-- LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY FRIENDS, MY FRIENDS -- AND YOU
ARE MY FRIENDS -- WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW.
YOU KNOW MY NEXT GUEST FROM "THAT '70S SHOW,"
"BLACKKKLANSMAN" AND "BLACK MIRROR."
PLEASE WELCOME TOPHER GRACE!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
HELLO.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WELCOME TO THE
SHOW!
>> THANK YOU.
I'M SUCH A HUGE FAN OF THE SHOW.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE WERE SAYING BACKSTAGE A WHILE AGO YOU AND I MET BRIEFLY IN THE
LOBBY OF "THE DAILY SHOW" WAY BACK WHEN.
WHAT YEAR WOULD THAT HAVE BEEN?
>> 2001.
>> Stephen: IT WAS STILL IN ITS EMBRYONIC SHOW BACK THEN.
>> WHAT YOU GUYS DID FOR THE SHOW, I LOVED IT SO MUCH.
LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR "THE DAILY SHOW."
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: NOW, YOU'RE IN THE
LATEST SEASON OF "BLACK MIRROR."
YOU'RE PLAYING THE HEAD OF A SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANY LIKE OF A
GLOBAL SOCIAL MEDIA -- BIG DEAL.
HERE'S A PHOTO OF YOU IN A BATHROBE, APPARENTLY.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: OUT IN THE DESERT TALKING ON A SATELLITE PHONE.
>> I HAVE A MAN BUN.
>> Stephen: IS THIS BASED ON ANYONE?
>> YEAH, KIND OF.
THERE ARE A LOT OF FIGURES -- >> Stephen: IS IT JACK DORSEY,
TWITTER?
>> WELL, IT'S WEIRD.
BEFORE I PLAYED DAVID DUKE, I'D NEVER --
>> Stephen: "BLACKkKLANSMAN," DAVID DUKE.
>> YEAH, THANK YOU.
( APPLAUSE ) BUT IT'S NEW TO ME.
I'M USUALLY PLAYING FICTIONAL CHARACTERS.
TO PLAY SOMEONE AMERICA KNOWS WAS DAUNTING, AND I'M NOT
SOMEONE -- LIKE WHEN I DID "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE," THEY SAID
DO YOU DO ANY IMPRESSIONS, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK, AND I
SAID, HUH-OH, THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG WEEK.
>> Stephen: DO YOU DO ANY IMPRESSIONS?
>> DO I ONE, AND MY WIFE HELPED ME REALIZE IT, WHENEVER WE WATCH
"BACK TO THE FUTURE," WHICH WHENEVER IT'S ON, WE WATCH THE
WHOLE THING, I SLIP INTO DOING MARTY McFLY.
>> Stephen: SO YOU DO MICHAEL J. FOX.
>> WHICH CAMERA?
THIS ONE?
THAT'S IT.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WOW!
CAN WE RUN THAT BACK?
>> I DO A LITTLE BIT OF THE VOICE.
HE GOES, LIKE, EH, DOC, ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT YOU BUILT A TIME
MACHINE OUT OF DeLOREAN?
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: THAT'S OKAY,
BEAUTIFUL.
>> I HATE TO TIE "BACK TO THE FUTURE" TO WHITE SUPREMACY, BUT
THAT GAVE ME THE COURAGE.
>> Stephen: SOMEBODY HAD TO.
( LAUGHTER ) YOU SAID YOU DID DAVID DUKE IN
"BLACKkKLANSMAN," AND THAT'S A HEAVY ROLE, AND THIS IS KIND OF
A VERY DAK ROLE YOU'RE DOING IN "BLACK MIRROR."
WHAT DO YOU DO TO LIGHTEN THINGS UP?
>> I KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH THIS, STEPHEN.
>> Stephen: I HOPE SO.
I HAVE THE NERDIEST HOBBY OF ALL TIME WHICH I TWEETED ABOUT
SO IT'S MY FAULT, BUT I CUT DOWN MOVIES.
I WAS IN A FILM THAT I PRODUCED AND I HAD NEVER BEEN IN THE
EDITING ROOM BEFORE AND, YOU KNOW, ACTORS, THEY DON'T KNOW
WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE EDITING ROOM.
I ALWAYS FIGURED, WHAT'S TAKING YOU GUYS SO LONG?
AND IT TURNS OUT IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT.
I GAVE TERRIBLE NOTES.
SO, AS MY PENANCE, I BOUGHT AN EDITING MACHINE ON eBAY AND
TAUGHT MYSELF TO EDIT.
I DON'T WANT TO EDIT ANYTHING ON END, BUT I WANTED TO TAKE MOVIES
THAT I RESPECTED.
>> Stephen: ANYTHING I KNOW?
I KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH THIS.
>> Stephen: YOU EDIT THE HOBBIT?
YOU EDIT ALL THREE TO HAVE THE HOBBIT FILMS.
>> SOME MIGHT SAY IT'S NOT REALLY ENOUGH FOR THREE FILMS.
WOULD YOU SAY THAT.
>> Stephen: I WOULD NEVER SAY THAT.
>> COME ON, STEPHEN.
>> Stephen: I WOULD NEVER SAY THAT.
>> LORD OF THE RINGS IS BASED ON HOW MANY PAGES?
>> Stephen: ABOUT 1500 PAGES.
I KNEW YOU WOULD SAY THAT.
>.AND THE HOBBIT BASED ON WHAT?
>> Stephen: MID 200s, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
>> YEAH, I DON'T KNOW, SO -- ( LAUGHTER )
>> Stephen: HOW LONG IS YOUR HOBBIT?
HIS IS NINE HOURS LONG.
>> THAT'S NOT THE QUESTION YOU WANT TO ASK ME.
>> Stephen: I'M THE MASTER OF THE SPY NETWORK IN LAKE TOWN, A
CRUCIAL, CRITICAL CHARACTER IN THE SECOND MOVIE THE DESOLATION
OF SMOG STARRING STEPHEN COLBERT AS THE SPY MASTER OF LAKE TOWN.
>> IT'S MAYBE 15 SECONDS, RIGHT?
>> Stephen: IS IT STILL IN YOUR ( BLEEP ) --
>> I'M SO SORRY!
I'M SO SORRY!
WE HAD TO CUT IT!
I'M SORRY!
>> Stephen: WHAT?
YOU CUT IT?
>> I'M SO SORRY.
HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED, STEPHEN -- WHEN YOU GET INTO THE EDITING
ROOM AND YOU HAVE ALL THESE CHOICES.
>> Stephen: I GET IT.
OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
THAT'S ALL WE HAVE TIME FOR, TOPHER, I'M AFRAID.
I WANT TO SAY, YOU HAVE A NEW PODCAST CALLED "MINOR ADVENTURES
WITH TOPHER GRACE."
( LAUGHTER ) FIRST OF ALL, YOU LOOK
FANTASTIC.
>> THANKS, YEAH.
>> Stephen: WHAT IS A MINOR ADVENTURE, TOPHER GRACE?
>> COULD I SEE THAT FOR A SECOND?
THIS IS ME JUST KIND OF GETTING INTO THE GYM, BECAUSE I'M A
DEDICATED ACTOR, SO JUST KIND OF WAILING AWAY ON THIS AND THESE,
AND AFTER, BACK DOWN.
>> Stephen: ALL GOES AWAY AFTER THE PHOTO SHOOT.
WHAT IS A MINOR ADVENTURE.
>> A MINOR ADVENTURE, I HAVE A FRIEND OF MINE, USUALLY
CELEBRITY, AND THEN WE TALK A LITTLE BIT, THEY DON'T KNOW
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
AND WE GO ON AN ADVENTURE.
LIKE SOMEONE GAVE US A LIE DETECTOR, OR ZACH LEVI CAME IN,
ORDAINED AND WE MARRIED THE COUPLE.
>> Stephen: WHAT WAS THE LIE YOU WERE CAUGHT IN?
>> YEAH, THEY SAID BECAUSE YOUR BABY WAS ONLY A YEAR OLD AT THAT
TIME, THEY SAID HAVE YOU EVER PRETENDED TO BE ASLEEP.
>> Stephen: WHEN THE BABY CRIES?
>> YES, AND WHEN YOUR WIFE GOT UP.
I SAID -- I EVEN THOUGHT I WAS TELLING THE TRUTH.
I SAID, NO, I ALWAYS HOP RIGHT UP, AND THE THING WENT --
BUZZER -- AND I SAID, YEAH, THAT'S A LIE.
>> Stephen: LET'S DO IT MORE FREQUENTLY.
YOU CAN WATCH "BLACK MIRROR'S SMITHEREENS" ON NETFLIX AND
LISTEN TO HIS PODCAST, "MINOR ADVENTURES WITH TOPHER GRACE."
TOPHER GRACE, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH COMEDIAN AHAMED WEINBERG.