>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WE'RE BACK WITH THE STAR OF "THE
FABELMANS," MICHELLE WILLIAMS. MICHELLE, I'M WONDERING WHAT DO
YOU SEE IN STEVEN SPIELBERG THAT IS GREAT IN HIS DIRECTING?
LIKE, WHAT MAKES, I SUPPOSE, AFTER WORKING WITH HIM NOW, WHAT
MAKES STEVEN SPIELBERG STEVEN SPIELBERG?
>> I THINK-- I MEAN, ONE ANSWER COULD BE HIS CHILDHOOD.
IT WAS JUST-- IT CONTINUES TO BE A PLACE HE'S REALLY ATTACHED TO.
IT WAS-- BECAUSE OF HOW HE WAS RAISED-- BOTH OF HIS PARENTS,
HIS MOTHER AND HIS FATHER AND HIS SORT-- AND HIS CREATIVE
PLAYMATES, HIS SISTERS, HIS CHILDHOOD CONTINUES TO BE THIS
WELL, THIS LIKE REALLY GENERATIVE PLACE THAT HE'S STILL
SO TAPPED INTO. AND ALSO BRINGS THAT ENTHUSIASM,
THAT SAME SORT OF CHILD-LIKE WONDER TO SET EVERY SINGLE DAY.
HE IS JUST... HE FEELS LIKE A KID AT PLAY.
>> Stephen: HOW ENGAGED IS HE AS A DIRECTOR?
SOME ACTORS WANT A DIRECTOR WHO IS MORE ENGAGED AND SOME LIKE
HIM, "I'M A PROFESSIONAL. LET ME DO MY THING."
WHAT'S HE LIKE-- I HEARD SOMEBODY DESCRIBE SCORSESES
DIRECT AS HE'S A PROBLEM SOLVER. WHAT IS SPIELBERG'S PROBLEM
SOLVING ON SET? IS IT DISCOVERY?
IS IT INVENTION? HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE WAY
HE WORKS WITH AN ACTOR. >> THE FAVORITE THING YOU WOULD
HEAR BEHIND THE MONITOR IS, "I HAVE AN IDEA!
"SO YOU KNOW HE'S SEEN SOMETHING THAT SPARKED SOMETHING NEW,
SOMETHING THAT HE HADN'T COME-- HE HADN'T SORT OF PREORDAINED
ABOUT THE MOMENT. AND SO IT'S REALLY EXCITING AS
AN ACTOR TO THINK WHAT CAN I BRING THAT MIGHT SPARK SOMETHING
IN HIM? AND I GET TO HEAR THAT EXCITED
VOICE BEHIND THE MONITOR. >> Stephen: YOU SAID WHEN
YOU'RE PERFORMING-- I HOPE I'M GETTING THIS CORRECTLY-- WHEN
YOU'RE PERFORMING, EVERYTHING OPENS UP.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN? LIKE YOUR PORES.
>> DID I SAY THAT. >> Stephen: IT SAYS HERE, YOU
SAID THAT WHEN YOU'RE ACTING, "EVERYTHING OPENS UP."
WHAT'S IT LIKE IN THE MOMENT OF PERFORMANCE FOR YOU?
OR DO YOU HAVE ANY AWARENESS OF THE MOMENT OF PERFORMANCE?
>> THE THING THEY ALWAYS THINK ABOUT, ABOUT JOBS AND MY JOB IS
THAT IT'S A COMPLETELY SAFE SPACE.
THERE'S NO LIFE OR DEATH. YOU'RE TOTALLY PROTECTED BETWEEN
"ACTION" AND "CUT." NOTHING BAD CAN EVER HAPPEN.
YOU CAN HAVE EXPERIENCES, BUT THEY AREN'T REALLY YOURS.
THEY BELONG TO SOMEBODY ELSE, AND THEY'RE BEING TRANSMITTED
OUT FOR OTHER PEOPLE. SO I THINK OF IT IS JUST THIS
INCREDIBLY SAFE SPACE. >> Stephen: WELL, IF YOU
HADN'T BEEN AN ACTOR-- I MEAN, THERE ARE OTHER PATHS FOR YOU.
WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE BEEN IF YOU HADN'T BEEN AFTER ACTOR?
>> I CAN'T-- I DON'T-- I'VE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE I WAS 12.
THERE'S NOTHING ELSE I CAN DO. >> Stephen: YOU HAD NO OTHER
JOB? YOU HAD NO OTHER JOB?
YOU'VE NEVER DONE ANOTHER JOB? >> THE LAST JOB I HAD WAS
SERVING SOFT SERVE ICE CREAM. BUT I DON'T THINK I CAN...
CARRY THAT INTO THE FUTURE. LIKE, I DON'T THINK I CAN GO
BACK TO THAT. >> Stephen: HOW OLD ARE WE
TALKING HERE? >> LIKE, 12.
>> Stephen: WERE YOU GOOD AT IT?
WERE YOU TALENTED? >> I LIKED TO OVERSERVE.
( LAUGHTER )
>> BUT THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU PUT A 12-YEAR-OLD AT A
MACHINE, YOU KNOW. >> Stephen: YEAH.
SHE MAKES THE DREAM CONE. >> I MADE THE DREAM CONE.
>> Stephen: DID THAT UPSET YOUR BOSS THAT YOU WERE
OVERSERVING? >> NO IT UPSET THESE WOMEN I
HANDED THEM TO, THESE TOPPLING, AWKWARD THINGS THAT WERE ABOUT
TO FALL OFF. BUT I WOULD HAVE WANTED ONE.
>> Stephen: SURE. WELL, I'M GLAD YOU BECAME AN
ACTRESS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> Stephen: LOVELY TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> THANK YOU, VERY NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> Stephen: "THE FABELMANS" IS IN SELECT THEATERS NOW AND
OPENS NATIONWIDE ON WEDNESDAY. MICHELLE WILLIAMS, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK