>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.
MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT IS AN EMMY-WINNING ACTOR WHO HAS
STARRED IN EVERYTHING FROM "DUMB AND DUMBER" TO "THE NEWSROOM."
HIS NEW MOVIE IS "ALLEGIANT."
>> TOO BRAVE AND YOU'RE CRUEL, TOO PEACEFUL AND YOU'RE PASSIVE,
TOO SMART YOU LOSE COMPASSION, LIKE YOUR BROTHER.
>> CALEB'S DAMAGED?
>> YES.
>> IF WE COULD RESCUE GENETICALLY DAMAGED PEOPLE,
PERHAPS OVER TIME MAN'S GENETIC MATERIAL WOULD HEAL ITSELF,
RETURN TO ITS ORIGINAL FORM.
>> AND I'M ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE.
>> YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE.
>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME JEFF DANIELS.
( APPLAUSE ) ♪ ♪ ♪
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: I CAN'T SAY THAT I
BLAME YOU.
>> JUST SAYIN'' HELLO.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE
A VERY BUSY MAN RIGHT NOW.
>> I AM.
>> Stephen: YOU OPENED LAST NIGHT AT THE BILL ASKO THEATER,
A NEW PLAY ON BROADWAY CALLED "BLACKBIRD."
CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> Stephen: AND WE'RE TAPING THIS AROUND 6:00 RIGHT NOW, BUT
YOU'VE GOT TO GO ONSTAGE AT 8:00 TONIGHT.
>> YES, I DO.
>> Stephen: HOW DO YOU MAKE THE TURN?
YOU'RE HERE NOW AS YOURSELF.
WHAT'S THE PREPARATION?
DO YOU HAVE ANY SORT OF PRESHOW RITUAL YOU GO THROUGH BETWEEN
NOW AND 8:00 WHEN YOU GO ONSTAGE?
>> WELL, ASIDE FROM THE DRUGS -- >> Stephen: OBVIOUSLY, YOU'RE
IN SHOW BUSINESS.
>> LISTEN.
>> Stephen: I'M HOPING TO HAVE MYSELF GENETICALLY ALTERED?
>> ARE YOU, ARE YOU?
EXPLAIN THAT TO ME LATER BECAUSE I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT I WAS
TALKING ABOUT.
UN, IT'S BROADWAY.
>> Stephen: I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW.
>> OH, YOU DO.
>> Stephen: I DON'T!
I'M ON BROADWAY RIGHT NOW BUT I'VE NEVER BEEN IN A BROADWAY
PLAY.
>> IT'S THE SAME FEEL EXCEPT WE DON'T HAVE MICROPHONES.
WE'VE GOT TO FILL IT.
SO YOU GOTTA DO VOCAL WARM-UPS.
YOU CAN HEAR THE VOICE RIGHT NOW IS JUST BEAT UP.
>> Stephen: A LITTLE RASPY.
>> BUT ONCE I WARM IT UP, ONCE YOU START TO DO THE THING --
>> ONE MORE TIME.
>> NIP, NIP.
YOU GOTTA GET IT UP IN THE NASAL UP BEHIND THE EYE S.
>> Stephen: BEHIND THE EYES?
I HAVE TO TALK OUT OF HERE.
>> Stephen: NYEP.
NYEP.
I'M FEELING IT.
THEY'RE STARTING TO VIBRATE.
>> IT SHOULD FEEL RIGHT UP IN THERE.
IT'S A NASAL CAVITY KIND OF-- THAT'S WHERE YOU WANT TO-- YOU
WANT TO TALK THROUGH YOUR NOSE.
>> Stephen: THROUGH YOUR NOSE!
NYEP.
WHEN I WAS A YOUNG ACTOR WE HAD TO DO, SHE SKIS EASILY BENEATH
THE CEILING OF STARS UP HERE.
>> ONCE YOU'VE GOT THE NYEP, NYEP, UP IN THERE, THEN YOU
START WORKING ON THE LIPS.
BADAGADABADA.
YOU GET-- YOU GET-- YOU DO THAT.
BUGGA GADDA BUGGA GADDA.
>> Stephen: I WOULD JUST GO TO A BROADWAY THEATER TO SEE YOU DO
THAT FOR TWO HOURS.
TONIGHT, THE AMAZING DANIELLEO!
AND HIS WONDER LIPS.
>> SO THEN YOU GET NASAL, AND THEN COMBINING WITH THE BADDA
GADDA, YOU GET THE LIPS GOING.
AND YOU HAVE TO.
IT'S A PHYSICAL THING.
YOU'VE GOT TO PUT YOUR HEAD, LIKE, HERE.
NYEP.
BADDA GADDA BADDA GADDA BADDA GADDA.
YEAH.
>> Stephen: THEY DON'T ALLOW THOSE SHOWS ON BROADWAY ANYMORE.
GIULIANI CLEANED ALL OF THOSE OUT, LATE 80s, EARLY 90s.
I MISS HIM.
>> I'M SERIOUS, YOU HAVE TO -- >> YOU HAVE TO PUT YOUR HEAD
BETWEEN YOUR LEGS.
>> IF I DON'T I SOUND LIKE I'M FROM THE MIDWEST, WHICH I AM --
>> YOU ARE FROM THE MIDWEST.
>> BUT GUOUT THERE, AND MY LIPS DON'T MOVE, AND I TRY TO DO THE
WHOLE PLAY LIKE THIS AND NO ONE UNDERSTANDS.
THE PROBLEM IS, ONCE YOU GET TOO WARMED UP, THE LIPS CAN KIND OF
TAKE ON A LIFE OF THEIR OWN AND THEY'RE DOING THIS LIKE THAT.
AND YOU GO, "STEPHEN, HOW GOOD TO SEE YOU."
AND THEY KEEP MOVING.
>> Stephen: IT'S LIKE A KUNG FU MOVIE.
YES, I AM, SHINWU.
I GOTTA SEE THIS PLAY.
>> IT'S REALLY GOOD.
IT'S REALLY INTENSE.
MICHELLE WILLIAMS IS IN IT.
SHE KILLS IT.
( APPLAUSE ) IF YOU'RE-- IF YOU'RE INTO
DRAMA, IF YOU'RE INTO-- IT'S ROCK 'N' ROLL THEATER.
WE ARE IN YOUR FACE FROM PAGE ONE ON.
>> Stephen: IT'S ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF LONG, THERE'S NO
INTERMISSION, IT'S THE TWO OF YOU IN A ROOM AND IT'S KATIE,
BAR THE DOOR.
>> IT IS.
IT'S AN ILLEGAL RELATIONSHIP.
15 YEARS LATER, SHE'S 27.
I'M IN MY 50s, BUT SHE'S COME TO MY PLACE OF WORK, AND SHE
WANTS TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED WHEN SHE WAS A LITTLE
GIRL.
AND IT'S UGLY, AND IT'S INTENSE, BUT IT'S GREAT, GREAT DRAMA.
>> Stephen: AND THIS IS THE SECOND TIME YOU'VE PLAYED THIS
ROLE.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: WHAT MADE YOU GO BACK TO THIS?
BECAUSE THAT DOES SOUND RESPONSE.
IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WOULD ABSOLUTELY RING YOU OUT.
>> I DIDN'T THINK I WENT DEEP ENOUGH.
I DIDN'T THINK I DID IT WELL ENOUGH.
ASIDE FROM THE FACT THAT IT'S BROADWAY, WHICH IS AN HONOR, I
JUST DIDN'T THINK I WAS GOOD ENOUGH.
AND THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT REALLY, REALLY GREAT ACTORS THAT
I ADMIRE, YOU CAN TELL THEY'RE GOING ALL THE WAY.
>> Stephen: DO YOU SAY THAT TO YOURSELF, "I DIDN'T DO THAT WELL
ENOUGH?" ARE YOU REALLY ROUGH ON
YOURSELF.
>> I'M BETTER NOW.
LIKE A McEVOY IN "NEWSROOM."
THAT'S WHAT THAT IS.
AND THERE ARE SOME ROLES, AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM WHERE YOU
JUST-- A LOT OF THEM ARE "BEN THERE, DONE THAT," I DID IT.
BUT THIS ONE WASN'T, AND THE CHANCE TO DO IT AGAIN AND GO
HARDER WAS, LOOK, YOU KNOW, I MEAN AT THIS AGE TO GET ASKED TO
DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND TO CHALLENGE YOURSELF.
THERE ARE A LOT OF GUYS MY AGE THAT WOULD KILL TO DO THIS.
SO I'M-- TO GET ANOTHER SHOT AT IT IS A GREAT HONOR.
>> Stephen: WELL, THE MOVIE THAT IS OPENING UP THIS
WEEKEND-- THIS WEEKEND?
>> OKAY.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
( LAUGHTER ) SURE.
>> I'M IN A MOVIE WITH SOME OF THE BEST-LOOKING PEOPLE-- YOUNG
PEOPLE -- >> THE MOVIE IS "ALLEGIANT."
THIS IS A DYSTOPIAN FUTURE.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE PLAYED
SOMEBODY FROM THE FUTURE.
YOU ALSO PLAYED SOMEBODY FROM THE FUTURE IN "LOOPER."
>> I'M THE GUY.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE THE AUTHORITY GUY FROM THE FUTURE.
DO YOU HAVE A DYSTOPIAN VIEW OF THE FUTURE?
ARE YOU HOPEFUL ABOUT THE FUTURE?
>> WELL, IT DEPENDS WHO ENDS UP BECOMING PRESIDENT, DOESN'T IT?
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: THAT'S TRUE.
THAT'S TRUE.
AS I WAS SAYING, YOU'RE FROM MICHIGAN, YOU'RE FROM MICHIGAN
THEY JUST HAD THE PRIMARY IN MICHIGAN.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: AND WE KNOW WHO WON EACH ONE.
ARE YOU HAPPY ABOUT WHO WON?
>> ON ONE SIDE-- I'M INTERESTED IN THE HILLARY BERNIE THING.
I ABSOLUTELY GET BERNIEET AND REVOLUTION AND ALL OF THAT.
I GET IT, I GET IT.
BUT I LOVE EXPERIENCE.
I LOVE SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN AROUND.
I LOVE THE FACT THAT BILL CLINTON'S GOING TO BE UPSTAIRS,
IF IT END UP BEING HERE.
I DON'T-- I DON'T THINK THAT'S A BAD THING INTURNLLY.
>> Stephen: ARE YOU SURE THAT'S WHERE HE'S GOING TO BE?
( LAUGHTER ).
>> WELL, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.
>> Stephen: ARE YOU SURE?
>> WE'VE GOT TO TAKE A LITTLE BREAK.
CAN YOU HOLD ON A SECOND.
>> "ALLEGIANT" "ALLEGIANT" OPENS NEXT FRIDAY,