SO NICE.
IS THAT SO NICE TO HAVE YOU HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: NOW, WE HAVE MET ONCE BEFORE.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: I INTERVIEWED YOU ONCE BEFORE BUT IT WAS THE OLD
GIG IN CHARACTER, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ACTUALLY
TALKING TO YOU MYSELF.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHO THIS PERSON IS.
>> Stephen: THAT OTHER GUY WAS AN IDIOT.
I'M AN IDIOT, TOO, BUT I'M HONEST ABOUT IT.
>> I LIKE YOU BOTH.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WELL, I FOUND OUT SOMETHING SHORTLY BEFORE YOU CAME OUT HERE
THAT YOU WERE ORIGINALLY GOING TO BE A DANCER.
THAT'S WHAT YOUR GOAL IN LIFE WAS.
>> THAT WAS MY PASSION, YEAH, FOR SURE.
>> Stephen: AND YOU CAME TO NEW YORK TO DANCE.
>> I DANCED HERE FOR A LITTLE BIT.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO THE REST OF MY LIFE.
>> Stephen: WHY DIDN'T YOU?
I'M NOT REALLY BUILT TO BE A BALLERINA.
I'M A LITTLE TOO TALL AND TOO MUCH WEIGHT ON MY KNEES AND AT
19 MY BODY JUST KIND OF SAID NO MORE.
SO I SAID MOVIES.
>> Stephen: SO YOU'RE SLUMMING NOW, WITH MOVIES.
( LAUGHTER ) DID YOU GO TO LOS ANGELES AFTER
THAT?
>> I DID.
IT WAS THE CRAZIEST, NOW WHEN I REFLECT BACK ON IT, I'M, LIKE,
WHAT WAS I THINKING?
I'M SO NAIVE.
MY MOM CAME OUT TO NEW YORK.
IT WAS THE WINTER I WAS SUPER DEPRESSED, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I
WAS GOING TO DO WITH MY LIFE.
SHE PUT TOGETHER THAT REALLY WHAT I LOVED ABOUT DANCE WAS
STORYTELLING.
SHE SAID, YOU SHOULD TRY THE MOVIES.
WE KNEW NOTHING.
SHE'S, LIKE, I HEAR THEY MAKE THEM IN HOLLYWOOD.
SHE'S, LIKE, YOU DON'T WANT TO BE 80 AND ON YOUR DEATH BED AND
ALWAYS THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, I SHOULD HAVE GIVEN THAT THING A
SHOT.
SO BECAUSE I HAD NO MONEY, SHE BOUGHT ME A ONE-WAY TICKET.
THE TRAVEL AGENT SENT US THE TICKET AND IT SAID, LOS ANGELES
AND SHE WAS, LIKE, AH, (BLEEP)!
I TOLD THEM HOLLYWOOD!
AND I WAS, LIKE, MOM, FIX THIS!
WE KNEW NOTHING!
I TELL THAT TO MY KIDS TODAY AND IT'S, LIKE, ARE YOU CRAZY?
>> Stephen: YOU ARE A MOVIE STAR.
IT WORKED OUT.
MANY FANS, OF WHICH I'M ONE.
FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW YOU GREW UP IN SOUTH AFRICA.
WHAT WAS YOUR GENRE TO GO TO AS A CHILD.
FANTASY OR ROMCOMs OR WHAT DID YOU LOVE MOST?
>> I LOVED EVERYTHING, A LOT OF TOM HANKS MOVIES.
I HAD A WEIRD THING WITH HORROR WHICH HAD A LOT TO DO WITH
MAKING OUT WITH BOYS AND THAT WAS A SURE WAY TO GET A BOY
CLOSE TO YOU.
>> Stephen: TALK ME THROUGH THAT.
HOW DOES THAT WORK?
>> WELL, MAYBE I'M THE ONLY PERSON WHO THOUGHT THIS, BUT AT
12 I WAS, LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET SCARED THERE'S A REASON
TO MOVE CLOSER TO A BOY AND THEN MAYBE THEY'LL PUT THEIR ARM
AROUND YOU.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE THE BOY WASN'T GOING TO DO IT HIMSELF?
>> NO, NO.
DID YOU DO THAT AT 12?
>> Stephen: OH, NO!
NO!
( LAUGHTER ) NO, I DIDN'T GET CLOSE TO GIRLS
TILL MY MID 30s.
FINALLY GOT THE COURAGE UP.
>> I MADE UP FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER AFTER WATCHING "FRIDAY
13th."
>> Stephen: REALLY?
LIKE AFTER THE WHOLE THING WAS OVER.
MID "FRIDAY 13"?
>> NO, IT WAS A VERY PLANNED EVENT.
WE'RE, LIKE, WE'RE MAKING OUT TONIGHT.
>> Stephen: BOTH OF YOU SAID YOU'RE MAKING OUT?
>> AND THREE GIRLFRIENDS AND THEY PICKED THREE GUYS.
WE WEREN'T EVEN BOYFRIEND-GIRLFRIEND, WE'RE
JUST, EVERYBODY'S MAKING OUT TONIGHT, TO MATTER WHAT!
>> Stephen: WOW.
HIS MOM WAS HONKING IN THE DRIVEWAY AND I SAID, DUDE,
YOU'VE GOT TO DO THIS NOW.
>> Stephen: SO THE MOVIE IS OVER AND IT HASN'T HAPPENED YET.
>> YEAH.
IT WAS NOT GOOD.
>> Stephen: IT WAS NOT GOOD?
NO.
>> Stephen: HAVE YOU ASKED THIS YOUNG MAN ABOUT HIS FAILURE
AT THIS STAGE IN HIS CAREER BECAUSE HE MIGHT BE REGRETTING
IT.
>> NO.
NICKY SMITH, WHAT HAPPENED.
>> Stephen: NICKY, YOU DROPPED THE BALL!
( APPLAUSE ) YOU SAID YOU LOVE TOM HANKS
MOVIES.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: BUT YOU DID A TOM HANKS MOVIE.
>> YEAH, I DID.
>> Stephen: IT'S THAT THING YOU DO.
>> THE SECOND MOVIE I EVER DID.
>> Stephen: DID YOU AUDITION FOR TOM HANKS?
>> I DID.
I DID.
OH, IT WAS NOT GOOD.
>> Stephen: WELL, IT WAS GOOD IF YOU HAVE.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHY HE GAVE ME THE ROLE.
I MEAN, HONESTLY, I WAS TO NERVOUS.
I MEAN, IMAGINE YOU ARE 19 AND YOU MEET THIS IDOL, LIKE I
IDOLIZED HIM.
I WATCHED "TURNER & HOOCH," LIKE, 500 TIMES.
>> Stephen: SOME HAVE SAID HIS FINEST WORK.
( LAUGHTER ) LARRY CROWN AND "TURNER &
HOOCH."
>> I'M ONE OF THEM.
>> Stephen: I LIKE YOUR TASTE.
O TO AUDITION FOR SOMEBODY WHO LIKE THAT IS FRIGHTENING.
AND THE CHARACTER WHO PLAYS MY BOYFRIEND IN THE MOVIE HIS NAME
IS GUY.
I GOT SO NERVOUS IN THE AUDITION I HAD TO DO THIS SCENE AND TOM
READ WITH ME.
OH, IT WAS SO MORTIFYING.
I GOT SO NERVOUS I COULDN'T SAY GUY AND I KEPT SAYING GAY, AND
THE MORE I TRIED TO CORRECT MYSELF THE MORE I JUST SAID GAY,
AND IT WAS SO HORRIBLE.
HE LITERALLY SAID AT ONE POINT, YOU KNOW, LET'S JUST TAKE A
BREAK, WE'LL COME BACK.
AND I WAS, LIKE, OH, I AM SUCKING RIGHT NOW!
>> Stephen: JUST ENOUGH, THOUGH.
CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: WELL, THE NEW FILM YOU HAVE IS "TULLY."
YOU PRODUCED IT.
YOU PLAY MARLO, A MOM OF THREE, AND THIS IS A STRIKINGLY
REALISTIC LOOK AT BEING A MOM.
IT CAN BE BEAUTIFUL BUT CERTAINLY NOT EASY.
WHAT DREW YOU TO THIS?
BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE TWO CHILDREN OF YOUR OWN.
>> YEAH, JASON RIGHTMAN WHO I WORKED WITH BEFORE IN A FILM
CALLED YOUNG ADULTS AND ME THE SCRIPTS, WHEN MY SECOND KID WAS
AROUND SIX MONTHS AND I JUST MOVED HER OUT OF MY ROOM AND SHE
JUST STARTED SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT, I HAD A 3-YEAR-OLD AT
THE TIME AS WELL WHO'S, LIKE, WHERE IS MY MOM, BECAUSE YOU'RE
JUST IN THE ZOMBIE STATE.
I WAS JUST BECOMING A HUMAN BEING AGAIN AND HE SENT ME THE
SCRIPT AND I WAS, LIKE, OH, BOY, THIS IS SO REAL, I JUST LIVED
THIS.
THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT IT THAT JUST FELT -- SOMETHING I
HAVEN'T READ BEFORE, JUST, LIKE YOU SAID, ABOUT THE HONESTY OF
HOW MESSY IT IS TO RAISE KIDS.
>> Stephen: AND HOW YOU DON'T KNOW HOW EVERYTHING GETS DONE.
>> NO.
>> Stephen: YOU KNOW ALL THE THINGS OR YOU TRY TO KNOW ALL
THE THINGS THE CHILD NEEDS, THE THINGS YOU NEED TO DO, BUT THIS
FILM REALLY BEAUTIFULLY, DRAMATICALLY, SOMETIMES
HEARTBREAKINGLY EXPLORES THAT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
>> IT'S SO IMPOSSIBLE, AND I THINK WE ALL HAVE BEEN IN THAT
PLACE WHERE WE ALL THINK EVERYBODY ELSE KNOWS BUT ME.
I HAD NIGHTS WITH MY KIDS WHERE I WAS JUST, LIKE, AM I THE ONLY
PERSON WHO DOESN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO RIGHT NOW?
AND I THINK THIS FILM MADE ME MAKING IT JUST NOT FEEL SO ALONE
IN RAISING MY KIDS.
SO I HOPE THAT THAT CAN HAPPEN FOR OTHER PARENTS OUT THERE.
YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A PARENT TO GET THIS.
I THINK THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT JUST ALL OF US NOT WANTING TO BE
ALONE IN WHATEVER THE EXPERIENCE IS WE'RE HAVING IN OUR LIVES AND
WANT TO HAVE REASSURANCE THAT WE'RE DOING OKAY, IT'S OKAY.
>> Stephen: AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE KID AND YOU SEE THIS FILM,
IT'S EXCELLENT BIRTH CONTROL.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) YES.
>> LISTEN, THE WORLD IS INCREDIBLY OVERPOPULATED, AND I
AM A U.N. MESSENGER OF PEACE.
>> Stephen: VERY NICE.
SO LOVELY TO SEE YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: "TULLY" IS IN THEATERS TOMORROW.
CHARLIZE THERON, EVERYBODY!