>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY!
WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU'RE IN
LUCK.
MY FIRST GUEST WON AN EMMY PLAYING MARCIA CLARK IN "THE
PEOPLE V. O.J. SIMPSON," AND HAS STARRED IN ALL SEVEN SEASONS OF
"AMERICAN HORROR STORY."
PLEASE WELCOME SARAH PAULSON!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
>> THERE WAS A SCREAMER!
>> Stephen: YEAH, NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> Stephen: ALWAYS LOVELY TO TALK TO YOU.
>> IS IT?
>> Stephen: NO, IT REALLY IS.
IS IT ALWAYS LOVELY TO TALK?
>> NO.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
I KNOW THAT'S THE WRONG THING TO SAY.
>> Stephen: HOW ARE YOU?
I'M OKAY.
>> Stephen: YEAH?
I'M DEALING WITH NORMAL HUMAN ANXIETY AND FEAR AND COUPLED
WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR COUNTRY, IT'S LAYING ME OUT.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE A TWITCHY EYE?
>> I DO.
>> Stephen: THIS EYE WON'T STOP TWITCHING EITHER.
>> IT'S BEEN TWITCHING SINCE JANUARY 20.
>> Stephen: I'M AFRAID TO EXAMINE WHY IT MIGHT BE
TWITCHING.
>> DON'T GO THERE.
NO LOOKING INSIDE.
>> Stephen: NOT TILL THE SHOW'S OVER.
PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO SEE ME CRY.
>> THEY MIGHT, ACTUALLY.
>> Stephen: NO, THAT'S CRUEL.
NOT FROM A PAIN, BUT JUST, LIKE, LOOK AT HIM WEEPING.
>> Stephen: LOOK AT HIM
WEEPING.
THAT'S HILARIOUS.
>> THAT IS SO FUNNY.
>> Stephen: NOW, YOU HAVE BEEN -- WHAT DO YOU DO TO GET
AWAY FROM THE NEWS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I NEED.
I NEED TO GET AWAY FROM THE NEWS FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
>> I DON'T HAVE THE LUCK OF WHAT YOU'RE ABLE TO DO WHICH IS
FUNNEL YOUR FEELINGS INTO YOUR COMEDY.
>> Stephen: BUT YOU GET TO GO BE AN ACTRESS AND PRETEND YOU'RE
IN A WORLD THAT'S DIFFERENT.
>> RIGHT, BUT IT'S PRETEND.
>> Stephen: BUT AMERICAN HORROR STORY SEEMS VERY
APPEALING.
>> I THINK IT SHOULD BE CALLED AMERICAN HORROR STORY,
CURRENT EVENTS.
>> Stephen: WELL, THE THING IS THAT I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU
HAVE TIME TO WORRY BECAUSE, IN THE PAST 18 MONTHS, STRAP IN
HERE, WON AN EMMY, GOLDEN GLOBE, SAG AWARD, TWO SEASONS OF
"AMERICAN HORROR STORY," IN SPEILBERGS OF "THE POST," OCEANS
EIGHT.
RATCHET, GLASS, BIRD BOX, TALKS TO STAR IN THE GOLD FINCH.
THAT SOUNDS AMAZING FROM THE OUTSIDE BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE
MOMENTS, THIS IS A SARAH PAULSON MOMENT.
>> YEAH, MAKES ME SO UNCOMFORTABLE.
>> Stephen: WHAT, BEING SUCCESSFUL?
>> YEAH, I CAN SORT OF ONLY IDENTIFY MYSELF WHEN I'M
STRIVING TOWARDS SOMETHING AND NOW PEOPLE ARE CALLING ME AND
IT'S A VERY STRANGE PHENOMENON.
>> Stephen: THAT PEOPLE WANT YOU.
>> YEAH, AND I USED TO IN THE EARLY PART OF MY CAREER GOING TO
AN AUDITION AND I MISS BEGGING THEM TO HIRE ME.
>> Stephen: REALLY?
I WAS A YOUNG ACTOR AND AUDITIONS ARE TERRIBLE.
>> I LOVE THEM.
>> Stephen: YOU DON'T GET THESE ANYMORE?
>> I HAVEN'T THE BEEN TO ONE IN A WHILE.
>> Stephen: ALL RIGHT, GREAT.
IS IT SUSAN?
>> SARAH.
>> Stephen: THAT'S WONDERFUL.
I'D LIKE TO GO AGAIN.
>> Stephen: YOU MADE SUPER SPECIFIC CHOICES.
>> I'M NOT LEAVING.
>> Stephen: REALLY GREAT.
SECURITY, CAN YOU SEND IN THE NEXT GIRL, PLEASE?
>> NO, I GET REALLY LIKE ROCKY BAROCKYBALBOA.
YOU JUST TELL ME TO GET OUT OF HERE.
>> Stephen: DOES THAT WORK?
WOULDN'T YOU WANT TO KEEP ME IN THE ROOM.
>> Stephen: TILL THE ORDERLIES COULD ARRIVE.
>> YOU JUST TELL ME WHENIO GET OUT OF HERE!
>> Stephen: OKAY, NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT "THE POST."
REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS MOVIE.
IT'S YOU, IT'S SPEILBERG, TOM HANKS, MERYL STREEP AND IT'S THE
STORY OF THE PENTAGON PAPERS PUBLISHED BY "THE WASHINGTON
POST" IN THIS CASE.
>> I PLAY THE WIFE OF TOM HANKS WHO'S THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF
"THE WASHINGTON POST" AND MERYL STREEP PLAYS KAY GRAHAM, WHOSE
HUSBAND DIED AND SHE HAD NOT TAKEN THE POSITION AND WHEN HE
DIED SHE BECAME COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.
>> Stephen: AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DO NOT REMEMBER DANIEL
ELSEBERG WHO IS STILL WITH US AND INTERESTING GUY AND HE HAD
HIS OWN BRAVE CHOICE WHICH WAS TO BRING FORTH THE PLANS TO
EXPAND A WAR IN VIETNAM.
>> A TIME IN HISTORY WHEN AN ADMINISTRATION WAS
SYSTEMATICALLY LYING TO THE PUBLIC AND CONGRESS, AND I DON'T
KNOW WHY THAT FEELS SO RELEVANT.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: AND SECRET PLANS.
ECRET PLANS.
>> Stephen: AND THE "NEW YORK TIMES" TANNED "THE WASHINGTON
POST" RACING TO GET THE STORY OUT BEFORE ANYBODY ELSE.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: IT REALLY IS RESONANT WITH WHAT'S GOING ON
RIGHT NOW, AND SO WHAT'S HAPPENED IS THE TIMES HAS
ALREADY GOTTEN -- >> THEY HAVE BUT THEY HAVE BEEN
TOLD BY THE SUPREME COURT THEY NEED TO CEASE AND DESIST.
>> Stephen: THEY SAID "NEW YORK TIMES" YOU CAN'T ACCOMPLISH
IT BUT THEN THE POST--- YOU CAN'T PUBLISH THEM BUT "THE
POST" GETS THEM.
>> THEY COULD LOSE EVERYTHING.
KAY GRAHAM, THIS PAPER HAD BEEN IN HER FAMILY.
IT WAS HER LEGACY.
IT WAS HER FAMILY.
IT WAS EMOTIONAL, NOT JUST A BUSINESS DECISION.
WOMEN AT THAT TIME, AND WE'RE IN A NEW WORLD ORDER CURRENTLY
WHERE SHE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A VOICE AND SHE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO
USE IT AND SHE FOUND A WAY TO DO IT.
>> Stephen: WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THIS CLIP.
DO YOU KNOW?
>> NO.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
IT'S YOU AND TOM HANKS.
>> AND TOM HANKS AND I AND I BELIEVE TONY BRADLEY IS A
SCULPTOR AND ARTIST AND IT'S A SCENE WHERE HE COMES TO ME AND
THINKS HE'S BEING BRAVE FOR PUBLISHING IT AND I HAVE TO SET
HIM STRAIGHT HE'S NOT THE BRAVE ONE.
>> YOU'RE VERY BRAVE.
BUT KAY, KAY IS IN A POSITION SHE NEVER THOUGHT SHE WOULD BE
IN, A POSITION I'M SURE PLENTY OF PEOPLE DON'T THINK SHE SHOULD
HAVE.
AND WHEN YOU'RE TOLD TIME AND TIME AGAIN THAT YOU'RE NOT GOOD
ENOUGH, THAT YOUR OPINION DOESN'T MATTER AS MUCH, WHEN
THEY DON'T JUST LOOK PAST YOU, WHEN, TO THEM, YOU'RE NOT EVEN
THERE, WHEN THAT THE BEEN YOUR REALITY FOR SO LONG, IT'S HARD
TO NOT LET YOURSELF THINK IT'S TRUE.
SO TO MAKE THIS DECISION, TO RISK HER FORTUNE AND THE COMPANY
THAT'S BEEN HER ENTIRE LIFE, WELL, I THINK THAT'S BRAVE.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ALL I'M THINKING ABOUT WHEN I'M
WATCHING THAT IS THAT'S SOME WIG.
>> Stephen: I WOULD HAVE TOTALLY THOUGHT THAT WAS YOUR
HEAR.
YOU WERE ACTING LIKE THAT WAS YOUR HAIR.
>> THAT'S MY JOB, ACTING LIKE THE HAIR WAS SPROUTING OUT OF MY
HEAD THAT WAY.
>> Stephen: HAD YOU EVER DONE A MOVIE WITH SPEILBERG.
>> HADN'T BEEN IN A ROOM WITH STEVEN SPEILBERG BEFORE.
>> Stephen: OH, WOW.
I GOT A CALL SAYING WOULD YOU LIKE TO MEET STEPHEN SPEILBERG
ABOUT THIS MOVIE?
I HAD TO THINK ABOUT IT.
I FELT APPAPLECTIC.
I WAS SAYING, YOU TRY TO GET ME OUT OF THERE, STEPHEN!
I WAS WAITING FOR HIM TO WALK IN.
THE DOOR OPENED, I HEARD HARP MUSIC, AND LIKE A MIRAGE, LIKE I
HAD BEEN STRANDED IN THE SAHARA DESERT.
IT'S LIKE A WAIVEY CAMERA.
IT LOOKED LIKE A STEPHEN SPEILBERG IN A GAP MOVIE IN
1994.
I STOOD UP AND SAID YOU'RE STEPHEN SPEILBERG.
HE SAID YOU'RE SARAH PAULSON.
I SAID RIGHT BUT YOU'RE STEPHEN SPEILBERG.
EVERY DAY ON THE SET I WOULD SAY GOOD MORNING STEPHEN SPEILBERG.
HE SAID YOU CAN CALL ME STEPHEN.
I SAID, NO, YOU CANNOT, YOU'RE SHTEPHEN SPEILBERG.
( LAUGHTER ) >> JESSE CLEMENS, CROSS, ALL
THESE PEOPLE, EVERY MORNING IN THE TRAILER, HAVE YOU BEEN
SLEEPING?
NO, I DIDN'T SLEEP AT ALL.
>> Stephen: WHEN DID YOU START ON THIS MOVIE?
>> IN JUNE.
IT WAS FAST.
WE TURNED THIS PUP YARNED SUPER QUICK.
>> Stephen: THOUGHT YOU MADE IT A YEAR AGO AND HAD NO IDEA
DONALD TRUMP WAS GOING TO BE PRESIDENT.
>> OH, NO, HE WAS THERE.
>> Stephen: LOVELY TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> THANKS, MAN.
>> Stephen: THE POST IS IN THEATERS FRIDAY DECEMBER 22.
SARAH PAULSON, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MOVIE REVIEWER GIL PEACHES AND A
SURPRISE GUEST.
DON'T GO AWAY!