>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! WELCOME BACK.
TO "THE LATE SHOW" ALREADY IN PROGRESS.
FOLKS, MY FIRST GUEST THIS EVENING
IS AN EMMY AND GOLDEN GLOBE-WINNING ACTOR
YOU KNOW FROM "SIDEWAYS," "JOHN ADAMS,"
"CINDERELLA MAN," AND "BILLIONS."
HE NOW STARS IN THE FILM "THE HOLDOVERS."
>> THERE WAS AN INCIDENT WHEN I WAS AT HARVARD WITH MY ROOMMATE.
>> AND? >> HE ACCUSED ME OF COPYING FROM
HIS SENIOR THESIS, PLAGIARIZING. >> WELL, DID YOU?
>> NO. HE STOLE FROM ME.
THE BLUE-BLOODED PRICK'S FAMILY HAD ALLIES.
HE ACCUSED ME IN ORDER TO SANITIZE HIS TREACHERY AND THEY
THREW ME OUT. >> YOU GOT KICKED OUT OF HARVARD
FOR CHEATING? >> NO, I GOT KICKED OUT OF
HARVARD FOR HITTING HIM. I HIT HIM WITH A CAR.
>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME PAUL GIAMATTI.
♪ ♪ [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Paul: STRONG CROWD. >> Stephen: THERE YOU GO.
>> Paul: THAT'S A STRONG CROWD.
THANK YOU. LOVELY TO BE BACK.
>> Stephen: ALWAYS NICE TO TALK TO YOU.
I WANT TO GET INTO "THE HOLDOVERS" WHICH I THINK IT'S A
BEAUTIFUL MOVIE. EVERYBODY SHOULD SEE IT.
>> Paul: YES INDEED. >> Stephen: I WANT TO TALK
ABOUT THE THING THEY MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT.
I HOPE THEY ALL KNOW. YOU HAVE A PODCAST WITH
PROFESSOR STEPHEN CALLED CHIN WAG WHICH I HAVE DONE AND
ENJOYED IMMENSELY. >> Paul: YOU WERE AN
INCREDIBLE GUEST. >> Stephen: IS THERE A GUEST,
A WHITE WHALE? >> Paul: BIG GAME THAT I
REALLY WANT TO GET, BESIDES YOU. >> Paul: AMY SEDARIS, PAULO
ROAD. I DO HAVE ONE IN MIND.
THE BIG GAME I WANT TO BAG IS CHER.
>> Stephen: WOW. COME ON.
>> Paul: TALKING IN THE SAME ROOM, TALKING ABOUT SASQUATCH.
STILL WHAT'S THE PROBLEM. YOU ARE PAUL GIAMATTI.
JUST MAKE A CALL. >> Paul: TWO TIMES IN THE PAST
COUPLE YEARS I'VE GOTTEN MESSAGES FROM MY AGENT SAYING
CHER WANTS TO TALK TO YOU FOR SOME REASON.
>> Stephen: JUST CHER WANTS TO TALK?
IT ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE IN TROUBLE.
WE SHOULD TALK. >> Paul: TOTALLY.
AND THEN I GO OKAY AND I NEVER HEAR ANYTHING IN THAT IT GOES
AWAY AND I NEVER HEAR ANYTHING. I'M LIKE WHAT THE [BLEEP] IS
GOING ON WITH CHER? >> Stephen: SHE NEEDS TO TALK
TO YOU. IT SOUNDS LIKE SHE NEEDS A
LIVER. >> Paul: SHE NEEDS A KIDNEY.
>> Stephen: I THINK WHEN I INTERVIEWED HER LAST SHE SAID
SHE WATCHES THE SHOW. YOU WANT TO PUT THE INVITATION
RIGHT DOWN THE PIPE. >> Paul: WHERE MY LOOKING?
>> Stephen: RIGHT THERE WITH THE LIGHT.
>> Paul: CHER, IT'S PAUL GIAMATTI.
IF YOU'RE WATCHING, BABY, I'M HERE.
[LAUGHTER] OH, OKAY, THAT'S IT.
NO, I DON'T WANT TO GO TOO FAR. >> Stephen: SAVE IT FOR THE
PODCAST. WHEN I HAVE ABOUT "CHINWAG" IS
THAT YOUR EMBRACING OF THE MYSTERIOUS.
IT'S ALL ABOUT ANSWERS AND BEING OPEN TO THE INEXPLICABLE.
>> Paul: THE MYSTERIOUS. >> Stephen: HAVE YOU HAD THE
INEXPLICABLE, THE NUMINOUS BEYOND YOUR COMPREHENSION?
>> Paul: YES, I'VE HAD. IT HAD A LOT OF EXPENSES LIKE
I DID THE SHOW. ONE OF THE REASONS I DO IT AS A
SET I'M TIRED OF NOT TALKING ABOUT SASQUATCH.
NOT TALKING ABOUT GHOSTS. >> Stephen: YOU KNOW WHAT,
IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME. WHERE DO YOU FIND THE COURAGE
PAUL GIAMATTI? >> Paul: IT'S TIME FOR ME TO
SPEAK OUT ABOUT GHOSTS. I'VE HAD A LOT OF GHOSTLY THINGS
HAPPEN TO ME. >> Stephen: LIKE OPERATIONS?
>> Paul: STRANGE THINGS. NEVER HAD AN OPERATION BUT I'VE
HEARD WEIRD THINGS. >> Stephen: IS THIS RELATED TO
THAT? I WAS GIVEN TO THIS AND SAID AT
SOME POINT YOU MIGHT COME IN HANDY.
EXPLAIN WHAT I'M HOLDING. A PLAY OR SOMETHING VERY
UPSETTING. >> Paul: I TOLD YOUR PRODUCER
THE STORY. I WAS IN THE PLAY "HAMLET."
I WAS IN "HAMLET." SHAKESPEARE, "MACBETH" IS A
FAMOUSLY HAUNTED PLANE. "HAMLET" IS TOO BECAUSE THERE'S
A GHOST. THE FATHER OF HAMLET'S GHOST
APPEARS ON IN OUR PRODUCTION I'M PLAYING HAMLET, THE GHOST
APPEARS. HE HANDS ME A DAGGER AND I'M
GOING TO USE THIS DAGGER IN THE REST OF THE PLAY DIFFERENT
PEOPLE AND KILL POLONIUS, THE OLD MAN.
NONPRODUCTION COMMITS A MODERN-DAY PRODUCTION SO IT'S A
BIG ASS KNIFE, LIKE A BOWIE KNIFE, LIKE A BAYONET.
I'VE GOT IT IN A SCABBARD. I COME OUT AND I DO "TO BE OR
NOT TO BE." I'VE GOT THE KNIFE ON ME AND I
DO KIND OF STUFF WITH THE KNIFE. I KEEP TALKING TO OPHELIA WHO
COMES OUT. I'M DOING THE SCENE.
I'M SORT OF BERATING HER. HER.
ALL OF A SUDDEN I NOTICED MY KNIFE IS GONE.
IT'S DISAPPEARED. AND I'M LOOKING AROUND THE
STAGE. I'M DOING THE LINES I'M LOOKING
AROUND THE STAGE.& WHERE THE [BLEEP]
DID MY KNIFE GO? I CAN TELL SHE'S GOING WHERE DID
THE KNIFE GO? YOU WOULD'VE HEARD IT FALL OUT
OR SEEN IT. I HAVE NO IDEA.
I HAD IT WHEN I WENT OUT. THEY SENT STAGEHANDS OUT AND
SEARCH THE STAGE AND THEY LOOK IN THE AUDIENCE AND THEY CAN'T
FIND THE KNIFE. THEY GIVE ME A BAD RUBBER KNIFE
TO USE. THIS IS GOING TO LOOK STUPID.
COMES UP TO ANOTHER INTERMISSION.
WE NEVER FOUND THE KNIFE. WE COME BACK IN AND THERE'S A
PIECE OF SCENERY THAT FLIES IN FROM WAY UP IN THE TOP OF THE
THEATER, LANSDOWNE. I AM SUPPOSED TO COME WALKING
INTO THREATEN CLAUDIUS WHO MURDERED MY FATHER.
THREATEN WITH THE KNIFE ALWAYS PRAYING.
I'M ABOUT TO WALK OUT BEHIND THE SCENERY.
THE STAGE MANAGER SAYS LOOK OUT THERE IN THE MIDDLE ARCHWAY.
I LOOK OUT AND MY KNIFE IS LYING IN THE MIDDLE ARCHWAY ON A PIECE
OF SCENERY THERE WAS 100 FEET UP IN THE AIR.
>> Stephen: WAS CLAUDIUS PLAYED BY DAVID BLAINE?
>> Paul: [LAUGHS] >> Stephen: BECAUSE THAT'S
AMAZING. >> Paul: IT WAS CRAZY.
I SWEAR TO GOD. I SWEAR TO GOD THIS HAPPEN.
THE OTHER WEIRD THING IS A BUDDY OF MINE THAT WAS THERE CAME
BACKSTAGE AND SAID THIS WAS GREAT.
YOU ARE TERRIFIC. THANK YOU, I SAID.
HE SAID WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR KNIFE AND THAT ONE SCENE?
YOU HAD IT IN THE BEGINNING OF THE SCENE AND THEN IT
DISAPPEARED. TO THIS DAY, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT
THE HELL HAPPENED. MAKES NO SENSE.
GHOSTLY. TUNE INTO "CHINWAG."
CHER, YOU CAN DO MORE OF THIS. >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A
QUICK BREAK BUT DON'T GO NOWHERE BECAUSE THAT'S PAUL GIAMATTI AND
HE'LL BE HERE WHEN WE GET BACK.