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♪ >> Stephen: WELCOME BACK,
EVERYBODY.
MY GUEST TONIGHT IS AN EMMY AND GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD WINNING ACTOR
YOU KNOW FROM "AMERICAN HORROR STORY," "THE PEOPLE VS. OJ
SIMPSON," AND "MRS. AMERICA."
SHE NOW STARS IN "RATCHED."
>> THAT'S MY PEACH.
I BROUGHT IT HERE.
>> AND I BOUGHT IT HERE.
I PAID FOR IT.
MAYBE YOU STOLE IT.
>> MAYBE I DIDN'T.
WELL IF YOU DID, THEN WHOSE PEACH IS IT?
>> STILL MINE.
I DON'T KNOW.
WHAT I DO KNOW IS I SAW IT ROLLING AROUND IN THE ICEBOX, SO
I BROUGHT IT HERE.
SO NOW IT'S MINE.
>> SHE KIND OF DOES HAVE A POINT.
I MEAN, IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS, THE PEACH IS SORT OF OF
LIKE CASH SO IT BELONGS TO WHOEVER --.
>> NO ONE'S TALKING TO YOU.
SOMEONE'S CRANKY.
SHE SURE COULD USE A PEACH!
>> THAT IS MY PEACH.
NO, IT'S A PEACH IN MY MOUTH.
SORRY.
>> YOU ARE NOT SORRY.
BUT YOU WILL BE.
>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME SARAH PAULSON.
>> HI, I WANTED TO COMMENT ON THE VARYING DEGREES OF INTEREST
I CAN TELL YOU I HAD FOR EACH PROJECT BY THE WAY --
>> Stephen: I'M INTERESTED IN ALL OF THEM.
>> NO.
>> Stephen: COME ON, MRS. AMERICA, YOU DESTROYED IN
THAT.
ARE YOU NOMINATED FOR AN EMMY FOR MRS. AMERICA?
>> NO!
YOU SHOULD BE!
YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M GOING TO BOYCOTT THE EMMYS THIS SUNDAY.
I WILL NOT FLY TO LOS ANGELES, I'M GOING TO STAY IN MY HOME.
SORRY.
I'M ANGRY.
>> THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL FRIENDSHIP AND CAMARADERIE.
>> Stephen: THIS IS WHAT I CALL FRIENDSHIP.
FROM HOLLYWOOD, RIGHT?
>> RIGHT.
>> Stephen: WE WERE BOTH BORN IN HOLLYWOOD.
>> YEAH.
A REAL SHOW OF ALLEGIANCE TO YOUR DEAREST FRIEND.
>> Stephen: RIGHT.
HELLO.
IT IS DELIGHTFUL TO SEE YOU.
THIS IS OUR FIFTH TIME TALKING TOGETHER ON THIS SHOW.
>> WHICH I COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT WHEN SOMEONE TOLD ME THAT.
>> Stephen: YOU PUT UP NEIL DE GRASSE TYSON NUMBERS.
I SAW YOUR FACE IN A CROWN.
>> I SAW YOUR FACE IN A CROWN.
STEPHEN, I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I ACTED.
CAN YOU TELL?
I'M SO DESPERATE FOR AN EXPERIENCE LIKE THIS WITH A TRUE
PERFORMER!
>> Stephen: OH, BOY, DO YOU MISS AUDIENCES?
>> YES!
I'M TELLING YOU, TO ME THIS -- I MEAN, IT'S VERY NICE TO TALK TO
YOU AND THE TWO PEOPLE STANDING THERE WITH YOU.
>> Stephen: THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
I CAN'T REMEMBER.
>> Stephen: THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
BUT THE POINT IS, I NEED THE -- I'M JUST NARCISSISTIC AND
DESPERATE AND SAD ENOUGH TO NEED A LITTLE BIT OF DIRECT CONTACT,
AND TO KNOW THAT I'M, LIKE, TAP DANCING FOR SOMEONE.
I DON'T KNOW ENJOY THIS, I'VE GOT NO FEEDBACK.
>> Stephen: RIGHT.
THE REASON I WANTED COMEDY INSTEAD OF DRAMA IS YOU KNOW
WHEN COMEDY IS WORKING.
THE AUDIENCE MAKE A NOISE.
>> YEAH, THIS THING COMES OUT.
>> Stephen: THAT WORKED.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO THE DRAMA BECAUSE RALPH RICHARDSON
FAMOUSLY SAID DRAMA IS THE ART OF KEEPING AN AUDIENCE FROM
COUGHING BECAUSE THEY'RE QUIET WHEN IT'S WORKING.
>> THEY ARE.
WHEN IT'S WORKING, YOU CAN HEAR A PIN DROP AND THAT'S HOW YOU
CAN TELL THIS IS GOING SO WELL?
>> Stephen: THIS IS DRAMATIC.
THERE IS THE TENSION, YOU'RE FEELING IT, IT'S TAUT.
NOT A PIN.
>> Stephen: LET'S GET BACK TO MY CHARACTER.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT "AMERICAN HORROR STORY" BEFORE WE DO
ANYTHING ELSE HERE.
I FRIGHTEN EASILY.
I FRIGHTEN -- >> AKA, I'VE NEVER SEEN IT.
>> Stephen: NO, THAT'S NOT TRUE.
WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS I'VE NEVER SHOT HORROR.
WHEN YOU SHOOT ON SOMETHING SCARY, DO YOU GET SCARED OR CAN
YOU ALWAYS GO I'M FINE.
>> A LITTLE LIKE FRANK HAS THE BOOM MIC AND HE BENDS OVER, AND
HE'S LIKE, SNICKERING AND SOMEONE POURS, LIKE, A VAT OF
SUGARY RED WATER TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE BLOOD AND IF YOU'RE HAVING
A LOW ENERGY DAY YOU CAN TAKE A LITTLE SIP.
>> Stephen: UP IN THE GUM.
UM IN THE GUM, A LITTLE SOMETHING.
THEY PUT A PLASTIC RED DYE PLASTIC POOL THAT YOU CAN JUST
REST YOUR HEAD ON AID IT JUST LOOKS -- I'VE DIED A LOT OF WAYS
ON "AMERICAN HORROR STORY" WITHOUT MESSING UP NARY A HAIR.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT "RATCHED" NOW.
I HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET.
>> IS THERE A LEAVE BUTTON I CAN HIT HERE?
>> Stephen: YEAH, I THINK IN THE CORNER.
IT IS A CUCKOO'S NEST P PREQUEL SERIES ABOUT NURSE RATCHED.
HOW FAR DO WE GO BEFORE WE SEE HER IN THE CUCKOO'S NEST.
>> IN THE 1940s POST-WAR WHEN WOMEN WERE CALLED TO ACTION IN
WAYS THEY'VE NEVER BEEN BEFORE AND WHEN AFTER THE WAR WE HAD TO
RETREAT ON TO THE SIDELINES ONCE AGAIN.
MILDRED RATCHET IS ONE OF THOSE YOUNG WOMEN, ONE OF THOSE
VOLUNTEERS PERHAPS DOING DASTARDLY DEEDS.
MAYBE THERE WAS A LEG CUT OFF THAT DIDN'T NEED TO BE, OR MAYBE
SHE WAS SAVING A LEG.
THIS IS -- I MEAN, I'M NOT REALLY SELLING THIS VERY WELL.
>> Stephen: YOU ARE, YOU ARE.
IT'S FINE.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE BEEN WANT MORGUE, OR ANY OF IT.
>> YOU GOT ALL OF IT, BASICALLY.
( LAUGHTER ) IT IS AND ORIGIN STORY MORE THAN
A PREQUEL.
BOY, ARE YOU BORED, ALREADY?
>> Stephen: ABSOLUTELY NOT.
ABSOLUTELY NOT!
>> Stephen: I'M ON THE EDGE OF MY ZOOM.
>> ANYWAY, SO, YES, IT'S PRE-CUCKOO'S NEST BY 20 YEARS,
AND IT'S SORT OF THE BECOMING.
IT'S HOW THIS -- WHAT WE CALL MONSTER, I THINK SHE'S ON THE
A.F.I. TOP FIVE CHARACTERS, AND THIS IS UNCOILING TO SEE HOW IT
ALL BEGAN.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE WORKED THREE TIMES WITH ONE OF MY
FAVORITE ACTRESSES, CATE BLANCHETT.
>> OH, WELL, I MEAN -- >> Stephen: AND I'M JUST
CURIOUS, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE MEMORY OF WORKING WITH
HER AND DOES SHE EVER TALK ABOUT ME?
>> SHE -- SHE HASN'T TALKED ABOUT YOU YET, YOU KNOW, BUT
WE'VE ONLY WORKED TOGETHER THREE TIMES.
NO, I'M SURE SHE LIKES YOU.
I KNOW SHE DOES.
HOW COULD SHE NOT?
>> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE HER NUMBER?
>> SHE'S HERE.
THAT'S WHO I WAS TALKING TO.
>> Stephen: GOOD.
GOOD.
YEP.
ALL RIGHT.
OKAY.
>> ANYWAY, MY POINT, IS I'M GOING TO TELL THE STORY NOW IF
THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU.
THANK YOU.
SO WHAT I WANT TO TELL YOU IS THAT WE -- CATE AND I -- I'M
GOING ALL THE WAY WITH THIS.
>> Stephen: THEY'RE TELLING ME TO WRAP AND IT'S NOT GOING TO
HAPPEN.
IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
WE'RE NOT WRAPPING.
GO.
I'M ANGRY.
>> THIS IS GOLD.
CATE AND I WERE SHOOTING A MOVIE CALLED CAROL, AND IT WAS VERY
EARLY ON IN THE SHOOTING.
THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I WORKED WITH HER.
I THOUGHT SHE WAS MAGICAL.
SHE WON THE OSCAR FOR BLUE JASMINE THE DAY BEFORE WE
STARTED WORKING SO IT WAS INTIMIDATING.
AND THE PROP GUY, WE WERE IN A BAR DRINKING MART THINKS
TOGETHER, AND THE PROP GUY SAID TO ME AND CATE, DO YOU GUYS WANT
TO GO HOT?
AND I WAS LIKE -- I DON'T -- I MEAN -- I LOOKED AT CATE AND SHE
SAID, HOT?
AND HE SAID, DO YOU WANT THE REAL THING IN YOUR GLASS.
I LOOKED TO HER FOR GUIDANCE AND SHE SAID, WELL, YEAH, LET'S GO
HOT.
SO THAT WAS MY REALLY NOT VERY GOOD -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S
HAPPENING HERE.
>> Stephen: AYE GUVNAH, I LOVE IT!
>> WHY THEY HAVEN'T CALLED ME TO PLAY AN AUSTRALIAN IS SO WEIRD
TO ME.
>> Stephen: IT'S A LITTLE KIWI.
>> A LITTLE BIT OF SOMETHING, I'M NOT SURE, NOT GOOD.
WHATEVER IT IS.
>> Stephen: THE IMPRESSION IS GOING DOWN THE DRAIN THE OTHER
DIRECTION NOW.
>> WE GOT VERY, VERY DRUNK ON SET STEPHEN.
>> Stephen: HOW MANY TIMES DID YOU DO THE SCENE?
>> THEY DID MY COVERAGE FIRST AND BY THE TIME THEY TURNED TO
KATE SHE WAS LIKE, UH...
BUT SHE'S CATE.
>> Stephen: FANTASTIC,.
IF YOU WATCH THE MOVIE YOU MIGHT VERY WELL BE ABLE TO TELL.
MAYBE NOT.
>> Stephen: I WILL GO WATCH IT AGAIN.
>> WILL YOU?
>> Stephen: EVERYBODY TURN OFF THE TV RIGHT NOW.
TURN OFF "THE LATE SHOW" RIGHT NOW AND GO WATCH THIS MOVIE.
>> GO WATCH CAROL FOR THIS MAGICAL MOMENT.
>> Stephen: SARAH PAULSON, LOVELY TO SEE YOU.
>> REALLY LOVELY TO SEE YOU, TOO.
I WISH WE HAD MORE TIME.
I WISH YOU WEREN'T WORKING WITH SO MANY PEOPLE WHO WANTED US TO
END THIS.
>> Stephen: I WORK WITH AWFUL PEOPLE!
WHAT I'M AFRAID IS IT'S RUBBING OFF OPEN ME AND IT COMES OFF
LIKE MAYBE I WASN'T NICE, AND I --
>> YOU HAVE BEEN VERY ANGRY THIS WHOLE INTERVIEW AND WE DON'T
HAVE TO TELL THE FOLKS WHAT HAPPENED PRIOR TO STARTING BUT
WE COULD IF YOU WANTED TO KNOW WE WERE HAVING TECHNICAL
DIFFICULTIES.
>> Stephen: BEFORE THE INTERVIEW STARTED, I COULDN'T
FIND MY PANTS.
I HAD TO WALK DOWN BROADWAY WITH NO PANTS ON SWINGING LIKE CHRISS
EVANS DOWN BROADWAY, NO CAPTAIN AMERICA SHIELD, BUT IT WAS
VIBRANIUM, IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
SEASON ONE OF "RATCHED" IS OUT TOMORROW ON NETFLIX.
THAT'S A CLASSY ENDING.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET THAT FROM JACK PAAR.
BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE BY P.J. MORTON!
SARAH PAULSON, EVERYBODY!
>> AND THE AUDIENCE OF NO ONE.
( HEAVY BREATHING )