>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BOYS AND
GIRLS, FOLKS, MY FIRST GUEST HAS STARRED IN SO
MANY MOVIES, HE SHOULD HAVE A COMMEMORATIVE STAMP.
YOU KNOW HIM FROM "FOOTLOOSE," "A FEW GOOD MEN," "APOLLO 13,"
AND SO MUCH MORE.
PLEASE WELCOME, KEVIN BACON!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
>> Stephen: KEVIN BACON.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
APPRECIATE THAT.
>> Stephen: WELCOME.
THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: WELCOME.
NICE TO HAVE YOU ON.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> Stephen: I WAS SAYING TO JOHN EARLIER, I'VE INTERVIEWED
YOU ONCE BEFORE BUT IT WAS IN CHARACTER.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE GOTTEN TO HAVE YOU ON.
>> IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
>> Stephen: IT IS.
I DIDN'T GET TO INTERVIEW YOUR MUSTACHE LAST TIME.
WHERE IS THE MUSTACHE FROM?
I LIKE IT.
IT'S VERY DISTINGUISHED.
>> IT'S IN THIS SHOW I'M ON NOW.
WE JUST HAVE OUR LAST EPISODE RIGHT NOW.
WE DID A PILOT FIRST NOT KNOWING IF WE WEREGOING TO DO THE FIRST
SERIES.
WHEN I FIRST READ IS CHARACTER I SAW THE GUY WITH A MUSTACHE.
THIS TOOK PLACE IN THE EARLY '90s, AND THAT WAS THE TIME
WHEN THE MUSTACHES WERE GOING OUT, AND HE SEEMED TO BE LIVING
IN ANOTHER AREA AND IT SEEMED TO BE REALLY APPROPRIATE.
YOU DON'T THINK TO YOURSELF, IF IT GOES TO SERIES, YOU WILL HAVE
THIS FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.
I'M GETTING TIRED OF IT.
I HAD MY MAKEUPER ARTIST BUILD A STABBED BIIN CASE IT'S DRIVING
ME NUTS.
BUT I DECIDED TO KEEP IT ON.
>> Stephen: IT'S HARDER TO SEEM TOUGH WITH A FAKE MUSTACHE
BECAUSE AFTER WORKING HARD, YOU'RE SWEATY, HOLD IT THERE,
MISTER!
( LAUGHTER ) YOUR LOVELY WIFE KARA SEDGWICK.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) WHAT DOES SHE SAY?
DOES SHE APPROVE OR IS SHE READY FOR IT TO GO?
>> NO, I ASKED HER THE OTHER DAY, I SAID, I'M GOING TO TAKE
IT -- SHE SAYS, YOU KNOW, I'M KIND OF GETTING USED TO IT.
YOU KNOW, I ALSO AS A CHARACTER HAVE A TATTOO WHICH YOU SEE
SOMETIMES.
SHE SAYS, YOU KNOW, YOU COME HOME WITH A TATTOO AND A
MUSTACHE AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE I'M SLEEPING WITH SOMEBODY ELSE.
AND I'M, LIKE, GOOD.
THEN, WAIT A SECOND I'M NOT SURE HOW I FEEL ABOUT THAT, BUT,
LISTEN, WHATEVER GETS YOU THROUGH THE NIGHT.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: ACTING.
ACTING.
( LAUGHTER ) >> BINGO.
>> Stephen: I'LL COME IN WITH A PEG LEG AND AN EYE PATCH.
I'LL BE A PIRATE!
>> COMING HOME WITH A HUMP!
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: SHE'S DIRECTED YOU
IN SEVERAL THINGS INCLUDING THIS SERIES.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: IS SHE TOUGHER ON YOU OR IS SHE NICER TO YOU?
DOES SHE HAVE TO MAKE UP FOR THE FACT THAT YOU'RE HER BUZZ BY
SEEMING SHE'S ROUGHER ON YOU?
>> WHEN A COUPLE IS WORKING TOGETHER, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S A
DIRECTOR AND AN ACTOR, YOU KNOW, THE CREW IS ALL READY TO SEE BAD
THINGS HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, FIREWORKS AND, YOU KNOW, SHE'S
GOING TO -- >> Stephen: SURE.
AND IT'S THAT KIND OF JOKE WHICH I FIND A LITTLE ANNOYING,
OH, YEAH, SHE'S GOING TO BOSS YOU AROUND, HUH, JUST LIKE SHE
DOES IN REAL LIFE.
I FIND IT KIND OF SEXIST, FRANKLY.
>> Stephen: YES.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK PEOPLE SEE PRETTY QUICKLY THAT WE, YOU
KNOW, HAVE A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP.
>> Stephen: YES.
THAT BEING SAID, I MEAN, WE'RE VERY AFFECTIONATE PEOPLE,
YOU KNOW, AND WE HAD A VERY SERIOUS SEXUAL HARASSMENT
MEETING AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR SEASON, AND I THINK IN THIS DAY
AND AGE PEOPLE IN GENERAL ARE TRYING TO BE LESS HANDSY.
SO I HAVE TO BE CAREFUL TO TRY TO KEEP MY HANDS TO MYSELF WHEN
MY WIFE IS AROUND.
SHE SAID TO ME ONCE, PLEASE DON'T TOUCH ME THERE, YOU KNOW,
WHILE WE'RE WORKING.
( LAUGHTER ) IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD.
>> Stephen: YOU KNOW MY NEXT QUESTION, KEVIN BACON.
( LAUGHTER ) >> I'LL LET YOU USE YOUR
IMAGINATION.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
I'M NOT SURE IF YOU WANT TO LET ME DO THAT.
( LAUGHTER ) SO WHAT IS THE SHOW ABOUT, "CITY
ON A HILL"?
>> IT'S ABOUT BOSTON IN THE '90s, AND IT'S ABOUT
CORRUPTION AND RACISM AND I PLAY A VERY, VERY SHADY F.B.I.
CHARACTER WHO'S WORKING ALL SIDES OF THE STREET, PRETTY MUCH
EVERY SCENE THAT I'M IN HE SAYS SOMETHING OR DOES SOMETHING
INAPPROPRIATE OR DOWNRIGHT CRIMINAL, AND I'M WORKING WITH A
FANTASTIC ACTOR NAMED ELVIS HODGE WHO PLAYS A YOUNG SORT OF
IDEALISTIC DISTRICT ATTORNEY, AND IT'S REALLY ABOUT THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THESE TWO GUYS WHO ARE KIND OF THROWN
TOGETHER, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE THE LEAST LIKELY PAIR IN THE
WORLD.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP HERE WHERE THROUGH THE BARS OF A
CELL, YOU'RE INTERROGATING SOMEONE.
ANYTHING WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS BEFORE WE SHOW IT?
>> YES, THIS IS ONE OF MY INFORMANTS, WHO IS ONE OF MY MEN
ON THE STREET THAT I TRUST, AND HE'S JUST GOTTEN HIMSELF BUSTED
AND I'M VERY UPSET FOR HIM FOR HAVING GOTTEN HIMSELF BUSTED.
>> Stephen: JIM?
LOOK, JACKIE, THIS ABLE TO MU FAULT.
>> DON'T TALK TO ME LIKE YOU'RE MY MOTHER.
YOU THINK YOU'RE MY ONLY SNITCH?
>> KICKED IN THE DOOR.
YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THERE!
>> I GOT A GUY, A LEAD, GOES RIGHT TO PRINCE STREET, THE
OFFICE, THIS GUY GIVES YOU FRANK.
>> SNANCHTSD AND WHAT?
YOU WANT TO HEAR MORE?
GET ME THE ( BLEEP ) OUT OF HERE.
SO, WHAT, YOU'RE GOING TO GET ME OUT?
>> I'LL FIGURE SOMETHING OUT.
>> Stephen: ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: YOU DO SOMETHING THERE AND YOU DO SOMETHING IN
SEVERAL OF THE FILMS IN THE SHOWS THAT YOU'VE DONE, MYSTIC
RIVER, BLACK MASS, PATRIOTS DAY, NOW THIS, YOU'RE PLAYING A
BOSTONIAN.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: YOU'VE GOT A BOSTON ACCENT.
>> MM-HMM.
>> Stephen: THAT IS A HARROWING ASSIGNMENT.
>> IT IS.
>> Stephen: EVEN IF YOU'VE DONE IT FOR A WHILE.
PEOPLE FROM BOSTON DO NOT TAKE KIND HI TO YOU GETTING IT WRONG.
>> THEY DON'T TAKE KINDLY TO YOU GETTING IT RIGHT.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: HAVE PEOPLE
EXPRESSED THEIR OPINION ABOUT THIS?
>> OH, OF COURSE, OF COURSE, WHICH IS OKAY.
I MEAN, I ACCEPT THAT.
IT'S A WEIRD SITUATION FOR ME BECAUSE I'M FROM PHILLY AND I'VE
LIVED IN NEW YORK SINCE I WAS 17, BUT I'VE GOTTEN SO MANY GIGS
IN BOSTON, I DO IT AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN.
WHEN I SHOWED UP TO START THIS SHOW, TO START THE PILOT, I
ROLLED INTO THE HOTEL AND I HAD MY DOG IN THE CAR, AND DROPPED
THE CAR WITH THE VALET, AND I WAS GOING TO WALK MY DOG IN THE
PUBLIC GARDEN, THE CENTER OF BOSTON.
I'M TAKING THE DOG FOR A WALK AND RANDOMLY OUT OF THE BLUE
THERE'S A GUY SITTING IN THE CAR SAYING, HEY, WHY DO YOU GET ALL
THE BOSTON COPS?
I SAID WHAT?
HE SAYS, HI DO YOU GET TO PLAY ALL THE ( BLEEP ) BOSTON COPS?
( LAUGHTER ) AND I TURNED AROUND AND I SAID,
I -- I DON'T KNOW.
TURNED OUT, HE WAS, YOU KNOW, AN ACTOR.
>> Stephen: OH.
WHO, I GUESS -- AND TRUTH IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN I REALLY ENGAGED
WITH HIM, HE WAS JUST REALLY JUST KIND OF TRYING TO GIVE ME
CRAP, YOU KNOW.
SO IT WAS A VERY BOSTON THING TO DO.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: WELL, YOU HAVE
WHAT WE CALL A STORIED CAREER.
YOU WERE IN ANIMAL HOUSE.
>> MY FIRST MOVIE, YEAH.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: IN ALL THE FILMS
YOU'VE DONE, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY IT IS AT THIS POINT, BUT
OUT OF ALL THE FILMS YOU'VE DONE, YOU MUST HAVE PICKED UP
SOME TRICKS WHERE YOU GO, I KNOW HOW TO, I KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO
HAPPEN HERE, I KNOW WHAT TO DO TO JUICE THE MOMENT WITHOUT
HURTING THE PROJECT.
YOU MUST HAVE SOME TRICKS.
>> WELL, I GUESS -- SOMETIMES, IF, LIKE, A SCENE IS -- IT'S
REALLY JUST KIND OF LIKE A JOKE, BUT IF I FEEL LIKE A SCENE IS
LOSING A LILT BIT OF INTENSITY, I'LL SAY, I THINK IT'S TEAM FOR
A BFCUKB.
PEOPLE WILL SAY WHAT IS THAT?
I SAY A BIG ( BLEEP ) CLOSEUP KEVIN BACON.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: THAT HELPS
EVERYTHING?
>> YEAH ( LAUGHTER )
>> Stephen: JIM, CAN WE TRY THAT?
CAN WE TRY A -- ( BLEEP ).
CAN WE SHOOT HIM THAT CLOSE?
>> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY.
>> Stephen: CLOSER, CLOSER.
NOW WE'RE TALKING.
>> Stephen: CLOSER.
( APPLAUSE ) ( LAUGHTER )
>> Stephen: I SEE.
I TOTALLY GET IT.
THANK YOU.
JUST THROW THE EMMYS AT HIM.
>> STEPHEN: "CITY ON A HILL" PREMIERES THIS SUNDAY ON
SHOWTIME.
KEVIN BACON, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK