>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY!
YOU KNOW MY NEXT GUEST AS ONE OF THE TALKERS ON "THE TALK."
AND NOW, AFTER MORE THAN 20 YEARS, SHE'S RETURNING AS
DARLENE TO "ROSEANNE."
PLEASE WELCOME SARA GILBERT!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
>> WOW!
I JUST WANT TO SAY SEAN PENN MAKES ME LOOK ENERGETIC.
>> Stephen: YEAH, HE'S GOT A LOW-KEY STYLE, DOESN'T HE?
>> HE'S GOT A LOW-KEY STYLE.
>> Stephen: DO YOU DO A LOT OF TALK SHOWS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY
YOU'RE ONE OF THE TALKERS ON THE TOMAHAWK.
YOU CREATED "THE TALK."
IT WAS YOUR IDEA.
YOU GUYS JUST GOT TWO DAYTIME EMMY NOMINATIONS.
CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU.
( APPLAUSE ) I DON'T DO A LOT OF TALK SHOWS.
I DON'T REALLY LIKE TALKING IS THE TRUTH.
>> Stephen: WAIT.
YOU STARTED A SHOW CALLED "THE TALK" AND YOU DON'T LIKE
TALKING?
>> WELL, I MEAN, I LIKE TALKING TO FRIENDS, BUT I HAVE A HARD
TIME SPEAKING PUBLICLY, LIKE I JUST FEEL COMPLETELY SHY AND,
SO, I DECIDED TO DO "THE TALK" BECAUSE I THOUGHT I SHOULD GROW
SPIRITUALLY, GET OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE.
AND I REMEMBER ACTUALLY BEING IN THE PITCH FOR THE SHOW AND
SAYING, YOU KNOW, I ACTUALLY THINK YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BUY
THIS BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE I REALLY WANT TO DO IT, AND THERE
YOU GO.
>> Stephen: WELL, YOUR SHOW IS SO EASY TO DO.
I MEAN, THERE ARE FIVE OF YOU THERE.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: SO I WAS A GUEST LAST SEPTEMBER AND IT WAS SO
ENJOYABLE BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO DO SUCH LIGHT LIFTING.
WHEREAS IT'S JUST YOU AND ME.
I WANT TO MAKE YOU WORK REALLY HARD.
>> YEAH, THE PRESSURE SON.
>> Stephen: YES.
ACTUALLY, NO, YOU GET USED TO IT WHEN YOU DO IT EVERY DAY SO
IT ACTUALLY WAS GOOD TO GO OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE.
>> Stephen: WHAT'S, LIKE, THE WORST THING A GUEST CAN DO IN
YOUR OPINION?
>> THE WORST THING A GUEST CAN DO IS PROBABLY NOT REALIZE THAT
IT'S A LIVE SHOW AND THE SEGMENT IS, LIKE, FIVE MINUTES.
SO THERE WILL BE, LIKE -- >> Stephen: WAIT, THAT SHOW IS
LIVE?
>> LIVE TO THE EAST COAST, YEAH.
>> Stephen: I WAS ON YOUR SHOW LIVE?
>> YOU WERE ON LIVE.
>> Stephen: NOBODY TOLD ME.
I COULD HAVE DROPPED ANY KIND OF BOMBS ON THAT SHOW.
>> THERE'S A LITTLE DELAY, LIKE SEVEN, TEN SECONDS, WHATEVER IT
IS.
>> Stephen: BUT WHEN I WAS ON YOUR SHOW, I TOOK TYRESE'S SIDE
AGAINST THE ROCK.
WASN'T THAT THE FIGHT BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM?
>> YEAH, WHATEVER YOU DID -- ONCE IN A WHILE WE TO A SHOW
THAT'S NOT LIVE, LIKE FRIDAY'S SHOW IS NOT LIVE, SO IT COULD
HAVE BEEN THAT.
>> Stephen: YOU GUYS CUT THAT OUT BECAUSE IT WASN'T GOOD FOR
ME TO BE ON TYRESE'S SIDE.
>> ARE YOU GOING TO EDIT THIS?
>> Stephen: I'M DEFINITELY TAKING THIS OUT.
( LAUGHTER ) >> THE HARDEST THING IS A GUEST
WHEN THERE'S, LIKE, TEN SECONDS LEFT AND THEY SAY, I'M GOING TO
TELL YOU THIS STORY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED WITH THIS PERSON --
>> Stephen: WITH THE BIRTH OF MY CHILD.
>> AND IT'S A LONG STORY AND YOU'RE, LIKE, AAAHHH!
BUT SOMEHOW JULIE CHEN CAN GET YOU OFF THE AIR.
>> Stephen: SHE'S A MASTER.
HE'S A MASTER.
>> Stephen: CONGRATULATIONS ON BRINGING BACK "ROSEANNE."
IT ENDED IN 1997.
>> YEAH.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: OBVIOUSLY, WE KNOW
YOU A AS DARLENE FROM BACK IN TH DAY.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: THIS WAS ALSO YOUR IDEA TO BRING BACK "ROSEANNE,"
RIGHT?
>> RIGHT.
>> Stephen: IF YOU'RE GOING TO REBOOT IT AND BRING IT BACK, WHY
NOT CALL IT DARLENE?
>> IF WE DO ANOTHER SEASON, WE'LL CALL IT DARLENE.
>> Stephen: WHO WAS THE TOUGHEST TO GET BACK ON BOARD?
>> HONESTLY, IT WAS PRETTY EASY ACROSS THE BOARD.
I THINK EVERYBODY THOUGHT EVERYBODY ELSE WOULDN'T COME
BACK.
>> Stephen: ROSEANNE WAS, LIKE, YES?
>> WHEN I SPOKE WITH ROSEANNE, SHE WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO
HESITATED FOR A SECOND BECAUSE THERE HAD BEEN DRAMA THE FIRST
TIME AROUND.
>> Stephen: I REMEMBER.
AND SHE SAID, OKAY, BUT IF I DO IT, YOU HAVE TO PROTECT ME IF
THE STUDIO PUSHES BACK OR THERE'S ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE
STUDIO.
AND I SAID, YES, OF COURSE I'LL DO THAT FOR YOU.
AND THEN THE STUDIO SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO PROTECT US IF
THERE'S ANY PUSHBACK OR ANY DRAMA FROM ROSEANNE.
I SAID, OF COURSE I'LL DO THAT, I'M ON YOUR SIDE.
( LAUGHTER ) BUT, HONESTLY, LUCKILY, THERE
REALLY WASN'T.
IT WAS SUCH AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE, AND I'M NOT JUST
SAYING THAT BECAUSE I'M ON A TALK SHOW.
IT WAS TRULY, TRULY AN EXTRAORDINARY EXPERIENCE AND NO
DRAMA WHATSOEVER.
>> Stephen: YOU SAID YOU'RE FROM A SHOW BUSINESS FAMILY.
YOUR GRANDFATHER HARRY CRANE CREATED THE HONEYMOONERS.
>> RIGHT.
>> Stephen: SOME OF THE EPISODES WHICH WERE SHOT IN THIS
BUILDING ON STAGE AS PART OF THE ORIGINAL JACKIE GLEASON SHOW.
DID HE GIVE YOU ANY ADVICE WHEN YOU WERE A YOUNG ACTRESS?
DID HE SAY, LOOK, I CREATED A CLASSIC, HERE'S WHAT YOU'VE GOT
TO DO?
>> HE ALWAYS WAS OF THE MINDSET DON'T MAKE WAVES.
HE REALLY DIDN'T WANT -- HE FELT IF SOMETHING WAS ASKED OF YOU
IT'S A JOB AND YOU'RE PROFESSIONAL AND DON'T MAKE
PROBLEMS.
>> Stephen: WELL, BACK WHEN THIS WAS YOU, YOU GAVE SOME
INTERVIEWS, AND NOW THAT WE'RE REBOOTING "ROSEANNE," WE'D LIKE
TO REBOOT SOME OF THE ANSWERS THAT YOU GAVE.
OKAY.
>> HUH-OH.
>> Stephen: THIS IS FROM OVER 20 YEARS THESE ANSWERS.
I WANT TO SEE IF YOU STILL STAND BY THESE ANSWERS THAT YOU GAVE.
>> I DOUBT IT.
>> Stephen: ( LAUGHTER )
>> Stephen: IT'S IMPORTANT TO SPEAK UP WHEN YOUR LINES ARE
STUPID.
IT HAPPENS BECAUSE IT'S ADULTS WRITING FOR KIDS.
>> I DON'T STAND BY THAT.
>> Stephen: DON'T MAKE WAVES.
DON'T MAKE WAVES.
>> Stephen: DON'T STAND UP IF YOUR LINES ARE STUPID, SAY YOUR
LINES?
>> WELL, DON'T SAY THEY'RE STUPID.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE NOW YOU'RE THE ADULT AND YOU DON'T WANT A
KID SAYING THAT TO YOU?
>> YEAH, IT'S RUDE.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
HERE'S ANOTHER ONE.
IN PUBLIC, AVOID LOOKING PEOPLE IN THE EYE IF YOU MAKE EYE
CONTACT WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE SEEN THE SHOW, THEY WILL KEEP
STARING AT YOU.
>> WELL, THAT'S TRUE.
BUT I ACTUALLY REALLY HAVE -- I THINK AS AN ADULT, YOU LOVE AN
APPRECIATE YOUR FANS SO MUCH THAT THAT'S SOME OF MY FAVORITE
INTERACTIONS IN MY DAY IS MEETING PEOPLE ON THE STREET AND
HEARING THEIR STORIES AND WHERE THEY'RE FROM.
>> Stephen: SO EYE CONTACT YES.
>> EYE CONTACT YES.
>> Stephen: THERE IS SO MUCH I WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE ABOUT
MYSELF, I WOULD LIKE TO BE OLDER, PERHAPS 18 OR 21.
( LAUGHTER ) >> YES, I WOULD LIKE TO BE 18 OR
21.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR BEING HERE!
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: "ROSEANNE" RETURNS TOMORROW ON ABC.
SARA GILBERT, EVERYBODY!
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