>> Stephen: VERY GRACEFUL.
HEY, EVERYBODY!
WELCOME BACK.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU KNOW MY NEXT GUEST FROM "OUTLANDER,"
"FORD V. FERRARI," AND NOW, "BELFAST."
>> IT'S GOING ALL RIGHT.
I'VE TALKED TO THE COMMITTEE.
GET THIS FIXED.
>> WHEN I WAS RUNNING DOWN THE STREET AND DRAGGING THEM POOR
KIDS.
AND I WAS LOOKING IN THE MIRROR.
I ASKED MYSELF WHAT THE HELL AM I DOING?
>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," CAITRIONA
BALFE!
♪ ♪ ♪
♪ WHEN YOU REALIZE HERE I STAND WITH MY EVERLASTING LOVE
♪ NEED YOU BY MY SIDE ♪ >> Stephen: THANKS SO MUCH FOR
BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
NOW, SINCE THE LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE, BIG NEWS IN YOUR
LIFE.
YOU HAVE A CHILD.
YOU'RE A MOTHER NOW.
CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH YES.
>> Stephen: THAT'S NICE.
HOW MUCH-- THIS WASN'T THAT LONG AGO, RIGHT?
IT WAS LESS THAN A YEAR AGO, SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
>> HE'S ALMOST FIVE MONTHS.
>> Stephen: ALMOST FIVE MONTHS.
HOW MUCH SLEEP ARE YOU GETTING?
>> WELL, I MEAN, I WAS EXCITED TO COME HERE, BUT I WAS VERY
EXCITED TO SIT ON A PLANE FOR SIX HOURS AND SLEEP.
SO I WAS -- >> Stephen: SO THE RED EYE IS
A RELIEF.
>> THE RED EYE WAS PROBABLY THE MOST SLEEP I'VE HAD IN SIX,
SEVEN MONTHS, YEAH.
>> Stephen: ONE OF THE THINGS I KNOW-- I'M LUCKY ENOUGH TO
HAVE THREE KIDS-- AND ONE OF THE THINGS I KNOW, I TRY TO EXPLAIN
IT TO FRIENDS WHO ARE ABOUT TO HAVE KIDS, AND I HAD THIS SAME
EXPERIENCE, PEOPLE TRIED TO EXPLAIN IT TO ME, BUT UNTIL IT
HAPPENS, IT'S ALL JUST THEORY.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT SURPRISED YOU MOST THAT YOU COULDN'T HAVE
KNOWN UNTIL NOW?
>> OH, GOD.
ALL OF IT.
I MEAN, THE LOVE, THE RESPONSIBILITY, THAT'S ALL A
LOT.
THE NEED FOR MO MOPPING UP.
PUKE OR PEE, OR THE OTHER.
IT'S JUST A LOT OF THINGS COME OUT OF A REALLY CUTE LITTLE
THING.
IT'S LIKE HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN?
>> Stephen: NOW, THE-- JUST TODAY, CONGRATULATIONS, YOU WERE
NOMINATED FOR SCREEN ACTOR'S GUILD AWARD.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> Stephen: WELL DESERVED.
>> THANK YOU.
( APPLAUSE )
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: OF THE MOVIE "BELFAST," WHICH, AS I SAID TO
KENNETH BRANAGH WHEN HE WAS ON HERE, THE DIRECTOR AND THE
WRITER OF "BELFAST," IT'S A HEARTBREAKINGLY BEAUTIFUL MOVIE.
IIT HAS JUST STAYED WITH ME AS F I JUST WATCHED IT, EVEN THOUGH I
SAW IT MONTHS AGO.
AND IT'S SUCH A WONDERFULLY IRISH MOVIE.
IT'S FUNNY AND IT'S SAD AND IT'S FUNNY ABOUT BEING SAD, WHICH IS
JUST INCREDIBLE.
>> WHAT IRISH PEOPLE DO WELL.
>> Stephen: EXACTLY.
AS SOMEONE WHO IS IRISH YOURSELF, WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR
YOU TO TELL THIS STORY OF THE BEGINNING OF THE TROUBLES IN
'69?
>> I MEAN, IT WAS-- YOU KNOW, I THINK FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED IT
BECAME VERY PERSONAL.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW THIS IS KEN'S VERY SPECIFIC STORY BUT, YOU
KNOW, WHEN I READ IT FIRST, I FELT LIKE I RECOGNIZED MINE, I
FELT LIKE IT WAS PARALLEL'S TO MY MOM AND HER JOURNEY AND ALSO
AS SOMEBODY WHO LEFT IRELAND AT 18, I FELT A LOT OF THAT KIND O
OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT IS TO LEAVE SOMEWHERE AND WHAT IT IS
TO SORT OF LOSE THAT-- THAT GROUNDING OF HOME AND SORT OF BE
SEARCHING FOR IT AGAIN.
YOU KNOW, IT JUST SPOKE TO ME IN SUCH A BEAUTIFUL WAY.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK ALSO WHAT IT HAS AT ITS HEART, WHICH IS SO
GORGEOUS, IT HAS THIS MESSAGE OF TOLERANCE WHICH, YOU KNOW, I
THINK ESPECIALLY AT THIS MOMENT EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD, YOU
KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN ALL GET A BIG DOSE OF.
>> Stephen: YES.
>> YOU KNOW?
>> Stephen: FOR THE PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET--
( APPLAUSE )
IT YET, IT-- YOU ARE THE MOTHER OF A FAMILY THAT IS A PROTESTANT
FAMILY THAT LIVES IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE CATHOLICS AND
PROTESTANTS LIVE-- >> IN HARMONY.
>> Stephen: AMICABLY, AND THAT DOESN'T GO DOWN WELL WITH THOSE
WHO TONIGHT WANT THE NEIGHBORHOODS MIXED, THEY WANT
THEM SEPARATED.
>> I THINK WHAT HAPPENS IS IT'S A VERY-- DIVISIVENESS IS A VERY
CHEAP TOOL FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO CONTROL THINGS AND GAIN POWER
AND -- >> Stephen: IT'S A LAZY
POLITICAL IDEOLOGY.
>> IT'S A LAZY POLITICAL IDEOLOGY.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S USED FAR TOO OFTEN.
AND IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE KEN GREW UP, CATHOLIC AND
PROTESTANT FAMILIES WERE LIVING SIDE BY SIDE, NO PROBLEM.
THERE WERE, YOU KNOW, SOCIAL ISSUES IN BELFAST, AND THERE WAS
UNREST, BUT IT SORT OF-- IT CAME TO THIS STREET AND, YOU KNOW,
THIS IS TOLD THROUGH THE EYES OF BUDDY WHO IS PLAYED INCREDIBLY
BY JUE HILL, THE MOST GORGEOUS KID.
>> Stephen: IT'S AN AMAZING PERFORMANCE.
>> AMAZING PERFORMANCE.
AND THE WAY KEN WANTED TO SHOW THIS IS WE'VE HAD LOTS OF FILMS
ABOUT NORTHERN ISLAND, ABOUT THE TROUBLES THAT DEAL WITH THE
IDEOLOGY AND THE POLITICS OF IT.
BUT WHAT KEN REALLY WANTED TO DO WAS DISTILL IT DOWN, SHOW HOW IT
IT AFFECTEDLY ORDINARY, EVERYDAY PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T ASK FOR IT AND
WHAT THE EFFECT WAS.
AND I THINK HE MANAGED TO DO THAT SO BEAUTIFULLY.
>> Stephen: WHEN KENNETH BRANAGH WAS HERE TALKING ABOUT
THE FILM, HE SAID IT'S ABOUT THE HOME-- LEAVING HOME AND THE HOME
YOU TAKE WITH YOU.
AND YOU WERE JUST SAYING THAT YOU HAVE THESE FEELINGS.
YOU LEFT A SMALL TOWN IN IRELAND NOT FAR FROM THE ACTUAL BORDER
UP THERE.
AND I'M CURIOUS, IN WHAT WAYS HAVE YOU-- HAVE YOU BROUGHT YOUR
HOME WITH YOU WHERE YOU GO?
WHAT STAYS WITH YOU?
>> I THINK IT ENDS UP BEING THE PEOPLE THAT YOU GATHER, RIGHT?
YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW MY HUSBAND AND MY SON I THINK, YOU KNOW,
THAT'S MY HOME AND WHEREVER WE GO, WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE THAT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I-- I'VE DEFINITELY, SINCE I'VE LEFT, I
THINK YOU CREATE FAMILY WHEREVER YOU GO BY JUST CREATING
BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE AROUND YOU.
SO...
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A BRIEF BREAK, BUT STICK AROUND.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE CAITRIÍONA BALFE.