LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY FIRST GUEST IS AN ACTRESS YOU
LOVE IN "JUNO," "INCEPTION," AND THE "X-MEN" FRANCHISE.
SHE NOW STARS IN THE NEW NETFLIX SERIES "THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY."
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," ELLEN PAGE!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪
HOW ARE YOU?
NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> SO NICE TO SEE YOU ALWAYS.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE A DELIGHT.
HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?
>> I HAVE BEEN WELL.
>> Stephen: BEEN ALL OVER THE WORLD.
>> JUST BEEN WORKING.
I JUST MOVED HERE.
>> Stephen: DID YOU LIVE HERE BEFORE?
>> BRIEFLY, I'VE SHOT MOVIES.
>> Stephen: GREATEST CITY IN THE WORLD RIGHT HERE.
CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> Stephen: EXCELLENT CHOICE.
THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: NOW, I KNOW -- OR IS THIS -- OR WE'RE COMING UP --
OR YOU JUST HAD YOUR FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF YOUR MARRIAGE.
>> I DID.
>> Stephen: TO YOUR WIFE HERE, ANNA PORTNER.
WYOU LOOK LIKE A HAPPY COUPLE.
>> WE ARE.
>> Stephen: THESE DAYS THERE'S FAR MORE ACCEPTANCE THAN THERE
WAS EVEN JUST A FEW YEARS AGO.
BUT IS IT HARD TO BE MARRIED TO SOMEONE SO MUCH TALLER THAN YOU
ARE?
( LAUGHTER ) BECAUSE THAT MUST TURN HEADS.
>> LOOK, I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO SHOCK YOU, MOST IF NOT ALL MY
PARTNERS HAVE BEEN TALLER THAN ME.
SO IT'S SOMETHING I'VE HAD TO ADJUST TO.
SINCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, REALLY.
>> Stephen: WOW.
WOW.
SO YOUR WHOLE LIFE YOU'VE JUST FELT I'M A SHORT PERSON.
>> YEAH, YEAH, BUT I'VE DEALT WITH IT AND I'M PROUD OF IT, SO,
YEAH.
>> Stephen: YEAH, GOOD FOR YOU.
GOOD FOR YOU.
>> I APPRECIATE IT.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THIS -- I GUESS THIS IS -- I FIRST INTERVIEWED YOU ABOUT FIVE
YEARS AGO WHICH IS FIRST AFTER YOU CAME OUT PUBLICLY.
HAS HOLLYWOOD CHANGED?
PEOPLE SAY HOLLYWOOD IS MORE PROGRESSIVE.
YOU'RE ADORABLE STEPHEN COLBERT.
YOU'RE SMILING, ALREADY.
( LAUGHTER ) IS THAT THE CASE, YOU FIND IT'S
CHANGED IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
>> YES, I THINK THERE'S CLEAR EVIDENCE THAT IT HAS CHANGED,
THERE'S MORE PROGRESS, THERE'S MORE REPRESENTATION, BUT
HONESTLY I THINK WE NEED TO HURRY UP.
IT'S NOT CUTTING IT.
HOLLYWOOD, IN THE FILM INDUSTRY IN PARTICULAR, IN PARTICULAR, IS
JUST SO BINARY AND IT IS SO, I FIND, CAN BE NARROW IN ITS IDEAS
OF WHO CAN TELL STORIES AND WHO CAN BE IN THE STORIES, AND I
HOPE IT CONTINUES TO CHANGE.
AND LIKE I SAY, CLEARLY, THERE ARE CHANGES, AND THERE'S
EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE THAT ARE LEADING THE WAY IN DOING THAT,
BUT I HOPE IT CONTINUES TO GO QUICKER BECAUSE THERE ARE
CERTAIN THINGS THAT I'M JUST SICK AND TIRED OF, YEAH.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: ANYTHING IN
PARTICULAR?
>> WELL, I MEAN, I'VE WORKED IN THIS INDUSTRY FOR A WHILE.
I WORKED AT TEN AND THEN THE HARD CANDY "JUNO" TIME, AND IN
THE LEVEL OF MISOGYNY AND HOMOPHOBIA I'VE DEALTY, IT'S
BEEN REALLY UNFORTUNATE.
>> Stephen: WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THE YOUNG LADY WHO IS DEALING
WITH IT NOW?
SOME ADVICE TO ACTORS AND ACTRESSES WHO DON'T HAVE
CONFIDENCE TO BE THEMSELVES AND TO STAND UP TO THE ROLE OR THE
IDENTITY THAT'S LAID UPON THEM?
BECAUSE AS A YOUNG PERFORMER, YOU WANT TO WORK AND DON'T WANT
TO RUFFLE FEATHERS AND IT CAN BE HARD TO STAND UP FOR YOURSELF.
>> SURE, AND IT WAS VERY HARD FOR ME AND I DEALT WITH A LOT OF
STUFF THAT WAS TOTALLY NORMALIZED SINCE THE AGE --
SINCE REALLY YOUNG.
>> Stephen: WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THAT PERSON?
>> I WOULD GIVE HER A HUG AND I WOULD TELL HER SHE'S NOT ALONE
AND THAT SHE CAN REACH OUT TO PEOPLE AND THAT BEHAVIOR IS NOT
OKAY.
>> Stephen: THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS FOR PEOPLE
NOT TO FEEL ALONE AND TO KNOW THAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE GOING
THROUGH THE SAME THING.
THERE'S A COMMUNITY FOR YOU TO BE PART OF AND THAT GIVES YOU
STRENGTH.
>> ONE HUNDRED%.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS.
YOU'RE INVOLVED IN A LOT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CAUSES RIGHT NOW
AND, AS A PERFORMER, OF COURSE, YOU UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF
GETTING THE AUDIENCE'S ATTENTION.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW WE CAN GET THE PUBLIC AND THE MEDIA TO
PAY MORE ATTENTION TO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN GLOBAL WARMING
BECAUSE THERE'S SUCH A LONG TIME SPAN WHERE THESE EFFECTS WILL
HAPPEN IN REALLY DRAMATIC WAYS.
>> IS IT THAT LONG?
I THINK THEY'RE HAPPENING, THESE EFFECTS.
THEY'RE REALLY HAPPENING.
>> Stephen: WELL, THEY CAN BECKS PLANNED WITH OTHER
EXPLANATIONS UNTIL THE WATER STARTS SWAMPING MANHATTAN OR
WASHES AWAY MAR-A-LAGO.
( LAUGHTER ) BUT MAYBE IT'S WRONG BECAUSE YOU
DON'T WANT TO THINK THAT SUCH TERRIBLE THINGS ARE GOING TO
HAPPEN.
>> OF COURSE, BUT IT IS, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, TOO, PEOPLE,
PARTICULARLY THE MOST MARGINALIZED PEOPLE AND
PARTICULARLY PEOPLE IN THE WORLD THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH
THIS ARE THE ONES SUFFERING THE MOST CURRENTLY, INCLUDING IN
CANADA, INCLUDING THE ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM THAT'S
HAPPENING IN CANADA, INCLUDING THE PROVINCE I'M FROM.
>> Stephen: WHAT'S ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM?
>> IT DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTS PEOPLE OF COLOR, WHETHER IT'S
LIKE THE DISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNT OF LAND FILLS PLACED NEXT TO
COMMUNITIES OF PEOPLE OF COLOR IN NOVEMBER SCOTIA OR WHETHER
IT'S ABOUT A PULP MILL IN N NOVA SCOTIA THAT'S DESTROYING THE
LAND.
IT'S REALLY SERIOUS.
WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT, BY 2030, THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT, THAT'S
IT.
THAT'S IT.
IF IT WAS A MOVIE, WE'D HAVE BRUCE WILLIS IN A SUIT LIKE
TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING.
PLEASE CAST ME.
( LAUGHTER ) BUT --
>> Stephen: I GET YOU TWO MIXED UP A LOT.
>> I CAN JUST PRAY THAT FINALLY THE ALIENS WILL COME AND HAVE
COMPASSION FOR US AND AMY CAN DO SOMETHING.
>> Stephen: WE NEED SUPERHEROES.
>> BUT DO YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING?
IT'S, LIKE, THE URGENCY IS SO SEVERE AND WE HAVE A MEDIA
THAT'S BARELY TALKING ABOUT IT.
WE HAVE A MEDIA THAT'S SAYING IT'S A DEBATE, WHETHER OR NOT
IT'S JUST AS SMALL, IT'S A HATE CRIME.
IT'S ABSURD.
THIS ISN'T A DEBATE.
>> Stephen: I AGREE.
( APPLAUSE ) >> SORRY.
I'M REALLY FIRED UP TONIGHT.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE TO BE FIRED UP.
>> IT FEELS IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO FEEL THIS WAY NOW WITH THE
PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE WHO WISHES I COULDN'T
BE MARRIED.
LET'S BE CLEAR.
THE VICE PRESIDENT OF AMERICA WISHES I DIDN'T HAVE THE LOVE I
HAVE WITH MY WIFE.
HE WANTED TO BAN THAT IN INDIANA.
HE BELIEVES IN CONVERSION THERAPY.
HE HAS HURT LGBTQ PEOPLE SO BADLY AS THE GOVERNOR OF
INDIANA, AND I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW AND I HOPE MY
SHOWCATION DID THIS IN TERMS OF CONNECTING THE DOTS TO JOSIE, I
DON'T KNOW HIM PERSONALLY, I SEND ALL MY LOVE, CONNECT THE
DOTS.
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS.
IF YOU ARE IN A POSITION OF POWER AND YOU HATE PEOPLE AND
YOU WANT TO CAUSE SUFFERING TO THEM, YOU GO THROUGH THE
TROUBLE, YOU SPEND YOUR CAREER TRYING TO CAUSE SUFFERING, WHAT
DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN?
KIDS ARE GOING TO BE ABUSED, AND THEY'RE GOING TO KILL
THEMSELVES, AND PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE BEATEN ON THE STREET.
I HAVE TRAVELED THE WORLD, AND I HAVE MET THE MOST MARGINALIZED
PEOPLE YOU COULD MEET.
I AM LUCKY TO HAVE THIS TIME AND THE PRIVILEGE TO SAY THIS.
THIS NEEDS TO ( BLEEP ) STOP.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: I DO WANT TO
ADD -- I DO WANT TO ADD -- I DO WANT TO ADD THAT THE NEW NETFLIX
SERIES "THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY" IS ABOUT A FAMILY OF SUPERHEROES.
>> IT'S A GREAT SHOW!
>> Stephen: THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
ELLEN PAGE, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK!