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WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW."
FOLKS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU KNOW MY FIRST GUEST FROM
FILMS SUCH AS, "THE STATION AGENT"; "THREE BILLBOARDS
OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI"; AND HIS EMMY AWARD-WINNING
PERFORMANCE AS TYRION ON "GAME OF THRONES."
HE NOW STARS IN "CYRANO."
>> FIRST HE HAS TOO MUCH HEART AND THEN NOT M ENOUGH.
>> YOU TELL HER.
>> ME?
>> IT'S FASCINATING.
YOU'RE BOTH BRILLIANT BUT EXACT OPPOSITES IN STYLE.
CHRISTIAN IS OVERT, PASSIONATE, FIERY.
>> WHEREAS I?
>> YOU ARE CODED, WITTY.
>> CODED?
>> HIS WORDS AREN'T BETTER THAN YOURS, JUST DIFFERENTLY PUT.
>> YOU KNOW HIS LETTERS BY HEART.
>> EVERYONE.
>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," PETER
DINKLAGE.
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>> Stephen: GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> Stephen: THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
NICE TO BE BACK.
>> Stephen: HOW WAS YOUR THANKSGIVING?
>> HMMM, I-- WELL, IT WAS LOVELY, THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE WELCOME.
>> HOWEVER, I MADE THE CHOICE TO GET MY VACCINE BOOSTER THE DAY
BEFORE THANKSGIVING, AND LADY MODERNA WAS NOT KIND.
>> Stephen: NO, NO, SHE'S A HARSH MISTRESS.
>> SHE IS.
SHE'S A DOMINATRIX.
>> Stephen: SHE HAD YOU ON A LEASH, DID SHE?
>> SHE'S STILL RIGHT HERE IN ME.
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SCIENCE.
>> YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR RELATIONSHIP IS!
>> Stephen: THAT'S JUST SCIENCE.
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MODERNA.
>> Stephen: NOW, YOU ARE IN THE NEW ADAPTATION OF THE 1897
PLAY BY EDMOND ROSTAND, "CYRANO."
>> OUI.
>> Stephen: IT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL STORY, AND I'M REALLY
EXCITED FOR THIS MOVIE.
>> CLASSIC.
>> Stephen: CLASSIC.
WHEN DID YOU FIRST-- IT SEEMS LIKE SUCH A NATURAL STORY, SUCH
A NATURAL ROMANTIC STORY, THAT I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S ONLY A LITTLE
OVER 100 YEARS OLD.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: I'M FIRST WHEN YOU FIRST ENCOUNTERED IT.
>> I THINK IT'S ONE OF THOSE CLASSIC STORIES, IT SORT OF IS
WITH YOU A LONG TIME, WHETHER YOU READ IT OR NOT, YOU'RE AWARE
OF IT, AND I THINK YOU'RE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF THE FAMOUS
BALCONY SCENE.
PERHAPS YOU CONFUSE IT WITH "ROMEO AND JULIETTE'S" BALCONY
SEEN, BUT THE STORY OF A MAN WRITING UNDER A SUED NOM FOR
ANOTHER MAN, BASICALLY, IN A MODERN SENSE, CATFISHING--
CATFISHING HAS GONE AROUND FOR A WHILE.
AND THEN THERE HAVE BEEN GREAT MOVIE VERSIONS.
I LOVE THE GERARD DEPARDUE FILM BECAUSE IT'S IN FRENCH.
EVERYTHING SOUNDS BETTER IN FRENCH.
AND STEVE MARTIN DID A COMEDIC VERSION--
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>> YES.
>> Stephen: "ROXANNE."
>> AND NOW WE HAVE DONE ONE IN WHICH WE SING.
>> Stephen: HAVE YOU SUNG BEFORE?
DID YOU HAVE A DAD BAND OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
HAVE YOU DONE ANY PROFESSIONAL SINGING?
>> NO.
>> Stephen: HOW DID YOU GET-- HOW DID-- WHAT GAVE YOU THE
COURAGE?
BECAUSE I'VE-- I'M NOT A SINGER.
I LIKE TO SING.
>> I'M NOT EITHER.
>> Stephen: BUT I HAVE BEEN ASKED TO DO-- A LITTLE SINGING
PROFESSIONALLY, AND IT ALWAYS IS THE MOST NERVE-RACKING THING I
CAN DO HAVING A CAMERA POINTED AT ME, BECAUSE HOWEVER YOU SING
IN THAT MOMENT, THAT'S IT.
>> THAT'S IT.
YOU GO FLAT, GO FLAT.
EVERYBODY KNOWS IT.
IT'S TERRIBLY NERVE-RACKING BUT YOU'RE SURROUNDED BY GREAT
SINGERS AND GREAT MUSICIANS AND THEY MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER.
I LIKE A MIX OF VOICES.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE PERFECT.
THE GREATEST SINGERS AREN'T NECESSARILY OPERA SINGERS.
THEY JUST HAVE SOUL.
I DON'T HAVE ANY SOUL.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT.
>> Stephen: I DISAGREE.
YOU BRING YOUR SOUL TO THE PERFORMANCE.
>> RIGHT YUT OF BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU SING FROM WANT HEART, NINA
SIMONE AND BOB DYLAN AND ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WOULDN'T QUANTIFY
THEM AS OPERATIC SINGERS, BUT THEY'RE SOULFUL SINGERS.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK.
STICK AROUND.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE PETER DINKLAGE, EVERYBODY.
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