>> Stephen: THE MAN HIMSELF, MR. DANIEL CRAIG.
NOW, THEN, DANIEL, YOU ARE RETURNING TO THE STAGE.
>> I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT.
>> Stephen: FOR THE BROADWAY PRODUCTION OF "MACBETH."
( APPLAUSE )
AS LADY MACBETH.
HAVE YOU DONE MACBETH BEFORE?
>> YEAH, 30 YEARS AGO AT DRAMA SCHOOL.
>> Stephen: OH, SURE, SCENES.
>> NO, WE DID THE WHOLE THING.
>> Stephen: REALLY?
>> YEAH, WE DID-- I MEAN, I PLAYED MACBETH, AND WE DID IT IT
IN BUDAPEST, WHICH WAS JUST LIKE IN '91, OR '90.
IT WAS.
>> Stephen: IT WAS TERRIBLE?
IS THIS ONE GOING TO BE BETTER?
>> I HOPE SO.
YES, IT IS.
WE'VE GOT RUTH.
IT'S GOING TO BE AMAZING.
>> Stephen: THERE HAVE BEEN-- LIKE BOND, THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT
OF FAMOUS MACBETHS.
HAVE YOU STAYED CLEAN OF THAT OR HAVE YOU WATCHED OTHER PEOPLE'S
PERFORMANCE?
>> I DON'T MIND WATCHING OTHER THINGS.
I STEAL ANYBODY'S PERFORMANCE I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THAT, YOU
KNOW,.
>> Stephen: I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT MACBETH.
I WAS JUST HAVING THIS DISCUSSION WITH MY FAMILY THE
OTHER DAY ABOUT IS MACBETH-- LIKE, WHY DOES MACBETH WANT TO
BE KING?
BECAUSE HE DOESN'T EXPECT TO BE KING, I DON'T THINK, UNTIL THE
WITCHES SAY, "YEAH, YOU'RE GOING TO BE KING."
>> I THINK THAT'S WRONG.
( LAUGHTER )
BECAUSE IT'S PROBABLY OPEN TO INTERPRETATION.
>> Stephen: HOW DO YOU INTERPRET IT?
>> I WOULD ENTERTAINMENT IT AS IT'S A DISCUSSION THAT'S HAD
QUITE OFTEN IN THE MACBETH HOUSEHOLD OVER DINNER.
LIKE, "YOU'D MAKE A GOOD KING."
AND I THINK -- >> Stephen: SO LADY MACBETH IS
A BAD GUY?
>> NO, I THINK THEY'RE EQUALLY-- THEY'RE THE ONLY REALLY DECENT
MARRIED COUPLE IN SHAKESPEARE.
>> Stephen: I HAVE HEARD THAT.
>> AND THEY ARE VERY MUCH IN LOVE, AND THEY VERY MUCH-- BUT
THEY'RE VERY AMBITIOUS, AND IF IT WASN'T FOR A LITTLE MURDER,
THEY'D ACTUALLY BE A PRETTY GOOD PAIR.
>> Stephen: THEY'RE IN IT-- THEY'RE IN IT TOGETHER.
"IT" JUST HAPPENS TO BE EVIL.
>> AND I THINK THE INEQUALITY THAT'S OFTEN TALKED ABOUT, IT'S
HER-- IT'S HER, YOU KNOW, MANIPULATING HIM.
I THINK THAT'S ALL ( BLEEP ).
I THINK THAT THEY'RE BOTH AS CULPABLE AS EACH OTHER.
AND BECAUSE THEY'RE IN QUITE-- YOU KNOW, THEY'RE A VERY
TOGETHER COUPLE.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND EXPLORE WITH OUR --
>> Stephen: WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE TO RETURN TO STAGE AT A
TIME-- >> TERRIFYING!
NO, NO.
WONDERFUL.
>> Stephen: I IMAGINE IT MUST BE A LITTLE TERRIFYING.
>> YEAH.
IT IS.
IT'S-- IT'S-- I MEAN-- SORRY, FINISH YOUR QUESTION.
>> Stephen: I REFUSE TO.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> YOU'RE REALLY GOING TO BE LIKE THIS?
>> Stephen: IT REALLY IS.
>> IT WAS GOING TO WELL.
>> Stephen: WE'RE NOT EVEN GOING TO CUT TO COMMERCIAL AT
ANY POINT.
>> YOU'RE GOING TO KEEP GOING.
>> Stephen: I'M GOING TO STARE AT YOU IN SILENCE.
>> YOU KNOW I QUITE LIKE THAT.
>> Stephen: WHAT I MEAN IS RIGHT NOW THE THEATERS HAD SUCH
A HELL OF A RIDE THE LAST TWO YEARS.
>> SO MANY INDUSTRIES HAVE HAD SUCH A TERRIBLE TIME, BUT
ESPECIALLY THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY, AND ESPECIALLY
BROADWAY.
AND I'M PART OF THE THEATER COMMUNITY IN THIS TOWN, AND VERY
PROUDLY PART OF IT.
"MACBETH" IS A GREAT SHOW.
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A GREAT SHOW.
THERE'S A REASON IT'S DONE OVER AND OVER AGAIN BECAUSE IT'S ONE
OF THE BEST STORIES.
IT'S ONE OF THE QUICKEST STORY S.
>> Stephen: IT'S SHORT.
WE TOTALLY GET WHOSE HAPPENING.
>> SEX, BLOOD, VIOLENCE.
>> Stephen: A LOT GOES ON, FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY.
>> FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY.
AND, YEAH, SO WE WERE JUST-- I WANTED TO BE PARENT OF THAT AND
TRY AND HELP BROADWAY GET BACK ON ITS FEET AGAIN.
I MEAN, THAT'S REALLY--
>> Stephen: PART OF THAT-- YOU'RE GIVING AWAY-- MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THIS PRODUCTION-- MY UNDERSTANDING IS
THIS PRODUCTION OF "MACBETH" IS IT GIVING AWAY TICKETS TO-- FOR
THE 2022 SEASON.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: TO MAKE IT MORE-- TO MAKE THE SHOW MORE
ACCESSIBLE.
>> LOTS OF REASONS.
WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT SPONSORS, AND I COULD LIST THEM.
I PROBABLY SHOULD.
I WILL FORGET SOMEBODY WHICH WOULD BE TERRIBLE.
MICHAEL KOORS, AMERICAN EXPRESS, OMEGA-- WE'RE STARTING AT 2022,
BECAUSE IT'S A GOOD NUMBER TO START AT.
BUT WE WANT TO BUILD THAT AND GIVE TICKETS AWAY TO STUDENTS
ALL THE AROUND THE NEW YORK AREA BECAUSE WE WANT THOSE PEOPLE TO
COME TO BROADWAY.
( APPLAUSE )
AUDIENCE.
>> Stephen: I MISUNDERSTOOD.
I MISUNDERSTOOD.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE GIVING UP ON THE TICKETS DURING THE YEAR OF
22.
YOU'RE GIVING OUT 2,022 TICKETS.
>> YES.
Q. I SHOULD LISTEN MORE.
>> Stephen: EXACTLY.
THERE'S A LOT MADE OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ACTING ON
STAGE AND ACTING IN FILM.
>> RIGHT.
>> Stephen: AND RATHER THAN ASK YOU THAT, BECAUSE I THINK
THAT GETS ASKED A LOT, I'M CURIOUS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO ACT ON
FILM WITH PEOPLE LIKE JUDI DENCH, JEFFREY WRIGHT, AND BEN
WINSHAW, A MURDERER'S ROW OF THEATER ACTORS.
WHAT'S IT LIKE TO PERFORM ON FILM WITH THEATER PEOPLE?
IS THAT DIFFERENT?
>> I THINK WHAT I KNOW ABOUT THEATER PEOPLE IS THAT THEY'VE
GROWN UP WORKING VERY COLLABORATIVELY WITH EACH OTHER,
BECAUSE THAT'S-- WHEN YOU'RE PTTING ON A SHOW, LIKE YOU GUYS
DO EVERY NIGHT HERE, YOU HAVE TO KIND OF WORK TOGETHER TO GET IT
IT ON.
THERE'S A LOT GOES ON BEHIND THERE, I'M SURE.
AND I THINK THAT THAT YOU FEEL WHEN YOU'RE WORKING WITH ACTORS
OF THAT CALIBER.
BUT I MEAN -- >> Stephen: OF THIS CALIBER.
>> THIS CALIBER HERE, IS WHAT I MEANT.
( LAUGHTER )
MEAN, WHAT CAN YOU SAY?
( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: NOW, BEFORE I LET YOU GO, THERE'S A REALLY
IMPORTANT QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU.
YOU HAVE LAID DOWN YOUR DOUBLE O'S, YOU'RE NO LONGER GOING TO
BE JAMES BOND.
BUT I WANT TO SEE WHETHER I CAN HOLD YOU TO THE SUPPORT YOU
OFFERED ME FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN YOU CAME ON THE SHOW.
JIM.
CAN I BE THE NEXT BOND?
CAN YOU HOOK THAT UP?
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
IT'S DONE.
NOW, THAT-- WE SHOOK ON THAT.
( LAUGHTER )
>> WE DID, DIDN'T WE?
>> Stephen: WHERE I COME FROM, A HANDSHAKE IS A DEAL.
>> WHERE IS THAT, WHERE DO YOU COME FROM?
>> Stephen: RIGHT HERE ON THIS STAGE.
ARE YOU WILLING TO THROW YOUR WEIGHT BEHIND ME.
>> BARBARA BROCKRY IS BACKSTAGE, SO SMARTEN UP AIBILITY, BUT
MAYBE GO BACK-- SHE'S READY TO AUDITION YOU RIGHT NOTICE.
NOW.
>> Stephen: SHE'S BACK THERE?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR YOU TO BE IN SHAPE?
>> HOW IMPORTANT-- HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT THE JOB.
>> Stephen: MOST OF THE OF YOURS WAS, LIKE, C.G.I., RIGHT.
>> MOST OF IT.
>> Stephen: MOST OF IT?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: LAST TIME-- THE FIRST TIME I MET YOU AND I THINK
THE SECOND TIME I INTERVIEWED YOU WE ARMED WRESTLE.
>> YOU JUST CLEARED THAT AWAY.
ARE WE DOING THIS AGAIN?
>> Stephen: I WAS WONDERING IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND GIVING ME
ANOTHER SHOT.
COULD I GET ANOTHER SHOT?
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
YOU'RE WORRIED, WE DON'T HAVE TO-- WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS IF
YOU'RE WORRIED.
OKAY.
DO YOU WANT TO...
THERE YOU GO.
( APPLAUSE ) ( CHEERING )
WILL.
>> WHAT'S THIS?
WHAT'S THIS?
>> Stephen: PERFORMANCES OF "MACBETH" START MARCH 29 AT THE
LONGACRE THEATRE.
TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW.
DANIEL CRAIG, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )