HEY, EVERYBODY, WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW!
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I'M AWFULLY EXCITED.
YOU'RE IN FOR A TREAT.
MY FIRST GUEST IS AN OSCAR AND EMMY AWARD WINNER AND ONE OF
HOLLYWOOD'S LEADING VOICES FOR FEMALE EMPOWERMENT.
SHE NOW STARS IN "A WRINKLE IN TIME."
>> CALL ME MRS. WHAT'SIT?
WHO.
>> WHAT CAN I DO WITH YOU, MRS. WHATSIT?
>> YOU'RE SIX.
>> COME ON, WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HARMLESS?
>> HAVE I EVER BEEN WRONG?
>> ONE OF THESE DAYS YOU MIGHT BE CHARLES WALLACE.
>> OH, I HIGHLY DOUBT THAT.
HE'S ONE OF THE GREATEST MINDS IN RECENT HISTORY.
HE'S PRODIGIOUS.
AND WORSE, WE CAN'T TAKE ANY CREDITS FOR HIS TALENTS.
IT'S HOW HE USED THEM THAT COUNTS.
>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME REESE WITHERSPOON!
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( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> WOW!
HI!
>> Stephen: HEY, THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME!
I'VE NEVER BEEN HERE!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) SO GREAT.
>> Stephen: WELCOME TO NEW YORK.
I'M SORRY ABOUT THE STORM.
>> OH, NO!
IT'S GREAT!
>> Stephen: OH, REALLY?
>> I LOVE THE SNOW.
>> Stephen: YOU DO?
YOU GREW UP IN THE SOUTH.
YOU'RE OKAY WITH SNOW.
>> YEAH!
I GREW UP IN NASHVILLE, BUT I DON'T GET TO SEE SNOW THAT
OFTEN.
I WENT OUT, I WENT OUT IN MY BATH ROBE.
I WAS LIKE, "THIS IS GREAT!" >> Stephen: YOU WENT OUT WHY
YOUR BATH ROBE?
>> YEAH, BECAUSE MY HOTEL HAS A BALCONY GR .
>> Stephen: I THOUGHT YOU MEANT WENT OUT ON 5th
AVENUE.
>> I MIGHT.
GIVE ME 20 YEARS.
>> Stephen: I HEARD YOU SAW BRUCE LAST NIGHT.
>> I SUE BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, YOU ALL.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) I SAW HIM ON BROADWAY.
HE HAS THIS SHOW.
IT'S A SPOKEN WORD HE TALKS ABOUT HOW HE WROTE SONGS LIKE
"BORN TO RUN" AND "THUNDER ROAD."
I HAD NEVER SEEN A BRUCE CONCERT BEFORE.
AND PEOPLE WERE IN THE AUDIENCE GOING, "BRUCE."
AND I SAID, "OKAY."
OPRAH SAID TO ME IT WAS TRANSFORMATIONAL THIS SHOW.
WHEN OPRAH SAYS SOMETHING IS TRANSFORMATIONAL, CAN YOU
IMAGINE THE LEVEL THAT HAS TO BE ON.
LITERALLY, WITHIN 15 MINUTES I WAS A SOBBING PUDDLE OF HUMAN
TEARS ON THE GROUND.
IT'S AMAZING.
HE TALKS ABOUT HIS DAD, HIS MOM.
HE TALKED ABOUT HIS MOM!
AND THEN HE TALKED ABOUT HOW TENDERLY HIS GRANDMOTHER HAD
CARED FOR HIM.
AND I-- I JUST LOST IT.
I KNOW, I'M LIKE A LITTLE... IT WAS A LOT, YOU GUYS.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) AND THEN-- HE WAS AMAZING.
AND THEN I WENT BACKSTAGE BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE
POLITE TO SAY, "THANK YOU SO MUCH."
BUT I LITERALLY COULDN'T FORM WORDS.
I WAS LIKE, "THE THING... WHEN YOU SAID... TELLING PEOPLE'S...
STORIES... IS THE SERVICE... YOU PAY FOR LIVING."
I STARTED TO CRY SO HARD.
HE SAID, "OH, MY GOD."
AND HE HUGGED ME.
HE AND HIS WIFE WERE HUGGING ME, AND I SAID, "I'LL PUT IT IN A
ALL RIGHT."
AND I LITERALLY WALKED OUT THE DOOR.
>> Stephen: I WOULD DO THE SAME THING.
I WOULD DO THE SAME THING.
WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO TAKE THAT FOR YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: WE HAD LADY O. WE HAD OPRAH ON LAST NIGHT.
>> I KNOW.
>> Stephen: SHE'S WONDERFUL.
SHE TALKED SOME SMACK ABOUT YOU, THOUGH?
>> WHAT!
>> Stephen: SHE HAS A PHOBIA ABOUT GUM, EVIDENTLY, AND SHE
POINTED OUT THAT YOU WERE JUST SMACKING GUM ALL OVER THE SET.
>> WHAT!
>> Stephen: FOR "A WRINKLE IN TIME."
>> SHE WAS TALKING TRASH?
>> Stephen: THAT HE WAS TRASH TALKING YOU?
>> OUT ON THE STREETS?
ABOUT ME!
>> Stephen: YEAH, SHE WAS, SHE WAS.
JUST SHY OF THE DOZENS WITH OPRAH.
>> WHAT!
>> Stephen: YES.
DO YOU CHEW GUM ON SET?
BECAUSE THAT'S HER ACCUSATION.
>> WELL, YEAH!
BUT I DIDN'T KNOW YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO CHEW GUM.
>> Stephen: EVIDENTLY, YOU'RE NEVER ALLOWED TO CHEW GUM AROUND
OPRAH.
>> I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
>> Stephen: OBAMA DOESN'T EVEN DO IT AROUND OPRAH.
NO, OBAMA WON'T DO IT.
>> LIKE, NOBODY GAVE ME THE OPRAH RULES.
SO SHE WALKED INTO THE HAIR-MAKEUP TRAILER THE FIRST
DAY AND I WAS PLAYING MUSIC.
I HAD SAM COOKE PLAYING.
AND I WAS LIKE, "HEY!
COME IN HERE, GIRL."
AND I HEARD FROM HER ASSISTANT THREE DAYS LATER, "OPRAH LIKES
SILENCE IN THE TRAILER.
AND I WAS LIKE, "OH, SHOOT!" AND THEN ONE DAY I WALKED ON THE
SET AND I WAS LIKE-- I WAS CHEWING GUM BECAUSE I HAD, LIKE,
COFFEE BREATH OR SOMETHING.
AND I WAS LIKE, HEY, WHAT'S UP, OPRAH?
ARE YOU EXCITED ABOUT THIS SCENE?"
AND SHE WAS LIKE, "ARE YOU CHEWING GUM?"
AND I WAS LIKE, "YEAH."
AND SHE WAS LIKE, "NO ONE CHOOSE GUM AROUND ME."
LIKE, NOBODY GAVE ME THE RULES!
>> Stephen: I THINK IT'S IN THE CONSTITUTION THAT YOU CAN'T
CHEW GUM AROUND OPRAH?
>> REALLY!
SHE DOESN'T CARE THOUGH, WHEN I DO IT NOW, THOUGH, RIGHT?
>> Stephen: NO... SHE WAS FINE WITH IT.
SHE WAS FINE.
WATCH LAST NIGHT'S SHOW.
YOU'LL SEE.
>> OH, GOD.
OKAY.
>> Stephen: I WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOU ABOUT "TIME'S UP."
YOU WERE ONE OF THE ORGANIZERS.
LEADER-- WOULD LEADER BE THE RIGHT WORD?
>> I'M ONE OF THE HUNDREDS OF WOMEN THAT GOT TOGETHER.
WHAT "TIME'S UP" IS, IS A MOVEMENT TO CREATE SAFETY AND
EQUITY IN THE WORKPLACE.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) SO, YEAH.
SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, A FEW MONTHS AGO, THERE WAS SOME STUFF
HAPPENING IN HOLLYWOOD.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEARD.
SOME WOMEN ARE BEING HARASSED, SEXUALLY HARASSED ON MOVIES AND
TELEVISION SHOWS.
AND A BUN OF REALLY AMAZING WOMEN ACROSS OUR INDUSTRY AND
GOT TOGETHER AND JUST SAID, "WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT
THIS."
>> Stephen: REALLY QUICKLY, THOUGH.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE GOLDEN GLOBES I HADN'T HEARD
OF "TIME'S UP," AND WHEN THE GOLDEN GLOBES ROLLED AROUND
EVERYBODY KNEW WHAT "TIME'S UP" WAS WHICH WEARING THE PINS.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING?
WHAT'S NEXT FOR "TIME'S UP?" >> A LOT OF IT IS REACHING OUT
TO WOMEN FROM ALL INDUSTRYS.
WE HAD REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE FARM WORKERS UNION, THE
RESTAURANT WORKERS' UNION.
IT'S IMPORTANT PEOPLE KNOW THIS IS INDUSTRY-WIDE.
IT'S EVERY INDUSTRY, AND WE STARTED A LEGAL DEFENSE FUND.
AND WE RAISED $20 MILLION IN 10 DAYS.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) YEAH.
TO HELP-- ♪ ♪ ♪
YEAH!
THANKS!
SO PEOPLE CAN STILL CONTRIBUTE TO THAT FUND.
AND WHAT THAT FUND DOES IS HELP PEOPLE FIND LAWYERS AND GET GOOD
LEGAL ADVICE FOR ON-THE-JOB HARASSMENT SUITS SOAP THIS IS
BRINGING THE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW-- >> Stephen: AND WHERE WOULD
PEOPLE GO IF THEY WANTED TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE FUND OR GIVE TO
THE FUND?
>> THEY CAN GO TO THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S LAW CENTER.
IT'S ORGANIZED OUT OF WASHINGTON, D.C.
AND 500 LAWYERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE THERE TO HELP YOU IF
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
SO IT'S BEEN GREAT.
>> Stephen: WELL, THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE MADE
SOMETHING HAPPEN.
YOU ARE, OF COURSE, A FAMOUS ACTRESS AND PRODUCER.
BUT YOU'RE ALMOST AS FAMOUS AT THIS POINTA SOMEONE WHO MADE THE
OPPORTUNITIES HAPPEN FOR HERSELF AND THE PEOPLE SHE WANTED TO
WORK WITH.
YOU'VE TAKEN THE BULL BY THE HORNS IN HOLLYWOOD.
I REMEMBER "WILD" WAS A PROJECT.
YOU SAID, "I'M JUST GOING TO GET THIS MADE."
WAS THAT A TURNING POINT FOR YOU?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: IN TERMS OF I'M GOING TO CREATE THE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR MYSELF AND PEOPLE I WANT TO WORK WITH.
>> I KEPT READING REALLY CRUMMY SCRIPTS AND I THOUGHT I DON'T
WANT TO DO THESE CRUMMY MOVIES.
AND I DECIDED INSTEAD OF COMPLAINING ABOUT IT, I WOULD
MAKE MY OWN MOVIES.
SO I DID.
( APPLAUSE ) YEAH.
I MEAN TWASN'T THAT EASY!
I'M MAKING IT SOUND REALLY EASY.
>> Stephen: YOU MADE IT SOUND-- EXACTLY.
>> IT WAS HARD WORK, BUT I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, I WANT LITTLE
GIRLS TO GROW UP AND SEE WOMEN IN MORE COMPLEX ROLES IN
DIFFERENT WAYS, AND NOT JUST BE, LIKE, THE WIFE AND GIRLFRIEND OF
THE SUPERHERO BECAUSE WOMEN ARE MORE THAN THAT.
AND PEOPLE DESERVE TO SEE WOMEN WITH ALL THEIR COMPLEXITY.
SO I WAS REALLY EXCITED.
I DID "WILD" AND I DID A MOVIE CALLED "GONE GIRL."
YEAH, I PRODUCED THAT MOVIE.
>> Stephen: AND THEN, OF COURSE,.
>> "BIG LITTLE LIES."
WE JUST DID "BIG LITTLE LIES" LAST YEAR.
( APPLAUSE ) YEAH.
AND THEN WEARING SEASON TWO IN A WEEK.
>> Stephen: AND I UNDERSTAND MERYL STREEP IS IN SEASON TWO.
>> YES!
MERYL STREEP IS DOING SEASON TWO!
>> Stephen: THAT'S REALLY EXCITING.
YES.
>> I'M SO EXCITE GLD AND SHE-- SHE PLAYS-- I FORGOT WHAT
ALEXANDER'S CHARACTER'S NAME IS.
>> YEAH, SHE PLAYS... YEAH, NICOLE KID MAN'S HUSBAND WAS
THIS GUY NAMED PERRY, AND HE MET AN UNTIMELY END.
AND MERYL STREEP PLACE PLAIZ HIS MOTHER.
>> Stephen: AND SHE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
>> AND SHE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, AND SHE DOESN'T
BELIEVE ANY OF US.
SO SHE COMES BACK AND IT'S AMAZING.
WE HAD REHEARSALS LAST WEEK AND I WAS LIKE, "I CANNOT BELIEVE
I'M SITTING ACROSS FROM MERYL STREEP AND I'M SAYING, LIKE,
HUMAN WORDS TO HER, AND SHE'S SAYING HUMAN WORDS BACK TO ME."
IT WAS AMAZING.
>> Stephen: I HAVE THIS FEELING WHEN I TALK WITH HER I'M
NOT HAVING TO ACT WITH HER.
I'M AFRAID IN THE MIDDLE OF A SCENE I WOULD GO (BLEEP) IT'S
MERYL STREEP.
>> IT'S REALLY FUN.
I'M EXCITED.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A BREAK BUT WE'LL BE BACK WITH