>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK,
EVERYBODY!
( APPLAUSE ) LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY FIRST
GUEST THIS FRIDAY NIGHT IS AN ACADEMY-AWARD WINNING ACTRESS
AND AUTHOR YOU'VE SEEN IN "CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD," "THE
L WORD" AND "THE WEST WING."
SHE NOW STARS IN THE FILM, "CODA."
>> OH, HERE WE GO!
SHE WON THE YANKEE MISS PAGGENT.
>> STEPHEN: PLEASE WELCOME MARLEE MATLIN!
♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE )
>> THANK YOU!
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: HELLO.
>> HI, THERE.
>> Stephen: WELCOME, WELCOME TO YOU.
WELCOME TO YOUR INTERPRETER JACK, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: IT'S SO NICE TO FINALLY INTERVIEW YOU.
>> IT'S ABOUT TIME.
I HAVE BEEN WAITING AND WAITING AND WAITING AND WAITING.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> Stephen: WELL, IT'S OUR PLEASURE.
THIS YEAR IS THE 35th ANNIVERSARY OF YOU WINNING YOUR
OSCAR FOR "CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD."
THERE YOU ARE.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: YOU WERE NOT ONLY THE FIRST DEAF ACTOR TO WIN AN
OSCAR, BUT ALSO THE YOUNGEST, AT AGE 21.
WHICH IS PRETTY-- YOU LOOK FANTASTIC!
YOU LOOK FANTASTIC!
DON'T CHANGE A THING, KID.
SO WHAT WAS IT LIKE-- YOU'RE 21 YEARS OLD.
THIS IS YOUR FIRST BIG MOVIE.
YOU HIT IT OUT OF THE PARK.
WERE YOU STAR STRUCK?
WHO WERE YOU RUBBING ELBOWS WITH AT AGE 21 AT THE OSCARS.
>> IT'S 35 YEARS AGO SO I SORT OF HAVE TO REACH BACK INTO MY
MEMORY BANK, I REMEMBER BEING STUNNED.
SEEING ALL-- I'M IN THE BUSINESS FOR THE FIRST TIME-- EVERYONE
THAT'S OUT THERE.
I'M JUST A REGULAR GIRL FROM CHICAGO.
I WAS WATCHING TELEVISION AND MOVIES AS A KID GROWING UP,
LOOKING AT ALL THESE MOVIE STARS AND ON OSCAR NIGHT AND I WON AND
I GO TO THIS PLACE CALLED SPAGOS.
IT'S THE PLACE EVERYBODY WENT TO FOR THE AFTERPARTIES AND I WILL
NEVER FORGET THAT I MET ELIZABETH TAILOR.
>> Stephen: WOW.
>> I MEAN, LIKE, COME ON, ELIZABETH TAYLOR.
AND I WAS SO IN AWE OF HER, AND SHE WAS SO SWEET AND LOVELY.
AND I STARTED ANALYZING EVERYTHING ABOUT HER-- HER LIP,
HER HAIR.
IT WAS SO PERFECT.
IT NEVER MOVED AN INCH.
REALLY, SHE WAS PERFECT.
SHE WAS PERFECT.
.>> Stephen: AND YOU, ACTUALLY, AS I SHOWED BEFORE, YOU LOOKED
PRETTY PERFECT YOURSELF THAT NIGHT, VERY BEAUTIFUL.
( APPLAUSE ) NO, THAT'S A SETUP.
THAT'S A SETUP TO THE REST OF THIS--
>> SOMEONE PAID YOU TO SAY THAT.
>> Stephen: THE THING IS SO MANY PEOPLE ENGAGED IN FUN
ACTIVITIES DURING COVID, YOU DID A PRETTY COOL ONE HERE.
YOU GOT BACK IN TO YOUR DRESS FROM 35 YEARS AGO.
THAT-- THAT'S A RISKY THING TO TRY.
( APPLAUSE ) >> THANKS.
I MEAN, WE HAD-- I MEAN, I HAD TO.
I MEAN, LISTEN, I WAS-- I PUT IT ON, I WAS LIKE, IT STILL FITS
AFTER FOUR KIDS.
I MEAN, WHY NOT?
OKAY, FINE.
I WILL TAKE IT.
SO I DID.
IT'S DURING THE PANDEMIC.
IT WAS REALLY TOUGH.
I MEAN IT WAS DEVASTATING.
I NEEDED A LITTLE HURL TO LIGHTEN UP THE DAY SO I DECIDED
TO PUT IT ON.
>> Stephen: I DEFINITELY STILL FIT INTO THE CLOTHES I HAD WHEN
I WAS 21.
I'M NOT JEALOUS AT ALL.
OKAY-- >> I WANT TO SEE A PICTURE.
>> Stephen: WELL, LATER.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
DID HE JUST SIGN?
>> Stephen: DID I?
>> YOU SAID "LATER."
>> JACK, WE DON'T NEED YOU JACK.
>> Stephen: LATER AND THANK YOU.
THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.
>> MY GOODNESS!
>> Stephen: THIS?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: IT WAS VERY HANDING IN MEETINGS.
IF SOMEONE WANTS TO INTERRUPT YOU GO...
( LAUGHTER ).
>> I'M VERY IMPRESSED.
>> Stephen: YOU ARE EASILY IMPRESSED.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NOW, ONE OF YOUR MOST BELOVED ROLES WILL WAS THE POLLSTER JOEY
LUCUS ON "THE WEST WING."
LOVED THE PERFORMANCE.
AND I'M A HUGE FAN OF THAT SHOW.
I'VE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO INTERVIEW A TON OF THOSE CAST
MEMBERS.
BUT THE THING THEY KNOW IS THAT THEY-- I KNOW THAT THEY PLAYED
TRICKS ON EACH OTHER ALL THE TIME.
ALMOST A CRUEL LEVEL TO EACH OTHER.
I MEAN, A LOT OF PEOPLE DO THAT, BUT THEY WERE FAMOUS FOR IT
PURPOSE YOU A VICTIM OF THAT?
OR WERE YOU A PERPETRATOR?
>> NO, I MEAN, BEING ON THE SHOW FOR SEVEN YEARS ON "THE WEST
WING," UNFORTUNATELY, NO ONE PLAYED A PRANK ON ME.
I NEVER GOT A PRANK.
>> Stephen: NEVER?
>> NEVER.
PUT I FINALLY MET JOSH MELINA, WHO WAS "THE WEST WING," AND WE
NEVER HAD SCENES TOGETHER ON THE SHOW BUT I KNEW HE PULLED PRANKS
ALL THE TIME.
I MET WITH HIM FOR HIS PODCAST.
>> Stephen: SURE, THEY DO PODCASTS WHERE THEY BRING FANS
ON THE SHOW.
>> EXACTLY.
I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, WHAT?
I WANT TO PLAY A PRANK ON HIM JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT BECAUSE I
NEVER MET HIM.
I MET HIM, AND HESMS VERY NERVOUS, AND I WALKED IN, AND I
SAW THESE MICROPHONES HE SET UP.
I SAID I DON'T NEED A MICROPHONE.
I'M DEAF.
THAT'S FINE.
I SAID-- I THREW THE MICROPHONE-- I THREW MY PURSE ON
THE FLOOR AND SAID, "I DON'T NEED A MICROPHONE."
AND I IDEAL AT JACK, I DON'T NEED THIS.
AND HE STOOD THERE WATCHING US FIGHT, LIKE A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD,
READY TO CRY.
AND I PLAYED A PRANK ON HIM, AND HE WAS PISSED OFF, BECAUSE I WAS
OFFENDED BY THE MICROPHONE.
JACK SAID WALK OUT, WALK OUT.
HE SAID LET'S GO AHEAD WITH THE INTERVIEW WITHOUT JACK, WITHOUT
AN INTERPRETER.
WE DON'T NEED ANY WORRIES ABOUT THAT.
AND HE STARTED TO CRY.
HE WAS-- HE WAS MORTIFIED.
AND I SAID, "GOTCHA.
KARMA'S A BITCH."
TRUE, TRUE.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND--
>> IS IT OKAY TO SAY "BITCH" ON TV?
I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO SWEAR.
>> Stephen: YOU CAN SAY BITCH ON TV.
YOU CAN SAY BITCH ON CBS, RIGHT?
LEAVE IT THERE.
DON'T GET ALL WARMED UP ON ME NOW.
THEY'LL BLUR YOUR HANDS.
WOULD THEY?
HEY, WOULD THEY BLUR HER HANDS IF SHE SAID BAD WORDS WITH HER
HANDS.
>> WHY DON'T WE FIND OUT.
( BLEEP ).
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> THAT FELT GREAT!
( BLEEP ) ( BLEEP ).
TWO LEGS.
SEE THE LEGS.
THE LEGS.
( LAUGHTER ) YOU KNOW, IN "CHILDREN OF A
LESSER GOD," WHEN THEY WERE PROMOTING THE MOVIE ON
TELEVISION.
THE FILM AND THEY SHOWED CLIPS, THERE'S A SCENE WHERE-- I MEAN,
THEY'LL SHOW-- THERE'S A SCENE WHERE I WAS STANDING AND I SAID
( BLEEP ) YOU AT THE BEACH.
AND THEY KEPT SHOWING THE CLIP ON TV ALL THE TIME, AND I
THOUGHT, FOR A MONTH AS THEY WERE PROMOTING THE MOVIE THEY
SHOWED THE SAME SCENE ON TV OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND FINALLY
SOMEONE CLUD THEM IN ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING ON THE SCREEN.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK, BUT STICK AROUND,
WHEN WE COME BACK, I'LL ASK MARLEE ABOUT HER NEW MOVIE
"CODA."
STICK AROUND.