>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY WELCOME BACK.
HEY, EVERYBODY. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY FIRST
GUEST IS AN ACTRESS, MODEL, AND ENTREPRENEUR.
SHE IS THE SUBJECT OF THE NEW TWO-PART DOCUMENTARY,
"PRETTY BABY: BROOKE SHIELDS." "THE LATE SHOW," BROOKE SHIELDS.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪
>> Brooke: WHEN A WARM,
WONDERFUL, BEAUTIFUL WELCOME! >> Stephen: WE MET BRIEFLY A
COUPLE BACKSTAGE AND A COUPLE PLACES BUT I NEVER HAD A CHANCE
TO TALK TO YOU BEFORE. >> Brooke: I LOVE BEING IN
THIS POSITION. >> Stephen: I LIKE BEING HERE
WITH YOU TOO. I WANT TO GET TO THE
DOCUMENTARY, YOU HAVE A FASCINATING LIFE AND I WILL SAY
AHEAD OF TIME IS THAT YOU ARE MIRACULOUSLY LIKE LEVELHEADED,
SOLID, AND A NORMAL SEEMING PERSON FOR SOMEBODY WHO'S BEEN
THROUGH THE NUMBER OF THINGS YOU HAVE BEEN THROUGH IN YOUR LIFE.
CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING STEADY AS A ROCK.
THE FIRST TIME I HAD YOU AS A GUEST ON MY SHOW --
>> AND THE TERRIBLE YOU CAN CONGRATULATE SOMEONE FOR BEING
NORMAL. >> Stephen: I GUESS THAT IS.
>> Brooke: THAT'S CRAZY. >> Stephen: HERE'S THE THING,
YOU'VE BEEN ON SO MANY TALK SHOWS BUT I WANT TO TALK
ABOUT THE FIRST TALK SHOW YOU WERE ON BECAUSE WHAT A SPECIAL
THING HERE. THIS IS YOU WITH JOHNNY CARSON
IN 1978, WHAT YOU REMEMBER? >> Brooke: FRINGE GROUPS AND A
MATCHING DRESS THAT MY MOTHER THOUGHT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO WEAR.
FRINGE BOOTS. I WAS DOING A MOVIE WITH PETER
FONDA, AND HE WAS ABSOLUTELY -- AND THAT DAY FORWARD JOHNNY WAS
ALWAYS -- HE LISTENED, HE ALWAYS LISTENED, HE WAS ALWAYS KIND AND
SUCH RESPECT. YOU KNOW, I NEVER REALLYFULLY
GOT THAT KIND OF RESPECT FROM THE PRESS IN PARTICULAR.
BUT HE JUST, THERE WAS A WARMTH AND LOOKING NOT TO MAKE ME LOOK
BAD, HE WAS REALLY SWEET AND HE KEPT SAYING, WELL, WHAT IF YOU
WEREN'T TO ACT ANYMORE? TOMORROW, WHAT WOULD YOU WANT TO
BE? I'D SAY WELL, I'D WANT TO BE A
MOM. LIKE REALLY, AND HE ASKED IT A
FEW TIMES AND I FINALLY SAID, DO YOU KNOW SOMETHING I DON'T?
DOES SOMEBODY WANT ME NOT TO ACT?
AND HE'S LIKE, NO, NO, SWEETHEART, BUT JUST EVERY TIME
I WAS ON THE SHOW. HE WAS SUCH A GENTLEMAN AND
FUNNY AND LET ME BE FUNNY AND THEN I WOULD SET HIM UP A LITTLE
BIT, YOU KNOW, HE WOULD DO THE LOOK INTO THE CAMERA.
[LAUGHTER] >> Stephen: ONE OF YOUR MOST
ICONIC ANTS RIGHT HERE IS ACTUALLY AN AD -- THIS IS A
PRINT IMAGE OF IT. AN AD THAT CBS WOULD NOT ALLOW
TO BE RUN. IT WAS BANNED.
IT WAS FOR CALVIN KLEIN AND TELL THE PEOPLEWHAT THE AD WAS.
>> Brooke: ALL OF THE SERIES úOF ADS FIRST OF ALL WHERE VERY
INTELLIGENT, USING LITERARY REFERENCES AND HISTORICAL
REFERENCES, DARWINIAN THEORIES AND STUFF, AND IN ONE OF THE
COMMERCIALS I SAID, DO YOU WANT TO KNOW BECOMES ME AND MY CALF,
AND EVERYTHING HAD AN INNUENDO TO IT, BUT WE WERE SELLING YOU
KNOW. AND THE UPROAR.
THE SCANDAL. >> Stephen: COULD NOT RUN IT
ON THE NETWORK. >> COULD NOT RUN IT, WE GOT
BANNED, I WAS CALLED -- DEEMED INAPPROPRIATE.
IT WAS JUST PORNOGRAPHY. HOW COULD I TALK ABOUT SOMETHING
COMING BETWEEN ME AND MY CALVINS?
A PHRASE TALKED ABOUT ALL MY DOG, MY HORSE, NOTHING COMES
BETWEEN MY DOG, MY MOMMY, IT WAS A PHRASE.
IT'S NOT THAT I'M NOT WEARING UNDERWEAR OR COLUMN WASN'T
SPELLED DIFFERENTLY. LIKE WHAT IS THE PROBLEM?
>> Stephen: I NEVER WENT THERE.
I NEVER WENT THERE. THANK YOU.
SO HERE IT IS, SO HERE IT IS LIKE HERE'S ONE OF THE PRINT
PHOTOS. >> Brooke: YEAH, THAT WAS A
HUGE IN TIMES SQUARE. >> Stephen: AT THE TIME, WHAT
DID YOU MAKE UP THE CONTROVERSY? >> Brooke: IT WAS LUDICROUS TO
ME. THE FACT THAT YOU COULD TAKE THE
ONE LINE AND HAVE THAT SET THE PRESIDENT FOR WHAT WERE
REVOLUTIONARY COMMERCIALS. I MEAN, I DO THIS WHOLE SORT OF
ACROBATIC THING RECITING WHAT THE MEANING OF A GENE IS AND
DETER DETERMINING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BLOG, AND
I HAD THIS WHOLE THING MAY NOT KNOW MIKE MEMORIZED
IT WAS A POP QUIZ TO END WHAT IS
A GENE AND I RECITED THE THING AND I GOT AN A+.
LIKE THE BUSINESS ISN'T DESTROYING ME.
AND IT WAS AMAZING TO ME THAT THEY ALWAYS SEEM TO WITH ME PULL
OUT THE LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK BUT WE'LL BE BACK
WITH MORE BROOKE SHIELDS, EVERYBODY.
STICK AROUND. ♪ ♪