>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WELCOME BACK.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NEXT GUEST IS A TONY AND GRAMMY AWARD
WINNER FROM "HAMILTON" WHO YOU'VE SEEN ON "THE UNBREAKABLE
KIMMY SCHMIDT" AND "BLACKISH."
PLEASE WELCOME, DAVEED DIGGS!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪ ♪ ♪
>> Stephen: HEY, WELCOME BACK.
>> THANK YOU!
>> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> IT'S NICE TO BE BACK.
>> Stephen: IT'S THE THIRD TIME WE'VE HAD A CONVERSATION.
THE FIRST TIME WAS AFTER THE FIRST TIME I SAW "HAMILTON" ON
STAGE.
>> RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT, YEAH.
>> Stephen: OKAY, SO, YOU'RE ALWAYS READY TO PLAY JEFFERSON
AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE BECAUSE YOU STILL HAVE THE JEFFERSON BEARD
THAT WE ALL KNOW AND LOVE.
>> I MEAN, I SWEAR, KIDS COME UP TO ME ON THE STREET AND
CHALLENGE ME TO THE RAP BATTLE AND THEY ALWAYS WIN.
I CAN'T DO THAT.
I NEED SIX WEEKS OF REHEARSAL, GUYS.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE OUT OF SHAPE.
IT'S LIKE PLAYING TENNIS.
YOU DON'T HAVE A BACKHAND ANYMORE?
>> YOU LOSE IT VERY QUICK.
>> Stephen: WE KNOW YOU FROM PLAYING JEFFERSON AND LAFAYETTE,
OF COURSE, IN "HAMILTON."
NOW YOU'RE IN YOUR FIRST MAJOR MOVIE.
IT'S CALLED "WONDER."
BUT YOU MUST HAVE ALREADY BEEN READY FOR THE KIND OF ATTENTION
MOVIES GET BECAUSE YOU HAD ALREADY DONE SO MUCH PRESS AND
EVERYTHING DOING "HAMILTON."
>> I DON'T KNOW, MAN, THIS HAS BEEN SO WEIRD, LIKE, GETTING
TOWARDS THE END OF MY FIRST MOVIE PRESS JUNKET.
AND IT WAS CRAZY.
YOU'VE DONE THIS?
I LANDED IN LONDON, AND WE DID 66 INTERVIEWS THAT DAY.
66.
THAT'S NOT AN EXAGGERATION.
THAT'S A REAL NUMBER.
THAT'S, LIKE, I SAID-- I SAT DOWN IN A CHAIR AND 66 PEOPLE
CAME THROUGH AND ASKED ME THE SAME FIVE QUESTIONS.
>> Stephen: WELL WHAT, ARE THE QUESTIONS?
>>, YOU KNOW, "WHAT'S IT LIKE WORKING WITH JULIA ROBERTS AND
OWEN WILSON?" AND "WHAT-- HOW IS IT WORKING
WITH KIDS?" ALL TOTALLY REASONABLE QUESTIONS
TO ASK, BUT I COULD HAVE ANSWERED THEM ONCE.
ITT WASN'T LIKE THERE WAS A TWO-SHOT.
YOU UNDERSTAND.
THERE WAS ONE QUESTION ON EACH OF US.
I COULD HAVE ANSWERED ALL THOSE QUESTIONS ONCE AND GONE HOME.
BUT THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS.
>> Stephen: SO WHAT IS IT LIKE WORKING WITH JULIA ROBERTS AND
OWEN WILSON?
>> I DIDN'T WORK WITH THEM.
>> Stephen: YOU DIDN'T?
>> WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE SCENES TOGETHER SO I WAS ACTUALLY
LEAVING SET AS JULIA WAS ARRIVING.
I MET JULIA BACKSTAGE AT "HAMILTON," AND I MET OWEN
ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.
>> Stephen: ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS WAS THE LONGEST YOU
WORKED WITH HIM?
>> AND WE WEREN'T IN THE ROOM TOGETHER.
SO I GOT TO SEE HIM IN THE HALLWAY AND GETTING COFFEE.
>> Stephen: SO INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP?
>> WE'RE VERY CLOSE RIGHT NOW.
HE'S COMING TO MY THANKSGIVING.
>> Stephen: YOU PLAY A TEACHER.
WHAT'S THE TEACHER'S NAME?
>> MR. BROWNE.
>> Stephen: BUT YOU ACTUALLILYUE WERE A TEACHER?
>> I WAS, YEAH.
>> Stephen: WHAT DID YOU TEACH?
>> I WAS TEACHING POETRY AND RAP CLASSES IN MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN THE
BAY AREA.
>> Stephen: WOW, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE GONE TO THAT MIDDLE
SCHOOL.
>> YEAH, THERE WERE A FEW OF THEM.
I DEVELOPED A CURRICULUM WHERE I WOULD COME INTO SCHOOL AND WORK
WITH THEIR ENGLISH AND SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS AND FIGURE OUT
WHAT RAP SONGS WE COULD BRING IN THAT PAIRED NICELY WITH THE
THINGS THEY WERE LEARNING AND, ALSO, WORK ON SKILL-BUILDING
STUFF WITH THEM.
>> Stephen: PAIR A RAP SONG ON, LIKE, SOME SORT OF MORE
CLASSICAL PIECE OF POETRY?
>> SURE, IF THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE DOING IN THE ENGLISH CLASS
OR WHATEVER BOOK THEY WERE READING, IS THERE A SONG THAT
GOES ALONG WITH THIS?
THE GREAT THING THAT IS THAT I WAS NOT THEIR REGULAR TEACHER
AND COMING IN FOR, LIKE, TWO PERIODS A DAY, AND I'M, LIKE, 24
YEARS OLD.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
SO THEY GOT TO BE THE EXPERTS ABOUT THINGS IN THE TIME THAT
THERE I WAS THAT THEIR TEACH HERSELF NO IDEA ABOUT.
ME AND THE KIDS COULD HAVE DEEP, SILL SOSKAL DISCUSSIONS ABOUT
JOEL JABOY.
>> Stephen: WITH EIGHTH GRADERS.
>> AND THE STUFF LIKE THE KIDS COULD REALLY DIG INTO.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP OF YOU-- WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS
CLIP IN THE CLASSROOM?
>> I'M TEACHING A CLASS.
THIS IS-- THIS IS-- >> Stephen: THERE IT IS.
THAT MAKES SENSE.
>> THIS IS AUGUSTEE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU READ THE BOOK.
>> Stephen: AUGGIE IS A YOUNG MAN-- HE'S A BOY WHO HAS HAD A
DISEASE.
HE'S HAD FACIAL RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY, MULTIPLE TIMES.
>> YUP.
>> Stephen: AND THIS IS HIS FIRST DAY IN CLASS?
>> YEAH, YEAH THIS IS-- I THINK SO.
YOU KNOW ABOUT AS MUCH AS I DO.
>> SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
EVERYONE'S GOING TO COME UP WITH TWO THINGS THAT THEY THINK
EVERYBODY ELSE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THEM.
ALL RIGHT.
I'LL GO FIRST.
NUMBER ONE, I USED TO WORK ON WALL STREET FOR A LONG TIME.
AND, TWO, I LEFT WALL STREET TO PURSUE MY DREAM AND TEACH.
BOOM, WHO'S NEXT?
AHHHH...
>> Stephen: IT'S A BEAUTIFUL FILM.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: IT'S BEAUTIFUL-- BUT IT IS-- IT IS-- YOU GET SOME
SENSE FROM THAT SMALL SCENE RIGHT THERE, IT'S A TEAR JERKER.
>> IT IS.
>> Stephen: PEOPLE ARE CRYING.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: HARD IN THIS MOVIE.
>> THEY ARE BUT -- >> Stephen: DID YOU CRY?
>> WHEN I SAW, THIS YES, I DID.
I WAS IN A SCREENING ROOM BY MYSELF THE FIRST TIME I SAW IT.
SO I CRIED A LOT BECAUSE THERE WERE ZERO REPERCUSSIONS.
( LAUGHTER ) AND THEN I SAW IT AGAIN AT THE
PREMIERE, AND IT GOT ME AGAIN.
SO IT DOES-- IT DOES THE THING, BUT I THINK IT IS EMOTIONAL IN
GOOD WAYS.
>> Stephen: ARE YOU COMMONLY, LIKE, DO YOU CRY AT MOVIES ALL
THE TIME?
BECAUSE I'LL CRY AT AT&T COMMERCIALS.
>> I DON'T.
NOT-- NOT LIKE THIS.
I HAD-- I DON'T KNOW.
I HAVE PARTICULAR REACTIONS TO MOVIES.
LIKE, FAMOUSLY, ME AND MY DAD-- "FAMOUSLY" BECAUSE-- YEAH, THIS
IS A FAMOUS STORY.
NO -- >> Stephen: IN YOUR FAMILY.
>> IN MY FAMILY, ME AND MY FATHER I REMEMBER GOING TO SEE
"JURASSIC PARK" FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND ME AND MY DAD LAUGHING
SO HARD THROUGH THE WHOLE FILM-- LIKE, ON THE FLOOR DISTURBING
EVERYBODY IN THE THEATER.
>> Stephen: LIKE, WHEN PEOPLE GET TORN APART BY VELOCIRAPTOR?
>> IT WAS SO FUNNY.
( LAUGHTER ) LIKE, I HAVE THAT MEMORY OF A
VERY VISCERAL REACTION IN A MOVIE THEATER.
THE OTHER ONE, WHEN I WAS FOUR YEARS OLD, WE WENT AND SAW
"GODZILLA."
>> Stephen: THE MATTHEW BRODERICK "GODZILLA."
>> NO, '86, RUBBER MONSTER GODZILLA.
AND I WAS SO EXCITED TO GO SEE IT AS A KID.
AND MY MOM TOLD ME, "YOU'RE GOING TO BE SCARED.
IT'S A SCARY MOVIE."
I SAID NO-- I HAD BEEN TO THE CIRCUS RECENTLY AND I GOT THIS
SWORD.
I'M LIKE, "I'M GOING TO BRING MY SWORD AND I CAN'T WAIT TO FIGHT
GODZILLA IN THE THEATER."
MY DAD BROUGHT ALL OF MY COUSINS THERE.
THERE WERE, LIKE, 10 OF US.
WE WERE IN A WHOLE ROW OF THE THEATER AND I DON'T EVEN MAKE IT
THROUGH THE OPENING CREDITS-- AND I STILL HAVEN'T SEEN THIS
MOVIE.
ALL I REMEMBER IN THE OPENING THERE IS SOMETHING HAPPENING ON
THE SHIP AND THERE IS WATER DRIPPING DOWN.
IT FEELS VERY SCARY.
AND SO I TOLD MY DAD I WANTED TO LEAVE.
AND HE WAS LIKE, "WELL, IF NOTHING'S HAPPENING YET, WE
COULD ACTUALLY STAY."
AND SO I STOOD UP ON THE SEAT OF THE THEATER HOLDING MY SWORD AND
SAID, "MY MOMENT SAID THAT IF I WANTED TO LEAVE, WE COULD
LEAVE."
( LAUGHTER ) AND MY DAD SAID, "THAT IS WHAT
SHE SAID, AND WE'RE LEAVING."
SO WE GOT ALL THE COUSINS AND WE LEFT THE THEATER
( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: AND THEY CRIED?
>> YEAH, THEN THEY CRIED, AND I HAVE YET TO SEE "GODZILLA."
>> Stephen: IT'S A CLASSIC MOVIE, YOU HAVE TO SEE THAT,
THAT AND RODAN, ALL FANTASTIC MOVIES.
>> I HAVE A BETTER SWORD NOW.
>> Stephen: WELL, IT WAS LOVELY TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
"WONDER" IS IN THEATERS NOW.
DAVEED DIGGS, EVERYBODY!