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  • MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT IS AN ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING ACTRESS

  • AND DEDICATED ACTIVIST WHO FOUNDED THE CLIMATE CHANGE

  • MOVEMENT, "FIRE DRILL FRIDAYS."

  • PLEASE WELCOME, JANE FONDA!

  • ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )

  • ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )

  • >> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN!

  • HAPPY -- >> THANK YOU.

  • >> Stephen: HAPPY 2020, JANE FONDA.

  • >> YEAH.

  • >> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

  • >> GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

  • >> Stephen: HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?

  • DO YOU HAVE ANY NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS?

  • >> REMEMBER WHEN I KISSED YOU?

  • >> Stephen: I DO REMEMBER.

  • MY WIFE REMEMBERS THAT, TOO, AND SHE STILL DOESN'T THINK IT'S

  • FUNNY.

  • >> HE USED TO BE THE SCARIEST PERSON TO BE INTERVIEWED

  • BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, HE HAD THIS ALTER EGO CHARACTER, SO -- AND

  • THERE WAS SOMETHING REALLY IMPORTANT THAT I WANTED TO TALK

  • ABOUT ON THE SHOW, AND, SO, I JUST FIGURED, WELL, I'LL JUST GO

  • OUT AND SIT IN HIS LAP AND KISS HIM, AND I DID.

  • >> Stephen: YOU STUCK YOUR TONGUE IN MY EAR.

  • >> I DID NOT!

  • >> Stephen: YOU DID!

  • ( LAUGHTER ) YOU DID.

  • >> AND YOU WERE SO FLUSTERED THAT IT WAS AN EASY INTERVIEW.

  • >> Stephen: IT REALLY WAS.

  • I WAS LIKE JOHNNY CARSON WITH A SPIDER MONKEY ON HIS HEAD.

  • I DIDN'T WANT TO MOVE!

  • THANK YOU VERY MUCH, IT WAS AN HONOR.

  • ANYTIME, BY THE WAY.

  • ( LAUGHTER ) ( CHEERING )

  • I WANT TO TALK TO YOUN'T A SUBJECT NEAR AND DEAR TO YOUR

  • HEART AND SHOULD BE TO ALL OUR HEARTS.

  • >> IT SHOULD.

  • >> Stephen: YOU STARTED THE "FIRE DRILL FRIDAYS" ABOUT

  • CLIMATE CHANGE.

  • TELL ME WHAT YOUR OBJECTIVE IS HERE.

  • >> WELL, HUMAN KIND IS FACING THE GREATEST CRISIS THAT WE'VE

  • EVER FACED, AND THERE WERE ALL THESE YOUNG STUDENTS THAT WERE

  • SACRIFICING A LOT AND WORKING SO HARD -- HI.

  • ( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: I'M INTERESTED.

  • I'M LEANING IN BECAUSE I'M INTERESTED.

  • ( LAUGHTER ) >> AND I'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME,

  • NOW, WITH THESE YOUNG STUDENTS, AND THEY'RE SCARED, AND A LOT OF

  • YOUNG PEOPLE ARE EVEN SUFFERING FROM -- THEY'RE CALLING IT

  • EXTINCTION ILLNESS, AND I JUST FELT IT WASN'T DOING ENOUGH.

  • THE SCIENTISTS ARE SAYING WE HAVE TEN YEARS BEFORE IT'S GOING

  • TO SO FAR OVER THE CLIFF THAT THERE'S NO TURNING BACK.

  • THE ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE WILL UNRAVEL AND THERE'S NOTHING WE

  • CAN DO AND, SO, I SAID I'M GOING TO -- I'M FAMOUS, I HAVE A

  • PLATFORM, I'M GOING TO MOVE TO D.C., I'M GOING TO PUT MY BODY

  • ON THE LINE AND I'M GOING TO DO THESE THINGS IN THE PROCESS, I'M

  • GOING TO LEARN A LOT, TOO, AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WITH

  • ME ALL THE WAY, AND IT'S INCREDIBLE WHAT'S HAPPENED.

  • >> Stephen: WELL, WHAT -- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )

  • >> IT'S REALLY, PEOPLE ARE -- >> Stephen: HOW'S IT GOING?

  • EVERY FRIDAY, I THOUGHT IT WOULD KIND OF PETER OUT.

  • EVERY FRIDAY, THERE'S MORE AND MORE PEOPLE AND THEY COME FROM

  • ALL OVER, AND MOST OF THEM HAVE NEVER ENGAGED IN CIVIL

  • DISOBEDIENCE BEFORE AND RISKED GETTING ARRESTED.

  • >> Stephen: HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU BEEN ARRESTED SO FAR?

  • >> I THINK FIVE.

  • ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: IS THERE A POINT

  • AT WHICH THEY GIVE YOU A FREE SUB OR SOMETHING?

  • ( LAUGHTER ) WHAT HAPPENS?

  • ARE THE POLICE DOWN THERE, ARE THEY FED UP WITH YOU LEADING

  • THESE PROTESTS?

  • >> THEY ACTUALLY -- LOOK, I'M WHITE, AND I'M FAMOUS.

  • >> Stephen: YEAH.

  • AND, SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS TO ME IS DIFFERENT THAN

  • WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF I WAS A PERSON OF COLOR AND I WASN'T

  • FAMOUS, AND WHAT ARE YOU HOLDING THERE?

  • >> Stephen: THESE ARE SOME PICTURES OF THE PROTEST.

  • >> YEAH.

  • >> Stephen: THIS IS YOU AND SOME OF YOUR FELLOW PROTESTERS

  • INCLUDING GLORIA STEINEM RIGHT THERE.

  • >> YEAH ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )

  • OH, HERE'S A COOL STORY.

  • SO, ON MY 82nd BIRTHDAY, I THINK 143 PEOPLE CAME TO GET

  • ARRESTED, INCLUDING GLORIA AND DOLORES WERTA AND REVEREND

  • BARBER AND ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE.

  • AND, SO, WE'RE ALL HELD IN DETENTION IN HANDCUFFS, AND THIS

  • BLACK POLICE OFFICER, A WOMAN, SHE CAME OVER TO GLORIA --

  • BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALL REQUIRED TO CARRY A COPY OF THE

  • CONSTITUTION IN THEIR POCKET -- AND SHE SAID, I'M PROBABLY GOING

  • TO GET FIRED FOR THIS, BUT WILL YOU SIGN MY CONSTITUTION?

  • ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) SO THERE WAS GLORIA IN HANDCUFFS

  • SIGNING THE CONSTITUTION.

  • >> Stephen: THAT'S GREAT.

  • NOW, YOU GOT OUR FRIEND SAM WATERSTON IN TROUBLE, TOO.

  • SAM WATERSTON WAS ARRESTED AT ONE OF THESE.

  • >> SAM IS A SELF-DESCRIBED MODERATE --

  • >> Stephen: MM-HMM.

  • -- BUT HE UNDERSTANDS THAT THESE ARE TIMES THAT REQUIRER

  • THAT WE GO BEYOND OUR COMFORT ZONES, AND, SO, HE DID WITH ME,

  • HE GOT ARRESTED.

  • TWO WEEKS LATER, HE SENDS A PICTURE TO ME OF HIMSELF IN

  • HANDCUFFS DURING THE HALF TIME AT THE HARVARD-YALE GAME WHERE

  • THE STUDENTS WERE PROTESTING THE FACT UNIVERSITIES ARE INVESTING

  • IN FOSSIL FUEL.

  • HE GOT ARRESTED AGAIN AND SAID, LOOK WHAT HAPPENED!

  • LOOK WHAT YOU STARTED!

  • >> Stephen: YOU'RE A BAD INFLUENCE!

  • ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) YOU'RE A TROUBLEMAKER!

  • >> BUT OVER THE FOUR MONTHS, SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DEEPLY

  • AFFECTED BY THIS, AND THEY DON'T WANT IT TO END, AND THEY WANT TO

  • KNOW IF THEY CAN START IT IN THEIR OWN TOWNS OR CITIES, AND,

  • SO, GREEN PEACE IS GOING TO TAKE IT, AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE IT

  • ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND IF YOU'RE INTERESTED --

  • ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, TEXT JANE

  • TO 877-877, AND GREEN PEACE WILL GET BACK TO YOU AND HELP, AND WE

  • WILL HELP YOU.

  • BECAUSE THE ONLY THING THAT WILL MAKE THIS WORK IS FOR THE

  • AMERICAN PEOPLE TO BE EMPOWERED, ALL OF YOU.

  • ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) WE WANT TO HELP YOU DO THIS.

  • ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: HERE'S A SHOT.

  • HERE'S A SHOT OF YOU GETTING ARRESTED.

  • NOW, FOR -- ANY ADVICE FOR BEGINNERS ON -- BUT, SERIOUSLY,

  • IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE DETAINED, OBVIOUSLY, YOU'RE NOT BEING

  • ARRESTED FOR A VIOLENT CRIME OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

  • DO I NEED TO BRING SIMPLE THINGS, LIKE A POWER BAR OR

  • SOMETHING LIKE THAT?

  • >> NO, YOU CAN'T BRING ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

  • EVERYTHING GETS TAKEN AWAY.

  • SO YOU WEAR LAYERS OF CLOTHES IF IT'S WINTER, AND YOU MAY SPEND

  • THE NIGHT IN JAIL, YOU WANT A LOT OF LAYERS SO YOU CAN USE

  • THEM FOR PILLOWS AND THINGS.

  • OTHER THAN THAT, ALL YOU NEED IS A PHOTO I.D. THAT'S UP TO DATE

  • AND $50, AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE $50, WE GIVE IT TO YOU.

  • WE DON'T DO CIVIL DIS OBEDIENCE AS A FIRST EFFORT, BUT WE HAVE

  • BEEN PETITIONING AND WRITING AND BEGGING THE GOVERNMENT, AND THEY

  • DON'T HEAR.

  • WE'VE USED EVERY LEVER OF DEMOCRACY AND, SO, WE HAVE TO

  • TAKE A STEP FURTHER AND THAT'S WHY WE ERENGAGING IN CIVIL

  • DISOBEDIENCE AND RISK GETTING ARRESTED.

  • THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY -- IT CHANGES YOU.

  • YOU'RE PUTTING YOUR -- YOU'RE ALIGNING YOUR BODY, YOUR WHOLE

  • SELF WITH YOUR VALUES AND YOU FEEL VERY INTEGRATED AND

  • EMPOWERED, IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

  • >> Stephen: IT'S WHAT OUR GOOD FRIEND JOHN LEWIS CALLS GOOD

  • TROUBLE.

  • >> IT'S TROUBLE.

  • >> Stephen: THERE'S A LAST FIRE DRILL FRIDAY THAT'S THIS

  • FRIDAY.

  • >> JOAQUIN PHOENIX REACHED OUT AND HE'S COMING AND MAGGIE

  • GYLLENHAAL AND MARTIN SHEEHAN, HE'S BEEN ARRESTED 70 TIMES.

  • >> Stephen: SURE.

  • SURE.

  • SURE.

  • ( LAUGHTER ) >> HE IS A WALKING EXAMPLE OF

  • BIG TROUBLE.

  • ( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: NOW, SPEAKING OF

  • ALL YOUR FAMOUS FRIENDS, CONGRATULATIONS.

  • I KNOW THAT WE'RE IN SEASON SIX OF GRACE AND FRANKIE, RIGHT, ON

  • NETFLIX.

  • ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> YEAH.

  • >> Stephen: AND IT'S VERY SOON GOING TO BE THE LONGEST-RUNNING

  • SHOW ON NETFLIX.

  • >> YEAH.

  • >> Stephen: IT'S THE GUN SMOKE OF NETFLIX, AT THIS POINT.

  • WILL THERE BE A SEASON 7?

  • >> YEAH, WE START THE 27th OF JANUARY, AND IT'S GOING TO BE

  • LONGER.

  • IT WILL BE 16 EPISODES.

  • ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: SAY HI TO LILY.

  • IT WAS LOVELY TO SEE YOU.

  • THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE, JANE.

  • THANK YOU WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

  • ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )