>>> FOR DECADES, FANS HAVE KNOWN JAMIE LEE CURTIS FOR THE SCREAM
QUEEN IN HER ROLES IN HORROR
FILMS BUT SHE IS TRADING IN THE
FRIGHT FOR MYSTERY AND IN A NEW
MOVIE OUT CALLED "KNIVES OUT."
A RENOWNED AUTHOR IS FOUND DEAD
ONE DAY AFTER HIS 85th BIRTHDAY,
EVERYBODY BECOMES A SUSPECT,
INCLUDING HIS FAMILY.
>> WE’RE VERY SORRY FOR YOUR
LOSS.
LOSS. >> THANK YOU.
THAT MEANS A LOT.
>> AND YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND
RICHARD WORK IN A REAL ESTATE
FIRM IN BOSTON?
>> NO, IT’S MY COMPANY.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. RIGHT.
RIGHT. SORRY.
SORRY. >> I BUILT MY BUSINESS FROM THE
GROUND UP.
GROUND UP. >> OH, JUST LIKE YOUR FATHER?
YOU TWO WERE VERY CLOSE.
>> WE HAD OUR SECRET WAY OF
COMMUNICATING.
COMMUNICATING. YOU HAD TO FIND THAT WITH DAD.
YOU’D FIND A GAME TO PLAY WITH
HIM AND IF YOU DID THAT, AND YOU
PLAYED BY HIS RULES --
>> YOU TOOK THIS ROLE WITHOUT
EVEN BLINKING.
EVEN BLINKING. >> YOU KNOW WHAT?
APPARENTLY FWHIG A
APPARENTLY ANYTHING WITH A KNIFE
I TAKE THE JOB.
>> WHAT WAS IT THAT MADE YOU SAY
YES?
YES? >> OBVIOUSLY, IT IS A FANTASTIC,
FUN, SUPER INTERESTING HOLIDAY
MOVIE.
MOVIE. AND IT WAS WRITTEN BEAUTIFULLY.
AND THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS
THEY TOLD ME THAT DANIEL CRAIG
WAS GOING TO PLAY THE LEAD
CHARACTER AND I SAID OKAY.
YEAH.
YEAH. I’LL COME FWOS TON ANDTO BOSTON
MOVIE WITH Y’ALL.
>> AND DON JOHNSON IS IN THE
MOVIE.
MOVIE. >> DON JOHNSON, MICHAEL SHANNON,
DANIEL, AND THE BRILLIANT YOUNG
ACTRESS WHO IS AT THE CENTER OF
THE MOVIE.
THE MOVIE. THERE THIS BEATING HEART OF AN
IMMIGRANT.
IMMIGRANT. A PERFECT MOVIE FOR THIS
HOLIDAY.
HOLIDAY. THERE IS PLENTY OF RED MEAT,
PLENTY OF BLUE MEAT.
WE THROW IT AT EACH OTHER AND IN
THE MIDDLE IS SOMETHING VERY
IMPORTANT WHICH IS LOVE.
>> SO IS IT A FAMILY MOVIE?
CAN YOU TAKE YOUR KIDS?
>> IT’S NOT FOR LITTLE KIDS
BECAUSE IT DEALS WITH DEATH.
AND, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THAT
WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE.
DOUBLE DIGITS ON UP HAVE RAILY
GOOD TIME.
GOOD TIME. IT’S SUPER, SUPER, SUPER FUN AT
A TIME WHEN THINGS ARE NOT SO
FUN ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
I WAS READING AN ARTICLE ABOUT
NEW VARIETY.
NEW VARIETY. I WAS STRUCK BY IT.
IT WAS SO HONEST AND TRUE AND
REAL.
REAL. AND YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT YOUR
ADDICTION.
ADDICTION. >> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> AND IT WAS VERY POWERFUL.
A COUPLE -- I FOUND SO MUCH OF
IT POWERFUL.
IT POWERFUL. ONE WAS A MOMENT IN YOUR LIFE
WHERE EVERYTHING LOOKED LIKE IT
WAS PERFECT.
WAS PERFECT. YOU WERE WINNING AWARDS, WRITING
BOOKS, HOUSE WAS NEAT, YOU WERE
MARRIED.
MARRIED. LIFE WAS PERFECT ON THE OUTSIDE.
BUT IN YOUR HAND, YOU HAD A
FISTFUL OF PAINKILLERS.
>> A FRIEND OF MINE WHO IS IT A
HEALER, A BRAZILIAN WOMAN I KNEW
FOR A LONG TIME WAS STANDING
BEHIND ME AND AS I PUT A HANDFUL
OF PAIN KILLERS IN MY MOUTH WITH
A GLASS OF WINE AS I WAS
BEGINNING THE EVENING ROUTINE OF
MAKING DINNER AND THE KID’S
DINNERS AND WHATEVER, FROM
BEHIND ME I HEARD HER SAY, YOU
KNOW -- HARD TO SAY IT WITHOUT
AN ACCENT WHICH I’M NOT GOING TO
DO.
DO. SHE SAID, YOU KNOW, I SEE YOU
WITH YOUR LITTLE PILLS, JAMIE.
AND YOU THINK YOU’RE SO ALIVE
AND YOU THINK YOU’RE SO
FABULOUS.
FABULOUS. BUT YOU’RE NOT.
YOU’RE DEAD.
YOU’RE DEAD. YOU’RE A DEAD WOMAN.
AND THAT WAS THE REALLY THE
BEGINNING OF ME UNDERSTANDING.
.
. THAT WAS IN DECEMBER OF ’99.
AND THEN IN JANUARY OF ’99, A
WONDERFUL WRITER IN ESQUIRE"ESQU
MAGAZINE WROTE AN ARTICLE ABOUT
HIS LOVE AFFAIR HAVE VICADEN AND
HIS ADDICTION.
HIS ADDICTION. THE KMINGS OF MY FRIEND SEEING
ME AND TOM WRITING THAT ARTICLE
BRAVELY OUTING HIMSELF IS THE
REASON I GOT SOBER WHICH IS THE
REASON WHY WHEN "VARIETY" SAID
TO ME, WE’RE GOING TO DO AN
ISSUE ANNUALLY ABOUT ADDICTION
IN SHOW BUSINESS, WE WOULD LIKE
YOU TO BE THE COVERGIRL.
OF COURSE I SAID YES.
SIMPLY BECAUSE TOM DID IT FOR ME
IN 1999.
IN 1999. >> YOU HAD THE SECRET WHERE YOU
WERE WORRIED WHEN YOU LET YOUR
SECRET OUT BACK -- EVEN THEN,
THAT YOU WOULD LOSE JOBS.
>> OF COURSE.
>> YOU WERE ON COMMERCIALS.
>> BUT THAT WAS A BIG FEAR.
>> ANY SECRET IS FEARFUL.
AND THERE’S A RECOVERY PHRASE
THAT SAYS YOU’RE ONLY AS SICK AS
YOUR SECRETS.
YOUR SECRETS. AND THE TRUTH IS, TODAY, HODA, I
CAN LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND WHEN
I LOOK IN THE MIRROR, I’M
LOOKING AT THE PROBLEM.
BUT I’M ALSO LOOKING AT THE
SOLUTION AND THE BUCK STOPS WITH
ME.
ME. AND IN A FAMILY OF GENERATIONAL
ADDICTION, I CAN TELL YOU TODAY
THAT THE BUCK STOPS WITH ME.
AND IN THAT CYCLE OF ADDICTION
IN A FAMILY THAT’S DESTROYED
GENERATION UPON GENERATION OF
FAMILIES, I’M PROUD TO SAY, SO
FAR, TODAY -- IT’S EARLY.
RIGHT?
RIGHT? I AM GOING TO ARREST MY
ADDICTION ON NATIONAL TELEVISION
AND CAN I TAKE ONE SECOND AND
TELL YOU, I THINK YOU SHOULD RUN
FOR PRESIDENT.
FOR PRESIDENT. I THINK YOU EMBODY THE ABSOLUTE
BEST.
BEST. BECAUSE YOU HAVE LITTLE BABIES
AT HOME.
AT HOME. AND YOU SUIT UP AND SHOW UP IN
THIS INCREDIBLY GROUNDED WAY
THAT MAKES PEOPLE FEEL SAFE.
IT’S THE REASON THEY TUNE YOU
IN.
IN. I JUST THINK YOU’RE AN
EXTRAORDINARY EXAMPLE FOR ALL OF
US AND I WISH YOU WERE RUNNING
BECAUSE I WISH YOU WERE THE
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. >> SORRY.
>> SORRY. JUST SAYING.
JUST SAYING. THAT’S HOW I FEEL.
>> THANKS FOR COMING BY.
>> GOD BLESS YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
"KNIVES OUT" PREMIERS NEXT WEEK.
OVER TO YOU.