MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT IS AN EMMY AND TONY-WINNING ACTRESS
WHO STARS IN THE NEW MOVIE "SUICIDE SQUAD."
>> THERE YOU GO.
WITHOUT YOU MINDING HER, YOUR LADY FRIEND STAYS HERE STRAPPED
TO A BOARD IN A DRUG-INDUCED COMA.
>> THEY WARNED ME ABOUT YOU.
I DIDN'T BELIEVE THE STORIES.
>> NOBODY DOES.
>> STEPHEN: PLEASE WELCOME VIOLA DAVIS!
( BAND PLAYING ) (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
>> Stephen: I GOTTA SAY, IN THAT CLIP YOU LOOK SPOOKY RIGHT
AWAY.
>> I'M A BAD-ASS.
>> Stephen: THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTAND.
(APPLAUSE) BEFORE WE GET TO THE MOVIE,
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR EMMY NOMINATIONS, SPEAKING OF
BAD-ASS.
>> THANK YOU.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) >> Stephen: AND LAST YEAR,
WHEN YOU WON, YOU QUOTED HARRIET TUBMAN.
>> I DID.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
AND AS I WAS SITTING IN MY SEAT, I WAS NEGOTIATING WITH
MYSELF THINKING IT PROBABLY WON'T BE A GOOD IDEA TO QUOTE
HARRIET TUBMAN AT THIS PRESENT MOMENT, AND THEN I REMEMBER
DOING THE SPEECH AND MY HUSBAND SAID AFTERWARDS, YOU KNOW WHAT,
V, I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE YOU WERE GOING, BUT I'M GLAD YOU TOOK IT
HOME!
(LAUGHTER) >> Stephen: AND NOW, IF I GOT
THIS RIGHT, YOU'RE GOING TO BE PLAYING HARRIET TUBMAN.
>> I AM.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) HARRIET TUBMAN'S HAVING A MOMENT
RIGHT NOW.
>> HARRIET TUBMAN SHOULD HAVE A MOMENT.
I MEAN, LISTEN, IF THERE IS ANYONE WHO'S A TRUE AMERICAN
HERO, IT'S HARRIET TUBMAN.
I MEAN, WE KNOW THAT SHE FREED THE SLAVES AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN
YOU THINK OF WHAT'S INVOLVED WITH FREEING SLAVES AT THAT
TIME, UNBELIEVABLE, BUT SHE WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN THE WOMAN'S
SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT, SHE SPEARHEADED RED CROSS, SHE WAS
THE ONLY WOMAN WHO FOUGHT IN A MILITARY RAID, EVER.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) >> Stephen: THE AUDIENCE
TONIGHT, OBVIOUSLY FULL OF TUB-MANIACS.
>> YEAH.
(LAUGHTER) >> Stephen: SHE'S GOING TO BE
ON THE 20 NOW.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: NOW THAT YOU'VE DONE STUDYING UP ON HER, ANY
RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW MAYBE SHE SHOULD BE PICTURED ON THE
$20 BILL?
>> OKAY, NOW, I DON'T LIKE GUNS.
I TOLD YOU THAT, RIGHT?
>> Stephen: YOU DIDN'T TELL ME THAT.
>> I DON'T LIKE GUNS.
BUT, THAT BEING SAID, WHEN I HAD A DISCUSSION WITH THE WRITER, I
ID, YO YOU KNOW WHAT? I WANT TO SEE HER WITH A GUN, AND A BIG
GUN LIKE A SHOTGUN!
BECAUSE I WANT TO HEAR IT.
HE SAID, I THINK A PISTOL IS PRETTY GOOD.
I SAID, NO, NO, THAT'S SMALL.
HE SAID, LET ME SHOW YOU A PICTURE OF A PISTOL BACK IN THAT
DAY, IT'S LIKE A SWORD.
I SAID, I'LL KEEP IT.
SO HARRIET WITH A PISS TO BE WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE $20 BILL.
>> Stephen: ALL THE FOUNDING FATHERS WILL BE JEALOUS.
THEY'LL WANT THEIR OWN GUN AFTER THAT.
>> THEY DON'T NEED A GUN.
YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN THING.
>> Stephen: REALLY OKAY.
SURE.
AND TRUMP TALKS ABOUT HIS ALL THE TIME.
(LAUGHTER) I LIKE THE IDEA OF HARRIET
TUBMAN COMING IN AND RACKING HER GUN ONE HANDED AND SAY I'M HERE
TO FREE SLAVES -- (LAUGHTER)
YOU PLAY IN "SUICIDE SQUAD."
>> YES.
I PLAY AMANDA WALL SNORE SHE WANTS TO CREATE A SQUAD TO GET
BAD GUYS TO GO GOOD THINGS.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE THE RING LEADER.
>> I AM.
>> Stephen: DID YOU HAVE A GANG OR MAKE PEOPLE THINGS DO
FOR YOU GROWING UP?
>> I HAD ONE GANG MEMBER.
>> Stephen: THAT'S A SMALL GANG.
>> I REMEMBER HIS LAST NAME, FIGERRA.
WITH WE HAD AN ARM WRESTLING THING GOING ON, BECAUSE I HAD
BIG MUSCLES.
THIS IS WHEN I WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD.
HE SAID, WE CAN MAKE GOOD MONEY OFF YOUR MUSCLES.
WE CAN CHARGE TEN CENTS!
I SAID, OKAY.
I GOT FIVE CENTS, HE GOT FIVE CENTS.
SO WE WOULD LINE EVERYBODY UP DURING RECESS, HE WOULD LINE
THEM UP, SLAP THEM IN THE HEAD AND SAY, WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY
TO VIOLA?
THEY WOULD CALL ME A NAME, AND WE'D TAKE TEN CENTS FROM EACH
PERSON AND I'D BEAT THE CRAP OUT OF 'EM.
>> Stephen: YOUR CHARACTER IS WILLING TO THROW PEOPLE UNDER
BUS IN THIS MOVIE.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: THAT'S KIND TO HAVE THE LEGEND OF HER.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: YOU EVER THROW ANYBODY UNDER THE BUS?
>> MY SISTER ANITA.
>> Stephen: OLDER, YOUNGER?
OLDER THAN I AM.
SHE WAS TOUGH BACK IN THE DAY.
SHE WOULD GROW HER FINGERNAILS SO SHE WOULD BE A BETTER
FIGHTER.
SHE'S A VERY SWEET WOMAN, SO IT SOUNDS BAD, BUT YOU HAVE THE TO
KNOW THE ENVIRONMENT.
>> Stephen: SHE WOULD SCRATCH PEOPLE WITH HER FINGERNAILS?
>> AT LEAST IT WAS AN OPTION.
IF I'VE GOT THREE KIDS COMING AT ME, BECAUSE I WAS SORT OF
BULLIED EVEN THOUGH I LOVED MY CHILDHOOD, SO IF THREE KIDS CAME
AT ME AND I WOULD GET NERVOUS, I'D SAY, I'M GOING TO GET MY
SISTER ANITA AFTER YOU!
I WOULD GO GET HER AND SAY THREE KIDS ARE COMING AND YOU HAVE TO
DO SOMETHING.
SHE HAD A METHOD, SHE WOULD GROWL AND DROOL.
>> Stephen: REALLY?
HE DID IT, I RECOMMEND IT.
THAT'S AN ANSWER, I RECOMMEND IT.
TOOL WITH A LITTLE BRICK IN YOUR HAND.
AHHH!
AND DROOL.
THAT'S IT.
>> Stephen: YOU SAY, WAIT, MY SISTER'S COMING, YOU DON'T WANT
TO DEAL WITH HER.
>> THEY WERE TERRIFIED OF HER.
>> Stephen: THAT'SLESS "SUICIDE SQUAD" AND MORE "BILLY
GOAT GRUFF."
(LAUGHTER) >> Stephen: YOU OWN YOUR OWN
PRODUCTION COMPANY.
>> JUVY PRODUCTIONS.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE PRODUCING SOMETHING CALLED "AMERICAN
COCOA" ABOUT AN AGENCY THAT SOLVED -- AND THIS IS A
QUOTE -- "STICKY RACIAL SITUATIONS ."
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A STICKY RACIAL SITUATION AND JUST
RACISM?
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO OF THOSE?
>> OKAY, RACISM PROBABLY WOULD BE IF YOU -- I DON'T KNOW --
DENIED SOMEONE ENTRANCE INTO THE BATHROOM BECAUSE THEY WERE
BLACK.
THAT'S RACIST.
BUT STICKY IS LIKE WHEN I WAS DOING A MOVIE, DOING IT WITH MY
'FRO, AND THIS CAUCASIAN WOMAN --
>> Stephen: YEAH, YOU CAN SAY IT ON AIR.
>> -- THIS CAUCASIAN WOMAN HAD HER FINGERS IN MY HAIR AND SAID
I'M GOING TO MAKE IT REALLY PRETTY.
AND SHE PUT WHITE GOO IN IT -- >> Stephen: WHITE OR ONLY GOO
WHITEPEOPLE WOULD USE?
>> GOO WHITE PEOPLE WOULD USE.
SHE PUT IT IN MY HAIR AND STARTED SPRAYING MY HERE WITH
THE GOO IN IT.
I WANTED TO SAY, THIS ISN'T GOING TO WORK BUT I KNEW I WOULD
BE INSULTING HER.
I WENT TO THE SET AND SLOWLY THE SUN CAUGHT MY HAIR AND MY WHOLE
'FRO TURNED WHITE.
>> Stephen: THAT'S A STICKY RACIAL SITUATION.
>> BECAUSE THEN YOU'VE GOT TO TALK ABOUT HAIR AND YOU HAVE TO
SAY, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MY HAIR.
YOU CAN'T SAY THAT BECAUSE YOU WOULD INSULT HER.
THAT WOULD BE AMERICAN COCOA.
>> Stephen: AND AMERICAN COCOA WILL FIX THAT?
>> SHE WOULD FIX IT.
SHE WOULD BE MY SPOKESPERSON.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE LOVELY HAIR TODAY.
(APPLAUSE) >> AND BY THE WAY, WHEN YOU PUT
WATER ON A 'FRO, IF IT'S THIS BIG, IT WILL BECOME THIS BIG.
IT SHRINKS.
THAT'S JUST A LITTLE LESSON.
AND STEAM, FORGET IT.
>> Stephen: THE 'FRO SHRINKS.
IT DOES.
>> Stephen: IS THE WATER COLD, DOES IT MAKE IT SHRINK MORE?
>> THIS IS STICKY.
THIS WOULD QUALIFY AS A STICKY RACIAL SITUATION.