WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY!
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU KNOW MY NEXT GUEST FROM HIS MULTIPLE
ROLES ON "AMERICAN HORROR STORY."
HE'S MAKING HIS LATE NIGHT DEBUT RIGHT NOW.
PLEASE WELCOME, FINN WITTROCK!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪
♪ >> THANK YOU!
WOW!
>> Stephen: FIRST TIME ON A LATE NIGHT SHOW.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE GONNA LOVE IT.
>> I HOPE.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED.
>> Stephen: YOU ARE?
YEAH.
THEY TOLD ME IT WAS GOING TO BE REALLY COLD.
>> Stephen: KEEP THE GUESTS FRESH.
GUESTS TEND TO SPOIL IF THEY GET TOO WARM.
>> I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO RELAXED.
>> Stephen: THREE SEASONS OF "AMERICAN HORROR STORY,"
NOMINATED FOR AN EMMY FOR THAT.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE ALSO IN LA-LA LAND, BUT YOU DIDN'T GET
TO SING OR DANCE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
>> THEY CUT OUT MY BIG SINGING NUMBER.
NO, I'M JUST KIDDING.
>> Stephen: THAT'S WHY THEY DIDN'T WIN.
>> THAT WAS THE CLUTCHING POINT.
>> Stephen: THAT CLOSE, PUSHED THEM OVER THE TOP.
>> IT WAS LIKE COMPETING AGAINST RYAN GOSLING.
I WAS TOUGH.
THEY HAD TO CUT ME OUT BECAUSE IT WAS GOING TO TIP THE SCALES,
YOU KNOW.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: NOW YOU'RE IN
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS' "THE GLASS MENAGERIE."
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> YEAH.
MM-HMM.
>> Stephen: NOW, YOU WENT TO JUILLIARD --
>> MM-HMM.
>> Stephen: I'M NOT SURPRISED YOU'RE DOING THE CLASSIC THEATER
ON BROADWAY.
WERE YOU THERE WHEN JON BATISTE WAS THERE?
>> WE WERE IN THE SAME CLASS, JON BATISTE AND I.
>> Jon: YEAH!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE ANY
STORIES?
DO YOU, BY CHANCE, HAVE ANY STORIES YOU CAN TELL ABOUT
MR. BATISTE?
>> SOME STORIES I HAVE BEEN SWORN TO SECRECY ABOUT.
>> Jon: YEAH, YEAH -- ( LAUGHTER )
>> JOHN WAS, LIKE, IF IF YOU HAD HEADPHONES IN AND HE SAW YOU IN
THE ELEVATOR, HE WOULD TAKE IT OUT OF YOUR EAR AND LISTEN FOR A
WHILE AND GO, AAAAARG!
>> Stephen: I HEARD YOU WERE ACCEPTED TO JUILLIARD AND YOU
SAID, NAH.
( LAUGHTER ) WHAT MADE YOU SAY "NAH"?
>> I WAS 18 AND PROBABLY FULL OF MYSELF AND I WANTED TO JUST DO
SOME TV AND I WAS ON THE PILOT OF "COLD CASE," YOU REMEMBER
THAT SHOW?
>> Stephen: NOPE.
NOPE.
OKAY.
IT'S GONE.
I GOT INTO JUILLIARD.
I KIND OF AUDITIONED ON A WHIM.
I WAS, LIKE, I'M NOT GOING TO EVER GET IN.
I THOUGHT, I'LL AUDITION AND GET IT OVER WITH.
THEY CALLED ME AND SAID, YOU'RE IN, YOU CAN COME.
I SAID, CAN I DEFER FOR A YEAR?
THEY SAID WE DON'T DEFER.
SO I TURNED THEM DOWN AND TRIED OUT NEXT YEAR.
>> Stephen: AND THEY ACCEPTED YOU.
>> YES, IT PAID OFF.
>> Stephen: WHEN YOU TRAINED AT JUILLIARD, WHAT'S THE SECRET
SAUCE?
>> I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN TELL YOU.
>> Stephen: I'M GOING TO START MY OWN THEATER SCHOOL ACROSS THE
STREET, TRY TO TRITO PUT THEM OUT OF BUSINESS.
>> I DON'T KNOW, IT'S FOUR YEARS, AN INTENSE PROGRAM.
>> Stephen: FIRST ANIMAL SPINE.
>> THE FIRST THREE MONTHS WE'RE LAYING ON OUR BACKS HUMMING,
NONSTOP.
>> Stephen: DID YOU DO CLASSICAL VOCAL TRAINING AND
STUFF LIKE THAT?
>> YEAH, LOTS OF VOCAL TRAINING, LOTS OF ARTICULATION, VOICE
WORK, ALL THAT STUFF.
I'VE FORGOTTEN IT ALL.
>> Stephen: DID YOU GUY DO -- FISTS AND LOUDEST BOASTS.
HE THRUSTS HIS FISTS AGAINST THE POSTS AND STILL INSISTS HE SEES
THE GHOSTS!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) SHE SLITS THE SHEETS, THE SHEETS
SHE SLITS AND ON THE SLITTED SHEETS SHE SITS.
( STEPHEN RESPEEDS ) REPEATS )
>> WOW, YOU DIDN'T SAY THE WORD!
>> Stephen: THE CENSOR HAD HER FINGER ON THE BUTTON THE ENTIRE
TIME.
( LAUGHTER ) YOUR DAD WORKED IN SHAKESPEARE.
>> HE DID IN LENNOX, MASSACHUSETTS.
THAT'S WHERE I CAUGHT THE BUG.
>> Stephen: DID YOU WANDER AROUND THE HOUSE RECITING
SHAKESPEARE?
>> YEAH, ROMEO AND JULIET AND WHATEVER.
I TRIED TO SKIP THE WORDS AND GET TO THE SWORD FIGHTS.
WE WOULD GO OUT IN THE WOODS AND TRY TO FIND STICKS AND FIGHT
WITH THEM.
IT WAS A SPECIAL WAY TO GROW UP.
IT DEFINITELY EXPOSED ME TO THEATER AT A VERY YOUNG AGE AND
I THINK IT WAS A HEFERLTY WAY TO START.
>> Stephen: WHAT'S IT LIKE WORKING WITH SALLY FIELD?
>> SHE'S THE BEST IS THAT HAS SHE MADE OUT WITH YOU YET?
>> NO.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: WE KISSED A COUPLE
OF TIMES AND IT'S TOTALLY WORTH IT.
>> SHE TOLD ME TO GIVE YOU A KISS FROM HER BUT I THINK I
SHOULD REFRAIN.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: "THE GLASS
MENAGERIE" IS ON BROADWAY NOW AT THE BELASCO THEATRE.
FINN WITTROCK, EVERYBODY!