>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY,
WELCOME BACK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NEXT
GUEST IS A TONY AND GRAMMY AWARD WINNER FROM "HAMILTON" WHO
YOU'VE SEEN ON "THE UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT" AND "BLACKISH." PLEASE WELCOME, DAVEED DIGGS! <i>( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
♪ ♪ ♪</i> >> Stephen: HEY, WELCOME BACK. >> THANK YOU! >> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU
AGAIN. >> IT'S NICE TO BE BACK. >> Stephen: IT'S THE THIRD
TIME WE'VE HAD A CONVERSATION. THE FIRST TIME WAS AFTER THE
FIRST TIME I SAW "HAMILTON" ON STAGE. >> RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT, YEAH. >> Stephen: OKAY, SO, YOU'RE
ALWAYS READY TO PLAY JEFFERSON AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE BECAUSE YOU
STILL HAVE THE JEFFERSON BEARD THAT WE ALL KNOW AND LOVE. >> I MEAN, I SWEAR, KIDS COME UP
TO ME ON THE STREET AND CHALLENGE ME TO THE RAP BATTLE
AND THEY ALWAYS WIN. I CAN'T DO THAT. I NEED SIX WEEKS OF REHEARSAL,
GUYS. >> Stephen: YOU'RE OUT OF
SHAPE. IT'S LIKE PLAYING TENNIS. YOU DON'T HAVE A BACKHAND
ANYMORE? >> YOU LOSE IT VERY QUICK. >> Stephen: WE KNOW YOU FROM
PLAYING JEFFERSON AND LAFAYETTE, OF COURSE, IN "HAMILTON." NOW YOU'RE IN YOUR FIRST MAJOR
MOVIE. IT'S CALLED "WONDER." BUT YOU MUST HAVE ALREADY BEEN
READY FOR THE KIND OF ATTENTION MOVIES GET BECAUSE YOU HAD
ALREADY DONE SO MUCH PRESS AND EVERYTHING DOING "HAMILTON." >> I DON'T KNOW, MAN, THIS HAS
BEEN SO WEIRD, LIKE, GETTING TOWARDS THE END OF MY FIRST
MOVIE PRESS JUNKET. AND IT WAS CRAZY. YOU'VE DONE THIS? I LANDED IN LONDON, AND WE DID
66 INTERVIEWS THAT DAY. 66. THAT'S NOT AN EXAGGERATION. THAT'S A REAL NUMBER. THAT'S, LIKE, I SAID-- I SAT
DOWN IN A CHAIR AND 66 PEOPLE CAME THROUGH AND ASKED ME THE
SAME FIVE QUESTIONS. >> Stephen: WELL WHAT, ARE THE
QUESTIONS? >>, YOU KNOW, "WHAT'S IT LIKE
WORKING WITH JULIA ROBERTS AND OWEN WILSON?"
AND "WHAT-- HOW IS IT WORKING WITH KIDS?"
ALL TOTALLY REASONABLE QUESTIONS TO ASK, BUT I COULD HAVE
ANSWERED THEM ONCE. ITT WASN'T LIKE THERE WAS A
TWO-SHOT. YOU UNDERSTAND. THERE WAS ONE QUESTION ON EACH
OF US. I COULD HAVE ANSWERED ALL THOSE
QUESTIONS ONCE AND GONE HOME. BUT THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS. >> Stephen: SO WHAT IS IT LIKE
WORKING WITH JULIA ROBERTS AND OWEN WILSON? >> I DIDN'T WORK WITH THEM. >> Stephen: YOU DIDN'T? >> WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE SCENES
TOGETHER SO I WAS ACTUALLY LEAVING SET AS JULIA WAS
ARRIVING. I MET JULIA BACKSTAGE AT
"HAMILTON," AND I MET OWEN ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. >> Stephen: ANSWERING THE
QUESTIONS WAS THE LONGEST YOU WORKED WITH HIM? >> AND WE WEREN'T IN THE ROOM
TOGETHER. SO I GOT TO SEE HIM IN THE
HALLWAY AND GETTING COFFEE. >> Stephen: SO INTIMATE
RELATIONSHIP? >> WE'RE VERY CLOSE RIGHT NOW. HE'S COMING TO MY THANKSGIVING. >> Stephen: YOU PLAY A
TEACHER. WHAT'S THE TEACHER'S NAME? >> MR. BROWNE. >> Stephen: BUT YOU
ACTUALLILYUE WERE A TEACHER? >> I WAS, YEAH. >> Stephen: WHAT DID YOU
TEACH? >> I WAS TEACHING POETRY AND RAP
CLASSES IN MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN THE BAY AREA. >> Stephen: WOW, I WOULD LIKE
TO HAVE GONE TO THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL. >> YEAH, THERE WERE A FEW OF
THEM. I DEVELOPED A CURRICULUM WHERE I
WOULD COME INTO SCHOOL AND WORK WITH THEIR ENGLISH AND SOCIAL
STUDIES TEACHERS AND FIGURE OUT WHAT RAP SONGS WE COULD BRING IN
THAT PAIRED NICELY WITH THE THINGS THEY WERE LEARNING AND,
ALSO, WORK ON SKILL-BUILDING STUFF WITH THEM. >> Stephen: PAIR A RAP SONG
ON, LIKE, SOME SORT OF MORE CLASSICAL PIECE OF POETRY? >> SURE, IF THAT'S WHAT THEY
WERE DOING IN THE ENGLISH CLASS OR WHATEVER BOOK THEY WERE
READING, IS THERE A SONG THAT GOES ALONG WITH THIS? THE GREAT THING THAT IS THAT I
WAS NOT THEIR REGULAR TEACHER AND COMING IN FOR, LIKE, TWO
PERIODS A DAY, AND I'M, LIKE, 24 YEARS OLD. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? SO THEY GOT TO BE THE EXPERTS
ABOUT THINGS IN THE TIME THAT THERE I WAS THAT THEIR TEACH
HERSELF NO IDEA ABOUT. ME AND THE KIDS COULD HAVE DEEP,
SILL SOSKAL DISCUSSIONS ABOUT JOEL JABOY. >> Stephen: WITH EIGHTH
GRADERS. >> AND THE STUFF LIKE THE KIDS
COULD REALLY DIG INTO. >> Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP OF
YOU-- WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS CLIP IN THE CLASSROOM? >> I'M TEACHING A CLASS. THIS IS-- THIS IS--
>> Stephen: THERE IT IS. THAT MAKES SENSE. >> THIS IS AUGUSTEE I DON'T KNOW
IF YOU READ THE BOOK. >> Stephen: AUGGIE IS A YOUNG
MAN-- HE'S A BOY WHO HAS HAD A DISEASE. HE'S HAD FACIAL RECONSTRUCTIVE
SURGERY, MULTIPLE TIMES. >> YUP. >> Stephen: AND THIS IS HIS
FIRST DAY IN CLASS? >> YEAH, YEAH THIS IS-- I THINK
SO. YOU KNOW ABOUT AS MUCH AS I DO. >> SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING
TO DO. EVERYONE'S GOING TO COME UP WITH
TWO THINGS THAT THEY THINK EVERYBODY ELSE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT
THEM. ALL RIGHT. I'LL GO FIRST. NUMBER ONE, I USED TO WORK ON
WALL STREET FOR A LONG TIME. AND, TWO, I LEFT WALL STREET TO
PURSUE MY DREAM AND TEACH. BOOM, WHO'S NEXT? AHHHH... >> Stephen: IT'S A BEAUTIFUL
FILM. >> YEAH. >> Stephen: IT'S BEAUTIFUL--
BUT IT IS-- IT IS-- YOU GET SOME SENSE FROM THAT SMALL SCENE
RIGHT THERE, IT'S A TEAR JERKER. >> IT IS. >> Stephen: PEOPLE ARE CRYING. >> YEAH. >> Stephen: HARD IN THIS
MOVIE. >> THEY ARE BUT --
>> Stephen: DID YOU CRY? >> WHEN I SAW, THIS YES, I DID. I WAS IN A SCREENING ROOM BY
MYSELF THE FIRST TIME I SAW IT. SO I CRIED A LOT BECAUSE THERE
WERE ZERO REPERCUSSIONS. <i>( LAUGHTER )
AND THEN I SAW IT AGAIN AT THE</i> PREMIERE, AND IT GOT ME AGAIN. SO IT DOES-- IT DOES THE THING,
BUT I THINK IT IS EMOTIONAL IN GOOD WAYS. >> Stephen: ARE YOU COMMONLY,
LIKE, DO YOU CRY AT MOVIES ALL THE TIME? BECAUSE I'LL CRY AT AT&T
COMMERCIALS. >> I DON'T. NOT-- NOT LIKE THIS. I HAD-- I DON'T KNOW. I HAVE PARTICULAR REACTIONS TO
MOVIES. LIKE, FAMOUSLY, ME AND MY DAD--
"FAMOUSLY" BECAUSE-- YEAH, THIS IS A FAMOUS STORY. NO --
>> Stephen: IN YOUR FAMILY. >> IN MY FAMILY, ME AND MY
FATHER I REMEMBER GOING TO SEE "JURASSIC PARK" FOR THE FIRST
TIME, AND ME AND MY DAD LAUGHING SO HARD THROUGH THE WHOLE FILM--
LIKE, ON THE FLOOR DISTURBING EVERYBODY IN THE THEATER. >> Stephen: LIKE, WHEN PEOPLE
GET TORN APART BY VELOCIRAPTOR? >> IT WAS SO FUNNY. <i>( LAUGHTER )
LIKE, I HAVE THAT MEMORY OF A</i> VERY VISCERAL REACTION IN A
MOVIE THEATER. THE OTHER ONE, WHEN I WAS FOUR
YEARS OLD, WE WENT AND SAW "GODZILLA." >> Stephen: THE MATTHEW
BRODERICK "GODZILLA." >> NO, '86, RUBBER MONSTER
GODZILLA. AND I WAS SO EXCITED TO GO SEE
IT AS A KID. AND MY MOM TOLD ME, "YOU'RE
GOING TO BE SCARED. IT'S A SCARY MOVIE." I SAID NO-- I HAD BEEN TO THE
CIRCUS RECENTLY AND I GOT THIS SWORD. I'M LIKE, "I'M GOING TO BRING MY
SWORD AND I CAN'T WAIT TO FIGHT GODZILLA IN THE THEATER." MY DAD BROUGHT ALL OF MY COUSINS
THERE. THERE WERE, LIKE, 10 OF US. WE WERE IN A WHOLE ROW OF THE
THEATER AND I DON'T EVEN MAKE IT THROUGH THE OPENING CREDITS--
AND I STILL HAVEN'T SEEN THIS MOVIE. ALL I REMEMBER IN THE OPENING
THERE IS SOMETHING HAPPENING ON THE SHIP AND THERE IS WATER
DRIPPING DOWN. IT FEELS VERY SCARY. AND SO I TOLD MY DAD I WANTED TO
LEAVE. AND HE WAS LIKE, "WELL, IF
NOTHING'S HAPPENING YET, WE COULD ACTUALLY STAY." AND SO I STOOD UP ON THE SEAT OF
THE THEATER HOLDING MY SWORD AND SAID, "MY MOMENT SAID THAT IF I
WANTED TO LEAVE, WE COULD LEAVE." <i>( LAUGHTER )
AND MY DAD SAID, "THAT IS WHAT</i> SHE SAID, AND WE'RE LEAVING." SO WE GOT ALL THE COUSINS AND WE
LEFT THE THEATER <i>( APPLAUSE ).</i> >> Stephen: AND THEY CRIED? >> YEAH, THEN THEY CRIED, AND I
HAVE YET TO SEE "GODZILLA." >> Stephen: IT'S A CLASSIC
MOVIE, YOU HAVE TO SEE THAT, THAT AND RODAN, ALL FANTASTIC
MOVIES. >> I HAVE A BETTER SWORD NOW. >> Stephen: WELL, IT WAS
LOVELY TO SEE YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. "WONDER" IS IN THEATERS NOW. DAVEED DIGGS, EVERYBODY!
