>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY!
WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW."
WE'RE HERE WITH THE CAST OF "VEEP" CELEBRATING SEVEN
FANTASTIC YEARS ON H.B.O.
AS I SAID BEFORE, I'M A HUGE FAN.
I'M SUCH A FAN THAT I WROTE WORDS TO YOUR THEME SONG.
>> OH!
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: AND I WILL DO MY
BEST RIGHT NOW.
JIM, PLEASE.
♪ >> Stephen: JULIA
LOUIS-DREYFUS IS THE "VEEP" ♪ ♪ VICE PRESIDENT AND THEN SHE'S
NOT ♪ SCHEMING AND CURSING AND RUNNING
DOWN HALLS.
GARY'S BEHIND.
♪ ( LAUGHTER )
( APPLAUSE ) >> I LIKE THAT!
>> Stephen: NOW, SAM -- THAT'S ME.
>> Stephen: NOW, PEOPLE SAY TERRIBLE THINGS TO EACH OTHER IN
THIS.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: BUT YOUR CHARACTER IS ACTUALLY NICE.
RICHARD IS A NICE PERSON.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: DO YOU EVER FEEL ROBBED OF YOUR ABOUT TO BE
HORRIBLE?
>> I DO.
I WANT TO GET SOME NASTY VITRIOL OUT THERE.
EVERYBODY HAS THIS CHANCE TO GET THIS NASTINESS OUT AND CALL
EVERYBODY A THIS AND A THAT, AND I'M, LIKE, OH, YOU LOOK LOVELY.
>> Stephen: WHAT'S THE MEANEST THING RICHARD WOULD SAY?
>> HE PROBABLY WOULD BE, LIKE, HUH-OH, YOUR SHOELACES ARE
UNTIED.
THAT'S UNSAFE ( LAUGHTER )
>> JUDGMENTAL.
HE WOULD PROBABLY GET ANGRY IF SOMEBODY WAS IMPOLITE, THAT
WOULD BE WHAT, LIKE, SENDS HIM OFF.
LIKE, OH, MY GOODNESS!
YOU DIDN'T SAY EXCUSE ME!
SAY EXCUSE ME NEXT TIME!
>> Stephen: SARAH, YOU HAVE BEEN WITH THE CAST SIPS THE
BEGINNING.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: WHO HAS THE DIRTIEST MOUTH OFF CAMERA?
>> I THINK IT'S JULIA.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) DEFINITELY JULIA.
>> FIRST OF ALL, ( BLEEP ) YOU ( LAUGHTER )
>> Stephen: YOUR CHARACTER, CATHERINE, FALLS IN LOVE WITH
CLEA'S CHARACTER.
YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH YOUR MOTHER'S DOPPELGAÄNGER.
FROM AN ACTOR'S POINT OF VIEW, WHAT'S GOING ON THERE?
>> IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE I FEEL CATHERINE IN HER OWN RIGHT
EXISTS IN A STORMY UNIVERSE SO PSYCHOLOGICALLY IT MAKES SENSE
SHE WOULD GRAVITATE TOWARDS SOMEBODY WHO COULD BE AN
EMOTIONAL CORRECTIVE EXPERIENCE TO HAVE THE TOXIC RELATIONSHIP
SHE'S OTHERWISE HAD WITH HER REAL MOTHER.
SO I THINK IT'S HEALING AND ALSO FEELS EMOTIONALLY SIGNIFICANT.
SO IT MAKES SENSE.
>> WE HAVE QUESTIONS FROM SOCIAL MEDIA.
ARE YOU ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA?
>> WHAT IS SOCIAL MEDIA, EXACTLY?
>> Stephen: I DON'T KNOW.
I THINK THIS IS FROM TWITTER.
I THINK THIS IS FROM -- >> IT'S FROM THE INTERNET.
>> Stephen: FROM THE INTERNET, EXACTLY.
I ALREADY ASKED THE FIRST ONE WHICH IS BY NICKY AVEY WHO HAS
THE DIRTIEST MOUTH IN REAL LIFE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GUILTY.
THIS IS FROM HELEN J. SHEERS, HOW HAS WORKING ON THE SHOW
CHANGED HOW YOU THINK ABOUT POLITICS?
>> I PERSONALLY THINK I HAVE SYMPATHY FOR THE PEOPLE BEHIND
THE SCENES.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THE SHOW DOES WELL IS IT HUMANIZES
SO MANY LIVES IN D.C. WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT, YOU KNOW.
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO AREN'T ON TV IN FRONT OF PODIUMS AND
RUNNING FOR OFFICE, BUT THEY'RE SUPPORTED BY WONDERFUL,
HARD-WORKING PEOPLE WHO GET YELLED AT OR ABUSED IN THE WAY
SELINA ABUSES HER STAFF, WHICH ARE THE FIRST PEOPLE WHO
RESPONDED TO THE SHOW.
SO THE FIRST SEASON I FOUND WERE ALL THESE PEOPLE, OH, MY GOD
THANK YOU, MY BOSS IS A MONSTER!
( LAUGHTER ) AND THEY FELT LIKE WE BROUGHT TO
LIFE THE LIVES OF THOSE PEOPLE.
THE YOU GO TO D.C. YOU DON'T RUN TO CONGRESSMEN, BUT THERE'S A
MILLION LOBBYISTS.
SO MOST OF D.C. IS MADE UP OF PEOPLE YOU DON'T SEE ON
TELEVISION.
>> I REMEMBER WHEN WE WENT FOR THE CORRESPONDENTS DINNER --
( LAUGHTER ) -- AND TIM TOOK US TO THIS BAR
WHERE THERE WAS A BUNCH OF PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR SOME SENATOR
OR SOMETHING, AND IT REALLY CEMENTED MY DISDAIN FOR
POLITICS.
( LAUGHTER ) WE GO INTO THIS PLACE AND THESE
GUYS ARE COMING UP AND GOING, SO AND SO, YOU DIDN'T TEXT HIM BACK
SO HE WON'T TEXT YOU BACK AND HE MIGHT NOT EVEN BE HERE TONIGHT.
I SAID, THESE ARE GUYS WHO ARE A HEART BEAT AWAY FROM MAKING
DECISIONS THAT ARE MAD THAT TIM DIDN'T RETURN HIS TEXTS.
>> Stephen: TIM, WHY DIDN'T YOU RETURN HIS TEXTS?
>> KEVIN WAS BEING A JERK.
TELL HIM NOT TO BE A JERK AND I'LL RETURN HIS TEXTS.
I THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY.
ONE OF THE THINGS I LEARNED ABOUT IT WAS THE WIDE EYED GOING
TO WASHINGTON, I'M GOING TO CHANGE THE WORLD AND AMERICA FOR
THE BETTER, AND WE WOULD TAKE STAFFERS OUT FOR DRINKS AND
AFTER THE THIRD DRINK THEY WOULD SAY MY JOB IS NOT EVEN TO GET MY
CONGRESSPERSON'S JOBS OUT THERE, MY JOB IS TO ( BLEEP ) UP MY
RIVAL'S DAY.
ALL I HAVE TO DO IS KEEP THEM FROM GETTING THEIR MESSAGE OUT.
AND I WAS, LIKE, OH, THIS IS AWFUL.
IT WAS JUST THE DEPTHS OF DESPAIR FROM DRINK ONE TO DRINK
THREE AND THEY REALLY THEN TOLD US THE REAL DEAL.
>> Stephen: I LIKE THIS QUESTION, THIS IS FROM LOVE IS
LOVE IS LOW SIX.
>> OH, IT'S MY SISTER, HEY -- ( LAUGHTER )
>> Stephen: IT SAYS SELINA IS A DIRTY POLITICIAN, THEN WHY DO
I STILL ROOT FOR HER?
>> BECAUSE I'M SO LIKABLE?
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: I SAID THIS.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: I SAID THIS AT
YOUR MARK TWAIN PRIZE, I SAID THAT THE THING IS YOU'RE SUCH AN
AWFUL CHARACTER, YET I STILL SEE THE HUMANITY IN IT.
I SORT OF FEEL SORRY FOR SELINA, WHICH IS NOT MY NORMAL REACTION
TO POLITICIANS.
>> I TRY REALLY HARD, FRANKLY, TO COME AT PLAYING THIS PART
AUTHENTICALLY.
SO, IN OTHER WORDS, YES, SHE'S AN HORRENDOUS PERSON AND WE CAN
JUDGE HER ON THE OUTSIDE, BUT IF YOU'RE PLAYING HER, YOU'VE GOT
TO PLAY HER FROM THE INSIDE, AND THERE'S A REASON FOR HER FEELING
SO PROFOUNDLY FRUSTRATED AND FURIOUS ALL THE TIME, AND IT
DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE TO VOTE FOR HER, NECESSARILY, BUT YOU'VE GOT
TO BRING A KIND OF HUMANITY TO THIS, OTHERWISE IT CAN BE A
CARTOON.
>> Stephen: WHO HERE WOULD VOTE FOR SELINA MEYER?
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> LOOK AT THAT!
E ALTERNATIVE.
>> Stephen: THAT'S A GOOD REACTION.
I WAS AFRAID MAYBE EVERYBODY WOULD APPLAUD.
>> I'M REALLY GLAD THEY DIDN'T.
>> Stephen: IN WHICH CASE, TURN THE KEYS OF TO THE
CANADIANS.
>> CORRECT.
>> Stephen: WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO DPEAR'S PIAN --
GARY'S FIANCEÉ?
SHE'S DANA.
>> YEAH, SHE'S DANA.
THERE ARE A LOT OF SECRETS WE DON'T KNOW LIKE SELINA'S HAD
GARY DO A LOT OF STUFF THAT'S DARK WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT SO I
IMAGINE SOMETHING DARK MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED TO HER.
>> SELINA DIDN'T CARE FOR HER.
HENCE SOMETHING DARK MIGHT HAVE MAPPED TO HER.
>> Stephen: KENT'S GIRLFRIEND IS DEAD.
>> WELL, THE POLICE HAVE NO LEADS.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: WITHOUT GIVING
AWAY THE END OF THE SHOW CAN YOU TELL ME THE LAST WORDS YOU SAID
AS CHARACTER?
>> I THINK IT WAS CALL ME BEN.
>> Stephen: CLEA.
IF WE GIVE SOMETHING AWAY.
>> Stephen: JUST SAY IT ANYWAY.
>> I THINK -- I CAN'T REMEMBER.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
VERY GOOD.
OH, I KNOW WHAT IT WAS.
TYPICAL.
>> OH, YES.
TYPICAL.
I THINK I SAID, I CAN'T BELIEVE MARJORIE IS PRESIDENT.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: OKAY, OKAY.
WE'LL EDIT THAT IT.
WE'LL EDIT THAT OUT.
WE HAVE TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK, BUT WHEN WE COME BACK,
AN EXCLUSIVE CLIP FROM THE SERIES FINALE OF "VEEP."
STICK AROUND, EVERYBODY.