MY FIRST GUEST IS A FIVE-TIME
OSCAR NOMINEE WHO HAS STARRED IN
"ENCHANTED," "THE FIGHTER," AND
"AMERICAN HUSTLE."
HER LATEST FILM IS "NOCTURNAL
ANIMALS."
PLEASE WELCOME THE LOVELY AND
TALENTED AMY ADAMS!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
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>> Stephen: HELLO.
HI!
>> Stephen: NICE TO HAVE YOU
ON.
WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO CHAT
BEFORE.
I'M STEPHEN COLBERT.
>> I'M AMY ADAMS.
NICELY TO MEET YOU.
>> Stephen: NICE TO MEET YOU,
TOO.
>> MY DAUGHTER WROTE YOU A NOTE.
SHE'S BACKSTAGE.
>> Stephen: "HI.
I'M VIANNA.
NICE TO MEET YOU.
."
>> AND SHE DREW YOU A LITTLE
PICTURE OF A FLOWER.
>> Stephen: HI, AVIANNA -- IS
THAT RIGHT?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: BACK ATCHA.
THE ONLY THING I KNOW HOW TO
DRAW IS SNOOPY.
>> THERE YOU GO.
>> Stephen: I MADE A FRIEND.
AWESOME.
>> Stephen: DO I GET TO KEEP
THIS?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: GIVE THIS TO HER
DAUGHTER.
>> WE'LL SORT IT OUT.
>> Stephen: I WAS TALKING TO
JON ABOUT WHETHER HE'S COMING TO
THANKSGIVING DINNER WITH ME THIS
YEAR.
ARE YOU SET FOR THANKSGIVING?
>> I HAVE PLANS, GOING TO SOME
RELATIVES HOUSE.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE A BIG
FAMILY, RIGHT?
>> YEAH, LOTS OF DIFFERENT
CHOICES.
>> Stephen: HOW MANY IN YOUR
FAMILY?
>> SEVEN KIDS.
I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE --
>> Stephen: ONE OF ELEVEN.
NOT A CONTEST, BUT I'M WINNING.
WHERE DO YOU FALL?
VERY IMPORTANT IN BIG FAMILIES.
>> MID.
TROUBLE.
YEAH, TROUBLE.
>> Stephen: DESPERATE FOR
ATTENTION.
>> WE WERE ALL DESPERATE FOR
ATTENTION.
>> Stephen: I WAS DESPERATE
FOR SECONDS.
>> OH MIX GOD, RIGHT?
I NEVER ATE FAST ENOUGH TO GET
SECONDS.
>> Stephen: IT'S PRISON
EATING, THIS ACTION RIGHT HERE.
>> AND STILL TO THIS DAY IF
SOMEONE GOES AFTER MY FOOD, I
GET MAD.
LIKE MY HUSBAND, WE CUT THE FOOD
IN HALF.
I'M, LIKE, IF YOU WANT SOME,
THERE'S YOUR THIRD.
IF HE REACHES OVER, HE'S REALLY
VIOLATED SOME PACT.
>> Stephen: DID YOUR MOM HAVE
A RULE FOR HOW THEY CUT AND
SHARED THE KOOKY?
WE HAD A VERY SPECIFICS RULE.
WHOEVER CUT THE COOKIE, THE
OTHER PERSON GOT TO PICK THE
HALF.
>> AH.
>> Stephen: THAT'S SOLOMON
RIGHT THERE.
WE WERE GETTING PROTRACTORS AND
CALIPERS TO MAKE SURE THE
PLATONIC IDEAL OF THE CUT.
>> NO, WE WERE MORE LIKE "LORD
OF THE FLIES," ONE OF THE
BIBLICAL BOOKS.
>> Stephen: IS YOUR HUSBAND
FROM A BIG FAMILY?
>> NO, ONE OF TWO.
>> Stephen: MY WIFE, TOO.
OUR BIG FAMILY SWAMPS THE
HOLIDAYS.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: HOW DO YOU
INTRODUCE YOUR FAMILY?
>> WE HAVE BEEN DATING TWO
WEEKS.
THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT HIM.
I WAS, LIKE, WELL, BEFORE WE CAN
FIGURE OUT IF THIS IS GOING TO
ANY FURTHER, I BROUGHT HIM TO MY
SISTER'S WEDDING AND HE
SURVIVED.
>> Stephen: WHAT NUMBER DATE
WAS THIS?
>> UH, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, TWO
WEEKS OF HANGING OUT.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
MY DAUGHTER'S BACKSTAGE.
( LAUGHTER )
>> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND.
I UNDERSTAND.
BUT STILL, BUT STILL, JUST TWO
WEEKS IN.
>> I LIKED HIM A LOT.
>> Stephen: YOU TOOK HIM TO
THE FAMILY WEDDING.
>> I DID, I TOOK HIM TO MY
SISTER'S WEDDING.
>> Stephen: PUT HANDCUFFS ON
HIM.
>> I KNOW.
HE SURVIVED IN A WONDERFUL WAY.
THEY ALL LIKED HIM.
HE SAT THROUGH A TWO-HOUR SING
ALONG.
AND ANYBODY THAT CAN CAN PUT UP
WITH MY FAMILY --
>> Stephen: DO THEY HAVE A
SING ALONG?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE A LOVELY
VOICE.
MY FAMILY LOVES TO SING AND
EVERYONE THINKS THEY'VE GOT A
GREAT VOICE.
( LAUGHTER )
>> YEAH, I KNOW HOW THAT GOES,
TOO.
>> Stephen: YOU KNOW WHAT
REALLY HELPS?
ALL THE WINE.
>> OH, YEAH.
>> Stephen: SO ARE YOU GOING
TO MEET YOUR FAMILY, HIS FAMILY?
>> HIS FAMILY THIS YEAR.
WE TRY TO SWITCH YEARS.
>> Stephen: AS A KID, BIG
FAMILY CAR TRIPS ARE REALLY HARD
TO DO.
HOW DID YOUR FAMILY HANDLE SEVEN
KIDS.
ONE CAR?
>> ONE CAR.
LIKE A FORD ECONO LINER AND WE
WOULD ALL LAY ON THE SEATS.
MY DAD WOULD LEAVE AT 3:00 IN
THE MORNING TO GO TO MY
GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE FOR
THANKSGIVING, AND KIDS WOULD LAY
ONE ON THE SEAT, ONE ON THE
FLOOR, ONE ON THE SEAT, ONE ON
THE FLOOR, TWO IN THE BACK OVER
THE SUITCASES, THEY BUILT
SOMETHING, AND THEN THERE WAS --
I KNOW.
CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW MUCH TROUBLE
WE WOULD GET IN NOWADAYS?
AND THEN A GYMNASTICS MAT SPREAD
ACROSS THE TOP WHERE I WOULD
SLEEP.
>> Stephen: MY MOM WOULD DO
THE SAME THING.
SHE WOULD PUT A CRIB MATTRESS
BACK IN THE STATION WAGON ADD
STACK US LIKE CORD WOOD, THREE
THIS WAY, THREE THAT WAY, THEN
LINE US UP LIKE IN A TENT AND
SMOKE THE ENTIRE WAY THERE.
AWE WOULD NEVER HAVE TO BE
EMBALMED BECAUSE MY MOTHER
SMOKED US.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T
COME FROM BIG FAMILIES DON'T
UNDERSTAND THE ROAD TRIP.
>> Stephen: WE GOT THERE.
EXACTLY.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE A NEW
MOVE WHERE CALLED "NOCTURNAL
ANIMALS."
>> I DO.
>> Stephen: DIRECTED BY TOM
FORD THE DESIGNER WHO IS ALSO A
BRILLIANT DIRECTOR.
>> HE IS.
>> Stephen: YOU PLAY A
SOMEWHAT SAD, UNLIKABLE
CHARACTER, SUSAN.
>> I'LL GO WITH SAD.
I LEARNED TO LIKE HER, BUT I GET
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE TO LIKE
YOUR CHARACTER.
>> SHE'S KIND OF A PRIVILEGED
PERSON LOOKING AT HER LIFE AND
NOT REALLY LIKING THE CHOICES
SHE'S MADE THAT LED HER TO THIS
PARTICULAR UNHAPPINESS.
>> Stephen: AND YOUR
EX-HUSBAND IN THE MOVIE HAS
WRITTEN A BOOK AND SENT IT TO
YOU.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: AND YOU SPENT A
LOT OF THE MOVIE READING THE
BOOK.
>> READING, YES, SIR.
>> Stephen: AND BRILLIANTLY.
I REALLY BELIEVE YOU KNOW HOW TO
READ.
>> THERE'S A LOT MORE HAPPENING.
( LAUGHTER )
I JUST RAN OVER YOU THERE.
THERE'S A LOT MORE THAN JUST ME
READING.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
UDDENLY I THOUGHT OF ALL
THESE PEOPLE GOING, LIKE, SHE
JUST READS FOR THE WHOLE MOVIE?
( LAUGHTER )
>> Stephen: NO, BUT YOU DO A
LOT WITH YOUR FACING WHILE YOU
READ THE BOOK.
YOU'RE EARNING IT.
>> I'M EARNING IT.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP.
IS THIS A FRIEND OF YOURS
EXPLAINING YOUR EMOTIONAL STATE.
JIM?
>> YOU KNOW ME.
I NEVER SLEEP.
MY EX-HUSBAND USED TO CALL ME A
NOCTURNAL ANIMAL.
>> WHAT EX-HUSBAND?
I DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAD AN
EX-HUSBAND.
SINCE WHEN?
>> A COUPLE OF YEARS, IN
GRADUATE SCHOOL.
IT'S WEIRD, I HAVE BEEN THINKING
ABOUT HIM A LOT LATELY AND
RECENTLY HE SENT ME THIS BOOK
THAT HE'S WRITTEN AND IT'S --
VIOLENT AND IT'S SAD AND HE
TITLED IT NOCTURNAL ANIMALS AND
HE DEDICATED IT TO ME.
>> DID YOU LOVE HIM?
YEAH, I LOVED HIM.
( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: WE'RE GOING TO
TAKE A LITTLE BREAK AND BE RIGHT
BACK WITH MORE AMY ADAMS.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
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