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>> Stephen: IT'S SO NICE TO TALK TO YOU.

IT'S SO NICE TO TALK TO YOU.

>> IT'S SO NICE TO BE HERE.

>> Stephen: YOU'RE ONE OF MY FAVORITE ACTORS.

EVERYBODY LOVES YOU.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: IT'S-- YOU'VE GOT

A UNIQUE PLACE, I THINK IN SORT OF OUR MOVIE CULTURE IS THAT

YOU'RE ONE AT THE SAME TIME VERY POPULAR, PEOPLE KNOW WHO YOU

ARE, AND YOU'RE A CULT FIGURE AT THE SAME TIME.

>> YEAH?

>> Stephen: YEAH.

YEAH, YEAH, FOR LOOKS LIKE THAT, FOR THE LOOK YOU JUST GAVE ME.

AND I THINK-- I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO START OFF THIS INTERVIEW WITH

AN APOLOGY BECAUSE I'VE BEEN SAYING BOO-SHEME FOR ALL THESE

YEAR AND I FOUND OUT TODAY IT'S SU-SEM-E.

>> BU-SEM-I IS THE WAY MY DAD PRONOUNCED IT.

WHEN I WENT TO SICILY TO THE TOWN FROM WHERE MY GRANDFATHER

WAS FROM, THEY SAY BU-SHAME-Y.

YOU WANT BU-SEM-E.

>> I'M USED TO BU-SEM-I.

BUT I NEVER CORRECT PEOPLE.

>> Stephen: AND YOU BECAME FAMOUS AS BU-SHEM-E, RIGHT.

>> I GUESS SO.

>> Stephen: IF PEOPLE PRONOUNCE IT CORRECTLY, THEY'LL

BE LIKE WHO.

MY CAD SAID OUR NAME COAL-BERT.

IF I TRY TO GET A RESERVATION AT A RESTAURANT, I'M NEVER GOG SAY

COAL-BERT.

I'M GOING TO SAY COAL-BEAR.

WHEN YOU TRY TO GET A RESERVATION AT A RESTAURANT DO

YOU SAY BU-SHEM-E.

>> FIRST I SAY BU-SEM-E, AND IF I DON'T GET A REACTION THEN I

SAY BU-SHEM-E.

ONE TIME MY WIFE CALLED ME, I WAS IN L.A. IN A HOTEL AND ASKED

TO SPEAK TO STEVE BU-SHEM-E.

AND THEY CORRECTED HER.

SHE SAID THANK YOU NOW CAN I TALK TO MY HUSBAND.

>> Stephen: ONE OF THE NOTABLE THINGS ABOUT YOUR CAREER IS

YOU'RE FREQUENTLY KILLED OFF IN MOVIES.

>> I AM, YES.

>> Stephen: IN EXTRAVAGANT WAYS.

>> MY FORTE.

>> Stephen: IS THAT BECAUSE, LIKE, DIRECTORS LOVE WORKING

WITH YOU OR THEY JUST REALLY WANT TO SEE YOU GET KILLED?

( LAUGHTER ).

>> I THINK THEY LOVE TO SEE ME GET KILLED.

BUT IT'S KIND OF-- YEAH.

>> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE?

DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE WAY YOU'VE BEEN KILLED?

I HAVE-- I HAVE A COUPLE OF FAVORITE WAYS I'VE SEEN YOU

KILLED BUT DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE WAY?

>> I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE A FAVORITE, BUT THE ONE THAT'S

SORT OF, LIKE, AMUSED ME THE MOST WAS DYING OF A HEART ATTACK

IN "THE BIG LEBOWSKY."

I'M SORRY IF I SPOILED THAT FOR ANYBODY.

>> Stephen: "SHUT UP, TONY."

>> SEE?

BUT CAN YOU REALLY SAY THE FULL LINE?

>> Stephen: NO, BECAUSE I'M ON CBS.

>> I'M READING THE SCRIPT, AND I-- AND I-- YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES

WHEN I READ A SCRIPT, I WOULD, LIKE, JUST GO TO THE END TO SEE

HOW I DIE OR IF-- OR IF I GET BEAT UP --

>> WHAT PAGE DOES MY NAME DISAPPEAR ON?

>> LIKE HOW FAR COI MAKE IT?

WHEN I READ "THE BIG LEBOWSKY" I THOUGHT THIS CHARACTER IS SUCH A

NICE GUY THERE'S NO WAY THEY'RE GOING TO KILL HIM.

THERE'S NO WAY.

AND THEN WHEN I GOT TO THAT HE HAS THE HEART DAEK.

I WAS LIKE, DAMN IT!

AGAIN.