( APPLAUSE )
WELCOME BACK.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY FIRST GUEST THIS EVENING IS AN EMMY
AND TONY AWARD-WINNING ACTRESS YOU KNOW FROM "FATAL
ATTRACTION," "GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY," AND "THE WIFE."
SHE NOW GUEST STARS IN SEASON TWO OF THE ISRAELI SPY SERIES
"TEHRAN."
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," GLENN CLOSE!
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>> Stephen: HELLO.
>> HELLO.
>> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> SHALOM.
>> Stephen: YOU WERE AT THE MET GALA MONDAY NIGHT.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: YOUR OUTFIT WAS ABSOLUTELY EXTRAORDINARY.
WHO ARE YOU WEARING HERE?
>> VALENTINO.
>> Stephen: THAT IS BEAUTIFUL.
JON, YOU LIKE TO ROCK A CAPE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE CAPE WORK?
>> Jon: I LIKE THE CAPE WORK A LOT.
>> Stephen: YOU GUYS WERE HANGING OUT THAT NIGHT, RIGHT?
>> WE WERE, WE WERE AT THE SAME TABLE.
AND JON BATISTE, YOU WERE PLAYING WITH SOME FABULOUS
MUSICIANS UPON.
WERE THEY FROM NEW ORLEANS?
>> Jon: JOE WAS THERE, AND WE HAD MEMBERS OF THE SIOUX TRIBE.
>> OH, YES.
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THERE THEY ARE!
OH, FANTASTIC!
THEY HAD EVERYBODY-- EVERYBODY JIVING.
>> Stephen: ALL RIGHT, FROM FIRST MET GALA, LET'S GO TO YOUR
FIRST MOVIE.
I JUST FOUND OUT-- I DID NOT KNOW THIS, OF COURSE I KNEW YOU
WERE IN THIS MOVIE-- BUT YOUR FIRST MOVIE EVER WAS "WORLD
ACCORDING TO GARP."
>> YES.
>> Stephen: WHAT A HUGE MOVIE TO MAKE THAT YOUR FIRST ONE.
WAS THAT THE PLAN TO BE A MOVIE STAR?
>> NO, I JUST WANTED TO ACT.
I WANTED TO BE OTHER PEOPLE.
I STARTED ON STAGE.
I WAS ON STAGE SIX YEARS.
I WAS CAST OUT OF BARNUM.
GEORGE HILL SAW ME UP IN MY BALCONY KIND OF CROCHETING AND
HE THOUGHT I HAD A STILLNESS ABOUT ME THAT HE LIKED.
>> Stephen: WHAT WAS THAT LIKE?
WHAT WAS THAT FIRST EXPERIENCE ON A FILM SET?
>> WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I DIDN'T KNOW.
WE WENT UP EARLY TO REHEARSE WITH HUE CRONIN AND JESSICA
TANDY.
AND I WAS SHOWN THE HOUSE AND IN THE SCRIPT, IT WAS A HOUSE WITH
A FAMILY GRAVEYARD, AND I SAW THE HOUSE, AND I SAW THIS
GRAVEYARD.
AND I THOUGHT, THEY FOUND A HOUSE WITH A GRAVEYARD?
( LAUGHTER )
AND THEN I WAS TAKEN OVER TO THE GRAVEYARD, AND REALIZED THAT IT
WAS STYROFOAM.
( LAUGHTER )
PUT THESE STYROFOAM THINGS -- >> Stephen: DID YOU HAVE A
SENSE THAT, LIKE, IN THE THEATER YOU KNOW EVERYTHING IS FAKE, BUT
AT LEAST IN MOVIES EVERYTHING IS REAL.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
I THOUGHT EVERYTHING WAS REAL.
>> Stephen: WOW, IT'S LIKE FINDING OUT SANTA CLAUS IS
STYROFOAM.
>> IT WAS.
>> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND ONE OF YOUR FAVORITE MOVIES IS MAYBE
MY FAVORITE ALL-TIME MOVIE, AND MAYBE ONE OF MY ALL-TIME
FAVORITE PLAYS, WHICH IS "A MAN FOR ALL SEASON."
WHICH IS EXTRAORDINARY AND A WONDERFUL MESSAGE FOR TODAY,
ABOUT SOMEONE IN POLITICAL LIFE ACTUALLY HAVING A SPINE.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: AND IT COST HIM HIS HEAD, BUT AT LEAST HE KEEPS
THE REST OF HIS SPINE.
WHAT IS IT THAT APPEALS TO YOU ABOUT IT?
>> I THINK IT'S THAT.
I THINK IT'S ABOUT A MAN WHO ENDS UP GIVING HIS LIFE BECAUSE
HE REFUSES TO GO AGAINST HIS PRINCIPLE S.
>> Stephen: THE STORY, FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW, SIR
THOMAS MOORE, WHO BECOMES SAINT THOMAS MOORE, THE CHANCELLOR AND
FRIEND OF HENRY VIII.
HE WILL NOT BEND TO THE MARRIAGE AND GETTING RID OF KATHRYN AND
BRING ON ANNE BOLIN.
AND HE WON'T BE QUIET.
>> HE HAS A WONDERFUL SPEECH, IN LAW, IF YOU DON'T SAY SOMETHING,
THAT MEANS YOU CONSENT.
YOU CANNOT SAY ANYTHING YOU YOU TAKE IT THAT IT'S MOON CONSENT.
AND HE SAID NO, YOU HAVE TO SAY IT OUT LOUD.
>> Stephen: IF HE WILL NOT SAY THE LIE, THEY ASSUME HE IS
REFUTING IT.
>> "WON'T SAY THE LIE."
IT'S SO RELEVANT TODAY.
AND WE CAN ASK OURSELVES HOW FAR WILL WE GO WITH OUR PRINCIPLES,
YOU KNOW?
HOW THREATENED DO WE HAVE TO BE TO GO BACK ON WHAT WE THINK
PERSONALLY IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO?
AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING ALL OF US SHOULD ASK OURSELVES.
>> Stephen: AS HE SAYS TO HIS FRIEND NORFOLK, IS THERE NO PART
OF YOU-- HE SAYS TO HIS FRIEND, ANOTHER POLITICIAN, IS THERE NO
PART OF YOU THAT IS NOT JUST APPETITE.
SOME PLACE FROM WHICH YOU CANNOT RETREAT.
THAT SEEMS LIKE WATER IN THE DESERT.
I UNDERSTAND YOU MET THE ACTOR WHO PLAYED THOMAS MOORE.
>> HE WAS A GREAT ACTOR.
HE PLAYED "HAMLET" THE GHOST OF HAMLET'S FATHER, THAT I DID WITH
MEL GIBSON.
>> Stephen: "LETHAL HAMLET."
I SAW THAT.
>> THE FIRST TIME I SAW PAUL SCHOFIELD, WE WERE GETTING READY
FOR A READING, AND IN WALKED THIS MAN TALL, WITH HAIR MY
COLOR, AND A BRIGHT RED CASHMERE SCARF.
AND HE HAD SUCH INCREDIBLE PRESENCE, AND, YET, THOSE ACTORS
GAVE MEL GIBSON, YOU KNOW, THEY SAID, "NOW IT'S YOUR TURN.
WE'VE ALL DONE IT.
NOW IT'S YOUR TURN."
THEY GAVE HIM RESPECT.
AND ON THE SET, MEL TOLD ME THAT THE T TIMBER IN SCHOFIELD'S VOIE
BROUGHT TEARS TO HIS EYES IN EVERY SINGLE TAKE.
IT WAS AS IF HE HAD HIS OWN MIC IN HIS CHEST, AND HE WAS A
LOVELY, BEAUTIFUL MAN, AND A GREAT ACTOR.
>> Stephen: WELL, I STEPPED ON A BABY'S FINGER TO HAVE EVER MET
HIM, SO I'M JEALOUS OF YOU.
>> I KNOW.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK.
WHEN WE COME BACK, I WILL ASK GLENN ABOUT HAVING TO LEARN A
LITTLE FARSI FOR HER NEW PART.
STICK AROUND.