>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WE'RE HERE WITH EMMA THOMPSON.
YOU'RE STILL HERE.
>> I'M STILL HERE.
OKAY.
>> Stephen: WE'RE HERE WITH EMMA THOMPSON.
WE WON'T LET HER LEAVE.
NO MATTER HOW MUCH SHE DASHES THROUGH THE DOOR
>> I'M COP FUSED.
>> Stephen: EMMA, MOST OF THIS TAKES PLACE IN ONE HOTEL ROOM
OVER THE COURSE OF MANY NIGHTS OR DAYS.
AND YOU BECOME VERY VULNERABLE, NOT ONLY WITH HIM, OBVIOUSLY,
BUT WITH THE AUDIENCE.
YOU ARE FULLY NUDE IN THIS FILM, ESPECIALLY ONE MOMENT WHEN
YOU'RE IN FRONT OF A FULL-LENGTH MIRROR, FULLY NUDE.
AND I WANT TO KNOW, AS A PERFORMER, "A," HAD YOU DONE
THAT BEFORE ON CAMERA?
AND WHAT WAS THAT LIKE FOR YOU?
WHAT WAS THAT CHOICE LIKE FOR YOU?
>> IT WAS REALLY, REALLY INTERESTING.
IT WAS UNEXPECTED BECAUSE I'M QUITE-- WE DON'T NEED-- I DON'T
REALLY THINK IT'S TERRIBLY IMPORTANT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
I MEAN, LOOK AT GERMANY.
EVERYONE IS NUDE ALL THE TIME.
BUT THEY ARE.
IT DOESN'T BOTHER THEM THERE.
THEY DO SORT OF MIXED SAUNAS AND ALL OF THAT.
I THINK WE'RE QUITE ODD ABOUT IT IN OUR COUNTRY.
MAYBE BECAUSE IT'S SO COLD AND WE SEW OURSELVES INTO PELTS FOR
MONTHS ON END SO NUDITY ISN'T A THING.
BUT SHE-- I WAS THINKING, HOW AM I GOING TO DO THIS?
BECAUSE I CAN'T-- I DON'T KNOW WHETHER ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE
CAN, BUT I CERTAINLY CAN'T STAND IN FRONT OF A MIRROR WITHOUT
TRYING TO IMPROVE THE WAY I LOOK, YOU KNOW, BY TUCKING
SOMETHING IN OR TURNING TO THE SIDE --
>> Stephen: I'LL ADJUST THE LIGHTING.
>> OR TURN THE LIGHTS OFF.
THAT'S WHAT I GENERALLY DO-- JUST SWITCH THEM OFF.
AND THEN YOU'RE SAFE.
YOU DON'T SUDDENLY CATCH SIGHT OF YOURSELF AND SAY, "WHAT WAS
THAT?
OH, MY GOD!
THAT WAS--" ANYWAY, WE'RE NOT GOOD AT ACCEPTING OUR BODIES,
AND PARTICULARLY WOMEN WHOSE STATUS IS RELATED TO ICONOGRAPHY
AND IT'S ALL VERY BORING AND A WASTE OF OUR TIME AND LIFE'S
PURPOSE.
SO NANCY HAS ADMITTEDLY-- SHE HAS ALWAYS BEEN ASHAMED OF HER
BODY SOMEHOW.
AND HE SAYS NO, IT'S FINE, IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
BUT SLOWLY THROUGH THIS STRANGE INTIMACY, HE LEADS HER TOWARDS
THE KIND OF PLEASURE THAT SHE'S NEVER HAD BEFORE.
AND UNLOCKS HER RELATIONSHIP WITH HER BODY.
SO WHEN I STOOD THERE NAKED-- AND IT'S NOT LIKE, MADE
BEAUTIFUL BY LIGHTING OR-- IT'S NOT SORT OF-- IT'S LITERALLY
JUST PLAIN, A BODY STANDING THERE.
>> Stephen: BUT BEAUTIFUL IN THE WAY OF PERSON, BEAUTIFUL.
>> BEAUTIFUL IN THE WAY ANY HUMAN IS BEAUTIFUL AND
ACCEPTABLE.
AND I THOUGHT, HOW DOES SHE LOOK AT HERSELF?
BECAUSE I DON'T-- I DON'T WANT HER TO LOOK AT HERSELF AS THOUGH
SHE'S SUDDENLY GOING, "MY GOD, I'M GORGEOUS."
THAT'S NOT THE POINT.
BUT SHE LOOKS AT HERSELF WITH A NEUTRAL GAZE-- THAT IS TO SAY, A
GAZE THAT IS ACCEPTING OF HER BODY BECAUSE SHE'S SEEING IT AS
IT WERE FOR OTHER FIRST TIME.
IT'S KIND OF A REBIRTH.
AND I WENT TO LOOK AT ALL THE PICTURES OF EVE IN THE MEDIEVAL
PAINTINGS, AND THOSE PAINTINGS, BEFORE THE FALL, BEFORE THE
APPLE, WHEN THEY WENT, "OH, MY GOD, I'M NUDE!"
IF ONLY FRUIT COULD WIELD THAT KIND OF POWER POW.
( LAUGHTER )
ALWAYS STANDING VERY RELAXED WITH ONE KNEE SLIGHTLY BENT.
AND SO I THOUGHT I'M GOING TO STAND LIKE THAT.
I'M GOING TO TRY IT.
AND BECAUSE I WAS PLAYING SOMEONE, I WASN'T BEING ME, I
COULD DO IT.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
>> BUT IT-- IT DID MAKE ME AFTERWARDS, WHEN WE FINISHED
MAKING THE MOVIE, I THOUGHT, "GOD THAT WAS AN AMAZING
EXPERIENCE."
AND THEN I THOUGHT, "HANG ON A MINUTE.
IT'S A MOVIE.
THAT MEANS TO SAY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GO AND SEE IT."
I MEAN, YOU KNOW QUITE A LOT OF PEOPLE, PROBABLY, ALL TOGETHER.
WHAT HAVE I DONE?
AND THEN I REALIZED THAT I HAD TAKEN A SORT OF LEAP OF FAITH,
AND I'D PLACED MY FAITH IN THE AUDIENCE, YOU KNOW.
AND THAT IS TO SAY, I HAD BEEN VULNERABLE, AS NANCY, FOR THEM,
FOR YOU.
AND THAT WAS REALLY WORTH IT.
THAT WAS REALLY WORTH THE CANDLE AND WORTH THE...
WELL, THE KIND OF...
THE COURAGE, REALLY, IT TOOK TO DO.
BECAUSE IT IS QUITE HARD.
BUT YOU-- YOU WERE JUST TELLING ME THAT YOU HAVE BEEN ON STAGE
NAKED.
>> Stephen: LIVE ON STAGE.
>> LIVE.
>> Stephen: I'VE DONE TELEVISION AND STUFF LIKE THAT,
I HAVE DONE THE THING WITH THE LITTLE SOCK, THE MODESTY SOCK.
BUT I'VE BEEN BUCK NAKED ON STAGE LIVE IN FRONT OF AN
AUDIENCE BEFORE.
THAT'S CHALLENGING.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: DID IT CHANGE-- I MEAN, I'D LOVE TO TALK ABOUT ME
NAKED, BUT DID IT CHANGE HOW YOU FEEL NOW ABOUT YOUR BODY?
>> I-- I THINK THAT I STARTED HATING MY BODY WHEN I WAS ABOUT
14.
AND I THINK THOSE NEURAL PATHWAYS ARE KIND OF WELL, WELL,
YOU KNOW, WELL KIND OF CARVED IN TO MY SOUL.
AND I KNOW WE LAUGH, BUT YOU THINK OF ALL THOSE
EIGHT-YEAR-OLDS OUT THERE GOING, "I DON'T LIKE MY THYSELF."
>> Stephen: WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THE 14-YEAR-OLD?
>> DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME.
DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME'S PURPOSE WORRYING ABOUT YOUR BODY.
THIS IS YOUR VESSEL.
IT'S YOUR HOUSE.
IT'S WHERE YOU LIVE.
THERE'S NO POINT IN JUDGING IT.
ABSOLUTELY NO POINT.
BUT IT'S VERY HARD TO DO.
( APPLAUSE )
NOTNO POINT.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO GO HERE IN JUST A MOMENT, BELIEVE IT OR
NOT.
BUT I WANTED TO ASK YOU A QUESTION BEFORE YOU GO TO CLEAR
UP A RUMOR FOR ME.
IS THAT I HAVE HEARD STORIES FROM OTHER PEOPLE THAT YOU KEEP
YOUR OSCARS IN AN INTERESTING LOCATION.
AND I WANT TO KNOW IF THIS IS TRUE.
>> HMMM...
>> Stephen: DO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT?
>> THEY'RE IN THE LOO.
DOWNSTAIRS LOO.
>> Stephen: YOU KEEP YOUR OSCARS IN THE TOILET.
WHY IS THIS?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY WOULD LOOK RIDICULOUS ANYWHERE
ELSE.
( LAUGHTER )
YOU KNOW -- >> Stephen: I BUILT A ROOM
JUST FOR MY EMMYS.
>> YEAH, BUT YOU'VE GOT LOADS.
YOU NEED A ROOM FOR YOUR EMMYS.
>> Stephen: SURE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
>> SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> Stephen: "GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE" IS AVAILABLE ON HULU
ON FRIDAY.
EMMA THOMPSON, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH COMEDIAN TOM SEGURA.