WELCOME BACK!
FOLKS, MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT IS AN ICON OF AMERICAN CINEMA YOU
KNOW FROM SOME OF THE BIGGEST MOVIES OF ALL TIME AND ALSO SOME
VERY GOOD SMALL ONES.
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW" FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE
THE 2016 ELECTION, MR. JEFF GOLDBLUM!
♪ ♪ ♪
♪ ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: I BEG OF YOU.
I BEG OF YOU.
>> I BEG OF YOU.
I BEG OF YOU.
>> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> SO NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> Stephen: YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW OF ANYONE WHO COULD
POSSIBLY ENJOY BEING JEFF GOLDBLUM MORE THAN YOU.
( LAUGHTER )
I WATCH YOU BEING JEFF GOLDBLUM, AND I THINK, HE REALLY KNOWS HOW
TO DO THAT.
IS IT FUN BEING JEFF GOLDBLUM?
>> YEAH, I LIKE IT FINE.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: WELL, YURA EYE YOU'RE A STAPLE.
YOU'RE A GRANDMASTER OF LATE NIGHT, AND WE-- WE HAVEN'T HAD
YOU ON SINCE NOVEMBER 8, 2016, THE LIVE ELECTION SHOW.
>> YES, SIR.
>> Stephen: THAT WE DID.
YOU WERE SITTING RIGHT THERE.
>> YUP.
>> Stephen: AND HOW-- HOW WAS THAT NIGHT FOR YOU?
>> OH, MY GOSH.
WELL, WE BEBRIEFED A LITTLE A LITTLE AFTER.
WE SAW EACH OTHER FOR A SECOND.
OH, HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE.
DEVASTATING.
AND CHALLENGING.
>> Stephen: BUT THANK YOU FOR STAYING.
YOU COULD HAVE JUST LEFT AND SAID, "I DON'T WANT TO BE ON
CAMERA RIGHT NOW."
>> WELL, IT WAS TOUGH.
WE WERE-- YOU KNOW, YOU'RE PUTTING ON A SHOW.
>> Stephen: SURE.
MY DAD'S GOT A BARN.
LET'S PUT ON A SHOW.
>> YOU DO, AND YOU PUT ON THE BEST SHOWS.
AND I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE-- YOU KNOW, I CAMPAIGNED FOR
HILLARY IN OHIO, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE-- MY WIFE AND
I SAID, "YEAH, GO AND DO THAT.
THAT WILL BE AN EXCLAMATION POINT ON THIS WHOLE CYCLE."
AND IT WAS-- IT WAS VERY, VERY --
>> Stephen: IT WAS A DIFFERENT FORM OF PUNCTUATION.
IT WAS A COLON BECAUSE THAT NIGHT WAS FULL OF (BLEEP).
>> YOU'RE TELLING ME.
>> Stephen: UH-HUH.
>> YOU'RE TELLING ME.
( APPLAUSE )
IT MUST BE.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
>> JUST AS EVERYTHING MUST BE.
AND WE-- AND YOU, CERTAINLY-- HAVE HELD DOWN A CENTER OF
SANITY, TRUTHFULNESS, GRACE.
>> Stephen: WELL, I'M INSPIRED BY YOU BECAUSE YOU SAID THAT
NIGHT, YOU SAID, "I WON'T BE UNINSPIRED BY THIS."
HOW DOES JEFF GOLDBLUM STAY INSPIRED?
>> WELL, MANY WAYS.
I LIKE TO PLAY MUSIC, OF COURSE.
BUT I DO FIND MYSELF COMING BACK TO THIS QUOTE BY GEORGE BERNARD
SHAW.
LET ME SEE IF I CAN REMEMBER THIS.
HE SAYS, "THIS IS THE TRUE JOY IN LIFE, THAT BEING USED FOR A
PURPOSE, CONSIDERED BY YOURSELF AS MIGHTY.
BEING A FORCE OF NATURE INSTEAD OF A FEVERISH SELFISH LITTLE
CLOD OF AIL AMES AND GRIEVANCES, COMPLAINING THAT THE WORLD WILL
NOT DEVOTE ITSELF TO MAKING YOU HAPPY.
I AM OF THE OPINION THAT MY LIFE BELONGS TO THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.
AND WHILE I LIVE, IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO DO FOR IT WHATEVER
I CAN.
I WANT TO BE THOROUGHLY USED UP WHEN I DIE, FOR THE HARDER I
WORK, THE MORE I LIVE.
I REJOICE IN LIFE FOR ITS OWN SAKE.
LIFE IS NO BRIEF CANDLE TO ME.
IT'S A SORT OF SPLENDID TORCH THAT I'VE GOLD HOLD OF FOR THE
MOMENT, AND I WANT TO MAKE IT BURN AS BRIGHTLY AS POSSIBLE
BEFORE HANKING HANDING IT ON TO GENERATIONS."
( APPLAUSE ) ( CHEERS )
>> Stephen: THAT'S NICE.
I'M AFRAID-- I'M AFRAID THAT'S ALL WE HAVE TIME FOR.
>> THAT'S OUR SHOW.
DRIVE SAFELY.
>> Stephen: YOU ARE A SINGULAR CHARACTER IN AND OF YOURSELF.
EVENTUALLY, THERE WILL BE A MOVIE BASED ON YOUR LIFE,
UNDOUBTEDLY.
>> I DOUBT IT.
>> Stephen: UNDOUBTEDLY.
UNDOUBTEDLY.
WHO WOULD YOU WANT TO PLAY YOU?
>> LET'S SEE, LET'S SEE.
GREGORY PECK WOULD HAVE BEEN GOOD--
>> Stephen: JUST MISSED IT.
>> JUST MISSED IT.
JOEL COEN OF THE COEN BROTHERS, POSSIBLY.
I LIKE HIM.
DANIEL DAY LEWIS.
>> Stephen: DANIEL DAY LEWIS COULD DO IT.
>> COULDN'T HE?
JOAQUIN PHOENIX, I THINK.
MY SON RIVER JOE.
HE'S ONE AND A HALF.
HE'S JUST BEEN-- HE'S BEEN OBSESSIBLE FALLING DOWN, DOING
THESE RECREATIONS OF A FALLING SCENE.
SO HE DOES 100 TIMES IN A ROW SO I THINK HE WOULD BE VERY GOOD.
I THINK TILDA SWINTON WOULD BE VERY GOOD.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE A WINNER.
>> AND JON BATISTE.
>> Stephen: WHY JON BATISTE.
>> Jon: I'M READY?
>> WE'RE TWIN SOULS IN MANY WAYS.
I PLAY A BIT OF PIANO-- OF COURSE HE WOULD BE AN
ENHANCEMENT OF ALL MY PIANO PLAYING SCEEBZ.
I PLAYED A REAL-LIFE CHARACTER, WATSON.
I PLAYED HIM A LONG TIME AGO, AND I'VE RUN INTO THE REAL JAMES
WATSON OVER THE YEARS.
HAVE YOU EVER COME ACROSS JAMES WATSON?
>> Stephen: I INTERVIEWED HIM.
>> YOU HAVE.
>> Stephen: YES.
>> INTERESTING AND PROVOCATIVE CHARACTER.
>> Stephen: HE IS.
>> I KNOW HE IS.
I SAW HIM RECENTLY A YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF AGO, ON A CRUISE, THE
LAST PAUL ALLEN CRUISE.
A VERY INTERESTING CRUISE BEFORE HE PASSED AWAY.
I MET STEVIE WONDER THERE, A LOT OF PEOPLE.
BUT JAMES WATSON, I SAID, "HEY, NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN."
I HAD SEEN HIM OVER THE DECADES.
HE SAID, "OH, JEFF, NICE TO SEE YOU."
"I NEVER WANTED YOU TO PLAY ME IN THAT MOVIE."
I SAID REALLY?
I SAID WHO DID YOU THINK SHOULD PLAY ME?
HE SAID, "JOHN McENROE."
( LAUGHTER )
I WENT AND TALKED TO-- NOT TO DROP MORE NAPE OF NAMES BUT TOM
STOPPARD WAS THERE.
I SAID GUESS WHO TOLD ME-- HE SAID MAYBE HE MEANS JOHN
MALKOVICH.
I SAID DID YOU MEAN JOHN MALKOVICH.
HE SAID REMEMBER THAT SCENE WHEN YOU WERE PLAYING TENNIS.
JOHN McENROE WOULD HAVE DONE THAT MUCH BETTER THAN YOU DID.
>> Stephen: PEOPLE KNOW YOU FROM YOUR MOVIES BUT NOT
EVERYBODY KNOWS YOU FROM YOUR MUSICAL CAREER.
YOU HAVE A NEW ALBUM.
AND NOT JUST YOU.
IT'S MILDRED SNITZER ORCHESTRA.
WHO IS MILDRED SNITZER?
>> MILDRED SNITZER WAS A FRIEND OF THE FAMILY.
I GREW UP IN PITTSBURGH.
WE'RE GOING TO PLAY TOMORROW NIGHT A COUPLE OF SHOWS AND
GOING TO PITTSBURGH, WHERE I'M FROM AND THEN CHICAGO.
MILDRED SNITZER WAS A FRIEND OF MY MOMS WHO WHO JUST CAME BY THE
HOUSE AND WHEN I HAD TO GIVE OURSELVES A NAME, AND THOUGHT
THAT WAS A FUNNY NAME AND WE'RE NOT AN ORCHESTRA BUT I'LL USE
THAT.
SHE LIVED TO BE 102 OR 4.
AND EXPP SHE SHOWED UP AT ONE OF OUR GIGS.
>> Stephen: HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN PLAYING?
>> SINCE I WAS A KID IN PITTSBURGH.
OUR PARENTS GAVES YOU MUSIC LESSONS AND I TOOK TO IT.
AND I GOT JAZZ ENTHRALLED.
>> Stephen: DID YOU PICK UP JAZZ LINGO.
ARE YOU A HIP CAT DADDYO.
>> I'M NOT A HIP CAT DADDYO.
>> Stephen: ARE YOU HIP.
>> NOT AS HIP AS YOU ARE.
MY FRIEND WELLER WHO STARTED THE BAND WITH ME, SAID IT ALL THE
TIME.
HE SAID, "I KNEW IT FROM JUMP STREET."
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS?
>> Stephen: WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
>> Jon: FROM WAY BACK.
>> IF I SAID-- DO YOU KNOW WHAT I WOULD MEAN IF I REFERRED TO
THE HEAD?
>> Jon: THE MELODY.
>> THAT'S THE MELODY.
GO BACK TO THE HEAD.
IF I SAID BLOW, THEN I BLOW AT THIS POINT.
WHAT I DO MEAN?
>> Stephen: PLAY THE HORN?
>> NO.
>> Jon: SOLO.
>> Stephen: SOLO?
>> YEAH.
AND AFTER THE HEAD, WE'RE GOING TO-- THEN I BLOW FOR A COUPLE
COURSES, AND THEN HE BLOWS.
AND IT MEANS I IMPROVISE.
I IMPROVISE.
I DO MY SOLO.
THAT'S IT.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE A HIP CAT.
>> A LITTLE BIT.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE WAY GONE, DADDY ON.
>> Stephen: MAYBE.
>> Stephen: NOW THAT YOU'VE GOT YOUR JAZZ ALBUM HERE, IS
THERE A JAZZ STANDARD YOU THINK-- IS THERE A SONG THAT
WOULD DEFINE OUR TIMES?
>> OH, IN THE UNITED STATES RIGHT NOW, I LIKE THAT SONG-- DO
YOU KNOW THIS, JON-- ♪ THERE MAY BE TROUBLE AHEAD
BUT WHILE THERE'S MOONLIGHT, MUSIC, AND LOVE AND ROMANCE
♪ LET'S FACE THE MUSIC AND DANCE BEFORE THE FIDDLERS HAVE FLED
♪ BEFORE THEY'VE ASKED US TO PAY THE BILL
AND WHILE WE'VE STILL GOT THE CHANCE
♪ LET'S FACE THE MUSIC AND DANCE SOON-- BRIDGE-- SOON-- SOON--
SOON WE'LL BE WITHOUT THE MOON ♪ HUMMING A DIFFERENT TUNE
AND THEN THERE MAY BE TEAR DROPS TO SHED
♪ BUT WHILE THERE'S MOONLIGHT AND MUSIC AND LOVE AND ROMANCE
♪ LET'S FACE THE MUSIC AND DANCE, DANCE, DANCE ♪
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
SESSIONS" IS AVAILABLE NOW.
JEFF GOLDBLUM, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
THANK YOU, JEFF.