>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
THANK YOU. WELL DONE.
NICE. YOU KNOW MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT
FROM "FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS," "NASHVILLE,"
AND "THE WHITE LOTUS." SHE NOW STARS IN
"DEAR EDWARD." >> CHRISTOPHER IS UP-AND-COMING
IN THEATER. WORKING IN --
>> SET DESIGN. >> SET DESIGN.
WE ALWAYS START WITH THE CAVIAR AND THE FOIE GRAS.
I AM SALIVATING. ARE YOU SALIVATING?
>> AND A BOTTLE OF CRISTAL. THANK YOU.
SO CUTE. OH, MY GOD, I LOVE HIM.
YOU COULD DATE HIM. I DON'T KNOW.
DO YOU THINK HE IS GAY? OR YOUR GAY.
I DON'T KNOW. YOU CAN BE GAY, STRAIGHT,
WHATEVER. LET'S CHANGE THE SUBJECT.
>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO THE LATE SHOW, CONNIE
BRITTON. ♪ ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Connie: WOW. OH, MY GOD.
YOU TOLD THEM? THEY GAVE ME A STANDING OVATION.
I'M GOING TO CRY. >> Stephen: THAT WAS
COMPLETELY ORGANIC. >> Connie: YOU TOLD THEM TO DO
THAT. >> Stephen: I DID NOT.
>> Connie: DO THEY THINK I'M SOMEONE ELSE?
>> Stephen: THEY THINK YOU ARE YOU.
THE AUDIENCE'S FREE RANGE. I DON'T TELL THEM WHAT TO DO.
LOVELY TO SEE YOU BACK IN NEW YORK.
I FOUND OUT YOU GREW UP IN VIRGINIA.
DO YOU REMEMBER YOUR FIRST TIME COMING HERE TO THE CITY?
>> Connie: YES, BECAUSE WE USED TO COME HERE.
I HAD RELATIVES WHO LIVED HERE AND SO WE USED TO DRIVE FROM
VIRGINIA TO NEW YORK. >> Stephen: WHEN YOU WERE A
KID? BETWEEN WOULD COME HERE FOR
CHRISTMAS AND HONESTLY THAT WAS SO AMAZING.
I THINK THAT'S MADE ME -- WHAT MADE ME WANT TO BE AN ACTOR.
YOU ARE A KID FROM A SMALL TOWN IN VIRGINIA AND YOU ARRIVE IN
NEW YORK CITY WITH THE LIGHTS IN THE DECORATIONS.
WE WOULD SEE THEATER AND WE GO TO THE NUTCRACKER.
I'M SURE THAT'S WHY I DECIDED I WANTED TO BE AN ACTRESS.
IT WAS SO AMAZING. >> Stephen: YOU CYRUS OFFICE
ONE OF THE TEN SOLDIERS? YOU EVENTUALLY MOVED TO NEW YORK
TO BE AN ACTRESS. I THINK I HAVE THIS RIGHT, YOU
HAD AN UNUSUAL THEATER HISTORY WHEN YOU FIRST STARTED HERE, NOT
THE KIND OF THING PEOPLE ASSOCIATE WITH NEW YORK THEATER.
>> Connie: MY FIRST PROFESSIONAL JOB IN
NEW YORK CITY AS AN ACTRESS WAS DOING MURDER MYSTERIES.
>> Stephen: THAT'S HARD WORK. >> Connie: IT'S HARD WORK.
YOU KNOW WHAT I HAD TO DO? >> Stephen: THEY ARE HARD TO
GO TO TOO. >> Connie: ACTUALLY I REALLY
WANTED TO KNOW WHY YOU WOULD GO TO A MURDER MYSTERY.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE A FRIEND OF MINE WAS IN IT AND THE FOOD
WAS FREE. >> Connie: OKAY, THAT MAKES
SENSE. >> Stephen: WHEN I WAS A YOUNG
ACTOR. >> Connie: I GOT PAID $50 TO
DO A MURDER MYSTERY AND THAT WAS LIKE, OH, MY GOD.
I JUST MADE $50. AND WE GOT DINNER.
THE HARDEST PART WAS I HAD TO SIT AT A TABLE FULL OF PEOPLE
THAT I DID NOT ACT LIKE I WASN'T A MURDER MYSTERY ACTRESS.
AND THEN I WOULD HAVE TO SNEAK. I WOULD BEND OVER TO MY PURSE
AND I HAVE THESE LITTLE WHITE TABLETS IN MY PURSE THAT I HAD
TO SNEAK INTO MY MOUTH AND THEN I WOULD COME BACK TO THE TABLE
AND I WOULD START FROTHING AT THE MOUTH AND FALL OVER AND DIE.
>> Stephen: YOU ARE THE DEAD BODY?
HOW LONG DID YOU HAVE TO LIVE THERE?
>> Connie: YOU DON'T KNOW HOW HARD THAT IS.
FROTHING AT THE MOUTH. NOT LETTING ANYBODY KNOW THAT
YOU'RE DOING THAT. FIRST OF ALL, THERE IS FROTH
COMING OUT OF YOUR MOUTH. >> Stephen: I'M IMPRESSED.
I HOPE I DIDN'T GIVE OFF THAT I THOUGHT THAT WAS AN EASY THING
TO DO. >> Connie: THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: I'M IMPRESSED. IT'S A CHOKING HAZARD.
YOU SHOULD GET HAZARD PAY. >> Connie: I THINK THAT WAS
REALLY THE THING THAT MADE ME KNOW THAT I CAN DO THIS.
I CAN DO THIS. >> Stephen: AT WHAT POINT IN
YOURSELF? PLEASE SAY THAT IT WASN'T BEFORE
THE ENTREE. AS A YOUNG ACTRESS, YOU NEEDED
THE PROTEIN. >> Connie: I DEFINITELY ATE.
IT WASN'T BEFORE THE ENTREE. >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A
BREAK BUT WE'LL BE BACK WITH MORE CONNIE BRITTON.
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