>> STEPHEN: YOU KNOW MY NEXT GUEST FROM "ARRESTED
DEVELOPMENT," "THE DESCENDANTS," AND "ANTMAN."
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO THE LATE SHOW, JUDY GREER!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
>> Stephen: GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> IT IS SO NICE TO BE BACK HERE.
>> Stephen: I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU ASSISTANCE LAST SUMMARY.
HOW IS THIS SUMMER FOR YOU.
DID YOU HAVE A GOOD ONE?
>> YES, I DID.
I WORKED ALL SUMMARY LONG.
>> Stephen: YOU WORKED ALL SUMMER, SO YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANY
VACATIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT?
>> LET ME THINK.
>> Stephen: WHERE DID YOU GO?
WHAT DID YOU DO?
>> I WENT TO WORK.
>> Stephen: SOUNDS FUN.
IN A TROPICAL LOCATION?
WHERE DID YOU GO TO WORK.
>> FUNNY ENOUGH, I WAS IN CHARLESTON.
>> Stephen: THAT'S A GOOD PLACE IN THE SUMMER IF YOU ENJOY
HUMIDITY.
>> I DO LIKE HUMIDITY.
>> Stephen: WHAT WERE YOU DOING IN CHARLESTON.
>> I WAS DOING A LITTLE HALLOWEEN FILM, RUNNING FROM A
BAD GUY.
>> Stephen: ARE YOU VICIOUSLY HACKED TO PIECES?
>> I WON'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.
NO SPOILERS.
>> Stephen: I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR A LONG TIME.
>> I KNOW.
>> Stephen: I JUST LEARNED UMP IN MOVIES I REALLY LIKED.
I LOVED THE "PLANET OF THE APESOVIES."
I HAD NO IDEA YOU WERE CORNELIA, THE WIFE OF CAESAR, PLAYED AN
ANDY SIRI CIRCUS.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE YOU.
>> I HAVE TO SAY, THIS IS WHAT I GET STOPPED ON THE STREET MOST
FOR.
I CAN'T GET A WAY. PEOPLE ARE, LIKE, WERE YOU CORNELIA IN
PLANET OF THE APES?
>> Stephen: WILL YOU GROOM ME?
( LAUGHTER ) WHAT WAS THIS LIKE?
WERE YOU IN THE THING WITH THE SUIT AND THE DOTS ON THE FACE?
>> YES.
>> Stephen: THIS IS REALLY YOUR PERFORMANCE BEING CAPTURED?
>> THOSE ARE MY EYEBALLS, I BELIEVE.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: YEAH.
WAIT, IS THAT BETTER?
THEY PUT THIS HELMET ON YOU WITH A CAMERA THAT COMES OVER THE TOP
AND SHOOTS YOUR FACE, AND, SO, WHEN I WAS HAVING MORE INTIMATE
MOMENTS WITH MY HUSBAND IN THE FILM CAESAR PLAYED BY ANDY
CIRCUS, SOMETIMES WHEN YOU GO IN FOR AN EMBRACE THE CAMERAS HIT
EACH OTHER.
I NEVER EXPERIENCED THAT BEFORE.
>> Stephen: YOU NEVER HAD INTIMATE MOMENTS ON CAMERA
BEFORE?
>> NO COMMENT.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: YOU JUST GOT BACK
FROM TORONTO.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: WHERE WE MET MANY YEARS AGO.
>> I WAS AT THE TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL.
>> Stephen: HOUSE OF IT?
IT WAS LIKELY GREAT, I HAVE TO SAY.
I FLEW IN, SLEPT THE WHOLE FLIGHT FROM LOS ANGELES WHERE I
LIVE.
YOU KNOW THE NECK PILLOWS AT AIRLINE GIFT SHOPS AND THEY
DON'T LIKELY WORK.
>> Stephen: NO, THEY DON'T.
MY MOM WHEN WE WENT TO IRELAND ON A VACATION TOGETHER
BROUGHT US MEDICAL GRADE NECK BRACE.
THAT IS MY NECK BRACE AND MY MOM MADE ME A LITTLE COVER FOR IT SO
IT WOULDN'T LOOK SO MEDICAL, SO IF YOU JUST REALLY, LIKE -- IF
YOU STRAP IT ON AND SIT IN YOUR CHAIR AND YOU JUST, LIKE --
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: OH, DON'T TAKE IT
OFF.
( LAUGHTER ) >> IT IS SO MUCH MORE
COMFORTABLE.
>> Stephen: MAY I?
PLEASE.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: I'M GUESSING THIS
GOES REALLY WELL WITH A BEARD.
( LAUGHTER ) >> DON'T YOU FEEL SUPPORTED?
>> Stephen: THAT IS FANTASTIC.
THAT'S QUITE GLAMOROUS.
>> I KNOW THAT YOU'RE MAKING A JOKE AND IT'S NOT GLAMOROUS, BUT
I REALLY LIKE IT.
>> Stephen: HOW DO YOU KNOW I'M NOT JOKING?
YOU MAKE EVERYTHING GLAMOROUS, JUDY GREER.
>> OH, GO ON!
THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: THAT'S NICE.
THAT AND SOME ORTHOPEDIC PANTS, YOU WILL BE LOOKING GREAT.
>> WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT MY COMPRESSION SOCKS I WEAR.
>> Stephen: I DIDN'T REALIZE WE'RE GETTING SEXY WITH
COMMISSION SOCKS YOU'RE MAKING YOUR DIRECTORIAL DEBUT.
>> MY FILM IS COMING OUT IN THEATERS IN A WEEK.
WE ARE PAST THE FILM FESTIVALS.
IT'S THE FIRST ONE I'VE DIRECTED.
>> Stephen: IT'S CALLED "A HAPPENING OF MONUMENTAL
PROPORTIONS."
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
IT FOLLOWS SEVERAL DIFFERENT PLOT LINES BUT FOCUSES ON COMMON
WHO IS THE STAR OF MY MOVIE AND HE IS GOING TO SPEAK AT HIS
DAUGHTER'S CAREER DAY, BUT HE GETS FIRED IN THE MORNING.
>> Stephen: SO HE HAS NO CAREER BY THE TIME HE GETS
THERE?
>> YEAH, THAT'S A BUM SNORE -- T A BUMMER.
>> Stephen: WHAT'S JUDY GREER LIKE AS A DIRECTOR?
>> AWESOME, OBVIOUSLY.
>> Stephen: BUT WHAT'S THE PRODUCT?
YOU'RE A VERY NICE, NOT PUSHY PROGRAM.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: GIVE ME YOUR ACTION.
>> THAT WAS ONE THING THAT CAME UP EARLY ON THE FIRST TAKE OF
THE FIRST DAY IS I DON'T LIKE SAYING ACTION.
AND MY FIRST AIDE DOUG TURNER SAID YOU HAVE TO SAY ACTION.
I SAID I'D RATHER YOU SAY ACTION.
HE SAID, YOU HAVE TO SAY IT ONCE.
I WAS, LIKE, OKAY.
IT WAS ALL TIME TO SAY IT AND I WAS, LIKE, ACTION!
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: WHY DON'T YOU WANT
TO SAY ACTION?
>> I DON'T GIVE AN INSPIRING ACTION.
>> Stephen: LET'S FIX THAT RIGHT NOW, OKAY?
>> OKAY.
>> Stephen: I'M AN ACTOR.
I HAVE TO DO A SCENE RIGHT NOW THAT'S EMOTIONALLY JUST
DEVASTATING, AT THE END, I HAVE TO BE CRYING, LIKE IS N SNOT COM
OUT.
GIVE ME AN ACTION THAT PUTS NEE THE PROPER SPACE OF INTIMACY.
>> IN THAT SITUATION I THINK I WOULD SAY (SOFTLY) OKAY,
ACTION...
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: I LIKE IT.
DID IT MAKE YOU, LIKE, WANT TO CRY?
>> Stephen: I'M ON THE EDGE OF TEARS NOW.
JUST AS IMPORTANT, HOW ABOUT YOUR "CUT" BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO
SAY "CUT" AT THE END.
>> I KNOW, MY "CUT" IS SO TERRIBLE.
>> Stephen: DID YOU REFUSE TO SAY "CUT?
"BECAUSE THEY'LL JUST RUN THE CAMERA UNTIL YOU SAY" CUT ."
THE MOST EX EXPENSIVE PART.
>> I ALSO MADE DOUG TURNER SAY "CUT" BECAUSE I CAN ALWAYS TELL
WHAT THE DIRECTOR THINKS ABOUT WHAT I DID, AS AN ACTOR.
BECAUSE IF THEY'RE LIKE, (SIGHING) CUT.
YOU HEARD THAT.
AND I THINK, I'VE GOT TO GO BACK TO COLLEGE AND GET ANOTHER JOB.
>> Stephen: OR IF THEY SAY, CUT, CUT.
>> OR YOU HEAR A SIGH AND THEN, CUT...
>> Stephen: GIVE ME THE CUT YOU WANT TO HEAR AS AN ACTRESS.
>> I LIKE T -- I LIKE, CUT!
>> Stephen: LET'S GO DRINKIN'!
NAILED IT!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: GOOD TO SEE YOU.
YOU, TOO!
>> STEPHEN: "A HAPPENING OF MONUMENTAL PROPORTIONS" IS
IN THEATERS SEPTEMBER 21.
JUDY GREER, EVERYBODY!