FOLKS, YOU KNOW MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT FROM "PRIDE AND
PREJUDICE," "ATONEMENT," AND ANY FILM FEATURING CORSETS.
SHE NOW STARS IN "COLETTE."
PLEASE WELCOME KEIRA KNIGHTLEY!
♪ THUNDER ONLY HAPPENS WHEN IT'S RAINING
♪ PLAYERS ONLY LOVE YOU WHEN THEY'RE PLAYING ♪
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> HI!
>> Stephen: NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> NICE TO MEET YOU, TOO.
>> Stephen: I AM A LONGTIME FAN OF YOURS.
>> AND YOUR S.
>> Stephen: REALLY?
>> OH, YES!
>> Stephen: THAT'S NICE.
>> YES, ISN'T IT.
>> Stephen: I'M ENJOYING THIS VERY MUCH.
( LAUGHTER ) YOU'VE GOT A BIG HONOR RECENTLY.
YOU WERE IN-- I FORGET THE WORD RIGHT NOW-- THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY
HONORS LIST THIS YEAR.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: AND WHAT WAS-- WHAT WAS IT YOU WERE AWARDED?
>> I'M AWARDED SOMETHING CALLED AN O.B.E., WHICH MEANS THAT I'M
AN OFFICER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE.
>> Stephen: WOW.
>> YEAH, WHICH IS KIND OF QUITE--
( APPLAUSE ) THANK YOU.
I MEAN, I WASN'T ACTUALLY AWARE THAT BRITAIN STILL HAD AN
EMPIRE, BUT IT'S NICE TO BE AN OFFICER OF IT ANYWAY.
>> Stephen: IT'S FUN SIZED.
IT'S A FUN-SIZED EMPIRE NOW.
>> IT'S A TINY LITTLE EMPIRE BUT I AM AN OFFICER.
>> Stephen: OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE.
HOW DOES THAT COME ABOUT?
HOW DO YOU FIND OUT-- WHO TELLS YOU?
IS IT A LETTER FROM HOGWARTS.
>> YOU GET A LETTER.
AND IT LOOKS TERRIFYING WITH STAMP, "HOME OFFICE,"
EVERYWHERE.
THAT'S PART OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT.
>> Stephen: THE HOME OFFICE.
>> IT'S THE SCARY BIT.
THE SERIOUS LIKE SERIOUS LIKE SERIOUS BIT.
YOU HAVE MURDERED SOMETHING.
SOMETHING HORRIC HAS HAPPENED.
IT CAME THROUGH THE POST AND I THOUGHT I HAVE REALLY MESSED UP
MY TAX.
I MESSED UP MY TAX, AND THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE THE HOUSE AND THIS
IS AWFUL.
I DIDN'T OPEN IT FOR TWO DAYS.
I HID IT FROM MY HUSBAND.
>> Stephen: IT SAT THERE.
>> I LITERALLY HID IT.
BECAUSE I HONESTLY THOUGHT HOW DO I BREAK THIS TO HIM THAT
WE'RE GOING TO LOSE THE HOUSE AND I'VE MESSED UP EVERYTHING?
AND I FINALLY THOUGHT, "OKAY, I'M A MOTHER.
I NEED TO OPEN THE ENVELOPE."
AND I OPENED IT AND IT WAS A PRIZE!
>> Stephen: NOW, EMMA THOMPSON WAS ALSO ON THE LIST THIS YEAR.
>> SHE'S BEING MADE A DAME.
>> Stephen: IS THAT BETTER?
>> IT'S BETTER.
IT'S A BETTER HONOR, YEAH.
>> Stephen: OH, OKAY.
>> BUT I'M-- I'M, YOU KNOW, FINE WITH THAT.
I'M SUCH A HUGE FAN OF EMMA THOMPSON.
>> Stephen: SO AM I.
WE HAD HER ON LAST WEEK AND I WAS BLOWN AWAY.
>> I'M A REAL PROPER FAN.
>> Stephen: YOU CAN FEEL THE GREATNESSING UP?
>> I CAN FEEL THE GREATNESS.
AMAZING.
THERE YOU GO.
YOU CAN SALUTE ME.
>?I'M HOPING-- I'M HOPING I CAN GET SALUTED.
MY DAUGHTER WAS HAVING A-- SHE'S THREE, SHE'S A THREEJ-AGER.
THERE ARE A LOT OF TANTRUM S.
>> Stephen: I NEVER HEARD THAT.
TERRIBLE TWOS.
>> TWOS WERE FINE FOR US.
SHE WAS ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT.
>> Stephen: PEOPLE WHO SAY TERRIBLE TWOS HAVE NEVER HAD A
THREE-YEAR-OLD.
>> YES, AND I THINK THAT'S RIGHT.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE THEY'RE STRONGER.
>> THEY'RE REALLY STRONG.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: THEY'RE SMALL BUT THEY'RE RELENTLESS OPPONENTS.
>> THEY'RE VOCAL, AND THERE'S A LOT OF, "GO AWAY YOU."
AND THEY'RE SLAMMING DOORS.
AND I THINK YOU CAN'T GO AWAY.
YOU'RE THREE.
SHE WAS HAVING A TANTRUM.
AND I SAID, "YOU CAN'T HAVE A TANTRUM AT ME.
I'M AN OFFICER AND YOU SHOULD SALUTE ME."
BUT SHE DOESN'T SEEM TO WANT TO DO, THAT EITHER.
>> Stephen: I'LL SALUTE YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT'S WONDERFUL.
>> Stephen: SHE'S THREE, I HEARD YOU BY THE AGE OF FOUR
DEMANDED AN AGENT.
>> BY THE AGE OF THREE I DEMANDED AN AGENT.
>> Stephen: REALLY.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: YOU SEEM LIKE A TROUBLED CHILD.
>> REALLY.
>> Stephen: WHY-- WHY WOULD YOU WANT ONE?
>> I DON'T REMEMBER?
>> Stephen: HOW DID YOU KNOW WHAT IT WAS?
>> BECAUSE MY MOM IS A WRITER AND MY DAD IS AN ACTOR.
>> Stephen: I DIDN'T KNOW.
>> I THINK PROBABLY THERE WERE AGENTS RINGING THE HOUSE, AND I
DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY I DIDN'T HAVE ONE.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: DID YOU GET ONE?
>> I MEAN, I HAD TO WAIT A REALLY LONG TIME.
I GOT ONE WHEN I WAS SIX.
IT WAS AWFUL.
BUT I ACTUALLY-- I ENDED UP GETTING ONE BECAUSE I'M
DYSLEXIC, AND I GOT DIAGNOSED WITH DYSLEXIA WHEN I WAS SIX.
>> Stephen: AND THEY GOT YOU AN AGENT BECAUSE OF IT.
>> THE TEACHER SAID YOU NEED A CARROT TO DANGLE IN FRONT OF
THIS CHILD SO SHE WILL LEARN TO READ.
WHAT DOES SHE WANT?
AND THEY SAID, "SHE WANTS AN AGENT."
AND THEY GOT ME AN AGENT.
>> Stephen: THEY MADE YOU READ SCRIPTS.
>> ACTUALLY, A LITTLE LATER THAN SCRIPT, I WAS OBSESSED WITH
"SENSE AND SENSIBILITY" WITH EMMA THOMPSON.
SHE USED THE SCREENPLAYS TO MAKE ME READ AND READ AND READ.
>> Stephen: YOU MUST HAVE BEEN DYING TO DO "PRIDE AND
PREJUDICE."
>> I WAS DYING TO DO-- I WAS, YEAH, DYING TO DO "PRIDE AND
PREJUDICE."
>> Stephen: NOW, WHAT ABOUT-- YOUR DAUGHTER IS THREE.
DOES SHE WANT AN AGENT?
>> NO, NO.
SHE WANTS TO BE A DENTIST.
( LAUGHTER ) WHICH I'M REALLY --
>> Stephen: THAT'S VERY SMART.
>> I'M REALLY HAPPY ABOUT.
>> Stephen: SURE.
>> BECAUSE EVERYBODY NEEDS A DENTIST.
THE PROBLEM WITH IT IS I AM SO TERRIFIED OF DENTISTS.
I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY -- >> Stephen: YOU HAVE VERY NICE
TEETH.
>> THANK YOU.
FOR AN ENGLISH PERSON I HAVE OKAY TEETH.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE LOVELY TEETH.
YOU HAVE LOVELY TEETH FOR ANY EMPIRE.
>> THANK YOU, THAT'S VERY KIND OF YOU, THANKS.
EVEN SMALL EMPIRES.
SO SHE DOES WANT TO BE A DENTIST.
IS AND THAT IS TERRIFYING FOR ME, BUT I'M ALSO VERY PROUD
BECAUSE PEOPLE NEED DENTISTS.
BUT AT THE MOMENT, I'M HAVING TO PLAY A DENTIST EVERY MORNING
ABOUT 6:30, SO SHE-- SHE'S LIKE, "OPEN YOUR MOUTH."
AND I'VE GOT TO OPEN MY MOUTH.
SP SHE STICK HER HAND IN MY MOUTH.
AND IT'S KIND OF HELL.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: AND LOVELY AT THE SAME TIME.
>> LOVELY, LOVELY, LOVELY HAND, YES.
>> Stephen: THAT'S CHILDHOOD.
HAVING CHILDREN IS A LOVELY HELL AGAIN, SMALL BUT RELENTLESS
OPPONENT.
NOW YOU'RE IN A MOVIE.
YOU PLAY COLETTE, A FRENCH WRITER AIR, PIONEER, AND GLOWFT
FOR BEING A CELEBRITY WITH ONLY ONE NAME, CHER.
SHE WAS JUST COLETTE, RIGHT?
>> SHE WAS JUST COLETTE.
>> Stephen: AND THIS IS HER, CORRECT?
>> THIS IS HER.
>> Stephen: A LITTLE BIT LATER.
>> THAT IS HER.
>> Stephen: AND WHAT MADE HER SO REVOLUTIONARY?
>> WELL, WELL, I MEAN, SHE WAS ONE OF THE BEST WRITERS OF HER
TIME.
SHE WAS A WOMAN, SO, OBVIOUSLY, THAT MEANT, BACK THEN, THERE
WEREN'T THAT MANY FEMALE WRITERS.
BUT THE STORY OF THE FILM IS BASED AROUND HER FIRST MARRIAGE
WHICH WAS TO A MAN CALLED WILLY, AND HE TOOK CREDIT FOR HER FIRST
FOUR NOVELS.
SO IT'S KIND OF-- WHAT WAS INTERESTING ABOUT IT WAS THEY
HAD A VERY MODERN, AN OPEN MARRIAGE, AND SHE HAD LOVE
AFFAIRS WITH WOMEN AT THE SAME TIME, AND SHE SORT OF BECAME A
MIME ARTIST AND THE WHOLE STORY IS ABOUT --
>> Stephen: SHE BECAME A MIME ARTIST?
>> SHE BECAME A MIME ARTIST.
>> Stephen: SO THERE WAS SOME SCANDAL ASSOCIATED WITH HER.
>> YES, SILENT SCANDAL, YES.
>> Stephen: DID SHE EVER ACT OUT THE CREATION IN A HIGH
SCHOOL PLAY?
>> NO, I DON'T THINK SO, NO.
( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP HERE.
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THIS CLIP?
>> I THINK I'M VERY CROSS IN THIS CLIP.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE VERY MAD AT A MAN.
>> I'M VERY MAD AT A MAN.
BASICALLY, WE'VE JUST DONE A MIME PERFORMANCE WHERE I ENDED
UP KISSING A WOMAN ON STAGE AND IT HAS CAUSED A RIOT IN PARIS,
WHICH ACTUALLY HAPPENED.
>> Stephen: SHE CAUSED A RIOT BY KISSING A WOMAN?
>> YES, AND THE WHOLE THING GOT CLOSED DOWN.
SO YOU ARE YOU SEEING JUST AFTER-- JUST AFTER THE RIOT HAS
HAPPENED.
>> Stephen: JIM, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, ROLL THE CLIP.
>> COLETTE WHAT, ARE YOUR IMPRESSIONS AFTER TONIGHT?
>> MY IMPRESSIONS I'M DISGUSTED.
THE PEOPLE WHO THREW THINGS TONIGHT ARE COWARDS.
>> LET IT GO, COLETTE.
THERE WERE SOME GENTLEMEN WHO CAME FOR A FIGHT.
WE MUST IGNORE THEM AND GO ON.
>> SO YOU INTEND TO CONTINUE.
>> YES.
>> NO.
>> THOSE PEOPLE DON'T FRIGHTEN ME AT ALL.
LOOK.
AM I TREMBLING.
I WILL CONTINUE TO PURSUE THIS BECAUSE I WANT TO.
AND IF PARIS WON'T HAVE ME, THEN SO BE IT.
I WILL GO ELSEWHERE TO MACH A LIVING.
>> Stephen: "COLETTE" OPENS SEPTEMBER 21.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY, EVERYBODY!