>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WE'RE BACK HERE WITH THE STAR OF
THE NEW "LAW & ORDER," SAM WATERSTON.
I HAD SUCH A LOVELY TIME INTERVIEWING YOUR DAUGHTER,
CATHERINE, HERE ON THE SHOW.
YOU SHOWED UP AT THE END OF THE INTERVIEW.
THAT WAS ON NOVEMBER 7, 2016, WHICH I CALL THE LAST NORMAL DAY
IN AMERICA, BECAUSE IT WAS THE DAY BEFORE THE ELECTION FIVE
YEARS AGO.
>> YES, INDEED.
>> Stephen: AND I'M JUST CURIOUS, AS A FATHER AND WITH
CHILDREN GOING INTO SHOW BUSINESS, DID YOU ENCOURAGE
THEM?
DID YOU-- WERE YOU-- DID YOU WORRY ABOUT YOUR CHILDREN GOING
INTO SHOW BUSINESS?
>> I WORRIED ABOUT THEM GOING INTO IT, AND I WORRY ABOUT THEM
BEING IN IT.
AND IT'S A CONSTANT WORRY.
>> Stephen: WHAT ADVICE DID YOU GIVE THEM?
DID YOU THEM TALK TO ANY OF YOUR ACTOR FRIENDS OR ANYTHING?
>> WELL, MY SON, JAMES, WORKED AT SUNDANCE ONE SUMMER.
AND ALAN ALDA WAS THERE, AND THEY GOT INTO A CONVERSATION
ABOUT THIS, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WHEN YOU GROW UP AND ALL
THAT STUFF.
HE SAID HE THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO BE AN ACTOR.
AND ALAN ALDA SAID, "OH, I DON'T KNOW."
AND JAMES SAID, "WELL, WHAT DO YOU THINK?"
AND HE SAID, "I THINK IF YOU CAN POSSIBLY NOT DO IT, DON'T DO
IT."
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND THAT.
>> "OTHERWISE IF YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, VERY GOOD LUCK TO YOU,"
AND ALL THAT STUFF.
SO THAT'S THE DARK SIDE.
BUT THE BRIGHT SIDE IS THAT I'VE GTTEN TO WORK WITH THESE PEOPLE
ON THE STAGE.
>> Stephen: YOU GOT TO WITH YOUR OWN KIDS?
>> I WORKED WITH MY-- THE ONLY ONE I HAVE YET TO BE ABLE TO
WORK WITH IS CATHERINE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SHE'S AWFULLY-- SHE'S
AWFULLY SUCCESSFUL AND STUFF.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: SO YOU CAN'T GET BOOKED.
SO THERE'S NO HARRY POTTER FOR YOU.
>> NO, EXACTLY.
BUT THE OTHERS, ELIZABETH PLAYED MY DAUGHTER IN "MUCH ADO ABOUT
NOTHING," IN CENTRAL PARK, WHICH WAS THE PLAY THAT I WAS DOING IN
THAT SAME THEATER WHEN I MET HER MOTHER.
>> Stephen: WOW.
NICE CLOSED LOOP.
>> YEAH.
( APPLAUSE )
THAT WAS A GOOD PLAY.
>> Stephen: YES.
>> AND THEN I GOT TO SPEND 45 MINUTES ON THE STAGE ALONE WITH
MY SON JAMES SAYING EUGENE O'NELL'S WORDS INTO "LONG DAY'S
JOURNEY INTO NIGHT."
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T DO THAT KIND OF THING.
AND THEN GRAHAM WROTE A MOVIE AND DIRECTED IT, AND HE WROTE A
PART FOR ME.
AND SO HE DIRECTED ME IN IT.
>> Stephen: THAT'S NICE.
( APPLAUSE )
>> YEAH.
SO...
SO CATHERINE, IF YOU'RE LISTENING, , YOU KNOW...
>> Stephen: HE'S READY.
YOU'VE WORKED WITH SOME EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE.
ROBERT REDFORD, GILDA RADNER, THE LIST GOES ON AND ON IN A
60-PLUS-YEAR CAREER.
DO YOU EVER GET STAR STRUCK YOURSELF.
>> OH, YES.
>> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE A PMOMENT YOU CARE TO SHARE WITH
US?
>> I WAS TOTALLY STAR STRUCK BY ROBERT REDFORD.
>> Stephen: "GREAT GATSBY."
>> YEAH.
BUT HE HAS A W WAY OF JUST SORTF TAKING THE AIR OF THAT BALLOON.
HE JUST MAKES EVERYTHING SO EASY.
IT DIDN'T STOP, YOU KNOW...
IT DIDN'T STOP THAT.
>> Stephen: SUNDANCE!
>> AND THAT STILL CONTINUES.
BUT THEN KATHARINE HEPBURN WAS REALLY SOMETHING.
>> Stephen: WHAT DID YOU DO WITH KATHARINE HEPBURN?
>> "THE GLASS MENAGERIE," THE MOVIE VERSION OF IT.
WHICH IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT IS VERY GOOD.
>> Stephen: I IMAGINE SHE MUST BE FAIRLY INTIMIDATING.
>> YEAH.
SHE-- SHE IS.
AND SHE ALSO KNOWS HOW TO MAKE AN ENTRANCE.
SHE HAD A HOUSE ON TURTLE BAY, FAMOUSLY.
AND I WENT THERE, AND I WAS USHERED INTO THE LIVING ROOM, A
GREAT BIG LIVING ROOM, GARDEN IN THE BACK AND ALL THAT STUFF,
VERY HIGH CEILINGS.
AND BY PHYLLIS,.
PRETTY-- YOU DIDN'T MESS WITH HER.
AND SO I-- SHE SAID, "SIT DOWN THERE."
AND I SAT DOWN THERE.
AND THERE WAS A LONG PERIOD OF QUIET, AND I'M NOT SURE THERE
WAS A CLOCK, BUT IT THERE HAD BEEN A CLOCK, YOU WIFE HEARD IT
TICKING.
AND THEN SOMEBODY STARTED COMING DOWN THE STAIRS, AND I HEARD THE
FEET, AND THEN "IS HE THERE YET?"
AND IT WAS HER.
>> Stephen: WOW.
WHAT DO YOU DO?
DO YOU CURTSY?
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
WILL.
>> Stephen: SAM, IT'S SO LOVELY TO SEE YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
THE REVIVAL OF "LAW & ORDER" PREMIERES THIS THURSDAY ON NBC.
SAM WATERSTON, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH SOPHIA BUSH.
THANK YOU, SAM.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).