>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY FIRST GUEST IS A TWO-TIME OSCAR WINNER
YOU KNOW FROM "INGLORIOUS BASTERDS" AND "DJANGO
UNCHAINED."
HE NOW STARS IN "TULIP FEVER."
>> I HAVE DECIDED TO ENGAGE THE SERVICES OF A PORTRAIT PAINTER.
PAINTER.
HE HAS FOUND AN ARTIST.
HIS NAME IS JUAN MANU "DJANGO UN HE IS ONE OF THE MOST PROMISING
YOUNG ARTISTS IN AMSTERDAM.
THEY'LL SAY LOOK THERE AT THAT LUCKY OLD DOG.
DIDN'T HE HAVE A LOVELY YOUNG WIFE?
>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME CHRISTOPH WALTZ!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: YOU'RE THE GUEST.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
WE'VE NEVER BEFORE.
IT'S LOVELY TO HAVE YOU ON THE SHOW.
>> THANK YOU.
IT'S ONE OF THE NICEST PLACES I CAN MEET PEOPLE WHO I CAN HIRE.
WHO WERE YOU, WALTER KEENE IN "BIG EYES."
YOU STARTED YOUR LIFE NOT AS A FRIGHTENING PERSON, THOUGH.
YOU PLAYED A LOT OF SORT OF SERRIFYING PEOPLE.
>> NO, NO, I STARTED AS A FRIGHTENING PERSON AND THEN I
WAS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, PUT INTO SHAPE.
>> Stephen: OH, OH, IS THAT WHAT THEY DO IN AUSTRIA, THEY
PUT YOU INTO SHAPE?
>> YEAH.
YOU DON'T FIT THE LEDERHOSEN, OTHERWISE.
>> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE PICTURES OF YOU IN LEDERHOSEN?
>> OF COURSE,.
>> Stephen: I HAVE PICTURES OF ME IN LEDERHOSEN.
>> REALLY.
>> Stephen: WE SHOULD TRADE SOME TIME OR START A WEBSITE.
>> YOU SEE, WE ARE MORE TRADITIONAL ABOUT THIS.
AMERICANS ARE MORE OUTGOING.
WE'RE KIND OF VERY, VERY CONTAINED AND PRIVATE.
HENCE THE, YOU KNOW-- >> Stephen: OH, NO, I KNOW.
I'VE BEEN TO VIENNA, YOUR HOME TOWN.
I LOVE IT.
>> SO DO I.
IT'S FANTASTIC.
I WANT TO BE BURIED THERE.
>> Stephen: ULTIMATE TO BE BURIED THERE?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: HOW ABOUT ANYTHING BETWEEN NOW AND DEATH?
( LAUGHTER ).
>> A TRUE VIENNESE DOESN'T THINK THAT WAY.
>> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
>> WE DON'T THINK ABOUT THE BIG IN BETWEEN.
WE THINK ABOUT BIRTH IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO THINK ABOUT DEATH.
( LAUGHTER ) IT'S TRUE BY THE WAY.
>> Stephen: REALLY?
>> WHY DO YOU THINK FREUD INVENTED ALL THIS STUFF IN I
VIENNA.
>> Stephen: THE BIRTH CANAL INTO A HOLE.
KEEP IT LIGHT.
IT'S A LATE-NIGHT SHOW.
I TOTALLY LIKE THAT.
I LIKE THAT POSTPONE OF VIEW.
>> WE ARE OBSESSED WITH DEATH BUT WITH THE BEAUTY AND
CELEBRATION.
FUNERALS ARE THE HAPPIEST OF OCCASIONS.
>> Stephen: WHAT DOES THAT MAKE TO THE YEARS IN BETWEEN?
DOES THAT MAKE THE YEARS IN BETWEEN BECAUSE YOU CAME FROM
NOTHINGNESS, AND YOU RETURN TO NOTHINGNESS, OR IS IT YOU RETURN
BACK TO THE ONENESS WITH GOD?
IS IT A RELIGIOUS THING OR MERELY SECULAR?
>> NO, NO, IT'S JUST FUN.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: IS IT FUN IN BETWEEN BECAUSE IT'S CARE-FREE
AND WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO DIE SO LET IT RIP?
>> KIND OF, YES.
THAT'S WHOLE JOKE ABOUT CATHOLICISM, ISN'T IT.
>> Stephen: ALMOST EVERYONE IN AUSTRIA IS CATHOLIC, 99%.
>> 99.9.
>> Stephen: THAT'S ABSOLUTELY TRUE.
AND YOU WERE AN ALTAR BOY, RIGHT?
>> YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT YOU DO.
YOU DON'T HAVE A CHOICE GLIFS AN ALTAR BOY, TOO, FOR 11 YEARS.
>> BUT YOU HAD A CHOICE.
>> Stephen: NO.
( LAUGHTER ) THE YOUNGEST OF 11 CHILDREN.
I HAD NO CHOICE.
>> SORRY, I DIDN'T KNOW.
>> Stephen: I WAS WHIPPED INTO SERVICE.
>> THERE YOU GR, SAME THING.
>> Stephen: DID YOU ENJOY IT AT ALL?
I SAID THIS TO SOME OF THE MY GUESTS WHO WERE ALTAR BOYS.
I LIKED BEING ON STAGE.
THAT WAS MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH PERFORMING.
>> FOR ME IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
I'M MANUFACTURE A FILM PERSON, EVEN THOUGH I DID A LOT OF
STAGE.
I WAS MISSING THE OPPORTUNITY TO REPEAT-- SORRY, CAN I DO THAT.
>> Stephen: NO, YOU'VE GOT TO BE EXACTLY RIGHT FOR THE PRIEST.
>> I HAD A POLISH GUY, YOU KNOW, AND THE POLISHES PRIESTS ARE A
LITTLE SHARPER THAN THE REST.
AND HE ALWAYS PUT ME-- I WAS AFRAID OF HIM SO I MADE EVEN
MORE MISTAKES.
WHEN TO RING.
IN THE END WE HID BEHIND THE BIG ARMOIRE AND DRANK HIS WINE.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: THEY BELIEVE.
CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG-- THAT'S A MORTAL SIN.
( LAUGHTER ) WE HAD-- WE DIDN'T HAVE A POLISH
PRIEST, BUT OUR BISHOP, WE HAD A GERMAN BISHOP.
AND WE CALLED HIM OUR GERMAN SHEPPARD.
AND I WAS TERRIFIED OF HIM.
I WAS TERRIFIED OF HIM.
>> WELL, I CAN SEE THAT.
>> Stephen: DID YOU EVER SERVE FOR A BISHOP?
BECAUSE IT'S A DIFFERENT MASS WHEN YOU SERVE FOR A BISHOP.
>> YEAH, BUT I WAS NOT PROMINENT ENOUGH.
>> Stephen: YOU WEREN'T FIRST STRING?
>> NO.
>> Stephen: WOW, YOU WERE A WEAK LINK ON THE ALTAR?
>> YES, AN UNDER-STUDY.
>> Stephen: YOU EVEN HAD TO WAIT FAIR WHILE TO BREAK OUT AS
AN ALTER BOY.
YOU HAVE THIS AMAZING CAREER-- HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN
"INGLORIOUS BASTERDS" HAPPENED?
>> REALLY YOUNG, 52-- YEAH, I THINK 52.
>> Stephen: SO WHAT IS IT-- LIKE, BECAUSE YOU WON AN OSCAR
FOR THAT.
YOU ALSO WON AN OSCAR-- DID YOU WIN AN OSCAR FOR--
>> "DJANGO UNCHAINED."
>> Stephen: EXACTLY RIGHT.
YOU WERE EXACTLY RIGHT ABOUT YOU.
YOU'RE NOT JUST SOMEBODY WHO IS UNKNOWN?
YOU WERE KNOWN WORLDWIDE AT THE AGE OF 52.
WERE YOU PREPARED FOR THAT?
>> YES.
THE THEATERICALITY OF IT ALL.
IT'S NOT DIFFERENT FROM MASS.
>> Stephen: YOU KNOW, VIENNA IS AMAZING.
IT'S AN AMAZINGLY THEATRICAL PLACE IN A WAY.
FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW-- IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN, YOU SHOULD GO.
PEOPLE ALWAYS SAY, "WHY DID YOU LIKE IT SO MUCH?"
IT'S LIKE ROME IF ROME FELL BUT NEVER BURNED PUP GET THE SENSE
OF ALL THE EMPIRE BUT NOTHING IS DESTROYED.
THINGS WERE REBUILT, I GUESS AFTER THE WAR.
ST. STEPHENS CATHEDRAL, IT'S AN INCREDIBLE PLACE.
>> IT CERTAINLY IS.
IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CITIES IN
THE WORLD.
AND IT'S AN OLD ONE.
IT WAS A ROMAN GARRISON, AND IT WENT ALL THE WAY TO TODAY.
AND LET'S SEE WHAT, YOU KNOW, THE FUTURE BRINGS BECAUSE
POLITICALLY, THEY'VE-- TRADITIONALLY, POLITICALLY,
THEY'RE A LITTLE...
>> Stephen: TO THE RIGHT?
>> OH, I SHOULD SAY SO.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: YOU CAN HAVE FUN THERE.
I'LL SAY ONE THING, LATE AT NIGHT, I WOULD MAKE THE DISCO,
YOU KNOW.
YOU MAKE THE DISCO?
>> NO.
>> Stephen: GO TO MAKE THE DISCO?
>> NO.
>> Stephen: GO TO DISCOS AND IT WOULD BE, "JAKE SENT ME."
WE HAD A GUY WHEN WE WERE THERE BARBARA.
IT WAS THE MOST FUN I HAVE EVER HAD.
MY WRITING PARTNER.
>> I LOVED A BAR THAT NOBODY-- WHEN I WAS STILL LIVING IN
VIENNA AS A TEENAGER.
NOBODY WENT TO THAT BAR EVEN THOUGH IT WAS SMACK IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE CITY, AND YOU HAD TO KNOCK, AND IT TOOK A WHILE,
AND SOME OLD GUY KIND OF SHUFFLED UP AND PUT HIS
BARKEEPER'S JACKET ON AND LET YOU IN, AND THEN HE GAVE YOU THE
CHOICE-- WHITE, RED-- REFERRING TO WINE-- COKE OR FANTA.
AND THAT WAS IT.
AND THEN HE SHUFFLED OVER TO THE PIANO-- WHICH WAS COVERED.
AND THERE WAS A LITTLE TAPE RECORDER ON THE PIANO.
AND THEN HE PRESSED THE BUTTON, AND THEN THERE WAS A NICE LITTLE
BAR.
AND THEN HE SHUFFLED OFF TO GET YOUR WHITE, RED, COKE OR FANTA,
WHATEVER YOU ORDERED.
>> Stephen: WOW.
WHAT WAS YOUR ORDER?
>> BEER.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: I WANT TO REMIND YOU, THAT WAS NOT ONE OF THE
OPTIONS YOU JUST NAMED.
>> COULDN'T AFFORD THE REST.
BUT I-- HE DIDN'T.
I JUST LIKED TO SIT THERE AND SEE IT-- IT REALLY WAS ONE-- AN
ENCHANTED PLACE.
IT WAS WONDERFUL.
YOU WOULD BE ON YOUR OWN IN PEACE AND BE LEFT ALONE TO THINK
ABOUT DEATH.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: LOVELY TO MEET YOU.
>> Stephen: "TULIP FEVER" IS IN THEATERS AUGUST 25.
CHRISTOPH WALTZ, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK!