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♪ >> STEPHEN: WELCOME BACK.
JOINING ME NOW IS AN ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING ACTOR YOU KNOW
FROM "THE DEER HUNTER," "PULP FICTION," AND "CATCH ME IF YOU
CAN."
HIS NEW FILM IS "WILD MOUNTAIN THYME."
PLEASE WELCOME, CHRISTOPHER WALKEN!
CHRISTOPHER WALKEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE!
>> HI, STEPHEN.
GOOD THE SEE YOU.
>> Stephen: YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MET BEFORE, BRIEFLY, A FEW YEARS
AGO, BUT I NEVER HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTERVIEW YOU,
AND NOW I GET TO INTERVIEW YOU OVER ZOOM, WHICH I UNDERSTAND IS
A PARTICULAR RARITY BECAUSE IS IT TRUE YOU HAVE NEVER OWNED A
COMPUTER OR A CELL PHONE?
>> YEAH, SOMEBODY HAD TO COME AND SET THIS UP BECAUSE I DON'T
HAVE A CELL PHONE OR A COMPUTER.
>> Stephen: AND WHY DON'T YOU HAVE ONE?
ARE YOU MORALLY, PHILOSOPHICALLY, EMOTIONALLY
OPPOSED?
>> NO, NO.
I JUST GOT TO IT TOO LATE.
YOU KNOW, I THINK I'M RIGHT AT A CERTAIN AGE WHERE IT JUST PASSED
ME BY, AND I NEVER GOT INVOLVED IN IT BECAUSE IT WOULD BE
STRANGE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, ANY TEN-YEAR-OLD BE MUCH BETTER AT
IT THAN I AM.
SO SO THE OTHER THING IS, CELL PHONES IS A BIT LIKE A WATCH, IF
YOU NEED IT, SOMEBODY HAS ONE.
PEOPLE ARE GOOD ABOUT LETTING ME BORROW THINGS.
>> Stephen: YOU'VE NEVER E-MAILED OR TEXTED.
>> NO.
>> Stephen: YOU'VE NEVER BEEN ON TWITTER?
>> NO, I HAVEN'T.
SOMETIMES ON A MOVIE THEY'LL GIVE ME A CELL PHONE, BUT IT'S
MORE SO THAT THEY CAN FIND ME.
>> Stephen: IT'S LIKE A TRACKING COLLAR?
>> A TRACKING COLLAR.
>> Stephen: A TAG LIKE JACQUES COUSTEAU, WE'RE GOING TO TRACK
YOUR MIGRATION?
>> AND IF I WANT TO USE IT, SOMEBODY HAS TO DIAL IT FOR ME,
THAT KIND OF THING.
>> Stephen: ARE WE CATCHING YOUT AT HOPEFUL RIGHT NOW?
>> YEAH.
I'M IN CONNECTICUT.
>> Stephen: WHAT ELSE SOMETHING PEOPLE MIGHT NOT
EXPECT TO FIND IN CHRISTOPHER WALKEN'S HOME?
>> WELL, I HAVE A SMALL ROOM WHERE I KEEP, YOU KNOW,
MEMORABILIA AND MEMENTOS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED, AND I HAVE MOHAMED
ALI -- MOHAMED ALI, IN THE EARLY '70s, HIS TITLE WAS TAKEN
AWAY.
>> Stephen: SURE.
PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IT, BUT HE DID OTHER THINGS.
HE APPEARED IN A BROADWAY SHOW, AND HE HAD KIND OF AN ACT WHERE
HE TOURED, AND I WAS WORKING IN A THEATER IN CANADA, AND HE CAME
THROUGH TOWN WITH HIS SHOW, AND HE LEFT HIS BOXING TRUNKS TO BE
AUCTIONED FOR CHARITY FOR THE THEATER, AND I WENT AND GOT THEM
AND I BROUGHT THEM FOR YOU TO SEE.
>> Stephen: SO YOU HAVE MOHAMED ALI'S BOXING TRUNKS FROM
THE PERIOD OF TIME THAT HE WASN'T ALLOWED TO BOX BECAUSE HE
WAS A CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR TO VIETNAM.
>> YES, AND HE INSCRIBED THEM MOHAMED ALI 1971, THE REAL
CHAMP.
>> Stephen: CAN I SEE?
DO YOU HAVE THEM?
>> SURE.
>> Stephen: (LAUGHING) THAT'S FANTASTIC!
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TEMPTED TO PUT THEM ON?
>> NO.
WHERE AM I?
( LAUGHTER ) NO.
WHEN I GOT THEM, THEY WERE -- I HAD THEM FRAMED, AND THEY HAVE
BEEN THERE EVER SINCE.
>> Stephen: DID YOU EVER MEET ALI?
>> I DID.
I SAT NEXT TO HIM ONCE AT A MOVIE PREMIERE, AND I COULDN'T
BELIEVE I WAS SITTING NEXT TO HIM.
AND THEN, WHEN IT WAS OVER, PEOPLE WERE KIND OF STANDING
AROUND, AND HE SAID TO ME, DO YOU BOX?
AND I SAID, NO, NOT AT ALL.
AND HE SAID, PRETTY BOY.
THAT'S A LONG TIME AGO, YOU KNOW.
>> Stephen: NOW, HE ACCUSED YOU OF BEING A PRETTY BOY?
>> YEAH, HE SAID I WAS A PRETTY BOY.
>> Stephen: I THOUGHT ONE OF HIS GREAT CLAIMS WAS THAT I'M SO
PRETTY.
>> YEAH, HE WAS -- BUT MAYBE IT WAS A COMPLIMENT, I DON'T KNOW.
>> Stephen: TAKE IT AS SUCH.
THE NEW FILM IS CALLED "WILD MOUNTAIN THYME."
I BELIEVE WE HAVE A CLIP.
DO YOU KNOWT WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO SEE?
>> I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WITH MY SON JAMIE DORNIN AND HIS
INHERITANCE.
>> Stephen: OKAY, JIM?
I DON'T SEE A CLEAR PATH FROM WHERE TO WHERE.
>> FROM ME TO YOU.
STOP.
IT HAS TO BE SAID.
YOUR FACE IS NOT RIGHT.
YOU COME UP FROM SOME OTHER PEOPLE.
YOU'RE MORE KELLY THAN RILEY.
>> IT'S TRUE, YOU'RE A KELLY IN THE FACE.
>> IN MY FACE.
HE LIKES TO FISH.
AS THE KELLIES, IT'S WELL KNOWN.
JOHN KELLY, HE WAS A FISH.
>> MY NAME IS RILEY.
I'M A RILEY.
>> NO, YOU'RE A KELLY.
YOU TAKE AFTER JOHN KELLY AND THAT MAN WAS MAD AS THE FULL
MOON.
DROWNED HIMSELF IN THE ROYAL CANAL.
>> E FELL IN.
HAD A ROCK TIED TO HIS NECK!
>> Stephen: DID YOU SHOOT THIS IN IRELAND, CHRISTOPHER?
>> YES.
>> Stephen: WHERE?
WHERE IN IRELAND?
>> WELL, A FEW HOURS OUTSIDE OF DUBLIN IN THIS BEAUTIFUL FARM
COUNTRY, AND I HADN'T, IN MY LIFE, BEEN TO IRELAND, AND I
DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE BEEN THERE, BUT IT REALLY IS
BEAUTIFUL.
>> Stephen: I HAVE.
YEAH.
IT WAS EVERYTHING THEY SAY, AND WHERE WE STAYED WAS AN OLD
ESTATE, AND THEY HAD A ROOKERY WHERE THEY RAISED THE HAWKS AND
OWLS AND FAULKENS, AND THE WHOLE THING WAS A LITTLE BIT MEDIEVAL.
>> Stephen: WAS IT APPEALING TO YOU, THE MEDIEVAL QUALITY OF
IT?
BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE PHONES OR COMPUTERS BACK IN THE
MEDIEVAL TIMES EITHER.
>> NO, NO, REALLY, I'D LIKE TO GO BACK.
>> Stephen: EXCEPT THE HYGIENE, I NEED DENTISTS.
I WOULD LOVE TO GO BACK TO THE MIDDLE AGES, TOO, BUT I LIKE
PENICILLIN AND DENTISTS.
>> THEY HAD LOTS OF THAT.
>> Stephen: OH, YOU MEAN GO BACK TO IRELAND?
I THOUGHT YOU MEANT GO BACK TO THE MIDDLE AGES THERE.
>> NO, IRELAND.
I DON'T MEAN THE MIDDLE AGES.
>> Stephen: I WOULD LOVE TO GO BACK TO IRELAND, TOO.
NOW W "WILD MOUNTAIN THYME" IS ALSO, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG,
IT'S ANT ENDURING LOVE, A SUBJECT WITH WHICH YOU ARE
FAMILIAR.
MY WIFE WILL BE THRILLED TO KNOW OF YOUR EXAMPLE.
YOU HAVE BEEN MARRIED TO YOUR WIFE GEORGEANNE FOR 51 YEARS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE SECRET IS TO AN ENDURING MARRIAGE?
>> WELL, LIKE A LOT OF THINGS IN MY LIFE, I THINK THAT THERE'S A
BIG ELEMENT OF LUCK, YOU KNOW, KNOCK WOOD.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT SORT OF THING IS CERTAIN DEPUTY, IT'S
COPESETIC.
YOU KNOW, YOU JUST GET LUCKY SOMETIMES AND, YOU KNOW, THE
IDEA THAT YOUR WIFE MAY HAVE WALKED INTO THE ROOM WHEN YOU
WERE LOOKING WRONG WAY AND YOU NEVER MET, THOSE THINGS ARE
POSSIBLE.
I THINK IT HELPS IF BOTH PEOPLE ARE EASY TO GET ALONG WITH, AND,
OF COURSE, FRIENDSHIP, BEING FRIENDS IS VERY IMPORTANT, YOU
KNOW.
LIKING PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE WITH.
>> Stephen: ARE YOU EASY TO GET ALONG WITH, CHRISTOPHER?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: DO YOU THINK OF YOURSELF AS EASY GOING?
>> YES.
>> Stephen: DO YOU THINK THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY EASY
GOING THINK OF THEMSELVES AS EASY GOING?
OR DO YOU THINK THAT'S A WARNING THAT MAYBE YOU'RE NOT EASY GOING
BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT A HIGH OPINION OF YOUR EASY GOING-NESS?
>> NO, I THINK SOME PEOPLE ARE MISTAKEN ABOUT THAT, BUT I'M
NOT.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: WELL, CHRISTOPHER,
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
SO NICE TO TALK TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU, STEPHEN.
IT'S A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU.
>> Stephen: "WILD MOUNTAIN THYME" IS OUT NOW.
CHRISTOPHER WALKEN, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH CHANCE THE RAPPER.
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