KEEN TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS
BECAUSE YOU HAVE JUST FINISHED
THE "MAGNIFICENT 7."
BACK WITH DENZEL WASHINGTON.
ETHAN: RIGHT.
JAMES: SINCE "TRAINING DAY"
WHICH IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE
MOVIES OF ALL TIME.
HOW IS DENZEL?
WILL HE EVER COME ON THE SHOW?
ETHAN: LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING
THE LITTLE QUEEN BIT IS NOT
GOING TO GET HIM ON THE SHOW.
I WOULDN'T ACCEPTED HIM THAT
CLIP.
JAMES: BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, ETHAN,
IF HE'S NOT INTO THAT, HE CAN GO
[BEEP] HIMSELF.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
[LAUGHTER]
JAMES: YES.
I DON'T CARE.
I DON'T CARE.
BUT NO, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IT
LIKE WORKING WITH HIM?
BECAUSE HE'S QUITE LIKE TOUGH
RIGHT?
OR HAS HE SOFTENED AT ALL?
>> HAS DENZEL SOFTENED AT ALL?
NO.
OH, YEAH, HE'S THE BEST.
YOU KNOW THAT AGE OLD EXPRESSION
YOU'LL NEVER MEET YOUR HEROES
BECAUSE HE'LL DISAPPOINT?
JAMES: YEAH.
ETHAN: WELL, DENZEL IS THE
OPPOSITE OF THAT.
WHEN I WAS FIRST REALLY FALLING
IN LOVE WITH ACTING AND WHEN HE
DID "GLORY" ONE OF THE BEST
PERFORMANCES.
WHEN I GOT TO WORK WITH HIM ON
"TRAINING DAY."
"MALCOLM X" "HURRICANE."
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYBODY
ELSE AROUND THAT HAS MANAGED TO
BE A MOVIE STAR AND A GREAT
ACTOR THE WAY THAT HE IS.
HE'S BOTH.
THERE'S LOTS OF GREAT MOVIE
STARS AND LOTS OF WONDERFUL
ACTORS BUT HE'S ONE OF THE FEW
WHO IS ACTUALLY BOTH.
JAMES: HAVE YOU EVER MET ANY OF
YOU IDOLS?
HARRY:-
ANTHONY: I DID.
JAMSE EARL JONES.
I WAS IN RHODE ISLAND FOR THE
PREMIER OF "ME, MYSELF AND I."
OUT CAME JAMES EARL JONES AND HE
SAT IN THE EAT.
AND I WAS LIKE OH [BEEP].
JAMES EARL JONES.
SO I GRABBED THE WALL STREET
TIMES.
I WEPT -- WENT AND SAT NEXT TO
HIM.
NEVER SAID A WORD.
AFTER ABOUT FIVE MINUTES HE
WALKED OFF AND GAVE ME THIS
STRANGE LOOK.
AS HE WALKED OFF I CLOSED THE
PAPER AND I REALIZED THAT I HAD
BEEN LOOKING AT THE PAPER UPSIDE
DOWN THE ENTIRE TIME.
HE WALKED OUT LIKE OH, WHAT AN
IDIOT.
JAMES: BUT THAT MUST HAPPEN TO
JAMES EARL JONES ALL THE TIME.
AT LEAST YOU DIDN'T GO -- DO THE
VOICE.
DO THE VOICE, THAT'S ALL PEOPLE
MUST DO.
JAMES: HAVE YOU EVER MET ANY OF
YOUR IDOLS?
HARRY: I HAVE.
I MET FRANK SINATRA A COUPLE OF
TIMES.
[APPLAUSE]
HARRY: I WAS SINGING AT HIS 75TH
BIRTHDAY PARTY AND I WAS A KID.
JAMES: I'M SORRY.
I'M SORRY.
I'M SORRY.
THAT IS A VERY DIFFERENT THING
MEETING AND BEING BOOKED AT HIS
BIRTHDAY PARTY.
HARRY: I HAD.
PLANNED ON MEETING HIM.
SOME OF THE GREATEST SINGERS IN
THE WORLD WERE THERE.
ELLA FITZGERALD WAS THERE.
SHE WAS ROCKING BACK AND FORTH.
I WENT UP TO HER AND I SAID MISS
FITZGERALD, ARE YOU OK?
SHE SAID I'M TERRIBLY NERVOUS.
AND I'M THINKING YOU NERVOUS?
I SANG MY SONG BUT I COMPLETELY
FORGOT THE WORDS BECAUSE HE WAS
SITTING RIGHT WHERE HE WAS SET
SITTING.
I FELT SO IMBARRED.
I SAW HIM GOING TO HIZELL VAYTOR
AND I RAN AFTER HIM WITH MY THEN
GIRLFRIEND NOW WIFE JILL.
AND I SAID LISTEN, MR. --
STARTED GOING INTO THE ELEVATOR.
JILL, I SAID I'M GOING TO GO
OVER THERE.
I TOOK JILL.
AND IT WAS FRANK SINATRA AND
BARBARA SINATRA AND THE ELEVATOR
DOORS CLOSED.
I SAID I'M THE KID THAT JUST
SANG TO YOU. I FORGOT THE WORDS.
I WAS REALLY NERVOUS.
BUT I'M A LOT BETTER THAN WHAT
YOU JUST SAW.
HE TURNS TO JILL AS THE DOORS
WERE OPENING AND HE CRADLES HER
FACE IN HIS HANDS AND GOES,
YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL AND KISSES HER
RIGHT ON THE MOUTH AND LEAVES.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
[LAUGHTER]
