( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> THANK YOU, SIR.
>> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> VERY EXCITED TO BE BACK.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE NOT HAD YOU ON THE SHOW SINCE YOU WON AN
EMMY AND A GOLDEN GLOBE FOR "BIG LITTLE LIES."
CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: THAT'S REALLY NICE.
( APPLAUSE )
STORIED ACTING FAMILY.
HAS ANYONE ELSE IN YOUR FAMILY WON AN EMMY?
>> NO.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: SO YOU GET TO LORD THAT OVER YOUR FAMILY.
( CLEARS THROAT ) DO YOU WEAR IT ON A CHAIN AROUND
YOUR NECK BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I WOULD DO.
>> NO.
>> Stephen: YOU CAN'T DO THAT?
>> NO, I WAS-- I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN SWEDEN, AND WE HAVE
SOMETHING IN SWEDEN CALLED THE LAW OF JUNTA.
IT'S A REAL THING.
AND IT BASICALLY MEANS DON'T THINK YOU'RE SPECIAL.
IT'S MORE LIKE A CODE OF CONDUCT.
BUT IT TRANSLATES TO, YEAH, NO-- DON'T THINK YOU'RE SPECIAL.
JUST KNOW -- >> Stephen: DON'T BRAG.
>> NO OSTENTATIOUS FLAUNTING OF YOUR ACCOLADES OR BRAG ABOUT
YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS OR ANYTHING.
>> Stephen: TRY NOT TO BE TOO HAPPY.
>> YEAH.
SO IF YOU EVER-- LIKE, IF SOMETHING GREAT HAPPENS OR YOU
ACHIEVE SOMETHING, SWEDES GET VERY EMBARRASSED AND THEY
APOLOGIZE.
>> Stephen: AND AT THE LAW OF JUNTA.
WHAT'S JUNTA MEAN?
>> IT'S FICTION.
IT'S A SMALL TOWN, I BELIEVE IN DENMARK, IN A SHORT STORY FROM
THE 1930s.
AND IT WAS-- DENMARK FANS OUT THERE.
( APPLAUSE )
>> I'M FROM SWEDEN, SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO KEEP IT DOWN.
( LAUGHTER )
AND PEOPLE IN THIS TOWN JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU KEEP EACH OTHER IN
PLACE, LIKE, DON'T THINK YOU'RE SPECIAL.
LIKE, DON'T-- THAT'S WHY, LIKE, THE FOUNDER OF IKEA, FAMOUSLY
DROVE A VOLVO 244, LIKE, UNTIL HE DIED.
HE MIGHT HAVE DIED IN THE CAR.
I DON'T KNOW.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE FLASH.
>> NO FLASH.
YOU WON'T FIND GOLD HUMMERS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN SWEDEN.
>> Stephen: WHAT ABOUT THE OF ROYAL FAMILY.
THEY HAVE CROWNS AND THEY HAVE ROBES.
>> THINK IT'S SLIGHTLY SCHIZOPHRENIC FOR THEM BECAUSE
THEATRE ROYAL FAMILY, BUT THEY'RE ALSO SWEDES.
SO THEY'RE LIKE, "HEY, I'M THE KING.
SORRY."
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: WELL, I FEEL BAD-- I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I FEEL SORRY
ABOUT IS THE YEAR THAT YOU WON WAS NOT THIS YEAR BUT THE YEAR
BEFORE WAS THE EMMYS THAT I WAS HOSTING.
AND YOU CAME TO THE AFTER-PARTY THAT I THREW, AND I-- AND I SAW
YOU.
AND I DID NOT KNOW YOU HAD WON BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE HOSTING, YOU
ACTUALLY DON'T GET TO WATCH.
YOU'RE PREPPING FOR THE NEXT THING YOU'RE DOING, SO I DON'T
KNOW WHO'S WINNING.
AND I CERTAINLY AM A FAN, AND I THOUGHT YOU SHOULD HAVE WON.
BUT I SAW YOU AT THE PARTY AFTERWARDS.
AND I SAID, "HEY, DID YOU HAVE A GOOD TIME TONIGHT?"
>> I REMEMBER THAT.
>> Stephen: AND YOU SAID, "YEAH."
( LAUGHTER )
YOU WERE THE ONLY PERSON THAT DIDN'T MAKE ME UNCOMFORTABLE
THAT NIGHT.
BECAUSE EVERYONE ELSE WAS.
>> Audience: OOHH!
>> Stephen: STEPHEN!
NO, BECAUSE OF THE GOOD OLD-- I WAS UNCOMFORTABLE BECAUSE PEOPLE
CONGRATULATED ME AND I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH THAT AND I
COULDN'T TAKE IT.
SO I WAS VERY-- AND IT WAS REFRESHING ANDICA THARGTIC TO
MEET YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE NO IDEA.
"ARE YOU HAVING FUN TONIGHT.
WELCOME TO MY PARTY."
>> Stephen: I FELT TERRIBLE.
>> YOU SHOULDN'T.
>> Stephen: YOU COULD HAVE SAID, "I WON."
>> NO, I WOULD NEVER DO THAT!
( LAUGHTER )
THE TROPHIES BECAUSE THAT WAS ALSO, LIKE, A BIG THING OF,
LIKE, HOW DO I AS A SWEDE-- I'M, OBVIOUSLY, VERY PROUD OF THEM.
BUT I'M A SWEDE, SO I CAN'T, LIKE, JUST PUT THEM UP ON THE
MANTELPIECE OR DISPLAY THEM SO I KEPT THEM AT A FRIEND'S PLACE
FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS, AND I BROUGHT THEM OVER MY PLACE IN A
HIDDEN SUITCASE.
AND THEN I PUT THEM NAY CLOSET FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS.
THEN I THOUGHT THIS IS RIDICULOUS.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE ASHAMED.
>> AND I'M NOT.
I LOVE MY LITTLE TROPHIES.
SO I CAN'T PUT THEM ON THE BOOKSHELVES.
SO I'M STILL STRUGGLING WITH IT.
>> Stephen: MAYBE DRESS THEM UP.
DRESS THEM UP AS SOMETHING SO THEY'RE THERE, BUT PEOPLE CAN'T
RECOGNIZE THE EMMY.
>> I ACTUALLY EVEN TRIED THAT.
I THOUGHT IF I HANG A FLAG OR SOMETHING ON IT, IT LOOKS LIKE
IT'S-- OR A COAT HANGER.
BUT THEN-- AND THEN IT KEPT ME UP AT NIGHT, AND THEN I
REALIZED, OH, THIS IS WHAT I'M STRUGGLING WITH IN MY LIFE AS A
HOLLYWOOD ACTOR.
( LAUGHTER )
PUT MY ACCOLADES.
THERE'S, LIKE, SO MUCH PAIN AND SUFFERING IN THE WORLD, AND I
FEEL TERRIBLE BECAUSE-- AND THEN I STARTED TO LOATHE MYSELF
ABUSE, LIKE, THESE ARE THE ISSUES IN MY LIFE AT THE MOMENT.
>> Stephen: THAT WAY LIES GREATNESS.
AND MADNESS.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> WELL, I-- I TOUCHED THE MADNESS, NOT SO MUCH THE
GREATNESS.
>> Stephen: BUT, YOU KNOW, I CAN UNDERSTAND YOU MIGHT HAVE A
LITTLE TROUBLE WITH HOLLYWOOD FAME BECAUSE YOU'RE JUST SOME
GUY FROM SWEDEN, RIGHT?
YOU SERVED IN THE MILITARY OVER THERE, WHICH IS-- IS THAT
COMPULSORY?
>> IT USED TO BE.
IT'S NOT NOW, NOT ANYMORE.
>> Stephen: WAS IT WHEN YOU WERE DOING IT?
>> IT WAS KIND OF ON THE CUSP.
YOU COULD GET OUT OF IT, IF YOU WANTED TO.
>> Stephen: YOU JUST SAY, "I DON'T FEEL LIKE IT?"
>> PRETTY MUCH.
I HAD FRIENDS WHO KIND OF-- BASICALLY SAID, LIKE, "NO,
THANKS."
( LAUGHTER )
AND THE GOVERNMENT WOULD BE LIKE, OTHER, THAT'S COOL."
>> Stephen: WHAT DID YOU TRAIN TO BE?
>> IT'S CALLED SECT YUT.
SECURITY AND HUNT.
>> Stephen: SECURITY AND HUNT?
>> YEAH, OUR JOB WAS TO SECURE THE ISLAND, IT'S A SMALL UNIT,
PART OF THE ROYAL NAVY, BUT WE'RE LAND BASED AND IT'S
BASICALLY TO SECURE THE ISLANDS.
>> Stephen: SOME LIKE SPECIAL FORCES.
LIKE REALLY HIGHLY TRAINED MILITARY FIGHTING?
>> I APPLIED BECAUSE IT LOOKED LIKE A JAMES BOND, THE LITTLE
BOOKLET I READ.
IT LOOKED BAD-ASS.
>> Stephen: THERE'S A BOOKLET?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: I DON'T THINK JAMES BOND CAME WAY BROCHURE.
"SO YOU WANT TO BE A MEMBER OF M.I.6?"
>> THAT'S HOW THEY RECRUIT IT.
YOUNG BOND WAS RECRUITED WITH A BOOKLET, WITH PICTURE S.
>> Stephen: CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT THIS IS?
I'VE BEEN TOLD THIS IS AN IMPORTANT THING FOR SOMEONE WHO
WAS IN THE SWEDISH MILITARY.
WHAT IS THIS THAT I HAVE IN MY HAND?
>> IT'S UNIQUE TO MY UNIT.
WEERT ONLY ONES ALLOWED TO WEAR THAT.
SO AND THIS IS -- >> Stephen: THIS AND OLD MEN
FISHING IN AMERICA.
( LAUGHTER )
WOODY ALLEN WEARS ONE OF THESE.
WHAT-- WHAT IS THIS?
>> HE ACTUALLY SERVED IN THAT UNIT BACK IN THE DAY.
A LITTLE-KNOWN FACT.
>> Stephen: THAT'S HOW HE GOT TO KNOW BERGMAN.
WHAT IS THIS?
WHO IS THE SPECIALNESS OF THIS?
>> IT'S A HAT.
NO, IT'S-- YEAH, THEY DROPPED US IN THE WOODS FOR WHAT FELT LIKE
SIX MONTHS, BUT I THINK IT WAS 10 DAYS, AND IT WAS LIKE A
SURVIVAL COURSE WHERE YOU BASICALLY HAD TO-- THERE WERE
DIFFERENT STATIONS -- >> Stephen: BY YOURSELF?
>> THE UNIT, YEAH, IT WAS ME AND THREE OTHER GUYS.
>> Stephen: WHAT TIME OF YEAR?
>> WINTER.
>> Stephen: WINTER IN SWEDEN.
THAT-- >> AND THEN THERE WERE
DIFFERENT-- IT WAS LIKE AN AMBUSH, AND THEN THEY HELD US
HOSTAGE.
AND YOU'RE, OBVIOUSLY, LIKE, SLEEP DEPRIVED AND YOU DON'T
EAT.
AT ONE POINT I REMEMBER WE HAD TO ASSEMBLE A CANOE.
AND THAT WAS HORRIBLE BECAUSE WE HAD BEEN WEAK FOR A WEEK, AND WE
WERE STARVING AND WE'RE FROM THE LAND IKEA, SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE
TO DO THAT.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: DID IT COME WITH AN ALAN WRENCH, THE CANOE?
THAT'S THE PROBLEM.
>> IT TOOK US NINE HOURS TO DO THAT.
AND IT WAS-- YEAH, IT WAS HORRIBLE.
BUT IT WAS ALL WORTH IT, BECAUSE THEY GAVE ME A HAT AT THE END OF
IT.
>> Stephen: SO YOU EARNED THE HAT BY DOING THAT.
>> I EARNED THE HAT.
>> Stephen: CONGRATULATIONS?
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: PUT THIS OVER THE EMMY AND NO ONE WILL SEE.
PLAWF'S
I UNDERSTAND-- WE'VE GOT TO GO HERE IN A MINUTE AND I WANT TO
TALK ABOUT "THE LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL."
I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE A SAILOR NOW?
DID YOU SOME-- A BIG OCEAN SAIL?
>> I-- I WOULD NOT CALL MYSELF A SAILOR.
I-- I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO CROSS THE ATLANTIC ON A SAILBOAT
WITH PEOPLE WHO KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: IT WOULD HELP IF YOU WERE A SAILOR.
IT WOULD HELP IF YOU WERE A SAILOR ON A SAILBOAT
>> DIDN'T HELP THAT MUCH ON THE BOAT, BUT I WAS PART OF IT, AND
THAT WAS GREAT.
>> Stephen: WHAT PORTS DID YOU SAIL FROM?
>> FROM VENTURA OFF THE COAST OF AFRICA, TO THE CARIBBEAN.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
AND-- AND-- I'VE DONE A LITTLE BIT OF OCEAN SAILING.
I'VE DONE, ABOUT 1,000 MIELSZ OF OPEN OCEAN SAILING.
>> OKAY.
>> Stephen: IT'S VERY SPOOKY OUT THERE.
>> YEAH.
( LAUGHTER )
ALONE.
>> WELL, YEAH, SO, FOR LIKE EIGHT-- IT TOOK ABOUT THREE
WEEKS, AND FOR EIGHT DAYS WE DIDN'T SEE ANOTHER SHIP.
AND IT'S EASY TO GO DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE IF YOU START
THINKING ABOUT THE FACT WE'RE COMPLETELY ALONE.
YOU HAVE NO HOSPITAL AROUND HERE.
IF YOU HAVE A BURST APPENDIX, YOU'RE DONE, THERE'S NOTHING --
>> Stephen: SURE, YOU THINK OF ALL THE WAYS I COULD DIE BEFORE
HELP COULD GET TO ME.
SERIOUSLY, YOU THINK ABOUT THAT ALL THE TIME.
>> AT ONE POINT, THERE WAS NO WIND AND WE WERE STUCK FOR A
LITTLE BIT.
>> Stephen: THAT'S THE WORST BECAUSE YOU GO SUPER SQUIRRELLY
IN THE HEAD.
>> THIS IS A TRUE STORY.
AN OCEAN TURTLE PASSED US WHEN WE WERE 700 MILES FROM LAND,
THIS LITTLE GUY, JUST SWAM PAST US.
AND WE'RE LIKE, "THAT'S GREAT."
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: SO THE NEW MOVIE IS CALLED "THE LITTLE DRUMMER
GIRL."
WHAT'S IT ABOUT?
>> SO, IT'S A SIX-PART LIMITED SERIES.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO AIR AS THREE TWO-HOUR MOVIES HERE ON
AMC.
IT'S ALREADY ON THE BBC, THE SECOND EPISODE AIRED LAST NIGHT.
IT'S ABOUT A YOUNG ACT RESFROM THE U.K. ON A VACATION IN
GREECE.
AND SHE MEETS A MAN ON THAT ISLAND, AND AN INNIGMATIC DUDE.
IT STARTS OUT AS A BUDDING ROMANCE, BUT IT TURNS OUT HE'S A
SPY AND HE HAS A DIFFERENT PLAN FOR HER.
>> Stephen: AND WE HAVE A CLIP.
>> IF I'M GOING TO DO THIS, I HAVE TO KNOW WHAT IT IS I'M
DECIDING TO DO.
>> AND IN ORDER TO KNOW, YOU FIRST HAVE TO DECIDE.
>> WELL, THAT'S JUST MARVELOUS.
THIS JOB, IS IT DANGEROUS?
>> INCREDIBLY.
THIS IS THE SECRET WORLD, CHARLIE.
ARE YOU IN OR OUT?
>> WHO AM I?
>> YOU.
>> Stephen: DON'T DO IT.
DON'T DO IT.
>> THAT DUDE IS TROUBLE.
( APPLAUSE )
SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> YOU, TOO.
>> Stephen: "THE LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL" PREMIERES NEXT MONDAY ON
AMC.
ALEXANDER SKARSGARD, EVERYBODY!