>> Stephen: LIAM NEESON!
♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
>> LOVELY TO BE HERE YOU.
>> Stephen: REALLY NAILED THAT ROLE OF SANTA.
I THINK YOU REALLY HAVE A SHOT AT IT.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO GET YOUR HOPES UP OR ANYTHING, BUT IT'S
POSSIBLE.
YOU HAVE A FALLBACK POSITION.
IF THE WHOLE ACTING THING DOESN'T WORK OUT, YOU COULD
DEFINITELY BE A MALL SANTA.
AS IF LIAM NEESON NEEDS AN INTRODUCTION.
YOU'VE BEEN IN "SCHLINDLER'S LIST," "STAR WARS EPISODE ONE"
TWO BATMAN MOVIES, THREE "TAKEN" MOVIES.
NOW "SILENCE" AND THE MOVIE "A MONSTER CALLS."
>> AND I HAVEN'T BEEN FOUND OUT YET.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: YOU HAVEN'T BEEN
FOUND OUT YET?
>> YEAH, IT'S SOMETHING I ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY.
IF I SEE A FELLOW ACTOR AND THEY SAY, "HEY, HOW YOU DOING, LIAM?"
I LIKE TO SAY, I HAVEN'T BEEN FOUND OUT YET?"
>> Stephen: ASK ME HOW YOU'RE DOING.
>> HOW ARE YOU DOING, STEPHEN.
>> Stephen: WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD.
DO YOU HAVE ANY PLANS FOR THE HOLIDAY?
>> TRADITIONAL, WITH MY KIDS, A COUPLE OF GOOD FRIENDS COMING
UP.
I'LL BE IN CHARGE OF THE TURKEY, SOUTHERN FRIED THIS YEAR.
>> Stephen: SOUTHERN FRIED TURKEY?
>> OH, YEAH.
>> Stephen: ARE YOU GOING TO FRY IT YOURSELF?
>> YES.
>> Stephen: WHY DON'T YOU JUST SET YOURSELF ON FIRE, IT'S
QUICKER.
>> YOU HAVE TO LOWER THAT BIRD IN VERY, VERY, VERY SLOWLY.
>> Stephen: YEAH, AND DO IT
OUTSIDE, PLEASE.
>> I'VE DONE IT BEFORE.
>> Stephen: YOU'VE DONE IT OUTSIDE?
YOU'VE DONE IT ALREADY?
>> QUITE A FEW TIMES.
>> Stephen: HOW LONG-- IS IT FAST?
>> THREE TIMES.
15 OF-POUND BIRD, BY THE TIME YOU HEAT THE OIL, THAT TAKES
ABOUT 45 MINUTES.
15-POUND BIRD, ONE HOUR.
AND YOU'RE READY TO EAT.
>> Stephen: WOW, THAT'S NICE.
>> ONE HOUR.
>> Stephen: AND, LISTEN -- >> ALL THE JUICE IS KEPT INSIDE.
>> Stephen: IS THERE A TRADITIONAL-- IS THERE A
TRADITIONAL IRISH CHRISTMAS THAT YOU CELEBRATE?
>> GOING TO MASS A FEW TIMES.
>> Stephen: OH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
A FEW TIMES?
>> THEN GOING TO MASS AGAIN.
>> Stephen: WERE YOU AN ALTAR BOY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT?
>> I WAS AN ALTAR BOY FOR A FEW YEARS.
>> Stephen: ME, TOO.
>> YOU WERE.
I WAS ASKED TO LEAVE BECAUSE I STARTED SHOOTING UP, I STARTED
GETTING VERY-- EXCUSE ME.
I STARTED GETTING VERY TALL ( LAUGHTER )
( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: IT SOUNDED LIKE THE PRIEST CAUGHT YOU DOING
HEROIN FOR A SECOND.
ANYTHING TO GET THROUGH THE SERVICE BECAUSE THOSE MIDNIGHT
MASSES JUST GO ON FOREVER.
YOU WERE TOO TALL TO BE AN ALTAR BOY.
I DIDN'T REALIZE THERE WAS A HEIGHT LIMIT?
>> YOU WOULD WALK OUT AND THERE WOULD BE A PRIEST AND ALL THESE
LITTLE ALTAR BOYS AND THEN ME, YOU KNOW,.
>> Stephen: OBVIOUSLY, "TAKEN" IS A FAN FAVORITE.
THERE HAVE BEEN THREE "TAKENS."
>> THREE ( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: IS THERE ANY CHANCE-- IS THERE ANY CHANCE
THERE'S GOING TIEB FOURTH?
>> NO, THERE'S NOT.
>> Stephen: NO?
>> THERE'S ONLY SO MANY TIMES YOUR DAUGHTER CAN GET TAKEN.
THE NEXT ONE, ACTUALLY, WE DO ANOTHER AND IT WILL BE,"PLEASE,
WILL YOU TAKE MY DAUGHTER."
>> Stephen: YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE MONOLOGUE THAT EVERYBODY
LOVES THAT YOU DO, "I HAVE A PARTICULAR SET OF SKILLS."
THAT'S MY LIAM NEESON, BY THE WAY.
THAT'S LIAM NEESON AS PIRATE.
( LAUGHTER ) DO YOUR FANS, LIKE, COME UP TO
YOU AND DO THE SPEECH TO YOU?
DO YOU HAVE UNUSUAL INTERACTIONS WITH THEM?
>> WHEN THE FIRST MOVIE CAME OUT, YEAH, IT HAPPENED A FEW
TIMES.
AND THERE WAS ONE I HAD IN A PUBLIC TOILET.
I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT COUNTRY IT WAS.
I WAS STANDING THERE DOING MY BUSINESS, AND THIS OTHER MAN WAS
THERE DOING HIS BUSINESS.
AND, YOU KNOW, MEN-- WE DON'T LOOK AT EACH OTHER.
YOU DO YOUR BUSINESS.
>> Stephen: STUDYING THE TILES.
>> STUDYING THE TILES.
AND I HEARD THIS GUY QUOTING THE FROM "TAKEN," "I WILL FIND YOU."
AND I GO HERE WE IF.
AND I MADE THE MISTAKE OF TURNING TO LOOK AT HIM AND HE
DID THIS.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: NOW, YOU'RE A
PARENT.
WHAT ARE YOUR PARTICULAR SET OF SKILLS AS A DAD?
>> OH, MY GOSH, STEVE GLEN YOUR BOYS ARE HOW OLD?
>> THEY'RE 21 AND 20.
BUT LAST WEEK, THEY WERE LIKE FIVE AND SIX.
>> Stephen: AND ARE THEY SHOOTING UP?
>> IT'S CRAZY.
YES.
( LAUGHTER ) AS THEY SAY BACK HOME, THEY'RE
GROWING LIKE WEEDS.
>> Stephen: YEAH, SURE.
>> THERE ARE SO MANY BOOKS WRITTEN ABOUT PARENTING.
I THINK THE BEST THING TO DO IS JUST THROW THEM AWAY AND TRUST
THIS AND TRUST THAT.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN AROUND, YOU KNOW, ON THESE LEGS FOR 150,000
YEARS.
WE KIND OF KNOW WHAT TO DO.
>> Stephen: UH-HUH.
>> CERTAINLY MOTHERS DO.
SO TRUST THAT.
TRUST YOUR INGLIRCHG DO YOU FOLLOW-- YOU CAN FIND OUT A LOT
ABOUT WHAT YOUR KIDS ARE DOING THESE DAYS.
YOU CAN TRACK THEIR PHONES.
YOU CAN SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
DO YOU TRACK YOUR KIDS ON SOCIAL MEDIA?
>> I KIND VAGUELY KNOW WHAT SOCIAL MEDIA IS, AND I SAY THAT
GENUINELY.
I KIND OF -- >> TWITTER OR SNAPCHAT OR
INSTAGRAM OR FACEBOOK.
>> I DON'T DO ANY OF THAT.
I DON'T.
>> Stephen: YOU DON'T DO ANY OF THAT?
IT'S VERY POPULAR.
>> DITEXT MY ELDER BOY ABOUT HALF AN HOUR AGO.
I SAID, "GUESS WHERE I AM?
I'M DOING STEPHEN COLBERT AGAIN."
AND THEY SAID, "OH, GREAT, DAD.
HE'S COOL.
HE'S REALLY FUNNY."
>> Stephen: THAT'S VERY NICE, I REALLY LIKE ONE OF YOUR
CHILDREN.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE OTHER ONE YET.
NOW YOU PLAY A PRIEST NOW, SPEAKING OF ALTAR BOYS.
YOU PLAY A PRIEST NAMED FARTHER FERREIRA.
>> JESUIT PRIEST.
>> Stephen: JESUIT PRIEST.
>> 1600s IN JAPAN.
>> Stephen: IN JAPAN.
IS THIS WHEN JAPAN WAS CLOSED TO THE WEST?
>> JAPAN WAS VERY CLOSED.
PORTUGAL USED TO-- THESE JESUIT PRIESTS ARE FROM PORTUGAL IN OUR
FILM.
THEY WOULD SEND OUT THEIR MISSIONARIES TO KIND OF APPEALS
THE PEOPLE, TRY AND CONVERT THEM, WIN THEM OVER.
AND THEN PORTUGAL WOULD SEND THE TRADESMEN, THE SOLDIER AND
STUFF.
AND GRADUALLY COLONIZED THE COUNTRY.
SO JAPAN DID NOT WANT THAT TO HAPPEN TO THEMSELVES.
THIS WAS IN THE 1600s, SO THEY BRUTALLY PUT DOWN CHRISTIANITY,
AND TORTURED AND MURDERED PRIESTS AND JAPANESE CHRISTIANS.
SO OUR FIRM DWEELZ THAT.
THESE TWO YOUNG PRIESTS, ANDREW GARFIELD, AND ADAM DRIVER,
WONDERFUL ACTORS WHO PLAY THE LEAD AND THEY GO TO JAPAN TO TRY
TO FIND ME BECAUSE MY PRIEST WENT OUT THERE YEARS BEFORE.
HE WAS A FAMOUS JESUIT.
AND APOST SIZED, WHICH MEANS HE PUBLICLY GAVE UP THE RELIGION.
SO THEY -- >> HE SAID HE WASN'T CHRISTIAN
ANYMORE.
>> SAID HE WASN'T A CHRISTIAN ANYMORE, HAD TAKEN A WIFE,
DRESSED IN A KIMONO.
SO THEY DON'T WANT THIS AND WANT TO GO OUT AND FIND ME.
AND IT'S A VERY, VERY HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT.
SO THE FILM IS ABOUT THAT.
>> Stephen: WELL, THESE ARE ALL MEN AND PEOPLES SEEKING
SALVATION.
AND WE'RE IN A TIME OF YEAR RIGHT NOW WHERE WE'RE ALL
REMINDED TO-- TO LOVE AND CARE FOR EACH OTHER.
AND I UNDERSTAND YOU RECENTLY WENT TO JORDAN WITH UNICEF TO
LOOK AT SOME OF THE SYRIAN REFUGEE CAMPS.
WHAT WAS THAT EXPERIENCE LEAK FOR YOU?
>> I WENT WITH MY ELDEST BOY, MICHAEL.
SYRIAN REFUGEE CAMP ABOUT 10 MILES INSIDE THE JORDANIAN
BORDER.
EXCUSE ME.
80,000 REFUGEES, 40,000 OF THEM ARE KIDS.
AND, YOU KNOW, AS TRAUMATIC AS IT WAS TO SEE THESE PEOPLE AND
IMAGINE WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH, IT WAS INCREDIBLE TO
MEET THESE YOUNG MUSLIM GIRLS, 14, 15, 16 YEARS OF AGE, WHOSE
PARENTS, LOVED ONES WERE KILLED BY BARREL BOMBS, CHEMICAL
WEAPONS.
THEY HAD SUFFERREDLY INCREDIBLY TO GET TO JORDAN.
AND THERE THEY WERE, SO FEISTY.
I DON'T MEAN REBELS.
THEY WERE JUST EMPOWERED WITH THE EDUCATION THAT UNICEF
SCHOOLS WERE GIVING THEM.
I-- WE HAD A WONDERFUL INTERPRETER, AND I NUDGED THIS
LOVELY GIRL, AND I WAS TRYING TO JOKE WITH HER.
AND SHE SAID, "THROUGH THE INTERPRETER.
"I CAN TELL YOU MY STORY?" AND SHE GOT UP AND RAPPED FOR,
LIKE, 10 MINUTES.
Y DIDN'T NEED AN INTERPRETER TO KNOW WHAT SHE WAS SAYING, YOU
KNOW.
SHAIPT TO BE ENGINEERS.
THEY WANT TO BE TEACHERS.
THEY WANT TO BE POLICE INSPECTORS, AND THEY WANT TO GO
BACK TO SYRIA.
SO IF SYRIA EVER GETS SETTLED AND GETS SORTED, THESE GIRLS ARE
GOING TO BE A FORCE TO RECKON WITH.
( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THAT STORY.
IT'S GOOD TO HEAR SOMETHING HOPEFUL ABOUT SUCH A DIRE
SITUATION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
NEESON, IT WAS NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> Stephen: "A MONSTER CALLS" AND "SILENCE" ARE IN THEATERS ON
DECEMBER 23.
LIAM NEESON, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH SHEPARD SMITH.