WELCOME THE GREAT ALLISON JANNEY!
♪ (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
>> Stephen: RETURNING, THE CONQUERING HERO!
THE CHAMPION!
I LIKE THAT, NO ONE'S COME IN HERE AND DECLARED VICTORY
BEFORE.
THAT'S VERY NICE.
OBVIOUSLY, TONIGHT IS THE FIRST NIGHT OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL
CONVENTION.
YOU AND I AND EVERYBODY OUT THERE KNOWS THAT.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) AND I HAVE TO ASK SOMETHING, IT
MUST BE A OBVIOUS QUESTION FOR YOU, BECAUSE YOU'VE DONE SUCH
FABULOUS ROLES, BUT EVERYBODY LOVES YOU AS C.J. CREGG.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) YOU GET TIRED OF PEOPLE PRAISING
YOU FOR THAT?
>> NO, I DON'T.
I'M JUST TIRED OF DISAPPOINTING PEOPLE WHEN THEY REALIZE I AM SO
NOT C.J.
OF ANY CHARACTER I HAVE EVER PLAYED, THE IS THE ONE I WISH I
WERE MOST LIKE.
>> Stephen: DO YOU NOT FOLLOW POLITICS?
>> YOU KNOW, THE TO A POINT, STEPHEN.
TO A POINT.
>> Stephen: TO WHAT POINT?
DO YOU >> I DO VOTE.
>> Stephen: TH THAN MOST PEOPLE.
>> BUT I CAN'T PAY ATTENTION ANYMORE TO THE D
THE CAMPAIGNS DRIVE MEA/t CRAZY.
I CAN'T DO MY MORNINGITUAL.
USUALLY I GET UP, HAVE COFFE WATCH THE MORNING
THEY'RE ALL OFF NOW.
I JUST CAN'T DO IT.
CAN'T WATCH Stephen: WHAT DO YOU REPLACE THEM WITH,
CHANNEL, SHARK WEEK?
IT'S LESS VIOLENT.
(LAUGHTER) WHAT CAN'T Y IT?
WELL, I JUST DON'T LIKE SAYING.
I DON'T LIKE THE DIALOGUE.
I DON'T LIK SMOKE AND MIRRORS ASPECT.
I DON'T TRUST ANYTHING.
>> Stephen: THE SMOKE AND MIRRORS IS WHERE THE M
IN!
(LAUGHTER) WHAT'S THAT BEHIND YOUR EAR?
IT'S MY NEW POLITICAL OPINION!
(LAUGHTER) (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
EL TRUMPO!
HILLARY THE MAGNIFICENT, I WILL MAKE MY E-MAILS -- DISAPPEAR!
AT LEAST LOT TO POLITICS THAT SHOULDN'T SCARE YOU.
>> YOU LOVE IT.
YOU THRIVE ON IT.
IT'ST POLITICS, WHAT'S THE THING >> TO WATCH ON TELEVISIO
>> Stephen: YEAH, EXACTLY.
DO YOU EVER WATCH YOURSELF?
>> NO!
>> Stephen: NO?
COME ON!
KNOW, I HEAR FROM PEOPLEY GOOD.
G>> I DON'T ENJOY -- I ENJOY THE PROCESS OF ACTING.
I DON'T WANT TO WATCH MYSELF DO IT, NO, NO.
NO.
AS I GET OLDER, IT'S HARDER TO WATCH MYSELF ACT AND THE NIBBLES
AND BITS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW -- >> Stephen: I'M SORRY, I'M
SORRY, THE WHAT?
>> THE NIBBLES AND BITS.
>> Stephen: THE NIBBLES AND BITS? MAKE SURE THAT WAS A
B IN THAT WORD.
BECAUSE THIS IS CBS.
YOU KNOW THE STANDARDS AT CBS.
BS, TOO. SAY -- YOU WERE VERY CLOSE TO --
>> IT WAS G-RATED.
>> Stephen: WOW, LOOK AT THE NIBBLES ON THAT WOMAN AND THE
NOOKS AND CRANNIES FOR THE BUTTER TO COLLECT IN!
YOU'RE DESCRIBING YOURSELF AS A THOMAS' ENGLISH MUFFIN.
>> I WAS GOING TO DO A SPIT TAKE.
>> Stephen: OH, THAT WOULD BE FUN.
GREAT.
>> I SHOULD HAVE KEPT THAT FOR BALANCE.
>> Stephen: FOR A TAN?
NO, WHEN I WAS DOING "THE WEST WING," I WAS ASKED FOR AN
EXTRA SHEET OF PAPER FOR THE BOUNCE.
>> Stephen: LET'S SEE HOW THIS WORKS.
THIS IS ME WITHOUT ANY BOUNCE, NO BOUNCE.
I'M BEAUTIFUL.
>> SEE?
(APPLAUSE) >> Stephen: WHAT ARE
TALKING ABOUT?
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) >> Stephen: I FIND THAT
ATTRACTIVE JUST BECAUSE I LOVE A WOMAN READY TO EAT LOBSTER.
(LAUGHTER) LET'S TALK ABOUT TALLULAH WITH
THE GREAT ELLEN PAGE.
>> REUNITED WITH JUNO AND NOW TALLULAH.
>> Stephen: SHE'S INCREDIBLE.
SHE YOUNG WOMAN DATING YOUR SON WHOM YOU HAVEN'T SEEN
IN YEARS.
>> I PLAY A WOMAN WHOSE FAMILY UP AND LEFT HER.
ELLEN PAGE SAYS SHE'S ME ESTRANGED SON'S GIRLFRIEND.
I TELL HER TO CALL ME AND THEN I SEND HER AWAY.
SHE COMES BACK WITH A BABY AND SAYS IT'S MY GRAND CHILD.
I'M WEARY AND NOT TRUSTING HER BUT I LET HER INTO MY LIFE.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL MOVIE, VERY FUNNY, VERY TOUCHING, GREAT
ACTING AND STORYTELLING.
I'M VERY PROUD OF IT.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE ALSO NOMINATED FOR TWO EMMYS.
GOOD LUCK TO BOTH OF THOSE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: THE LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE, WE HAD A LOT OF FUN
TOGETHER BECAUSE YOU STUDIED THE ACTORS PLAY HOUSE.
>> NEIGHBORHOOD PLAYS.
>> Stephen: MY APOLOGIES.
AND YOU SAID YOU LIKE TO DO ACTING EXERCISES?
>> YES, WITH NURSERY RIMES OR SONG LYRICS.
>> Stephen: AND YOU ACTUALLY TAKE THIS FROM SORT OF SEXY,
LIKE HAIR BAND SONG LYRICS?
>> '70s SONG LISH LYRICS ARE ESPECIALLY FUN.
>> Stephen: LAST TIME WE DID "HOT BLOODED" BY FOREIGNER.
I'D LIKE TO DO IT WITH YOU NOW.
THIS IS BON JOVI'S BAD MEDICINE AND WE'LL TRY TO ACT IT WITH
EACH OTHER AND, OBVIOUSLY, I'LL TAKE YOUR LEAD.
AND, SCENE.
>> YOUR LOVE IS LIKE BAD MEDICINE.
BAD MEDICINE IS WHAT I NEED.
>> Stephen: WHOA!
SHAKE IT UP, JUST LIKE BAD MEDICINE.
>> HA HA HA, THERE AIN'T NO DOCTOR THAT CAN CURE MY DISEASE.
>> Stephen: BAD MEDICINE?
I AIN'T GOT A FEVER.
GOT A PERMANENT DISEASE AND IT WILL TAKE MORE THAN A DOCTOR TO
PRESCRIBE REMEDY.
>> Stephen: I GOT LOTS OF MONEY.
>> BUT IT ISN'T WHAT I NEED.
GONNA TAKE MORE THAN A SHOT TO GET THIS POISON OUT OF ME.
HUH, AND I GOT ALL THE SYMPTOMS, COUNT THEM, ONE, TWO, THREE.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
FIRST YOU NEED, THEN YOU BLEED, THEN WHEN YOU'RE ON YOUR
KNEES -- >> THAT'S WHAT YOU GET FOR
FALLING IN LOVE.
>> Stephen: YOU GET A LITTLE BUT IT'S NEVER ENOUGH.
>> THAT'S WHAT YOU GET FOR FALLING IN LOVE.
>> Stephen: NOW THIS BOY'S ADDICTED!
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) (LAUGHTER)
>> Stephen: YOU'RE A GOOD ACTOR!
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> Stephen: TALLULAH AVAILABLE ON NETFLIX THIS FRIDAY,
EVERYBODY!
ALLISON JANNEY!
♪ (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)