Debra Winger Is Obsessed With Catholic Saints

>> Stephen: HEY, WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.
MY GUEST TONIGHT IS AN ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATED ACTRESS YOU KNOW
FROM AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMEN AND TERMS OF ENDEARMENT, PLEASE
WELCOME DEBORAH WINGER.
-- DEBRA WINGER.
(APPLAUSE).
>> Stephen: I'M SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU ON THE SHOW AND I'M SO
GLAD TO SEE YOU OUT IN THE MOVIES AGAIN BECAUSE I KNOW YOU
HAVEN'T REALLY GONE AWAY AM BUT FOR YEARS YOU WERE LIKE A
DARLING OF THE FILM INDUSTRY, FOR THE YOUNGER PEOPLE OUT THERE
WHO MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY KNOW, YOUR BIGGEST HITS, OFFICER & AND
A GENTLEMAN, TERMS OF ENDEARMENT, SHADOWLANDS,
AND-- URBAN COWBOY.
>> GOOD ONE.
>> Stephen: I HAVE VISUAL AIDS, BABY.
I HAVE GOT VISUAL AIDS.
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, I'M STOAKED TO BE FOLLOWING CHARLES BARKLEY
BECAUSE NOW NOTHING I SAY WILL BE A PROBLEM.
I MEAN-- CUZ YOU KNOW, MY KIDS WERE WATCHING.
I THOUGHT OH, THEY'RE GOING TO LIKE HIM MORE THAN HE ME.
BUT THEN HE JUST DISSED THEIR WHOLE GENERATION, SO.
>> Stephen: THAT'S TRUE.
HOW OLD ARE YOUR KIDS.
>> I HAVE ONE IN COLLEGE.
>> Stephen: GOOD.
>> AND THEN THE OTHER TWO ARE, YOU KNOW, TEN YEARS OLDER.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
>> YEAH, THERE WAS A PAUSE.
I DO THAT IN PIE LIFE, EVIDENTLY.
>> Stephen: SO YOU WERE AN INDUSTRY DARLING FOR TEN YEARS
AND SORT OF WALKED AWAY FROM BIG HOLLYWOOD.
WHY DID YOU DO THAT?
>> I KNOW THAT IT'S A THING.
AND I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT AN ANSWER TO IT BUT I DIDN'T FEEL
LIKE I WAS WALKING AWAY, I JUST WAS FOLLOWING MY LIFE AND IT
WASN'T THERE IN HOLLYWOOD.
>> Stephen: WHERE DID IT END UP BEING SPH.
>> IT WAS, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A FAMILY.
I HAVE THREE PRETTY GOOD DUDES THAT I HUNG OUT WITH FOR AWHILE.
I HAVE A FARM, I TAUGHT A LITTLE BIT.
I WROTE A BOOK.
I DID SOME STUFF.
>> Stephen: YOU MOVED OUT TO THE FARM.
>> WELL, WE LIVE ON A FARM, YEAH.
AN OLD DAIRY FARM.
>> Stephen: IS JON STEWART OUT THERE, BECAUSE HE'S SOMEWHERE
OUT ON A FARM OUT THERE.
>> I WORK ON THE RANCH.
I LIVE ON THE FARM.
SO THAT'S IT.
>> Stephen: NOW I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU GREW UP IN A JEWISH
HOUSE BUT YOU ARE ARE KIND OF OBSESSED WITH CATHOLIC THINGS.
>> I WAS VERY OBSESSED WITH CATHOLIC SAINTS.
>> Stephen: I LOVE THAT WE HAVE SAINTS.
>> PRETTY GRISLY, MAN.
>> Stephen: WELL, SOME OF THEM ARE.
>> WELL, NO, ALL OF THEM, ALL OF THEM.
NONE OF THEM DIED IN THEIR SLEEP, SOK OKAY.
A HAPPY DEATH.
>> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE ANY FAVORITE GRIS LEIGH.
>> WELL, WHAT ABOUT YOUR PATRON SAIFNT.
>> Stephen: ST. STEPHEN, THE FIRST MARTYR, HE WAS AN ANTIOCH.
>> HE WAS STONED TO DEATH BECAUSE HE DISSED THE JEWS.
>> Stephen: HE DID IF?
>> YEAH, THAT'S WHAT HE DID.
>> Stephen: I'M NOT SURE I WANT TO BE NAMED FOR HIM NOW.
>> I'M'S JUST SAYING, CHECK IT OUT.
BUT THE WOMEN SAINTS, THIS HE ARE THE MOST, THEY GET REALLY
CREATIVE.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
>> BECAUSE WE KNOW MONOTHEU STU C RELIGIONS IS PRETTY SEXIST, A
LITTLE BIT.
>> Stephen: WELL, GOD HAS A BEARD.
YOU HAD A BIT OF A REPUTATION WITH GOING HEAD-TO-HEAD WITH
YOUR COSTARS AND KIND OF MIXING UP WITH THEM.
>> THIS IS JUST GOING SO BAD FOR ME.
>> Stephen: NO, IT'S GOING SO GREAT.
SO SHIRLEY MacLANE, YOU JUST INSTA GRAHAMMED THIS, YOU AND
SHIRLEY, WITH A HASHTAG BURY THE HATCHET.
WHAT IS THAT SHALL.
>> YEAH, SHE IN MY BACK.
>> Stephen: SHE IS HOLDING THE HATCHET.
HOW DID THIS COME ABOUT AND WHY DID YOU WANT TO DO IT.
>> FURS OF ALL THE ONLY SOCIAL MEDIA I DO WHICH IS INSTAGRAM,
MY YOUNGEST SON CONVINCED MOO HE THAT IT WAS THE FRIEND-- FRIEND
LEEEASY.
>> Stephen: INSTAGRAM.
>> YEAH, SO I CAME UP WITH THAT HASHTAG WHEN I RAN INTO HER AT A
RESTAURANT WHICH IS WHERE THAT RESTAURANT WAS TAKEN, WHEN
SOMEBODY ELSE WAS SUPPOSED TO MEET US FOR LUNCH, AND WE WERE
WAITING.
THIS GIRLFRIEND OF MINE, WE'RE WAITING FOR HER SIS
TORE-- SISTER TO ARRIVE AND THE HOSTESS WHO WAS PROBABLY 30
YEARS OLD, SOMEWHERE THE SYNAPSE IN HER BRAIN SAID OH, SHIRLEY
McLANE IS GOING TO DEBRA WINGER'S TRAIBL.
SO IMAGINE BOTH OF OUR SURPRISE WHEN SHE IS BEING-- SURPRISES,
BOTH OF OUR SURPRISE.
>> SITTING RIGHT HERE SO I COULD ASK HIM THE PROPER ENGLISH.
ANYWAY THEY WALKED HER OVER TO THE TABLE AND ARE LIKE OH MY-- .
>> Stephen: SHE WASN'T SUPPOSED TO HAVE.
>> SHE SAID NO, THAT'S NOT MY EDITOR.
>> Stephen: SO SHE JUST DRABBINGED SHIRLEY OVER TO YOU.
>> YEAH.
I WAS LIKE SHIRL, CAN WE TAKE A PICTURE, HI, HOW ARE YOU?
WELL, I MAY AS WELL SIT HERE.
SO-- .
>> Stephen: SO YOU HAD LUNCH TOGETHER.
>> WE HAD LUNCH TOGETHER.
>> Stephen: WHAT A LOVELY STORY?
I DONE KNOW.
NOW WE GOT TO GO IN A MINUTE YOU ABOUT I WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THE
MOVIE THE LOVERS.
YOU AND TRACY LETZ WHO IS YOUR HUSBAND.
>> NOT IN LIFE.
>> Stephen: BUT IN THE MOVIE IS HE YOUR HUSKER A BRILLIANT
WRITER AND ACTOR, AND YOU GUYS ARE HAVING AFFAIRS ON EACH
OTHER, CORRECT?
>> WELL, I PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE GIVEN THAT SPOILER, BUT
THANKS.
>> Stephen: CAN I CUT IT OUT.
>> NO, NO.
>> Stephen: DEBRA WINGER WHAT IS THE MOVIE ABOUT.
>> GOOD ONE.
>> Stephen: YES.
>> NO, NO, I JUST THINK WE TALK ABOUT MARRIAGE, YOU'VE BEEN
MARRIED I THINK FOR A SIMILAR AMOUNT OF TIME I HAVE, 25 YEARS.
>> Stephen: IN THAT BALL PARK.
>> AN HAVE I THREE KIDS.
>> Stephen: I HAVE THREE KIDS TOO, IT'S LIKE LOOKING IN A
MIRROR.
>> RIGHT, I FEEL THAT WAY TOO.
NO, IT IS THE STORY THAT -- JACOBS WROTE AND I GUESS FOR ME
IT WAS ABOUT HOW WE LIVE IN SUCH AN IMPERMANENT WORLD, EVERYTHING
WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IS BASED ON THE FACT THAT IT'S
GOING TO CHANGE AND YOU BETTER BE ABLE TO WHITE-KNUCKLE IT
SHOW.
BUT THEN WE SET UP THIS INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE AND IT
IS SUPPOSED TO NOT CHANGE.
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO STAY IN LOVE AND HAVE THE SAME ENTHUSIASM AND
WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AND BE CRAZY ABOUT EACH OTHER.
AND SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY.
SO YEAH, YOU FIND OTHER WAYS TO FEEL GOOD AND THEN MAYBE YOU
DON'T FEEL SO GOOD ABOUT THATMENT BUT IT'S A COMEDY
AND-- (LAUGHTER)
SORRY.
>> Stephen: SO I'M GUESSING THERE IS SOME SEX IN IT, IS
THERE SEX IN IT.
>> THERE IS SO MUCH SEX.
>> Stephen: YOU JUST SOLD SOME TICKETS RIGHT NOW, DEBRA WINGER.
>> NO, THERE REALLY IS A LOT OF SEX.
>> Stephen: SO THERE IS PLENTY OF SEX IN THIS MOVIE.
>> BUT THERE'S NAKED SEX.
IT'S NOT-- .
>> Stephen: THERE'S NAKED SEX.
THAT'S MY FAVORITE KIND.
>> I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT.
>> Stephen: TONIGHT, THE LOVERS OPENED TOMORROW, DEBRA
WINGER, EVERYBODY, WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH COMEDIAN SARAH TOLLEMACHE.

Debra Winger Is Obsessed With Catholic Saints

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