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>> Stephen: OH, WELCOME BACK, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!
FOLKS, YOU KNOW MY FIRST GUESTS TONIGHT AS CHARLOTTE AND MIRANDA
FROM "SEX AND THE CITY," AND NOW THEY'RE BACK FOR THE NEW SERIES,
"AND JUST LIKE THAT." PLEASE WELCOME TO "THE LATE
SHOW," KRISTIN DAVIS AND CYNTHIA NIXON!
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I LIKE IT! >> Stephen: I'M HONORED.
I FEEL LIKE I'M IN THE CAST NOW. >> YOU ARE.
>> YOU GOT CHARLOTTED. >> Stephen: I DID.
YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD ME TALKING BEFORE.
I ALWAYS THOUGHT I WAS A CHARLOTTE.
WE'LL GET TO THAT IN A MOMENT. WE'LL GO TO THE DATA POINTS THAT
MAKE ONE A CHARLOTTE. >> YOU WERE RIGHT.
>> Stephen: BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT
THE NEW SERIES. BUT, FIRST, CYNTHIA, THE LAST
TIME YOU WERE HERE, YOU WERE RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK. >> I WAS.
>> Stephen: YOUR OPPONENT, ANDREW CUOMO-- YOUR OPPONENT IN
THE PRIMARIES, ANDREW CUOMO, HAS TAKEN QUITE A-- QUITE A FALL
FROM GRACE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE THIS
MOMENT TO GIVE A HEARTY "I TOLD YOU SO" TO ANYONE?
>> UM, NO. I THINK NOT.
BECAUSE -- >> Stephen: DON'T BE GRACIOUS!
>> YOU KNOW, I WILL SAY, THOUGH, WHEN I CAME ON YOUR SHOW DURING
THE RUN, IT WAS THE FIRST SHOW THAT I HAD DONE.
I WAS VERY NERVOUS AND ALL THAT STUFF.
AND YOU WERE SO KIND AND TREATED ME WITH SO MUCH RESPECT AND
SOAP-- YOU KNOW, GAVE ME SO MUCH LEGITIMACY TO BE HERE AND GAVE
ME A PLATFORM. AND I JUST REALLY, REALLY LOVED
IT. >> YAY!
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THAT WASN'T MY INTENTION.
ASKED ME A QUESTION ABOUT, WAS IT HARD TO RUN WITH A NAME LIKE
NIXON IN POLITICS? NOT A LOT OF GREAT HISTORY
THERE. AND I SAID AT THE TIME, THAT I
WOULD RATHER BE THE GOOD NIXON THAN THE BAD CUOMO.
>> OOOOH. >> AND AFTERWARDS A T-SHIRT SHOP
IN CHICAGO THAT I'M VERY DEVOTED TO, NAMED THE T -SHIRT DELI, THEY
SENT ME A T-SHIRT THAT SAID, "THE GOOD NIXON" AND I THINK OF
YOU. >> Stephen: THAT'S LOVELY.
OKAY, LET'S GET DOWN TO-- LET'S--
>> LET'S DO IT. >> Stephen: "SEX AND THE CITY"
RAN FROM '98 AND 2004, AND MOVIE.
IT'S BEEN OVER A DECADE SINCE YOU ALL HAVE PLAYED THESE
CHARACTERS. WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR YOU, IS WHAT
I'M CURIOUS, TO SLIP BACK INTO THE HEELS OF THESE CHARACTERS
AFTER ALL THIS TIME. WHAT'S--
>> I FELT LIKE IT WAS SO EASY. BCAUSE TO ME, WE'VE SEEN EACH
OTHER THIS WHOLE TIME. AND OF COURSE WHEN WE SEE EACH
OTHER IN LIFE, IT'S DIFFERENT THAN WEARING THE HEEL SCPLZ THE
SHOES AND EVERYTHING, BUT, YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST THRILLED TO BE
BACK. I WAS LIKE IT'S A MIRACLE.
WE'RE IN A WARM HUG TOGETHER. IT'S LIKE THE BEST THING EVER.
IT WAS ALSO TERRIFYING. >> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF EXPECTATIONS.
>> YEAH, A LITTLE BIT. >> A LITTLE BIT.
>> A LOT OF SCRUTINIZING. A LOT OF SCRUTINIZING.
>> Stephen: HERE YOU ARE-- SO YOU GUYS ARE ACTUAL FRIENDS,
LIKE, OFF-CAMERA FRIENDS. >> YOU KNOW...
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VERY GOOD ACTORS. HERE'S A PHOTO OF-- HERE'S A
LITTLE PREVIEW. >> OH, GOD!
IT'S HARD. IT'S REALLY HARD TO LOOK AT.
>> IN 1998. A LIFETIME THAT IS--
>> CAN YOU GUYS-- A REAL 1998 LOOK, MAN.
>> WE THOUGHT WE WERE IT, MAN. >> Stephen: YOU WERE IT.
THOSE ARE SOME STYLES THAT PLACE YOU IN TIME.
>> I MEAN, FOR REAL, FOR REAL. LOOK AT THE HAIR.
LIKE AT KRISTIN, SHE IS SWEETLY JUST PRETENDING SHE DOESN'T SEE
MY HAIR. IT'S REALLY KIND.
IT'S REALLY KIND. >> AND, LITERALLY, THAT WAS THE
LAST TIME I DANCED IN PUBLIC, AND IT WAS WITH CYNTHIA.
>> Stephen: WHY DO YOU NOT DANCE IN PUBLIC?
>> BECAUSE I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO SEE THAT NOW.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE NOT A DANCER.
>> NO! >> Stephen: NOT EVEN BALLROOM
DANCING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? YOU'RE FROM SOUTH CAROLINA--
>> CHARLOTTE CAN DANCE. >> CHARLOTTE CAN DANCE.
>> Stephen: BUT YOU CANNOT. SO WHEN YOU ACT LIKE CHARLOTTE,
YOU CAN DANCE. >> THERE ARE A LOT OF LESSONS
INVOLVED, OKAY, INTRODUCTION AND LESSONS AND PRACTICE.
>> Stephen: I DID IT, OKAY. SO HOW HAVE THESE YOUNG LADIES
CHANGED IN ( WHISTLES
( 23 YEARS? >> THAT'S HARD TO EVEN
ENUMERATE. >> YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY FUNNY
BECAUSE WHEN THE ORIGINAL SHOW STARTED, EVERYBODY WOULD ALWAYS
ASK US, "HOW ARE YOU LIKE YOUR CHARACTER?"
AND I WOULD SAY THAT MIRANDA AND I BOTH, YOU KNOW, FEEL KIND OF
CONFIDENT ABOUT OUR BRAINS. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THERE'S
REALLY NO SIMILARITY. YOU KNOW, MIRANDA AND I ARE
DIFFERENT IN EVERY WAY-- YOU KNOW, LOOK, SHE WAS, YOU KNOW,
NOT DOMESTIC AT ALL. SHE WAS NOT A MOM.
>> RIGHT, RIGHT. >> SHE WAS NOT REALLY INTERESTED
IN BECOMING A MOM. >> TRUE, TRUE.
>> SHE WAS VERY FOCUSED-- I'M VERY FOCUSED ON MY CAREER, TOO,
AND I'M A VERY DOMESTIC PERSON. >> SHE'S AN EXCELLENT COOK.
>> AND NOT A BIG DATER. WHAT WAS INTERESTING TO ME AT
THE END OF SIX YEARS IN THE SHOW AS WE WERE DOING ALL THESE EXIT
INTERVIEWS WITH PEOPLE WHO WOULD AGAIN ASK US THIS QUESTION, I
FOUND MYSELF SAYING, "MIRANDA AND I ARE ALIKE IN EVERY SINGLE
WAY." I FEEL LIKE-- OF COURSE WHEN
YOU'RE ON A SHOW A LONG TIME, THEY WRITE TOWARD YOU, AND
MIRANDA GOT MORE AND MORE, NOT DOMESTIC, BUT SHE FOUND HER
INNER-- >> WARMTH.
>> Stephen: KRISTIN, HOW IS CHARLOTTE LIKE YOU?
>> WELL, I USED TO ALSO HAVE A VERY SPECIFIC LIST OF PROS AND
CONS AND SIMILARITIES AND DISSIMILARITIES.
AND THEN THEY DID START TO WEAVE, AND I THINK A LOT OF THAT
IS MICHAEL PATRICK KING, OUR HEAD WRIERPT.
WE HAVE HAD NUMEROUS DIFFERENT AMAZING WRITERS.
AND HE CALLS IT BESPOKE WRITING. >> WHAT DOES HE CALL IT?
OH, BESPOKE. >> TO YOUR FORTES, TO YOUR
STRENGTHS. WHEN THE SHOW WAS FIRST ON,
PEOPLE WOULD COME UP TO SARAH AND TELL HER THEIR SEX STORIES.
>> DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY. >> AND I THINK THEY WOULD BEND
YOUR EAR A LOT. AND I THINK PEOPLE WOULD
APPROACH ME LESS BECAUSE I SCARED THEM, FRANKLY.
>> IT'S SO TRUE. IT'S SO TRUE.
IT'S SO TRUE. WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK,
BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, KRISTIN WILL REVEAL MY CAMEO IN THE
UPCOMING SERIES. STICK AROUND.
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