>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY!
WE'RE BACK WITH SAM ELLIOTT.
YOUR VOICE IS INCREDIBLE.
YOU TO U.S. BEEF, SMOKEY THE BEER, DODGE RAM TRUCKS, COORS
BEER.
DID YOU EXPECT WHEN YOU WERE A YOUNG ACTOR THAT THAT VOICE
WOULD BE YOUR CALLING CARD?
>> NO.
( LAUGHTER ) NO.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WHY?
PEOPLE WORK HARD TO GET THOSE PIPES.
>> WHEN I WAS A YOUNG KID, I DIDN'T HAVE THIS VOICE, FOR
STARTERS.
MY MOTHER DIRECTED ME TO SING IN A CHERUB CHOIR WHEN I WAS FOUR
YEARS OLD IN SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA.
I SAID DRUG LOVINGLY, I LOVED DOING IT.
I ALWAYS SANG IN ENSEMBLES AND CHOIRS AND MY VOICE STEADILY,
OVER THE YEARS, STARTED TO PLUMMET AND, YOU KNOW --
>> Stephen: ANYONE TELL YOU TO GET VOICE LESSONS TO STOP IT?
>> YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS ENCOUNTER.
I HAD AN ENCOUNTER, I WAS WORKING CONSTRUCTION, I WAS A
DAY LABORER, AND I WAS GOING TO A WORKSHOP STUDY THAT NIGHT AND
I HAD GOT AN PORTFOLIO OF PICTURES TOGETHER BECAUSE I
HEARD THAT YOU NEEDED TO GET A PORTFOLIO OF PHOTOS.
THIS WAS 50 YEARS AGO, NEARLY.
I WAS IN THE NATIONAL GUARD AT THE TIME AND ONE OF THE GUYS I
WAS IN THE GUARD WITH HAD A FRIEND WHO WAS AN AGENT AT A
VERY UPSCALE AGENCY, AND THIS GUY'S NAME WAS GREENFELD, AND HE
SET UP A MEETING FOR ME MUCH LIKE WE'RE SITTING ACROSS THIS
DESK WHERE HE THUMBED THROUGH THE PICTURES, CLOSED IT UP AND
SLID IT BACK OVER TO ME.
HE SAID, I HAVE TWO PIECES OF ADVICE FOR YOU.
THE FIRST ONE IS GO BACK TO PORTLAND, OREGON, WHICH IS WHERE
I LIVED AT THE TIME, OR CAME FROM, AND THE SECOND ONE IS, IF
YOU'RE GOING TO STAY IN THIS TOWN, YOU'VE GOT TO FIX THIS (
BLEEP ) VOICE.
YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE SOME VOICE AND DICTION LESSONS AND GET RID
OF THAT SOUTHERN ACCENT.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: HAVE YOU SEEN HIM
SINCE?
>> NO.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S EVEN IN THE BUSINESS ANYMORE.
BUT I NEVER HAD ANOTHER ENCOUNTER WITH HIM.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP HERE FROM THE MOVIE, AND AS I
SAID BEFORE, YOU PLAY THE MANAGER AND THE OLDER BROTHER
WHO IS TRYING TO DO HIS BEST FOR HIS YOUNGER BROTHER WHO JUST
WON'T LISTEN TO HIM.
ANYTHING ELSE I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS?
THIS IS WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO GET HIM TO WEAR THE EAR PIECES.
>> YEAH, HE'S GOT THIS SERIOUS ISSUE WITH INNER EAR BECAUSE
HE'S BEEN A ROCKER AND BEEN AROUND MUSIC AND BEEN AROUND
LISTENING TO LOUD MUSIC ALL HIS LIFE, AND EVERYTHING ABOUT
BRADLEY AND MY RELATIONSHIP OR BOBBY AND JACK'S RELATIONSHIP IS
THEY HAD A FATHER THAT JACK WAS REALLY CLOSE TO WHO WAS A DRUNK,
HE WAS ALSO A MUSICIAN, ALSO A SINGER AND, YOU KNOW, THEY BOTH
HAD THE GOODS, BUT JACK WAS THE FAIR HAIRED BOY, THE GOLDEN
CHILD HE WAS REFERRED TO IN ONE VERSION OF THE SCREENPLAY, AND
BOBBY WAS KIND OF THE WAN WANNAB HE WAS A SINGER BUT NOT A
WRITER, HE WAS ALWAYS SINGING SOMEBODY ELSE'S STUFF, WHICH LED
TO A KIND OF CONTENTIOUS JEALOUSY OF SOME SORT FROM
BOBBY.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE ARE CLIP HERE WHERE YOU ARE TRYING TO
HELP BRADLEY COOPER.
JIM?
♪ YOU PUT ME IN THE GROUND ♪ >> YOU GOT TO PUT HIM IN, MAN.
I TOLD YOU I CAN'T WEAR THOSE THINGS.
I WEAR THEM, IT'S JUST IF MY HEAD AND I NEED TO BE HERE WITH
EVERYBODY ELSE.
>> THE DOCTOR SAID THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO MANAGE THIS THING.
YOU CAN'T GET BACK WHAT YOU LOST.
IT'S THE ONLY WAY WE CAN MANAGE.
>> I THINK WE'RE MANAGING PRETTY GOOD.
WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?
>> YOU KNOW, THE DOOR'S WIDE OPEN IF YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH
IT.
IT'S PRIDE, WHAT YOU'RE DOING, BUDDY.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: EVERY SCENE IS
GIVEN ITS PACE AND TIME.
AMAZING PERFORMANCES.
NOW, SPEAKING OF YOUR INCREDIBLE PIPES, AS I SAID, LADY GaGa OR
STEPHANIE, AS YOU CALL HER, IS THE LEAD, IT'S AN AMAZING
PERFORMANCE.
>> IT'S A BRILLIANT PERFORMANCE.
WOULD LOVE, IF YOU COULD, >> Stephen: I WOULD LOVE-- IF
YOU COULD-- JUST TO HEAR YOUR VOICE AND HER AMAZING LYRICS
TOGETHER.
WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO GIVE LADY GAGA LYRICS THE SAM ELLIOTT
TREATMENT?
JUST OPEN UP THE TAPS AND JUST LET THE-- JUST LET THE SMOOTH
COME OUT.
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WE GOT THEM RIGHT OVER HERE.
THEY'RE IN THE CAMERA.
IF YOU JUST TALK INTO CAMERA THREE RIGHT OVER THERE AND READ
THOSE-- THEY'RE BROKEN UP BY LINE.
>> DON'T BE A DRAG.
JUST BE A QUEEN.
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OR EVERGREEN.
I WON'T TELL YOU THAT I LOVE YOU.
KISS OR HUG YOU.
'CAUSE I'M BLUFFIN' WITH MY MUFFIN.
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BRING IT HOME, SAM ELLIOTT.
>> RAH RAH, AH-AH-AH.
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WANT YOUR BAD ROMANCE.
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EVERYBODY!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
>> STEPHEN: "A STAR IS BORN" IS IN THEATERS NOW.