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♪♪♪ >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY,
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WELCOME BACK TO "A LATE SHOW."
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SHE IS A GRAMMY AND EMMY AWARD-WINNING HIP-HOP ICON AND
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ACTRESS.
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HER NEW DRAMA SERIES, "THE EQUALIZER," PREMIERED LAST NIGHT
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ON CBS.
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PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "A LATE SHOW," QUEEN LATIFAH!
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OH, AND SHE'S STILL GETTING DRESSED UP.
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YOU LOOK BEAUTIFUL, FANTASTIC.
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YOU'RE GLOWING.
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>> THANK YOU.
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OF COURSE, OF COURSE, THANK YOU.
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>> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU.
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ALSO, I LOVE YOUR BACKGROUND.
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I LOVE THAT BACKGROUND.
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I LOVE THAT PAINTING BEHIND YOU.
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IT GIVES YOU A NIMBUS MIND YOUR HEAD.
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>> I LOVE THAT, YOU KNOW.
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>> Stephen: A LITTLE GLOW.
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THAT GLOW, THAT'S MY SOUL SISTER BACK THERE SUPPORT MEG,
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YOU KNOW.
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I GOT THE LITTLE FLOWERS, I'VE GOT SOME BOOKS SET UP HERE.
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>> Stephen: DON'T GET TOO USED TO COVID BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO
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COME OUT OF IT SOME DAY, I JUST KNOW IT.
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HOW HAVE YOU BEEN PASSING THE TIME?
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HOW HAVE YOU BEEN HANDLING IT?
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>> LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, YOU KNOW, UPS AND DOWNS.
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BUT, I MEAN, I'VE FOUND THE PAIN IN IT, HAVING TO TURN INTO A --
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THE CHEF, THE HANDYMAN, THE YOU GOT TO FIX EVERYTHING, YOU'VE
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GOT TO FIGURE EVERYTHING OUT, COOK EVERYTHING, CLEAN
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EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST HAVE TO TURN INTO EVERY WOMAN OR
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EVERY MAN OR, YOU KNOW, YOUR ROLES HAVE CHANGED.
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WHATEVER YOU DO IN THE HOUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD TO, LIKE, TAKE
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OVER AND JUST DO EVERYTHING.
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BUT, AT THE SAME TIME, IT WAS, LIKE, ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
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SPRINGS I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE.
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>> Stephen: CRAZY.
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IN L.A., THE SKY WAS CLEAR, THE FLOWERS BLOOMED, THERE WERE
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HUNDREDS OF BUTTERFLIES AROUND MY HOUSE FLYING IN FROM MEXICO,
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YOU KNOW.
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IT WAS A VERY BIZARRE TIME.
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YOU KNOW, IT WAS BEAUTIFUL AT THE SAME TIME.
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THE COYOTES WERE COMING OUT EARLY.
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( LAUGHTER ) WE GOOD?
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I'M, LIKE, NO, YOU'RE NOT GOOD, AND DON'T THINK I WON'T SPRAY
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YOU WITH THIS COYOTE SPRAY, YOU KNOW.
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BUT THEY STILL -- IT WAS, LIKE, SO NATURAL, THERE WERE NO
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PEOPLE, THERE WERE NO CARS, THERE WERE NO PLANES AND NOISE
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AND IT WAS JUST VERY STRANGE, YOU KNOW.
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IT WAS JUST SO MUCH LOSS GOING ON AT THE SAME TIME AS THIS
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WEIRD NATURE'S BUTTE GOING ON, YOU KNOW.
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SO -- BUT IT WAS, YOU KNOW, IT IS WHAT IT IS.
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WE'VE JUST GOT TO STAY STRONG.
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KEKEEP OUR HEADS UP.
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>> Stephen: WELL, WE'RE TIPTOEING BACK TO CERTAIN
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ASPECTS OF NORMALITY NOW.
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LAST NIGHT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, THERE WAS THE, YOU KNOW, LAST
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NIGHT OF THE EPIC TV EVENT, LOT OF DRAMA, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
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TUNED IN, AND THAT'S JUST THE EQUALIZER, YOUR NEW SHOW ON CBS,
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8:00 P.M. SUNDAY NIGHTS.
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BUT BEFORE THAT, BEFORE THE WORLD PREMIERE OF THAT, WHICH
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WE'LL GET TO IN JUST A MOMENT, THERE WAS THE SUPER BOWL.
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YOU HAVE AN EXPENSE I'VE NEVER HAD.
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YOU'VE PERFORMED AT THREE SUPER BOWLs, INCLUDING IN ONE OF THE
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HALFTIME SHOWS IN 1998.
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>> YES.
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>> Stephen: WHAT DOES THAT ROOM FEEL LIKE?
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OBVIOUSLY THE WEEKEND HAD A ROOM TO PLAY, BUT WHAT DOES THAT FEEL
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LIKE TO BE THERE AT THE SUPER BOWL?
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>> HONESTLY, IT IS LIKE NO OTHER FEELING IN THE WORLD.
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I MEAN, I THINK MOST HIP-HOP ARTISTS WOULD LIKEN IT TO
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PLAYING MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, YOU KNOW, BUT, OTHER THAN THAT,
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THERE'S NOTHING THAT CAN COMPARE TO IT.
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THERE IS JUST THIS ENERGY THAT IS PALPABLE.
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THERE ARE USUALLY THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE EVERYWHERE.
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YOU KNOW, THE TEAM, YOU COULD SEE THE TEAM OUT THERE, AND THEY
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LOOK NERVOUS, THEY LOOK EXCITED, THEY LOOK LIKE THEY WANT TO,
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LIKE, GO TO THE BATHROOM ONE MORE TIME BEFORE THE GAME
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STARTS, AND SOME LOOK LIKE THEY CAN'T WAIT, THEY'RE ITCHING,
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CAN'T STAND STILL.
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>> Stephen: WHAT ABOUT YOU RIGHT BEFORE YOU START TO
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PERFORM, WHAT IS THAT FEELING LIKE?
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A LITTLE PRESSURE.
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>> I CAN'T STAND STILL, I FEEL LIKE I WANT TO GO TO THE
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BATHROOM ONE MORE TIME.
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YOU KNOW, IT FEELS LIKE -- YOU FEEL ALMOST THIS SORT OF
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REVERENCE, IN A WAY, BECAUSE YOU NOT ONLY WANT TO ROCK THIS SONG
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OR WHATEVER PERFORMANCE YOU'RE GOING TO DO, BUT YOU FEEL LIKE
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AN AMERICAN AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE DOING IT IN FRONT OF THE
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WORLD, AND, SO, YOU JUST WANT TO DO THE BEST YOU CAN DO, AND YOU
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KNOW THAT THESE TWO TEAMS HAVE COMPETED AND GONE THROUGH SO
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MUCH TO GET TO THIS POINT.
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THIS IS A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, AND YOU
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ARE PLAYING ON A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP STAGE.
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SO IT'S LIKE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE STARING
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AT YU, SO YOU'VE GOT TO KIND OF LIKE -- YOU'VE GOT TO GET IN THE
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GAME YOURSELF.
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YOU'VE GOT TO STEP UP AND SHOW UP, AND I GOT TO TELL YOU, THE
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PERFORMANCES WERE UNBELIEVABLE.
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I WAS SO BLOWN AWAY, AND I WAS SO EXCITED.
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MY FAVORITE PART IS ALWAYS THE FLYOVER, THOUGH.
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>> Stephen: SURE.
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YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SING YOUR SONG, AND THEN EVERYONE'S
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STANDING THERE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THESE PLANES JUST FLY
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OVER AND YOU CAN FEEL THE RATTLE.
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YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
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YOU ALWAYS SEE THIS STUFF ON TV, YOU NEVER USUALLY GET TO SEE THE
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PLANES WE'RE ACTUALLY PAYING FOR, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
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SO TO SEE THEM FLY OVER YOU SO CLOSE, AND DEPENDING ON THE
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YEAR, MAYBE THE BLUE ANGELS.
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IT WAS, LIKE, THREE DIFFERENT KINDS OF PLANES AT THIS SUPER
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BOWL.
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SO IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING.
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IT'S REALLY REALLY JUST SO MUCH FUN.
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>> Stephen: BUT AS INTERESTING AS IT WAS, OBVIOUSLY IT WAS JUST
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THE OPENING ACT FOR "THE EQUALIZER" LAST NIGHT.
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I THINK IT GAME ON AT 10:30 LAST NIGHT.
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NOW, THIS IS THE NEW CBS SERIES, YOUR FRIEND DENZEL WASHINGTON
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MOST RECENTLY PLAYED THIS PART IN THE MOVIES.
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>> RIGHT.
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>> Stephen: HAS HE GIVEN YOU ANY ADVICE ON HOW TO PLAY "THE
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EQUALIZER" OR IS HE PREPARED TO BE THE SECOND BEST EQUALIZER?
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>> I DON'T THINK DENZEL WILL BE THE SECOND BEST ANYTHING
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ANYWHERE, ANYTIME, ANYWHERE, AND IF HE DOES, I WOULD BE HIGHLY
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DISAPPOINTED.
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>> Stephen: THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE MADE HIS SON SUCH A GOOD
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ACTOR BECAUSE HIS SON IS A REALLY OOD ACTOR.
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>> YEAH, THAT'S HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE.
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YOU SUPPOSED -- THE LITTLE ONE IS SUPPOSED TO KNOCK YOU OFF
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THAT THRONE.
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YEAH, HE'S CLIPPING AT THOSE HEELS, BUT HE'S STILL GOT A
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LITTLE WAYS TO GO.
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YOU KNOW, DENZEL IS BY FAR ONE TO HAVE THE BEST ACTORS EVER ON
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THE PLANET, AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST -- THIS IS A DIFFERENT
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EQUALIZER.
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I MEAN, WHAT HE GETS TO DO IN THE MOVIES IS WAY DIFFERENT THAN
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WHAT I GET TO DO ON NETWORK TELEVISION EVERY WEEK.
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HE DEFINITELY SET THE BAR FOR ME, SO THANKS A LOT, BRO, YOU
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KNOW, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
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>> Stephen: FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW, YOU'RE EX C.I.A.,
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RIGHT?
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>> YES, A FORMER C.I.A.
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OPERATIVE WHO DECIDES THEY NO LONGER -- THEY HAVE BEEN BURNED
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AND THEIR TEAM HAS BEEN KILLED AND THEY NO LONGER WANT TO WORK
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FOR THE C.I.A., THEY DON'T WANT TO DO THINGS FOR POWERFUL PEOPLE
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WITH MONEY WHO TREAT -- YOU KNOW, WHO SHE FEELS NOW TREATS
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REGULAR PEOPLE LIKE PAWNS AND, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY'RE LIVES
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DON'T MATTER, AND SHE'S TIRED OF USING HER SKILLS TO SERVICE
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THESE MISSIONS THAT SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, JUST WRITES AWAY
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SOMEONE'S LIFE WITH A STROKE OF A PEN.
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SO SHE DECIDES SHE'S GOING TO USE HER EXPERTISE TO HELP THE
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"EVERY MAN," YOU KNOW, THE EVERYDAY PERSON.
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>> Stephen: DO YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS CLIP WE HAVE
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HERE?
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>> YES, I THINK, IN THIS CLIP -- NOW THERE IS A FRIEND OF HEARSE
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PLAYED BY CHRIS NOTHE WHO IS KIND OF IN AND OUT, AND THEY'RE
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GOOD FRIENDS AND SHE KIND OF EXPLAINS TO HIM WHERE SHE'S
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COMING FROM AND WHY SHE CAN'T SLEEP AT NIGHT.
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>> Stephen: JIM.
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WELL, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO NOW?
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>> GET A JOB AT STARBUCKS.
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GET THE FREE COFFEE, JOIN THE P.T.A.
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>> BECAUSE YOU'RE SUCH A PEOPLE PERSON, RIGHT?
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OR YOU COULD COME WORK FOR ME.
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>> BABY SITTING BILLIONAIRES AND OIL COMPANIES.
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>> PRIVATE SECURITY IS JUST LIKE WORKING FOR THE C.I.A. EXCEPT IT
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PAYS A LOT BETTER.
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OH, HELL, IT'S ALL THE SAME CHESS BOARD, YOU KNOW THAT.
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>> WELL, SEE, THAT'S THE PROBLEM RIGHT THERE -- EVERYBODY'S
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PLAYING CHESS.
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NOBODY'S THINKING ABOUT THE LIVING, BREATHING PIECES THAT WE
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SACRIFICE ALONG THE WAY.
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YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY, WHEN I CAN'T SLEEP AT NIGHT, IT'S NOT
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THE THINGS I'VE DONE THAT KEEP ME UP, IT'S THE PEOPLE I
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COULDN'T SAVE.
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>> THE PEOPLE...
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>> Stephen: WELL, QUEEN LATIFAH, THANKS FOR BEING
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HERE.
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GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
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>> LISTEN, KEEP DOING WHAT YOU DO BECAUSE I LOVE THE WAY YOU
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TALK ABOUT POLITICS, THE WAY YOU MAKE US LAUGH.
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YOU STILL GIVE US THE MUSIC, AND YOU'RE GOOD PEOPLE.
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SO KEEP STANDING UP.
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>> Stephen: YOU'RE VERY KIND AND WE'LL BE TUNING IN TO YOU
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EXACTLY SUNDAYS AT 8:00 P.M.
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HERE ON THE CBS TELEVISION NETWORK.
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IT'S QUEEN LATIFAH, EVERYBODY.
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WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH THE STAR OF THE GOLDEN GLOBE
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NOMINATED MOVIE "MINARI" STEVEN YEUN.