>> Stephen: YOU RAN OUT HERE.
VERY FEW PEOPLE RUN OUT HERE.
>> I'M SO EXCITED TO GET HERE.
>> Stephen: WE'RE SO EXCITED
TO HAVE YOU.
GOOD TO SEE YOU, MAN.
YOU KNOW I'M A BIG FAN.
I ACTUALLY WROTE YOU AFTER
SEEING "FOX CATCHER."
DID THAT FREAK YOU OUT?
DID I SEEM LIKE A STALKER?
>> NOT AT ALL.
>> Stephen: THAT WAS ONE OF
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PORTRAITS OF
BROTHERLY LOVE I HAVE EVER SEEN.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: AND YOU DO GET TO
BE THE HULK AT THE SAME TIME, IS
THAT A NICE BALANCE FOR YOU?
>> IT'S AMAZING.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY'RE LETTING
ME DO IT.
>> Stephen: DO PEOPLE COME
UP-- DO THEY YELL, LIKE, "HEY,
HULK OUT!"
DO THEY TRY TO MAKE YOU ANGRY.
>> ALL I EVER HEAR S, I'M NOT
MAKING YOU ANGRY, MAN?"
>> Stephen: REALLY.
>> I WALK DOWN THE STREET, AND
PEOPLE ARE LIKE, "YO, HULK!"
AND MY SON IS LIKE, "PUT YOUR
HOOD UP.
WHY?
BECAUSE YOUR HAIR.
>> Stephen: SERIOUSLY, GET A
HAIRCUT, YOU HIPPIE.
YOU ARE THOUGH, YOU'RE
POLITICALLY INVOLVED.
YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR CLEAN WATER,
FIGHTING THE FRACKING PEOPLE.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
>> I MEAN, COME ON!
WHAT THE HECK!
WHO THOUGHT OF FRACKING?
>> Stephen: PEOPLE WHO NEED
OIL.
THEY'RE CALLED AMERICANS.
>> YES, YES, THAT'S RIGHT.
YOU'RE RIGHT.
>> Stephen: NOW DO YOU-- DO
YOU FEEL THE BURN?
ARE A BERNIE SANDERS FAN?
>> I'M BURNING UP, MAN.
>> Stephen: ARE YOU REALLY?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: THAT'S NOT YOUR
FIRST LOVE.
YOU TRIED TO GET ELIZABETH
WARREN TO RUN, RIGHT?
>> I DID.
I BEGGED ELIZABETH WARREN TO
RUN.
>> Stephen: DID YOU GO AND
PHYSICALLY BEG HER?
>> I DID A LITTLE VIDEO IN A
PLAY-- OUTSIDE IN A PARK WITH A
BUNCH OF KIDS BEHIND ME SAYING,
"ELIZABETH, WE NEED YOU, THEY
NEED YOU."
>> Stephen: SHE WATCHES THIS
SHOW.
I'M PRETTY SURE SHE WATCHES THIS
SHOW.
>> LIZ, THERE'S STILL TIME.
>> Stephen: ONE SECOND.
ONE SECOND.
THERE YOU GO.
>> LIZ, THERE'S STILL TIME!
>> Stephen: THERE IS STILL
TIME.
>> LIZ AND SANDERS.
>> Stephen: LET'S TALK ABOUT A
SUBJECT I KNOW SOME PEOPLE MIGHT
BE UNCOMFORTABLE ABOUT, BUT
ACTUALLY YOU'VE DONE THE MOVIE
AND YOU KNOW ABOUT THE SUBJECT,
AND IT IS WHY DO THE HULK'S
PANTS STAY ON?
( LAUGHTER )
( APPLAUSE )
IF EVERYTHING ELSE COMES OFF.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
WHY IS THAT?
>> THEY'RE STRETCHY PANTS.
>> Stephen: THEY'RE STRETCHY
PANTS.
OKAY.
YOU HAVE A NEW FILM.
IT'S CALLED "SPOTLIGHT."
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> Stephen: IT'S A BRILLIANT
FILM ON A HEARTBREAKING SUBJECT.
IT'S ABOUT AN INVESTIGATION BY
THE "BOSTON GLOBE" IN 2000?
>> YES.
>> Stephen: IN 2000 OF THE
SEXUAL ABUSE CRISIS WITHIN THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH, SPECIFICALLY IN
THE DIOCESE AROUND BOSTON.
WHO DO YOU PLAY?
>> I PLAY MIKE REZENDES, WHO WAS
ON THE SPOTLIGHT TEAM, AND WHO
IS JUST SUCH A FANTASTIC
INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST.
LIKE, IF YOU WANT TON THE
DEFINITION OF INVESTIGATIVE
JOURNALIST, HE WOULD BE THE
PERFECT EXAMPLE.
>> Stephen: HOW DID THIS STORY
COME TO THE "BOSTON GLOBE?"
WHY WERE THESE THE FIRST GUYS TO
BREAK THIS STORY ON A WIDE
SCALE?
>> WELL, EILEEN MCNAMARA, WHO
ACTUALLY WAS WRITING AN OPINION
PIECE, KIND OF CALLED OUT THE
FACT THAT THERE'S NO WAY THERE
COULD HAVE BEEN THAT KIND OF
MOLESTATION IN BOSTON WITHOUT
CARDINAL LAW KNOWING ABOUT IT.
>> Stephen: THE CHURCH'S
RESPONSE IS THESE WERE ISOLATED
INCIDENCES THAT HAD BEEN
REPORTED --
>> YES, BAD APPLES.
>> Stephen: EXACTLY, BAD
APPLES AND YOU ALL INVESTIGATED
FURTHER-- RATHER THE CHARACTERS
YOU PLAYED INVESTIGATED FURTHER.
>> YES, AND WHAT THEY CAME TO
FIND WAS THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE
SITTING ON A HUGE STORY WITH 13
PRIESTS MOLESTING BOYS, RAPING
BOYS IN THE CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE
OF BOSTON, BUT WHAT IT REALLY
WAS, WAS MORE LIKE 90 TO 100
PRIESTS.
AND THESE PRIESTS WERE BEING
SENT-- TAKEN OFF-- OUT OF
SERVICE FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS,
PUT INTO A KIND OF REHAB, AND
THEN SENT BACK TO PLACE WHERE'S
THERE WAS CHILDREN.
>> Stephen: THAT WAS ONE OF
THE GREATEST SCANDALS AS
REVEALED, AS THIS STORY PLAYED
OUT OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS, THAT
PRIESTS HAD BEEN ESSENTIALLY
REASSIGNED, JUST PUT SOMEPLACE
ELSE WHERE THEIR CRIMES HAD NOT
BEEN EXPOSED OR NOT BEEN
COMPLAINED ABOUT, AND OTHER
PEOPLE-- OTHER CHILDREN WERE PUT
AT RISK.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: HOW LONG DID IT
TAKE FOR THE STORY-- HOW LONG
WAS THE ACTUAL INVESTIGATION
BEFORE THE STORY ACTUALLY WAS
PUBLISHED?
>> UM--
>> BECAUSE I IMAGINE THESE GUYS
WANTED TO GET IT DEAD TO RIGHTS
BEFORE THEY PUBLISHED.
>> YES.
SO THIS IS THE BEAUTY OF THIS
KIND OF JOURNALISM.
THEY HAD A LOT OF TIME AND
RESOURCES TO FOLLOW THIS STORY
OUT TO ITS FINAL END.
IF THEY HAD GONE WITH THE 13
PRIESTS THEY NEVER WOULD HAVE
BROUGHT IT ALL THE WAY UP TO THE
VATICAN, WHICH IS WHERE THE
STORY LED.
IT'S THE PRIESTS, YES, AND THE
SCANDAL, YES.
BUT THERE WAS A HUGE COVER-UP AS
WELL.
AND SO WHAT THESE-- WHY
JOURNALISM IS SO IMPORTANT AND
WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO FUND IT
AND TO HAVE LONG-LEAD JOURNALIST
STORIES IS THAT THEY CAN TRACE
DOWN THE FACTS AND THE TRUTH TO
A POINT WHERE IT'S-- IT'S JUST
INCONCEIVABLE IT CAN BE ANYTHING
ELSE THAN WHAT THEY COME UPON.
>> Stephen: THIS MOVIE IS,
AMONG OTHER THINGS, SOMETHING OF
A CELEBRATION OR A VALENTINE TO
INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM.
>> YES.
IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT TIME FOR
INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM.
AND OUR PAPERS ARE DYING.
AND THIS KIND OF INVESTIGATIVE
JOURNALISM IS SORT OF FALLING TO
THE WAYSIDE.
AND WE'RE LOSING A LOT BECAUSE
THIS IS WHERE-- THIS IS WHERE WE
FIGHT TYRANNY.
WHAT YOU SEE IN THE MOVIE ARE
THESE GIANT INSTITUTIONS.
THE "BOSTON GLOBE," AND THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH, THEY'RE VERY
COZIED UP TO ONE ANOTHER.
SO THEY'RE AFRAID TO CONFRONT
THIS HORRIBLE CRIME THAT'S GOING
ON.
>> Stephen: THE CHARACTER YOU
PLAY IS A CATHOLIC, AS ARE THE
OTHER INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS
WHO WERE ACTUALLY WORKING ON THE
STORY.
WERE YOU RAISED A CATHOLIC?
>> I WAS RAISED CATHOLIC.
>> Stephen: AS WAS I, AND I
STILL GO TO THE CHURCH.
AND THE HEARTBREAKING THING TO
ME ABOUT THIS STSH THE
REVELATION, IS THAT IT'S NOT
THAT I AM NO LONGER A MEMBER OF
THE CHURCH.
I AM A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH BUT
THAT FOR SO MANY PEOPLE OUT
THERE IT ACTUALLY SULLIED THE
PLACE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A
SOLACE FOR THE KIND OF
HEARTBREAK OR THE PSYCHIC DAMAGE
CREATED BY THE IMMEDIATE ABUSE
OF THE PRIESTS OR THE PEOPLE WHO
NOW WHEN THEY GO INTO A CHURCH
FEEL GUILTY FOR GOING INTO A
CATHOLIC CHURCH THAT COULD ALLOW
THIS TO HAPPEN.
BECAUSE 17,500 CHILDREN WERE
ABUSED IN THE UNITED STATES AND
THOSE ARE THE NUMBERS FROM THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH ITSELF.
IT IS A TERRIBLE STORY FOR THE
CHURCH, BUT THE ONLY POSSIBLE
WAY FOR THE CHURCH TO HEAL IS
FOR THE TRUTH TO BE KNOWN.
DID YOU TALK TO ANY OF THE
PEOPLE WHO WORKED ON THIS AND
WHAT IT DID TO THEIR FAITH TO
WORK ON THE STORY?
>> ALL OF THEM WERE CATHOLICS.
THEY-- THEY ALL HAD A
RELATIONSHIP TO THE CHURCH.
AND IT WAS BOSTON, THE CHURCH IS
A BIG PART OF THAT CULTURE.
MY CHARACTER WANTED TO GO BACK
TO THE CHURCH.
HE ALWAYS SORT OF IMAGINED GOING
BACK TO THE CHURCH.
>> Stephen: WELL, I DO HAVE A
FOLLOW-UP QUESTION.
DO YOU ENJOY PLAYING THE HULK?
( LAUGHTER )
( APPLAUSE )
>> I LOVE THE PANTS.
( LAUGHTER )
( APPLAUSE )
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU.