>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK,
EVERYBODY.
FOLKS MY NEXT GUEST TONIGHT IS
AN ACTRESS BEST KNOWN FOR HER
ROLE ON "THE GOOD WIFE."
NOW SHE'S BACK IN THE CBS ALL
ACCESS SHOW "THE GOOD FIGHT."
>> SO HOW FAR DOES A SMILE GET
YOU?
>> THE...
>> THE BAD-BOY TOM CRUISE
SMILES.
DO THE JUDGES GO WILD FOR IT?
>> THAT AND A GOOD ARGUMENT.
>> NO.
I THINK YOU'VE ALWAYS RELIED ON
THE CUTE LITTLE METROSEXUAL
THING, THE "OH, MY GOD, THE LAW
IS JUST SOMETHING I STUMBLED
INTO (BLEEP)" GRIN.
>> WOW, THE POWERS OF
PERCEPTION.
>> THANKS.
>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME
CUSH JUMBO.
♪ ♪ ♪
( APPLAUSE )
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> Stephen: NOW, THE LAST TIME
YOU AND I WERE TOGETHER WE WERE
LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE DINNER
TOGETHER.
>> WE WERE.
>> Stephen: YOU, ME, MY WIFE,
ANTHONY WEINER-- FOR REASONS WE
WON'T GO INTO.
>> NO.
>> Stephen: IT'S A LONG
STORY--
>> THE WEANER WAS BETWEEN YOUR
WIFE AND I.
>> Stephen: THAT'S EXACTLY
RIGHT.
SO OFTEN, SO OFTEN THAT HAPPENS.
BUT LOVELY TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: MY WIFE SAYS HI.
>> HI, EVY.
>> Stephen: NOW, LISTEN, I
THINK YOUR NAME CUSH JUMBO IS SO
BEAUTIFUL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: AND ALL RESPECT TO
YOUR PARENTS, IT DOES SOUND LIKE
THE NAME OF SOMETHING THAT IS
LEGAL IN COLORADO.
WHERE DOES THE NAME CUSH JUMBO
COME FROM?
>> IT'S LIKE THE NUMBER ONE
QUESTION I GET ASKED IS LIKE,
"HOW DID YOU PICK YOUR STAGE
NAME?"
BECAUSE PEOPLE ASSUME YOU CAN
MAKE THAT UP, THAT CUSH JUMBO IS
SOMETHING YOU PULL OUT OF A
BOOK.
BUT MY PARENTS-- MY DAD'S
GINEEGZ, AND MY MOM IS FROM THE
NORTH OF GLRNGD YORKSHIRE AND
THEY ALWAYS LOVED BIBLICAL NAMES
--
>> Stephen: CUSH IS A BIBLICAL
NAME?
>> THE FIRST KING OF EGYPT.
>> Stephen: THE LAND OF CUSH.
>> CUSHITES.
IT'S A VERY ANCIENT NAME, AND
NOAH HAD THREE SONS, AND ONE OF
THE SONS HAD A SON CALLED CUSH.
>> Stephen: WOW.
>> YEAH, THEY SMOKED WEED, TOO.
SO --
>> Stephen: NOAH OR YOUR
PARENTS?
>> IT WAS A COMBINATION.
OH, EVERYONE DID.
IT WAS A COMBINATION.
NOW I LOVE IT BECAUSE PEOPLE
ALWAYS KNOW-- IN THIS BUSINESS
IT'S GOOD TO KNOW IF YOU'VE MET
SOMEONE OR NOT AND THERE'S NOT
ANOTHER CUSH JUMBO, SO IT'S ALL
GOOD.
>> Stephen: YOU STARTED OFF IN
THEATER.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: AND I SAW IN
"TAMING OF THE SHREW" LAST
SUMMER.
DID A BEAUTIFUL JOB.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: AS THE SHREW IN
CENTRAL PARK.
YOU ALSO DID AN ALL-FEMALE
VERSION OF "JULIUS CAESAR."
WHO WERE YOU?
>> I PLAYED MARC ANTONY.
>> Stephen: THE GREATEST
RHETORICAL SPEECH EVER.
>> PRETTY MUCH THE GREATEST
SPEECH EVER.
AND BEFORE I PLAYED MARC ANTONY,
I NEVER PLAYED A MALE'S ROLE IN
SHAKESPEARE PAIN PLAYED A LOT OF
THE LEADING FEMALES BUT NOT A
MALE AND I LOVED IT BECAUSE I
USED TO USE A LOT OF MALE
SPEECHES TO WARM UP NAERP
WRITTEN DIFFERENTLY.
THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE STEAK
RATHER THAN BITS OF ASPARAGUS HE
WRITES FOR WOMEN AND I USED TO
REALLY LIKE THEM AND IT WAS A
JOY.
IT WAS GREAT, IT WAS GREAT YOU
KIM OVER HERE-- YOU OBVIOUSLY
TRAINED IN ENGLAND, AND WHEN YOU
CAME OVER HERE WORKING WITH
AMERICAN ACTORS DOING
SHAKESPEARE, WAS IT DIFFERENT?
HE IS THE GREAT BARD OF YOUR
LANGUAGE, OF YOUR NATIVE
COUNTRY.
DO AMERICANS GET IT RIGHT?
IS THERE SOMETHING WE DO RIGHT
OR WRONG WITH SHAKESPEARE HERE?
>> I THINK WHAT'S NICE IS THERE
IS A REAL LOVE OF SHAKESPEARE IN
THIS COUNTRY.
>> Stephen: YOU DON'T LOVE IT
OVER THERE?
>> WE LOVE IT, BUT I THINK WE'RE
LEFT LESS REFINANT.
WE LOVE HIS-- WE LOVE HIM BUT
HE'S LIKE THE GRANDPA.
HE'S REALLY WISE AND HAD A GREAT
CAREER BUT IS TOUCHING UP YOUR
FRIEND IN THE CORNER.
LIKE A LOVABLE --
>> Stephen: I DON'T ACTUALLY
KNOW.
I DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW.
>> HE'S LIKE A LOVABLE ROGUE.
SO, YEAH, WE'RE SLIGHTLY LESS
REVERENT --
>> Stephen: ARE WE TRAINED
DIFFERENTLY FOR IT OVER HERE?
>> I THINK YOU MIGHT BE, YEAH.
OUR TRAINING IS SLIGHTLY
DIFFERENT, AND I THINK WE DO IT
IN A VERY-- WE'RE VERY INTO INTO
THE MOVEMENT AND THE VOICE AND
THE PHYSICALITY OF-- OF REALLY
GETTING INTO THE TEXT AND THE
WORDS.
LIKE DRAMA SCHOOL, YOU'RE TAUGHT
SONNETS.
YOU'RE TAUGHT HIS POETRY.
YOU'RE TAUGHT HIS SPEECHES --
>> Stephen: PEOPLE ARE TAUGHT
SONNETS HERE.
I WENT TO ACTING SCHOOL FOR A
LITTLE WHILE.
DID YOU HAVE A FRAIFORT FAIFORT?
>> YES WHEN I WAS IN DRAMA
SCHOOL IN MY SECOND YEAR YOU ARE
GIVEN A SONNET THAT IS MADE FOR
YOU, AND I WHEN IN DISGRACE
WITH...
>> Stephen: EXACTLY.
GO AHEAD.
I'LL SEE FIKEEP UP.
READY READY WHEN IN DISGRACE
WITH FORTUNE AND MEN'S EYES I
ALL ALONE BEWEEP MY OUTCAST
STATE AND TRAVEL HEAVEN WITH MY
BOOTLESS CRIES AND LOOK UPON
MYSELF AND CURSE MY FATE WISHING
ME LIKE TO ONE MORE RICH IN
HOPE, FEATURED LIKE HIM WITH
FRIENDS POSSESS, DIRING THIS
MANI SMART AND THAT MAN'S SCOPE
WITH WHAT I MOST ENJOY CONNENTED
LEAST.
YET, IN THESE THOUGHTS MIERKSZ
ALMOST DESPISING, HAPPILY I
THINK ON THEE, AND THEN MY
STATE, LIKE TO THE LARK AND THE
BREAK OF DAY ARISING FROM SULLEN
EARTH SINGS HYMNS AT HEAVEN'S
GATE.
FOR THY SWEEP LOVE REMEMBER SUCH
WEALTH BRINGS.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
THEN I SCORNED AND CHANGED MY
STATE.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: AND YOU ALSO DO
THIS SHOW CALLED "THE GOOD
FIGHT."
>> I DO, THAT.
>> Stephen: "THE GOOD FIGHT"
IS AVAILABLE ON SUNDAYS ON CBS
ALL ACCESS.
THE GREAT CUSH JUMBO, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
