-He co-stars with Lady Gaga in his new film, "A Star is Born."
It's in theaters this Friday. Go check it out.
I saw it last night. Dude, I loved it so much.
-Aw, thank you. -And you were just amazing.
And after Gaga --
We all know she can sing, but she can act.
-Oh, man, she's incredible. -And you guys together.
Did you guys know each other? -No, no.
You know, we had met on "Saturday Night Live,"
like, in passing years ago.
But it's one of those things, you see somebody,
and then you have no idea like five years from now
you're gonna be doing this crazy thing together.
-I mean, this is --
This is a knockout performance from her, as well.
-Yeah, she really brought it.
Yeah, I saw her sing "La Vie En Rose"
at this cancer benefit at Sean Parker's house,
and she just decimated the room. -Yeah.
-And that's why that scene's in the movie.
And then I met her at her house two days later,
and we just clicked.
I don't know if it's we're both from the East Coast
or the similar background,
but it was just one of those things.
You know what I asked her to do?
You know, "Midnight Special," that folk song?
-Yeah. Of course. -She never heard it before.
I was like, "Hey, do you know this folk song?"
She's like, "Nope."
And I was like, "Oh, well, can we sing it?"
And she printed up the sheet music,
and there's a piano in her living room.
And we just sang it together
just to see if there was, like, chemistry.
And it was just -- She made me feel so comfortable.
It was really -- And that was the beginning.
And she said, "Okay, let's do it."
-Wow! -Yeah.
-And she has faith in you as -- -She did.
You know? Yes, she did. Yeah.
-As a director, 'cause you did such a great job.
You know who's fantastic? Andrew Dice Clay is in this.
-Oh, man. Isn't he great?
-He plays her dad, and he is fantastic.
-Did you memorize his tapes when you were a kid?
-"Hickory Dickory Dock"? -Yeah, yeah, yeah.
-I knew everything. Yeah, absolutely, yeah.
-So the idea of asking him and him doing it was crazy.
-But dramatic -- Dramatic acting.
-Oh, yeah. But he's always been a good actor.
You know, "Blue Jasmine." And he's pretty incredible.
-I thought that was great. And then the songs are all new.
But you feel like you've heard them.
This song, "Shallow," that you guys released,
it's currently number 1 on iTunes.
-Yeah. It's nuts.
-It's the number 1 on Apple, on iTunes.
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You have the number 1 song. What?
You went for it for this.
It's so awesome. You really did it, man.
-Yeah. Mark Ronson was huge with that.
-Mark Ronson tweeted out, "It's the number 1 song."
-Oh, is this his tweet?
-Yeah. It's his tweet. "Number 1 song on iTunes."
We love Mark Ronson.
He's a great musician and producer.
"Number 1 song on iTunes.
Thank you, Little Monsters and Mini Coopers."
[ Laughter ]
Now, is that your fans?
Are they called Mini Coopers?
-Uh...I don't know.
[ Laughter ]
-Dude, I think he just coined that phrase.
Your fans are called Mini Coopers.
-Mini Coopers. -Yeah.
Why not? The Mini Coopers out there.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-You know what's funny, though? It likes, you know --
Do you ever have people that don't --
that really are just blown away?
Like how the heck are you hosting "The Tonight Show" now
that you grew up with?
-No. No one ever says that.
-Oh. [ Laughter ]
-They say, "It totally makes sense."
[ Laughter ]
No, of course. People are like,
"Dude, do you know what you're doing?"
-We went around -- I know we don't have time,
but I'm gonna say it anyway. Whatevs.
-There's no rules here, man. We love you, dude.
No rules. Whatevs.
[ Laughter ]
-I went around, did this regional tour in this last week.
[ Laughter ]
There's like 2 seconds left.
Anyway, it was a regional tour, and she's like --
[ Laughter ] Here we go!
-[ Coughs ] I'm sorry.
You're in a regional store?
[ Laughter ]
I'm sorry. All right, where are you?
-This is how it happened last time.
[ Laughter ]
-Where are you at?
-I'm on a regional tour around the country.
-Regional tour. All right, sorry.
A tour around the country.
And I stopped at my high school.
And I played the movie for my high school.
And there was this guy there
who was like the best athlete in the high school.
And he was the nicest guy in high school.
And he was so gifted. He was the running back.
He was the [bleep]
And we were at this -- [ Laughter ]
He was very good.
-Yeah, good. Good edit.
Yeah, good edit, perfect. Yeah.
-So I'm there at a house, like, in this --
and it was our 20-year reunion.
And he was pretty inebriated.
And he was looking at me like I'd never seen him look before.
And he was like -- "How did that happen, Brad?"
[ Laughter ]
And I was like, "Wait. What? How'd what happen?"
"You know, like, freshman year."
-He's the nicest guy. -Yeah.
He's like, "I -- How'd that happen, Brad?"
[ Laughter ]
I was like, "I don't know. I don't know."
"No, but how'd that happen?"
-I worked hard! That's how it happened!
That's how it happened. -And then I saw him,
and it was funny to think about that.
But, yeah, you never know.
[ Laughter ]
How people are gonna react. How people are gonna react.
-Oh, yeah, yeah. -Wow.
-That was a great story. -We gave it a shot.
We gave it a shot.
[ Laughter, cheers, applause ]
-Edit. [ Laughter ]
-Just make it one sentence.
-Yeah, just make it one sentence, one segment, yeah.
-Play a longer clip.
-Lady Gaga said that -- [ Laughter ]
I can maybe make a segue back in?
-Do it, do it. Lady Gaga said that you --
Took a nice little sip there. -Yep.
Dehydrated? -Dehydrated.
-Parched? -Yeah.
-It's a little dry in here. -Is it?
-Not really.
I mean, there's no real reason to take a sip of water.
-I got a lot of clothing on. I think that's it.
-You look great, by the way. That's a beautiful suit.
-This is the same suit I wore, I think, last time I was here.
[ Laughter ]
-Is it, really? -I mean, you could check it,
but I feel like it is, yeah. I think it had egg --
I got egg -- Remember we did the egg thing?
-Oh, Egg Russian Roulette. -Yeah, yeah.
I think this is the same suit. -Oh, no way.
-I swear. Yeah.
-We hung that photo in the hallway.
-Oh, we should check.
[ Laughter ]
Not right now. -Yeah, we should go check.
Should we just go check?
We could run out there and check.
-We could run out and check. -I mean, if you want to.
I mean, we don't have lighting or anything.
-Let's just go check it out. Yeah.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-This way.
-I hope I'm right. -It's similar --
-I hope I'm right. -It's a similar thing.
We'll just have to run out real quick.
It's right here.
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-It's the same suit. -Same suit.
-Same suit. -Same suit.
-Thank you.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Same suit. -Same suit.
-Same suit. -Same suit.
-We figured it out.
It's the same, but it's a beautiful suit.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Oh, thank you.
Well, I'm happy that you came back to the show,
because we do love you here,
and, really, this is a lot of work
put into this movie, and it's a home run, dude.
-Thank you, bro. -I'm just proud of you.
-Thank you. [ Cheers and applause ]
-I laughed, I cried. I loved the music.
And, man, oh man. Well done, man.
All parts. I want to show everyone a clip.
Here's Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga
in "A Star is Born." Take a look.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Do you write songs or anything?
-I don't sing my own songs.
-Thank you.
Why?
-Um...
Well, 'cause, like, almost every single person
that I've come in contact with in the music industry
has told me that my nose is too big
and that I won't make it.
-Your nose is too big? -Yeah.
-Your nose is beautiful.
Can I touch your nose? -Oh, my gosh.
-Let me just touch it for a second.
♪ Good Lord, I feel like I'm dying ♪
♪♪
-Ooh-whoo! [ Cheers and applause ]
Bradley Cooper, everybody!