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>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.
HE IS A WRITER, DIRECTOR, AND PRODUCER BEHIND SO MANY MOVIES
AND TELEVISION SHOWS.
HIS LATEST FILM IS "THE KING OF STATEN ISLAND."
>> BE NICE TO MOM, OKAY, DON'T GIVE HER A HARD TIME.
SHE DESERVES A BREAK.
I AL>> I ALWAYS GIVE HER A BREAK WHEN AM I GOING TO GET A BREAK.
>> WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
ALL ANYBODY DOES IS WORRY ABOUT YOU, I WAS IGNORED MY WHOLE
CHILDHOOD.
>> I FORGOT MY CHILDHOOD WAS JUST DANDY.
>> YOU GOT TO KNOW YOUR DAD YOUR WHOLE LIFE.
>> IF YOU GOT TO KNOW HIM, YOU WOULD HAVE KNOWN HE WAS THE
( BLEEP ) GUY EVER AND THAT WOULD HAVE RUINED THE REST OF
YOUR LIFE.
>> ARE YOU GOING TO GET A JOB, LEAVE THE HOUSE?
>> I DON'T KNOW, I'M GOING TO OPEN THAT TATTOO RESTAURANT.
>> FOR REAL.
I AM BEING REAL.
IT'S NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE.
I LOOKED IT UP.
IT'S NEVER BEEN DONE.
NOT EVEN A JOKE.
>> BECAUSE NO ONE WANTS TO GO TO A RESTAURANT AND WATCH PEOPLE
GET TATTOOED WHILE THEY EAT.
IT'S GROSS.
>> RUBY TATTOOS-DAYS, WHERE PEOPLE CAN EAT CHICKEN AND GET
TATTOOS.
>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME TO "A LATE SHOW," JUDD APATOW.
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
>> GOOD.
NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> Stephen: THE BEARD IS REALLY PUFFING OUT ON THE SIDES.
>> I'M GOING FOR A WILLIAM McKINLEY TYPE OF LOOK RIGHT
NOW.
>> Stephen: BEFORE OR AFTER HE WAS SHOT?
>> CLEARLY AFTER.
I HAVEN'T LEFT THE HOUSE FOR VERY LONG WALKS IN THREE MONTHS.
I'VE LOST 12-POUNDS BECAUSE OF THE TWO-HOUR WALKS I TAKE AROUND
THE BLOCK BUT I'M GROWING THE BEARD SO I LOOK FATTER.
>> Stephen: YOU ACTUALLY LOOK VERY HEALTHY.
>> I'M TRYING.
I'M VERY UNCOMFORTABLE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW LOUD TO TALK WITHOUT THE AUDIENCE BECAUSE I'M
USED TO THE AUDIENCE.
>> Stephen: COULD BE TOO LOUD.
HOW FAR AWAY AM I SUPPOSED TO BE FROM THE CAMERA?
>> Stephen: THAT'S GOOD.
YOU'RE STILL IN FRAME.
>> HERE?
>> Stephen: THAT'S FINE.
THAT'S GETTING AWKWARD.
>> HERE?
>> Stephen: THAT'S A CHARACTER CHOICE.
LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR MOVIE.
>> HOW DO YOU LIKE IT?
>> Stephen: IT WAS GREAT.
IT WAS REALLY GOOD.
I REALLY ENJOYED IT.
IT WAS FUNNY.
IT WAS SO FUNNY.
PETE DAVIDSON WAS SO FUNNY.
HE DID THAT CHARACTER THAT WAS SO FUNNY BUT ALSO SAD AND YOU'RE
WORRIED ABOUT HIM.
>> DID YOU NOT SEE IT?
>> Stephen: I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE YET.
I REALLY WANT TO WATCH IT.
I DO WANT TO WATCH IT.
>> HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?
>> Stephen: I'M VERY BUSY.
I'M VERY BUSY.
AND I HAVE -- I WANT -- YOU SENT IT TO ME AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL,
BUT INSTEAD WE WATCHED MRS. AMERICA WITH CATE
BLANCHETT.
>> I'M SO MAD AT YOU, STEPHEN.
I SENT IT TO YOU NOT LIKE TWO DAYS AGO, I SENT IT TO YOU A
MONTH AGO AND I WROTE YOU A NOTE LIKE, HEY, I KNOW YOU'RE AT HOME
ALONE WITH YOUR FAMILY, YOUR KIDS ARE MY KIDS' AGE, THEY WANT
TO WATCH SOMETHING COOL AND YOUNG, NOT LIKE WHATEVER YOU'RE
WATCHING.
YOU'RE SHOWING THEM REMINGTON STEELE RERUNS.
>> Stephen: PIERCE BROSNAN, I WILL NOT STAND HERE AND HAVE YOU
ATTACK HIM.
>> BIT YOU DIDN'T EVEN TELL YOUR KIDS YOU HAD THE NEW PETE
DAVIDSON MOVIE AND YOU JUST FORCED THEM TO WATCH "DYNASTY."
>> Stephen: WE WATCH "THE THING" EVERY NIGHT.
>> I'M SO MAD AT YOU.
CAN YOU LIE AND SAY YOU LIKED IT?
>> Stephen: I SO LIKED IT.
I DID.
>> DID YOU FIND IT FUNNY?
>> Stephen: YOU KNOW WHAT, IT WAS FUNNY, AND, I MEAN,
ULTIMATELY HEARTBREAKING AT TIMES AND THEN I WAS LEFT,
LIKE -- I WON'T SAY -- IT WASN'T A HAPPY ENDING BUT CERTAINLY I
FELT LIKE I WENT ON A JOURNEY WITH THESE PEOPLE AND I FELT
LIKE I ENJOYED SEEING THEIR JOURNEY, AND I FELT IN SOME
SMALL WAY HEALED OF MY OWN PAIN.
>> CAN YOU CUT OUT THE PART WHERE YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T WATCH
IT BECAUSE THAT WAS ACTUALLY PRETTY GOOD.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU.
AND YOU GOT ALL THAT FROM THE TRAILER?
ALL OF THAT.
>> Stephen: WELL, I KNOW A LITTLE BIT OF THE STORY.
>> OKAY.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
OKAY.
WHAT IS THE MOVIE ABOUT, FOR THE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO DIDN'T
WATCH IT LIKE I DID?
>> WELL, IT STARS PETE DAVIDSON WHICH I WROTE THE MOVIE WITH,
WITH DAVE CYRUS.
IT'S A FICTIONAL STORY.
PETE'S FATHER WAS A FIREMAN WHO DIED ON 9/11, AND IN THIS MOVIE
IT'S ABOUT A KID WHO'S FEELING LOST AFTER THAT, AND WHEN HIS
MOM STARTS DATING ANOTHER FIREMAN PLAYED BY BILL BURR, HE
HAS TO FACE ALL THESE ISSUES THAT HAVE HELD HIM BACK IN HIS
LIFE.
>> Stephen: I WOULD WATCH THAT.
>> OH, NOW YOU WOULD WATCH IT.
>> Stephen: IT WAS TOO SOFT OF A SELL WHEN YOU SENT IT TO ME.
IT WAS, LIKE, HEY, HERE'S THE MOVIE, IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO
WATCH IT -- THIS IS A SELL.
EVERYONE'S GOING TO WATCH THE FILM BASED ON WHAT YOU TOLD ME
ABOUT IT NOW.
WHERE CAN THEY SEE IT?
>> HERE'S THE THING -- EVERYWHERE.
I THINK IT JUST APPEARS.
LIKE, IF YOU TURN ON ANY ELECTRICAL DEVICE, IF YOU TURN
ON A COMPUTER, A PHONE, IT WILL JUST BE -- IT'S ON --
>> Stephen: MY LITTLE NESPRESSO MACHINE?
>> IT'S ON THE COFFEE MACHINE, IT'S ON QUIBI, WE PUT IT ON
SHUTTER.
>> Stephen: I WOULDN'T PUT IT ON QUIBI REALLY FAST IF I WERE
YOU.
>> GOOGLE, AMAZON, IF YOU SCREAM, SIRI, ALEXA!
ANYTHING, IT WILL COME UP.
>> Stephen: THAT'S WONDERFUL.
IT WAS INTENDED FOR THE THEATERS.
>> IT WAS.
>> Stephen: NOW THERE ARE NO THEATERS.
>> YES, THAT'S TRUE.
WELL, YOU KNOW, WHEN I FINISHED IT, IT WAS RIGHT IN THE FIRST
INKLING OF THE PANDEMIC WAS HAPPENING, SO I FINISHED THE
MOVIE, I COLOR TIMED IT, AND I COULDN'T EVEN SHAKE THE HAND OF
THE PEOPLE WHO COLOR TIMED THE MOVIE FOR ME, AND THEN IT WAS
DONE, AND THEN THE TOWN SHUT DOWN, AND AT SOME POINT THE
STUDIO SAID, YOU KNOW, DO YOU WANT TO HOLD ON TO IT FOR, LIKE,
A YEAR AND WAIT FOR ALL THE MOVIE THEATERS TO REOPEN?
OR WE CAN PUT IT OUT ON VIDEO ON DEMAND NOW.
I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THE MOVIE IS ABOUT FIRST RESPONDERS AND
FIREMEN AND NURSES AND ALL THESE HEROES WHO RISK THEIR LIVES FOR
OTHER PEOPLE AND SUDDEN TRAUMA AND GRIEF.
I HOPE IT'S FUNNY.
YOU WOULDN'T KNOW, BUT I HOPE IT'S FUNNY.
I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE WEIRD TO HOLD BACK SOMETHING THAT MIGHT
MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY.
SO WE'RE EXCITED TO GET IT OUT THERE.
>> Stephen: JUDD, WE HAVE TO TAKE A BREAK, IF YOU CAN STAY.
BACK WITH NOR JUDD APATOW, EVERYBODY.
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