>> Stephen: HEY!
WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU, PAULA!
MWA!
FOLKS, YOU ARE IN LUCK.
YOU KNOW HOW THERE ARE SOME ACTORS THAT IF THEY ARE IN A
MOVIE, YOU KNOW THAT MOVIE IS GOOD?
TONIGHT'S FIRST GUEST IS ONE OF THOSE.
PLEASE WELCOME THE BEAUTIFUL AND TALENTED LAURA LINNEY.
( APPLAUSE ) THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
SERVICE.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) YOU MADE SUCH A BEAUTIFUL
COUPLE.
>> WELL, THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: SUCH A BEAUTIFUL COUPLE.
>> I LIKE OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH.
>> Stephen: NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH.
YOU'RE NOT CANADIAN.
>> NO.
>> Stephen: YOU COULD PASS FOR CANADIAN.
>> OH, I'M THAT-- I DON'T CURSE ENOUGH?
>> Stephen: NO!
YOU SEEM SO NICE.
>> WELL, THANKS.
>> Stephen: AND YOU'RE VERY WHITE.
>> YES, I AM.
>> Stephen: YEAH, ME, TOO.
THAT IS THE POT CALLING THE KETTLE WHITE OVER HERE.
BUT YOU GREW UP IN NEW YORK, RIGHT?
>> I GREW UP IN NEW YORK.
I'M A CITY KID, BUT MY ENTIRE FAMILY IS FROM GEORGIA.
( CHEERS ).
>> Stephen: OH, WOW.
NOW, I WANT TO GET TO THE MOVIE IN JUST A MINUTE, "GENIUS," WE
HAD JUDE LAW ON LAST NIGHT WHO IS PLAYING THOMAS WOLFE.
WE HAD A LOVELY TIME.
HE HAS A SOUTHERN ACCENT.
>> HE HAS APLATCHIAN ACCENT.
>> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF SOUTHERN ACCENT YOU HAVE
TO FIGHT AGAINST BECAUSE OF YOUR FAMILY.
>> WHEN I GET TIRED I DO.
MY MOTHER CERTAINLY HAS A SOUTHERN ACCENT, AND MY FATHER
DID.
WHEN I GET TIRED, IT SORT OF GOES A LITTLE BIT.
AND IT DOES.
MY VOWELS ELONGATE.
UHH-HUUH.
>> Stephen: FOR ME IT'S.
IF I'VE HAD A LITTLE IT TO DRINK OR I GET ANGRY.
>> OH, ANGRY SOUTHERN.
"HOW DARE YOU!" DO YOU SAY THAT.
>> Stephen: I SAY TO YOU, SIR!
I CHALLENGE YOU TO A DUEL.
>> "NO, SIR!" GLO THE WAR OF NORTHERN
AGGRESSION.
THAT'S SERIOUS.
PEOPLE DON'T BELIEVE ME-- >> NO, I HAD COUSINS WHO TIED ME
TO A TREE BECAUSE I WAS BORN ABOVE THE MASON-DIXON LINE.
I'M NOT KIDDING.
>> Stephen: WOW.
>> YEAH, THAT WAS NOT FUN.
>> Stephen: THAT WAS NOT RECENTLY, I HOPE.
>> NO, NO, NO.
>> Stephen: ANOTHER BUT SOMETIMES I HAVE GUESTS ON WHO
WERE BORN IN NEW YORK CITY, THEY DECRY THAT NEW YORK HAS CHANGED.
>> IT HAS CHANGED.
A LOT.
>> Stephen: FOR THE BETTER?
>> IN SOME WAYS.
IT'S SAFE.
I MEAN, YOU CAN WALK DOWN THE STREETS.
PEOPLE AREN'T MUGGED -- >> Stephen: AT THE END OF THE
DAY YOU'RE ALIVE.
THAT'S A PLUS.
WERE YOU ALLOWED TO FREE RANGE AS A KID?
>> I WAS.
BUT THE CULTURE OF DIFFERENT THEN.
YOU WOULD WALK TO SCHOOL.
YOU WALKED BACK FROM SCHOOL.
BUT THE NEIGHBORHOODS WERE NEIGHBORHOODS.
THEY WEREN'T-- STORES WERE PRIVATELY OWNED.
SO WHEN I WOULD WALK TO SCHOOL --
>> Stephen: SO PEOPLE DON'T WALK TO SCHOOL ANYMORE BECAUSE
OF THE CHAIN STORES?
NEW YORK, IS THAT WHAT IT IS?
>> DWAYNE REED GOT RID OF ALL OF IT.
>> THERE WAS A BUTTON STORE I REMEMBER ON 1st AVENUE, AND
THERE WERE THE TWO OLD ITALIAN SISTERS WHO WOULD MAKE SURE THAT
I WAS OKAY.
THEY WOULD WAIT FOR ME IN THE MORNING.
I WOULD ALWAYS SAY HELLO.
AND WHEN I WALKED HOME, THEY WOULD ALWAYS MAKE SURE THEY WAS,
YOU KNOW, THERE.
YEAH.
>> Stephen: WOW.
>> YEAH.
I KNOW, SWEET.
SWEET.
THOSE WERE THE GOOD OLD DAYS.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: THAT WAS BEFORE NEW YORK HAD POLICE.
IT WAS JUST-- ( LAUGHTER )
OLD ITALIAN WOMEN RULED THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
>> THERE WAS A PIZZA PARLOR.
I KNEW THE GUY IN THE PITA PARLOR.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS CLOSE.
>> Stephen: THAT'S NICE.
>> YEAH, YEAH.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE A SON.
WOULD YOU LET HIM WALK AROUND NEW YORKS BY HIMSELF.
>> NEVER, NEVER.
>> Stephen: REALLY?
HOW OLD IS HE?
>> TWO AND A HALF.
>> Stephen: THERE'S A GOOD REASON.
YOU'RE A GOOD MOTHER.
>> THANK YOU.
I'M TRYING.