♪ ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: WELCOME BACK,
EVERYBODY.
JOINING ME NOW ARE EMMY AWARD-WINNING COMEDIANS WHO STAR
IN THE NEW MOVIE "HERE TODAY."
>> EXCUSE ME.
ARE YOU BY ANY CHANCE LOOKING FOR ME?
I'M CHARLIE BURNZ.
>> I'M EMMA PAYGE.
>> EMMA, PLEASURE, THANK YOU.
>> SORRY I'M LATE.
>> DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
NOT A PROBLEM.
GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
AND THANK YOU FOR BIDDING ON ME IN THE AUCTION.
>> TRUTH?
>> SURE.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHO THE HELL YOU ARE.
MY EX BID ON YOU.
>> HOW DID THIS-- >> HE WAS DOING A SCENE FROM ONE
OF YOUR PLAYS IN ACTING CLASS AND HE REALLY WANTED TO MEET
YOU, SO HE BID.
>> HOW MUCH?
>> 22.
>> $2200.
THAT'S FANTASTIC.
>> $2200 MY ASS.
$22.
>> $22 WAS THE WINNING BID?
>> IT STARTED AT $20 AND WENT UP IN 50-CENT INCREMENTS.
>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "A LATE SHOW," BILLY CRYSTAL
AND TIFFANY HADDISH!
HEY, BILLIE.
HEY, TIFFANY.
>> HI.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> Stephen: NICE TO HAVE YOU HERE.
YOU'RE TWO OF MY FAVORITE GUESTS.
THIS IS-- THIS IS LIKE A VACATION BECAUSE I KNOW THE TWO
OF YOU REALLY KNOW HOW TO TALK.
I WANT TO-- I WANT TO ASK YOU-- BEFORE I ASK YOU ABOUT THE
MOVIE, I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THAT SCENE FOR JUST A SECOND.
BILLIE, WHEN IS THE LAST TIME SOMEBODY DIDN'T KNOW WHO YOU
WERE?
>> UM, OH, THE OTHER DAY AT THE PHARMACY.
I WENT TO PICK UP A PRESCRIPTION, AND SHE LOOKED AT
ME AND SHE SAID, "NAME?" AND I WENT...
OH, THAT'S A ROUGH ONE.
YEAH.
"CAN I SEE YOUR LICENSE TO MAKE SURE IT'S YOU?"
AND IT WAS FOR, LIKE, NUCINEX.
IT WAS LIKE OH... THAT SCENE THAT YOU JUST SAW, YOU KNOW, WAS
THE IMPETUS FOR THE MOVIE.
AND IT ACTUALLY STARTED ON YOUR STAGE.
>> Stephen: WOW.
>> THAT STORY.
ALAN ZWEIBEL, WHO YOU KNOW, A BRILLIANT WRITER, WAS ON "THE
LETTERMAN SHOW."
AND HE WAS TELLING DAVE THIS REALLY FUNNY STORY ABOUT THIS
CHARITY AUCTION THAT HE WAS BID ON.
AND HE GOES TO MEET THE STRANGER-- WHICH I'M SURE YOU'VE
DONE.
IT'S AWKWARD BUT INTERESTING.
AND SHE ONLY BIT $22, AND THEN SHE HAS A TOXIC REACTION TO THE
SEAFOOD SALAD SHE WAS HAVING.
SO SHE SWELLS UP.
HE HAS TO CALL AN AMBULANCE.
AND THEN THEY GO TO THE HELP.
SHE HAS NO INSURANCE.
SO THIS CHARITY LUNCHEON COST HIM 2300 BUCKS.
THAT'S THE STORY HE TELLS DAVE AND IT'S VERY FUNNY.
I'M HOME WATCHING, OF COURSE, HE'S MY FRIEND.
AND I E-MAILED HIM RIGHT AWAY.
"I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS IS.
THIS IS A HILARIOUS WAY FOR TWO CHARACTERS TO ME.
WHERE DO THEY GO FROM HERE?
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.
LET'S TALK TOMORROW."
AND HE DID, AND THAT WAS THE BEGINNING, THE OPENING OF THE
FILM, AND OUR RELATIONSHIP AND HERE WE ARE NOW.
>> Stephen: TIFFANY, HOW DO YOU GET INVOLVED IN THIS?
WHEN BILLY CRYSTAL PITCHES YOU A MOVIE IDEA, LIKE, DO YOU LISTEN
TO THE WHOLE THING AND GO, "BILLIE, YES, OF COURSE?"
>> WHAT HAPPENED IS HIS PEOPLE CONTACTED MY PEOPLE AND THEY
GAVE ME A SCRIPT AND I READ THE SCRIPT.
AND I WAS LIKE, "BILLY CRYSTAL?
OKAY, YES."
AND THEY WERE LIKE, "HE WANTS TO MEET WITH YOU."
I SAID, "SET IT UP."
I THROUGH IN FROM AFRICA, AND THEY SAID, "HE WANTS TO MEET YOU
TOMORROW.
AND I SAID OH, MY MY HAIR.
WHAT SHOULD I DO.
AND I DECIDED TO WEAR IT NATURAL AND NO MAKEUP AND LET HIM SEE
THE REAL TIFFANY HADDISH AND SEE HOW HE FEELS ABOUT THAT.
AND IF HE LIKES, ME GREAT, IF HE DOESN'T, I GOT TO MEET BILLY
CRYSTAL!
I'M IN THE OFFICE, SITTING DOWN TALKING TO HIM AND HE'S TELLING
ME ABOUT IT.
AND I'M LIKE, "HEY, HEY, YOU HAD ME AT 'HELLO' BILLIE.
DON'T WASTE THE ENERGY.
WHAT'S THE START DATE?
LET'S GO."
>> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE LONG WANTED TO DO A MOVIE
WITH BILLIE AND WHOOPEE.
WHAT IS THAT MOVIE YOU WANTED TO DO WITH THEM?
>> BECAUSE WHOOPI LOVES SHOES, I LOVE SHOES.
SO IN THIS MOVIE, BILLIE IS A SHOE COBBLER.
HE WORKS WITH THIS BIG CORPORATION, AND MAKES SURES.
AND I'M HIS INTERN.
I STEAL THE SHOES.
WHOOPI IS MY MOM.
THEY'RE MAGICAL SHOES.
AND I WAS THINKING MAYBE YOU COULD BE IN THE MOVIE.
>> Stephen: OH, YEAH.
>> YOU COULD BE THE OWNER OF THE COMPANY LOOKING FOR THE MAGICAL
SHOES.
AND YOU GET ON BILLY'S BACK, AND BILLY TELLS YOU TO KISS HIS ASS.
AND I FEEL BAD ABOUT IT AND I TRY TO BRING THE SHOES BACK, BUT
MY MOM WON'T LET ME BRING THE SHOES BACK, AND BILLY MARRIES MY
MOM.
>> THIS IS WRITING ITSELF.
I HOPE THOSE OF YOU AT HOME GET IT DOWN, AND LET US KNOW-- IT
COULD ALSO BE "CITY SLICKERS 3."
>> Stephen: IT'S A VERY FINE LINE.
ALL I KNOW IS TIFFANY JUST CAST ME AS THE ( BLEEP ).
I'M HONORED.
BILLY, APART FROM THE OBVIOUS, THE TALENT AND THE CHARGE AND
THE BEAUTY OF TIFFANY HADDISH, WHAT-- WHAT-- WHY DID YOU THINK
OF HER FOR THE PART?
>> BECAUSE ALAN AND I WROTE THIS SPECIFIC CHARACTER, AND I DIDN'T
KNOW TIFFANY.
I HAD NOT SEEN "GIRL SHIP."
WHEN I SAW HER HOST "S.N.L." I WAS LIKE OH, MY GOD.
WHO IS THIS PERSON?
SHE'S CHARMING?
SHE'S ADORABLE?
SHE HAS THIS GREAT SMILE AND PEOPLE WANT TO BE ENTERTAIN BIDE
HER.
THEY GRAVITATE TOWARD HERSELF.
WHEN I HEARD HER THAT WAS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT BECAUSE I ALREADY
KNEW THAT SHE WAS TALENTED.
BUT I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF PURPOSE SHE WAS.
AND IN TALKING TO HER ABOUT HERSELF AND HER LIFE, THAT'S
WHAT REALLY CONVINCED ME THAT THIS COULD REALLY BE SPECIAL
BETWEEN THE TWO OF US, BECAUSE IT WAS REALLY, YOU KNOW, WHAT
WAS IN HER SOUL AND WHAT WAS IN HER LIFE THAT SHE TALKED ABOUT
THAT I REALLY-- I REALLY LOVED FOR THIS PART.
>> Stephen: WELL, A GENERATION OF COMEDIANS, YOU KNOW, HAVE
LOOKED TO BILLY AND LEARNED BY WATCHING WHAT HE DOES.
FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVEN'T WORKED WITH BILLY, TIFFANY, WHAT
DO YOU LEARN BY WORKING WITH BILLY CRYSTAL, NOT ONLY AS A
SCENE PARTNER, WRITER, COWRITER OF THE FILM, BUT THE DIRECTOR?
>> WELL, BILLY REALLY HELPED ME GROW SO MUCH AS A PERFORMER.
I MEAN, HE GOT ME TO REALLY BE IN THE MOMENT, TO REALLY LISTEN.
LIKE, OKAY, YEAH, YOU LISTEN, AND THEN YOU PLAY, AND RESPOND.
BUT WITH BILLY, I MEAN HE GOT ME TO TAP INTO A PLACE I'D BEEN
TRYING TO RUN AWAY FROM AT THAT POINT FOR 39 YEARS AND THAT'S
CRYING IN FRONT OF PEOPLE.
I TRY TO SWALLOW THOSE TEARS, HOLD THEM INSIDE.
AND BILLY, HE WAS LIKE, "YOU'RE GOING TO CRY."
AND I WAS LIKE, "WE CAN GIVE THE EMOTION OF CRYING BUT DON'T HAVE
TO CRY."
AND HE SAID, "NO, I NEED YOU TO CRY, TIFFANY.
THAT'S WHAT I WANT."
BUT I TRUST BILY.
HE WORKED WITH ME, WORKED WITH ME, GOT IT OUT OF ME.
AND IT TOOK ME QUITE SOME TIME TO PULL IT BACK TOGETHER.
AND NOW I CAN CRY ANYWHERE.
( LAUGHTER )
WHAT YOU NEED, THE TEAR?
YOU NEED THE VIOLA DAVIS BUBBLES?
WHAT DO YOU NEED?
( LAUGHTER )
GOT A COPYRIGHT ON THE BUBBLES, I THINK.
WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK, BUT WHEN WE COME BACK I'LL ASK
BILLY ABOUT TIFFANY'S BATS MITZVAH.
IT'S TRUE.