>> Stephen: EVERYBODY, SIT DOWN, SIT DOWN, YOU DON'T GET TO
LEAVE WO'S BACK W-9 STAR OF THE NEW FILM SPOILER ALERT.
SALLY FIELD. WOULD WITHOUT TOO MANY SPOILERS TELL US THE PEOPLE
WHAT IT HAS DONE WHAT IT IS ABOUT.
>> IT ST REALLY ABOUT HOW HARD IT IS TO LOVE SOMEONE FOR THE
DURATION STRKS HARD THERE IS ALOT OF BUMPS.
PARENT TO A CHILD OR PARTNER TO PARTNER, IT'S HARD.
IT'S A LOVE STORY AND THAT ULTIMATELY IS WHAT ST ABOUT.
AND FAMILY AND RIDING SOME OF THOSE BIG BUMPS.
>> Stephen: AND BASED ON A TRUE STORY.
>> YEAH. >> Stephen: DID YOU KNOW THE
STORY BEFORE YOU WENT INTO IT. >> NO, MICHAEL'S MEMOIR, I DID
NOT. AND I DIDN'T READ THE MEMOIR
BEFORE OR SINCE BECAUSE I PLAY KIT'S MOTHER, HIS PARTNER'S
MOTHER. AND THEY'RE LOVELY PEOPLE, I
UNDERSTAND THEY STILL ARE ALIVE, SWI GREAT.
BUT WE NEVER MET THEM, BILL IRWIN AND AND I WHO PLAYS THE
FATHER. AND I JUST FELT I HAD AN
ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXT OVER WHAT REALLY THE MEMOIR WAS.
WHICH WAS QUITE A BIT BIGGER AND LONGER.
SO I DIDN'T MEET THEM. I PROBABLY AM INACCURATE BUT I
HOPE THEY ARE NOT DISPLEASED. >> Stephen: WITH YOUR
DESCRIPTION OF THE MOVIE. >> ANYTHING, ME IN GENERAL.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVEN'T READ THE BOOK, YOU HAVE SEEN THE FILM
YET. >> YES, HAVE I DONE THAT.
I KNOW WHAT HAPPENS. >> Stephen: NOT SURE-- DO YOU
HAVE A FAVORITE FILM OF YOUR OWN, DO YOU ACTUALLY, LIKE SOME
PEOPLE WON'T WATCH THEIR OWN WORK.
DO YOU. >> YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THERE
IS A LOT SOME DAY MAYBE WHEN I'M ON THE PORCH DROOLING.
>> Stephen: YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT YOUR OWN FILMS OR YOU
DON'T WATCH THEM. >> NO, I DON'T THINK ABOUT MY
OWN FILMS VERY MUCH. >> Stephen: CAN I RECOMMEND
SOME TO YOU. >> MAYBE.
>> Stephen: OKAY, I WILL SEND YOU SOME LINKS, DID YOU WATCH
THE FLYING NUN? >> WHEN IT WAS ON AT THE TIME.
>> Stephen: YEAH. >> OH MY GOSH, YES, I WAS OH MY
GOD, HERE IT IS. BUT I CAN'T SAY IT MADE ME ANY
HAPPIER. I CAN'T SAY I WAS LIKE-- .
>> Stephen: YOU HAD ALREADY DONE GIJ ET.
>> YES. >> Stephen: BUT BEFORE YOU DID
THAT, HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU GOT THAT GIG.
>> OH, I WAS 17. >> Stephen: AND WHAT WERE YOU
DOING BEFORE THAT, THEATER OR STUDENT.
>> I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL I WAS A KID IN HIGH SCHOOL.
I WAS IN THE DRAMA DEPARTMENT. I ALMOST DIDN'T GRADUATE BECAUSE
ALL I DID WAS THE DRAMA DEPARTMENT.
HI THO GO TO NIGHT SCHOOL TO GET OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL.
>> Stephen: I ALMOST DIDN'T GRADUATE ALSO.
>> REALLY, WHY. >> Stephen: BECAUSE I JUST
DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. >> YOU WEREN'T IN THE DRAMA.
>> Stephen: I DID PLAYS. I DID ANNIE GET YOUR GUN AND MY,
BUT NOT UNTIL I WAS A SENIOR. >> DID YOU SING AND DANCE IN
ANNIE GET YOUR GUNS. >> Stephen: YEAH, THERE'S A
GIRL IN TENNESSEE,. ♪ SHE MET WITH ME.
♪ CAN'T GO BACK TO TENNESSEE. ♪ I'M A BAD, BAD MAN.
♪ FRANK BUTLER. >> RIGHT.
>> Stephen: VERY ROMANTIC. >> WOW, AND WHEN DID YOU START
DOING STAND UP. >> Stephen: I SNEFER DID STAND
UP, I DID IMPROV, I WAS AN IMPROV.
I STUDIED THEATER. I DID UNDERGRADUATE THEATER
PROGRAM AT NORTH WESTERN AND IMPROV IN CHICAGO, THIS IS A
FASCINATING INTERVY OF ME. >> YES.
>> Stephen: I'M REALLY LOVING THIS.
GO AHEAD, ASK ME OTHER THINGS ABOUT ME, SALLY FIELD.
AND THEN I GOT INVOLVED IN SECOND CITY IN CHICAGO AND I
KNEW A LOT A LOT OF STAND UPS WHO PUT IN THE HOURS AND MILES
ON THE ROAD, BUT I WOULD NEVER CALL MYSELF STAND UP BECAUSE
THEY EARNED THAT MONIKER AND I NEVER DID.
>> SUCH A DIFFERENT WORLD IMPROV AND STANDUP.
>> Stephen: IMPROV IS ALL COOPERATIVE, ALL COLLABORATIVE,
ALL ABOUT MUTUAL DISKOARCH. >> I LIKED IMPROV IN THE WORK,
NEVER DID STAND UP, ACTUALLY I DID A FILM ABOUT STAND UP.
>> Stephen: CALLED STAND UP. >> NO, IT WAS CALLED PUNCH LINE.
>> Stephen: PUNCH LINE. >> WITH TOM HAJJS.
I WAS REALLY DREADFUL, NOT IN THE MOVIE BUT DOING STAND UP.
MAYBE I WAS IN THE MOVIE TOO I HAVEN'T WATCHED IT.
>> Stephen: I WILL GO BACK, I WILL SEND YOU A LINK.
YOU KNOW, YOU GOT ARRESTED WITH JANE FONDA.
>> I DID. >> Stephen: ON HER CLIMATE
ACTION FRIDAY IN D.C.. >> YEAH.
>> Stephen: SPEAKING OF ONE OF YOUR.
>> ONE OF MY FRIENDS. >> Stephen: HAVE YOU BEEN
ARRESTED BEFORE? >> NOT THAT I CAN REMEMBER.
>> Stephen: DID YOU HAVE A WILD PERIOD?
WERE YOU WILD EVER. >> NO, I WASN'T, I AM WAITING
FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. >> Stephen: COME ON, YOU
WEREN'T EVER WILD. >> I WAS NEVER WILD.
>> Jon: NOT EVEN SMOKING THE.
>> NO, I WAS WORKING ALWAYS, ALWAYS WORKING AND I WAS
NEVER-- I WAS JUST WAITING FOR IT.
>> Stephen: IT'S NEVER TOO LATE.
>> IT IS NEVER TOO LATE. IT COULD BE.
ANY MINUTE YOU COULD COME OUT OF THIS THEATER AND SEE ME HANGING
ON A LIGHT POLE. >> Stephen: FREE BASING.
>> I NEED THAT. >> Stephen: DON'T WE ALL.
SALLY, LOVELY TO SIGH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU. >> Stephen: ALWAYS SUCH A
PLEASURE. >> Stephen: "SPOILER ALERT" IS
IN SELECT THEATERS THIS FRIDAY AND NATIONWIDE DECEMBER 9.
SALLY FIELD, EVERYBODY! WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH NOBEL
PRIZE-WINNING JOURNALIST MARIA RESSA.