YOU WANT TO
LIVE LIKE THAT IF YOU COULD? >> Emma: UP MY GOD.
NO. CAN YOU IMAGINE?
>> Stephen: THE RAMIFICATIONS FOR ACTING IN A WAY THAT SOCIETY
DOESN'T EXPECT. >> Emma: THAT'S TRUE.
THAT'S WHY THIS WHOLE MOVIE IS FULLY IN METAPHOR AND NOT AN
ACTUAL -- IF YOU SEE THE MOVIE, IT'S
SOMETHING THAT COULDN'T ACTUALLY HAPPEN SO IT'S COMPLETELY KIND
OF A VERY TWISTED FAIRY TALE. THERE IS SOMETHING VERY, VERY
EXHILARATING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO REALLY DON'T KIND OF SUBSCRIBE
TO ALL THE IDEAS OF WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE.
>> Stephen: IT SEEMS SORT OF LIKE THE EDEN BEFORE THE FALL.
LIKE, YOUR CHARACTER HASN'T BITTEN THE APPLE OF THE
KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL. SHE DOESN'T KNOW.
THAT'S WONDERFUL. >> Emma: RIGHT, SHE GETS TO
JUST SORT OF LIVE IN THIS PARADISE OF HER OWN MAKING.
IT'S REALLY INCREDIBLE. PARADISEND NOT.
BUT SHE LEARNED SO MUCH AND EVOLVE SO QUICKLY THAT IT'S LIKE
A RAPID DEVELOPMENT. >> Stephen: YOU'RE ALSO IN A
WONDERFUL SHOW CALLED "THE CURSE."
>> Emma: YES. >> Stephen: CREATED BY NATHAN
FIELDER AND BENNY SAPP T. DRUPAL WHO DON'T KNOW, WOULD YOU
TELL THEM THE PREMISE? >> Emma: I CAN TRY.
IT'S ABOUT A COUPLE WHO LIVE IN A TOWN IN NEW MEXICO, THAT THEY
ARE TRYING TO CONSTANTLY REJUVENATE.
THAT'S THEIR WORDING, BUILDING ECO-FRIENDLY HOMES THAT HAVE
MIRRORED EXTERIORS TO BLEND INTO THE ENVIRONMENT.
THERE'S A CURSE THAT HAPPENS IN THE FIRST EPISODE ON NATHAN'S
CHARACTER, ASHER. ANY SORT OF WATCH THE
RELATIONSHIP DEVOLVE THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE SERIES.
BENNY SAFDIE WHO ALSO CREATED IT WITH NATHAN PLAYS A WACKY
REALITY PRODUCER. IT'S A ONE-OF-A-KIND THING.
>> Stephen: YES, YES. NONE OTHER THAN CHRISTOPHER
NOLAN SAYS IT'S WITHOUT PRECEDENT.
>> Emma: WOW. >> Stephen: HE WOULD KNOW.
>> Emma: I MEAN, THAT'S A VERY NICE THING FOR HIM TO SAY.
>> Stephen: HE DIDN'T HAVE TO SAY THAT.
>> Emma: HE DIDN'T HAVE TO SAY THAT.
>> Stephen: NO. >> Emma: NOBODY FORCED HIM TO.
>> Stephen: HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED IN THIS?
I'VE SEEN NATHAN'S WORK FOR YEARS.
DID NOT AUTOMATICALLY THINK HE'D BE WORKING WITH YOU.
>> Emma: I KNOW. HE TEXTED ME TO ASK ME.
WE HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER. WE HAVE A LOT OF MUTUAL FRIENDS
WE HAD HUNG OUT A COUPLE TIMES AND HE TEXTED ME WANTING AND HE
SAID "HEY, DO YOU WANT TO DO THIS SHOW THAT BENNY SAFDIE AND
I CREATED. NO PRESSURE."
WHATEVER. I JUST WROTE BACK WITHIN LIKE 30
SECONDS "YES, I LOVE IT. I LOVE THE CONCEPT.
I LOVE THE CHARACTER. THE PREMISE, WOW.
YEAH, I'LL DO IT." H HADN'T GIVEN ME ANY
INFORMATION SO I THOUGHT IT WOULD LAND AS A JOKE.
DIDN'T APPARENTLY BECAUSE HE WAS LIKE "OH, GREAT.
OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD.
LET'S GET ON THE PHONE." I GOT ON THE PHONE WITH BENNY
AND HIM AND THEY WOULD LIKE, YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT IT?
YOU KNOW ABSOLUTELY NOTHING? WE HAVE TO EXPLAIN THIS TO YOU?
I WAS LIKE COMING OUT. IT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF ONE A BAD
JOKE THAT DOESN'T LAND GETS YOU TIED INTO A TEN EPISODE SERIES.
>> Stephen: YOU COULDN'T GET OUT OF IT?
>> Emma: NOT AFTER THAT. I MEAN, HAVE YOU EVER HAD A JOKE
FALL FLAT? >> Stephen: NEVER.
[LAUGHTER] BECAUSE I HAVE AN EDITOR.
>> Emma: NO, I LOVED IT. I WAS VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
>> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A CURSE FEEL MIGHT BE ON YOU.
>> Emma: BROKEN BONES YOU MEAN?
>> Stephen: THIS IS WHAT IT SAYS.
BROKEN BONES. BREAKING BONES.
>> Emma: I'VE BROKEN SEVEN BONES IN MY LIFE.
>> Stephen: THAT'S A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF YOUR BONES.
>> Emma: IT'S A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF BONES.
I DON'T KNOW WHY. IT'S CLEARLY A BONE DENSITY
ISSUE. >> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE THE
BONES OF A SPARROW? >> Emma: I WAS TOLD BY AN
ENDOCRINOLOGIST TO GET THAT TESTED BECAUSE SHE WAS LIKE,
THAT'S A LOT OF BONE BREAKS. STEPHEN SAME BONES?
>> Emma: ALL DIFFERENT. IT'S WHEN I AM REALLY EXCITED
ABOUT SOMETHING. I'M NOT THAT STEADY ON MY FEET.
I DON'T HAVE GRACE I THINK IT'S CALLED.
>> Stephen: I SAW "LA LA LAND."
YOU DO HAVE GRACE. >> Emma: OH, EDITING.
[APPLAUSE] >> Stephen: NOW THINGS ARE
GOING GREAT FOR YOU. AND YOU'RE EXCITED.
>> Emma: FULL BODY CAST. ANY DAY NOW.
STILL AND I HOPE THINGS GO REALLY WELL FOR YOU.
>> Emma: OH, LORD. >> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND AND
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I HEARD. I'M A LITTLE JEALOUS.
>> Emma: WHAT? >> Stephen: WHAT?
HE SEEMED GENUINELY NERVOUS ABOUT WHAT I'M ABOUT TO ASK.
>> Emma: WHAT ARE YOU JEALOUS OF?
>> Stephen: THAT YOU HAVE A FAMILY TATTOO.
>> Emma: YES. >> Stephen: THIS IS HER
SIBLINGS AND YOUR FOLKS. >> Emma: MY MOM, MY DAD,
BROTHER AND I ALL GOT THE SAME TATTOO.
NOW LISTEN. I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK ILL OF A
STRANGER. BUT I WENT TO GET THIS TATTOO AT
KIND OF A RANDOM PLACE. I JUST SORT OF WALKED IN, DIDN'T
KNOW WHAT I WAS DOING. I DON'T THINK THIS GUY RELLY
CARED ABOUT THE CRAFT SO TO SPEAK.
SO OVER THE LAST NOW 14 YEARS THIS DRAWING WAS PENCIL THIN.
IT WAS DRAWN WITHOUT BALLPOINT PEN AND NOW IT LOOKS LIKE THIS.
>> Stephen: CAN WE GET A SHOT OF THIS?
>> Emma: CAN YOU TELL WHAT THAT IS?
YOU GUYS, BALLPOINT PEN. I'M TALKING FINE TIP.
THAT'S LIKE A SHARPIE MERIDA MAGIC MARKER AND IT JUST KEEPS
BLEEDING OUT CONSTANTLY. >> Stephen: THAT'S WHEN THE
DANGERS OF TATTOOS. CHICKEN FEET?
>> Emma: BLACKBIRD FEET. IT'S VERY SWEET, MY MOM BEAT
BREAST CANCER AND HER FAVORITE SONG IS "BLACKBIRD" INTO THIS
AND I'VE BEEN INTRODUCED TO PAUL McCARTNEY AND I ASKED IF
HE WOULD DRAW THESE BIRD FEET WHEN SHE WAS DONE WITH HER
TREATMENT SO WE COULD GET THESE TATTOOS AS A FAMILY AND HE DID,
BEAUTIFULLY. AGAIN, IN PEN.
>> Stephen: YOU SHOWED IT TO THE GUY.
>> Emma: HE WAS LIKE "OKAY, WHATEVER."
I WAS LIKE BUY. EVERYONE ELSE HAS THESE VERY
FINE TATTOOS AND I HAVE TO KEEP MY CUPBOARD FOR WORK EVERY DAY.
I LOVE THE TATTOO. >> Stephen: THE REST OF YOUR
FAMILY HAS A BETTER EXECUTION. >> Emma: NIGHT AND DAY.
MY DAD WAS A WATCH AND HE SAYS I CAN BARELY KEEP IT ON MY WRIST,
IT THE LINE IS SO FINE. SO SIMPLE AND BEAUTIFUL.
>> Stephen: I LOVE THE FAMILY IDENTIFIER.
>> Emma: IT'S VERY SPECIAL. >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A
QUICK BREAK. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH
EMMA STONE, EVERYBODY. STICK AROUND.