>>> WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN RICK, MY FI GUEST IS AN McCAIN AWARD WINNER
YOU KNOW FROM THE READER ETERNAL SUNSHINE AN LITTLE MOVED
TITANIC, PLEASE WELCOME KATE WINSLET.
WINSLET.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> I JUST 88 AN ALTOID SO IF I HAVE THE
>> I HAD ONE BEFORE THE SHOW EVERY NIGHT
>> THEY NORMALLY MAKE ME SNEEZE, WHEN YOU'VE HAD THREE CHILDREN
CAN BE A BIT OF A PROBLEM >> I DON'T SNORT THEM
>> I DON'T EITHER, THEY JUST MAKE ME SNEEZE.
I DON'T KNOW WHY.
ANYWAY I'M GOING TO SIP THE WATER.
>> WE HAVE THE ROOM ABOUT AN HOUR.
>> HELLO.
HELLO >> IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU.
WE WERE TALKING BACK STAGE.
I FELT LIKE I'VE MET YOU BEFORE.
BUT >> NO, WE'VE NEVER MET
>> JUST A FAN, I GUESS, EVEN FROM WAY BACK IN THE DAY,
HEAVENLY CREATURES, WHICH WAS YOUR FIRST MOVIE
>> THE FIRST -- YES.
>> 24 YEARS AGO SOMETHING LIKE THAT
>> SINCE I'M SUCH AN OLD LADY NOW, IT WAS 25 YEARS AGO.
>> YOU WERE LITERAL AL TEENAGER AT THE TIME
>> I WAS 17 >> HOW DID THAT COME ABOUT, IT'S
WITH ONE OF MY FAVORITES DIRECTORS PETER JACKSON
>> THE FILM WAS ABOUT TWO YOUNG GIRLS, ONE WAS ENGLISH AND ONE
WAS FROM NEW SEE LAND, AND MY CHARACTER WAS LIVING IN NEW SEE
LAND WITH HER FAMILY, THEY CAME TO ENGLAND AND FOUND A CASTING
DIRECTOR IN THE U.K. TO FIND SOMEONE WHO LOOKED SIMILAR TO
THE GIRL I ENDED UP PLAYING.
>> WHAT WERE YOU DOING AT 17?
>> I HAD >> WERE YOU AN ACTRESS
>> I HAD FINISHED MY SCHOOL EXAMS, AND YOU SEE, CONTRARY TO
WHAT PEOPLE OFTEN THINK ABOUT ME PEOPLE OFTEN THINK I MUST HAVE
ALL THESE, YOU KNOW, DIPLOMAS AND THINGS AND RUBBER STAMPS
NEXT TO MY NAME AND CRESTS AND THINGS AND TRAINING AND ALL
THIS, I LEFT SCHOOL AT 16 IS AND I WANT TO WORK IN A DELICATESSEN
TO SAVE MONEY TO GET THE TRAIN TO LONDON TO GO ON I WAS
ADDITIONS, SO I WAS WORKING IN A DELICATESSEN SAVING MONEY TO GO
TO LONDON TO GO ON I WAS ADDITION
>> YOU WERE MAKING SANDWICH >> I WAS MAKING SANDWICHES AND
I'D GO TO LONDON AND DO THE I WAS ADDITIONS, IT WAS ABOUT
THREE MONTHS AFTER MY FIRST AUDITION THEY CALLED ME BACK.
AND THE PHONE RANG AND IT WAS THE STRANGEST THING THERE WAS
SOMETHING ABOUT THE PHONE RANG I THOUGHT IT'S FOR ME AND THE MAN
WHO OWNED, KATE, PHONE FOR ME NOW, AND I'M LITERALLY MAKING A
TURKEY SANDWICH.
I'VE GOT TURKEY IN ONE HAND AND MAYO IN THE OTHER AND I LOOK AT
THIS GUY AND I'M SO SORRY, I -- I -- I'M SO SORRY, I CAN'T MAKE
THIS SANDWICH FOR YOU ANYMORE.
AND RAN TO THE TELEPHONE AND IT WAS, I HAD THIS CHILD AGENT AND
I NEVER REALLY GOT ANY JOBS AT ALL OR A AUDITIONS.
AND SHE SAID WELL DONE YOU GOT THE PART AND I HAD TO LEAVE WORK
AND GO HOME.
I GOT THE BUS AND WENT HOME AND TOLD MY FAMILY
>> THIS WAS AN AGENTS FOR CHILDREN, NOT A CHILD AGENT
>> IT WAS AN AGENT FOR CHILDREN >> I WANT TO MAKE SURE
>> I KNOW THEY DO.
THEY DO.
>> YOU TOOK THE BUS TO NEW Z EALAND FROM THERE.
>> YES, I DID >> DID YOUR FAMILY COME WITH YOU
>> NO, I WENT BY MYSELF AND IT WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE.
I WAS QUITE -- I WAS PROBABLY QUITE GROWN UP FOR MY AGE MORE
THAN PROBABLY MOST I THINK >> WHAT LOVELILY PEOPLE TO GO
WORK FOR, PETER JACKSON >> AND FRAN
>> I LOOK BACK NOW, EXTRAORDINARY STORY, BUT THE
SCRIPT WAS SO INCREDIBLE AND LOOKING BACK AT THAT TIME, THERE
WAS SO MANY BOXES THAT I WAS ABLE TO TAKE IN THAT ONE FIRST
MOVIE EXPERIENCE, I LEARNED SO MUCH.
AND SORT OF BECAME A TEMPLATE FOR ME IN TERMS OF HOW I TRY AND
APPLY MYSELF WHENEVER I'M IF YOU RECOLLECT FIGURING OUT A NEW
CHARACTER.
>> DID YOU LOVE NEW Z EALAND?
>> LOVED IT SO MUCH, I HAVE FRIENDS AND FAMILY THERE AND I
KNOW YOU HAD A TRIP THERE, ISN'T IT THE MOST INCREDIBLE PLACE
>> YOU WANT TO STAY AND SAY HERE I WILL BE A MAN, THE WHOLE
COUNTRY LOOKS LIKE THE WORLD WAS JUST BORN MINUTES BEFORE
>> IT'S SO VERY BEAUTIFUL >> AND THERE'S NOTHING THAT CAN
KILL YOU, NO PREDATORS >> THEY TALK ABOUT THAT ALL THE
TIME.
THERE'S NOTHING THAT WILL KILL YOU, GUYS AND IT'S TRUE.
>> YOU'VE BEEN BOTH IN HUGE COMMERCIAL SUCCESSES, YOU KNOW,
LIKE TITANIC, COMING UP ON THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY RIGHT NOW.
>> CRAZY.
SO STRANGE >> SMALL ART HOUSE CRITICAL
HITS, HOW DO YOU MAKE THE DECISION?
>> SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S -- THE HONEST ANSWER IS I DON'T REALLY
KNOW HOW I MAKE THE DECISION.
>> WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO >> I JUST KIND OF GO ON
INSTINCTS >> IT'S HOW THE TELEPHONE RING
>> HONESTLY IT CAN BE THE SOUND OF THE TITLE.
THAT SOUNDS INTERESTING.
IT CAN BE THE WAY, YOU KNOW, TITLE SITS ON THE FRONT, WOW,
THAT LOOKS GOOD.
THE NAME OF THE CHARACTER, I'D QUITE LIKE TO PLAY THAT
CHARACTER >> YOU LITERALLY JUDGE A BOOK BY
ITS COVER >> NO, I DON'T, THERE'S LOTS OF
THINGS LIKE WHO THE DIRECTOR IS GOING TO BE
>> WILL YOUR KIDS WEIGH IN >> THEY GET VERY INVOLVED, MY
DAUGHTER IS 17 AND MY SON JOE IS ABOUT 14 AND THE LITTLE ONE
THERE IS NEARLY FOUR BUT THEY DO NOW THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT OLDER
AND WE SIT DOWN WE HAVE A BIG FAMILY POW WOW.
MOM READ THE SCRIPT.
WOULD LOVE TO DO IT >> DO YOU HAVE TO SAY DESCRIBE
IT >> I HAVE TO DESCRIBE THE WHOLE
STORY AND THEY SAY YEAH, YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY DO THAT OR
THEY WILL SAY WELL, I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW
SORT OF >> MY MIDDLE SON SORT OF SOUNDS
LIKE YOU KIND OF PLAYED THAT ROLE BEFORE, MOM, AND I'LL BE
LIKE, DAMN IT, HE'S RIGHT.
FORGET IT.
>> YOU'RE DOING A NEW AVATAR >> YES, WITH AVATAR, DON'T EVEN
READ THE SCRIPT, OBVIOUSLY, YES.
WHY, OK.
IT'S NOT EVEN A CONVERSATION.
IT'S NOT -- JUST NOT UP FOR DISCUSSION, YOU HAVE TO DO IT.
>> DID THEY EVEN ASK, YOU KNOW, ARE YOU ONE OF THE BIG BLUE
CREATURES >> I DON'T ASK ANY
>> ARE YOU ONE OF THE BIG BLUE >> I DON'T THINK I'M ALLOWED TO
SAY >> THEY SAID YOU CAN SAY.
THE GUY SAID YOU CAN SAY.
ARE YOU A BIG BLUE CREATURE?
HE WOULD KNOW.
>> I AM NOT ALLOWED TO SAY.
>> YOU'RE A BIG BLUE CREATURE THEN, IF YOU CAN'T SAY THEN YOU
ARE BECAUSE IF YOU SAY I'M A HUMAN, THEN YOU COULD JUST BE
LIKE DOING >> MY CHARACTER IS SO FANTASTIC.
AND I'M SO EXCITED.
>> GOOD >> AND I SHOULD CAN'T TELL YOU
ANYTHING ELSE.
AN I'M SO SORRY.
>> IS THAT GOING TO SHOOT IN NEW Z EALAND?
>> THEY SHOT THE FIRST ONE AT PETER JACKSON'S PLACE IN NEW
SEELAND >> AND I HAVE BEEN THERE AND
IT'S SPECTACULAR >> SO HAVE I.
YOU GOT -- YOU WORKED WITH JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE ON WEDNESDAY
AND HE'S IN WONDER WHEEL WITH YOU.
HE TOLD ME OR I READ THAT HE SHARED A TRAILER WITH YOU.
>> THAT'S TRUE.
>> SO WOODY ALLEN FILMS ARE TYPICALLY, THEY'RE EXTREMELY LOW
BUDGET.
BUT THEY REALLY ARE.
LIKE IT'S NOT A PRETEND THING, LEAK THEY'RE MADE WITH VERY
LITTLE MONEY AND YOU JUST, YOU KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU GET
THERE AND YOU'RE VERY MUCH SHARING TRAILERS, WHICH I DIDN'T
MIND SHARING WITH JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
>> HE KIND OF WAS INTIMIDATED BY YOU.
>> WELL, THAT'S RIDICULOUS.
>> HE SAID THAT WHAT MADE HIM NERVOUS IS THAT BECAUSE THE
WALLS ARE SO THIN, >> I COULD HEAR HIM PEEING.
IT'S TRUE.
>> YES.
>> IT'S COMPLETELY TRUE.
I WOULD ALWAYS BE AT WORK A LITTLE BIT BEFORE JUSTIN.
SO I WOULD GET TO WORK AND I WOULD PUT THE KETTLE ON AND
MISTAKE MYSELF A CUP OF TEA BEING BRITISH AND I'M AFRAID IT
IS SOMETHING THAT I DO AND I WOULD KNOW HE WAS THERE BECAUSE
I WOULD HEAR THIS TRICKLING SOUNDS.
I WOULD GO, MORNING, DARLING.
MORNING.
AND I GO, SING ME A SONG.
>> WOULD HE SING YOU A SONG WHILE HE WAS -- WOW.
>> YEAH.
I MEAN, YOU GOT -- COME ON.
I HAD TO ASK HIM >> THAT SHOULD BE IN THE MOVIE
>> IT SHOULD BE.
>> IN THE MOVIE, YOU PLAY A CHARACTER NAMED GINNY.
>> SO GINNY, THE FILM IS CALLED WONDER WHEEL AND IT'S SET IN
1950 AND GINNY IS AN OYSTER BAR WAITRESS, SHE WAS ONCE AN
ACTRESS, NOT A PARTICULARLY IF ONE AND SHE'S LIVING A LIFE THAT
SHE DIDN'T REALLY THINK SHE WOULD BE LIVING, SHE LIVES IN
CONEY ISLAND IN THE MIDDLE OF AN AMUSEMENT ARCADE.
AND SHE'S MARRIED TO A MAN A PLAYED BY JIM BLEW SHE.
UNTIL SHE MEETS AND FALLS IN LOVE WITH MICKEY THE LIFEGUARD
PLAYED BY JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE AND STARTS TO IMAGINE A DIFFERENT
LIFE UNTIL HER STEPDAUGHTER, WHO'S 21 YEARS OLD AND BEAUTIFUL
TURNS UP AND ALSO TAKES A SHINING FROM MICKEY THE
LIFEGUARD AND THIS MAKES GINNY LIGHTLY LOSE HER MIND.
AND DO SOMETHING QUITE TERRIBLE.
>> WE HAVE A SCENE HERE WHERE I THINK YOU'RE REVEALING YOUR
PRACTICING >> I'M PRACTICING -- SO BECAUSE
GINNY FANCIED HERSELF AS THIS GREAT ACTRESS, WHICH SHE REALLY
TRULY NEVER WAS, SHE SAID IN THE FILM, I WAS IN THAT PLAY, I
PLAYED ONE OF THE WHORES, THAT WAS THE LEVEL OF HER CAREER.
SHE'S REHEARSING.
SHE'S ADMITTING TO THE LIFEGUARD, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE,
SHE'S REALLY A MARRIED WOMAN AND SHOULDN'T BE HAVING THIS LIFE
AFFAIR WITH HIM.
>> I WANT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, MICKEY.
I'M MARRIED.
I'M A MARRIED WOMAN.
I WANT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, MICKEY.
I'M MARRIED WOMAN.
I'M MARRIED.
MICKEY.
I FELT STRANGE MENTIONING IT.
NOW THAT YOU ASKED.
I GOT MYSELF INTO A BAD SITUATION.
I GOT MYSELF, I GOT MYSELF INTO A BAD SITUATION.
>> HOW HARD MUST THAT BE >> CAN I TELL A LITTLE STORY?
>> OF COURSE.
>> SO I ACTUALLY AM REALLY GLAD THAT YOU SHOWED THAT CLIP,
BECAUSE WOODY ALLEN IS A REALLY EXTRAORDINARY ARTIST AND GREAT
DIRECTOR TO WORK WITH.
BEFORE YOU START SHOOTING HE'S A MAN OF FEW WORDS.
I WAS QUITE NERVOUS ABOUT THE DIALECT BECAUSE I THOUGHT I
DON'T WANT TO CHOOSE SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO OFFEND HIM AND
PRACTICING THESE DIFFERENT VOICES AND I THOUGHT I'M JUST
GOING TO RECORD A PIECE OF DIALOGUE INTO MY iPHONE AND I'LL
JUST SEND IT TO HIM AND SAY IS THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN WORKING
ON, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
IT WAS THAT PIECE OF DIALOGUE THAT I SENT TO HIM
>> WITH THAT HE ACCENT.
>> WITH THAT ACCENT AND THE RESPONSE I GOT BACK AFTER THREE
AGONIZING DAYS WAS VERY GOOD NICE JOB.
I THOUGHT, OK, I'M IN.
>> BUT YOU'RE AN ACTRESS PRETENDING TO BE AN ACTRESS
PRACTICING HER LINES.
HOW DID YOU PRACTICE PRACTICING YOUR LINES AS AN ACTRESS BEING
AN ACTRESS >> ACTUALLY, IN TERMS OF
PRACTICING LINES, IT WAS, THE SUMMER BECAUSE WE SHOT THIS
MOVIE LAST AUTUMN AND THE SUMMER WAS QUITE A WHITE KNUCKLE RIDE
PREPARATION.
AND ALL OF MY OUT OF WORK ACTOR FRIENDS, I SAID I'LL COOK FOR
YOU, IT WILL BE ALL EXPENSES, I'LL GIVE YOU TRAIN FARE, PLEASE
COME DOWN AND AND HAVE LUNCH WITH ME.
FIVE DAYS WE'LL LEARN THE LINES AND ANYONE I COULD FIND TWO HELP
ME, SO EVEN MY LITTLE TODDLER, I WOULD SAY TO HIM, JUST SIT
THERE, DARLING, JUST SIT AND I WOULD TRY AND JUST DO THE LINES
JUST AT HIM, JUST SO I COULD FEEL LIKE, AND HE'S LIKE WHAT
ARE YOU DOING THAT SILLY VOICE FOR?
OF COURSE HE'S SAYING THAT >> I'LL RUN LINES WITH YOU THE
NEXT TIME >> YOU'LL HATE IT
>> WE HAVE TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A COMMERCIAL BREAK BUT DON'T
GO AWAY, WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH WERE KATE WINSLET,
EVERYBODY.