THIS IS THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER.
(APPLAUSE).
>> Stephen: YES, IT IS.
>> ELVIS HAS BEEN HERE.
>> Stephen: ELVIS, I THE LISS TORAN SAYS IT IS RIGHT AROUND
HERE THAT ELVIS PERFORMED, RIGHT AROUND WHERE THIS DESK S THAT IS
WHY YOU ARE FEELING THE MAGIC.
YOU FEEL THE GREATNESS THROUGH THE FLOOR.
>> I FEEL IT.
>> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> Stephen: ALWAYS ENJOYABLE TO TALK TO YOU.
WE HAD A NICE CONVERSATION AN HOUR AND A HALF AT THE MONTREAL
FIM FESTIVAL.
>> ABOUT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
>> Stephen: AND BZ ALD RECENT SCHOOL, ACTUALLY.
>> AND YOU HAD SOME GREAT BUZZ STORIES.
>> Stephen: I DID, YEAH, EXACTLY.
YOU HAD SOME GREAT STORIES TOO AND I WOULD LOVE IF, COULD YOU
SHARE ONE OF THE STORIES THAT YOU TOLD OUT.
THERE BECAUSE I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT YOU TOLD THE STORY ABOUT WHAT
MASTERY MEANS, WHEN YOU MEET SOMEONE.
BECAUSE ARE YOU AN ACTOR.
YOU HAVE DONE 50 FIMS.
YOU ARE A WELL ESTABLISHED, WELL REGARDED ACTOR, A MASTER OF YOUR
CRAFT, YOU SAID YOU MET MASTERS, YOU IMMEDIATELY MEET THEM AND
YOU GO THAT PERSON HAS SOMETHING STO TEACH ME.
>> WELL, OKAY, I KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING WITH THIS.
>> Stephen: I HOPE SO.
>> MARK RILEANCE SAY BRITISH ACTOR, A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW
ABOUT BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN STARRING IN A BUNCH OF SPIELBERG
MOVIES AND DOING AN AMAZING JOB.
BUT YEARS AGO HE RAN THE GLOBE THEATER IN LONDON.
HI NO IDEA WHO HE WAS AND MOST PEOPLE HERE DIDN'T BECAUSE HE
DIDN'T REALLY WORK IN FIM.
BUT THEY WERE HAVING A BENEFIT FOR AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL.
AND THEY WERE-- EVERY ACTOR THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE.
JUDY DENCH, VANESSA REDGRAVE WAS THERE, YOU KNOW, SIMON RUSSELL
BIEL, EVERY-- JAMES TAYLOR WAS PERFORMING, STING WAS
PERFORMING, JUST TELLING YOU, MASSIVE STARS WERE THERE.
>> Stephen: PAUL SCOAFIELD.
>> PAUL SCOAFIELD, EXACTLY.
SO WE ARE DOING A LITTLE REHEARSAL AM HI BEEN INVITED TO
BE PART OF THIS.
>> Stephen: ALL SHAKESPEARE.
>> ALL SHAKES SPEERKS YOU KNOW, THAT AND MARK IS JUST THIS I
GOORKS I DON'T KNOW WHO HE IS, HE IS IN SWEAT PANTS AND STUFF.
HE APPARENTLY RUNS THE THEATER.
I DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF HIM AND HE SAID ALL RIGHT, WELL,
VANESSA, MEANING VANESSA REDGRAVE, WILL YOU DO YOUR PIECE
AND THEN ETHAN, WHY DON'T YOU DO TO BE OR NOT TO BE FROM HAMLET
AND AFTER THAT WUL'S DO PAUL SCOFIELD WILL DO, YOU KNOW,
LEER.
AND I WAS LIKE WAIT, I'M GOING TO GO IN BETWEEN VANESSA RED
GRAIFER AND PAUL SCOFIELD.
AND HE'S LIKE YEAH.
ONS, COOL, CAN I TALK TO YOU AFTER LIKE THE REHEARSAL IS
OVER, YOU KNOW.
HE'S LIKE SURE.
SO I GO TO 4EU78 BACKSTAGE THERE AT THE GLOBE AND I'M LIKE ARE
YOU MAKING FUN OF ME?
YOU KNOW, LIKE WHAT, BRING THE AMERICAN OUT AND HAVE HIM DO TO
BE OR NOT TO BE IN BETWEEN VANESSA REDGRAVE AND PAUL
SCOFIELD MY FOO FAVORITE ACTORS OF ALL 250EU78.
HE GOES, YOU DON'T WANT TO DO.
>> NO, ARE YOU GOING HUM IL YAIT ME.
>> OH, OKAY, OKAY WHO SHOULD GO.
WHO SHOULD GO BETWEEN PAUL SCOFIELD AND VANESSA REDGRAVE.
WHO DESERVES TO?
>> UH, I THINK YOU DO.
>> IS IT BECAUSE YOU'RE AMERICAN YOU'RE NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
>> NO MARYB ACTORS ARE JUST AS GOOD.
>> IS IT BECAUSE ARE YOU TOO YOUNG.
>> NO, I'M NOT TOO YOUNG, I PLAYED HAMLET.
>> SO WHY WOULDN'T YOU DO IT.
>> I WAS LIKE ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.
A CLASSIC ARE YOU GOOD ENOUGH SPEECH.
SO I'M THINKING OKAY, I WILL DO THIS.
HE IS JUST YOU'RE JIS [BLEEP] YR PANTS.
>> YEAH, I M AND I WONDER IF HE REMEMBER THIS, BUT HE SAY THIS
VERY FUNNY THING TO HE MOOVMENT HE SAYS NOW WHAT IS THE FIRST
LINE OF TO BE OR NOT TO BE.
>> I SAY TO BE OR NOT TO BE.
>> HE SAYS NO, IT'S NOT.
>> ST NOW I AM ALONE.
AND I WAS LIKE OKAY, RIGHT, YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU'RE RIGHT, NOW
I'M ALONE TO BE OR NOT TO BE.
AND HE GOES THERE IS WHAT YOU WILL DO, YOU WILL WALK OUT
THERE, ARE YOU GOING TO SAY-- .
>> Stephen: ON TO THE GLOBE STAGE.
>> ON TO THE GLOBE STAGE WHERE EVERYONE IS OUT THERE, THIS
BEAUTIFUL OLD THEATER, ARE YOU GOING TO STAND UP THEREMENT AND
ARE YOU GOING TO SAY NOW I AM ALONE.
CLEAR, STRONG AND ARE YOU GOING TO LOOK EVERYBODY IN THE EYES.
NOW I AM ALONE.
AND IF YOU WAIT LONG ENOUGH, THEY WILL START TO LAUGH.
WHY WOULD THEY LAUGH.
>> BECAUSE I DONE KNOW BUT HAVE I DONE IT 700 TIMES AND THEY
LAUGH.
AND I AM LIKE REALLY.
>> HE GOES I PROMISE, IF YOU JUST STARE AT THEM THEY WILL
START TO LAUGH.
I'M LIKE OKAY.
AND HE SAID THE SECOND THEY LAUGH, YOU SAY TO BE OR NOT TO
BE.
RIGHT, THEY MISSED IT AND NOW THEY WILL LINS, WAIT, I THING HE
JUST SAID THE FAMOUS LINE.
AND NOW THEY WILL HEAR THE REST OF THE SPEECH.
THEY WILL BE ON THEIR TOAST.
AND YOU WILL HAVE GOTTEN RID OF THAT FAMOUS LINE, AND YOU WILL
BE ON YOUR WAY.
I WAS LIKE ALL RIGHT, I BET THIS WILL WORK BUT I WENT OUT THERE,
AND I DID T AND IT WORKED AND AFTERWARDS PAUL SCOFIELD TOLD ME
I DID A GREAT JOB.
(APPLAUSE).
>> Stephen: MASTERY.
>> WELL, THAT'S YOUR POINT.
EVERYBODY WANTS SOMETHING FOR NOTHING.
AND THEY SEE MARK RYELANCEnd INN THIS SPIELBERG, WHAT A GREAT
ACTOR, I WISH I COULD DO THAT WELL, HE HAS DEDICATED 30, 40
YEARS, HE HAS DONE THAT PLAY HUNDREDS OF TIME. AND HE'S DONE
THAT WHOLE CANON HUNDREDS EVERY TIMES.
AND THAT IS MASTERY.
AND THAT'S THE THING THAT AS I GET OLDER, I GET MORE AND MORE
INTERESTED IN WITH OUR YOUNG AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS.
>> Stephen: NOW YOU ARE IN A BEAUTIFUL NEW FILM CALLED FIRS
REFORMED WRITTEN AND DIRECT BY PAUL SCHRAIDER, OF TAXI DRIVER,
AMERICAN BULL, AMERICAN GIG LOW.
>> Stephen: GREAT DIRECTOR.
YOU PLAY A PASTOR WHO IS TROUBLED BY HIS LIFE, HIS
FAMILY, HI WORLD.
TELL US WHAT THE FILM IS ABOUT.
>> I THINK THE FILM, THIS SAY GREAT WRITER FOR THOSE OF YOU
THAT DON'T-- PAUL SCHRAID CERTIFICATE A FIRST BALLOT HALL
OF FAMER IN THE FILM BUSINESS AND HE WROTE A BEAUTIFUL SCRIPT
ABOUT A PRIEST WHO IS HAVING A TERRIBLE MOMENT MAKING SENSE OUT
OF OUR WORLD TODAY.
HE'S LOOKING FOR LEADERSHIP IN OUR ENVIRONMENTAL STRUGGLES.
IS HE LOOKING FOR LEADERSHIP AS A SPIRITUAL PERCHLT HE HAS LOST
HIS SON.
I'M COUNSELING IN THE MOVIE A YOUNG MAN WHO IS-- FEELS THE
BURDENS OF WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE ENVIRONMENT VERY DEEPLY AND
MY CHARACTER IS A SINCERE RELIGIOUS MAN AND HE REALLY
TRIES TOES-- TRIES TO GIVE HIM GUIDANCE AND IT DOESN'T GO THE
WAY HE WANTS IT TO I THINK THE MF QUEE GIVES A BEAUTIFUL VOICE
TO THE WAY A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE FEELING.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP HERE.
I THINK ARE YOU IN A DINERROR SOMETHING.
>> WHAT HAPPENS, LIKE A LOT OF CHURCHES RIGHT NOW, I'M A PASTOR
AT A SMALL CHURCH THAT IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY A LARGER MEGA
CHURCH AND INSTEAD OF-- CEDRIC THE ENTERTAINER WHO IS AN AMAZES
ACTOR PLAYS PIE BOSS BECAUSE HE RUNS THE BIG CHURN AND I RUN
THIS LITTLE ANCILLARY.
THEY KIND OF CALL IT A TOURIST CHURCH BECAUSE IT'S LEFT OVER AS
A MUSEUM FROM THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD.
THERE WERE A LOT OF ABOLITIONISTS AS PART OF THIS
PARISH DURING THAT MOMENT.
AND BUT THE GUY WHO IS OUR BIGGEST DONOR IS UPSET WITH SOME
OF WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING WITH-- WITH MY WORK WORK THIS
YOUNG MAN WHO HAS LOST HIS LIFE.
>> JIM?
>> WELL, GOD FORGIVE US FOR WHAT WE ARE DOING FOR THIS CREATION.
THAT IS WHAT MY SON ASKED ME WHEN I VISITED HIM.
>> THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF LOOSE TALK ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE.
>> THERE IS SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS, 97%.
>> THE-- SAYS NOTHING ALWAYS SEEMS MORE
INTELLIGENCE-- INTELLIGENT, WHY COULDN'T I JUST KEEP SILENT.
>> ST A COMPLICATED SUBJECT.
>> NOT REALLY.
>> WHO BENEFITS?
>> WHO PROFITS, THAT IS WHAT I KEEP ASKING MYSELF, BESIDES THE
BIB I WILL KALT CALL TO STEWARTSHIP WHO JUST.
>> CAN WE JUST AGREE TO KEEP POLITICS OUT OF THE SERMON.
>> IT'S FUNNY-- IT'S A HARD MOVIE TO GO ON KIND OF A LATE
NIGHT TALK SHOAVMENT YOU WANT A LITTLE CLIP THAT MAKES EVERYBODY
LAUGH AND FEEL GOOD, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, INSTEAD OF IT'S
LIKE WHOA, WHAT WAS, THAT BUT IT'S A FILM I'M REALLY PROUD OF.
>> Stephen: SOMETIMES YOU CAN SEE A FILM AND FEAL GOOD COMING
OUT OF IT AND FEEL GOOD ABOUT WATCHING OTHER PEOPLE FEELING
TORMENT.
>> OKAY, IT'S ACTUALLY TRUE BECAUSE A LOT OF US DO FEEL
THINGS IN OUR LIFE AND A LOT OF US ARE CONFUSED BY THE THINGS WE
FEEL.
AND PART OF THE JOB IS MOVIES IS TO MAKE SENSE OUT OF THE
QUESTIONS.
YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T NEED-- A GOOD MOVIE DOESN'T TELL HOW TO
VOTE FOR, IT'S NOT LEFT, IT'S NOT RIGHT.
A GOOD MOVIE ARTICULATES A QUESTION THAT MIGHT BE ON YOUR
MIND TOO.
AND THEN YOU CAN ASK YOURSELF, PAUL SCHRAIDER SAYS THE GREAT
THING ABOUT THE END OF A MOVIE.
A GOOD MOVIE BEGINS AS YOU ARE WALKING OUT OF THE THEATER.
A REALLY GOOD MOVIE IS LIKE A BELL AND URINING IT AND IT
VIBRATES INSIDE YOU AFTER YOU SEE T YOU KNOW.
AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE GREAT FILMS THAT YOU SEE IN YOUR LIFE,
THEY DO KIND OF VIBRATE LIKE THAT NO JOKE, IT SOUNDS A LITTLE
AIRY FAIREY TO TALK B BUT CAN I WALK DOWN THE STREET TODAY,
RIGHT, TODAY AND SOMEBODY WILL SAY TO ME, YOU KNOW, OH CAPTAIN
MY CAPTAIN, YOU KNOW.
THE END OF THAT MOVIE IS STILL VIBRATING, YOU KNOW, THAT MOVIE
CAME OUT 29 YEARS AGO.
YOU KNOW.
AND IT IS STILL VIBE LAIGHT.
AND THAT IS THE BEAUTIFUL THING TO BE A PART OF.
AND THAT IS WORTH, YOU KNOW, THAT MOVIE HAD A YOUNG MAN THAT
TOOK HIS OWN LIFE.
THIS STUFF HAPPENS IT HAPPENS IN EVERY FAMILY ACROSS AMERICA.
THESE ISSUES OF WHERE IS OUR RELIGIOUS LEADERSHIP.
THIS SAY REAL QUESTION, JUST BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THE
PEOPLE WITH THE MOST MONEY VTS BIGGEST MEGAPHONE, YOU KNOWMENT
DUN MEAN THEY HAVE THE MOST INTERESTING THINGS TO SAY.
>> WELL, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE VIBRATIONS.
THANK YOU, ETHAN.
>> FIRST REFORMED IS IN THEATERS NATIONWIDE JUNE 22nd ETHAN
HAWKE, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH TONI COLLETTE.