♪ ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: OH, HEY.
WELCOME BACK.
SHE IS THE EMMY AWARD-WINNING ACTRESS YOU KNOW AS PHOEBE FROM
"FRIENDS." HER NEW ANIMATED SERIES IS CALLED "HOUSEBROKEN."
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "A LATE SHOW," LISA KUDROW!
HELLO, LISA KUDROW.
>> HI, STEPHEN COLBERT.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU FOR USING MY FULL NAME.
I LIKE TO START OFF ALL THE INTERVIEWS YR FORMALLY, AND THEN
WE GET MORE FAMILIAR AS WE GO ON.
NOW I JUST FOUND OUT-- >> PEOPLE MIGHT NOT KNOW WHO I
AM.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
>> Stephen: YOU KNOW HIM FROM HOSTING THE SHOW RIGHT NOW,
PLEASE WELCOME STEPHEN COLBERT.
YOU-- YOU, I AM BEING TOLD, HAVE JUST SPENT SOME TIME WITH OUR
MUTUAL FRIEND, MR. CONE AN O'BRIEN, IS THIS TRUE?
>> YES, YES.
>> Stephen: I THINK THE WORLD OF CONE AN O'BRIEN.
I THINK HE'S A PRINCE OF A FELLA, BUT HE'S KIND OF A
LATE-ONSET FRIENDSHIP.
I DIDN'T MEET HIM AND REALLY BECOME FRIENDS UNTIL SORT OF
LATE IN MY CAREER HERE.
BUT YOU'VE KNOWN HIM FOREVER AND A DAY, I UNDERSTAND.
YOU GUYS ARE OLD FRIENDS.
>> YEAH, YEAH, 1986-- WAIT.
OH, THIS MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
I'M GOING TO LEAVE THESE ON.
IS THAT ALL RIGHT?
>> Stephen: SURE, SURE.
I'LL TAKE MINE OFF.
THAT'S NOT GOING TO WORK.
( LAUGHTER )
PRET ANYONE KNOWING WHO EITHER OF YOU ARE.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
IT WAS THE VERY FIRST IMPROV CLASS.
I ALMOST QUIT, BUT I SAW HIM LIFT A DESK WITH SUCH
COMMITMENT, THEY THOUGHT OH, THAT'S COMMITMENT.
THAT'S WHAT YOU DO.
I'M JUST GOING TO STICK TO HIM LIKE GLUE UNTIL I FIGURE THIS
OUT.
HE WAS MASTERFUL.
SPACE BALL, TOO, REALLY, REALLY GOOD.
>> Stephen: SPACE BALL?
>> SPACE BALL, LIKE YOU'RE THROWING A BALL.
OH!
>> Stephen: WOW.
COULD WE HAVE THE SUGGESTION OF SOMETHING INTERESTING TO TALK
ABOUT?
>> PROCTOLOGIST.
>> Stephen: CHIA PET.
I UNDERSTAND I SNAKED HIM AWAY FROM YOU AT ONE POINT.
LIKE I WON-- THAT HE BETTER DEALED WITH YOU ME AT ONE POINT
IN THE PAST OUT AT DEER VALLEY.
>> YES.
YEAH.
BECAUSE WE WERE ALWAYS THERE AROUND THE HOLIDAYS TOGETHER,
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD GET TOGETHER AND IT'S, LIKE,
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
AND I WOULD CALL HIM UP, TONIGHT, WHERE SHOULD WE GO."
SO, LISTEN, STEPHEN COLBERT IS HERE AND I THOUGHT, "OH, MY GOD!
I WOULD LOVE TO MEET HIM.
OH, THEY SHOULD COME, TOO!" LIKE "OH, HEY!
STEPHEN COLBERT."
AND HE SAID, "YEAH, SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE DINNER WITH THEM."
( LAUGHTER )
YOU'RE WELCOME.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR A FRIENDSHIP TO BE TESTED LIKE THAT.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> YEAH.
NOTHING LIKE, "BUT WOULD YOU LIKE TO."
HE SAID, "WE'LL SEE YOU THE NEXT NIGHT."
OKAY.
"AND WE'RE FREE."
ALL RIGHT.
HOW WAS DINNER WITH STEVEN AND HIS FAMILY?
WAS IT FUN?
>> Stephen: IT WAS GREAT, ACTUALLY.
>> YOU KNOW, LIEB-- YES, I'M SURE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THE PARANOID PART OF ME WAS JUST, "WAIT, DOES
STEPHEN COLBERT HATE ME AND CONAN WAS TRYING TO PROTECT HIM?
I DON'T KNOW HIM.
MAYBE HE JUST HATES ME, LIKE, WITHOUT KNOWING ME.
LIKE, HE JUST HAS AN IMPRESSION 'THAT LOSER?
PLEASE SPARE ME '."
>> Stephen: SURE.
>> WERE WE EVER EVEN OFFERED?
>> Stephen: HE DID SAY, "DO YOU WANT LISA KUDROW TO COME?"
AND I SAID, "ABSOLUTELY NOT."
I SAID, ABSOLUTELY NOT."
>> THAT'S OKAY, I KNEW THAT.
>> Stephen: I SAID, IS SWHWIMMER AVAILABLE?"
HE SAID, "NO, THAT'S ONLY ON TV.
THEY DON'T ACTUALLY LIVE ACROSS THE HALL FROM EACH OTHER."
>> Stephen: SPEAK OF WHICH-- YOU SEE THE TRANSITION I DID.
PEOPLE ARE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THIS "FRIEND" THING COMING UP
NEXT THURSDAY THE 27th OF MAY.
WHAT DID IF IT FEEL LIKE AFTER ALL THESE YEARS TO BE BACK ON
THE SAME SET?
HOW LONG HAD IT BEEN?
>> 17 YEARS SINCE OUR-- SINCE OUR LAST SHOW.
AND WE HAVEN'T ALL BEEN IN THE SAME ROOM IN, LIKE, FIVE OR SIX
YEARS.
SO-- AND THEN COVID, YOU KNOW, DELAYED THIS WHOLE THING SO
MUCH, THAT IT WAS SO-- IT WAS-- IT WAS THRILLING AND A LITTLE
EMOTIONAL.
>> Stephen: I CAN IMAGINE.
>> YEAH.
AND THEY REBUILT ALL THE SETS.
SO I THINK WE WERE MEANT TO BE EXCITED ABOUT SEEING THE SET.
AND EVERYONE WAS BUT ME BECAUSE I WANTED TO SEE PEOPLE, YOU
KNOW.
GOT ON THE SET, LOOKED AROUND AND PLOPPED IN A CHAIR.
AND I JUST NOTICED A COUPLE OF OTHER PEOPLE FROM THE CAST WERE,
LIKE, OPENING DOORS, LIKE, AS IF IT'S AN PARENT.
LIKE, "OH, MONICA'S ROOM THERE.
RIGHT, NO, IT'S NOT REALLY."
OPENING DOORS TO SEE WHAT'S THERE.
THERE'S NOTHING.
>> Stephen: BY THE WAY, HAVE YOU EVER TAKEN ANY ONE OF THOSE
BUZZFEEDS "WHICH FRIEND ARE YOU?"
>> I DID, I DID, I DID TAKE IT.
>> Stephen: WHAT FRIEND ARE YOU?
ARE YOU PHOEBE?
>> RACHEL, RACHEL.
>> Stephen: DID YOU-- BECAUSE THAT SEEMS LIKE THE FIX IS IN.
DID YOU TAKE IT AGAIN TO SAY THERE'S GOT TO BE ANOTHER
FRIEND.
>> NO, I WAS EXHAUSTED BY TAKING IT THE FIRST TIME.
AND, ALSO, I THOUGHT I WAS ANSWERING QUESTIONS, LIKE, THAT
WOULD BRING ME TO PHOEBE, YOU KNOW.
FAVORITE COLOR.
YELLOW!
OR SOME THINGS THAT-- WHO WOULD YOU WANT TO BE ON A DATE WITH?
SPONGEBOB!
AND IT SAID RACHEL.
>> Stephen: IS THAT A PHOEBE THING.
DID I MISS SOMETHING IN THE PHOEBE CANONS THAT SHE HAD SHOT
OF SPOT FOR SPONGEBOB.
>> IT'S SO RAICH THEY'LL SHE'S AN ANIMATED CHARACTER TO GO ON A
DATE WITH.
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT CRITERIA.
BUT IT'S FUNNY, BECAUSE WHEN I FIRST READ THE SCRIPT AND I WAS
GOING TO BE AUDITIONING FOR PHOEBE, I SAW RACHEL AND I JUST
WENT, "OH, THAT'S LIKE A LONG ISLAND... THAT COULD BE
HILARIOUS.
I COULD IDENTIFY WITH THAT MORE."
BUT THEY SAID, NO, NO, PHOEBE.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
YOU KNOW, I AUDITIONED ONCE TO BE, LIKE-- TO DO A PART,
ONE-WEEK STORY ON "FRIENDS."
>> DID YOU.
>> Stephen: I WAS IN L.A., YOUNG ACTOR.
I GOT CALLED IN, AUDITIONED ON THE SET AND EVERYTHING LIKE
THAT-- NOT WITH ANYBODY, WITH THE CASTING DIRECTOR OR
SOMETHING.
BUT IT WAS LIKE BASICALLY IF I GOT IT, T THEY WOULD HAVE PUSHED
ME IN A ROOM AND I WOULD HAVE STARTED WORKING WITH YOU GUYS.
I DIDN'T GET IT.
>> I'M SORRY.
>> Stephen: I'M SURE YOU WOULD HAVE REMEMBERED WORKING WITH
STEPHEN COLBERT, AND, BOY, DIARRHEAL NEED A GIG AT THAT
TIME.
>> I'M SORRY.
I DEFINITELY WOULD HAVE REMEMBERED YOU.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU.
ISN'T IT AMAZING TO ANY YOUNG ACTORS, YOUNG PERFORMERS OUT
THERE-- BACK ME UP ON THIS ONE-- WHEN YOU'RE WORKING, YOU FEEL
LIKE, WELL, YOU'LL ALWAYS WORK.
BUT THEN WHEN YOU'RE NOT WORKING, YOU FEEL LIKE I WILL
NEVER WORK AGAIN.
>> OH, YEAH, OH, YEAH.
I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE, WELL, I WILL NEVER WORK AGAIN.
AND THEN I DO, LIKE A MIRACLE.
BUT I WAS GOING TO SAY-- WHILE I WAS ON "FRIENDS," I THOUGHT I
WILL ALWAYS BE WORKING BECAUSE THERE'S NO END IN SIGHT FOR THIS
SHOW.
>> Stephen: WELL, THERE WAS.
IT WAS ON FOR A LONG TIME.
>> YEAH.
IT WAS ON FOR 10 YEARS, BUT I JUST THOUGHT, THIS COULD GO ON
FOREVER.
>> Stephen: SURE.
>> THEN I DID AN HBO SHOW CALLED "THE COMEBACK," AND I THOUGHT
WELL, THIS CO COULD GO ON FOREVE AND THEY CANCELED IT.
RIGHT AFTER I SAID THAT, IN FACT, THE PHONE RANG
( LAUGHS ).
>> Stephen: WHEN YOU LEAVE, WHEN YOU'RE NO LONGER WITH A
CAST YOU SPEND A LOT OF TIME WITH, IT'S A LITTLE BREAKUP.
THERE'S HEARTBREAK INVOLVED.
BUT AS I SAID, YOU GUYS HAVE STAYED IN TOUCH.
IS IT THAT WAY WITH EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE?
ARE YOU THE SORT OF PERSON WHO KEEPS UP WITH YOUR COSTARS
FOREVER?
>> I DO, SOME.
MYRRH SOR VINO AND I ARE STILL FRIENDS.
AND I JUST SAW DIANE KEATON.
SHE DIRECTED ME IN A FILM.
BUT SHE DIDN'T LIKE ME AT FIRST.
>> Stephen: SHE CAST YOU IN A FILM AND DIDN'T LIKE YOU?
>> SHE DIDN'T CAST ME.
I THINK I WAS JUST SORT OF HOISTED ON HER.
SO I REMEMBER MEETING HER AND SHE SAID, "YEAH, SO, OKAY, I
DON'T KNOW HOW THIS IS GOING TO GO, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I THINK
WHAT YOU DO IS JUST, LIKE, REALLY PRECISE AND I NEED IT TO
BE, YOU KNOW, LOOSE.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, BUT WE'LL SEE, BECAUSE HERE WE ARE.
HERE WE ARE, AND YOU'RE DOING IT.
YEAH, ANYWAY."
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: I HAVE INTERVIEWED DIANE KEATON, AND THAT IS A VERY
GOOD DIANE KEATON.
AND LET ME TELL YOU, WHEN INTERVIEWING DIANE KEATON, YOU
DON'T KNOW.
YOU DON'T KNOW.
ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN.
>> ANYTHING.
>> Stephen: SO WE'LL SEE.
>> AND SHE SAID, "SO WE'LL SEE.
LISTEN, GUESS WHAT?
WE'LL SEE."
BUT YEAH SO I JUST SAW HER RECENTLY, AND I SAID, "YOU
DIDN'T LIKE ME AT ALL, RIGHT?
YOU DIDN'T WANT-- WANT--" I NEVER ASKED HER BEFORE.
I SAID, "YOU DIDN'T WANT ME IN THAT PART."
SHE SAID, "NO, I DIDN'T.
BUT I DIDN'T HAVE A CHOICE."
>> Stephen: THAT IS THE BASIS FOR A FIRM FRIENDSHIP.
NOW YOU'VE GOT A NEW-- A WHOLE NEW GROUP OF PEOPLE TO KEEP UP
WITH FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
YOU'RE DOING A NEW ANIMATED SERIES CALLED "HOUSEBROKEN."
YOU PLAY THE CHARACTER HONEY, THE HOUSEBROKEN POODLE.
ONE IMAGINES THIS POODLE IS HOUSEBROKEN.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: HOW-- TELL ME-- TELL ME ABOUT HONEY.
TELL ME ABOUT PLAYING THE POODLE.
DO YOU HAVE A DOG YOURSELF?
>> I DO.
IT'S A MALTI-POO.
THAT'S A STANDARD POODLE.
THEY'RE VERY SMART AND ELEGANT AND SOPHISTICATE.
SO I TOOK TO IT LIKE A FISH TO WATER.
>> Stephen: IT WAS LOVELY TO SEE YOU, LISA.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON.
>> Stephen: "HOUSEBROKEN" PREMIERES MAY 31 ON FOX.
LISA KUDROW, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH AUTHOR AND ACTIVIST TAMIKA D. MALLORY.
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