KEEN TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS BECAUSE YOU HAVE JUST FINISHED
THE "MAGNIFICENT 7."
BACK WITH DENZEL WASHINGTON.
ETHAN: RIGHT. JAMES: SINCE "TRAINING DAY"
WHICH IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES OF ALL TIME.
HOW IS DENZEL?
WILL HE EVER COME ON THE SHOW?
ETHAN: LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING THE LITTLE QUEEN BIT IS NOT
GOING TO GET HIM ON THE SHOW. I WOULDN'T ACCEPTED HIM THAT
CLIP. JAMES: BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, ETHAN,
IF HE'S NOT INTO THAT, HE CAN GO [BEEP] HIMSELF.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [LAUGHTER]
JAMES: YES. I DON'T CARE.
I DON'T CARE. BUT NO, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IT
LIKE WORKING WITH HIM?
BECAUSE HE'S QUITE LIKE TOUGH RIGHT?
OR HAS HE SOFTENED AT ALL?
>> HAS DENZEL SOFTENED AT ALL?
NO. OH, YEAH, HE'S THE BEST.
YOU KNOW THAT AGE OLD EXPRESSION YOU'LL NEVER MEET YOUR HEROES
BECAUSE HE'LL DISAPPOINT? JAMES: YEAH.
ETHAN: WELL, DENZEL IS THE OPPOSITE OF THAT.
WHEN I WAS FIRST REALLY FALLING IN LOVE WITH ACTING AND WHEN HE
DID "GLORY" ONE OF THE BEST PERFORMANCES.
WHEN I GOT TO WORK WITH HIM ON "TRAINING DAY."
"MALCOLM X" "HURRICANE."
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE AROUND THAT HAS MANAGED TO
BE A MOVIE STAR AND A GREAT ACTOR THE WAY THAT HE IS.
HE'S BOTH.
THERE'S LOTS OF GREAT MOVIE STARS AND LOTS OF WONDERFUL
ACTORS BUT HE'S ONE OF THE FEW WHO IS ACTUALLY BOTH.
JAMES: HAVE YOU EVER MET ANY OF YOU IDOLS?
HARRY:- ANTHONY: I DID.
JAMSE EARL JONES. I WAS IN RHODE ISLAND FOR THE
PREMIER OF "ME, MYSELF AND I."
OUT CAME JAMES EARL JONES AND HE SAT IN THE EAT.
AND I WAS LIKE OH [BEEP]. JAMES EARL JONES.
SO I GRABBED THE WALL STREET TIMES.
I WEPT -- WENT AND SAT NEXT TO HIM.
NEVER SAID A WORD.
AFTER ABOUT FIVE MINUTES HE WALKED OFF AND GAVE ME THIS
STRANGE LOOK. AS HE WALKED OFF I CLOSED THE
PAPER AND I REALIZED THAT I HAD BEEN LOOKING AT THE PAPER UPSIDE
DOWN THE ENTIRE TIME. HE WALKED OUT LIKE OH, WHAT AN
IDIOT.
JAMES: BUT THAT MUST HAPPEN TO JAMES EARL JONES ALL THE TIME.
AT LEAST YOU DIDN'T GO -- DO THE VOICE.
DO THE VOICE, THAT'S ALL PEOPLE MUST DO.
JAMES: HAVE YOU EVER MET ANY OF YOUR IDOLS?
HARRY: I HAVE.
I MET FRANK SINATRA A COUPLE OF TIMES.
[APPLAUSE] HARRY: I WAS SINGING AT HIS 75TH
BIRTHDAY PARTY AND I WAS A KID. JAMES: I'M SORRY.
I'M SORRY.
THAT IS A VERY DIFFERENT THING MEETING AND BEING BOOKED AT HIS
BIRTHDAY PARTY. HARRY: I HAD.
PLANNED ON MEETING HIM. SOME OF THE GREATEST SINGERS IN
THE WORLD WERE THERE. ELLA FITZGERALD WAS THERE.
SHE WAS ROCKING BACK AND FORTH. I WENT UP TO HER AND I SAID MISS
FITZGERALD, ARE YOU OK? SHE SAID I'M TERRIBLY NERVOUS.
AND I'M THINKING YOU NERVOUS? I SANG MY SONG BUT I COMPLETELY
FORGOT THE WORDS BECAUSE HE WAS SITTING RIGHT WHERE HE WAS SET
SITTING.
I FELT SO IMBARRED. I SAW HIM GOING TO HIZELL VAYTOR
AND I RAN AFTER HIM WITH MY THEN GIRLFRIEND NOW WIFE JILL.
AND I SAID LISTEN, MR. -- STARTED GOING INTO THE ELEVATOR.
JILL, I SAID I'M GOING TO GO OVER THERE.
I TOOK JILL.
AND IT WAS FRANK SINATRA AND BARBARA SINATRA AND THE ELEVATOR
DOORS CLOSED. I SAID I'M THE KID THAT JUST
SANG TO YOU. I FORGOT THE WORDS.
I WAS REALLY NERVOUS. BUT I'M A LOT BETTER THAN WHAT
YOU JUST SAW. HE TURNS TO JILL AS THE DOORS
WERE OPENING AND HE CRADLES HER FACE IN HIS HANDS AND GOES,
YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL AND KISSES HER RIGHT ON THE MOUTH AND LEAVES.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [LAUGHTER]