( APPLAUSE )
ABLE TO.
HEY, EVERYBODY, WE'RE BACK WITH LADY GAGA.
YES, I AGREE.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
>> THANK YOU!
>> Stephen: THIS IS TRUE.
WE HAVE A CLIP RIGHT HERE.
CAN YOU-- DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS CLIP IS?
COMPLAINING WHAT'S HAPPENING?
>> YEAH, THIS CLIP, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, AND ALSO YEARS OF
PREPARATION, THIS CLIP IS AFTER WE WENT TO A VERSACE SHOW.
AND VERSACE WAS HUGE DURING THIS TIME.
AND MAURIZIO, MY HUSBAND, HAS A TALK WITH A FASHION DESIGNER
THAT'S AT THE SHOW WHO ESSENTIALLY TELLS HIM THAT GUCCI
IS NOT AS GREAT AS IT COULD BE.
SO THEY GO HOME, AND SHE'S TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO HIM THAT HE
NEEDS TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE COMPANY.
AND WHAT I ALWAYS BELIEVED ABOUT PATRIZIA IS SHE SAID TO HERSELF,
"LOOK, MAURIZIO, YOU HAVE ALL OF THIS SITTING RIGHT IN FRONT OF
YOU.
YOU HAVE THIS COMPANY, THIS EMPIRE JUST SITTING IN YOUR LAP.
YOU SHOULD TAKE CONTROL OF IT."
IN THIS SCENE SHE'S TRYING TO SHOW HIM WHAT HE'S GOT, AND
SHE'S ALSO TRYING TO REMIND HIM SHE'S PART OF THE FAMILY, TOO.
>> Stephen: JIM.
>> DO YOU WANT TO BE LEFT IN THE DUST?
DO YOU WANT TO KEEP SELLING COFFEE MUGS IN AIRPORTS?
IS THAT YOUR LEGACY?
IT'S TIME TO TAKE OUT THE TRASH.
ALDO AND PAOLO, THEY'RE POISON.
THEY'RE AN EMBARRASSMENT TO THIS COMPANY, AND EVERYBODY KNOWS IT.
THEY HAVE TO GO.
AND YOU NEED TO GET YOUR ( BLEEP ) BUSINESS ORGANIZED.
>> PATRIZIA, THEY'RE MY FAMILY.
>> SO AM I.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
TO ASK YOU ABOUT THIS PERFORMANCE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU STAYED IN CHARACTER FOR MONTHS.
>> I DID.
>> Stephen: OKAY, WHAT A CHALLENGE--
>> LIKE SOMEBODY I KNOW.
>> Stephen: WELL, WELL, YES, I CAN THE SAME CHARACTER FOR A
LONG TIME.
>> FOR YEARS.
>> Stephen: FOR YEARS.
FOR 10 YEARS, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT-- WELL, DO YOU
THINK PEOPLE MISUNDERSTAND THE USE AND THE PURPOSE OF METHOD
ACTING?
>> I THINK THAT THERE'S A SORT OF IDEA AROUND METHOD ACTING
THAT IT'S CRAZY, AND THAT WE'RE CRAZY.
BUT I THINK THAT FOR THOSE OF US THAT COMMIT OURSELVES TO METHOD
ACTING, THAT THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT US THAT'S JUST FULLY
COMMITTING OURSELVES TO THE ART ON A CELLULAR LEVEL, THIS WE'RE
DEEPLY ENTRENCHED IN THIS IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE.
I FEEL IT WHEN I SING.
I FEEL IT WHEN I MAKE MUSIC.
AND I FEEL IT WHEN I'M ACTING.
WHEN I SING JAZZ MUSIC, I-- I CONSIDER IT A GREAT PRIVILEGE
AND HONOR TO TAKE WITH ME ALL THE GREAT MUSICIANS OF THE PAST
AND BRING FORTH THIS GREAT MUSIC.
SO I DO THE SAME WHEN I'M WORKING ON CHARACTERS.
AND WITH PATRIZIA, IT WAS MUCH EASIER FOR ME TO STAY IN
CHARACTER ALL THE TIME ( SPEAKING WITH AN ACCENT. )
WHEN I CALLED MY MOTHER, WHE I CALLED MY FATHER.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE NOT ONLY IN THE REALITY OF THE CHARACTER,
YOU'RE IN THE ACCENT AT THE TIME, LIVING YOUR LIFE.
HOW DID YOUR FAMILY TAKE THIS.
>> IF I CALLED YOU ON THE PHONE I WOULD HAVE SPOKEN TO YOU JUST
LIKE THIS.
I WOULDN'T HAVE PRETEND I WAS PATRIZIA.
YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE, "( BLEEP ), I'M ON THE PHONE
WITH PATRIZIA."
AND WHEN I WOULD CALL MY MOTHER --
>> Stephen: SHE HIRED PEOPLE TO KILL HER HUSBAND.
YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY IT WOULD MAKE PEOPLE NERVOUS.
>> I KNOW, BUT IN ANOTHER WAY, WHAT IT DID FOR ME IS, LIKE
SINGING, LIKE A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, LIKE A MUSCLE, IT
ALLOWED ME TO BECOME COMFORTABLE WITH SPEAKING IN A WAY WHERE IT
WOULD BE NATURAL TO ME, SOA THAT I COULD BE IN A SCENE, LIKE THE
ONE YOU JUST SAW, AND I COULD SPEAK NATURALLY TO THE ACTOR, AS
OPPOSED TO PLAYING AN INSTRUMENT THEY DON'T KNOW.
>> Stephen: THAT MAKES SENSE.
>> IT'S LIKE IF EVERYBODY SWITCHED INSTRUMENTS ON STAGE
WHICH YOU PROBABLY DO YOU'RE SO GOOD.
EVERYBODY WENT, "DON'T COME FOR ME.
I GOT THE PIANO."
BUT MY POINT IS THAT I REALLY WANTED TO DO A GOOD JOB, AND
STAYING IN CHARACTER FOR ME WAS ESSENTIAL.
AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT THAT'S THE WAY TO DO IT.
IT'S JUST HOW I DO IT.
AND I'VE DONE IT THAT WAY FOR A LONG TIME, MEANING WITH MY
MUSIC.
I'VE BEEN ASKED SO MUCH, YOU KNOW, "YOU CHANGE ALL THE TIME
AND YOU BECOME DIFFERENT THINGS AND YOU HAVE A PERSONA."
I THINK THAT ACTING WAS INJECTED INTO EVERYTHING I'VE ALWAYS
DONE.
AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE I'M LIKE A CHILD WITH ART.
I THINK ART IS THE SECOND MOST BEAUTIFUL THING IN THE WORLD.
I THINK NATURE COMES FIRST.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
( APPLAUSE )
BUT DON'T GO AWAY, BECAUSE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THERE WILL
BE MORE LADY GAGA IN JUST A MINUTE.
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