YOU KNOW MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT FROM "THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY,"
"COLD MOUNTAIN" AND "SHERLOCK HOLMES."
HE NOW PLAYS THE AMERICAN NOVELIST THOMAS WOLFE IN
"GENIUS."
>> THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO MAXWELL EVEREST PERKINS.
A BRAVE AND HONEST MAN WHO STUCK TO THE WRITER OF THIS BOOK
THROUGH TIMES OF BITTER HOPELESSNESS.
THE AUTHOR HOPES THIS BOOK WILL PROVE WORTHY OF HIM.
>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME JUDE LAW.
♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: WELL, LOOK, YOU ARE-- YOU ARE-- YOU ARE ONE OF
MY FAVORITE ACTORS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: I'VE NEVER SEEN YOU BETTER THAN YOU WERE IN
"JUDE LAW AND ORDER."
>> I AGREE.
>> Stephen: I REALLY THOUGHT YOU PLAYING A MULTIPLE CHARACTER
WAS FANTASTIC, LIKE ALEC GUINNESS.
>> I THINK THERE MIGHT BE A SERIES THERE.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE A BUSY GUY.
>> I CAN SQUEEZE THAT IN.
>> Stephen: REALLY?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: YOU SAW FROM THE REACTION OF THE AUDIENCE
EVERYBODY LOVES JUDE LAW, BUT THERE ARE SOME PLACE WHERE'S
THEY DON'T.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: YOU WERE A LITTLE LATE.
YOU WERE A LITTLE LATE ON THAT ONE.
BUT THERE ARE SOME PLACES, I UNDERSTAND, WHO DON'T LOVE THE
JUDE LAW.
IS IT BELARUS?
WHAT HAPPENED IN BELARUS GISUPPORT A COMPANY, A THEATER
COMPANY WHO HAVE BEEN BANNED FROM BELARUS.
BELARUS IS THE LAST DICTATORSHIP IN EUROPE.
AND THE PRESIDENT THERE BANNED THIS THEATER COMPANY --
>> WHAT DID THEY DO?
THEY WERE NOT GOOD?
WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THEM?
>> YEAH-- NO, IT WASN'T THAT REN'T WEREN'T WEREN'TED ANY GOOD
( LAUGHTER ) THEY WERE PUT ON POLITICAL
THEATER SO THE HEADS OF THE TWO COMPANIES WERE ACTUALLY KICKED
OUT, AND I-- YOU KNOW, I'M A GREAT SUPPORTER OF THEIR WORK
AND I BELIEVE IN FREE SPEECH -- >> DO YOU HAVE A BELARUSIAN
CONNECTION IN SOME WAY?
>> NO.
>> Stephen: HOW DID YOU-- >> NONE AT ALL.
>> Stephen: BUT NOT EVERYBODY KNOWSES ABOUT THE WORK OF
THEATERS IN BELARUS.
>> BASICALLY, THEY WERE HOLD AGO THEY WERE PUTTING ON THEIR
PRODUCTIONS IN A THEATER IN LONDON, THAT I'M AN ASSOCIATE
OF, AND I LOVED THEIR WORK AND THEY WERE LOOKING FOR SUPPORT,
SO TOM STOPPARD, THE WRITER GOT INVOLVED AND I GOT INVOLVED AS
AN ACTOR.
AND THEY BANNED SOME OF MY FIMEDZ.
SOME OF MY FILMS DESERVED TO BE BANNED.
BUT THEY BANNED MY FILMS IN THE COUNTRY, ALONG WITH-- KEVIN
SPACEY GOT INVOLVED IN THIS CAMPAIGN, TOO, AND THEY BANNED
HIS FILMS AS WELL.
>> Stephen: YOU AND KEVIN SPACEY.
>> SOMEONE JUST TOLD ME THEY BANNED PET SHOP BOYS MUSIC.
I DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE INVOLVED IN THIS MOVEMENT.
I FIGURED THE DICTATORS SIMPLY DON'T LIKE THE PET SHOP BOYS.
>> Stephen: MAYBE NOT.
>> OR IF YOU'RE A DICTATOR YOU BAN WHAT YOU WANT.
>> Stephen: MAYBE HE THINKS YOU AND KEVIN SPACEY ARE THE THE
PET SHOP BOYS.
YOU'RE THAT GOOD.
YOU COULD PULL IT OFF.
IN THIS YOU PLAY THOMAS WOLF, THE GREAT SOUTHERN NOVELIST-- A
NICE SOUTHERN ACCENT, BY THE WAY.
I'M FROM NORTH CAROLINA.
>> I KNOW.
>> Stephen: IT SOUNDS LIKE A NORTH CAROLINA ACCIDENT, IS THAT
WHAT YOU WERE SHOOTING FOR?
>> IT WAS.
>> Stephen: IT'S UNEDUCATED.
>> I HEARD ABOUT THIS.
SOMETHING ABOUT BARK COUP SAUCE.
>> Stephen: THERE'S A FIGHT BETWEEN NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA, ABOUT WHICH IS THE TRUE CAROLINA, AND WE FORGIVE
THEM FOR THEIR ARROGANCE.
>> WHAT IS THE BARBECUE SAUCE INGREDIENT CONTROVERSY.
>> Stephen: SOUTH CAROLINA IS KNOWN FOR A MUSTARD-BASED SAUCE,
AND NORTH CAROLINA IS KNOWN FOR JUST RUINING BARBECUE WITH A
VINEGAR.
BASED BARBECUE.
THEY PUT VINEGAR ON IT.
THAT'S RIDICULOUS.
IN THIS MOVIE, WOLFE WAS A GENIUS BUT IS HE THE GENIUS OF
THIS MOVIE OR IS IT THE EDITOR WHO IS ALSO HEMINGWAY'S EDTO
THE.
>> FAULKNER, HE DISCOVERED HEMINGWAY.
THAT IS THE QUESTION OF THE PIECE, WHAT IS IT TO BE A
GENIUS?
IT'S A WORD THAT'S USED RATHER TOO LIBERALLY I THINK NOWADAYS.
PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS SAID TO BE A GENIUS OF THIS, A GENIUS OF
THAT.
>> Stephen: HAVE YOU BEEN CALLED A GENIUS?
>> I HAVEN'T YET, BUT I'M HOPING.
>> Stephen: IS THIS-- IS THIS MOVIE JUST FISH AGO EXACTLY.
WHO KNOWS?