( BAND PLAYING ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )

>> THANK YOU.

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> Stephen: LISTEN TO THOSE PEOPLE!

>> THAT'S LOVELY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND-- AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT'S INCREDIBLY KIND.

I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO GET CUT BUT THANK YOU FOR WAITING.

I'M SORRY I'M LATE AND YOU'VE BEEN KEPT HERE.

YOU HAVE LIVES TO LIVE AND I'M SORRY.

>> Stephen: NO NEED TO APOLOGIZE.

WE HAD A LOVELY TIME, DIDN'T WE?

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).

>> Stephen: FOR THE PEOPLE AT HOME, FOR THE PEOPLE AT HOME WHO

DON'T KNOW, WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL YOU ARE HERE BECAUSE YOU HAD TO

COME ALL THE WAY ACROSS TOWN IN BAD TRAFFIC-- I ASSUME IT'S BAD

TRAFFIC.

>> YES.

>> Stephen: OKAY, GOOD, FROM THE PUBLIC THEATER WHERE YOU'RE

DOING A PLAY AND YOU'RE IN REHEARSAL AND YOU TOOK A BREAK

TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

>> I CAME STRAIGHT FROM THERE.

I'M REHEARSING A PLAY CALLED "PRIVACY" OR PRIF-AZ-Y.

GLLS YOU USE THE URYAN-AL.

>> IT'S AA PLAY ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A PRIVATE PERSON

SINCE SNOWDEN AND iPHONE AND APEXPEL GOOGLE AND ALL THAT FUN,

TERRIFYING STUFF.

WE'RE MAKING A PLAY ABOUT THAT.

>> Stephen: WHERE ARE YOU IN THE REHEARSAL PROCESS RIGHT NOW?

ARE YOU OFF BOOK?

STILL DOING TABLE READS?

>> WE'RE IN THE INTERMEDIATE, TERRIFYING, PANICKY STAGE FOR ME

PERSONALLY.

THERE ARE SOME PARTS I KNOW REALLY WELL, AND BECAUSE WE'RE

MAKING A PLAY ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IS SO VERY CUR ARNDT, THERE

ARE LOTS OF CHANGES GOING ON ALL TIME, AND WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE

IT THE MOST UP-TO-DATE VERSION IT CAN BE SO WE'RE STILL GETTING

SORT OF -- >> THEY'RE CHANGING LINES ON A

DAILY BASIS?

>> YEAH, BUT EVERY TIME THEY COME BACK THEY'RE EVEN BETTER,

WHICH IS A NICE POSITION TO BE IN.

>> Stephen: STILL, COULD YOU DRIVE YOU CRAZY, THOUGH.

>> AT THIS POINT I THINK WE HAVE TWO-- TWO AND A HALF, THREE

WEEKS LEFT FOR REHEARSAL.

SO I'M STILL OKAY FOR NOW PAIN COUPLE MORE WEEKS I'LL BE

FREAKING OUT.

>> Stephen: AS SOMEBODY WHO IS FAMOUS, ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS

PEOPLE ON THE PLANET, I THINK, IT'S SAFE TO SAY BECAUSE

EVERYBODY LOVES THE HARRY POTTER.

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) HAS THIS PLAY TAUGHT YOU

ANYTHING ABOUT, LIKE, MODERN PRIVACY?

DO YOU THINK IT EXIST?

>> WELL, I MEAN, I'M NOT ON MUCH SOCIAL MEDIA SO THAT LIMITS MY

EXPOSURE TO THOSE THINGS.

I TRY-- I THINK BEING IN THE POSITION THAT I'M IN, IT MAKES

YOU REALLY VALUE THE PARTS OF YOUR LIFE THAT YOU CAN KEEP

PRIVATE.

SO YOU SORT OF HOLD ON TO THEM AS MUCH AS YOU CAN IN A WAY

THAT, LIKE, MOST PEOPLE PROBABLY WOULDN'T THINK ABOUT, LIKE JUST

MAKING A FACEBOOK PAGE OR MAKING A TWITTER PAGE OR WHATEVER.

BUT EVEN FOR ANYBODY WHO IS DOING THAT, THERE ARE HUGE

IMPLICATIONS TO YOUR OWN PRIVACY THAT --

>> EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT DOING IT.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS PEOPLE CAN COME AND TURN ON THE CAMERA ON

YOUR LAPTOP OR SOMETHING, AND WHILE YOU'RE WORKING ON YOUR

GRIP STRENGTH, LET'S SAY.

( LAUGHTER ) BUT I ACTUALLY HEARD-- I HEARD

THE HEAD OF THE N.S.A. SAY THAT PEOPLE CAN LISTEN TO YOU THROUGH

YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN, ACTUALLY.

>> I'M SURE THAT'S-- AT THIS POINT, I'VE HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT

THE VARIOUS WAYS WE CAN BE SURVEILED--

>> Stephen: IT ALMOST MAKES YOU NOT WANT TO EAT HOT POCKETS.

>> NO, THAT WILL NEVER CHANGE.

>> Stephen: YOU STILL DO IT?

>> I'LL ALWAYS MAKE THAT TRADE, HOT POCKETS FOR PRIVACY IS FINE.

>> Stephen: YOU WERE ALSO IN EQUIS ON BROADWAY.

ARE YOU NAKED IN THIS PRODUCTION?

>> ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT THE SHOW IT'S GOING TO BE

CHANGING ON A NIGHTLY BASIS BASED ON THINGS THE AUDIENCE IS

DOING, SO WHO KNOWS?

>> Stephen: LET'S JUST SAY IT'S POSSIBLE.

AND THAT WILL PUT SOME ASSES IN THE SEATS.

>> EXACTLY.

>> Stephen: PUT A TOWEL DOWN FIRST, BUT PUT SOME ASSES IN THE

SEATS.