LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY FIRST GUEST PLAYED AN AMAZING MEDIC IN
"HACKSAW RIDGE," A SPECTACULAR PRIEST IN "SILENCE," AND HE WAS
ALSO SPIDER-MAN.
HE NOW STARS IN "BREATHE."
PLEASE WELCOME ANDREW GARFIELD.
♪ GIVE IT UP FOR ANDREW GARFIELD GIVE IT UP FOR ANDREW GARFIELD
♪ GIVE IT UP FOR ANDREW GARFIELD GIVE DID UP FOR ANDREW GARFIELD
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪ GIVE IT UP FOR ANDREW GARFIELD
GIVE IT UP ♪ >> I LIKE THAT SONG!
I LOVE THAT SONG!
>> Stephen: WHAT'S THAT SONG CALLED, JON?
♪ GIVE IT UP FOR ANDREW GARFIELD >> Stephen: IT'S GOING TO BE A
HIT.
ALL THE KIDS WILL BE DANCING TO IT.
NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> HEY!
>> >> Stephen: HEY, BACK AT YOU.
BACK AT YOU, MY FEELINGS EXACTLY.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: IT'S ALWAYS LOVELY TO TALK WITH YOU, BUT I DO HAVE
A BONE TO PICK WITH YOU, I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND ME PUBLICLY BONE
PICKING.
YOU SAID THIS-- AND DON'T DENY IT.
YOU SAID, "YOU'RE NOT SURE IF THE WORLD NEEDS MOVIE STARS."
>> YES, I SAID THAT.
>> Stephen: WHO WOULD I THEN TALK TO?
I CAN'T TALK TO NEIL DEGRASS TYSON EVERY NIGHT.
I WOULD LOVE TO, I WOULD LOVE TO, BUT I LIKE TALKING TO MOVIE
STARS.
WE NEED PEOPLE UP ON THE BIG CIVIL THRER.
>> YOU THINK.
>> Stephen: YEAH, THE DREAM FACTORY.
WE NEED HEROOS.
>> OKAY, FINE.
>> Stephen: WHY DON'T WE NEED MOVIE STARS.
>> I THINK WHAT I MEANT, STEPHEN COLBERT, IS I THINK WHAT I MEANT
MORE WAS-- I DON'T KNOW.
SOMETIMES THERE'S THIS IDEALIZATION OF PEOPLE IN THE
PUBLIC EYE, AND THERE'S THIS FALSE KIND OF IDEALIZED VISION,
THIS FALSE PERFECTION THAT I THINK IS PROJECTED FROM PEOPLE
IN THAT POSITION.
AND I THINK SOMETIMES IT CAN CREATE A LITTLE BIT OF
DISSATISFACTION WITH OUR OWN-- BECAUSE I DON'T CONSIDER MYSELF
A MOVIE STAR AT ALL.
>> AND NEVER WILL.
>> Stephen: HOLD ON.
IS HE IS A MOVIE STAR?
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) IT'S NOT FOR YOU TO SAY.
YOU DON'T GET TO SAY WHETHER YOU'RE A MOVIE STAR.
>> IT'S MY LIFE, STEVE GLEN ANOTHER THAT'S FINE, THAT'S
OKAY.
BUT THAT'S LIKE SAYING YOU'RE NOT INFLUENTIAL OR SOMETHING
LIKE THAT.
IT'S FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO SAY-- >> OKAY.
>> Stephen: WHETHER YOU'RE A STAR OR NOT.
>> ALL RIGHT, BUT WE'RE ALL STARS, STEPHEN, IS THE POINT.
SPEAK OF NEIL DEGRASS TYSON, WE ARE ALL MADE OF STARDUST ARE, WE
NOT?
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: BOOM!
>> BUT I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THIS PROJECTION OF
PERFECTION, WHETHER IT'S IN TERMS OF BEAUTY OR IN TERMS OF
"I'M JUST SO CHARISMATIC."
BUT I'M NOT.
I'M LOTS OF THINGS.
WE ALL ARE.
HUMAN BEINGS ARE MADE UP OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE LIGHT AND THE
DARK.
>> Stephen: I'M A COLLECTION OF BAD HABITS.
>> EXACTLY.
I THINK WHAT I'M SAYING IS ONE SOMETIMES HAS A TENDENCY TO
FOCUS ON THIS IDEA OF PERFECTION, WHICH I THINK
DOESN'T ARB LOW US-- DOESN'T GIVE US PERMISSION TO ACCEPT OUR
WHOLE SELVES IN OUR ENTIRETY, OUR OWN BEINGNESS.
I THINK IT CREATES THIS "NOT ENOUGHNESS" IN THE CULTURE WHERE
YOU'RE LOOKING UP AT THINGS THAT AREN'T REAL BUT PRETENDING TO BE
REAL BUT MORE PERFECT THAN YOU.
THAT'S HOW I FEEL WHEN I LOOK AT MOVIE STARS.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: I'M NOT GOING TO HIT YOU.
COME ON BACK.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
>> OKAY.
>> Stephen: BUT YOU PLAYED A LOT OF FLAWED CHARACTERS.
YOU WERE THE PRIEST IN "SILENCE."
OBVIOUSLY, YOU WERE IN "HACKSAW RIDGE."
HOW DO YOU KEEP-- OKAY, HOW DO YOU KEEP FROM GETTING TOO
SWAMPED BY THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE WORK?
DO YOU HAVE ANY-- HOW DOES ANDREW GARFIELD LIGHTEN IT UP?
SINCE THE CARE-FREE SPIDER-MAN DAYS ARE BEHIND YOU.
>> OH, YEAH, THEY WERE CARE-FREE.
>> Stephen: WERE THEY NOT CARE-FREE?
>> LET'S NOT GET INTO THAT, STEPHEN.
>> Stephen: WHAT?
WHAT'S WRONG WITH BEING SPIDER-MAN.
>> THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH BEING SPIDER-MAN BUT WITH GREAT
POWER COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITY, STEPHEN.
THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO SAY.
IT'S NOT JUST, YOU KNOW-- >> Stephen: YOU JUST COULDN'T
ROCK THE TIGHTS ANYMORE, IS THAT IT?
>> DON'T DIMINISH-- DON'T DIMINISH THE EXPERIENCE.
DON'T REDUCE IT.
>> Stephen: I DON'T WANT TO DIMINISH THE MARVEL CINEMATIC
UNIVERSE IN ANY WAY.
I APOLOGIZE.
>> NO, BUT MOVING ON QUICKLY FROM THAT.
( LAUGHTER ) I-- YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS THE
QUESTION?
>> Stephen: I DON'T KNOW.
>> ABOUT LIGHTNESS, IT WAS ABOUT LIGHTNESS.
>> Stephen: HOW DO YOU LIGHTEN IT UP.
>> GOODNESS, GRACIOUS ME.
THERE'S A GAME I LIKE TO PLAY WITH MY CASTMATES.
IT'S CALLED THE GAME OF GIDDINESS AND FREEDOM.
>> Stephen: FOR A GAME THAT LIGHTENS YOU UP, THAT SURE IS A
HIGHFALUTIN NAME.
THAT'S THE SEQUEL TO "THE BOOK OF LAUGHTER AND FORGETTING."
"THE GAME OF GIDDINESS AND FREEDOM?"
>> I MADE IT UP.
>> Stephen: LET'S GET GIDDY AND FREE.
>> DO YOU WANT TO PLAY?
>> Stephen: I'LL TRY.
LET'S GET GIDDY AND FREE.
WE'RE TOO SERIOUS RIGHT NOW.
LET'S GET GIDDY AND FREE.
>> THE GAME OF GIDDINESS AND FREEDOM IS PRET MUCH YOU SAY
THINGS.
YOU JUST SAMES.
>> Stephen: IT IT SOUNDS LEAK A SIMPLE GAME.
>> IT'S A REALLY SIMPLE GAME.
>> Stephen: ANYTHING?
>> ANYTHING ANY WORDS IN ANY ORDER.
THE RULE IS YOU DON'T THINK.
>> Stephen: IT'S RULE ASSOCIATION.
>> NOT REALLY, NO.
LET'S JUST BEGIN.
HEY, STEPHEN, YOU'RE-- HI, MY NAME IS ANDREW.
AND YOU'RE MY FRIEND OR ONCE WERE.
SHALL WE GO TO THE BALL?
>> Stephen: HI, ANDREW, TALKING TO YOU IS A GOOD
OPPORTUNITY TO SEE A MAN'S EYEBROWS.
>> YES, YES!
>> Stephen: AND THE SKIN ON THE WATER IN THE POOL AND THE
MUSIC AND THE SPLASHING AND THE SMELL.
>> MY-- MY FRIEND FRED CALLED YOU A LOSER, AND I DON'T THINK
HE'S RIGHT.
>> Stephen: MANY PEOPLE-- AND THE SPIDER-MAN WAS-- I NEVER SAW
THOSE MOVIES THAT YOU WERE IN.
I HEARD THEY'RE VERY GOOD.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
THAT'S A GOOD GAME.
>> THAT'S THE GAME OF GIDDINESS AND FREEDOM.
>> Stephen: I LIKE IT, YEAH, YEAH.
>> YOU COULD GO ON FOREVER.
>> Stephen: IT'S WORD ASSOCIATION CONFESSION, THOUGH?
>> IS IT.
>> Stephen: IT'S LEAK A CONFESSION.
>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
>> Stephen: JUST THINGS BURST OUT.
I DID NOT SEE EITHER OF YOUR SPIDER-MAN MOVIES, BUT I WOULD
NEVER HAVE SAID THAT-- I WOULD NEVER HAVE SAID THAT IF WE
HADN'T PLAYED THE GAME AND NOW I CONFESSED BUT IN SUCH A GIDDY
AND LIGHT WAY YOU CAN'T BE MAD AT ME BECAUSE I KNOW HOW
SERIOUSLY YOU TAKE THOSE MOVIES.
THE NEW MOVIE-- >> WE'RE NOT PLAYING GAME
ANYMORE?
>> Stephen: WE CAN PLAY THE GAME, BUT THAT MEANS WE CAN'T
TALK ABOUT YOUR MOVIE.
IT'S ONE OR THE OTHER.
>> NO, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE FILM.
>> Stephen: I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE FILM.
>> ME, TOO.
>> Stephen: IT'S CALLED BREATHE" ABOUT ROB AND
HIS FAMILY.
WHAT DID HE DO, NOT JUST FOR HIMSELF BUT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
AROUND THE WORLD?
>> REMARKABLE.
HE WAS-- OH, GOD, HOW DO I EVEN START?
I'LL TRY-- BECAUSE I'M HERE.
>> Stephen: HE WAS AN ENGLISHMAN.
>> HE WAS ENGLISH, THANK YOU.
NO, HE WAS A WONDERFUL MAN.
HEESMS THIS VERY CHARMING, CHARMED ATHLETE, CAPTAIN IN THE
ARMY BACK IN THE 50s.
HE MET THIS WONDERFUL WOMAN DIANA.
THEY GOT MARRIED VERY QUICKLY, FELL IN LOVE VERY QUICKLY.
THEY WENT TO KENYA.
HE WAS A TEA BROKER AND THEN AT THE AGE OF 28 HE GOT HIT WITH
THE POLO VIRUS AND HE WAS PARALYZED FROM THE NECK DOWN FOR
THE REST OF HIS LIFE, AND IT WAS, OF COURSE, A MAJOR BLOW.
AND HE WAS VERY DEPRESSED FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS, AND SUICIDAL
FOR-- FOR A PART OF IT, DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT HIS VALUE
WAS ANYMORE, WHAT HIS PURPOSE OR MEANING AND BEING IN THE WORLD
WAS ANYMORE.
BUT IT WAS WITH THE LOVE OF HIS WIFE, THIS AMAZING WOMAN WHO IS
STILL WITH US, DIANA CAVENDISH, AND HIS INCREDIBLE GROUP OF
FRIENDS, THAT HE MANAGED TO REFIND THAT SPARK AND LONGING
FOR LIFE.
AND HE-- HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON WHO WAS ON-- HE HAD TO LIVE ON A
VENTULARITY, ON AN EXTERNAL VENTULARITY, RESPIRATOR, MACHINE
THAT BREATHED FOR HIM BECAUSE HE WASN'T ABLE TO DO IT ANYMORE.
>> Stephen: WHAT THEY CALL THE IRON LUNG.
>> BUT HE WAS ACTUALLY ON A VENTILATOR, WHEREAS OTHER PEOPLE
WERE ON AN IRON LUNG.
HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON ON ANY FORM OF EXTERNAL VENTILATION WHO
DECIDED TO LEAVE HOSPITAL AND LIVE AT HOME.
HE WAS THE FIRST PESPINOT.
>> Stephen: RESPINAUGHT?
>> SOMEONE ON A RESPIRATOR LEAVING THE CONFINESAVE
HOSPITAL.
IT WAS CONSIDERED A DEATH SENTENCE.
HE WAS A DARING, PIONEERING, ADVENTUROUS MAN WHO DECIDED, "IF
I'M GOING TO BE HERE, I'M GOING TO LIVE.
I WANT TO BE AT HOME WITH MY WIFE AND I WANT TO SEE MY SON,
YOU KNOW, GROW UP."
>> Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP HERE OF YOU AS ROBIN CAVENDISH
AND HIS WIFE AND HIS SON.
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THIS SCENE?
>> OH, YEAH, I THINK IN THIS SCENE, WE'RE-- I THINK THIS IS A
MOMENT WHERE ROBIN IS DREAMING ABOUT GOING FURTHER.
HE WAS ALWAYS LONGING TO GO FURTHER AND FURTHER AND FURTHER,
AND NOT LET THIS LIMITATION BE THAT, A LIMITATION.
>> Stephen: JIM.
>> >> I'M SORRY.
>> ME, TOO.
( APPLAUSE ) >> BUT IT'S NOT HEAVY.
IT'S A REALLY LIGHT FILM.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
"BREATHE" IS IN THEATER THIS FRIDAY.