♪ ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: OH, HEY, EVERYBODY.
WE'RE BACK HERE WITH AMERICA'S SWEETHEART, SAMUEL L. JACKSON.
AS I SAID, EVERYBODY LOVES SAMUEL L. JACKSON.
THAT'S NOT NEWS.
I'M NOT TELLING TALES OUT OF SCHOOL WITH THAT ONE.
I WANT TO KNOW WHO YOU LIKE.
WHO DO YOU LOOK AT AND SAY, "I SEE A YOUNG ME IN THAT PERSON?"
>> OH, DEFINITELY JOHN DAVID WASHINGTON.
WE HAVE BEEN KIND OF GROOMING HIM FOR A WHILE, AND WE HAVE
KNOWN HIM FOR A LONG TIME, AND J.D. IS ONE OF THOSE KIDS WHO
SAID WHEN HE WANTED TO ACT, EVEN THOUGH HE HAD A FAMOUS FATHER WE
SAID YOU HAVE TO GO TO ACTING SCHOOL, YOU HAVE TO DO THIS, YOU
HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO DO THAT.
YOU HAVE TO READ THESE BOOKS.
YOU HAVE TO DO THIS THING.
YOU HAVE TO DO THESE THINGS.
AND HE TOOK IT TO HEART.
SO WE WERE-- ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE-- THAT ARE IN HIS CAMP THAT
WANT HIM TO SUCCEED PUT HIM TO A HARD TASK.
AND IT'S DIFFICULT ENOUGH BEING WHO HE IS.
BUT WE MADE IT HARDER BECAUSE WE APPLIED PRESSURE.
AND WE THINK THAT THOSE THINGS HAVE PAID OFF.
HE HAS TURNED OUT TO BE A WONDERFUL YOUNG ACTOR, AND WE
WANT HIM TO SUCCEED.
>> Stephen: YOU HUNG OUT WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER WITH DENZEL
WASHINGTON AND WESLEY SNIPES AND THE THREE OF YOU HUNG OUT
TOGETHER IN NEW YORK, IF I'M CORRECT ABOUT THIS.
>> WE'RE ALL TOGETHER.
THAT WAS A HUGE COMMUNITY OF US, YOU KNOW.
IT WASN'T JUST DENZEL AND WESLEY.
THAT WAS KNOW-- THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO-- WE ALL-- WE ALL SUCCEEDED
AT A DIFFERENT PACE.
IT'S LIKE DENZEL, YOU KNOW, LEFT AND DID "ST. ELSEWHERE," AND
THEN BECAME A MOVIE STAR.
AND WESLEY LEFT AND BECAME A HUGE BIG ACTION STAR FOR A WHILE
WITH STALLONE AND ALL THESE OTHER GUYS.
AND THE REST OF US WERE TOILG IN NEW YORK DOING THEATER AND ALL
OF A SUDDEN I DID "JUNGLE FEVER" AND I ENTERED HOLLYWOOD.
THAT WAS MY ENTREE.
AND THERE WERE OTHER ACTORS THAT STAYED AROUND.
AND THEN WE SEE NOW THERE ARE PEOPLE LIKE JOHN CARLOS
ESPOSITO.
JOHN CARLOS HAS ALWAYS BEEN THIS AMAZING ACTOR.
AND WE SAY TO OURSELVES WHEN WILL THAT BREAK HAPPEN FOR HIM?
AND HE DOES "BREAKING BAD," AND GUS DOES THIS CHARACTER AND HE'S
EVERYWHERE.
AND JAMES PICKENS, THE HEAD OF THE HOSPITAL ON-- ON-- ON--
WHAT'S THE HOSPITAL SHOW THAT'S ON... BUT HE'S, YOU KNOW, VERY
FAMOUS, AND HE'S ON THAT SHOW.
BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF US THAT TOILD AND TOILD,S , AND IT'S REA
GREAT TO SEE PEOPLE YOU WENT TO AUDITIONS WITH, POOLED YOUR
MONEY AND BOUGHT FOOD WITH BECAUSE YOU'RE BROKE, SUCCEED.
AND EVERYTHING DOESN'T HAPPEN AT THE SAME TIME, BUT WHEN THEY
HAPPEN, THEY HAPPEN.
AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT ALL OF US ARE NOW DOING THINGS
THAT PEOPLE CAN LOOK AT US OR PEOPLE RECOGNIZE US IN DIFFERENT
PLACES AND GO, "YOU'RE THE GUY FROM SO-AND-SO.
YOU'RE THE GUY FROM SO-AND-SO."
AND THAT NOBODY-- SOME PEOPLE GET LEFT BEHIND, AND THERE ARE
STILL ACTORS THAT TOIL, THAT IS ARE CHARACTER ACTORS THAT WE
SEE, BUT OUR FRIENDS WORK BECAUSE WE CAME FROM A GROUP OF
PEOPLE WHO WORKED.
>> Stephen: I TELL YOUNG PERFORMERS AND YOUNG COMEDIANS,
I SAY, "IF YOU REALLY WANT TO SURVIVE, YOU HAVE TO FIND YOUR
GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO, WHEN YOU'RE YOUNGER AND WHEN YOU'RE STARTING
OFF, THAT YOU'LL LOVE EACH OTHER FOR THE REST OF YOUR YEARS.
BECAUSE YOU'RE ALL GOING TO NEED EACH OTHER AT SOME POINT--
LITERALLY TO FEED EACH OTHER.
>> WHETHER YOU DO OR DON'T SUCCEED, THERE'S STILL THAT
LOVE.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
YOU'RE IN A NEW MOVIE CALLED "THE HITMAN'S WIFE'S BODYGUARD."
I HAD TO THINK OF WHERE THE WIFE WENT IN THAT ONE.
IT'S "THE HITMAN'S WIFE'S BODYGUARD."
TELL ME ABOUT THE MOVIE.
ARE YOU THE HIT MAN, WIFE OR BODY GUARD.
>> I'M STILL THE HIT MAN.
I WAS THE HIT MAN IN THE ORIGINAL FILM "THE HITMAN'S BODY
GUARD."
AND SALMA HAYEK WAS MY WIFE, SONIA, WHO I WAS TRYING TO GET
TO THIS TRIAL TO TESTIFY SO THAT THEY WOULD LET HER OUT OF JAIL.
SO NOW, SHE'S TRYING TO SAVE ME, SO SHE HIRES RYAN REYNOLDS,
AGAIN, WHO WAS ESSENTIALLY MY NEMESIS, BUT WE GET TOGETHER.
AND YOU'LL SEE I THINK FROM THIS CLIP THAT I ASK HER NOT TO CALL
HIM, AND SHE DID.
>> Stephen: JIM.
.♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ AND IN MY DREAMS
I'VE KISSED YOUR LIPS A THOUSAND TIMES ♪
HANG ON.
WHAT IS HE DOING HERE?
>> I BELIEVE IT'S PRONOUNCED THANK YOU.
>> FOR WHAT?
>> FOR SAVING YOUR LIFE AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN.
>> YOU SAID, "BABY, GET ME MICHAEL BRYCE."
WHAT?
>> NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.
I SAID, BABY I NEED HELP.
GET ANYONE BUT MICHAEL BRYCE.
>> WHAT?
>> HE IS THE MOST ANNOYING-- >> EXCUSE ME!
I HAVE 20-20 HEARING.
I CAN HEAR YOU.
THE DEAD GUYS CAN HEAR YOU.
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU NEARLY GOT ME KILLED?
>> NOT ENOUGH.
COME ON, BABY, LET'S GET OUT OF HERE BEFORE HE STARTS THE
IN-FLIGHT SAFETY DEMONSTRATION.
>> Stephen: "THE HITMAN'S WIFE'S BODY GUARD" WHAT YOU JUST SAW
THERE, WILL BE IN THEATERS NEXT WEDNESDAY.
THE MAN IS SAMUEL L. JACKSON, EVERYBODY.
SAMUEL, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
AND GOOD LUCK WITH THE ALDIENCES COMING BACK NEXT WEEK.
>> Stephen: THANKS.
I HOPE WE CAN SEE YOU IN FRONT OF A PACKED ED SULLIVAN THEATER
SOME TIME.
>> I'D LOVE TO DO IT.
WHEN WE COME BACK, I'LL BE COOKING WITH PADMA LAKSHMI.
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