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00:16To be continued...
00:30We hope you're doing well.
00:31And now, if you don't mind, we're going to get to the news.
00:34President Trump said on Saturday
00:36that he will impose escalating tariffs
00:38on eight European nations
00:40until the U.S. is allowed to buy Greenland.
00:42Man, he really wants Greenland.
00:45He hasn't been this interested in an island since the 90s.
00:52The Justice Department announced last week
00:54that it's making substantial progress
00:56on the Jeffrey Epstein files
00:58and has more than 500 staffers working on them.
01:01And they need so many staffers
01:02because they keep passing out from all the marker fumes.
01:08Oh, it's his name again.
01:15During an interview last week with Reuters,
01:17President Trump suggested
01:18that he may cancel the midterm elections.
01:20That could be the thing that finally does it.
01:22I mean, you can invade Minnesota.
01:24You can threaten Greenland.
01:25But if you try to take away our Karnacki,
01:28there's going to be hell to pay.
01:31While speaking to reporters last week,
01:33President Trump said that Venezuelan opposition leader,
01:35Maria Karina Machado,
01:37gave him her Nobel Peace Prize
01:39and told him, quote,
01:39You've ended eight wars
01:41and nobody deserves this prize more.
01:43All right, that sounds like something you said.
01:47Not her.
01:48What else did she say?
01:49Mr. President, the 2020 election was stolen from you
01:52and you're looking a lot better in person.
01:56President Trump was set to attend
01:58the college football national championship game today
02:00between Miami and Indiana,
02:02a game that will decide
02:03which of the two teams will one day be forced
02:05to give him their national championship trophy.
02:09I threw a lot of touchdowns.
02:13Made a lot of taggles.
02:15President Trump over the weekend
02:17announced that he will sign an executive order
02:19blocking broadcast networks
02:20from airing other college football games
02:22at the same time as the Army-Navy game.
02:25Wow, he's really using executive orders
02:27just to do grandpa stuff now.
02:30I'll also sign an executive order
02:32that the commercials can't be louder than the show.
02:36During the ceremony,
02:38renaming a road in his honor,
02:39President Trump thanked conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer
02:41and added, quote,
02:42What spirit you have,
02:43specifically the kind that only an exorcist can get rid of.
02:48The Department of Health and Human Services
02:50over the weekend tweeted a picture
02:51of Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
02:53with a steak topped with birthday candles.
02:55It looks medium-rare with a nice sear.
02:58The steak, too.
03:03A video game developer announced last week
03:05that it will release a new simulator game
03:07that follows a national park ranger
03:09as they maintain hiking trails
03:11and interact with guests.
03:12It's the game grandmas are calling
03:14just as fun as Call of Duty.
03:24And finally, an Australian woman recently woke up
03:26and found an eight-foot python coiled on her chest.
03:30And that's the end of
03:31Two-for-One Drink Night at the Reptile House.
03:34That was a monologue, everybody!
03:37Got a wonderful show of you tonight.
03:40She is a fantastic comedian and actor.
03:43She's making her Broadway debut
03:45in all-out comedy about ambition
03:47at the Nederlander Theater.
03:49My friend, the very funny Sarah Silverman
03:51is here, everybody!
03:54You know him from movies such as
03:56Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Spy, Kick-Ass
03:58and the Kingsman franchise.
04:00He returns to Broadway starring in Oedipus,
04:02playing now at Studio 54 through February 8th
04:05right here in New York City.
04:07Mark Strong is joining us.
04:08Thrilled he's here.
04:10I'm a huge fan.
04:12Before we get to all of our wonderful guests,
04:15Donald Trump sent a message to Norway
04:17complaining that he didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize,
04:20which is not decided by the government of Norway.
04:22And in that same letter,
04:23he threatened to invade Greenland,
04:25which is a part of Denmark,
04:26because he didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize,
04:28which he thinks is decided by Norway,
04:30which it's not.
04:30And also, it's a different country than Denmark,
04:33which oversees Greenland,
04:34which is not Norway.
04:35For more on this,
04:36it's time for Seth rubs his temples
04:38and tries to disassociate for 15 minutes.
04:41Oh, nope, my bad.
04:42That was yesterday.
04:43Sorry.
04:43For more on this,
04:44it's time for a closer look.
04:49Well, the news has once again
04:51gotten dumber and more exhausting.
04:53It's just another day living
04:54in Donald Trump's snow globe,
04:56where the snow is cocaine
04:57and it never stops shaking.
04:59America's been through a lot over the years,
05:01but the one thing we've mercifully
05:02never had to deal with
05:03was a president
05:04who had a boner for winning awards.
05:06You're the president of the United States.
05:08That should be award enough,
05:09except this guy gets elected
05:11and his next thought is,
05:12better make room in the trophy case.
05:14You know why I think it's so bad right now?
05:16It's movie awards season,
05:17and it's just making him crazy with jealousy.
05:19Like, he's complaining to Melania
05:21every time Chalamet wins another one.
05:23Mel?
05:24Mel, are you watching the Globes
05:26in your own bedroom?
05:28The separate one that has a double-bolted lock?
05:31Well, Chalamet won again.
05:33Mel, that probably makes him
05:35a front-runner for the Oscar now, Mel,
05:37so that's two he has that I don't, Mel.
05:40Mel, when you turn on your hair dryer,
05:42it makes it harder to hear me,
05:44not easier.
05:46By the way, in an alternate universe,
05:47I love the idea that Trump's just a guy in Queens
05:50who gets cast as one of those weird-looking guys
05:52in Marty Supreme.
05:54Just give me my paddle.
05:55You owe me money, Marty Supreme,
05:57and I'm keeping the paddle until you make me whole.
05:59Cut!
06:00Yep, what's this guy's name again?
06:01Don.
06:01Hey, Don, Don, Tim's character is Marty,
06:04not Marty Supreme,
06:05so can we just get that line again?
06:06Yeah, but the movie's called Marty Supreme, though.
06:09Yep, but, yeah, his name's just Marty.
06:11Yeah, I feel like that's gonna confuse people.
06:13Where?
06:15Where did you find this guy?
06:17You said get me a weird-looking guy
06:18with an orange head.
06:20They don't have those.
06:21They don't have those at Juilliard.
06:22All right!
06:24And if it seems like I'm getting lost in multiple tangents,
06:27I can explain.
06:28I'm living inside a cocaine snow globe!
06:32Trump's desperate craving for awards is getting so bad,
06:34even the news is having a hard time explaining his actions.
06:38President Trump is also now linking his threats
06:40against Greenland with his not being awarded
06:43the Nobel Peace Prize.
06:45Try to follow me here.
06:46No!
06:48It's never a good sign when news anchors
06:50talk like Vin Diesel in Fast Five.
06:52Try to follow me!
06:56Shouldn't be this hard to make sense
06:57of what the president says and does on a daily basis.
06:59Trying to follow Trump's logic is like getting way too high
07:02and staring at a magic eye poster.
07:04But it's even worse than that,
07:05because it turns out it's not even a magic eye poster.
07:08There is no hidden image.
07:10It's just a bunch of random letters.
07:12Turns out it's an eye chart,
07:13and you're just totally baked at Warby Parker again.
07:17But please, continue with your attempt
07:18to make sense of the president's raving.
07:20Sorry, the president's remarks.
07:22In a letter to the Norwegian prime minister
07:23obtained by Bloomberg,
07:25the president wrote in part,
07:26quote, considering your country decided
07:27not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize
07:29for having stopped eight wars plus,
07:31I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of peace.
07:34He went on to write that although, quote,
07:35thinking about peace will always be predominant,
07:38now he can, quote,
07:39think about what is good and proper
07:40for the United States of America.
07:42Trump added, quote,
07:43the world is not secure
07:44unless we have complete and total control of Greenland.
07:46First of all, I love that he's basically saying,
07:48here's how important Greenland is.
07:49If you'd given me a shiny new medal,
07:51I would have let you have it.
07:54Second, you didn't give me the Nobel Peace Prize,
07:56so now I have to invade another country
07:58is an insane thing to say.
07:59That's like if I said to my kids,
08:00you didn't get me a world's number one dad coffee mug,
08:03so I'm moving to Thailand to blow your inheritance,
08:05Sam Rockwell and White Lotus style.
08:08I know you're too young to get the reference,
08:11but when you get older, you can watch the episode
08:13and you're not going to be happy about it.
08:15Should have got the bug.
08:18Also, I'm sorry, but while we're on the subject,
08:20I have to point out that this made-up statistic
08:22Trump keeps repeating that he stopped eight wars
08:25is also nonsense.
08:26President Trump has not settled eight wars.
08:28That list includes various wars,
08:30various situations that were not even wars
08:32and some conflicts that have not actually been resolved.
08:35So the eight wars Trump resolved
08:37include wars that were not actually wars
08:38and wars that have not actually been resolved.
08:41I stopped eight wars, including Infinity War,
08:44World War Z,
08:46War of the Rose...
08:47And, of course, the Star Wars.
08:48Think about it. There's no more...
08:50You used to look at the sky.
08:51There was so much lasers.
08:56I remember one time in the Oval Office,
08:58Yoda came up to me, Big Yoda Stronger,
09:01tears pouring down from his giant alien eyes
09:03down to his little green nose,
09:05and he said to me, Mr. President, sir,
09:06again, great America make.
09:11And I said, it's so true, Yoda.
09:14And not only are some of those wars not wars
09:17or not resolved,
09:18some of them are also just not real.
09:20I solved wars that was unsolvable.
09:24Azerbaijan and Albania.
09:25You saw the Aber Bajan.
09:28That was a big one going on for 34, 35 years
09:31with Albania.
09:34To think that we settled
09:39Aber Bajan and Albania,
09:41as an example,
09:42it was going on for years.
09:44It was never going to be settled.
09:46It was an amazing thing,
09:47and we settled that war.
09:49That was not settleable,
09:50as the expression goes.
09:53Cambodia and Armenia was just starting,
09:56and it was a bad one.
09:57Yeah.
10:00The Cambodia and Armenia one
10:02was just starting
10:03when someone remembered
10:04they were 4,000 miles apart.
10:06It might just be easier
10:07to let that one go.
10:09But he's right about Azerbaijan and Albania.
10:12That was a big one for everyone,
10:13but especially with Trump voters.
10:14The three most popular T-shirts
10:16at his rallies were
10:17Lock Her Up,
10:17Let's Go, Brandon,
10:18and the Azerbaijan-Albania War
10:20must stop.
10:21It's gone on long enough,
10:22parentheses,
10:2334 or 35 years,
10:24question mark,
10:25and parentheses.
10:26So because a country
10:27that does not govern Greenland
10:29did not give him
10:29a Nobel Peace Prize
10:30for stopping wars
10:31that were not wars,
10:32Trump is now threatening
10:32to start a new war
10:33with Denmark,
10:34which is not Norway,
10:35which does not control
10:36the Nobel Peace Prize.
10:37In fact,
10:37Trump is so desperate
10:38for a Nobel Peace Prize
10:39that at this point
10:40he's basically shopping
10:41for hand-me-downs
10:42in thrift stores.
10:43There is disbelief
10:44in Oslo today
10:45over the news
10:46that Nobel Peace Prize laureate
10:47Maria Corina Machado
10:48gave her medal
10:50to President Trump.
10:51The White House
10:52posted this picture
10:53of the Venezuelan
10:54opposition leader
10:55presenting Trump
10:55her Peace Prize
10:56in the Oval Office
10:57yesterday
10:58as she fights
10:59to win his
10:59political support.
11:00Look at that.
11:01He actually accepted
11:02a second-hand
11:03Nobel Peace Prize
11:04with someone else's
11:06name on it.
11:07That would be like
11:08if John Oliver
11:09offered me
11:10one of his
11:10Last Week Tonight Emmys
11:11and I accepted it.
11:13Not that he's offered.
11:20I think he has enough
11:21by now, but...
11:23Machado's a Venezuelan
11:24opposition leader
11:25who wants to be president,
11:26so she gave her
11:26Nobel Prize to the man
11:28who currently calls himself
11:29Venezuela's acting president
11:30to curry favor with him.
11:31Unfortunately, Machado
11:32did not get any sort of
11:34commitment from Trump
11:35on that, but she did get
11:36something almost as good.
11:37Apparently, in return,
11:39the president gave her
11:40a swag bag
11:41with his signature.
11:42So she gave
11:44her Nobel Peace Prize
11:46and he gave her
11:47what I assume you get
11:48when you renew
11:48your membership
11:49at Mar-a-Lago.
11:51There's some autographed
11:52pictures in there,
11:53a coupon for a free
11:54Denver omelet
11:55at the breakfast bar.
11:56Got to be a rough briefing
11:57with her staff
11:58when she gets back.
11:58Did he assure you
11:59he would make you president?
12:00No, but he did give me
12:01a keychain that plays
12:02a little song.
12:04It's fun to stay
12:05at the IMCA!
12:09By the way,
12:10this entire spectacle
12:10is pointless because
12:11the Nobel Prize
12:12does not belong to Trump
12:14and never will,
12:15as the Nobel Committee
12:16made clear.
12:17Despite Machado's gesture
12:18to the president,
12:19the Norwegian Nobel Committee
12:21says once a Nobel Prize
12:23is announced,
12:23it cannot be revoked,
12:25shared, or transferred
12:26to others.
12:27He's such a grub,
12:28the Nobel Committee
12:29had to issue
12:29the same disclaimer
12:30they make you sign
12:31when you buy a ticket
12:32on Spirit Airlines.
12:33This ticket is not transferable,
12:35so there's no getting out of it.
12:36You're stuck flying Spirit.
12:38Has this ever happened before?
12:40Has a prestigious organization
12:41ever been forced
12:42to issue a statement
12:43saying you can't just
12:43take someone else's award?
12:45Does the Lombardi trophy
12:46have tiny print on the bottom
12:47that says,
12:48do not give to jets?
12:51We used to be a country
12:52of laws and norms
12:53with independent agencies,
12:54co-equal branches
12:55of government.
12:56It was imperfect.
12:57It was flawed.
12:57But the president
12:58had to operate
12:59within a system.
13:00His impulses were constrained.
13:02Now we live
13:03in a cocaine snow globe
13:05that shakes
13:05with the arbitrary whims
13:06of one man.
13:07And as long as Donald Trump
13:08holds that snow globe,
13:09it is much like
13:10the long-running war
13:12between Albania
13:13and Azerbaijan.
13:14Never going to be settled.
13:15This has been
13:16A Closer Look.
13:21We'll be right back
13:22with Sarah Silverman, everybody.
13:29For more of Seth's
13:30Closer Looks,
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13:43My first guest tonight
13:44is an Emmy-winning
13:45Grammy-nominated writer,
13:47comedian, and actress.
13:48She's making her Broadway debut
13:49in All Out,
13:50comedy about ambition
13:51at the Nederlander Theater.
13:52Please welcome back
13:53to the show
13:53my friend Sarah Silverman,
13:55everybody!
14:08Hello!
14:11Hello!
14:12How are you?
14:13I'm great.
14:14You're so handsome.
14:16Oh!
14:16My dear!
14:18I'm over.
14:19Oh, my God.
14:20Well, I mean,
14:21you've been my type
14:22forever, Sarah Silverman.
14:24You know that.
14:24You know that.
14:26Hey, I got a question
14:27for you.
14:27Broadway debut tomorrow.
14:29Yeah.
14:30Are you...
14:35But, you know,
14:36you also,
14:37obviously,
14:37an accomplished stand-up,
14:38had an incredible
14:39special last year,
14:41Postmortem,
14:41which I love,
14:41on Netflix.
14:42And I'm wondering,
14:43with your Broadway
14:44responsibilities,
14:45do you have time
14:46to work on new material
14:47for your stand-up?
14:48Seth, now that
14:49I'm in the theater...
14:50Oh, no.
14:51What?
14:52Did it happen that fast?
14:53How long have you
14:53been saying it like that?
14:54The theater?
14:55Yeah.
14:57I think I've always
14:57said it like that.
14:58I'm just...
14:59I'm just working
15:00in the theater.
15:02The weird thing is,
15:03you're not saying it
15:03with a ton of confidence.
15:07I wasn't confident.
15:08No.
15:08I'm in the theater.
15:10That was good.
15:11That was better.
15:11That was better.
15:12Yeah, yeah, yeah.
15:13You gotta own it.
15:13You're in the theater now.
15:17Oh, I know that face.
15:19You're thinking
15:19about your character again.
15:21You're thinking
15:21about your character.
15:22I'm just inside her.
15:26I play a horse, actually.
15:28It's so on the nose.
15:30Yeah.
15:31But do you have time?
15:33Oh, look at this.
15:34Is this fresh material?
15:35This is fresh material.
15:37This is...
15:38This is...
15:39I like to come
15:41on this show
15:42to try new material.
15:44This is why you come
15:45on this show, right?
15:46Yeah, absolutely.
15:46We love it.
15:47This is how blind I am.
15:49Actually, I brought
15:49my glasses here.
15:50Can I tell you
15:51one of my favorite things
15:53about your special?
15:53Now, this was...
15:54Please, please.
15:55Oh, go.
15:55Yeah, but was it genuinely
15:58a mistake in your special
16:00that you realized
16:00you had to read something
16:01and you didn't have
16:02your reading glasses?
16:02Yes.
16:03Yeah.
16:03Yes, because I did
16:04my whole tour wearing glasses.
16:06Yeah.
16:07And then, of course,
16:08I'm not gonna wear glasses.
16:09Right, the night you shoot
16:10your special, you're like,
16:11I won't wear glasses.
16:12And I didn't need glasses.
16:15And then I realized
16:16I do read something.
16:18Yeah.
16:19And I did not have glasses.
16:22So someone just threw up readers
16:23and it was perfect.
16:24Yeah.
16:24Yeah.
16:25But can I say
16:25it was a delightful moment
16:27because then they did
16:28this incredible act of sacrifice.
16:29They threw up their readers
16:30and then you immediately
16:31burned them.
16:33Well, I mean,
16:33I'm the worst,
16:34but, like,
16:35I put these glasses on
16:36and it was as if
16:36they had cleaned their glasses
16:38with a slice of ham.
16:41And you said as much.
16:42And I said as much.
16:45But I also,
16:46I'm in my,
16:47I've entered my cheaters era
16:48as well.
16:49And so I,
16:50when you did it on stage,
16:51I was like,
16:51oh, I'm there now.
16:52Where, like,
16:53when you forget in a moment
16:54that you actually
16:54have to read something,
16:56are you like,
16:56oh, it came over.
16:58Well, yeah,
16:59there's, um,
17:00I, I,
17:01I forgot what I was gonna say.
17:02Yeah.
17:03That, that comes,
17:03once the eyes go,
17:04that's not the only thing
17:05that goes.
17:06I mean, truly,
17:07oh, because people go,
17:07well, just wear contacts,
17:09but it's like,
17:09no, I had perfect vision
17:11my whole life
17:11and now I have terrible vision
17:14and I,
17:15it's too daunting.
17:16It's hard to do.
17:17I try.
17:17I agree.
17:18I'd rather,
17:18I'd rather carry glass around
17:19all day than figure out,
17:20like this thing,
17:21if you've been doing it
17:21all life,
17:22God bless,
17:23but I'm not at 50
17:24gonna start putting fingers
17:25in my eyes.
17:25while the skin around my eyes
17:28is like so loose.
17:29Yeah.
17:30And just
17:31wafer thin.
17:32Yeah.
17:33Like go like this
17:34and it,
17:34then my skin just stays
17:36like that.
17:36Also,
17:37there's no like
17:38learning new thing,
17:39that like people being like,
17:40you should wear contacts
17:41and be like,
17:41you should learn
17:41how to skateboard.
17:42I'm like,
17:42it, windows closed.
17:44Yeah.
17:45That's not,
17:46I'm not learning
17:46a new skill
17:47when they made cheaters
17:48for people like us.
17:49Anyway,
17:50what do you got?
17:51It's not strong.
17:52This is what I have so far.
17:53You know,
17:54it's a long process.
17:55Oh,
17:56I want to start
17:57making this popular.
17:58It is a little derivative,
18:00but that's what they said.
18:04Isn't that progressive?
18:05Because what it does is,
18:08let me explain what it does.
18:10It makes whatever you said
18:11before that
18:12into non-binary
18:14sexual innuendo.
18:16Yeah.
18:18Let's get that going.
18:20Great.
18:22It's funny because
18:22the pre-interviewer,
18:24Henry.
18:25Yeah.
18:26There was something
18:27this morning
18:27when we did the pre-interview,
18:28I go,
18:28oh, oh,
18:29I don't remember
18:30what I was going to say.
18:31And when you can't remember
18:31what you're going to say,
18:32it was the best idea ever.
18:34Yeah.
18:34But then I remembered it.
18:35It was stupid.
18:36It was just that
18:37I also want to get going.
18:41Don't mind if I don't.
18:43Maybe?
18:45I remembered it.
18:46I was like,
18:46oh, oh yeah,
18:47that's not good.
18:48By the way,
18:48it's definitely worse
18:49than that's what they said.
18:50So you want to re-sequence it
18:52in the future.
18:52Right.
18:53I would say that first.
18:54Yeah.
18:55That's what they said.
18:57I don't,
18:57Seth,
18:58I didn't want to say
18:59that I am.
19:00By the way,
19:01the handwriting is so,
19:02and the fact that
19:03it's that big
19:03and you're wearing glasses.
19:05I know.
19:05Well,
19:05I can,
19:06I can see this.
19:07Yeah.
19:07It's almost a street sign.
19:11It's this big.
19:13I can't see.
19:14I can't see anymore.
19:18I don't want to say
19:19that I'm pregnant,
19:21but I haven't gotten
19:23my period in 48 months.
19:28That's going to be
19:29a big baby.
19:30Can I just tell you,
19:31do I look great?
19:32I look great.
19:39Mallory Pace,
19:40who did my hair,
19:42put two tiny ponytails
19:44inside my hair
19:45just to pull
19:46my skin back.
19:48Oh,
19:48invisible ponies?
19:50Yeah.
19:51Yeah.
19:51Yeah.
19:52Wow.
19:53All right.
19:55Oh,
19:56um,
19:57uh,
19:58I noticed
20:00every year
20:01around springtime,
20:03I guess,
20:03whenever baseball season
20:04is,
20:05but I didn't know
20:05this at the time.
20:06I would see,
20:08there's a Dodger
20:09named Kike Hernandez.
20:11Yeah,
20:11of course.
20:11Wonderful.
20:11Yeah, yeah.
20:12Well,
20:13Kike would trend
20:14a lot on social media,
20:16and, um,
20:17you would not believe
20:18how that's spelled.
20:19Oh, right.
20:20It is, uh,
20:21I'll give you a hint.
20:22It's very disconcerting
20:24for Jews.
20:26So then I would look
20:27and I'd go,
20:27oh,
20:28it's pronounced Kike.
20:31And then I realized,
20:32oh,
20:32maybe that's how
20:33it's pronounced
20:33in my comments.
20:35Oh, right.
20:36Yeah.
20:37Uh, oh,
20:38I have nothing.
20:39And then the last thing
20:40is,
20:40there's no joke to it.
20:41I haven't figured it out,
20:42but it's something
20:43my boyfriend is Rory.
20:44It's something like,
20:45um,
20:47uh,
20:47my boyfriend and I
20:48are the Sid and Nancy
20:50of saline nasal sprays.
20:57It's funnier than they gave it.
20:59Yeah, yeah, yeah.
21:00It's better.
21:01It needs to set up
21:02in a punchline.
21:03It's a set up
21:03in a punchline.
21:04What more do you want?
21:05Um, so, uh,
21:06all out,
21:06this is, uh,
21:07Simon Rich,
21:08a friend of mine,
21:09a great writer,
21:10a former SNL writer.
21:11Yes.
21:12this is a series
21:12of his stories,
21:13and, uh,
21:14it's four people
21:15in the cast.
21:16Explain the format
21:16for those who,
21:17because it's very,
21:18uh, novel.
21:18It's, uh,
21:20Simon Rich,
21:21who wrote for
21:21Saturday Night Live
21:22for many years,
21:22and he's written
21:23a lot of, um,
21:24pieces for the New Yorker,
21:26and I think some of these
21:27may be adapted
21:27from some of those
21:28New Yorker pieces,
21:29and they're, like,
21:30scenes and essays
21:32and sketches,
21:33and they're funny.
21:34And then the interstitials
21:36are this unbelievable band
21:39called Lawrence.
21:40They're a brother and sister,
21:42uh, Clyde and Gracie Lawrence,
21:44and they are,
21:45they are electric.
21:47And then in between them,
21:49uh, four comics come out
21:50and do a comedy,
21:52a scene, a sketch,
21:54or whatever,
21:55and, um, it's, it's,
21:56we have scripts,
21:57but we're mostly off-script.
21:59And it's, like,
22:00basically like
22:01the vagina monologues
22:04sans vagina.
22:05Yeah.
22:06And...
22:06If your only problem
22:07with the vagina monologues
22:08is all the vagina talk,
22:10this is the show for you.
22:10Yeah, if you loved
22:11the vagina monologues,
22:12but it was too vagina-y,
22:15you will love
22:16All Out by Simon Rich.
22:19Like, the scenes
22:20are very funny
22:21and I'm having a blast.
22:23You're doing it
22:23with, uh, Heidi Gardner,
22:25Craig Robinson,
22:26Jason Mantzoukas.
22:27Yes.
22:27Everybody in this rotating cast
22:29got a caricature,
22:30which I think is a part of,
22:31it's a Broadway,
22:32uh, uh, rite of passage.
22:34How do you feel
22:35about your caricature?
22:36I, I think it's, uh,
22:38that's great.
22:39You know,
22:39the thing about a caricature...
22:46is...
22:48A caricature is like
22:49a stereotype, really.
22:50You know, it's like, uh,
22:51it's not true,
22:53but it's kind of true.
22:55You know what I mean?
22:57I accept it.
22:58I think it looks great.
22:59I have more to ask you.
23:00We'll be right back
23:01with Sarah Silverman
23:02after this.
23:21Welcome back.
23:22We're here with Sarah Silverman.
23:23Uh, were you a theater kid
23:24growing up?
23:25I mean, now that you're
23:26a Broadway actor?
23:27I was.
23:27I loved musical theater.
23:29I mean, I grew up
23:30in New Hampshire.
23:31Yeah.
23:31Same hometown.
23:32Same hometown, yes.
23:34And, uh, I,
23:36but I listened to a lot
23:37of, uh, musicals.
23:39My mom did, and I did.
23:41Did you?
23:42You used to go...
23:43I used to go to New York
23:43with my family to see plays,
23:45but you would go on your own?
23:46You know,
23:47I feel like this can't be true,
23:49but it's true.
23:50This is so long before
23:53cell phones or any way
23:55to track your children.
23:57I had done...
23:58I was an apprentice
23:59in Summer Stuck,
24:00meaning, like,
24:00all these young actors
24:01in New York,
24:02they audition,
24:03and they go to different
24:04states, small towns,
24:05and do theater
24:06for the summer.
24:07And I got to, like,
24:08live with them
24:09in the cast house
24:10when I was 15,
24:11and I'd paint the stage
24:12and do, like, odd jobs
24:13and stuff.
24:14So whenever I had
24:16a present coming,
24:17like my birthday
24:18or Hanukkah,
24:20uh, they would give me...
24:22It's $100, $50 each way
24:25from Boston to New York,
24:26these little flights,
24:28the Delta.
24:28Yep.
24:29Yeah.
24:29And, um,
24:31I would go to New York City
24:32by myself,
24:34have directions,
24:35like pages and pages
24:36of directions
24:37of how to get
24:37to these kids' apartments.
24:40I mean,
24:40they were probably 21
24:41or something,
24:42and I'd stay with them,
24:44and I'd take the subway,
24:45and I remember
24:46I got to see Les Mis
24:47because my friend
24:48worked in the...
24:49who I did Summer Stuck with
24:51did the...
24:52What are these called?
24:53Playbills?
24:53Yep.
24:54And, um...
24:59The giveaway is,
25:00uh, what...
25:01Oh!
25:02Yeah, yeah.
25:05That's a good trick.
25:06Yeah.
25:07And, uh,
25:08that's why all people
25:09can go to the theater
25:10because they can just see
25:11that it's called
25:12a Playbill.
25:12Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
25:13But were your parents,
25:14like, they weren't nervous
25:15at all?
25:16They had no idea
25:17where I was.
25:17I could have been murdered.
25:19Yeah.
25:19I could have been...
25:20But somehow,
25:21I always got home intact.
25:23I remember it was
25:23New Year's Eve.
25:24I got to see Les Mis
25:25because my friend
25:26passed out the Playbill.
25:29And, uh,
25:30and I was on the subway
25:31going to where I was staying
25:32when midnight struck,
25:34and I was, like,
25:36just swooning.
25:37I mean, they say
25:37that's the best place
25:38to be when the ball drops,
25:39on the subway.
25:40You know what?
25:40There's no place
25:41I would rather be.
25:43And, uh, yeah.
25:45And, and...
25:46And I don't know
25:47what I was going to say.
25:47I have dementia.
25:49I...
25:50I mean, you know,
25:50we've talked about it
25:51in the past.
25:51We, look, we both grew up
25:52in a small town
25:53Bedford, New Hampshire.
25:54I remember seeing you
25:55on SNL.
25:56I, you know,
25:56I didn't know you,
25:57but I knew people
25:57who knew you,
25:58and I was like,
25:58well, they're not
25:59going to have two people
26:00on SNL from this
26:01small town.
26:02So then when I was
26:02on SNL,
26:04that was very cool.
26:05You had always
26:05been really nice to me.
26:06And then at the SNL 50th,
26:09the fates brought us
26:09because we sat next
26:10to each other
26:11at the SNL 50th,
26:12and I was so happy
26:13that these two people
26:14from the same town
26:16got to sit next
26:17to each other.
26:17Did you enjoy
26:18your time
26:18at the SNL 50th?
26:19Yeah, it was a kick.
26:20I mean, it's,
26:22it's so interesting
26:23how, like,
26:23I loved how Andy Samberg
26:25did that thing
26:26about just how
26:26the anxiety,
26:27it never goes away.
26:30And there's just
26:31something magic
26:32about that place
26:34that makes you feel
26:35like such
26:37Yeah.
26:37Just human
26:38And, like,
26:39the fact that you,
26:40you would rather
26:40be there than anywhere,
26:42and yet it makes you
26:43feel so
26:43No, you're just like,
26:45you question all
26:46your life choices
26:46and you get down
26:47to everything,
26:48but there's just
26:48something magical
26:49about it, too.
26:50And just,
26:51that I was there
26:51for one year,
26:52but that I get
26:53to be a part of that
26:54is so amazing
26:54and that I got
26:55to sit next to you.
26:56On the other side
26:57of me was John Levitz.
26:58Which was another
26:59dream come true for me.
27:00Another absolute
27:00dream come true.
27:01John Levitz,
27:04Paul McCartney
27:04was about to sing,
27:05and he leans over
27:06and he goes,
27:06if I can guess
27:07what song he's
27:08going to sing,
27:09will you show me
27:10a picture of your vagina?
27:12I said, absolutely.
27:15I said,
27:16absolutely deal.
27:17And he goes,
27:17okay,
27:18I think it's,
27:19um,
27:19I'm going to go
27:20with Golden Slumbers.
27:21And I was like,
27:22okay,
27:23well,
27:23wouldn't you know it?
27:24He's saying Golden Slumbers.
27:26And the best
27:27was my vantage point,
27:28I did not know
27:29this had happened.
27:30And so,
27:31Paul McCartney's that way,
27:32I'm looking that way,
27:32you're here,
27:33John's there,
27:34and Golden Slumbers
27:34starts,
27:35and he just,
27:35I watched Lovitz
27:36turn to you and go,
27:37I knew it!
27:40And he goes,
27:40that's a bet!
27:41And I'm like,
27:42what are you talking about?
27:43And you told me,
27:44and I'm like,
27:44this is the best story.
27:47We had fun.
27:48We had fun.
27:48It was a wonderful night.
27:49And now you get
27:51to do Broadway.
27:52And now I get
27:52to do Broadway.
27:54Ha, ha.
27:55Oh, wait.
27:56No, that's nice.
27:57I'm so excited.
28:00Manzoukas,
28:01Heidi,
28:01I knew Manzoukas,
28:03and I knew
28:03Craig Robinson,
28:04I know them,
28:05but Heidi Gardner,
28:05I had never really met,
28:06and she's just,
28:07I want to just hug her forever.
28:09I also want to give you
28:10a little space here
28:11before you go,
28:11that you have
28:12a celebrity endorsement
28:13you want to get behind,
28:15a new product.
28:15Can you talk to us
28:16about this?
28:17Okay, it's just a dream,
28:19but I am,
28:20I really am going
28:21to make this a reality.
28:22That's my plan.
28:24You know,
28:24a lot of actors,
28:25they have brands.
28:27They have to have
28:28a side gig,
28:28you know?
28:31I feel like
28:32you're getting ready
28:33to laugh,
28:33and it's just earnest.
28:35But they're,
28:36it's a tongue scraper.
28:39Everyone needs
28:40a tongue,
28:41how many of you
28:42have tongue scrapers?
28:44Okay, okay.
28:46It's a small percentage.
28:48Listen,
28:49oral care
28:50is so important.
28:51I'm passionate about this.
28:53This, I mean,
28:53if this is the commercial,
28:54I'm already sold.
28:55Keep going.
28:56When you scrape your tongue.
28:57I feel like
28:58a lot of the commercial
28:59is you having to keep saying,
29:00it's not a joke.
29:03My commercials
29:04is going to be like,
29:05when you scrape your tongue,
29:07you're going to realize
29:07that you're disgusting.
29:09Yeah.
29:09And you have a choice to make.
29:10Yeah.
29:11Leave it on
29:12or scrape it off.
29:14Scrape it off.
29:15Nine dollars.
29:16I don't know
29:17how I have a price point.
29:18I haven't made it yet.
29:19How many times
29:20do you scrape a day?
29:21Twice.
29:22Okay.
29:22Minimum.
29:24When you brush your teeth
29:25in the morning and night.
29:27It's harrowing.
29:27Your producer does not floss,
29:28by the way.
29:29It's harrowing.
29:30Your producer,
29:31Eric Liederman,
29:32doesn't floss.
29:35And I've never been
29:36more passionate about it.
29:37Death creeps in
29:38through the gums.
29:40Don't change the camera.
29:41Go over there.
29:42Tell them.
29:43No, tell them right there.
29:44Tell them about the death
29:44and how it comes in.
29:46Death creeps in
29:47through the gums.
29:48It's a direct line
29:49to your heart.
29:50Floss is crucial.
29:52Yeah, this is good.
29:52This is good.
29:53And you know what?
29:54It's fun.
30:00Sarah Silverman, everybody!
30:02All out.
30:04How many better
30:04and good to the plane
30:05at the Meteor Lander Theater
30:06on Broadway?
30:07We'll be right back
30:07with Mark Strong.
30:26Our next guest is an Olivier Award-winning,
30:30Tony-nominated actor you know
30:31from movies like Tinker Tailor,
30:32Soldier, Spy, Kick-Ass,
30:33The Kingsman franchise,
30:35and Cruella.
30:35He's back on Broadway
30:36starring in Oedipus,
30:37which is playing in Studio 54
30:39through February 8th.
30:40Please welcome to the show,
30:41Mark Strong, everybody!
30:57Welcome to the show, Mark Strong.
30:58How are you finally here?
30:59Well, it's very lovely
31:00to be here.
31:01And congratulations on Oedipus.
31:03I have to ask,
31:03this is a two-hour play.
31:04You're on stage
31:05almost the entirety of the show.
31:06Yep.
31:07How is that pace for you?
31:08Are you used to it at this point?
31:10You just have to drive through.
31:12You know, I get a tiny little bit
31:13in the middle
31:13where I get to go off
31:14and drink a little hot water
31:15with lemon and honey.
31:16But other than that,
31:17I'm kind of driving the show.
31:18Yeah.
31:19And you knew what you were getting into.
31:21You've done this show for a while now.
31:22You've done it on the West End as well.
31:23Yes.
31:23I do enjoy asking people,
31:25what have you found
31:27to be the difference
31:28between American audiences
31:29and British audiences?
31:30Well, this audience is fantastic.
31:32Yeah.
31:34So, American audiences,
31:35I think American audiences
31:37respond well to pandering.
31:39Yes, yes, yes.
31:40This is by far the best audience.
31:42Yeah, yeah.
31:43They tend to be more vocal.
31:45Yeah.
31:45That's the thing.
31:46In a way that you like?
31:48Yeah, it's not a problem.
31:49Yeah, yeah.
31:50Very much so.
31:50I like it very much.
31:52No, it's not a problem.
31:53It's just they often want
31:55to let you know they're there.
31:56So if there's a sort of in-joke
31:58or there's an Easter egg in there,
31:59they'll be a bit more vocal
32:00just to let you know
32:01they've got the idea.
32:02Yeah.
32:03And the strange thing
32:05is this tradition
32:06of being applauded
32:08when you come on
32:09at the beginning of the play.
32:10If they've ever seen you
32:12anywhere else.
32:13Yes, right.
32:14In a movie,
32:15in a television show
32:16and you come on stage
32:17at Broadway,
32:17there's thunderous applause.
32:18Yes, exactly.
32:19And it's lovely.
32:20I mean, I would think.
32:21It's letting you know
32:21that they know who you are,
32:23which is quite nice.
32:24But you want to come on
32:25in character,
32:25not as the actor.
32:26So it's tricky.
32:28Yeah, because I would imagine
32:29that you have to,
32:30I mean, you know,
32:31part of the respect
32:31of the actual work
32:32is you have to pause long enough
32:34to wait for the...
32:35Well, exactly.
32:36Everyone has to wait
32:36while the applause dies down
32:37and then you get on
32:38with the play.
32:39So it's odd for us,
32:40but it's not unwelcome.
32:41This is, you know,
32:42Oedipus is obviously
32:43a very famous play.
32:44I think a lot of people know,
32:45you know,
32:46one of the kind of
32:46core things that happens.
32:48But you still have audiences
32:50that are maybe surprised?
32:53Yes.
32:53I mean...
32:55I'm sure everybody knows
32:56the story
32:57that he's basically,
32:58he's murdered his father
32:59and he's sleeping
33:00with his mother
33:00and only the Greeks
33:01could write that story.
33:03No disrespect to the Greeks.
33:04No, no, of course.
33:05They're your favorite audience.
33:07Love them, love them, yeah.
33:08Not as good as this audience,
33:09but they're pretty good.
33:11So, yes, that's the story
33:13and people generally know it,
33:14but some don't.
33:15And the other day
33:16we had a very lovely lady
33:18who was sitting
33:18in about the fifth row
33:19who decided
33:20when the penny dropped with her,
33:22she just literally came out with,
33:23Oh, my God,
33:25she's his mother!
33:27Which we all heard.
33:29Yeah, yeah.
33:30That's what a funny thing
33:31to have happen
33:33in a play
33:33that has been around
33:34for so long.
33:36Yes.
33:37Like, I feel like
33:38you definitely aren't allowed
33:39to say about Oedipus,
33:40no spoilers.
33:41No, no.
33:42You know what I mean?
33:42You're like,
33:43how do you not know
33:44at this point?
33:45Well, some people don't.
33:46There's a lot of gasps
33:47and there's a lot of moments
33:48when they, you know,
33:49realize what's happening.
33:52But that is great.
33:53I mean, I think it works
33:54for people who know the story
33:55and who don't.
33:55It's also sort of,
33:57as you can tell
33:57even from the playbill,
33:59which we just learned
34:00from Sarah Silverman,
34:00but the way you're dressed,
34:03this is a modern,
34:04I mean, it's crazy to say
34:05a modern adaptation of Oedipus,
34:07but it takes place
34:07in modern times.
34:08You're a politician.
34:09It's on election night.
34:10Yep.
34:12What was your first reaction
34:13when the director
34:14sort of brought you this idea
34:15for doing an old play this way?
34:17I loved it.
34:17I thought it was a great way
34:18to tell an old story.
34:19I mean, the play's
34:20two and a half thousand years
34:20old, but to set it
34:22on election night
34:24in two hours,
34:25no interval,
34:26and it's between
34:27the polls closing
34:27and the results
34:29being announced,
34:29and it's accessible
34:31because you understand
34:32who a politician is
34:33and you have
34:34a family relationship
34:35that you can understand
34:36in the play
34:36rather than,
34:38I suppose,
34:38the original,
34:39I sometimes describe
34:40as robes and wailing.
34:41Yeah.
34:42It's nice when you know
34:43there's not going to be
34:44robes and wailing.
34:45I think that's how it is.
34:46Greek tragedy can be that.
34:47Also, another really nice
34:48sort of bit of staging device,
34:50there's a countdown clock.
34:51Yeah.
34:52You know,
34:52and it's counting down
34:53very much like
34:54when you're watching
34:54election night on television.
34:56Do you feel like the clock,
34:58is it distracting
34:58for you to have the clock
34:59or have you gotten used to it?
35:01No, I don't look
35:02at the clock at all.
35:02The clock means
35:03that when the clock reaches zero,
35:06it's meant to be
35:06the moment that the polls,
35:07you know,
35:08the election result
35:09is announced.
35:10But for the audience,
35:11it means something else.
35:12It's basically,
35:13there is a revelation
35:14going to happen
35:14at the end of that clock.
35:15And it's not actually
35:16the end of the play.
35:17It's the moment
35:17of revelation
35:18when after two hours,
35:20it's actually about
35:21an hour and 45,
35:22Oedipus realizes
35:24that life isn't
35:25exactly as he thought
35:26it was.
35:26Yeah.
35:27I would also imagine
35:28having a countdown clock
35:29on stage saves
35:31that thing where people
35:32have to check
35:32what time it is
35:33on their phone.
35:34There is that.
35:35Everybody knows
35:36exactly where they are.
35:36I worried originally
35:37when I read
35:38that there was going
35:38to be a clock
35:39because if the play
35:39had been bad,
35:40people would literally
35:41be going,
35:41oh my God,
35:43there's another hour
35:44to go, you know.
35:45But I feel,
35:45I've been at a lot
35:46of places where people
35:47try to like sneaky
35:47look at their phone
35:48and that's when
35:49they drop their phone.
35:51Yes.
35:51Yeah, when they
35:51want to check time
35:52and then you all of a sudden
35:53see like a blast of light
35:54and then like
35:57phones have become
35:58such a big part
35:59of life
36:00that they're not
36:00absent in the theater
36:01and in Studio 54
36:03the floor is wooden.
36:04Yeah.
36:04Oh, so you hear it.
36:05Well, it's not that
36:06people are checking
36:07their phones particularly.
36:08It's that I think
36:08they put them on the seat
36:10maybe by their legs
36:11and there's clunking
36:12throughout the play
36:13as people shift
36:13and suddenly the phone
36:15falls out on the floor.
36:16You can hear that
36:17coming from all
36:17over the auditorium.
36:18Oh, well,
36:19that's nice for you.
36:20Yeah.
36:20Yeah, yeah.
36:21We're used to it.
36:22I have to ask,
36:23I meant what I said.
36:24I've been a big fan
36:25of yours for a long time.
36:26So Tinker Tailor,
36:27Soldier Spy
36:28is a book I love.
36:28I love the original
36:29miniseries so much
36:30that when I heard
36:31it was going to be a film,
36:32I had my doubts
36:33and it's one of my favorite.
36:34You played Jim Prito.
36:35He's a fantastic character.
36:36Yeah.
36:37Were you,
36:37did you know
36:38the Alec Guinness
36:40miniseries as well?
36:41I did.
36:41I'd seen it
36:43as a schoolboy
36:43with John Le Carre.
36:44Yeah.
36:44But the amazing thing
36:45about this was
36:45it was directed
36:46by a Swede,
36:47Thomas Alfredson.
36:47And I think bringing
36:48that non-British angle
36:50on the film
36:51made it ultimately
36:52incredibly British,
36:53ironically.
36:54I remember Gary Oldman
36:55and I once,
36:55we were doing a scene
36:57and Thomas was trying
36:58to explain to us
36:59how he wanted it to feel
37:01and he said to us,
37:03he was full of little
37:04sort of phrases like this,
37:05he said,
37:05I want it to smell
37:06like damp tweed.
37:10Gary and I
37:10looked at each other
37:11and went,
37:11I sort of know
37:12what he means.
37:13Yeah.
37:14You know?
37:15I also,
37:16years ago,
37:16was reading a list
37:17of the best
37:18British television shows
37:19of all time
37:19because I love
37:20a good British
37:21miniseries
37:21and number one
37:22on the list
37:22was,
37:22is our friends
37:23from the north
37:24or?
37:25Our friends
37:25in the north.
37:25In the north.
37:26Yeah.
37:26And this was
37:27a very young,
37:28very young you,
37:29very young Daniel Craig.
37:30Yes.
37:31To speak to how
37:32young it is,
37:33a completely different
37:35hairstyle here,
37:36Mark.
37:38Yes.
37:39Yeah.
37:44There we are,
37:46smoldering away,
37:48not in our own hair.
37:49Yeah.
37:50Oh, this is not
37:51your own hair.
37:51No, neither of those
37:52are both wigs.
37:53Okay, gotcha.
37:53Both wigs at the time.
37:56You knew Daniel
37:56for a long time then.
37:57Was this where,
37:58did you first meet here?
37:59Yeah, we met on that job
38:00and we became really good friends
38:01and we lived together
38:01for a while.
38:02That's fantastic.
38:03And was there,
38:03is it true that there
38:04was a moment where you
38:05were maybe going
38:05to be a Bond villain?
38:07Yeah.
38:07Yeah, no, I was up
38:08for a Bond villain
38:09and I went for the audition.
38:10Trouble is,
38:10I'd been out with Daniel
38:11the night before
38:13and I was a bit
38:14the worst for wear
38:15and I blew the audition
38:16basically.
38:17Yeah.
38:17Well, that seems,
38:18that's very unfair
38:19because they weren't
38:19going to recast James Bond.
38:21He should have been
38:21nicer to you
38:22when you were out there.
38:23This was before,
38:23way before he was
38:24James Bond.
38:24Yeah, this was
38:25a Pierce Brosnan era movie.
38:27Oh, so not only
38:28did he screw you over then
38:29by keeping you out too late,
38:31I mean, it's a classic
38:32James Bond move,
38:33really, when you look at it.
38:34Well, that's true.
38:35Yeah, yeah.
38:35Have you gone back?
38:36Have you re-watched this?
38:37Do you ever go back
38:37and watch stuff like this?
38:38I know people who have
38:39and say it really stands up.
38:41It's really great.
38:42Yeah, it's a lot.
38:43I think 80% of the budget
38:44of that particular TV channel
38:45was given to that show
38:47at the time
38:47and everybody thought
38:48it was a massive risk
38:49but it's really
38:49a state of the nation piece
38:50about the UK
38:52and it worked
38:53really well over there.
38:54Yeah, it kind of goes
38:55from like the 60s
38:55to like sort of the 90s
38:57and for somebody
38:57who grew up here,
38:58there was a lot
38:59I was unfamiliar with
39:00so I really enjoyed
39:01watching it.
39:02Thanks.
39:02Thanks for being here.
39:03Yeah.
39:03Congrats on the show.
39:04Such a pleasure.
39:05Oh, my pleasure.
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