>> Stephen: GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> I JUST REALIZED THAT THE-- I THINK THIS IS CALLED THE GUSSET.
IT DOESN'T ALLOW ME TO HUG YOU PROPERLY.
SO IT'S NOT FOR LACK OF ENTHUSIASM.
WHEN I WAVE LIKE THIS, THAT I SOMEHOW THINK I'M BETTER.
LIKE, I DON'T NEED TO GIVE THEM A REAL, HUMAN WAVE.
I'LL JUST WAVE AS IF I'M, LIKE, DELUSIONALLY ROYAL.
BUT IT'S JUST -- >> Stephen: YOU HAVE A
RESTRICTIVE GUSSET, THAT'S CALLED.
>> PLEASE KNOW, I'M THE BIGGEST, GRANDEST HELLO!
AFFECTION AND SPIRIT -- >> Stephen: I WAS GOING TO SAY
IT WAS SUCH A COLD-- >> IT WAS COLD.
I KNOW!
>> Stephen: BUT IT'S AN ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL DRESS.
IT'S SO SPARKLY.
ARE YOU GOING AS A PRINCESS FOR HALLOWEEN.
>> THANK YOU.
NO.
>> Stephen: DO YOU DO HALLOWEEN?
>> NO.
I MEAN, I DO-- I MEAN, I'M A PARENT SO I DO.
BUT I DON'T PARTICIPATE, HAPPILY.
I'M SO GLAD TO BE PAST PRETENDING THAT I JUST TO HAVE
FRIENDS, YOU KNOW.
LIKE, GROWING UP -- >> Stephen: YOU WOULD HAVE TO
GO TO THE HALLOWEEN PARTIES.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: BUT AS A CHILD, THOUGH, SURELY AS A CHILD YOU
ENJOYED HALLOWEEN.
>> I LOVED IT.
>> Stephen: DID YOU HAVE A GO-TO?
I WAS A VAMPIRE EVERY YEAR.
>> THAT'S GOOD.
>> Stephen: FROM KINDERGARTEN TO TODAY, BECAUSE IT'S SIMPLE
AND IT'S SEXY.
>> YEAH, IT'S HOT.
IT'S HOT.
I WAS-- I PREFERRED-- I HAD-- MY MOTHER MADE OUR COSTUMES BACK IN
THE DAY.
>> Stephen: SURE.
>> AND ON A SINGER SEWING MACHINE, I'M SURE FILLED WITH
RAGE THE ENTIRE TIME.
I'M ONE OF EIGHT, SO EXHAUST AGO.
>> Stephen: I'M ONE OF 11.
I'M ONE OF 11.
IT'S NOT A CONTEST, BUT I WON.
>> EXACTLY -- >> Stephen: MY MOTHER MADE
COSTUME, TOO.
>> THE VAMPIRE EVERY YEAR.
SHE MADE THAT.
I WAS A LION.
>> Stephen: LION.
>> I WIN.
I HAD A VERY -- >> Stephen: WELL, IF MY MOM
ONLY HAD EIGHT, I WOULD HAVE BEEN A LION.
>> I SEE WHERE THIS IS HEADED.
OKAY.
>> Stephen: CONTEST OF THE WOMBS.
>> OH, MY GOD.
ANYWAY, I LIKE BEING A LION.
SHE MADE A BEAUTIFUL, REALLY DETAILED LION COSTUME WITH A
MANE, IT WAS YELLOW AND BROWN, AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
AND I GREW UP, FOR A LARGE PART OF MY YOUNGER LIFE IN
CINCINNATI, OHIO, SO HALLOWEEN WAS COLD AND WET AND RAINY AND
THEN I WOULD HAVE TO PUT ON HORRIBLE BOOTS THAT WOULD RUIN
IT.
YOU KNOW, BOOTS THAT YOU PULL ON OVER YOUR SHOES?
NO, YOU'RE TOO YOUNG.
>> Stephen: GALOSHES.
>> I JUST DID IT FOR THE CANDY.
EVEN THEN -- >> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU MEAN,
"I JUST DID IT FOR THE CANDY."
>> I CANNOT CARE ABOUT DRESSING UP.
>> Stephen: WHAT CHILD DIDN'T DO IT FOR CANDY.
>> I DIDN'T CARE ABOUT DRESSING UP.
WE WEREN'T ALLOWED TO HAVE CANDY?
OUR HOME.
SUGAR, CANDY, SWEETS-- ANYTHING JOYFUL.
NORTH LIKE, YOU KNOW-- OUR HOME WAS JOYFUL BUT, YOU KNOW.
BUT SHE WAS, YOU KNOW-- SOME MIGHT SAY SHE WAS RATHER MODERN
THAT SHE DIDN'T ALLOW IT.
>> Stephen: SURE.
>> WE WOULD GET CANDY.
WE WOULD GO OUT WITH BILL PILLO CASES.
>> Stephen: OH, YEAH.
>> AND THIS IS BACK IN THE DAY WHEN THERE WAS A LARGE BAR
GIVEN.
>> Stephen: FULL-SIZED BARS.
FILL UP THE PILLOW CASES, DUMP IT OUT, GO BACK OUT AGAIN.
>> GO BACK OUT!
GO BACK OUT!
>> Stephen: I'VE LIED TO MY CHILDREN, TOO.
YOU ALWAYS SAY, "WE GOT BETTER CANDY THAN THEY "D."
>> IT'S TRUE.
>> Stephen: WHAT WAS YOUR GO-TO CANDY?
WHAT WERE YOU LOOKING FOR?
>> I LOVED-- I HORDED BECAUSE I HAD SO MANY BROTHERS AND EXPRSZ
I WANTED MINE TO LAST FOREVER SO I WOULD BE A PERSON OF-- I
WANTED PEOPLE TO ENVY ME WITH MY CANDY.
SO I LIKED THE ZERO BAR.
EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T REALLY LIKE TO EAT IT.
>> Stephen: ZERO BAR?
>> BUT IT WAS SO LARGE, AND IT WAS SO, LIKE, ROBUST.
>> Stephen: I WAS A FAN OF THE REESE EASE.
>> I LOVE THE REE REESE'S.
THAT'S MY FAVORITE.
THE RESEASE CUP IN THE FRIDGE.
YOU GET IT COLD-- COME ON.
>> Stephen: I DIDN'T KNOW.
>> TONIGHT, PUT IT IN THE FRIDGE.
AND THEN WAKE YOURSELF-- WAKE YOURSELF AROUND 2:00 A.M. --
>> Stephen: I'LL GO-- >> WAKE YOURSELF.
>> Stephen: I'LL GET THAT BACK OF REECES IN AT HOME I HAVE IN
THE FRIDGE.
>> STICK IT IN THE FRIDGE-- OR BETTER YET, THE FREEZER FOR MORE
FASTER SATISFACTION, MORE IMMEDIATE.
>> Stephen: YOU WERE ASSOCIATED WITH HALLOWEEN IN A
GREAT WAY NOW, BECAUSE YOU, OF COURSE, ARE ONE OF THE STARS OF
"HOCUS-POCUS" WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR-- YOU, BET MITT
MID-LER.
25th ANNIVERSARY.
>> I KNOW.
>> Stephen: 25th ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR.
>> GOOD LORD, GOOD LORD.
>> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE HAPPY MEMORIES OF THIS?
>> I DO.
I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF MEMORIES.
I MEAN, I REMEMBER THE FILMING OF IT.
I JUST DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THE MOVIE IS ABOUT AS MUCH.
>> Stephen: THREE WITCHES -- >> I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT.
AND APPARENTLY I'M NOT VERY BRIGHT.
MY CHARACTER IS NOT VERY BRIGHT.
BUT I FLY AND SING, AND I THINK I LIKE TO SUCK THE LIFE-- I
THINK I LIKE TO KILL, TOO.
I LIKE TO KILL CHILDREN BUT BUT I LIKED MAKING THE MOVIE, AND I
LOVED FLYING.
( LAUGHTER )
>> Stephen: YOU'RE NOT ACTUALLY A WITCH, RIGHT?
HOW DID THEY FLY YOU?
WAS IT WIRES?
>> IT WAS OLD-FASHIONED WIRES AND HARNESSES AND PIC PICKS AND
I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING CALLED A PICK ON THE HARNESS THAT
ALLOWS YOU FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT.
>> Stephen: A SWIVEL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
>> YES.
>> Stephen: PETER PAN STYLE.
>> SANDY DUNCAN STYLE OR KATHY RIGBY, DEPENDING ON WHO YOU SAW.
IT WAS MARVELOUS.
AND THEY WOULD CALL "CUT," OR MAYBE GO TO LUNCH AND CHANGE THE
LENS AND I WOULD JUST STAY UP THERE.
AND I REALIZED THAT IF I-- BECAUSE THE COSTUME, AS YOU
MIGHT HAVE NOTED, IT'S LIKE 16th-- 17th CENTURY, SO
I COULD FIT AN ENTIRE "NEW YORK TIMES" UP THE BACK OF THE
CORSET, AND I FOUND THE HARNESS WAS COMFORTABLE, SO I WOULD JUST
SIT UP THERE AND READ THE "TIMES" WHILE PEOPLE TOOK THEIR
BREAKS OR CHANGED THE CAMERA.
SOMETIMES WENT TO LUNCH, SINCERE YOU.
>> Stephen: WERE FINE UP THERE.
>> I WAS HAPPY.
I WAS BETTER THAN FINE.
>> Stephen: WERE YOU EVER AFRAID YOU WOULD BE DROPPED OR
ANYTHING LIKE THAT?
>> NO, I HAD IMPLICIT TRUST AND FAITH IN THE CREW.
>> Stephen: I HAD JULIE ANDREWS ON A WHILE AGO AND SHE
SAID WHEN SHE WAS DOING "MARY POPPINS" THEY DROPPED HER.
SHE SAID SHE CURSED.
CAN YOU IMAGINE JULIE ANDREWS?
>> NO!
>> Stephen: THE NEW FILM IS CALLED "HERE AND NOW."
>> YES.
>> Stephen: YOU PLAY A CHARACTER CALLED VIVIAN.
I KNOW WE HAVE A CLIP.
>> MOVIE IS ABOUT A WOMAN IN NEW YORK, A SINGER.
SHE'S SORT OF A STANDARD SINGER, A SUCCESSFUL CAREER BUT NOT
ONE-- I THINK THERE'S A SORT OF SUCCESS THAT HAS ELUDED HER.
SHE RECEIVES IN THE BEGINNING OF THE MOVIE A DEVASTATING
DIAGNOSIS, LIFE ALTERING -- >> Stephen: IT ALL TAKES PLACE
IN ONE DAY.
>> TAKES PLACE IN ONE DAY.
IT'S SORT OF A STORY OF RECKONING, OF LOVE AND MISTAKES
AND REGRET, AND-- AND BEING SORT OF A GHOST IN YOUR OWN LIFE.
AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL, AND IT'S WRITTEN BY THE GREET LAURA
EASON.
>> Stephen: AN OLD FEND OF MINE.
>> A MAGNIFICENT PLAYWRIGHT FROM CHICAGO AND GREAT TELEVISION
WRITER AND WRITER FOR SIN NA, AND DIRECTED BY FABIEN CONSTANT.
>> Stephen: AND THIS SCENE IS YOU AND JACQUELINE BISSET.
>> WHO PLAYS MY MOTHER.
WHO IS-- WHO HAS FORCED HERSELF INTO MY APARTMENT AND FORCED
UPON ME A VISIT FROM PARIS.
>> Stephen: JIM.
>> WHAT YOU DO IS SO DIFFICULT.
SO MUCH DISAPPOINTMENT.
BUT YOU KEEP GOING, AND I ADMIRE THAT.
>> YOU CAN PLEASE STOP.
>> PERFECT.
>> IT'S AN UPPER.
>> Stephen: DO YOU SPEAK FRENCH?
( SPEAK FRENCH ).
>> Stephen: LOVELY TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN.
>> I'M HAPPY TO SEE YOU.
>> Stephen: "HERE AND NOW" IS IN THEATERS AND ON DEMAND
NOVEMBER 9.
SARAH JESSICA PARKER, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK