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>> STEPHEN: WELCOME BACK.
MY FIRST GUEST IS A GREAT BIG MOVIE STAR WHO HAS NOW WRITTEN
AND STARS IN THE NEW FILM, "GREYHOUND."
( YELLING ) FORWARD AHEAD FULL!
( CRASHING SOUNDS ) >> BRACE FOR COLLISION!
>> STEPHEN: PLEASE WELCOME TO 'A' LATE SHOW, TOM HANKS!
HELLO, TOM!
>> YOU KNOW, ONE THING I HAVE TO SAY, YOUR JOKE BIT RATE IS SKY
HIGH WHEN I WATCH YOUR MONOLOGUES NOW BECAUSE THERE'S
ABSOLUTELY NO GAP FOR ANYTHING.
YOU DON'T HAVE ANYBODY -- YOU KNOW, JON ISN'T OVER THERE, YOU
CAN'T -- >> Stephen: NOPE.
( LAUGHTER ) >> WELL, YOU DO, BUT THERE'S NO
LAUGHTER.
>> Stephen: THERE'S NO -- BUT HERE'S THE NICE THING, TOM, AND
LET'S JUST ASSUME WE'VE ALREADY STARTED OUR INTERVIEW, SHALL WE?
>> FINE BY ME.
>> Stephen: THE NICE THING IS THAT WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE
NATIONAL CONVERSATION, AND THE NATIONAL CONVERSATION HAS GOTTEN
SO DARK THAT, NORMALLY, AS A PERFORMER, YOU HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT WHAT ORDER DO I WANT TO TELL THE STORIES, I DON'T WANT
TO BUM OUT THE THE AUDIENCE, I DON'T WANT TO KILL OUT THE
LAUGHTER FOR THE REST OF THE MONOLOGUE.
DOESN'T MATTER, MAN.
TALK ABOUT ANYTHING YOU WANT.
JUST SILENCE, JUST CRICKETS THE ENTIRE TIME.
>> IT'S LEAK YOU HAD A DINNER PARTY AND NOBODY SHOWED UP
EXCEPT YOU AND THE WIFE.
>> Stephen: THAT'S TRUE.
CHATTING ABOUT YOUR DAY.
>> Stephen: SPEAKING OF YOU AND THE LOVELY WIFE, I KNOW THAT
THE TWO OF YOU JUST CELEBRATED YOUR BIRTHDAY.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, FIRST OF ALL.
>> THANK YOU.
I'M 64 YEARS OLD.
YOU KNOW HOW WHEN YOU TURN 64 YOU JUST GET # HUNDRED E-MAILS
AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM REFERENCES THAT BEETLE SONG,
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM.
>> Stephen: DID YOU DO ANYTHING SPECIAL FOR YOUR
BIRTHDAY?
>> UH, NO.
>> Stephen: OH, THAT'S TOO BAD.
>> NOTHING.
NOTHING.
>> Stephen: I SUPPOSE EVERYTHING SEEMS A LITTLE
SPECIAL RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THE TWO OF YOU WERE THE FIRST SORT
OF FAMOUS PEOPLE THAT ANY OF US KNEW TO GO THROUGH THE FAMOUS
PEOPLE.
>> I LOVE THE WAY NOT ONLY DO YOU DO THAT BUT YOU THREW IN
"SORT OF" AS WELL.
>> Stephen: I DON'T WANT YOU TO BE DEFINED.
I KNOW YOU DON'T DEFINE YOURSELF AS BEING FAMOUS, YOU'RE JUST
THOMAS JEFFERY HANKS, THE SAME GUY.
>> NO, NO...
YOU KNOW, WHEN THAT CAME UP, WE DECIDED -- BECAUSE WE WERE DOWN
IN AUSTRALIA AND I STARTED WORKING ON THE MOVIE.
THE MOVIE GOT SHUT DOWN ALMOST IN TANDEM WITH US GETTING OUR
POSITIVE RESULTS, SO WE DIDN'T WANT THERE TO BE, LIKE, A BRAND
OF INFORMATION OUT THERE THAT WE WERE THE CAUSE OF THE MOVIE
BEING SHUT DOWN.
SO IT'S, HEY!
POSITIVE!
AND THEN THEY PUT US IN THE HOSPITAL SO WE WOULD NOT GIVE IT
TO ANYBODY ELSE.
YOU SEE.
>> Stephen: WERE YOU SURPRISED THAT YOU GOT THE CORONAVIRUS?
BECAUSE A LOT OF US WERE SURPRISED.
WHEN WE FOUND OUT THAT TOM HANKS AND RITA WILSON HAD IT, WE WERE,
LIKE, WELL, THEN, WE'RE ALL SCREWED.
( LAUGHTER ) I MEAN, THEY'RE FAMOUS!
IF THEY GOT IT -- >> YEAH.
>> Stephen: YOU TRAVEL IN A HERMETIC BUBBLE AT ALL TIMES.
>> I ACTUALLY DO.
I HAVE A STAFF OF SIX THAT KEEP AN ORB OF PLEXIGLASS ALL THE
TIME AND I BREATHE PURIFIED AIR INSIDE.
>> Stephen: WERE YOU SURPRISED?
>> YES, WE WERE.
WE HAD NO IDEA HOW IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED, WHERE IT WOULD HAVE
HAPPENED.
THEN WE WENT BACK, AND THEY ACTUALLY ASKED US WHERE HAVE YOU
BEEN AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?
AND WE HAD BEEN DOWN?
SYDNEY.
MY WIFE ACTUALLY PERFORMED -- SHE SANG AT ONE OF THE THEATERS
INSIDE OF THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE, WHICH WAS A FABULOUS
THING.
OUR SON WAS DOWN THERE.
IT WAS FABULOUS, GREAT.
AND WE TOOK A FABULOUS TOUR OF SYDNEY HARBOR ON A BOAT.
WENT BACK TO OUR LOCATION, WHERE WE WERE SHOOTING THE MOVIE.
I ACTUALLY HAD A DAY OF REHEARSAL.
AND THEN, ON THE RIDE HOME, I ANNOUNCED GRANDLY -- AND WHEN I
SPEAK, HONESTLY, PEOPLE DROP EVERYTHING THEY'RE DOING.
>> Stephen: OF COURSE.
AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, I'M FEELING A LITTLE PUNKY.
>> Stephen: PUNKY, OKAY.
AND RITA HAD A HEADACHE.
SHE WAS FEELING BAD.
I FELT PUNKY.
AND WE WERE TESTED IN THE AFTERNOON AT 10:00.
IT CAME BACK POSITIVE, AND BY THE NEXT MORNING WE WERE
SURROUND BID PEOPLE IN P.P.E.
AND ISOLATED IN A HOSPITAL.
NOW, EVERYBODY SAYS, YOU KNOW, HOW DID IT FEEL, WHAT WAS IT
LIKE?
WE HAD VERY DIFFERENT SYMPTOMS.
>> Stephen: YOU AND RITA, DIFFERENT?
>> VERY DIFFERENT.
ACTUALLY, OTHER THAN A HEADACHE -- SHE HAD A HIGHER
FEVER THAN I DID.
SHE HAD HORRIBLE NAUSEA, HORRIBLE NAUSEA.
>> Stephen: DID YOU LOSE THE TASTE AND THE SMELL?
>> SHE DID.
I DID NOT.
AND THAT WAS BEFORE THAT WAS KNOWN TO BE A THING.
WE WERE EATING TAKEOUT FOOD THAT I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT WAS
DELICIOUS.
IT WAS SAVORY GOODNESS.
IT HAD BUTTER SAUCES, IT HAD COME FROM A THING HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED JOINT, AND SHE SAID THIS TASTES LIKE OATMEAL TO ME.
I THOUGHT SHE WAS INSANE.
BUT SHE HAD LOST THE -- I HAD BONES THAT FELT LIKE THEY WERE
MADE OUT OF SODA CRACKERS.
EVERY TIME I MOVED AROUND, I FELT LIKE SOMETHING WAS CRACKING
INSIDE ME.
AND YOU KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE -- YOU EVER HAD A REALLY SORE BUTT,
STEVE?
>> Stephen: YES, I HAVE, TOM.
YES, I HAVE.
>> IT FELT LIKE YOUR OLDER BROTHER HAD HELD YOU DOWN AND
JUST KEPT FISTING YOU IN THE BUTTOCKS UNTIL YOU SAID
SOMETHING LIKE, I LOVE FLIPPER!
SAY IT, SAY IT!
I LOVE FLIPPER!
SAY IT!
I LOVE FLIPPER!
WELL, I FINALLY SAID, I LOVE FLIPPER.
BUT IT FELT LIKE MY BUTT WAS JUST SO SORE.
>> Stephen: I WILL NEVER WATCH THE TELEVISION SHOW "FLIPPER" IN
THE SAME WAY NOW.
( LAUGHTER ) >> THIS TELL US SOMETHING ABOUT
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ME AND MY OLDER BROTHER IN WHICH I WAS
FORCED TO ADMIT I LOVED FLIPPER.
BUT THAT'S HOW I FELT, AND WE GOT OVER IT OVER TIME AND --
>> Stephen: HOW LONG, THOUGH?
HOW LONG DID IT TAKE TO RECOVER?
>> WITH THE FATIGUE -- I MEAN, BONE-CRUSHING FATIGUE AS WELL.
IT WAS ABOUT EIGHT, NINE DAYS.
>> Stephen: AND THE AUSTRALIANS COULDN'T HAVE BEEN
NICER ABIT?
>> THEY WERE VERY OPEN.
THEY HAD IT DOWN CONTACT TRACING AND ALL THAT STUFF.
I SAID, LOOK, IF I WASN'T THE BIG SORT OF CELEBRITY THAT I AM,
WHAT WOULD I HAVE DONE IF I HAD STARTED FEELING PUNKY?
THEY SAID, W WELL, YOU WOULD HAV GONE TO UP WITH OF OUR FEVER
CLINICS.
THEY HAVE A FEVER CLINIC.
IF YOU HAD HAD A FEVER, THEY WOULD HAVE SAID, WHERE HAVE YOU
BEEN, WHO HAVE YOU TALKED TO AND GO TO THE HOSPITAL AND WE'LL
LOCK YOU UP.
SO THEY WERE DOING THAT, ALREADY.
THERE WAS ONE MOMENTS WHERE WE WERE IN THE HOSPITAL AND JUST TO
MOVE, JUST TO BEND A LITTLE BIT, I DID SOME KIND OF LIKE
STRETCHES ON THE FLOOR, AND I ALMOST PASSED OUT DOWN ON THE
FLOOR.
I PULLED MYSELF UP IN THE BED, I FELT REALLY HORRIBLE.
WHEN THEY CAME IN FOR ONE OF THE 19 TIMES A DAY THEY CHECKED MY
FEVER, CHECKED MY OXYGEN, CHECKED MY LUNGS, I SAID, YOU
KNOW, THE WEIRDEST THING JUST HAPPENED.
I JUST TRIED TO DO SOME STRETCHES ON THE FLOOR AND I
DIDN'T LAST MORE THAN SEVEN MINUTES, I ALMOST PASSED OUT
DOWN THERE AND I HAD TO PULL MYSELF IN THE BED.
WHAT'S THAT ABOUT, DOCTOR?
AND THE DOCTOR SAID, YOU HAVE COVID 19.
AND I SAID, THAT'S WHY YOU'RE A DOCTOR AND I'M SORT OF -- SORT
OF FAMOUS.
>> Stephen: TOM, WE HAVE TO TAKE A BREAK.
EVERYBODY STICK AROUND.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE.
MR. TOM HANKS.
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