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>> IF I DIDN'T DO IT THEM I'D NEVER GET TO DO IT, SO, YOU

KNOW, I HAVE BEEN DREAMING OF DOING THAT FOR ABOUT, YOU KNOW,

15 YEARS.

SO-- I JUST GRABBED MY CHANCE.

I'M SORRY.

I'M SO SORRY.

>> Stephen: I SUDDENLY CAN'T REMEMBER ANY QUESTIONS.

THAT IS ONE OF THE NICEST GREETINGS ANY GUEST HAS EVER

GIVEN ME.

>> YOUR LIPS ARE VERY SOFT.

>> Stephen: WOW.

YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

( LAUGHTER ) YOU REALLY KNOW WHAT YOU'RE

DOING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE!

( LAUGHTER ) CAN YOU IMAGINE THE NUMBER OF

PEOPLE WHO ARE JEALOUS OF ME RIGHT NOW?

>> INCLUDING ME WHEN I WATCH IT.

I'LL BE GOING, "OOOH!

WHY DIDN'T I DO MORE?" >> Stephen: WELL, I'LL TELL

YOU WHAT, THE NIGHT IS YOUNG, DAME HELEN.

( LAUGHTER ) YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY A FANTASTIC

ACTRESS, A CAPT VAIGHT WOMAN.

AND ON A LEVEL I NEVER IMAGINED BEFORE.

( LAUGHTER ) AND-- AND YOU'RE A DAME.

>> I AM.

>> Stephen: ANOTHER I HAVE INTERVIEWED SOME SIRS-- THEY

NEVER CIZZED ME.

KISSED ME.

>> NOT EVEN IAIN McKELLAN?

>> Stephen: NOT EVEN IAIN McKELLAN.

THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN LOVELY.

HELIN MIRREN-IAN McKELLAN SANDWICH?

DOES IT COME WITH ANYTHING COOL BEING A GAME DAIM?

>> IT COMES WITH A VERY NICE, GLITTERY STAR YOU CAN AWARE TO

BIG FUNCTIONS.

ON THE INVITATION IT SAYS-- NOT HONORS, BUT IT SAYS YOU CAN WEAR

YOUR THING.

>> Stephen: IF IT'S A VERY SPECIAL EVENT IT SAYS YOU CAN

WEAR THE THING.

>> YES, YOU CAN AWARE THE THING.

>> Stephen: WE DON'T HAVE THAT OVER HERE.

>> YOU SHOULD.

BECAUSE SO MANY AMERICANS DO SUCH INCREDIBLE THINGS.

>> Stephen: THEY DO.

>> FOR THEIR COUNTRY, FOR THUR COMMUNITY, FOR ALL KIND OF

REASONS AND THERE REALLY SHOULD BE SOME FORM OF RECOGNITION.

>> Stephen: THEN WE WOULD NEED A MONARCHY AND WE'RE AT LEAST

NINE MONTHS AWAY FROM THAT.

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