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00:00MILES O' Secretary of State Marco Rubio is making music news.
00:05First, he stepped behind the booth at a family wedding, adding wedding DJ to his ever-growing
00:10list of jobs.
00:11Then, at a White House press briefing, he quoted two early-'90s rap songs to describe
00:18Iran.
00:18They should check themselves before they wreck themselves.
00:20MILES O' And another one by Cypress Hill.
00:23They're insane in the brain.
00:24MILES O' Lil Marco here, got a lot on my plates, advisor, DJ, and Secco State, must
00:33pre-game for my press campaign, while I'm spinning Despacito to a Conga train.
00:38Damn, got more gigs than a MacBook Pro, are we done with Iran?
00:42I don't know.
00:43And our polls are sinking, I'm thinking, should I be secretary or start drinking?
00:48Oh, making my mind slow, why am I running the whole show?
00:52All these jobs I can't maintain, cause frankly, little Marco is going insane.
00:57Insane in the membrane.
00:59Insane in the membrane.
01:02Insane in the membrane.
01:04Drinking water with shame.
01:07Insane in the membrane.
01:09My boss is lame, got no brain.
01:11It's the Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
01:16Tonight, Shipwationship and Mother's Day First Drafts with Stephen and Evie.
01:25Hi, Stephen Lothams, Sally Field, and musical guest Chris Stapleton.
01:34Featuring Louis Cato and the great big joy machine.
01:39And now, live on tape from the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City, it's Stephen Colbert.
02:01Thank you very much, everybody, ladies and gentlemen, welcome one and all to The Late Show.
02:08I'm your host, Stephen Colbert.
02:10I want to start off tonight.
02:14First of all, happy 6-0 to Mayo, to all who celebrate.
02:20We all may have something to celebrate soon, because according to White House officials,
02:24the U.S. and Iran are closing in on an end to the war.
02:30Well, all right.
02:33There you have it.
02:34At last, an end of the conflict.
02:35And to commemorate it, I will now release the ceremonial dove of peace.
02:39Thank you very much.
03:00There it goes.
03:11Send us a postcard from Tehran.
03:15It's all because, reportedly, Trump is ready to sign a one-page memorandum of understanding
03:20that sets a framework for a more detailed nuclear negotiations later.
03:25So it's a single sheet of paper, which is a letter of intent to eventually outline the idea
03:31of what you might agree to some other time.
03:37Mr. President, does this mean you have a peace plan?
03:40I have concepts of a plan.
03:43Okay, that's close enough.
03:45That's something.
03:46It's something.
03:47It's something.
03:52The bullet points of this single sheeter include a moratorium on nuclear enrichment
03:58for the Iranians, the U.S. lifting of its sanctions, and both sides lifting restrictions
04:02around transit through the Strait of Hormuz.
04:05So, exactly what was happening before.
04:11I think I think I might have a case of Deja Hormuz.
04:16Yeah, I failed.
04:18Hey.
04:21Just like this one.
04:23Oh, I see.
04:24Yes.
04:25More shit.
04:26Hey!
04:28I'm going through a lot right now.
04:32Me too.
04:32Yeah, me too, fella.
04:34So that's it.
04:36War over, except we don't really know who's calling the shots in Iran right now, and some
04:41of the Iranian officials aren't exactly on board with this.
04:44In fact, one Iranian spokesperson called it an American wish list and not a reality,
04:49adding, Americans will not gain in a lost war what they failed to achieve in face-to-face
04:54negotiations.
04:55Okay, give me the bird back.
04:57Give me the bird back.
04:58And I'll take the box.
04:59Give me the box, too.
05:00Thank you very much.
05:01Thank you very much.
05:02There you go.
05:08Now, this war with Iran...
05:09Is he okay?
05:11Is he okay?
05:13He's fine.
05:15This war with Iran, called Operation Epic Fury, is...
05:19It's confusing.
05:20Yesterday, secretary of all that and a bag of chips, Marco Rubio, was...
05:26He was guest hosting, and this is true, he was guest hosting Carolyn Levitt's daily press
05:31briefing while she's on maternity leave, so there's another job.
05:34And he explained to the press why this war doesn't need congressional approval.
05:40The operation is over.
05:41Epic Fury is...
05:42The president notified Congress, we're done with that stage of it.
05:45Fly!
05:46You're free again!
06:05There you go.
06:06Epic Fury is over.
06:08Next came something called Project Freedom that they launched, and you'll recall that Project
06:13Freedom was the operation Trump launched to guide ships through the Strait of Hormuz.
06:17Well, last night, Trump halted that military operation in the Strait of Hormuz after one
06:21day.
06:22No surprise there.
06:23The president's just living up to the Trump family motto,
06:26When the going gets tough, bye, bitch!
06:30Point is...
06:32Bye!
06:45Hey, uh, you guys like stupid things that infuriate you?
06:51Well, take a long toke off this.
06:55Senate Republicans are now seeking $1 billion from taxpayers to pay for Trump's ballroom.
07:02Okay, okay, okay, okay.
07:03I know it's hard to wrap your head around a billion dollars, okay?
07:06Let me put that in layman's terms.
07:08That is bull because from the start...
07:16I got a little something.
07:17I got a little something.
07:21Because from the whole start of this thing, Trump has had one unwavering promise about
07:26his ballroom.
07:27We're building one of the greatest ballrooms in the world.
07:29By the way, zero money spent by the government.
07:32Zero.
07:33We have no taxpayer putting up 10 cents.
07:35It's all donors.
07:37There's not one dime of government money going into the ballroom.
07:41It's all donations.
07:44Rich people and people are putting up the money.
07:47Zero taxpayer dollars.
07:48Is that right, Scott?
07:49Zero taxpayer dollars.
07:51No taxpayer money.
07:52I want to put that.
07:53Zero.
07:54We did this, uh, no charge to the taxpayer whatsoever.
07:57This was all donations made by friends of mine and people that, uh, that love our country.
08:04How ironic.
08:06To lie that blatantly takes a lot of balls.
08:10And he still hasn't built the room to store them.
08:14It's not, it's not just ballrooms.
08:17Just the first.
08:19Hello?
08:20Hello?
08:21Hello?
08:22Hello?
08:23Is this on?
08:24Hello?
08:26Hello?
08:31It's not just ballrooms.
08:33Yesterday, Trump gave some attention to his latest renovation resurfacing the bottom of the
08:38Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which he is painting a deep blue.
08:43Here's an artist's rendering of what it'll look like.
08:46Looks good.
08:47And it stays that color for up to 2,000 flushes.
08:52Trump, he loves it.
08:54He's very, he's very excited about this and he waxed poetic about the project.
08:58If you go down, if you'd like to see them doing it, on your way back home, take a trip
09:03down to the Reflecting Pond,
09:05or they call it the Reflecting Pool, some people call it the Reflecting Lake,
09:09but the word reflecting is always a part of it.
09:12The word reflecting, folks, the word reflecting is always a part of it.
09:15They call it a pool, a lake, and a pond.
09:19Some call it the Freedom Puddle.
09:20Others, the Waiting Lake of Justice.
09:24And some, and some, the Forrest Gump Jenny Splash Zone.
09:30It's a great place.
09:31It's the perfect place.
09:33Speaking of which, what a great guy.
09:35American hero.
09:37New Dick Cavett.
09:38A great place for the learning disabled to fall in love with someone who later tragically contracts AIDS from a
09:45box of chocolates.
09:46It's been a while since I've seen the movie.
09:49I'm pretty sure that's what his mama always said.
09:51You never know what you're gonna get from a box of chocolates.
09:54Sometimes it's nougat.
09:58Sometimes it's caramel.
10:02Sometimes it's AIDS.
10:05It's a great movie.
10:08There's news about.
10:10Whoa.
10:12Wow.
10:27There's news.
10:28There's news.
10:31There's news about health secretary and oven baked red snapper where they leave the eyes in.
10:38RFK Jr.
10:39Recently, we learned that Bobby Jr. is changing FDA rules to clear a path for minors to use tanning beds.
10:47Well, I mean, that comes as no surprise from someone who looks so hickory-smoked.
10:52But you know the old adage, hurt people hurt people.
10:57And tan people tan people.
11:02Here's the story.
11:04It's a long time coming.
11:06But I know.
11:08I knew.
11:09I knew.
11:09I knew.
11:10I knew it was gonna come.
11:11Here's the story.
11:12Bobby recently nixed an FDA rule that would have banned minors from using devices like indoor tanning lamps
11:17and require tanners to sign a form acknowledging the risk of cancer, early skin aging, and other health effects.
11:24Instead, under Bobby's rules, you'll get a form that asks you to choose Honey Barbecue, Teriyaki, or Sean Penn.
11:32Elsewhere, great actor.
11:34What an amazing actor.
11:37One battle after the two, one battle.
11:39Unbelievable.
11:40Elsewhere in the Food and Drug Administration yesterday?
11:43Yesterday, for the first time, the FDA authorized fruit-flavored vapes for adults.
11:49This is fantastic news for your sister's boyfriend.
11:55The newly approved flavors include menthol, mango, and blueberry.
12:00That's gonna lead to some awkward checkups eventually.
12:03Uh, Mr. Johnson, we had the tumor biopsied.
12:07I'm afraid...
12:08I'm afraid it's oops-all berries.
12:15This is a big shift.
12:16No.
12:18No.
12:19I'm sorry.
12:22I reject your praise.
12:24This is not easy for me.
12:26This is a big shift because up till now, the FDA has rejected more than one million fruit candy dessert
12:32-flavored products
12:33over public health fears that those flavors are potentially appealing to children.
12:37What if they are?
12:39Those kids need something to take the edge off after a couple hours in the tanning booth.
12:45Also, that was just more...
12:47I think those regulations were just more nanny-state over-regulation.
12:52Candy-flavored vapes are clearly targeted at adults.
12:55That's why I'm proud to announce the official vape of The Late Show, Paw Patrol Razzleberry Vape Pack for grown
13:02-ups.
13:03We changed the packaging.
13:06Yeah.
13:07We changed the packaging.
13:08We've got to give you credit for that.
13:11You know what I mean?
13:11TanKids.
13:13TanKids Huff and Huckleberry menthol death sticks is just part of Trump's overall health agenda.
13:20Yesterday, the FDA blocked publication of research finding COVID and shingle vaccines were safe.
13:26Here's what's so crazy.
13:28If they had just let the articles be published, no one would have read them.
13:33Why?
13:39Just don't talk about it and no one would know.
13:41I mean, why would they do this?
13:44They're insane in the brain.
13:46Okay, there you go.
13:47Thank you, doctor.
13:48Here's a compromise, Maha.
13:50If you let us have our vaccines, we promise to vape them.
13:55Okay?
13:56They can come...
13:57They can...
14:03They can come in fun flavors like cotton candy COVID, mango MMR, and HP Vina Colada.
14:12We've got a great show for you tonight.
14:14My guest is Sally Field.
14:16And when we come back, Evie and I have some first drafts.
14:21One more time.
14:49Friends and neighbors, give it up for Lewis Cato and the Great Big Joy Machine right up there.
14:56Folks, Mother's Day is this Sunday.
14:58It's the day we celebrate all moms, grandmas, and yes, even stepmoms.
15:03She's nice, she makes Dad happy, and hey, she was in your chemistry class.
15:11And Mother's Day means Mother's Day cards, and I'd like to show you some in my segment,
15:17First Drafts.
15:20No, no, stupid!
15:23Ow.
15:24Of course, it wouldn't be Mother's Day without the world's best mom, my wife Evie.
15:28Come on out!
15:34Wow.
15:35Hi.
15:36Wow.
15:38Wow.
15:38Hello.
15:42Wow, ladies.
15:44Unbelievable.
15:46Hi.
15:47Hi.
15:48Sit, sit, sit.
15:49All right.
15:50Sit, sit, sit.
15:54That's nice.
15:56Wow.
15:57You know what?
15:58In honor of both that dress and Mother's Day, I just want to say haichi mama.
16:04You look amazing.
16:05This is like Mother's Day extra.
16:06This is Mother's Day extra.
16:07You know, a little sparkly.
16:09Mother's Day, I know what you love on Mother's Day.
16:11What did you always get on Mother's Day when we had kids around?
16:15Scones or biscuits or something like that?
16:16Scones.
16:16We bring up scones for you.
16:17We would make scones for you.
16:19And a cup of coffee.
16:20Oh, yeah.
16:21And the New York Times.
16:22All right, I'll see you later.
16:23Yes.
16:25There you go.
16:26Yeah, hold that up.
16:27That's proof of life.
16:29All right.
16:31Listen, honey, this is very special.
16:33This is First Drafts, but it's the final draft of First Drafts.
16:36All right, fine.
16:36This is the last of the First Drafts that we're going to do.
16:38It's been fun.
16:39I have had a very good time.
16:41It has been such a blast.
16:42Thank you so much for doing this.
16:44Six years of doing this.
16:45What a nice discovery.
16:46It's been really fun.
16:47A lot of nice outfits, too.
16:49Really, really fun.
16:50Well, darling, let's do the thing.
16:52You know how this works.
16:53Oh, boy.
16:54I'll show the audience a lovely Mother's Day card that you might find in a store.
16:58And then I'll show them the not-so-great first draft of that same card.
17:01And if you could hand me the cards in the proper order.
17:04They're so sweet to act like they need to know.
17:05They may not understand.
17:07This might be, you know, English is their second language or something.
17:11Okay, here's a sweet card.
17:13There's no bond like the one between mother and child.
17:17I'll always be close to you, Mom.
17:19Happy Mother's Day.
17:20Aw.
17:21That's lovely.
17:22But the first draft said, there's no bond like the one between mother and child.
17:27Except for Flex Seal.
17:28That guy made a whole boat out of it.
17:31I'd love some.
17:33You'd love some Flex Seal?
17:34For Father's Day.
17:34For Father's Day.
17:35How about a Flex Seal?
17:36What is Flex Seal?
17:39What is Flex Seal?
17:40You don't know what Flex Seal is?
17:41No.
17:41You know how everybody's got giant tanks of water, clear tanks of water in their house,
17:46and water's pouring out of it?
17:47You can just take a piece of it and go, whack, and you get rid of it.
17:50Okay, okay.
17:51I think this is a good time.
17:52What?
17:52For me to bring up some.
17:53For what?
17:54I think we need, so it's been, you know, 21 years.
17:58That I've been doing a late night show, yeah?
17:59And you've been obsessed with your job.
18:02Obsessed?
18:02We're gonna have a lot of time, and I think we need to establish some ground rules.
18:10I actually think...
18:10Well, like what?
18:11Well, I think you need...
18:12Keep in mind, I have an editor.
18:16What is the ground rule?
18:17Okay, so first of all, I think we need to reacquaint you with social interaction with people in the real
18:22world.
18:22Like what?
18:23I talk to people.
18:24Well, that's kind of the problem.
18:26Not everybody wants to talk about song lyrics when you run in to get a bottle of wine.
18:30Like, you know, you might just get a little...
18:33Did the girl at the wine store talk to you about this?
18:34Well, I mean...
18:36Because...
18:36Okay, I've got a ground rule, too.
18:38Okay, what is it?
18:39I'm not gonna have, like, 200 people to listen to my stories.
18:42Well, this is what I'm afraid of.
18:43You have to pretend like you don't know my stories.
18:45Oh, God.
18:46Oh, God.
18:47Yeah.
18:48But 34 years of hearing your stories, I just...
18:50I mean, okay.
18:54Did everybody tell you how I got deaf in one ear?
18:56Yes.
18:56Can I have that, please?
18:58Do you want to hear my favorite poem?
18:59Give me the next thing.
19:00No, that's another thing.
19:02What?
19:02You can't just recite poetry to strangers.
19:04I just don't think they're gonna love that.
19:06You have to...
19:06You know, they're not like your staff who go,
19:08thank you, that's beautiful.
19:12But age cannot wither nor custom stale my infinite variety.
19:16Give me that.
19:18Oh, it's gonna be a rocky summer.
19:19It's gonna be a rough summer.
19:20It really is.
19:22Okay.
19:23Here's a cute one.
19:24To the best mom ever, I love you very much.
19:28Sweet.
19:28That is really nice.
19:29Very sweet.
19:30But the first draft said, to the best mom ever, I dropped acid.
19:33Is the strawberry still watching?
19:37Don't do it, kids.
19:39That's not good.
19:40Don't do it, kids.
19:41Or don't tell your mother if you do it, for sure.
19:44Yeah.
19:44What do you want for Mother's Day?
19:46Nothing.
19:47We're just gonna go to have brunch with our kids.
19:48That's wonderful.
19:49So no presents.
19:50You don't need presents.
19:51You don't need presents.
19:52No, thank you.
19:52Tell the people what your dad used to say about Mother's Day presents.
19:54He said, I'm...
19:55What did he say?
19:56You said, why don't you get mom something?
19:58And he said, she's not my mother.
19:59Yeah.
20:00Which is true.
20:01I'm not your mother.
20:02You're not, but if I didn't get you anything, how would you feel?
20:05Well, I've gotten used to it now.
20:06Okay, give me that.
20:09She means she's used to the presents, my friends.
20:13Signaling ships.
20:14Okay.
20:18Do you want to tell them the signaling ship story?
20:20No, you tell them.
20:21That's your favorite story.
20:21My favorite story.
20:22I know this story as we...
20:23So, it's Don Rickles, actually.
20:25I was nominated for best host one year up against Don Rickles.
20:29Don won.
20:30God bless him.
20:31And so, Don gets up there and starts talking about his wife.
20:34So, they've been married for like 60 years at that point.
20:37And Don gets up there and talks about his wife who had been the secretary, the assistant
20:42to the manager he wanted.
20:44Like that.
20:45And he couldn't get in with the guy.
20:46So, he would call every day and just do schtick to her.
20:50And his schtick, of course, was always kind of like a busic and, you know.
20:53Busic?
20:54Well, like Rickles was very tough.
20:56His jokes were very, like, tough.
20:58And she said to him, no one wants to hear a smart aleck.
21:04That's what she said to him.
21:06And he goes, of course, now she's sitting on the beach in Malibu signaling ships, meaning
21:10all the jewelry that she wears leave over her.
21:13And we were at the Emmys that night and you had something nice on.
21:16You lifted up and you went, there you go.
21:19Because when we met, no one wanted to talk to this smart aleck.
21:23What smart aleck?
21:24This one.
21:25What do you mean?
21:26I made $8,000 a year when you met me.
21:29But people still wanted to talk to you.
21:31What?
21:31People just didn't want to pay you.
21:36They did.
21:43I'll talk to you.
21:44I'll talk to you for free.
21:46It's called Full Circle.
21:54Oh.
21:55Oh, you know.
21:56Oh, my goodness.
21:57Oh, well.
21:58Now, you're hosting the next one.
21:59All right.
22:01Here's a card that says, the greatest feeling in the world is a hug from your mom.
22:05Happy Mother's Day.
22:06That is the damn truth right there.
22:08But the first draft said, the greatest feeling in the world is the first time you try crack.
22:12Just being honest.
22:15Don't do it, kids.
22:17Don't.
22:17Crack is whack.
22:18Last one, baby.
22:19This is the last card.
22:22Don't mix up which one's which, please.
22:24Did you just give me this?
22:26Give it to me.
22:27Give it to me.
22:28No, I control it now.
22:28You control it?
22:29You have to make sure you're giving me the straight one, the bad one.
22:31I got the good one here.
22:33The good one first.
22:33Okay, and that's the bad one?
22:34I got the bad one.
22:34Okay, great.
22:36Well, this is.
22:37This is the last first draft.
22:38I just want to say thank you.
22:39It's been fun.
22:40Thank you for letting me be a part of this.
22:41Oh.
22:45All right.
22:47And I also want to say.
22:48What?
22:49What?
22:49I also want to say you have the most incredibly wonderful staff.
22:53They're so nice to me.
22:54I love them.
22:56Yep.
22:56Very good, baby.
22:57Very good.
22:57All right.
22:58Here's a fun one.
23:00It says, mom, chauffeur, tutor, nurse, therapist, cheerleader, short order cook, administrator,
23:10accountant.
23:11Being a mom is a big job.
23:14Thank you for all you do.
23:15Oh, God.
23:16That makes me cry.
23:17That's a great one.
23:18That's beautiful.
23:18But the first draft said, mom, chauffeur, tutor, nurse, therapist, cheerleader, short order
23:26cook, administrator, accountant.
23:28Just tell me which one is my dad.
23:33Abby McGee, everybody.
23:35Happy Mother's Day, darling.
23:37We only was a bird, Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, Oh, oh.
24:04I hope you get your juice.
24:06Just go back and get your hair done.
24:13Hey, everybody.
24:14Welcome back.
24:15Thank you, friends.
24:21Ladies and gentlemen, my guest tonight
24:23is a legendary Oscar and Emmy Award winning actor
24:26you know from Forrest Gump, Steel Magnolias,
24:28Mrs. Doubtfire, and so much more.
24:31She now stars in Remarkably Bright Creatures.
24:34You can't just read people's text messages.
24:37Is that Avery from the paddleboard shop?
24:40Yes, yeah.
24:41Are the two of you dating?
24:43No, no.
24:44We're just, we're texting.
24:45I mean, barely.
24:46I'm just playing it cool.
24:49Whatever that means.
24:50How do you want me to respond?
24:52I don't want you to respond.
24:53I'm going to text her tomorrow.
24:54Put the phone down.
24:56What?
24:56If you have any hope of ever dating someone like Avery,
25:00you have to take her seriously.
25:01I do take her seriously.
25:03It's called flirting.
25:04I'm flirting.
25:04Flirting?
25:04What is flirting?
25:05It's flirting as nothing.
25:06It's words and eyes and everything that matters
25:10takes time and effort.
25:15Okay.
25:16Okay.
25:18What is that?
25:19What?
25:20What is that?
25:20What?
25:21You're calling her.
25:23No, I'm not.
25:24You're...
25:25Tova, hang up the phone right now.
25:26I didn't call her.
25:27Yes, you're calling her right now.
25:28I did not.
25:29Tova.
25:30No, no.
25:31Hello.
25:31Hello, Avery.
25:33Yes, did I call you or did you call me?
25:36Please welcome back to The Late Show, Sally Field.
25:39Hey, take a load off Sally.
25:44Take a load off Sally.
25:47Take a load off Sally.
25:51Yeah, take a load off Sally.
25:53Yeah, yeah, yeah.
25:55Put the load out on me.
26:18Thank you for being here.
26:21Look what you're taking, my glasses.
26:29Sally Field.
26:30Yeah.
26:31So wonderful to see you again.
26:32So good to see you again.
26:34Since the last time I saw you.
26:35Yeah.
26:36You, uh, you received the SAG Lifetime Achievement Award.
26:40Oh, yeah.
26:41Yeah.
26:42You said something.
26:44You said something that struck me when I read it.
26:47You said in the speech, quote, acting to me is about finding those precious moments when
26:52I feel totally, utterly, sometimes dangerously alive.
26:56Uh-huh.
26:56I love that idea.
26:58Can you tell me about a time early on when you were hooked by that feeling about being
27:05dangerously alive?
27:08Well, yeah, um, I was born in 1946, just to name names here.
27:13Okay.
27:14And, um, so I was raised in the 50s and little girls in the 50s weren't allowed to feel anything
27:19or do it.
27:20They just sit and be like this, you know, and you couldn't, you know, you'd have to sit
27:24with your legs like this and you'd be really nice and good.
27:26Except I wasn't like that inside.
27:28I wasn't like that inside at all.
27:31I was filled with all sorts of things that were not acceptable whatsoever.
27:35And then I found the stage when I was 12 in the seventh grade.
27:39And I, it was a scene.
27:41I wasn't right for the scene, but I did it for the first time.
27:44I could finally hear my own voice.
27:47I could hear my own voice and I could be all the things I really was.
27:51I could be mean.
27:52I could be angry.
27:53I could do really awful things to people.
27:58This sounds like the origin story of a serial killer or a great actress or a fine line.
28:05If I hadn't found the stage, that might have been me.
28:09It reminds me of this great quote.
28:10I think it's from, I think it's from Carl Wallenda, which is, to be on the wire is life.
28:15All else is waiting.
28:16Oh, how great.
28:18How great.
28:18How great.
28:19Yeah.
28:20Yeah.
28:20Yeah.
28:20Or leap after leap in the dark.
28:22Right.
28:22Right.
28:22Yeah.
28:23So let's talk about some of these leap.
28:24You also describe screenplays sometimes.
28:27You've read screenplays in your past.
28:28Yes, a few.
28:28So good that my hands shook the first time I read them.
28:32Yeah.
28:33What made your hands shake?
28:34Give me some examples.
28:36Wow.
28:36Gosh.
28:37Well, first one that my hands shook was Sybil, first time I read Sybil.
28:42I mean, I mean, I'm like, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
28:44And is it like, oh, this is so good, this dialogue is so good, or oh, look at the challenge
28:48that
28:49I have ahead of me.
28:50It was that I didn't have it yet.
28:52Oh.
28:52And damn, I was going to get it.
28:56Wow.
28:57Yeah.
28:57And so it was just the magnitude of this craft that I had in my hands.
29:04I was going to get this or die trying.
29:07And luckily, I got it and got to keep going.
29:11Otherwise, who knows?
29:15Speaking of your great filmography, here you are with Robin Williams, Mrs. Doubtfire.
29:24Was he always cracking people up on set?
29:27Yeah, he was.
29:28Everybody would laugh.
29:30Everybody would, like, break in a scene?
29:31Yeah, but me.
29:34It drove him mad, actually, because I would never laugh, ever.
29:40And everybody else was laughing, and Karen and I would be...
29:43You were too professional for that.
29:44I would...
29:44It wasn't funny.
29:49I would just...
29:50It just wasn't funny.
29:52You stand your ground.
29:53And then once, we were at the tail end of the picture, Robin was always trying something
29:58different to make me laugh.
29:59It was so unfunny, I can't begin to tell you.
30:01And then Pierce, wonderful Pierce Brosnan, who was sitting at the table at the restaurant,
30:08and he made a fart noise on his arm, and I was gone.
30:12That was it.
30:13That was it.
30:14How did Robin take that?
30:15He said, that's all it took?
30:21I mean, I had to leave for a minute.
30:23I laughed so hard, they had to redo my makeup.
30:26Wow.
30:27Wow.
30:28I love it.
30:28Yeah.
30:29We have to take a quick break, Sally.
30:31Okay.
30:31But don't go anywhere.
30:32We'll be right back with more Sally Field, everybody.
30:41Hey, you know who that is, everybody?
30:43That right there.
30:44What's up, lady?
30:46That's Gidget.
30:48That's Sally Field.
30:49It is.
30:50It is.
30:52Now, you won your first Oscar in 1980 Norma Rae.
30:571980.
30:581980.
30:591980.
30:591980.
31:00Okay.
31:00And that's about a mill worker who organizes the other factory workers.
31:04Of course I have.
31:05I'm telling you that.
31:05I can send it to you.
31:06I'm reminding everybody.
31:07Yeah.
31:08Union.
31:08Union.
31:09Yes, that's it.
31:10That's it.
31:10It's actually relevant to today.
31:13It is.
31:14Standing up.
31:14You know?
31:14Did that movie, like, awakening you some sort of, I know the activism is still engaging
31:20today.
31:21Stand up.
31:21Yeah.
31:22Be heard.
31:23Yeah.
31:23Whatever it takes.
31:24Get out on the streets.
31:25Be heard.
31:26It's the first of many.
31:27You know?
31:28Right.
31:28Be heard of it.
31:30The freedom of speech.
31:32The freedom of the press.
31:34Yeah.
31:35Freedom to practice religion or freedom thereof from it.
31:38Yeah.
31:38Or peacefully assemble without fear of persecution or prosecution or retribution.
31:43Part of all those things.
31:46We first, uh, many people first got to know you.
31:51Uh, oh, my God.
31:53Gidget.
31:54Okay.
31:56Now, forgive me.
31:58Yeah.
31:59This is my Sally Field blind spot.
32:01What?
32:01I've never seen Gidget.
32:03What?
32:03But I know all about Gidget.
32:05I've seen the photos.
32:06A doorbell is what you were.
32:08What?
32:08Tell me who Gidget was.
32:10Oh, for goodness sakes.
32:12What did she do?
32:13What planet have you been on?
32:14Did she fight crime?
32:15What did Gidget do?
32:16Yes.
32:16She was a crime fighter.
32:18Yes?
32:18Well, in a way, she was kind of a tomboy, because all the other girls were like,
32:22va-va-boom, tall, and she just wasn't.
32:25Yes.
32:25So she learned to surf with the boys, because they let her in.
32:28Did you have to learn to surf?
32:30Um, in a way, yes.
32:32I had to go out all the time with this kind of semi-cute guy.
32:35He's probably still alive, and I don't want to say he was just semi-cute.
32:38He was just gorgeous.
32:41It's all right.
32:42You can say his name.
32:42Kurt Russell.
32:45Oh, that it were.
32:46That would have been fine.
32:47Oh, yeah.
32:47Now, you're now starring in the new film, Remarkably Bright Creatures.
32:51I am, yep.
32:52Based on the best-selling book, what was it like to work alongside your co-star?
32:56Here we go.
32:57Your co-star is Marcellus the Octopus.
33:01Yep.
33:01Right there.
33:02Yep.
33:02Tell me about your relationship with...
33:08Honestly, I think Marcellus was one of the best leading men I have ever worked with.
33:14Yep.
33:15Yep.
33:16Truly.
33:17Truly, truly.
33:18He was there sometimes.
33:20But lots of them.
33:22What?
33:22Lots of them I worked with were only there periodically, even though they were there all the time.
33:27Yes.
33:28Yeah.
33:28And he was, you know, it's a great, it's a lovely, lovely story.
33:34Something we need right now about healing and love and family and our profound connection to creatures.
33:43Humans have a profound connection to creatures.
33:47You have a profound connection to a creature.
33:49Tell me about this creature right here.
33:51Oh, God.
33:51Who is this fellow?
33:52I didn't know you would do that.
33:53Yeah.
33:54Who's that?
33:55Okay.
33:57So, in 2019, I had been just working a lot.
34:00I wanted to go home.
34:01I wanted to go home.
34:02I wanted to go home.
34:02Something I guess you'll be doing a lot of.
34:05Sorry.
34:05I just had a second.
34:07Yeah.
34:08Evie's really worried.
34:09I know.
34:09But you know what?
34:10I could come over.
34:10I'll do anything.
34:11I'll wash your car.
34:12Just give me a call.
34:13I'll be there.
34:14Will you listen to my stories and pretend you haven't heard them before?
34:16I will.
34:17I will.
34:18I promise I will.
34:19Great.
34:20Anyway, so I wanted to go.
34:22And I was still not at home.
34:24I was at D.C. where I had to do some events and things.
34:27And I just went online and found this lady who breathes these little puppies.
34:33So, two months later, because he was a little newborn baby then, two months later, I drove out to Bakersfield
34:39and got this little...
34:41He was eight weeks old.
34:42He weighed six pounds and drove them home.
34:46And three weeks later, we were in shutdown with the COVID.
34:50Oh.
34:50Yeah.
34:51So, it was...
34:52That's bonding time.
34:52Yeah, that's bonding time.
34:54So, it was just he and I for months and months.
34:57My grandkids would drive by and wave, hi, Grammy!
35:00Because nobody...
35:01I was older.
35:02Nobody could come in or get near me except him.
35:05And that's bonding.
35:06And I've never had a real connection with a creature.
35:10Not on purpose.
35:10Tell me again, what's his name?
35:12His name is Dashiell Hammett.
35:14He's a crime fighter.
35:17I did you.
35:18Yeah.
35:24Sally.
35:25Yeah.
35:25How delightful to see you again.
35:27Thank you so much for being here.
35:28Absolutely.
35:29I've so enjoyed talking to you over the years.
35:32More to come.
35:33More to come.
35:34Wherever you go, I will follow.
35:35I'll follow you, too.
35:37Remarkably Bright Creatures is on Netflix this Friday.
35:40It's Sally Field, everybody.
35:42We'll be right back with a performance by Chris Stapleton.
35:50And now, performing Willie Nelson's Living in the Promised Land
35:53with Mickey Raphael.
35:56Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Stapleton.
36:02Give it to the
36:03And we will make them strong Bring us your foreign songs
36:12And we will sing along Leave us your broken dreams
36:20Give them time to mend Set a lot of love
36:26Living in the promised land
36:30Living in the promised land
36:33Our dreams are made of steam
36:36The prayer of every man
36:40It's to know how freedom feels
36:43There is a winding road
36:49Across the shifting sand
36:52Room for everyone
36:56Living in the promised land
37:00So they came from a distant hour
37:04Nameless woman, faithless child
37:07Like a bad dream
37:10Till there was no room at all
37:13No place to run
37:15No place to fall
37:23Give us your daily bread
37:27We have no shoes to wear
37:30No place to call our own
37:34Only this cross to bear
37:36We are the mortgages
37:41Lend us a helping hand
37:45Is there no love anymore
37:47Living in the promised land
37:50Love you is a traitor
38:02Love you is a traitor
38:09We are the mortgages
38:09That there is no peace
38:10And we are the mortgages
38:10We are the mortgages
38:13And we are the mortgages
38:16So they are the most
38:17We are the mortgages
38:20Living in the promised land
38:23Our dreams are made of steam
38:26The prayer of every man
38:30Is to know how freedom feeds
38:33There is a whining
38:38Across the shifting sand
38:41Room for everyone
38:44Living in the promised land
38:47Room for everyone
38:51Living in the promised land
39:15Thank you, Mickey.
39:18Thank you, Tess.
39:19Thank you so much.
39:21All right.
39:27The last time I was here,
39:29we're giving it a take.
39:33I don't get to thank people too much,
39:35but I want to thank you probably
39:36for all the good that you've done for me.
39:38And so many musicians that have come on this show.
39:41You've been very kind.
39:42Your entire staff is very kind.
39:44And you're a gift to the world.
39:45I thank you very much.
39:47I would pass that on to the people who deserve it.
39:51Thank you, Mickey.
39:53Chris Stapleton, everybody.
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40:06My guest will be John Krasinski.
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