welcome to the show thank you you look lovely thank you you know i don't i don't really know
how old you are but you look like a kid when i say walking across the floor like
i said my gosh she's looking younger and younger and more kid-like as the years go
thank you yeah how are you doing you are very well yes and i love when you play that song for me
oh julia that's one of my favorites sending it out to you with love thank you
hey so what's this uh time like uh for you you got a big uh look i got one of
those things too i got a like a band-aid here look at that yeah we're bonded by baby yeah
you get like a subway manicure don't waste your time uh this must be very exciting uh time and
probably a little nerve wracking for a person like you you get the big film opening up right here in
the middle of the big summer film season yeah are you excited you nervous i am excited i i guess
i'm a little nervous but i'm just you know hoping and praying for the best is this the most exciting
part of your job like right now waiting for this thing to open or is starting a new job the most
exciting part of yourself truly this moment right this second is the most exciting part of my job
oh man but it's true
that's nice thank you very much i appreciate it no but i'm being completely serious it's been
over a year since we've spoken i know i always get nervous because uh i don't need to tell you this
many of the top stars will come and see us and then they never come back so i always get nervous
that you might not come back or sometimes they sit in this chair and they just don't come back they
sometimes they sit in the chair and don't leave we've had that happen too
so it's very very gratifying because um i'm very fond of you you know i know we met
years and years ago i think when you had just done the mystic pizza yeah yeah so um now tell us about
oh they're the big premiere the other night how did that go it went very well
we had we got great response and people responding to the film they like it they enjoy it and i put
on a fancy dress and the whole thing now what is required of you at at a premiere do you have to
get up and say a few words before they roll the film no just you know show a lot of leg and smile
wow well you couldn't do that tonight
but now i'm reading that you were escorted to the the function by lyle lovett well that's just wrong
you and lyle weren't there together no lyle came to the premiere bless his heart you know
i like lyle he's a nice guy he is a nice guy and a great musician yes oh man incredibly talented
yeah just as good as it gets believe me yeah so you were there together so that means that you're
no no no no you're not there together i'm sorry i went with rupert everett one of my co-stars
he's the guy that plays your boyfriend in the uh can you say that
no he doesn't play my boyfriend he plays your pretend okay you haven't seen the film obviously
maybe i have the name wrong no dermot dermot mulroney that's the guy plays my best friend
who i'm helplessly in love with right rupert everett
plays my best friend second in command who is also my editor right
who plays your boyfriend in the movie baby i don't have a boyfriend in the movie
don't you have like a pretend boyfriend in the movie
yes let's just give it all away yes at one point at one point in an attempt to uh
sort of make dermot realize how much he loves me i tell dermot that rupert and i have a sort of
evolving relationship that goes beyond work let me ask the judges can we accept that do i get
like dinner for two at your house yeah dinner for two oh my god sure well the lines of my house are
a little long yeah all right uh um what the heck was the question oh so you were at the that's who
you were at the premier with yes yeah uh and so but that's nice that you and lyle get along well
yes it is because he's a terrific guy yes when you were a kid did you go to movies a lot to jail were
there certain movies certain movie stars actors that you really liked when you were a kid yes
like who um well i was kind of in love with cary grant like oh well how can you not be here
wasn't he just the best i know have you seen like every movie he's made like nine times
maybe yeah yeah he's just he brings just like this lovely elegance to anything he
really does absolutely and just so handsome excruciating and there has there was never
and probably never will be a guy who looked better in evening clothes than he did you
know you put this guy in a tuxedo it's just unbelievable yes yeah glorious yeah
is there is there uh an actor now uh that you think to yourself uh i want to try and and behave
the way this person might behave you know and just leading your life leading your career do you is
there somebody you admire and you think well i wonder if he or she would have done it this way
he or she done it that way well i think that you fall into maybe a dangerous trap if you try to
emulate someone else's greatness you know because that's sort of their thing and you
have to find your own way to get there but like susan sarandon is a person that i greatly admire
in life and in art i just think she's fantastic i get a kick out of her i like her she's uh whenever
she's on the program she's just she's always a little ornery and i you know i kind of like that
oh yeah that's fun that's fun uh but no i don't mean emulating somebody point for
point but is there some sort of general spiritual guide to your life and career
you
excellent answer excellent answer
congratulations dinner for two hey here you go after 10 years of doing the show it's really
[ __ ] paying off oh yeah because okay so we were talking during the commercial that i have been on
the show it has been almost 10 years 88 since i've been doing this show and do you remember the time
that i was just walking by and i came in just to say hello because and it was my birthday oh that's
right and you gave me that beautiful painting remember yeah i know i don't remember it it just
looked like someone had sort of thrown up a crayon box on a big canvas but it was quite expensive do
you remember oh i remember this we were displaying uh displaying art on paul's uh oregon excuse the
expression every night thanks no problem yeah you can put it that way that's what we gave our card
here do you still have that i do it hangs over my fireplace and i'm hoping it'll catch on fire
that was my 25th birthday you were just a kid just a kid i do remember that because it was
exciting because i remember you were wearing jeans that night as well and and you had
one of your knees was ripped out i believe i was wearing black leggings and a flannel shirt
like a steel trap ladies and gentlemen like a steel like a steel trap i ought to be working
for the c.i.a you know uh let's take a look at the uh clip here from the film okay do you have
who's your best friend by the way my best friend i have a few my best friend elaine my best friend
whitman i have a couple i'm blessed with good friends good for you it's good to see you again
i'm very happy to see you i'm very happy to see you it means more to me than just having a guest
come out and be on the show you know what i mean it's like it's like a good friend uh being nice
enough to come by and say hello you're sweet oh god bless you thank you very much julia robertson