>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.
STAY LUM, MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT IS AN EMMY AND TONY
AWARD-WINNING ACTRESS WHO STARS ON "THE GOOD FIGHT" ON CBS
ALL-ACCESS.
PLEASE WELCOME CHRISTINE BARANSKI.
(APPLAUSE) .
>> Stephen: HELLO.
>> HELLO.
>> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> ST LOVELY TO SIGH, I LOVE DOING YOUR SHOW.
>> Stephen: I LOVE HAVING YOU ON THE SHOW BECAUSE YOU ARE A
MIESES TRO.
>> A MACE TROA.
>> Stephen: LIKE ARE YOU A TOTAL PRO.
JUST ON STAGE AND SCREEN, THERE IS NOT A WASTED MOVEMENT WITH
YOU.
>> NOT A WASTED MOVEMENT, OKAY.
>> Stephen: AND I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO NOTICED AM ARE YOU
JUST, ARE YOU ABSOLUTELY JUST DRIPPING WITH AWARDS.
AND YOU JUST GOT A REALLY GREAT ONE.
THERE IS A PICTURE OF YOU RECEIVING YOUR PLACE IN THE
THEATER HALL OF FAME.
(APPLAUSE) >> YEAH, I HAVE TO SAY, THAT IS
ME TRYING TO SPEAK THROUGH TEARS BECAUSE I WAS SO MOVED BY THAT
AWARD BECAUSE YOU DON'T GET A THEATRE HALL OF FAME AWARD OR
RECOGNITION UNLESS YOU HAVE SPENT A GOOD DEAL OF TIME ON THE
BOARD, IT IS NOT FOR ONE PERFORMANCE, IT IS FOR YEARS OF
WORK IN THE THEATER.
YOU KNOW, MOST OF MY CAREER WAS THE THEATER, I DIDN'T START
DOING TELEVISION UNTIL I WAS IN IN MY 40S WORKING FOR CBS.
>> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE EARLY MEMORIES OF WANTING TO BE ON
STAGE, LIKE WALKING IN AND SAYING I WANT TO BE UP THERE.
>> WOULD YOU BELIEVE MY GRANDPARENTS WERE ACTORS IN
THE-- THEATER IN BUFFALO.
>> Stephen: I DID NOT KNOW THAT BUFFALO HAD A HOT THEATER
STAGE.
>> WELL, THEY DID BACK THEN THERE WAS A REALLY STRONG
POLISH-AMERICAN THEATRE COMMUNITY AND THEY HAD, THEATER
WAS IN POICIAL.
THEY DID PLAYS IN POLISH AND MUSICALS AND MY GRANDPARENTS
WERE ACTUAL ACTORS.
I DIDN'T KNOW MY GRANDMOTHER PASSED AWAY BEFORE I WAS BORN
BUT MY GRANDMOTHER LIVED WITH US.
I SHARED A BEDROOM WITH MY NANA AND SHE WAS LIKE AN ANTI-MAIM
TYPE, JUST COLOR CLOTHES AND-- COLORFUL CLOTHES, DARLING.
SHE ACTUALLY WROTE HER OWN COMEDY SHOW ON POLISH RADIO.
SO-- .
>> Stephen: A REGULAR COMEDY SHOW ON POLISH RADIO.
>> YES.
REAL POLISH JOKES.
>> Stephen: DID SHE TEACH YOU JOKES.
>> UNFORTUNATELY POLISH JOKES AREN'T, YOU KNOW, NOT THOSE KIND
OF POLISH JOKE, NOT THE LIGHT BULB KIND OF JOKES, NO, BECAUSE
I DIDN'T SPEAK POLISH, ALTHOUGH WE HAD A BY LING YAL HOUSEHOLD.
>> Stephen: DID SHE TELL YOU THE JOKES AND YOU WOULD LAUGH
JUST TO MAKE HER FEEL GOOD.
>> I WAS FAIRLY LITTLE, BUT I REMEMBER HER SO PONDLY.
THE THEATER HALL OF FAME, I WISH HI MENTIONERRED NANA BECAUSE SHE
HAD A GREAT INFLUENCE ON MY LIFE.
>> Stephen: THIS IS YOUR TENTH YEAR PLAYING DIANE LOCKHART.
>> ST. THE GOOD FIGHT, THE GOOD FIGHT,
AND PEOPLE THAT FOLLOWED THIS SHOW AND YOU OVER TO CBS ALL
ACCESS.
I MEAN THIS IS, I THINK THIS IS THE BIGGEST HIT ON CBS ALL
ACCESS.
>> IT WAS THE FIRST SHOW THAT WAS DONE CBS ALL ACCESS BECAUSE
THIS IS A NEW WAY OF WATCHING TELEVISION, CBS DECIDED TO JUMP
ON BOARD AND DO A STREAMING SERVICE.
AND WE WERE THE FIRST SHOW.
AND IT PREMIERS TONIGHT.
>> Stephen: GET IT NOW.
>> GET IT NOW.
>> Stephen: AND THE SHOW IS A HIT, LIKE ALL THE END OF THE
YEAR, I LOVED THIS PAST YEAR.
>> WE WERE CALLED THE BEST SHOW ON TELEVISION BY ENTERTAINMENT
WEEKLY JUST LAST WEEK.
>> Stephen: BOOM THERE IT IS.
>> IT WAS A WONDERFUL SEGUE BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I PLAYED THIS
CHARACTER FOR SEVEN YEARS ON THE GOOD WIFE.
AND SHE'S INTELLIGENT, WELL DRESSED, ACCOMPLISHED LAWYER.
SHE WAS THE WOMAN WHO WAS LIKE IN THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENS.
SHE KNEW HOW TO WIELD POWER AND NOW SHE'S IN THE GOOD FIGHT AND
IT IS A MOMENT IN TIME WHERE WOMEN ARE ACTUALLY LIKE, THAT
KIND OF WOMAN IS MOVING INTO POSITIONS OF POWER.
WE HAVE HOW MANY, SIX WOMEN RUNNING IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE
AND DECIDED TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT, WE HAVE RUTH BADER
GINSBURG AND NANCY PELOSI.
IT IS A GOOD TIME.
IT IS A GOOD TIME TO BE A STRONG LADY OF A CERTAIN AGE.
GET OUT OF HERE, WE'RE TAKING OVER, CLEANING UP.
>> Stephen: WELL, ARE YOU GREAT AT PLAYING A POWERFUL
WOMAN BECAUSE YOU ARE A POWERFUL WOMAN YOURSELF, WHAT IS THE KEY
TO PROTECTING POWER?
>> DO NOTHING THRK IS SOMETHING I HAD TO LEARN PLAYING DIANNE
BECAUSE YOU THINK YOU HAVE TO WORK HARD AT PROJECTING YOUR
STRENGTH AND YOUR POWER.
BUT IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, A KING, RIGHT, KING OR QUEEN, THEY
JUST SIT THERE, RIGHT.
EVERYBODY HAS TO COME TO THEM.
>> Stephen: EVERYBODY ELSE MOVES.
>> WHEN ARE YOU CLINT EASTWOOD, YOU DON'T MOVE, THE CAMERA COMES
TO US.
ALL HAVE I TO DO IS-- SAY MAKE MY DAY.
BOOM.
(APPLAUSE) THE LONGER I'M ON THIS SHOW, THE
FASTER I TALK, BY SEASON 15 THE SORT OFFER I TALK BY SEASON 15
YOU WON'T HEAR ME.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP HERE.
>> OKAY,.
>> Stephen: MICHAEL SHEEN YOU PROBABLY ALREADY KNOW THIS, BUT
YOU KNOW THAT MICHAEL SHEEN HAD A NAME FOR HIS PENIS.
AND YOU KNOW THIS STORY.
>> DO I KNOW THIS STORY?
IT FOLLOWS ME EVERYWHERE.
>> Stephen: I JUST-- I DID NOT KNOW, DO YOU WANT TO TELL THE
PEOPLE.
>> YOU TELL THEM PLEASE.
>> Stephen: HE CALLED HIS PENIS THE GREAT COUNTRIES
STIN-- CHRISTINE BARANSKI.
>> OKAY, THIS NEEDS CLARIFICATION.
>> Stephen: IT SURE DOES.
>> MICHAEL SHEEN TOLD ME THE FIRST, AND IT WAS ITS FIRST
THING WE PLAYED TOGETHER IN THE MIDDLE OF SHOOTING IN BETWEEN
TAKES, HE SAID YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT LINE, HE SAID I HAD NOTHING
TO DO WITH THAT, HIS THEN GIRL SPHREND SARAH SILVERMAN WHO IS
EXTREMELY WHITE AND SMART, BUT SHE PUT THAT ON TWITTER,
WHATEVER.
AND IT WENT VIRAL.
SHE SAID HI NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
>> Stephen: OH.
I WOULDN'T SAY A VIRAL PENNIST NOT A GOOD IDEA.
>> BUT LET ME SAY THIS, HE IS A MARVELOUS ACTOR AND WE HAD HIM
FOR ONE SEASON, HE PLAYS THE THIS ROGER STONE TYPE AND HE IS
LARGER-THAN-LIFE.
AND HE COMES IN LIKE A BENEVOLENT GALE FORCE WIND.
HE INFECTS THE FIRL IN A WAY THAT TRUMP-- THAT IT IS PART OF
OUR SHOW AND A FORCE TO BE DEALT WITH.
SO ANYWAY THIS IS A CLIEP AND IS HE MARVELOUS.
>> Stephen: JIM.
>> YOU HAVE MANAGED TO STICK YOUR FANGS INTO MOST OF MY
COLLEAGUES AND THAT GIVES YOU A HIGH BECAUSE YOU ARE A-- .
>> YOU ARE YOU ARE PATHOLOGICAL.
I GUARANTEE TU IS NOT GOING TO WORK.
>> BECAUSE YOU ARE THE LIGHT THAT DRIVES OUT THE DARKNESS.
>> NO, BECAUSE YOUR TACTICS WILL WORK AND I'M HAPPY TO BECOME
YOU.
AND NOW JUST GET THE [BLEEP] OUT OF MY WAY.
PLAWS PLAWS THIS IS (APPLAUSE)
>> THIS IS WHY WE ARE NOT ON NETWORK TELEVISION ANY MORE.
>> Stephen: I FORGOT YOU GET TO SAY THE BAD WORDS.
>> WE DO.
WE DON'T USE IT OFTEN BUT IT IS WONDERFUL WHEN ARE YOU SO LADY
LIKE AND EVERY SO OFTEN YOU DROP THAT WORD.
IT HAS REAL IMPACT.
>> Stephen: YOU NOT ONLY LADY LIKE BUT YOUR INTELLECT, ARE YOU
STUDYING AT OXFORD AGAIN.
WHAT COURSES ARE YOU TAKING.
>> OKAY, THIS SUMMER I'M TAKING A COURSE ON THE DUKE OF
WELLINGTON.
>> Stephen.
>> WATERLOO, AND A COURSE ON THE MEANING OF LIFE.
>> Stephen: WILL YOU PLEAS COME BACK AND TELL US WHAT IT
IS.
>> WELL, I WILL.
I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD TIME TO TAKE A COURSE ON THE MEANK OF
LIFE AND JUST PUTA AND STOP WATCHING CABLE NEWS AND JUST GET
REFLECTIVE AND FIGURE IT ALL OUT.
AND I WILL, I WILL TELL YOU.
>> Stephen: PLEASE, SEASON 3 OF THE GOOD FIGHT PREMIERS TODAY
AND NEW EPISODES THURSDAY ON CBS ALL ACCESS, CHRISTINE BARANSKI,
EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
WITH ADAM KINZINGER.