>> Stephen: YOU ARE LOOKING LOOK AND HARDY, HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?
>> I JUST GOT BACK FROM LONDON LAST NIGHT.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE BEEN DOING "NETWORK."
PLAYING HOWARD FROM NETWORK, AND THIS WAS PROBABLY THE MOST
CHALLENGING THING I'VE HEARD YOU DO, YOU GUEST HOSTED FOR JAMES J
CORDEN.
>> Stephen: TELL US THE STORY OF THAT.
>> TURNS OUT JAMES' WIFE WAS PREGNANT AND NOT DUE FOR ANOTHER
COUPLE OF WEEKS, BUT IT CAME EARLY.
IT COMES WHEN IT COMES.
>> Stephen: SURE.
BABY DECIDES.
>> SURE.
I GOT A CALL SAYING WOULD YOU LIKE TO GUEST HOST "THE LATE
LATE SHOW"?
I SAID, SURE, WHEN?
TONIGHT.
YOU HAVE TO BE HERE WITHIN TWO HOURS.
SO WITHIN TWO HOURS I WAS AT HIS DESK WITH A ROOM FULL OF WRITERS
GOING THROUGH JOKES AND FIGURING IT OUT.
I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO BE PANICKED AND NERVOUS, I I WAS
JUST THROWN INTO IT.
>> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE A LITTLE MORE RESPECT FOR THOSE OF
US WHO DO THIS JOB NOW?
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
OR ANY RESPECT FOR US?
>> I THINK A PRETTY WELL-TRAINED MONKEY CAN DO THE JOB.
>> Stephen: SHAVED MONKEY.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRAIN IT.
>> HOW I DID IT FROM WATCHING YEARS OF CARSON AND LETTERMAN
AND YOU, I JUST PUT ON THE CHARACTER OF A TALK SHOW HOST.
>> Stephen: YOU CAN'T DO A TALK SHOW IN CHARACTER!
( LAUGHTER ) IT'S JUST NOT POSSIBLE.
>> YOU'RE RIGHT.
>> Stephen: IT'S UNSUSTAINABLE.
>> IT'S UNSUSTAINABLE.
>> Stephen: HOW ABOUT THIS, WAS IT FUN?
>> I HAD A BLAST.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
I HAD SO MUCH FUN THAT I CAN'T WAIT FOR HIM TO KNOCK UP
HIS WIFE AGAIN.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
SO YOU ARE A GREAT ACTOR.
I'M NOT GIVING ANYTHING AWAY BY SAYING THAT.
BETTER MEN THAN I HAVE SAID THAT AND WOMEN.
BUT HAVE YOU EVER MET ANOTHER ACTOR WHO'S ACTING SO WELL THAT
YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT PERSON WAS ACTING?
>> YES.
WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE, I WAS STUDYING ADMINISTRATION OF
JUSTICE TO BE A POLICEMAN.
>> Stephen: WHAT TOWN?
LOS ANGELES.
THAT'S WHERE I WAS BORN AND RAISED.
I WAS GOING TO BE A POLICEMAN THERE, WENT TO SCHOOL.
SECOND YEAR I TOOK AN ACTING CLASS BECAUSE I HAD DONE SOME OF
IT WHEN I WAS YOUNGER.
IN IT I WAS HANDED A SCRIPT WITH WHOEVER YOU WERE STANDING NEXT
TO, YOU TWO READ THERE,, AND I WAS NERVOUS AND 19 YEARS OLD.
A COUPLE IS MAKING OUT ON A PARK BENCH.
I LOOKED OVER.
THE GIRL I WAS STANDING NEXT TO READING IS REALLY PRETTY BUT SHE
HADN'T YET READ THAT LITTLE LINE YET.
SO I WAS GETTING A LITTLE NERVOUS AND WAITING FOR HER TO
READ IT AND I KNOW SHE'S GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK UP TO SEE WHO
SHE'S GOING TO HAVE TO KISS.
SO I STARTED PREENING, YOU KNOW.
YOU KNOW THOSE BIRDS IN THE WILD THAT START TO --
( LAUGHTER ) ( CHEERING )
THEY MAKE THEMSELVES LOOK BETTER THAN THEY REALLY ARE?
>> Stephen: SURE.
I WAS DOING THAT.
WHEN I DID, SHE LOOKED UP, SHE LOOKED AT ME, SHE DOES THIS, SHE
LOOKS UP, SHE SEES ME AND GOES -- HMM.
THAT WAS A VICTORY.
( APPLAUSE ) WE STARTED THE SCENE.
I HAVE THE FIRST LINE -- SARAH, I NEED TO TALK TO YOU, I THINK
WE SHOULD SEE OTHER PEOPLE.
WE ARE KISSING AND KISSING.
SHE IS ALL OVER ME.
HANDS, HER BODY IS ON TOP AND I'M LEANING BACK LIKE THIS,
WE'RE KISSING AND SHE'S ALSO TAPPING MY THIGH.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THAT WAS.
TAPPING MY THIGH.
SO I TAPPED HER BACK.
I MEAN, I HAD HEARD OF SPANKING, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF I WAS DOING
IT RIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW.
IS THAT A THING?
DOES SHE REALLY LIKE IT?
SHE'S TAPPING, WE'RE TAPPING.
THEN I REALIZED SHE WAS INDICATING FOR ME TO GET ON WITH
THE SCENE.
I HAD THE FIRST LINE.
I SCRAMBLED TO PICK UP MY SIGNS AND I FORGOT THE LINE.
ANYWAY, WE GOT THROUGH IT.
AFTER THE BREAKERS I THOUGHT, THIS IS GOING TO BE THE EASIEST
DATE I'M EVER GOING TO HAVE.
SHE WAS ALL OVER ME AND I SAID, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE LUNCH
SOME TIME?
AND SHE SAYS, OH, UM...
NO.
NO, I HAVE A BOYFRIEND.
TO WHICH I FEIGNED INDIFFERENCE.
OKAY, NO PROBLEM.
SHE WALKS AWAY AND I'M CRUSHED.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
MY MIND WAS SPINNING.
FIRST OF ALL, IN POLICE SCIENCE, WE NEVER WERE IN CHARGE OF
KISSING ANYONE IN ANY CLASS.
THAT WAS NOT PART OF THE CURRICULUM.
THIS, I HAD TO DO IT.
SHE WAS REALLY PRETTY, AND IT SPUN MY HEAD.
AND I REALIZED, OH, MY GOSH, I THOUGHT SHE REALLY LIKED ME.
SHE DIDN'T.
SHE WAS ACTING.
>> Stephen: SHE MUST HAVE BEEN A PRETTY GOOD ACTOR.
>> AMAZING.
>> Stephen: DID YOU EVER, LATER IN YOUR CAREER, SEE HER
AGAIN AS AN ACTOR?
>> NO, I NEVER ACTUALLY KNEW WHAT HAPPENED TO MERYL STREEP.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: GOOD THINGS.
SHE'S FINE.
>> GOOD.
>> Stephen: WELL, THE MOVIE IS WES ANDERSON'S "ISLE OF DOGS."
IS THIS YOUR FIRST WES ANDERSON MOVIE?
>> MY FIRST, HOPE NOT MY LAST.
HE'S A WONDERFUL PERSON AND A VISIONARY.
>> Stephen: THE FANTASTIC MR. FOX IS SO BEAUTIFUL AND SO
FUNNY.
>> AND TAKES FOREVER BECAUSE ANYTIME YOU MOVE A HAIR OR
EYEBROW, YOU TAKE ONE PICTURE AND YOU HAVE TO MOVE IT AGAIN.
IF THERE'S FIVE OR SIX PUPPETS IN THE SCENE, YOU'RE DOING ABOUT
THREE SECONDS OF WORK A DAY, USABLE FILM EVERY DAY FOR, LIKE,
10, 12 HOURS OF WORK, THREE SECONDS OF USABLE FILM.
>> Stephen: HOW MANY DECADES DID ET TAKE TO MAKE THIS?
>> WELL, IT TOOK ABOUT FOUR YEARS FROM START TO FINISH.
>> Stephen: HOLY COW.
YEAH, AND THE DOGS MATURED DURING THE TIME.
>> Stephen: YOU PLAY CHIEF, RIGHT?
>> I PLAY CHIEF.
>> Stephen: TELL ME ABOUT CHIEF.
>> CHIEF IS A STRAY.
HE'S A THROWAWAY DOG.
>> Stephen: ON AN ISLAND OF GARBAGE, RIGHT?
>> "ISLE OF DOGS" IS ABOUT A GREEDY MAYOR OF A FICTITIOUS
CITY IN JAPAN WHO HAS ULTERIOR MOTIVES AND HE'S LATES THE DOG
TO TRASH ISLAND VIRTUALLY TO SEND THEM TO THEIR DEATH BECAUSE
HE'S A CAT LOVER.
IT BECOMES A CAT VS. DOG SITUATION.
AND SOMETIMES ON THE "ISLE OF DOGS" IT'S A DOG EAT DOG
SITUATION.
>> Stephen: LIKE WE SAW IN THE CLIP.
>> YEAH, AND THE DOGS FORM PACKS AND FAMILIES AND DO ANYTHING
THEY CAN TO SURVIVE.
IN ESSENCE, THE REAL STORY IS ABOUT A LITTLE BOY LOOKING FOR
HIS LOST DOG.
>> Stephen: AND CHIEF IS THE LEADER OF THE PACK?
>> THE LEADER OF THE PACK.
>> Stephen: SO NICE.
INDIAN PAINT BRSH, WES ANDERSON'S COMPANY, THEY SENT
OVER THE ACTUAL PUPPET OF CHIEF THEY SENT OVER.
CAN WE GET A SHOT OF CHIEF HERE?
THERE HE IS.
HE'S ACTUALLY ASH TI ARTICULATED CAN YOU GET A CLOSER SHOT OF
CHIEF TO SEE HIS FACE?
THERE YOU GO.
THAT'S GORGEOUS.
>> EVERY TIME THEY MOVE ANYTHING, TAKE A PICTURE, MOVE,
TAKE A PICTURE, MOVE, TAKE A PICTURE.
IF HE'S TALKING, STARTING TO TALK, FINISHES TALKING.
PAINPAINSTAKING.
>> Stephen: COULD YOU PLAY A LITTLE CHIEF?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: A SHOT OF CHIEF.
NO SHOTS OF ME JUST BRYAN AND CHIEF.
>> IS HE WILLING TO DO IT?
>> Stephen: CHIEF FIRST.
FIRST OF ALL, CHIEF, I JUST WANT TO GIVE MY STAFF A HEADS UP.
ARE YOU A BITER?
ARE YOU A JUMPER?
ARE YOU HOUSE BROKEN?
>> I AM A BITER, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN I'M ALL BAD.
I AM NOT HOUSE BROKEN, BUT IF YOU PUT ME IN YOUR HOUSE, I'LL
BREAK IT.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: PEOPLE SAY DOGS
AND OWNERS EVENTUALLY LOOK ALIKE.
>> OH, PLEASE, GOD, I HOPE THAT'S NOT TRUE.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: WHAT KIND OF DOG
BEST DESCRIBES BRYAN?
>> AH, HE'S A LITTLE PITCH IS WHAT HE -- A LITTLE BITCH IS
WHAT HE IS.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU, CHIEF.
THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: YOU'VE GOT A ROUGH CO-STAR HERE!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) "ISLE OF DOGS" IS IN THEATERS
NOW.
BRYAN CRANSTON, EVERYBODY.