>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.
YOU KNOW MY GUEST TONIGHT FROM MOVIES SUCH AS, "SPEED," "POINT
BREAK," AND "JOHN WICK."
HIS LATEST IS, "THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS."
>> NO.
NO, NO, NO!
NO!
>> WHOA, WHOA, WHAT DO YOU MEAN, NO?
YOU WANTED THIS.
YOU DID THIS.
THIS WAS YOUR IDEA.
>> IT WAS A TEST!
AN EXPERIMENT!
>> AN EXPERIMENT?
YOU PUT ME IN A TINY ASSHOLE, LEFT ME TO BANG MY HEAD TILL I
LOST MY MIND SEARCHING FOR YOU AS AN EXPERIMENT.
>> BREAKING DOWN.
HE HASN'T TAKEN THE PILL.
NO TIME.
HE'S HAVING A MOMENT.
DOES HE KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO HACK THAT MIRROR?
>> STILL OPEN.
THIS -- THIS CAN'T BE REAL!
!>> STEPHEN: PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW,"
KEANU REEVES.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
>> GOOD EVENING!
HELLO, NEW YORK!
>> Stephen: HEY, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> NICE TO SEE YOU, SIR.
>> Stephen: YOU LOOK VERY DAPPER TONIGHT.
>> OH, THAT'S KIND.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> Stephen: NOT AT ALL.
THANK YOU FOR DRESSING UP.
NOT EVERYBODY DOES.
>> I LIKE DRESSING UP.
>> Stephen: SOME PEOPLE WEREN'T RAISED RIGHT.
YOU OBVIOUSLY WERE.
I WATCHED THE MOVIE LAST NIGHT.
SUPER FUN TO SEE YOU AGAIN AS MR. ANDERSON AND NEIL.
ALSO SUPER FUN FOR US, THE AUDIENCE, TO KNOW MORE THAN
MR. ANDERSON DOES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FILM.
>> I THINK THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT DELIGHTFUL.
>> Stephen: YOUR RETIES COVER OF THE MATRIX AND OF TRINITY,
TOO.
IM NOT GOING TO GIVE ANY MORE AWAY.
THE SCENES OF YOU GUYS TOGETHER ARE FANTASTIC.
>> THANKS.
>> Stephen: THEY REALLY ARE, LIKE, WE'RE PULLING FOR YOU GUYS
AS A COUPLE.
>> ME, TOO!
>> Stephen: 2003, THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS CAME OUT, WACOSKI
SAID WE'RE DONE.
WERE YOU SHOCKED WHEN THEY CALLED AND SAID WE'RE DOING
ANOTHER ONE?
>> YEAH, IT WAS SHOCKING.
IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL PHONE CALL OUT OF THE BLUE.
SO, YEAH, SHE CALLED AND SAID I THINK I'M DOING ANOTHER MATRIX
FILM.
AND I STOOD UP AND I WAS, LIKE, WHAT?
WHAT?
AND THEN SHE WAS, LIKE, YES.
AND THEN I WAS, LIKE, BUT WE'RE DEAD.
>> Stephen: SPOILER FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAD NOT A CHANCE TO
SEE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS IN THE LAST TEN YEARS, AT THE END Y'ALL
BLOW IT UP REALLY GOOD.
>> YES, WE DID.
BUT IT'S THE MATRIX, AND, SO, -- AND IT'S CALLED RESURRECTIONS.
>> Stephen: NOT TO GIVE TOO MUCH AWAY!
( LAUGHTER ) >> BUT, BELIEVE ME, IT WILL ALL
MAKE -- SENSE.
>> Stephen: SENSE IS A STRONG WORD.
>> IT IS.
>> Stephen: BUT IT'S VERY ENTERTAINING, I'LL SAY THIS.
>> I'M GLAD YOU LIKED IT, THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: SO FIRST DAY BACK AS MR. ANDERSON.
BY THE WAY, IS HE THOMAS ANDERSON TO YOU OR NEO?
>> HE'S THOMAS ANDERSON NEIL.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO ANSWER MY QUESTIONS, JUST SAY SO.
>> I JUST ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION!
I'M THOMAS ANDERSON AND NEIL.
>> Stephen: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE TWO
GUYS IN YOUR MIND?
>> OH, MY GOSH, I WAS JUST ABOUT TO SAY ONE IS THOMAS ANDERSON
AND ONE IS NEIL.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: LET'S LET THAT
SINK IN.
THAT'S TOO DEEP AN ANSWER FOR ME.
>> I WAS ABOUT TO SAY THOMAS ANDERSON, HIS REAL LIFE, BUT
HE'S ACTUALLY IN THE MATRIX.
AND THEN NEIL EXISTS IN THE DIGITAL COMPUTER GEN RATED
REALITY, BUT THEN IS ALSO LIVING IN THE REAL WORLD.
SO IT'S THOMAS ANDERSON AND NEIL.
>> Stephen: I ACCEPT YOUR ANSWER.
I APOLOGIZE FOR PRESSING TOO HARD.
>> BUT HE WAS BORN AS THOMAS ANDERSON.
>> Stephen: WAS HE?
WASN'T HE JUST HARVESTED, GROWN IN A LAB, PUT INTO A POD AND
HARVESTED AND NOT BORN?
>> ISN'T IT?
HE HAS CONSCIOUSNESS.
>> Stephen: HE DOES.
BUT HE WASN'T BORN UNTIL HE WAS FREED FROM THE ILL LAWS OF
THOMAS ANDERSON AND BORN INTO THE REALITY OF BEING NEIL.
>> YEAH, YEAH, YEAH!
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A
QUICK BREAK BUT DON'T GO ANYWHERE.
BACK WITH NOR KEANU REEVES, EVERYBODY.