MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT HAS WORKED WITH STEVEN SPIELBERG, JJ
ABRAMS, JIM JARMUSCH, MARTIN SCORSESE, AND NOW STEPHEN
COLBERT.
PLEASE WELCOME ADAM DRIVER!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪
>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK!
THANKS.
>> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
HAD YOU ON LAST YEAR.
HAD A REALLY NICE TIME.
THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: ONE OF THE THINGS I LEARNED LAST TIME WHEN YOU
WERE HERE YOU WENT TO JUILLIARD WHEN THESE GUYS WERE THERE.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: THEY'VE TOLD US SOME STORIES ABOUT YOU SINCE YOU
WERE HERE LAST TIME, AND THESE GUYS SAY -- AND THIS IS RIGHT --
YOU WERE KNOWN FOR MAKING YOUR CLASSMATES CRY --
>> THAT'S PARTLY TRUE.
>> Stephen: WHAT PART OF IT IS CREW, THE CRYING PART?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: WHY?
I MEAN, WELL, NOT PURPOSEFULLY.
I HAD JUST COME RIGHT OUT OF THE MILITARY SO --
>> Stephen: YOU WERE A MARINE AS SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW.
>> I WAS IN THE MARINE CORPS.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) AND YOU'RE JUST USED TO YO TALKI
TO PEOPLE IN A DIFFERENT WAY THAN IN THE CIVILIAN WORLD, AND
I HAD TO TONE IT DOWN A BIT AND REALIZE THE STAKES AREN'T ALWAYS
THAT HIGH.
LIKE IF SOMEONE USES YOUR YOGA MAT AND GETS ASS SWEAT ON YOUR
YOGA MAT, IT'S NO REASON TO REAM THEM OUT FOR IT.
>> Stephen: ACTUALLY, I THINK THAT IS A REASON TO REAM
SOMEBODY OUT.
ASS SWEAT ON MY YOGA MAT.
BUT YOU WERE INTENSE.
>> YOU CAN SAY THAT IN A RESPECTFUL WAY.
>> Stephen: WHAT IS THE RESPECTFUL WAY?
>> DON'T GET YOUR ASS SWEAT ON MY YOGA MAT, PLEASE.
>> Stephen: THAT'S VERY NICE.
YEAH.
>> Stephen: YOU ALSO DO SOMETHING CALLED -- YOU HAVE A
NONE-PROFIT CALLED ARTS IN THE ARMED FORCES.
WHAT'S THAT?
>> WE DO CONTEMPORARY THEATER FOR THE MILITARY AUDIENCE.
THAT'S HOW I HEARD OF JON THROUGH THE CHANNELS AT SCHOOL,
BUT HE DID ONE OF OUR FIRST PERFORMANCES WHERE HE TOOK TWO
OR THREE-MINUTE SPEECHES FROM CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN PLAYS AND
WE JUST READ IT FOR MILITARY AUDIENCES.
IT'S NOT MILITARY-THEMED IN ANY WAY.
>> Stephen: WITH THE U.S.O., ACTIVE DUTY PEOPLE?
>> IT IS FOR ACTIVE DUTY VETERANS AND VETERANS AND THEIR
FAMILIES AND WE JUST PERFORM PLAYS.
NOW WE'RE KIND OF READING PLAYS ALL OVER.
BEEN TO WALTER REED, BETHESDA, MARYLAND, KUWAIT, KIND OF ALL
THE OVER THE WORLD AND THE UNITED STATES.
IT'S LIKE RAISING MONEY FOR AN ARTS NONPROFIT IS PRETTY
DIFFICULT.
>> Stephen: YEAH, CHALLENGING.
BUT IT'S A GOOD CHALLENGE WHEN YOU TRY TO CONVINCE A
MILITARY AUDIENCE OR ANY AUDIENCE A PLAY IS IMPORTANT.
IT'S KIND OF TAKEN OFF IN THE PAST FEW YEARS IN A REALLY GREAT
WAY.
>> Stephen: THAT'S GREAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
( APPLAUSE ) NOW, YOU'VE ACTUALLY GOT TWO
MOVIES OUT NOW WHICH ARE BOTH GETTING GREAT NOTICES.
SILENCE WITH MARTIN SCORSESE AND PATERSON WITH JIM JARMUSCH.
VERY DIFFERENT TO WORK WITH, THOSE TWO GUYS.
>> YEAH, DIFFERENT PROJECTS.
>> Stephen: WELL TOTALLY DIFFERENT PROJECTS, AND AS
DIRECTORS, NO WRONG ANSWER, WHO'S BETTER?
>> JIM SCORSESE.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE BOTH DIFFICULT.
SCORSESE IS SOMEONE I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO WORK WITH EVER SINCE I
WAS A KID.
HE PROBABLY DOESN'T WANT TO HEAR THAT -- BECAUSE HE'S OLDER.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: THAT'S THE PART HE
DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR, FOR THE RECORD.
>> BUT JIM IS THE SAME.
NOT ONLY HIS MOVIES, BUT WHO HE IS AS A PERSON IS KIND OF
AMAZING, IF YOU'VE MET HIM.
>> Stephen: I WOULD LOVE TO.
BUT BOTH ARE EQUALLY DIFFERENT PROJECTS AND EQUALLY
DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND THEY -- THE VALUE OF THEM IS HARD TO KIND OF
QUANTIFY.
>> Stephen: NOW, IN "SILENCE" YOU PLAY A 17th CENTURY JESUIT
PRIEST -- >> YEAH.
>> Stephen: -- WHO GOES TO JAPAN TO TRY TO FIND LIAM
NEESON.
HE'S ANOTHER MISSIONARY PRIEST, ALL RIGHT, WHO I ASSUME HAS BEEN
TAKEN BY THE JAPANESE.
>> YEAH, RIGHT.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: WHO HAS A
PARTICULAR SET OF SKILLS WHICH INCLUDE THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS.
( LAUGHTER ) AND THIS IS CLOSED JAPAN WHERE
NO WESTERNERS WERE ALLOWED IN?
>> YEAH, IT BASICALLY GOT TO A CERTAIN POINT WHERE THEY FELT
THEIR POLITICAL IDENTITY WAS LOST AND THEY WANTED TO
RECAPTURE IT.
SO ALL THE TEMPLES THAT WERE THERE WERE DESTROYED AND TURNED
INTO CHURCHES AND ALL THESE CHRISTIANS, SUDDENLY, NAGASAKI
WAS KIND OF KNOWN AS THE ROME OF THE EAST BECAUSE CHRISTIANITY
AND CATHOLICISM KIND OF SPREAD LIKE WILDFIRE AND SOME OF THE
PEOPLE THERE, THE SHOWGUNS, DIDN'T SEE THEIR COUNTRY ANYMORE
AND ERADICATED IT FORCEFULLY FROM THE COUNTRY.
>> Stephen: IN THE MOVIE, YOU ARE WITH OTHER CHRISTIAN
JAPANESE WHO ARE BEING TESTED IN YOUR FAITH, AND WE HAVE A CLIP
HERE OF Y'ALL BEING TESTED IN YOUR FAITH BY BEING FORCED TO
TRAMPLE AN IMAGE OF CHRIST TO PROVE THAT YOU AREN'T A
CHRISTIAN.
>> RIGHT.
>> Stephen: AND YOU AND GARFIELD HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS
AS TO WHAT THE RESPONSE SHOULD BE TO THIS.
>> MM-HMM.
>> Stephen: JIM?
WE ARE FORCED TO TRAMPLE ON THE LORD.
>> YOU MUST PRAY FOR COURAGE.
BUT IF WE DO NOT DO WHAT THEY WANT, THERE CAN BE DANGER FOR
EVERY CHRISTIAN.
THEY CAN BE PUT IN PRISON, THEY WILL BE THERE FOREVER.
WHAT SHOULD WE DO?
>> TRAMPLE.
TRAMPLE.
IT'S ALL RIGHT TO TRAMPLE.
>> WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?
YOU CAN'T.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: NOW, YOU ALSO --
SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW THIS, YOU'RE ALSO IN THIS LITTLE THING
CALLED "STAR WARS."
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) AND YOU PLAY A MONKISH
CHARACTER.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: FIRST OF ALL, I'M SORRY FOR THE LOSS OF YOUR
FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE CARRY FISHER.
>> OH, YEAH.
>> Stephen: WE HAD HER ON BEFORE CHRISTMAS AND SHE WAS A
DELIGHT TO HAVE ON.
IT WAS AN HONOR TO TALK TO HER.
WHAT WAS SHE LIKE TO WORK WITH ON SET?
WAS SHE FUN?
>> YEAH, AS YOU CAN TELL FROM MEETING HER, SHE BURNS VERY
BRIGHT AND HAS SUCH A GREAT, VERY GENEROUS ENERGY FOR THAT
SUDDENLY NOT TO BE ON SET, AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT AND
PUBLICITY OR IN LIFE WHEN YOU SEE HER IN A "STAR WARS" EVENT
OR ANYWHERE, SHE'S JUST -- YOU KNOW, TO HAVE HER CHARACTER, NOT
JUST IN THE MOVIE, BUT HER CHARACTER MISSING FROM THAT VERY
SMALL UNIT IS A TRAGEDY.
>> Stephen: WELL, I KNOW, HAVE YOU ALREADY FINISHED THE NEXT
INSTALLMENT OF THE MOVIE?
>> WE FINISHED THE SECOND ONE LAST SUMMER.
I THINK THE LAST TIME I SAW HER WAS ON SET BEING PRINCESS LEIA.
>> Stephen: WERE YOU A FAN OF THESE MOVIES GROWING UP?
>> I WAS.
>> Stephen: I WAS AN ENORMOUS FAN.
I SAW A PREVIEW AND I WAS VERY EXCITED.
I LOVE YOUR LIGHTSABER WITH THE HANDLE.
>> YES, RIGHT.
>> Stephen: I'M A BIG DEFENDER OF THE LIGHTSABER.
>> YOU ARTICULATED IT BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN IT.
I GOT TO HAVE A LIGHTSABER OR A LASER SWORD HE CALLS IT WITH
GEORGE LUCAS WHICH WAS VERY EXCITING.
DO YOU THUMB WRESTLE?
>> I DO, YEAH.
>> Stephen: WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO THUMB WRESTLE ME WITH
LIGHT SABERS?
>> YES!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: JUST PUT IT ON THE
THUMB.
>> I'M MISSING TWO -- >> Stephen: IT'S AN OLDER
MODEL.
YOU WANT TO PUT IT ON THE TOP SO I WIL WON'T HAVE AN ADVANTAGE OV
YOU.
READY?
>> YEAH, BUT YOU'RE PUTTING -- >> Stephen: WHAT ARE YOU
DOING?
PUT IT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE RIGHT HERE?
DO WE HAVE A SETUP HERE?
DO WE HAVE A SHOT AT IT?
THERE YOU GO.
ONE TWO THREE FOUR.
>> ONE TWO THREE FOUR.
( LIGHTSABER SOUNDS ) >> ONE TWO THREE FOUR, NOW YOU
START A THUMB WAR BURKS AGAIN.
THAT'S IT, RIGHT?
>> Stephen: SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.
READY?
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, NOW WE START A STAR WAR!
( SABER SOUNDS ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: ADAM.
ADAM.
JUST BE HONEST.
I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE YOU CRY, AM I?
( LAUGHTER ) WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE
ADAM DRIVER.
STICK AROUND.