GOLDEN GLOBE WINNER WHO'S STARRED IN "ZERO DARK THIRTY,"

"THE HELP," AND "MOLLY'S GAME."

HER NEW FILM IS, "WOMAN WALKS AHEAD."

>> THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST EXQUISITE PIECES OF WORK I'VE

EVER SEEN.

>> AND WHY DOES IT MAKE YOU SAD?

BECAUSE YOU'VE LIVED ALL THIS AND TURNED IT INTO SOMETHING

BEAUTIFUL.

THE ONLY BATTLE I EVER FOUGHT AGAINST WAS INSIGNIFICANCE.

>> SO LIVE MORE.

LIVE MORE, YES.

THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO DO.

>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME JESSICA CHASTAIN!

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )

>> Stephen: CONGRATULATIONS.

JUST HAD OR JUST ABOUT TO HAVE YOUR FIRST ANNIVERSARY?

>> WE'VE ALREADY HAD IT, JUNE 10th.

>> Stephen: YOU'VE MADE IT THE FIRST YEAR, THAT'S THE TOUGHEST.

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> YOU OBVIOUSLY SH A LOT OF

FAITH IN ME THAT I LASTED YEAR.

A LOT OF PEOPLE TOLD ME THE FIRST YEAR IS TOUGH.

I WAS EXPECTING IT TO BE REALLY DIFFICULT.

I THOUGHT, THIS IS EASY.

>> Stephen: WELL, IT'S A CHANGE, LIKE MOVING JOBS, MOVING

HOUSES.

YOU'VE MOVED INTO A WHOLE NEW PER SEWNA, NOW THE TWO OF YOU

ARE ONE, IT CAN BE STRESSFUL.

>> OR THE TWO OF US ARE PARTNERS AND TWO.

( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: I'M JUST SAYING

I'VE LASTED 25 YEARS.

( LAUGHTER ) >> ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.

GOOD.

>> Stephen: YOUR HUSBAND IS ITALIAN FROM ITALY?

>> YES.

>> Stephen: OKAY, DO YOU SPEAK ITALIAN?

>> VERY LITTLE BIT.

I WENT TO ITALY ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO AND TOOK CLASSES FOR ABOUT

SIX WEEKS, BUT -- >> Stephen: THAT'S GOOD.

THANKS.

>> Stephen: WHAT STUCK?

THE THINGS LIKE WHEN I'M TALKING TO THE GRANDPARENTS, BUT

THEN ALSO SOMETIMES IT'S ACTUALLY -- THIS IS MY FAVORITE

PART -- WHENEVER I HEAR MY HUSBAND SPEAKING ON THE PHONE,

I'M STARTING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HE'S SAYING AND HE DOESN'T KNOW

IT?

SO HE THINKS HE'S BEING SECRETIVE?

>> COMPLETELY.

WE WERE HAVING DINNER WITH HIS PHAT AROUND I WAS LOOKING AT

SOMETHING ON THE WALL AND HIS FATHER ASKS IN ITALIAN TO JEAN

LUCA, IS SHE OKAY?

( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: BECAUSE YOU WERE

SPACED OUT.

>> YES.

AND JEAN LUCA SAID, YES, SHE HAS NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON.

I LOOKED AT BOTH OF THEM AND I SAID, I KNOW EVERYTHING.

>> Stephen: THAT'S GOOD.

BUT DON'T LET ON YOU KNOW TOO MUCH BECAUSE YOU CAN EAVESDROP.

>> I KNOW, I KNOW.

>> Stephen: YOU LEARN ANY CURSE WORDS?

>> YEAH, THEY'RE VULGAR.

AM I ALLOWED TO SAY VULGAR IN I ITALIAN?

>> Stephen: LET'S FIND OUT.

SAY THEM AND LET'S SEE IF ANYONE AT CBS CAN SPEAK ITALIAN.

>> I HEAR THIS WORD A LOT.

( BLEEP ) OH!

PEOPLE KNEW THAT!

>> Stephen: YES, THAT'S A DELICIOUS SIDE DISH.

>> YEAH.

YEAH, THAT.

AND THEN THERE'S A LOT OF GESTURES I'VE LEARNED.

>> Stephen: OH, OKAY.

NOT NECESSARILY DIRTY, PER SE.

>> Stephen: JUST SURPRISING.

URPRISING, LIKE JEAN LUCA'S SISTER WHEN SHE EATS SOMETHING

VERY DELICIOUS, SHE GOES LIKE THIS, MMM!

>> Stephen: BECAUSE IT'S CUTE?

THAT'S GOOD!

>> Stephen: DELICIOUS.

THIS MEANS YOU'RE WARDING OFF BAD LUCK.

>> Stephen: OR ROCK OUT.

EXACTLY.

AND THEN MY HUSBAND DOES THIS THING WHERE, WHENEVER -- BECAUSE

AIM WORIER, SO I SAY THINGS LIKE, I'M AFRAID IF WE DRIVE TOO

LATE WE MIGHT GET IN A CAR ACCIDENT.

HE ALWAYS DOES THIS, HE GOES -- WHISTLES -- AND GRABS HIS

TESTICLES.

( LAUGHTER ) YEP.

>> Stephen: WHY DOES HE DO THAT?

>> I THINK A LOT OF ITALIANS DO IT.

>> Stephen: IT'S A THING?

IT'S A THING.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE WHISTLING IS, AND THEN THIS.

>> Stephen: THE WHISTLING COMES BEFORE NOT AFTER.

>> WELL, KIND OF AT THE SAME TIME.

HE'S ANNOYED AT ME WHEN HE DOES IT.

HE DOES THIS, BECAUSE HE CAN'T GO ON WITHOUT DOING THAT BECAUSE

THEN WE MIGHT GET IN A CAR ACCIDENT.

>> Stephen: YOU'VE HEXED YOURSELF.

>> BASICALLY, HE'S SAVING OUR LIVES.

>> Stephen: BY CLUMPING HIS CROTCH.

I HOPE YOU THANK HIM.

>> EVERY TIME.

>> Stephen: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.

( LAUGHTER ) YOU LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERY

DAY.

YES.

I HEARD YOU WERE SORT OF A SHAKESPEARE GEEK WHEN YOU WERE A

KID.

>> I STILL AM.

RESPECT THAT.

WHAT IS FIRST HOOKED YOU INTO LOVING SHAKESPEARE?

>> THERE'S A FESTIVAL CALLED THE ASHLAND, OREGON FESTIVAL.

>> Stephen: IT'S A FANTASTIC FESTIVAL.

>> YES.

WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, WE WENT ON A FIELD TRIP AND I

REMEMBER I THOUGHT MARCO BARCELLI IN RICHARD THE III.

I SAT IN THEFRONT ROW AND I WAS SO ATTRACTED TO RICHARD III,

WHICH IS NOT A NORMAL THING, I KNOW.

>> Stephen: NO, RICHARD III SAYS IN THE OPENING

MONOLOGUE SAYING I AM SO LIG THE DOGS BARK -- SO UGLY THE DOGS

BARK AT ME.

>> YEAH, BUT HE WAS SEXY.

>> Stephen: SO HE WAS DOING A TERRIBLE JOB AT RICHARD III IS

WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

>> YEAH, BUT HE DID A GREAT JOB BECAUSE HE GOT ME INTERESTED IN

SHAKESPEARE.

>> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE LINE?

>> ROMEO AND JULIET IS MY FAVORITE PLAY.

I HAVE BEEN LUCKY TO PLAY THE PART TWICE.

JULIET SAYS, MY BOUNTY IS AS BOUNDLESS AS THE SEA, MY LOVE IS

DEEP.

THE MORE I GIVE TO THEE, THE MORE I HAVE FOR BOTH ARE

INFINITE.

>> Stephen: WOW.

NICELY DONE ( APPLAUSE )

>> THANK YOU.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

>> Stephen: IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL.

WHEN I WAS STUDYING CHIC SPARE IN COLLEGE, MY TEACHER SAID, IF

YOU KNOW THE ANSWER, DON'T ANSWER, THEN SHE READ THOSE TWO

LINES AND SAID FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW WHO'S SAYING

THIS, IS IT A MAN OR A WOMAN SPEAKING, TO GET A SENSE OF HOW

MUCH OF THE SPIRIT OF THE CHARACTER GOES INTO THE WORDS

SHAKESPEARE USES, I SAID IT'S A WOMAN, BOUNTY, BOUNDLESS, THE

OCEAN IS A FEMININE IMAGE.

>> GREAT, GOOD JOB!

( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: YEAH, I'VE NEVER

PLAYED JULIET, BUT I'M READY.

>> YOU SHOULD PLAY JULIET ONE DAY AND I'LL PLAY ROAM-OWE.

>> Stephen: WHEREVER ART THOUSAND, ROME OWE, DO NOT DENY

MY NAME.

( APPLAUSE ) >> ALL RIGHT.

>> Stephen: I COULD STILL PLAY 14!

YOU'VE GOT A NEW FILM IN DEVELOPMENT WHICH I'M FASCINATED

BY, ARE THESE THE PEOPLE IN THE FILM?

THE FILM IS CALLED A 355, AND WHAT'S GOING ON FIRST OF ALL IN

THIS PHOTO RIGHT HERE?

YOU HAVE AMAZING PEOPLE.

>> YEAH, AND WE -- THIS KIND OF CAME FROM AN IDEA FOR ME.

I WANTED TO DO A FEMALE ESPIONAGE MOVIE AND I WANTED THE

ACTRESSES TO OWN IT.

I FELT LIKE THE STUDIOS HAD ENOUGH TIME, THEY COULD HAVE

MADE THIS MOVIE IF THEY WANTED TO, SO I CALLED UP THE ACTRESSES

AND I SAID, THIS IS MY IDEA, AND WOULD YOU COME WITH ME TO CAN

AND SELL THE FILM AND YOU WILL BE OWNERS.

THEY ALL AGREED.

THAT PICTURE IS US CROSSING THE STREET TO GO INTO THE

CONFERENCE, AND I WAS MAIHEM BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT

MARY ANN, PENELOPE CRUZ AND ALL THESE PEOPLE.

>> Stephen: JESSICA CHASTAIN.

WELL...

THEY WERE CLIMBING THE TREES.

IT WASN'T PLANNED BUT MARION AND PENELOPE AND EVERYONE STARTED

HOLDING HANDS AND WE WALKED THROUGH THE CROWD AND I HEARD

SOMEONE SAY AT ONE POINT "THE POWER OF WOMEN."

BEAUTIFUL.

>> Stephen: ALL FEMALE, OWNED BY ALL THE ACTRESSES.

HOW LONG ARE YOU GOING TO EXCLUDE MEN FROM POWER POSITIONS

IN HOLLYWOOD?

( LAUGHTER ) IT HAS BEEN LITERALLY WEEKS,

NOW!

>> I KNOW, I KNOW.

WE'RE TERRIBLE.

>> Stephen: THE NEW FILM IS CALLED "WOMAN WALKS AHEAD."

WHO IS THIS WOMAN AND WHY IS SHE WALKING AHEAD?

>> THE TITLE COMES FROM THE NAME SITTING BULL GAVE KATHERINE

WELDON.

SHE IS A WOMAN WHO IS UNKNOWN IN HISTORY.

>> Stephen: TRUE STORY.

TRUE STORY.

HER GRAVE IS IN BROOKLYN AND IS UNMARKED.

YOU HAVE TO GET A MAP FROM THE CEMETERY AND FIND IT AND THERE'S

A GRAVE STONE THAT DOESN'T REALLY SAY WHO SHE WAS.

BUT BEFORE WOMEN HAD THE RIGHT TO VOTE, WHEN WOMEN WERE SEEN AS

PROPERTY OF THEIR FATHERS OR THEIR HUSBANDS, SHE WENT WEST TO

MEET SITTING BULL AND TO SEE HOW SHE COULD BE OF SERVICE, LIKE,

HOW SHE COULD BE AN ALLY, AND THE MOVIE CHRONICLES THEIR

FRIENDSHIP AND THEIR LOVE, AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL STORY.

>> Stephen: WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> STEPHEN: "WOMAN WALKS AHEAD"

IS IN THEATERS AND ON DEMAND FRIDAY.

JESSICA CHASTAIN, EVERYBODY!

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK...