HUGH EVANS YOU ARE THE FOUNDER OF SOMETHING CALLED GLOBAL
CITIZEN.
>> YES, THAT'S RIGHT.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE AN AMAZINGLY-- WHAT'S BEEN CALLED
AN INSANELY OPTIMISTIC GOAL, AND TELL THE PEOPLE WHAT IT IS.
>> WELL, OUR GOAL IS THAT WE REALLY BELIEVE THAT WE COULD BE
THE FIRST GENERATION TO END EXTREME POVERTY WITHIN OUR
LIFETIME.
>> Stephen: OKAY, AND WHAT'S YOUR DATE?
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) IT DOES SEEM CRAZY.
IT SEEMS LIKE A GREAT-- THERE IS SO MUCH POVERTY IN THE WORLD AND
THE POOR HAVE BEEN WITH HUMANITY SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME.
THAT REALLY DOES SEEM LIKE KIND OF A CRAZY THING THAT YOU THINK
IS WITHIN REACH OF HUMANITY.
WHAT'S THE DATE YOU WANT TO DO IT BY?
>> WE WANT TO DO IT BY 2030.
>> Stephen: END GLOBAL POVERTY BY 2030.
>> FOREVER BY 2030, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SORT OF
USELESS SUFFERING WHERE A CHILD WOULD DIE FROM LACK OF A
VACCINATION.
>> Stephen: THAT'S INCREDIBLY REFRESHING TO MEET SOMEONE WHO
THINKS THE THERE WILL BE A WORLD IN 2030.
YOU HEARD DONALD TRUMP IS LEADING IN THE POLLS.
>> I HEARD THAT.
>> Stephen: HUGH JACKMAN, RIGHT.
>> HI, HOW ARE YOU?
>> Stephen: HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED IN THIS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT HUGH EVANS PITCHED YOU THIS IDEA.
WHAT WAS HIS PITCH TO YOU TO GET INVOLVED BECAUSE HIS PITCH TO ME
WAS, "I GET TO MEET HUGH JACKMAN."
>> HE TOLD ME I GET TO BE ON THE "STEPHEN COLBERT SHOW" AND I'M
LIKE I'M IN I WAS AT A CONFERENCE IN AUSTRALIA, THE
2020 CONFERENCE, BACK IN 2008, AND OUR PRIME MINISTER BOUGHT
BRAUT TOGETHER 1,000 AUSSIES TO TRY AND WORK OUT WHAT WE WANTED
THE COUNTRY TO LOOK LIKE 12 YEARS FROM THEN.
SO AT THE DRINKS THAT FIRST NIGHT, I LOOKED OVER IN THE
CORNERRER AND THERE WAS A GUY IN A BLACK SUIT AND WHITE SHIRT AND
I PRESUMED IT WAS THE WAITER-- YOU WERE ABOUT 12 AT THE TIME.
AND I WENT OVER AND SAID CAN I GRAB A DRINK?
AND HE SAID, SURE, WHAT DO YOU WANT.
AND I SAID A GIN AND TONIC.
AND HE CAME OVER WITH TWO AND I SAID JUST ONE.
AND HE SAID, "ONE FOR YOU, ONE FOR ME."
ANYWAY-- HE WENT AND GOT ME A DRINK.
HE ACTUALLY WAS ONE OF THE DELEGATES.
HE WAS THE YOUNG AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEAR.
I WAS SO EMBARRASSED, LIKE, I ASKED HIM TO GET ME A DRINK.
>> Stephen: THAT'S A GREAT PLAN, THAT'S A GREAT PLAN FOR
TRYING TO START A GLOBAL MOVEMENT IS FIRST YOU GET
CELEBRITIES DRUNK.
>> EXACTLY.
THEN END EXTREME POVERTY.
THREE HOURS LATER, WE WERE STILL TALKING AND THAT'S WHEN I
REALIZED THAT, OF COURSE, LIKE MOST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, WE
WANT TO SEE AN END TO EXTREME POVERTY BUT ANY IDEA I HAD WAS
KIND OF REDUNDANT AFTER TALKING TO HUGH, AND I SAID, LISTEN,
HUGH, I JUST WANT TO JUMP ON BOARD.
WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING I'M IN.
AND THIS IS IT.
>> Stephen: YOU GUYS ARE BOTH FROM AUSTRALIA.
IS THERE SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT STRAUL AUSTRALIANS THAT THEY
WANT TO SAVE THE WORLD?
I RECENTLY SAW "MAD MAX FURY ROAD."
IS THAT THE FUTURE YOU'RE TRYING TO AVOID.
>> THAT IS AUSTRALIA RIGHT NOW.
>> Stephen: IS IT.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: LET'S TALK.
HOW PEOPLE GET INVOLVED IN GLOBAL CITIZEN.
YOU CAN'T BUY TICKETS TO THIS FESTIVAL THAT WE'RE COHOSTING ON
SATURDAY WITH, BY THE WAY, SELMA HAYEK, KERRY WASHINGTON, OLIVIA
WILDE, PERFORMANCES BY PEARL JAM, BEYONCE, EDSHERIN, AND
COLDPLAY.
60,000 PEOPLE.
WHAT HAVE PEOPLE HAD TO DO IN ORDER TO GET TICKETS FOR THIS
THING?
>> THE WAY IT WORKS YOU CAN'T BUY YOUR WAY IN.
YOU HAVE TOO TAKE ACTION ON GLOBALCITIZEN.ORG, AND TAKE
ACTION ON AN ISSUE YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT.
A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WHEN YOU CALLED OUT GLOBAL CITIZENS TO
TWEET THE PRIME MINISTER OF NORWAY.
>> Stephen: MY ISSUE WAS GIRLS' EDUCATION AROUND THE
WORLD.
>> AND WE KNOW NORWAY HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN A LEADER FOR
GIRLS' EDUCATION.
THANK YOU FOR LEADING THE WAY.
>> Stephen: WE GOT 153,000 TWEETS TO THE PRIME MINISTER OF
NORWAY AND SHE HAS RESPONDED.
>> SHE GOT SO OVERWHELMED BY THE TWEETS SHE SAID COME TO OSLO AND
MEET WITH US.
AND SHE SAID, "WHEN WILL THE TWITTER CAMPAIGN STOP?
I'M COMING TO THE FESTIVAL."
SO IT WORKED THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: AND THEY COMMITTED $100 MILLION FOR THE NEXT FIVE
YEARS TO GIRLS' EDUCATION.
>> THAT'S CORRECT.