MY GUEST TONIGHT IS AN EMMY AND TONY AWARD-WINNING ACTRESS YOU

KNOW FROM "FATAL ATTRACTION," "DAMAGES," AND "THE WIFE."

HER LATEST FILM IS "HILLBILLY ELEGY."

>> I AIN'T GONNA LIVE FOREVER.

WHO'S GONNA TAKE CARE OF THIS FAMILY WHEN I'M GONE?

I THOUGHT YOUR MOMMA WAS GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT, BE HAPPY, DO

GOOD, BUT SHE GOT TORE UP AROUND HERE.

SHE JUST UP AND QUIT.

SHE JUST STOPPED TRYIN'.

I KNOW.

I COULD HAVE DONE BETTER.

BUT YOU -- YOU'VE GOT TO DECIDE, YOU WANT TO BE SOMEBODY OR NOT.

>> STEPHEN: PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "A LATE SHOW," GLENN CLOSE!

HI, GLENN, THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

>> HI.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, IT'S WONDERFUL.

I WISH WE WERE IN THE SAME ROOM.

>> Stephen: SOON ENOUGH.

KNOCK WOOD.

KNOCK WOOD.

>> YEAH.

>> Stephen: YOU, I HAVE TO ASK, I WANT TO ASK THIS OF

ALMOST ALL MY GUESTS, ONE OF THE ONLY NICE THINGS ABOUT THIS

ENTIRE THING IS THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO

WORK WHERE THEY WANT TO RIGHT NOW.

WHERE IN THE WORLD ARE WE FINDING YOU?

>> YOU'RE FINDING ME IN MONTANA.

>> Stephen: LOVELY.

I HAVE BEEN HERE -- IT IS.

I HAVE BEEN VERY LUCKY.

I HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE FEBRUARY.

I HAVE NOT GONE ANYWHERE EXCEPT A LITTLE BIT OUT OF TOWN WHERE I

CAN HIKE UP IN THE NATIONAL FOREST AND IT'S KEPT ME SANE.

>> Stephen: WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING TO OCCUPY YOURSELF?

THERE'S VERY LITTLE PRODUCTION, VERY LITTLE LIVE THEATER.

WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING TO KEEP YOURSELF GOING?

>> WELL, PERIODICALLY, I TRY TO MAKE MYSELF LAUGH, SO I HAVE

THESE CHARACTERS THAT I HAVE INVENTED.

I'VE DONE A FEW OF THEM REALLY ACTUALLY ONE HAS BEEN KIND OF ON

INSTAGRAM, BUT OTHERWISE THEY'RE PRETTY UNKNOWN.

>> Stephen: THEY'RE JUST FOR YOU?

>> THEY'RE JUST -- THEY'RE JUST FOR ME AND CERTAIN FRIENDS.

>> Stephen: JUST TO WORK OUT MATERIAL OR KICK OUT THE JAMS.

I THINK WE HAVE A CLIP OF -- IS THIS DAG?

WHO IS DAG.

>> OH, DAR, DAR FROM BOCA.

>> Stephen: OKAY.

AND SHE'S ONE OF THE REAL -- HER EXPERTISE IS IN DARNELL

WIGS.

SHE HAS A LOT OF WIGS.

AND SHE ALSO LOVES TO SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO A LOT OF -- TO HER

FRIENDS.

>> Stephen: WHAT'S A DARNELL WIG?

>> DARNELL WIG IS A WIG THAT ISN'T REAL HAIR.

>> Stephen: OKAY.

YEAH.

>> Stephen: JIM, HIT IT.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

OH, MY GOD -- OH, MY GOD I HATE THAT!

I HATE THAT THING.

>> Stephen: DO YOU MAKE THESE FOR FRIENDS AND SEND THEM TO

THEM?

>> THAT IS FOR MY MANAGER CHRISTIAN.

BUT I DIDN'T KNOW THAT CANDLE IS ONE OF THE HORRIBLE FAKE CANDLES

THAT KEEP COMING UP, SO IT'S REAL SURPRISE.

>> Stephen: IT'S ALSO QUITE DANGEROUS WHEN YOU'RE WEARING A

WIG THAT'S NOT REAL HAIR.

>> THAT'S TRUE.

>> Stephen: I'M SURE YOU WERE AWARE YOU WERE WEARING PETROLEUM

PRODUCTS ON YOUR HEAD.

THE LOOK HAS A LITTLE BIT OF A CRUELLA DeVil TO HER.

>> THAT'S TRUE AND SHE LIKES ANIMAL PRINTS AND ALSO LIKES

CAMO.

>> Stephen: WE HAVE ONE OTHER CLIP.

YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A LITTLE CRUELLA DeVil RIGHT HERE.

WHAT'S GOING ON WITH CRUELLA IN THIS FOOTAGE?

>> I WAS INVITED BY BETTE MIDLER WHO HAS THIS FANTASTIC NONPROFIT

IN NEW YORK, THE NEW YORK RESTORATION PROJECT TO BE PART

OF HER HULA WEAN AND SHE HAD WRITTEN ME THIS FUNNY, FUNNY

SKIT.

I PUT TOGETHER WHAT I COULD HAVE OF CRUELLA IN MY HOUSE.

I GOT ONLINE, GOT A CRUELLA WIG, BUT I PAINTED A CHOP STICK TO BE

MY CIGARETTE HOLDER, AND PUT BABY POWDER ON MY FACE -- NOT TO

GREAT EFFECT.

>> Stephen: YOU ACTUALLY WENT ONLINE AND BOUGHT A HALLOWEEN

COSTUME, SHOPPED CRUELLA DeVil WIG?

>> YES, AND THE LONG GLOVES WITH THE BLACK NAILS.

BUT THEN I REALIZE YOU COULDN'T SEE IT SO I CUT OFF THE TIPS OF

A PAIR OF RED GLOVES AND PUT THE BLACK NAILS THROUGH IT.

AND THEN I GOT -- OH, YEAH, I HAD EYELASHES, BUT I REALIZED

AFTER I GOT HOME THAT EDIDN'T HAVE GLUE, SO I JUST GOT ELMER'S

GLUE AND PUT ON MY LASHES.

MAYBE NOT THE SMARTEST THING IN THE WORLD.

BUT IT'd COME OFF OKAY.

AND AROUND MY NECK WAS A PAIR OF LONG UNDERWEAR THAT WAS A

LEOPARD PRINT, SILKY LONG UNDERWEAR.

THE COAT IS A COAT I WORE IN "THE WIFE."

>> Stephen: WE HAVE THE FINAL PRODUCT HEIGHT HERE, JIM.

>> THE DEVILLE FAMILY TREE, YOU WILL FIND -- MALICENT DEVILLE,

MY GREAT INDOOR MOMENTS GREAT -- MY GREAT, GREAT, GREAT,GREAT

LIVED IN SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS FROM 1643 TO 1692.

SHE WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO BE WATER BOARDED FOR BEING A WITCH.

A CONSTANT SOURCE OF INSPIRATION!

( MANIACAL LAUGH ) >> Stephen: HOW MUCH -- HOW

MUCH DOES THE WARDROBE -- DOES THE COSTUME INFORM YOUR

CHARACTER?

IS IT THE FINAL CLOAK ON THE CHARACTER OR -- I KNOW SOME

PERFORMERS WHO ACTUALLY USE THE COSTUME LIKE -- WELL, LIKE THE

MASK ACTUALLY TRANSFORMS THEM.

I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE I UNDERSTAND IT, BUT I HEARD ABOUT

MASK AND TRANCE.

YOU WEAR THE MASK OR THE WARDROBE AND THAT INFORMS HOW

YOU FEEL AND YOU FOLLOW THE FEELING.

HOW DO YOU WORK?

>> WELL, I'VE PLAYED SEVERAL CHARACTERS OVER THE YEARS THAT

BY THE TIME YOU DO ALL THE MAKEUP, THE HAIR, THE COSTUME

AND YOU LOOK AND SAY, AH, THERE SHE IS.

MAWMAW IN "HILLBILLY ELEGY" WAS LEAK THAT AND CRUELLA WAS LIKE

THAT.

I'VE ALWAYS CONSIDERED A COSTUME DESIGNER TO BE AS IMPORTANT

COLLABORATOR AS THE DIRECTOR, AND I THINK IT'S AN ART, WHICH

REALLY GETS SHORT SHRIFT, SO I'VE KEPT ALL MY COSTUMES.

THEY'RE OUT AT THE INDIANA UNIVERSITY.

BUT SET ESPECIALLY FOR A CHARACTER LIKE MAWMAW WHICH IS

NOTHING LIKE ME, I BEGAN BY NOT WANTING TO BE DISTRACTED BY MY

OWN FACE.

THEN YOU DO VERY, VERY SUBTLE THINGS BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT

PEOPLE TO SAY, OH, THERE'S GLENN CLOSE WITH A BAD NOSE.

YOU TRY TO -- IT'S A VERY REFINED, CONCENTRATED PROCESS

THAT WE GO THROUGH TO JUST MAKE THE SUBTLE CHANGES THAT ALL OF A

SUDDEN YOU LOOK UP AND SAY, AH, THERE SHE IS.

>> Stephen: GLENN, WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK BUT STICK

AROUND, EVERYBODY.

BACK WITH MORE OF GLENN CLOSE.