Emma Stone | Don't Mind If I Sue

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert – Emma Stone | Don't Mind If I Sue

Episode Date: October 23, 2025
Host: Stephen Colbert
Guest: Emma Stone
Main Theme:
This episode blends Stephen Colbert’s signature wit in skewering current political antics—especially Donald Trump’s latest legal hijinks—with a lively, revealing conversation with acclaimed actress Emma Stone about her career, her new film Bugonia, creative collaborations, and stories from her personal life.

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Monologue and Key Discussion Points

Trump’s Never-ending Legal Battles & White House Redesign

[03:56–15:43]

• Trump’s DOJ Lawsuit: Colbert unpacks Donald Trump’s attempt to sue the Department of Justice for $230 million over previous investigations into his conduct, mocking the absurdity that Trump’s own appointees could end up deciding whether he should win taxpayer money.
  • Quote:
    “He wants the DOJ to pay him $230 million, which from the sound of this audience, is obviously ridiculous… That’s some kind of endless, endless loop of corruption. Like a Mobius grift.” – Stephen Colbert (06:52)
• Legal Loopholes and Ethics: Colbert highlights the lack of controls as Trump’s team (many of whom are appointees) are tasked with arbitrating his own claim against the government.
  • “He’s suing the Department of Justice and his own lawyers decide whether he wins. It’s like that classic drama, 12 Angry Men, who were all at my bachelor party even.” – Stephen Colbert (06:52)
• Trump’s Charity Pledge: Trump suggests he’d donate any payout to “charity,” which Colbert lampoons, referencing the shuttered Trump Foundation.
  • “Yes, yes. He might give it to charity. She’s a centerfold he banged back in 2006.” – Stephen Colbert (08:57)
• White House Demolition: The segment touches on Trump demolishing the East Wing for a new ballroom, disregarding regulations. Colbert rants about the destruction of US history and the lack of oversight.
  • “He is literally erasing US History, a feat previously achieved only by the Florida school board.” – Stephen Colbert (09:24)
• Nixon Foundation ‘Peace Prize’: Trump is humorously awarded a “peace prize” from the Nixon Foundation, prompting Colbert to skewer a list of previous controversial recipients.
  • “Pretty bold choice. That’s like giving a Latin Grammy to Kissinger, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Bush.” – Stephen Colbert (13:50)
• ICE Fitness Test Joke: Colbert reports on the low pass rate for ICE fitness tests, riffing on the idea of “athletically allergic” applicants and offering humorous ‘tips’ for immigrants.
  • “There’s a hot tip for immigrants. Learn to run 1.6 miles, and ICE can never catch you.” – Stephen Colbert (15:29)

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Interview: Emma Stone

[17:24–27:32]

Emma Stone: Name Origins and “Stage Name” Mishaps

• Why Emma?: Emma reveals her given name is Emily, but Screen Actors Guild customs forced her to choose a stage name. She initially tried “Riley” but dropped it after confusion during a guest role.
  • Quote:
    “I was Riley Stone… but I did an episode on Malcolm in the Middle, and they kept going ‘Riley, Riley’, and I had no idea who they were talking to, truly. And I was like, I cannot be Riley.” – Emma Stone (19:11)

“Bugonia”: New Film and Collaboration with Yorgos Lanthimos

• Film Pitch: Stone describes Bugonia as a comedy about two conspiracy-obsessed men who kidnap a pharmaceutical CEO (Stone) believing she is an alien.
  • Quote:
    “Two conspiracy obsessed young men kidnap the CEO of a major pharmaceutical company convinced she is an alien from outer space. And it’s a comedy.” – Emma Stone (20:38)
• Alien Candidates in Hollywood: When asked who might be a secret alien, Emma immediately names Willem Dafoe.
  • “Willem Dafoe. 100%... Like if it was like, oh, Willem Dafoe was actually an alien, everyone would be like, yeah, obviously.” – Emma Stone (21:26)
• Working with Yorgos: Colbert jokes about her “Frith” collaboration with director Yorgos Lanthimos, and Emma shares that his catchphrase on set is “this is a disaster.”
  • “His most well known phrase… is ‘this is a disaster’—about everything, really. It could be anything, no matter what it is.” – Emma Stone (22:22)
• Family Involvement: Emma’s mom Krista is a superfan of Yorgos’ films and even gives him editing notes, which Yorgos heeds.
  • “He listens to my mom… What if we change this? He’s like, nope. But if Krista thinks so, yeah.” – Emma Stone (23:58)

Comedy Roots and SNL

• Family’s Taste in Comedy: Emma was raised on SNL by her mom (a Gilda Radner fan) and her dad (Steve Martin, Bill Murray).
• SNL Five-Timers Club: Stone celebrates having hosted SNL five times, noting her pride and the tradition of receiving a jacket.
  • “Five times, Stephen. I have a jacket. I can’t stop saying it.” – Emma Stone (25:00)

Fun Stories: Wigs, Head Shaving, and Intelligence

• Shaving Head for Role: For Bugonia, Emma shaved her head and wore a wig in public to hide it, failing to keep it a secret as she nervously asked if people could tell.
  • “The whole night I was like, can you tell it’s a wig to everyone? …There was like a lip read video where I was like, it’s a wig.” – Emma Stone (26:07)
• On Bald Heads: Both Stone and Colbert share their enjoyment of having a shaved head. Stone confesses to having moles removed once her head was exposed.
  • “I loved having a shaved head. Did you like it?... I had four moles that I had removed the next day.” – Emma Stone (26:44)

Emma’s Affection for The Ed Sullivan Theater & Stephen’s Invite for a Sketch

• Emma jokes about preferring the SNL stage but playfully asks to do a sketch with Stephen “next time.”
  • “Can we do a sketch? 100%. Okay, next time.” – Emma Stone & Stephen Colbert (25:27–25:35)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Colbert on Trump’s Lawsuit:
  • “You sue you and you get to decide which one of yous wins. I’m guessing you do.” (06:52)
• Emma Stone’s Stage Name Mishap:
  • “I was Riley Stone… but they kept going ‘Riley, Riley’, and I had no idea who they were talking to, truly.” (19:11)
• Emma on Willem Dafoe as the Most Likely Alien:
  • “Of course. Like, if it was like, oh, Willem Dafoe was actually an alien, everyone would be like, yeah, obviously.” (21:39)
• Emma on Yorgos’ Catchphrase:
  • “This coffee is a disaster. This day is a disaster… How’s the movie going? It’s a disaster.” (22:38)
• Emma’s Mom as Unofficial Editor:
  • “But he listens to my mom. Like, he really respects her taste. And he’s like, well, if Krista said it, okay, all right, yeah, I’ll change it.” (23:58)
• Shaved Head Story:
  • “I had four moles that I had removed the next day… they nicked my head. I’m not walking around with four giant moles.” (26:52)

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Major Timestamps Guide

• 03:56–15:43 Monologue: Trump’s lawsuit, White House demolition, ICE “fitness,” and political satire
• 17:24–27:32 Interview: Emma Stone on name origins, Bugonia, family, comedy, SNL, and shaved heads

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Tone & Style

The episode balances Colbert’s biting, rapid-fire political satire and pop culture humor with Emma Stone’s self-deprecating charm, quick wit, and warmth. Their banter is playful and candid, peppered with showbiz-insider stories and mutual admiration.

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For Listeners

If you missed the episode, you’ll come away with a vivid sense of both the absurdity in contemporary politics and the camaraderie and creative joy in the world of film and comedy. Emma Stone’s stories—about her name, her mother’s secret editing power, and why Willem Dafoe is probably an alien—offer both laughs and a peek behind the curtain for fans.

Transcript

[Stephen Colbert]

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[Emma Stone]

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[Stephen Colbert]

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[Emma Stone]

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[Stephen Colbert]

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[Emma Stone]

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[Emma Stone]

I love.

[Stephen Colbert]

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[Ryan Reynolds]

Who cares?

[Emma Stone]

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[Stephen Colbert]

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[Emma Stone]

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It's delicious.

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[Stephen Colbert]

I didn't even know I get them.

[Emma Stone]

Before the softball games.

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[Emma Stone]

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[Emma Stone]

That was a wonderful.

[Stephen Colbert]

I wonder what more there is to learn.

We just told them so much. We just told them so much about pistachios. But evidently there's a whole other world.

There's an unexplored vista.

[Emma Stone]

They got a bunch of flavors. They got dill pickle, jalapeno lime, as we learned, smoky barbecue. There's a lot of different flavors.

[Stephen Colbert]

Wow. And I would not disparage any of them.

[Emma Stone]

No, no, no.

[Stephen Colbert]

Bring it on.

[Emma Stone]

Nothing bad to say.

[Stephen Colbert]

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[Emma Stone]

We're nut.

[Stephen Colbert]

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[Emma Stone]

Good.

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[Stephen Colbert]

Welcome one and all in here, out there, around the world, to THE Late Show. I'm your host, Stephen Colbert. Ladies and gentlemen, my friends, Romans, countrymen, in the ongoing lowering of our national limbo bar, I gotta say, Donald Trump has proven himself surprisingly limber for a man with those cankles. Because in just the last 24 hours alone, he's achieved two new lows. First, you know how Donald Trump has always sued everyone and everything at all times, everywhere? Well, some of those claims were against the Department of Justice, who during the Biden administration and before made the fatal mistake of doing their jobs. And his claims, he got a bunch of claims. Some of his claims are over investigations into his Russia ties and the seizure of hundreds of classified documents from Mar? A Lago's highly secure guest bathroom. Okay, he didn't like that. He got really mad. So, okay. Now, of course, after he became president, all the cases against him were dropped. But that's not enough. The man wants his money. Don't make him put his rings on. Specifically, Trump wants the DOJ to pay him $230 million, which from the sound of this audience, is obviously ridiculous. But since he won the election technically as president, he could now, in effect, order the government to pay. Well, that doesn't seem right. I mean, if you're going to do that, why stop at 230 million? Why not just let him go to Fort Knox, lose the pants, and go struge McDuck into a pile of gold just like that? Now, if you're saying a judge would never allow that, oh, you sweet, stupid child. This don't go before no judge. They're administrative claims which would be settled by senior officials in the Department of Justice who were all appointed by Trump, some of whom actually defended him in these cases, that he's suing the Department of Justice over his own lawyers decide whether he wins. It's like that classic drama, 12 Angry Men, who were all at my bachelor party even. I mean, this is so crazy. Even Trump is aware of how insane the situation is. Last week, this was just last week, right? Referring to the initial lawsuits that he filed back before he was president, he said this.

[Ryan Reynolds]

I have a lawsuit that was doing very well. And when I became president, I said, I'm sort of suing myself. I don't know what. How do you settle the lawsuit? I'll say, give me X dollars. Right. And I don't know what to do with the lawsuit. It's a great lawsuit. And now I won. It sort of looks bad, I'm suing myself, right?

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah, yeah, it looks like it looks bad. You sue you and you get to decide which one of yous wins. I'm guessing you do. That's some kind of like endless, endless loop of corruption. Like a, like a, like a Mobius grift. It's, I think they call it the circle of jerk. Come on now, what they call it, y' all want to call it? And keep in mind, he may say he's suing himself, but he's not cutting the check. The $230 million would ultimately come from taxpayers. So everyone but him. Many experts have pointed out, many, many experts have pointed out that the situation has no parallel American history. Really? Why, that's shocking. You would expect more traditional behavior from President King. Fighter pilot AI Diarrhea. There have to be standards. We have to live by our heritage. Now you're probably thinking, Steve, there must be some kind of roadblock here, some sort of Justice Department. Well, you'd be right if you had a time machine. Cuz back in July, Pam Bondi fired the agency's top ethics advisor. Was that ethical? We'll never know. Now, the president, I think the president, he's not dumb. In terms of political instincts, the president might actually realize that this don't look great to the taxpayers. So we floated this idea.

[Ryan Reynolds]

As far as all of the litigation and everything that's been involved, yeah, they probably owe me a lot of money, but if I get money from our country, I'll do something nice with it. Like give it to charity.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yes, yes. He might give it to charity. She's a centerfold he banged back in 2006. He's still paying out. I'll tell you one charity he can't give it to. The Donald J. Trump foundation because that was dissolved by a court order in 2018 due to a shocking pattern of illegality. Yes. What tipped off the authorities back then was his revolutionary Take a Wish program. He would find out what the kids wanted. He'd go, like, I'll take that. I would love to have Robert Downey Jr dress up as Iron man and tuck me into bed tonight. I'll take the balloons, too. Trump also floated the idea of using the 230 mil for his remodel, the White House fund. Which brings me to new low number two. Number two. This afternoon, we learned that to make room for his stupid giant ballroom, Donald Trump has approved the demolition of the entire east wing of the White House. Yeah, yeah. Now, I understand this is not the. But it's the first one that wasn't covered in buffalo sauce. And this one is truly heartbreaking. We have a photo to show you, but I'll show you later because I want you to laugh at some of these jokes. He is literally erasing US History, a feat previously achieved only by the Florida school board. And he's moving fast. And he's moving really fast. The East Wing is already halfway gone. That is horrible. I thought it couldn't get any worse than his first term when he gave the Washington Monument truck nuts. And just remember, when Trump first announced his plans for the ballroom, he pledged that the east wing wouldn't be touched by the construction. Now, to be fair, I would not describe that photo as touched. More like stabbed and then thrown down an elevator shaft by construction. The worst part of this is all of it, especially the fact that they consulted no one before doing it. Now, normally, when you alter any federal building, you must first present the plans. But according to an administration official, construction plans have not been submitted to the National Capital Plans Commission, but will be soon. Soon. You've already torn it down. Hey, dad. Hey, dad. Yeah? Sorry to call so late, but I have some bad news about your car. Before I get into all that, can I borrow your car? But the White House claims. Thank you. I can still play a teenager. I can still play a teenager. But the White House claims everything's fine. Because while the commission oversees construction, it does not have jurisdiction over demolition work. That's. That's just performative confusion. The instruction said I should cook the chicken to 165 degrees. It didn't say I couldn't commit arson. You may have noticed that recently the President has been campaigning super hard for the Nobel Peace Prize, but the Nobel folks won't do it, no matter how many American cities he invades. Well, we just got an update. Was this just today? Did we find out today? We found out today. Today. Hello. We just got an update because Donald Trump has finally won the Peace Prize. Or a peace prize because yesterday he was given the. Definitely heard of it before. Richard Nixon, architect. Ooh, so close. Ladies and gentlemen, I am honored to accept this Oscar Meyer Wiener Hot Dog. The award is given by the Nixon Foundation. Previous honorees include Henry Kissinger, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Kissinger a second time. George W. Bush, as well as former Secretaries of State, Jigsaw, Gargamel, and that spot on the inside of your cheek you keep biting. Pretty bold choice. Pretty bold. Hello.

[Emma Stone]

Hi.

[Stephen Colbert]

Hey.

[Emma Stone]

Hi.

[Stephen Colbert]

Pretty bold choice. To Kissinger, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Bush. That's like giving a Latin Grammy. To Kissinger, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Bush. Speaking of. And stay down. Stay down. Man. Speaking of peace, Trump's war on immigrants continues with his ICE squads terrorizing communities all over the country. And he wants more of these squads. But there's a little problem. The application includes a fitness test, and more than a third of applicants have failed the test so far. Well, maybe they should use that to motivate the recruits. All right, cadets, look to your left. Now look to your right. Now take a break. You guys must be exhausted. To pass the ice fitness test, participants must do 15 push ups, 32 sit ups, and run 1.5 miles in 14 minutes. Well, there's a hot tip for immigrants. Learn to run 1.6 miles, and ice can never catch you. It's gotten so bad that one ICE official referred to the new recruits as athletically allergic. You laugh, but that's a real thing I'm allergic to. That's why I always carry my epigarlic breadstick. Ooh. Ooh, I feel an attack coming on. Much better. Now to. Now to safely dispose. We got a great show for you tonight.

[Emma Stone]

Coming up.

Emma Stone.

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[Stephen Colbert]

Welcome back everybody. Ladies and gentlemen, I'm happy to say my first guest tonight is a two time Academy Award winner. You know from La La Land, Poor Things and the favorite and Birdman. She now stars in the new film Begonia.

[Emma Stone]

Here's what's going to happen and I want to be clear. I'm not threatening you or you. But the following is my best guess of how the next 48 hours are likely to transpire. The police and soon thereafter the FBI will begin a statewide manhunt using all of the methods at their disposal and the combined resources of neighboring jurisdictions. My company is a key job creator and economic engine of the region. I am crucial. Think of it like you abducted the governor, but worse. That's the level of bureaucratic urgency you're contending with here. In All Humility I can say that I'm also a high profile female corporate executive. Does that add a certain, you know, politicized optics to this? I would say absolutely. I would say that's a tremendous factor for you to consider here.

[Stephen Colbert]

Please welcome back to the Late Show, Emma Stone. Hello. Hi. Hi. There you go. Nice to see you again.

[Emma Stone]

Good to see you.

[Stephen Colbert]

You know, we've talked about this before. That Emma is a stage name for you.

[Emma Stone]

Yes.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Okay.

[Emma Stone]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

And that your given name is Emily.

[Emma Stone]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

Which is lovely. Emily Stone's a lovely name. What I haven't asked you before and I'm really curious, what was in competition for Emma? Did you try anything else? Because when I was younger, like, young actor, I thought, like, I'll go with Xerxes.

Like what was.

[Emma Stone]

Did you actually go with Xerxes?

[Stephen Colbert]

No, I did. I changed Colbert to Colbert. That's all I did.

[Emma Stone]

But does your family say Colbert?

[Stephen Colbert]

Some of us say Colbert. Some of us say Colbert. But enough about me.

As fascinating as I am, tell me.

And I get it. I get it.

[Emma Stone]

You want to lay down over here.

[Stephen Colbert]

We'Ll talk A hundred thousand percent.

[Emma Stone]

I know.

[Stephen Colbert]

Do you want to host the show for the rest of the day? Year right ahead?

[Emma Stone]

Happily. I'm joking. No, thank you.

[Stephen Colbert]

So what was in competition with Emily?

[Emma Stone]

Okay, so not only was it in competition, but I actually adopted a stage name for, I would say, like six months. Because at Screen Actors Guild, it's like business bureau. Like, you could only have one person.

[Stephen Colbert]

First come, first serve on any name.

[Emma Stone]

Exactly. And so I decided I was 16 and I decided I wanted it to be Riley for. For like six months. So I was Riley Stone, which a beautiful name, but I did an episode, like a guest part on Malcolm in the Middle, and they kept going like, Riley, Riley. And I had no idea who they were talking to, truly. And I was like, I cannot be Riley. Like, it's such a. It came out of nowhere. I was just like, cool name. I'll just be Riley. So I then changed it to Emma because it's close enough to kind of.

[Stephen Colbert]

It triggers. It triggers something.

[Emma Stone]

Exactly.

[Stephen Colbert]

Cortex.

[Emma Stone]

Exactly. Yeah. Something happens.

[Stephen Colbert]

Well, the new film is called Bugonia.

[Emma Stone]

Yes.

[Stephen Colbert]

Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. Starring you, Jesse Plemons, Aiden Delbis. For people who don't know, Tell them what it's about.

[Emma Stone]

Well, or don't.

[Stephen Colbert]

You don't want to. We'll just free ball.

[Emma Stone]

It's like an elevator pitch.

[Stephen Colbert]

Elevator pitch.

[Emma Stone]

I'll try an elevator pitch. Ding dong, there are two. Ding dong, there are two men who are very. This is what our log line is. So I'm trying to just do it from memory. Two conspiracy obsessed young men kidnap the CEO of a major pharmaceutical company convinced she is an alien from outer space. And it's a comedy.

[Stephen Colbert]

Okay.

[Emma Stone]

It's really funny.

[Stephen Colbert]

All right. It's a classic story. Yeah, yeah.

[Emma Stone]

It's a kale as old as time.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yo, Stacia, you're a suspected alien. You're a suspected alien. There's a lot of people. A lot of people suspect that there are aliens among us these days. And I'm curious of the people that.

You'Ve worked with in our industry that we call showbiz.

Who do you think would make a good candidate for a secret alien?

[Emma Stone]

Willem Dafoe. 100%.

[Stephen Colbert]

You did not. You did not have to think about that very long.

[Emma Stone]

It's so simple. I mean, don't you.

Of course.

Like, if it was like, oh, Willem Dafoe was actually an alien, everyone would be like, yeah, obviously. And a great one. Like, if they're all like Willem, then bring them on.

[Stephen Colbert]

That's fantastic. Yeah.

[Emma Stone]

Land upon Earth, please.

[Stephen Colbert]

He's an alien in a very well fitted man suit.

[Emma Stone]

That's right. My favorite alien.

[Stephen Colbert]

This is your fifth time working with Frith.

Frith.

This is your Frith time working with Yorgos Lanthimos here. I got to imagine. I love the Greek accent so much. And I got to imagine that you've nailed Yorgos impression at this point.

[Emma Stone]

Here's the thing is, I've worked on speaking Greek. I've worked on reading Greek. But doing a Greek accent is not my forte.

[Stephen Colbert]

Oh, but can you do a Yorgos?

[Emma Stone]

Yeah, yeah. His most well known phrase, famous amongst our circle of people who have worked on multiple films with him is this is not gonna sound Greek.

[Stephen Colbert]

This is a disaster about everything, really. It could be anything, no matter what it is. Yeah.

[Emma Stone]

Like, this coffee is a disaster. This day is a disaster. How's the movie going? It's a disaster everything.

[Stephen Colbert]

You're not the only stone who's made a real connection with this director.

I love this photo.

Is this the screen actors? Oh, this is you and your mom, Krista.

Yeah, right there.

[Emma Stone]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

And your mom is a big fan.

My mom of the director of Yorgo.

[Emma Stone]

Yeah.

She's a huge Yorgos fan. This is like her exact. I never would have thought. But this is like her exact lane of humor. And this is her kind of thing. Like she was like Begonia's. You know, it's really great. But kinds of kindness was it for me. And I was like, wow, it's like a three hour triptych film, three and a half hours long. And she was like, it's just so him. And I was like, ok, amazing.

[Stephen Colbert]

Does he know how much she loves him?

[Emma Stone]

He knows. And strangely, like. Cause I'm a. I was a producer on Poor Things. I was a producer on Begonia, and I took her early on to, you know, early cuts when he was still taking notes for the edit. And I was like, maybe this, maybe this. And he's like, I don't know. What did Krista think? I was like, well, there's this one scene that, you know, I can't give away. But, like, she thinks that it's too much of this moment. It should go like this. And he's like, okay. And then edited it.

[Stephen Colbert]

I was like, so your mom was giving notes on feature films?

[Emma Stone]

But he listens to my mom. Like, he really respects her taste. And he's like, well, if Krista said it, okay, all right, yeah, I'll change it. I'm like, huh? What if we change this? He's like, nope. But if Krista thinks so, yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

Now, growing up with your mom and your dad, I suppose, but growing up, did you get a sense of, like, what your mother's taste was?

[Emma Stone]

Oh, yeah. Cause she was 15 in 1975 when SNL first aired and she would watch it with her family. And she introduced me to Gil. I mean, not to the person, but to the star. That was Gilda Radner, who is still my absolute hero.

[Stephen Colbert]

Emily Lutella, Roseanne.

Rosanna. Denna.

[Emma Stone]

Roseanne. Rosanna Dennis, Lisa Leutner. And so she was, yes, she was integral in that kind of world of snl. And then my dad, also. Great taste. Steve Martin, Bill Murray, all of it. So that was the.

[Stephen Colbert]

You've hosted snl, right?

[Emma Stone]

Five times, Stephen.

Wow.

[Stephen Colbert]

I have a jacket. I thought so. I'm a five timer.

[Emma Stone]

I can't stop saying it. Five timer yet.

[Stephen Colbert]

Have you brought your folks to SNL to see you host?

[Emma Stone]

Oh, yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

That must be great.

[Emma Stone]

Oh, it's the best. It's so incredible. And yeah, that SNL is like my favorite place in the entire world, so.

[Stephen Colbert]

Well, thanks for stopping by.

The Ed Sullivan.

[Emma Stone]

This is good, too.

[Stephen Colbert]

Oh, I know this. Yeah, it's pretty good too.

[Emma Stone]

I like it here as well. No, can we do a sketch?

[Stephen Colbert]

Can we do a sketch? 100%.

[Emma Stone]

Okay, next time.

[Stephen Colbert]

Next time. Wait, wait. Hey, no.

[Emma Stone]

Hey.

[Stephen Colbert]

I'm here till May, baby. Okay, we'll write it up. We'll send you some pictures. Now you have to do a sketch.

[Emma Stone]

I'll do a sketch with you.

[Stephen Colbert]

I'd love to. One of the things you did for this, you shaved your head for the film.

[Emma Stone]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

But you wanted the audience to be surprised that you'd shaved your head. So with the shaved head, you went out in public, but you wore really good wigs.

[Emma Stone]

Oh, that was. I only really wore that wig once because we had to go to the mirror. It was a great wig. But the problem is, is I'm so unsubtle and just like generally stupid that I was like, the wig looked good, but the whole night I was like, can you tell it's a wig to everyone? And they were like, we're pretty sure she's wearing a wig. Since she moved it around a lot and kept saying like. There was like a lip read video where I was like, it's a wig.

So I.

And this is a wig. It was. So I was like, be really bad.

[Stephen Colbert]

At keeping anything you thought about being in the intelligence community.

[Emma Stone]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

They were.

[Stephen Colbert]

I've shaved my head on camera before.

[Emma Stone]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

How'd you feel about the shape of your head?

[Emma Stone]

I loved having a shaved head. Did you like it?

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah, I really, I really. I lucked out. And I went, oh, no, not too many bumps.

[Emma Stone]

Oh, I had four moles that I had removed the next day.

[Stephen Colbert]

That's good to know.

[Emma Stone]

And Yorgos was like, shouldn't this be a match since it's one take? And I was like, they nicked my head. I'm not walking around with four giant moles.

[Stephen Colbert]

Wow.

[Emma Stone]

Sorry.

[Stephen Colbert]

Did you like the feeling? Cause I loved the feeling.

[Emma Stone]

Oh, it felt so good. Taking a shower with a shaved head is amazing. And every time you're thinking, you really run your hand over your head and wow.

[Stephen Colbert]

I felt like I was in the shower with a stranger washing his head.

[Emma Stone]

Huh?

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah, it was really nice.

[Emma Stone]

Were you?

[Stephen Colbert]

What?

[Emma Stone]

Were you?

[Stephen Colbert]

No. I knew everybody in there that intimately, so.

[Emma Stone]

Thank you for.

[Stephen Colbert]

Thank you for being here.

Thank you for listening to the Late.

Show POD show with Stephen Colbert. Just one more thing. If you want to see more of me, come to the late show you YouTube channel for more clips and exclusives.

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