-Welcome back. -Thank you.
-I want to get into all the new things.
But first, I want to talk about --
I know you just finished filming "Ant-Man," okay?
-Mm-hmm. -"Ant-Man and the Wasp."
-It's "Quantumania." -"Quantumania."
-Uh-huh. -It's just one name.
-One name. "Quantumania." -Just "Quantumania."
-"Quantumania." -Yeah.
These Marvel movies, I mean, also, like --
-Crazy quantum...
-It's so many quantums that it's Quantumania.
-Yes.
-That's how many -- That's why they --
There's too many quantums to talk about.
Now, when you signed up for the first quantum...
Kind of, right? -Okay, I'll go with that.
-Thank you. You'll go with that.
You do the first "Ant-Man," and you go, "Oh, this is cool."
And you're in that film.
Does Marvel tell you that you're going to be another --
You're gonna leap...
Does Marvel explain to you that --
how many quantums you're in, possibly?
Is there any -- No. -No. No.
They're very mysterious. -Yes.
-And, you know, they're very secretive,
of course, of their story lines and all of that.
-They're so secretive. -So secretive.
-But I kind of like that. Well, it must be hard for you.
-It's a little hard, because, you know, I met with Peyton,
and I knew a little bit about the character,
but there was no script.
And they -- And you have to commit without actually
having read anything.
-Have you ever done that before? -No.
-Wow! That's -- You have a lot of faith there.
-I did.
But, you know, it's kind of -- And it wouldn't have mattered,
because it all changes anyway.
So, yeah, it's sort of you don't really know
what you're getting into, and then you get a script
sort of right before you start shooting and then --
-And it all changes. -And then it changes every day.
And so -- And then you shoot the movie
and you wrap, and then it changes again.
-Well, you do that on "Saturday Night Live," too.
I remember when I was on that show, they go,
"Don't memorize your scripts."
Because they change every last minute.
And if you're, like, going like, "I'm going to get the milk,"
they're like, "No, we cut that milk bit."
So if you had memorized that line, that makes no sense.
-It's so nerve-ra-- I mean, for me,
it's just so nerve -- I'm not improvisational.
I'm not -- Yeah. -Really?
-No.
-You just -- You study your lines
and you go hit your mark and nail it.
-I'm very controlling. -Yeah. You are very controlling.
I know you have a very talented husband, as well,
David E. Kelley.
-Mm-hmm. -Man, he's on fire again.
-Yeah, he is.
-He kind of never went -- He's always been on fire,
but he's crushing it.
-I know. -Would you ever work with him?
Would you ever work together? -No.
-Perfect. Alright, great.
-No, I mean, I -- You know, I'm --
I mean, the way -- Nobody writes, honestly,
better for women than he does.
-He's unbelievable, by the way. -He's unbelievable.
-He is a talented, talented guy. [ Cheers and applause ]
He really is, yeah.
-And, yet, I value our relationship
more than a good part, and I just think it's too risky.
And I think -- And, you know,
we're both kind of fierce when we work.
And so if I come home and I've had a bad day
and I'm upset about something, you know,
I want him to be on my side,
because he hasn't heard the other side.
-That's really funny. -You know?
-That's very funny. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, he hasn't heard the other side.
If he knows the other side, he'll go,
"Well, wait a second.
It wasn't that bad."
-There's value in that.
-Exactly right. That's very, very smart.
How did you guys meet?
-It was a blind date.
-Reals? -Yeah.
-Blind date with Michelle Pfeiffer?
-I'm not good left to my own devices, so...
Yeah, my --
-Did he freak out? I would freak out.
-I think he was --
-If you went to a blind date and you go,
"Your blind date is Michelle Pfeiffer" --
-No, I mean, he knew it was me. It's not blind like that.
-Oh. Not like a reality show?
-No. No. No. Can you imagine?
-Someone set you up -- like a dinner party or something-ish.
Was it one-on-one?
-Mm...no. -Ooh!
-I thought it was a good idea to --
I was kind of nervous, I guess.
And I'd had a couple of bad blind dates.
And I had sworn off of them, and my best friend said,
"Please, just this last time, meet this guy, David Kelley."
I said, "Okay."
So, I thought it was a good idea to do, like, a bowling party.
-Wow! Really?
-Not a good idea? -I don't know. Yeah, maybe.
I guess you have to kind of give it --
I mean, bowling is very vulnerable.
-Anyway...
-Wearing other people's shoes. I mean, it's a whole thing.
-So, then we all met for dinner before...
-I like bowling.
-...which was the awkward part, probably.
I think the bowling part was okay.
But then he -- Somehow, he ended up
sitting across from my sister, and I ended up
sitting across from his best friend.
And he and my sister were just chatting it up, you know,
because she's -- you know, she's --
-Charming.
-She's very charming and really good socially.
I'm not so good.
And he's a little bit shy. We're both a little bit --
-So you're looking at your sister like,
"Hey, calm it down a little bit."
-No, no.
No, I say to my best friend,
"I think I should set Dedee up with him.
They seem to be really hitting it off."
She said, "Don't you dare. I will kill you."
Anyway, she said, "I'm sitting across from your next husband."
-Your sister said that? -My best friend said that to me.
-She knew it. -She knew it.
-Wow. -We hadn't spoken two words.
I don't know how she thought that,
but that was our --
-But she was right, huh? -So it didn't start off great.
-Yeah. But how many years have you been married?
-It'll be 29 this year.
-Yeah, not too shabby. There you go.
[ Cheers and applause ] She was right. She was right.
-She was right.
-Every time you come on, I gush over you backstage.
But I will gush in front of stage
and just say that you have so many iconic roles.
You were just in the news because the new Catwoman,
Zoe Kravitz, was out.
Everyone is talking about Catwoman,
and everybody's like, "Michelle Pfeiffer is, like --
I mean, the bar has been set, you know?"
And I was like, "Well, yeah --" I go --
I mean, you were phenomenal in that.
And I checked your Instagram, and there you are
with the cat -- with the whip.
And you still have the whip. -I do.
-You took it -- You stole it from the set.
[ Laughter ] And...
-No. -You were given it.
-It was my practice whip. [ Laughter ]
-How would you know the difference?
Do you know which one was -- Please.
-No, there's your hero whip...
-Okay. Ooh!
-...and then there's your practice whip.
-Oh, that's your -- Oh, you got to keep the practice whip.
-Yeah. So -- Yeah. -You put in the time.
I mean, you were actually unbelievable.
-I'm a little rusty, if you looked at the clip.
-But, yeah -- But, no, we actually have a clip
from when you were doing "Batman Returns."
-Mm-hmm. -Look at this video.
Watch Michelle Pfeiffer.
-Oh, yeah.
How you doing?
Oh! Come on, now!
And you got smoke coming out. [ Cheers and applause ]
What are you doing? Come on.
I want you to have the hero whip now.
-That was so fun.
-I mean, I want to talk about "The First Lady" -- okay? --
when we come back, okay?
More with Michelle Pfeiffer, everybody. Come on back.