♪ ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: WELCOME BACK,
EVERYBODY.
MY GUEST TONIGHT IS A BELOVED ACTRESS WHO HAS CHARMED US
ONSCREEN SINCE SHE WAS 11 MONTHS OLD.
AT 11 YEARS OLD SHE WAS CHARMING IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
SHE NOW HOSTS "THE DREW BARRYMORE SHOW."
PLEASE WELCOME, DREW BARRYMORE!
HELLO, DREW BARRYMORE!
SO LOVELY TO SEE YOU, AS ALWAYS.
>> I-- I MEAN, I CAN'T-- I JUST SAID TO YOU, I'VE NEVER BEEN
ABLE TO MAINTAIN MY COOL OR COMPOSURE IN LIFE, SO WHY START
NOW WHEN I'M HERE HANGING OUT WITH YOU?
I'M OBSESSED WITH YOU, AND ALL THE UNLUSIEVUOUS, UNCREEPY WAYS,
IN ALL THE RIGHT AND APPROPRIATE WAYS.
>> Stephen: OKAY, NOW I NEED YOU TO STRAIGHTEN SOMETHING OUT
FOR ME.
YOU'RE AN ACTRESS, A PRODUCER, DIRECTOR, BESTSALING AUTHOR,
ENTREPRENEUR.
HOW IS THIS THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE DONE A TALK SHOW?
YOU SEEM LIKE A NATURAL TO DO A TALK SHOW?
BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY DOING A TALK SHOW-- AS I HAVE LEARNED DOING A
TALK SHOW-- YOU'RE HANGING OUT WITH THE AUDIENCE AND THE
AUDIENCE IS HANGING OUT WITH YOU.
DREW BARRYMORE SEEMS THE EASIEST HANG IN THE WORLD.
HOW HAS IT TAKEN YOU THIS LONG TO GET BEHIND THE DESK?
>> FIRST OF ALL, I'M GLAD IF YOU SEE THIS AS A NATURAL FIT.
I CAN'T REALLY THINK OF ANYONE I TRUST THE GUT AND INSTINCTS OF
MORE THAN SOMEONE LIKE YOU.
SO, PHEW, "A."
YAY, SECOND.
I HAVE A SIGN ON MY WALL THAT SAYS, "TIMING IS EVERYTHING."
AND I GUESS, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE EVERYTHING SORT OF LED UP TO
THIS IN A WAY.
MAYBE-- I HAVE TO SAY, HONESTLY, NO B.S., I DEFINITELY-- I'M SO
RELIEVED AND GLAD THAT I WASN'T DOING THIS AT ANY OTHER POINT IN
MY LIFE.
I THINK THAT IT WAS BETTER FOR ME TO GO THROUGH A LOT OF
DIFFERENT EVOLUTIONS IN MY LIFE AND BE ABLE TO PUT THINGS INTO
CHARACTERS.
I MEAN, I'M ALWAYS BRINGING MYSELF TO THE PARTY.
AND YOU DO COMEDY, AND YOUR WHOLE LEGACY, YOU KNOW, AS MUCH
AS WE EVEN TRY TO SORT OF DO A DEEP IMITATION OR ESCAPE
OURSELVES, WE'RE ALWAYS THERE.
>> Stephen: RIGHT.
>> BUT THERE WAS KNOW-- AS MUCH AS MY LIFE WAS SO EXPOSED IN SO
MANY AREAS, I STILL HAD THE COMFORT OF GETTING MY YA-YAS OUT
IN WAYS THROUGH CHARACTERS.
AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, ALL ME.
AND YET, I DON'T HAVE TO DITCH EVERYTHING I LOVE.
LIKE I WAS JUST TELLING YOU, WE WERE SHOOTING, LIKE, A WHACKY
SCENE IN OUR CONTROL ROOM FOR A SKETCH WE'RE GOING TO DO, AND I
GET TO BRING ALL OF THAT EXPERIENCE INTO THIS.
I DON'T THINK I WOULD HAVE DONE AT LEAST WHAT I'M HOPEFULLY
EXCITED ABOUT DOING AND CAPABLE OF NOW AT ANY OTHER POINT.
THAT WAS THE LONGEST WINDED ANSWER.
>> Stephen: LET ME JUST SEE IF I CAN PARE SEE WHAT I GOT, WHAT
I GLEANED FROM THAT, WHAT I SEEFED, THE GOLD I PANNED OUT OF
THAT.
YOU'VE BEEN AN ACTRESS YOUR WHOLE LIFE AND NOW YOU CAN BE
YOURSELF AND YOU LOVE IT BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE THE ACTING
BEHIND.
>> WHY COULDN'T I HAVE SAID IT THAT WAY.
>> Stephen: YOU SAID IT BETTER.
YOU SAID YOU WANT TO BRING LATE-NIGHT TO DAYTIME.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
DO YOU WANT YOUR AUDIENCE TO BE SLEEPY OR HIGH?
>> SOME OF MY MOM FRIENDS WERE WATCHING THE PREMIERE SHOW, AND
I WANTED TO SAY A NOD TO SOME PEOPLE I KNEW WHO WERE WATCHING
ME AND SUPPORTING ME IN MY PERSONAL LIFE, AND I WAS LIKE,
"I WONDER IF THEY'RE HAVING A COCKTAIL?
IT'S 9:00 A.M.
OH, WELL, WHATEVER."
>> Stephen: IT'S COVID.
>> EXACTLY.
I THINK THAT-- AND I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS THE OTHER DAY AND
THIS WAS, LIKE, A FRESH OBJECTIVITY MOMENT FOR ME, AND
IT WAS ACTUALLY MY PREPARATION FOR TALKING TO YOU WHEN YOU COME
ON OUR SHOW.
>> Stephen: I CAN'T WAIT.
>> AND GRACE US WITH YOUR PRESENCE.
>> Stephen: I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
>> COMEDY, TO ME, WAS A SUBCONSCIOUS SURVIVALIST
MECHANISM, AND I GRAVITATED TOWARDS-- WHEN I WAS LAUGHING,
EVERYTHING ELSE FELL AWAY, AND THE WORLD WAS AWESOME.
IT WAS OKAY.
AND, LISTEN, EVERYBODY NEEDS TO THINK AND FEEL OR BE TOLD
EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE OKAY.
AND LAUGHTER DID THAT FOR ME.
THAT'S WHY I LOVE YOU AND WHAT YOU DO BECAUSE I THINK LAUGHTER
IS MEDICINE.
AND IT'S NECESSARY, AND IT'S IMPORTANT, AND WE NEED IT.
IT'S VITAL.
WHEN WE ALL GO THROUGH STUFF-- EVERYBODY GOES THROUGH STUFF.
NO ONE LIVES A LIFE THAT ESCAPES THE HARD STUFF.
SO, GOSH, YOU NEED THE COMEDY!
YOU NEED THE LIFE-AFFIRMING LAUGHTER.
>> Stephen: I 100% AGREE.
LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE, NEXT TO ACTUAL MEDICINE AND
UNTIL WE ACTUALLY GET A VACCINE, HERE WE ARE!
DREW, WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, TALK
SHOW.
BUT STICK AROUND, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE DREW BARRYMORE.
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