Title: Ethan Hawke in estephen Colbert show

Conversation text:

THIS IS THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER.

Stephen: YES, IT IS.

ELVIS HAS BEEN HERE.

Stephen: I’VE ACTUALLY MENTIONED THIS BEFORE ON THE SHOW THAT THE HISTORIAN SAYS

RIGHT AROUND HERE ELVIS PERFOMED RIGHT AROUND WHERE THIS DESK IS,.

THAT’S WHY YOU ARE FEELING THE MADNESS. YOU FEEL THE GREATNESS RIGHT UP THROUGH THE FLOOR.

I FEEL IT.

Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

NICE TO SEE YOU.

Stephen: ALWAYS ENJOYABLE TO TALK TO YOU.

WE HAD A NICE CONVERSATION AN HOUR AND A HALF AT THE MONTREAL FILM FESTIVAL.

WE DID IN A JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

Stephen: AND IT WAS BUZ ALDRIN AND YOU HAD SOME GREAT BUZ STORIES.

Stephen: I DID, YEAH, EXACTLY.

YOU HAD SOME GREAT STORIES TOO AND I WOULD LOVE IF, COULD YOU SHARE ONE OF THE STORIES THAT YOU TOLD OUT THERE.

BECAUSE I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT YOU TOLD THE STORY ABOUT WHAT MASTERY MEANS, WHEN YOU MEET SOMEONE.

BECAUSE ARE YOU AN ACTOR. YOU HAVE DONE FILMS.

YOU ARE A WELL ESTABLISHED, WELL REGARDED ACTOR,

A MASTER OF YOUR CRAFT IN YOUR OWN WAY, YOU SAID YOU MET MASTERS,

YOU IMMEDIATELY MEET THEM AND YOU GO THAT PERSON HAS SOMETHING TO TEACH ME.

WELL, OKAY, I KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING WITH THIS.

Stephen: I HOPE SO.

MARK RILEANCE IS BRITISH ACTOR, A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT NOW

BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN STARRING IN A BUNCH OF SPIELBERG MOVIES AND DOING AN AMAZING JOB.

BUT YEARS AGO HE RAN THE GLOBE THEATER IN LONDON.

I HAD NO IDEA WHO HE WAS AND MOST PEOPLE HERE DIDN'T BECAUSE HE DIDN'T REALLY WORK IN FILM.

BUT THEY WERE HAVING A BENEFIT FOR AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL.

AND THEY WERE-- EVERY ACTOR THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE.

JUDY DENCH, VANESSA RED GRAIFER WAS THERE, YOU KNOW, SIMON RUSSELL BIEL, EVERY—

JAMES TAYLOR WAS PERFORMING, STING WAS PERFORMING, JUST TELLING YOU, LIKE MASSIVE STARS WERE THERE.

Stephen: PAUL SCOAFIELD.

PAUL SCOAFIELD, EXACTLY. SO WE ARE DOING A LITTLE REHEARSAL AND I HAVE BEEN INVITED TO BE PART OF THIS.

Stephen: ITS ALL GONNA BE SHAKESPEARE RIGHT?

ALL SHAKES SPEERKS YOU KNOW THAT AND MARK IS JUST THIS THIS GUY I DON'T KNOW WHO HE IS,

HE IS IN SWEAT PANTS AND STUFF. HE APPARENTLY RUNS THE THEATER.

I DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF HIM AND HE SAID ALL RIGHT, WELL, VANESSA, MEANING VANESSA RED GRAIFER, WILL YOU DO YOUR PIECE AND THEN ETHAN,

WHY DON'T YOU DO TO BE OR NOT TO BE FROM HAMLET AND AFTER THAT WE'LL PAUL SCOFIELD, WE WILL DO LIER

AND I WAS LIKE WAIT A SECOND, I'M GOING TO GO IN BETWEEN VANESSA RED GRAIFER AND PAUL SCOFIELD?

AND HE'S LIKE YEAH. OH COOL, CAN I TALK TO YOU AFTER LIKE THE REHEARSAL IS OVER,

YOU KNOW. HE'S LIKE SURE.

SO I GO TO HIM BACKSTAGE THERE AT THE GLOBE AND I'M LIKE ARE YOU MAKING FUN OF ME?