>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY!
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NEXT GUEST IS A TONY-NOMINATED ACTOR
YOU KNOW "THE BOOK OF MORMON," "HAMILTON," AND HBO'S "GIRLS."
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," ANDREW RANNELLS!
>> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> I'VE MISSED YOU.
>> Stephen: I'VE MISSED YOU, TOO YOU'RE A CREATURE OF PURE
ENERGY WHO IS AS DELIGHTFUL AS A SHINY DIME.
>> THAT'S SO NICE.
>> Stephen: YOU ALSO BRINGS IT.
>> NO PRESSURE.
I'M GOING TO TAKE A NAP RIGHT NOW.
>> Stephen: YOU MUST BE TIRED.
I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE BEEN TRAVELING.
>> I MADE THE GAY PILGRIMAGE TO SEE PATTYULA PONE IN LONDON.
>> Stephen: YOU GET SPECIAL INDULGENCES FOR THAT?
>> I FORCED A FRIENDSHIP WITH HER OVER THE YEARS-- YOU HAVE
WORKED WITH PATTY LAPONE.
>> Stephen: I HAVE.
SHE IS ABSOLUTELYUE FEEL VAGUELY SINGED WHEN YOU'RE NEXT TO HER
ON STAGE BECAUSE SHE'S SO POWERFUL.
>> YES.
I HAVE NEVER WORKED WITH HER -- >> Stephen: REALLY, I HAVE.
>> I KNOW!
I BE!
I>> Stephen: WE HAVE A PHOTO OF YOU TWO TOGETHER.
>> THAT'S ME AND MY FRIEND SEAN DOOLEY AND HIS BOYFRIEND
ALBERTO, PATTY, AND MY MOM SALLY FIELD.
>> Stephen: WAIT A SECOND.
>> IT'S NOT MY MOM.
IT'S JUST SALLY FIELD.
>> Stephen: WHAT IS SHE DOING?
>> SHE'S HANGING OUT.
SHE'S DOING "ALL MY SONS" IN LONDON AND JUST HAPPENED TO BE
THERE THAT SAME NIGHT.
WE HAD MET DURING THE TONY AWARDS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO
BECAUSE WE WERE BOTH NOMINATED SO WE WERE AT THE SAME LUNCHEONS
AND THINGS.
>> Stephen: ARE YOU AND SALLY CLOSE NOW?
>> YES...?
IN MY MIND WE'RE CLOSE.
WE'RE PRETTY -- >> Stephen: YOU'RE SHOW BIZ
CLOSE.
>> WE'RE PRETTY TIGHT.
I GOT THAT PHONE NUMBER.
>> Stephen: YOU GOT THE DIGITS FROM SALLY?
>> YES!
STEPHEN, WHAT DO YOU -- >> Stephen: RELATIONSHIP IS
GETTING SERIOUS NOW.
YOU'VE GOT-- THIS IS EXCITING.
UNEXPECTED.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU RECALL, BUT THE THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE
I TOLD YOU I WAS GOING TO WRITE A BOOK.
AND I WROTE IT!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
THE AD CAMPAIGN FOR THE BOOK, ISN'T IT: "I SAID I WOULD DO
IT, AND I DID IT!" >> I DID IT.
>> Stephen: IT'S CALLED "TOO MUCH IS NOT ENOUGH."
A MEMOIR OF FUMBLING TOWARD ADULTHOOD.
YOU'RE STILL A YOUNG MAN.
WHY A MEMOIR?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, WHAT, THIS IS-- THESE ARE ESSAYS
SPECIFICALLY FROM MY CHILDHOOD.
AND I MOVED TO NEW YORK IN 1997 AND I WAS CAST IN MY FIRST
BROADWAY SHOW, WHICH WAS "HAIRSPRAY" IN 2005.
SO I JUST DEAL WITH THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
WHICH IS, YOU KNOW -- >> Stephen: PREFAMOUS.
>> PREFAMOUS, SURE.
BUT THAT WAS MY GOAL WAS TO BE ON BROADWAY, RIGHT?
THAT WAS MY NUMBER ONE GOAL.
I STOPPED THE BOOK AT THAT POINT, BECAUSE WHEN I WAS CAST
IN "HAIRSPRAY" AND WAS ON BROADWAY, THAT'S ALL I EVER
DREAMED OF.
>> Stephen: WHY DID YOU WRITE A BOOK ABOUT THAT?
>> I FEEL THOSE ARE OFTEN THE YEARS THAT ARE SKIPPED OVER.
YOUR CAREER-- A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK I WAS HATCHED OUT OF AN
EGG DURING "THE BOOK OF MORMON."
I WAS LIKE, I WAS KICKING AROUND FOR A HFL A LONG TIME.
AND THAT ALL GETS SKIPPED OVER.
>> Stephen: TELL ME ABOUT THE SUFFERING BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO
SUFFER AS AN ARTIST, RIGHT?
>> SO MUCH SUFFERING.
THAT'S A LOT OF SUFFERING.
>> Stephen: UH-HUH.
>> AND YOUR EARLY -- >> Stephen: DID YOU DO THE
CLASSIC STUFF?
DID YOU WAIT TABLES?
>> NO, I WAS TERRIBLE AT DAY JOBS.
I WOULD WORK AT, LIKE, ONE PLACE FOR A NIGHT.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: THAT'S NOT A GOOD SIGN.
>> NO.
I WORKED AT A RESTAURANT-- I LIVED WITH MY BEST FRIEND UP BY
COLUMBIA, AND THERE'S A RESTAURANT CALLED "NACHO MAMAS,"
AND I WORKED THERE FOR ONE DAY.
I WENT, AND I TRAINED, AND THEY WERE LIKE, "OH, HE'S GOING TO BE
FINE."
LIKE, I COULD BE A HOST, THAT'S FINE.
AND THEN I JUST NEVER WENT BACK.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: ALL RIGHT.
YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR-- YOU HAVE BROTHERS AND SISTERS?
>> YEAH.
NO.
YES.
I HAVE THREE SISTERS AND A BROTHER.
>> Stephen: ARE THEY OKAY WITH YOU TELLING, LIKE, INTIMATE
FAMILY STORIES?
>> WELL?
ARE THEY OKAY?
NO, THEY ALL INTERESTED.
THEY ALL READ IT.
I THINK THEY'RE OKAY.
YOU KNOW, I TRIED TO MAKE A VERY CONSCIOUS EFFORT WRITING THIS
THAT I WASN'T GOING TO TELL ANYONE ELSE'S STORY.
I'M NOT TRYING TO BE THE RANLES FAMILY SPOKESPERSON.
>> Stephen: WHO IS THE RANNELS FAMILY SPOKESPERSON?
>> MY MOM.
CHARLOTTE.
SO I TRIED TO KEEP IT AS PERSONAL AS POSSIBLE, RATHER
THAN, LIKE, SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MY FAMILY.
BECAUSE THEN IT GETS TRICK GLE SURE.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
>> Stephen: THEY'VE READ IT, AND THERE'S NOTHING IN HERE THEY
DON'T MIND BEING TOLD.
>> WELL, I TALK ABOUT HAVING A LOT OF SEX AND STUFF SO I DON'T
THINK THEY WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THAT.
NOW THEY KNOW!
>> Stephen: BUT IT'S IN HERE.
YOUR MOM-- DID YOU GIVE HER A WARNING?
>> IN THE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I-- I SHARED ALL THE FAMILY STUFF WITH
MY SISTER NATALIE FIRST.
IS THIS HER?
>> THIS IS NATALIE.
THIS IS HALLOWEEN IN PROBABLY 1 1988, '87.
I AM THE POPE AND SHE WAS AN ANGEL BECAUSE MY GRANDMA THOUGHT
THAT WOULD BE A FUNNY COSTUME IF I DRESSED UP AS JOHN PAUL II.
CATHOLIC SCHOOL.
>> Stephen: THE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ARE IN THE BACK
OF THE BOOK.
>> CORRECT.
>> Stephen: AND THAT'S WHERE YOU WARN YOUR MOTHER THERE'S A
LOT OF SEX TALK HERE?
THAT SEEMS A LITTLE BIT LIKE CLOSING THE DOOR AFTER THE COWS
HAVE GOTTEN OUT OF THE BARN.
>> WHY DIDN'T I SEND IT TO YOU SOONER?
DAMN IT!
I SAID IF SHE HAD ANY FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS SHE SHOULD ASK
NATALIE.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE IN A SHOW CALLED "BLACK MONDAY," AS BLAIR,
DURING THE 1987 STOCK MARKET CRASH.
HOW ARE YOU ENJOYING THE 80s FASHION?
>> I CO.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE FELT THIS WAY WHEN YOU'RE ACTING AND
GET USED TO YOURSELF IN A CERTAIN COSTUME.
I WAS WEARING A LOT OF HIGH-WAISTED PLEATED PANTS.
AND I WAS LIKE,UN" WHAT?
I I LOOK GOOD."
>> Stephen: I PROMISE YOU.
THERE'S NO WAY YOU DID.
I WAS THAT AGE IN THE 80s, AND I WORE HIGH-WAIFTD PLEATED
PANTS.
>> DO YOU STILL HAVE ONE?
>> Stephen: SURE?
>> WHERE?
>> Stephen: IN MY CLOSET.
WOULD YOU LIKE A PAIR?
>> I HAVE AN IDEA.
I'D LIKE TO COME OVER TO YOUR HOUSE AND HELP YOU CLEAN OUT
YOUR CLOSET.
>> Stephen: THAT WOULD BE FUN.
>> IN THE CLOS WET ANDY AND STEPHEN.
>> Stephen: "TOO MUCH IS NOT ENOUGH" IS AVAILABLE NOW.
ANDREW RANNELLS, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE BY ROBYN.