>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK!
WE'RE HERE WITH OUR FRIEND TOM
HANKS!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
EXCITED ABOUT THE NEW MOVIE
"INFERNO."
DAN BROWN.
>> ROBERT LANGDON.
I KEEP TRYING TO CALL THEM THE
ROBERT LANGDON SERIES.
BUT EVERYBODY IS SAYING ARE YOU
MAKING ANOTHER Da VINCI CODE?
I'M MAKING ANOTHER ROBERT
LANGDON MYSTERY.
"INFERNO."
IT'S COMING OUT.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE ROBERT
LANGDON AND TRYING TO SAVE THE
WORLD AGAIN?
>> EXACTLY, ALWAYS.
AND I WONDER IF I DO.
>> WHO KNOWS.
HANGS IN THE BALANCE.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP
HERE.
>> DO WE KNOW?
>> Stephen: I DON'T KNOW
EITHER.
THAT WILL BE EXCITING.
JIM?
>> RIGHT ABOVE THE HALL, 500.
STAIRWAY LEADING TO THE STREET
ON THE OTHER SIDE.
SO.
ONE STEP AT A TIME.
YEAH.
GOOD.
( CRACKING )
CHIN UP!
( AUDIENCE REACTS )
>> Stephen: WOW!
THAT WAS GREAT!
HEAVILY INVESTED.
I SAW MORE OF THAT CLIP.
THAT'S IN THE GALLEY.
>> ABOVE THE HALL OF THE 500.
>> Stephen: WHERE IS THAT?
IN THE PILAZZO VEKIO, CALLED
THE HALL OF 500 BECAUSE IN THE
OLD DAYS WITH THE BIG DRESSES
THEY COULD FIT 500 PEOPLE IN
THERE.
IT WAS A GORGE PLACE.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY'RE LETTING
US SHOOT THERE BECAUSE YOU'RE
SURROUNDED LITERALLY BY
MASTERPIECES EVERYWHERE.
>> Stephen: WHEN ANOTHER ONE
OF THESE BOOKS COME OUT, DO YOU
CALL RON, OR DOES HE CALL YOU?
BECAUSE IT MUST BE SO FUN FOR
YOU TO GO, WHERE DO I GET TO GO
THIS TIME?
YOU GO TO THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
PLACES.
>> I DO AND I READ THEM WITH MY
GOOGLE PAGE OPEN BECAUSE EVERY
TIME THEY MAKE A REFERENCE TO A
PLACE OR ART HISTORY, I LOOK IT
UP AND SAY, MAN, HOPE WE GET TO
SHOOT THERE.
AND WE DO.
WE WERE IN FLORENCE FOR WEEKS.
I WOULD WALK TO WORK LITERALLY
WITH A CAPPUCCINO IN THE MORNING
FROM THE HOTEL AND AWE CROSS THE
VECCIO WITH ANTIQUITIES, IT'S A
GREAT GIG.
>> Stephen: YEAH --
( LAUGHTER )
>> I LOVE WORKING WITH RON.
HE DRIVES US NUTS.
BUT IT'S A VERY FUN SCAVENGER
HUNT MOVIE.
>> Stephen: THE OPENING
QUESTION OF THE MOVIE IS IF YOU
COULD PUSH A BUTTON AND KILL
HALF OF HUMANITY, KNOWING THAT
IF YOU DIDN'T PUSH IT MANKIND
WOULD BE EXTINCT IN 100 YEARS,
WOULD YOU DO IT?
>> IT'S ABOUT OVERPOPULATION AND
THE NUMBERS ARE ADDING UP.
>> Stephen: TOM HANKS, IF YOU
COULD PUSH A BUTTON AND IT WOULD
KILL HALF OF HUMANITY KNOWING IF
YOU DIDN'T ALL OF US WOULD DIE,
WHAT WOULD YOU DO SUPPOSEDLY
NICE PERSON TOM HANKS I?
>> THAT'S AN INTERESTING
QUESTION, BUT I'M SORRY, I'M
GOING TO HAVE TO GO.
>> Stephen: ALL RIGHT.
TRYING TO MAKE ME LOOK BAD.
THAT'S LIKE A HORBINITE
MANEUVER.
THERE'S NO RIGHT ANSWER TO THAT
QUESTION.
>> Stephen: BIG FAN OF
STAR TREK.
>> ON EVERY DAY AT 6:00.
>> Stephen: DID YOU EVER WANT
TO BE ON ONE OF THE MOVIES OR
THE SERIES?
>> I WOULD LIKE TO BE THE GUY IN
THE RED SHIRT THAT GETS KILLED
ON THE PLANET, YOU KNOW.
>> Stephen: ANY OTHER
DISAPPOINTMENTS OF ROLES YOU
REALLY WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE
PLAYED?
>> OH, DEAR LORD.
WELL, LISTEN, I DROVE HOME ONCE
FROM THE VALLEY ALL BUMMED OUT
THINKING THAT THAT'S IT, I CAN'T
DO IT, BECAUSE I DIDN'T GET A
CALL BACK TO POLICE ACADEMY, THE
FIRST POLICE ACADEMY.
NO, I'M SERIOUS.
IT WAS 82.
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
YOU KNOW, AND IF YOU ARE OF A
CERTAIN AGE, EVERYBODY IN TOWN
KNOWS WHAT'S CASTING.
AND THIS IS A BONANZA.
THERE ARE 49 COPS IN THIS THING.
THERE IS NO WAY.
I'M AS GOOD AS HALF THOSE GUYS.
COME ON.
I COULD BE FUNNY ENOUGH.
IT HAD GUTENBERG AND MICHAEL
BINZ LOW, THE GUY THAT DID THE
SOUND EFFECTS AND STUFF LIKE
THAT.
WAS GOING TO SHOOT IN TORONTO.
LITERALLY I GOT A, GREAT, THANK
YOU.
DRIVING HOME IN MY HONDA CIVIC
BUMMED OUT.
>> Stephen: SO NO TORONTO, BUT
YOU GOT FLORENCE.
>> LIFE IS LONG, MY FRIEND, AND
JUST LIKE TURNING 60, JUST WAIT,
JUST WAIT.
JUST WAIT, SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
>> Stephen: HERE'S SOMETHING
THAT HAPPENED, THAT I THINK MADE
SOME PEOPLE VERY HAPPY.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT'S HAPPENING
HERE?
WHAT THIS PHOTO IS ALL ABOUT?
>> THAT WAS -- IS THAT ME AND
RYAN AND --
>> Stephen: THAT WAS CENTRAL
PARK.
>> I WAS IN CENTRAL PARK.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, CAT STEPHENS
WAS PERFORMING ON THE GREAT
LAWN.
( SINGING CAT STEPHENS )
♪ I'M BEING FOLLOWED BY A MOON
SHADOW ♪
♪ MOON SHADOW ♪
♪ HOPPING ON A MOON SHADOW ♪
AND I COME ACROSS A WEDDING
PARTY GETTING THEIR PHOTOGRAPH
TAKEN.
SO I STOPPED OFF, RIGHT BY THE
RESERVOIR.
I SAID, HEY, FOLKS, HOW YOU
DOING?
GOT THE PICTURE.
THE BRIDE ELIZABETH WAS LOVELY.
RYAN WAS LOVELY IN HIS WAY.
( LAUGHTER )
AND I WISHED THEM THE BEST.
THEY HAD LITTLE RING BEARERS AND
WHATNOT.
SOMETHING I ALWAYS SAY TO
EVERYBODY GETTING MARRIED.
I SAY TO THE GUY, YOU, SIR, ARE
A VERY LUCKY MAN.
AND I SAY TO THE BRIDE, AND YOU
COULD HAVE DONE A LITTLE BETTER.
( APPLAUSE )
BECAUSE THAT IS MY MARRIAGE IN A
NUTSHELL.
>> Stephen: THEY ALWAYS COULD.
EVERY MAP MARRIES UP.
>> OH, WITHOUT A QUESTION.
I KNOW I DID.
>> Stephen: TOM, THANKS FOR
BEING HERE.
>> ALWAYS A PLEASURE!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> STEPHEN: "INFERNO" OPENS THIS
FRIDAY.
TOM HANKS, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH ADAM
CONOVER.
