All language subtitles for ellen_s05e08_emma_with_emma_thompson

You got to admit, my studio throws one
hell of a party, huh?

Ellen, stop gawking at celebrities.

I'm not. I'm looking for food.

Oh, my God. There's Paul Newman.

Distract him. I'll frisk him for salad
dressing.

Hang on. They're going to bring hors d
'oeuvres around.

You said there was going to be buffet. I
didn't have dinner.

Did I eat lunch?

See, that part of my brain that would
remember is starved to death.

I'm going to go mingle. I'm going to
hunt and gather.

Bloody Mary?

Oh, yes, thank you very much.

Uh, can I get you anything else?

Do you have any drinks that come with
french fries?

Hi, um, excuse me. A movie star was
looking for this actually earlier. Some,

George Clooney or, uh, Teddy Roosevelt.
Somebody famous. Can I take this?

I'll, uh, I'll bring it back to you.
I'll, I'll, I promise I'll bring it

Thank you.

Oh, thank God. I'm famished.

Oh, my God, you're Emma Thompson.

What are you doing hiding back here?

Oh, isn't this the bathroom?

Oh, thank God you arrived just in time.

Emma, I've got to go and catch my
flight.

Darling, ring me when you get back, and
can you put a call through to... I'm so

sorry. Would you mind excusing us just
for two seconds?

Of course. I'm so sorry. Yes.

Okay. When you get back to England, will
you look up Richard Dawson and tell him

I say hello?

Are you finished with that tray?

Oh, the tray. That's right.

Here you go.

I shouldn't have drank so much last
night.

Please tell me I didn't do anything
stupid.

If getting up on a table and singing
Muskrat Love is stupid, I don't want to

smart.

I can't believe I found out that Emma
Thompson is gay.

So what? Half this town is gay and the
other half pretend they are to kiss up

David Geffen.

Yeah, but now me and this amazing
actress have something in common.

She's my new role model.

I can finally take down that picture of
Hazel.

I gotta go. I gotta hire Emma an
assistant for the next couple weeks

making this movie.

You get to hire Emma's assistant?

Yes, and there's gotta be someone great
so that she'll be happy, and then this

movie she's making for us will be a big
hit, and I'll get a big fat promotion,

even though I never read the script.

You know who would be great?

Who? Me.

No, really, who?

Hey, Trillian, anybody you hire is gonna
be some slimy Hollywood type flying

their way to the top, right?

Right. And they would stop at nothing,
including stabbing you in the back to

there.

That is how I got my job.

Trust me, Paige, you don't want somebody
like you gunning for you.

All right, you're hired.

Really?

Thank you.

Thank you.

Oh, God, now I've got to brush up on my
English.

See, I took it in high school. I never
imagined I'd actually use it.

Uh, yes, this is Ellen Morgan.

I'm, uh...

Emma Thompson's personal assistant.

No, Emma Thompson, the rodeo clown.

Guess that, Emma Thompson.

Listen, I'm wondering, do you carry
crumpets?

Do you know what they look like in case
I find someone who does?

Helen, dear girl, what time is my Vanity
Fair interview?

I do have to know at what point in my
day I need to become charming.

Let me help you with that.

That is at 11 o 'clock.

No, no, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

11 o 'clock, you have your family care.
And then lunch at 1.

And then 2 o 'clock, 2 .30, I'm sorry,
your personal trainer. And then nothing

until you're due on the set at 6.

So from 3 .30 to 6, you're free. You
could get hammered.

No, I prefer to do my drinking early
while I'm still fresh.

Oh, and I also, I sent back those
scripts to your agent. Which ones were

again? Let's see.

One was based on the novel by Jane
Austen, and one was based on a short

Jane Austen, and then the third was
Jane, the musical.

Ellen, you're absolutely extraordinary.
You've only been my assistant for two

days, and already you anticipate my
every need, whim, and want. Well, that's

just because I know so much about you. I
mean, for instance, I know you like

your coffee black, two sugars, your
agent's name is Marty. You once had a

with Terrence Stamp, the old vip,
whatever the hell that means.

That's too bad.

Well, anyway, I just know a lot about
you. I probably know more than you know

know. Things that, should they get out,
could probably get you courtside seats

at the WNBA.

Oh, now, listen, I nearly forgot. I need
you to send some flowers to Cynthia in

England. So I'll just jot down the
address for you, darling. And how should

sign that?

Dreaming of you, love and kisses?

Is that appropriate for a funeral?

No, no, no, not if it's all uptight and
formal. No.

Look, I'm just going to tell you. I
mean, I believe in honesty, so I'm going

just put this on the table here. I'm
gay.

Well.

Well, that is a bit of a coincidence.

Really? And why is that? Well, because I
have another friend called Ellen who's

gay. Perhaps you know her.

Yes, perhaps we met at one of the gay
Ellen meetings.

Look, I saw you with that woman the
other night.

Oh.

Alice.

I see.

I hope that it doesn't make you
uncomfortable knowing that... Oh,

Ellen. I'm just...

A little startled by your complete
candour. I mean, it's just... It must

be wonderful to be so open, so free.

I'd be envious if you weren't also
completely unknown and relatively poor.

I can't get over it, though. I mean,
you're gay. I had no idea.

And no one else does either, and that is
really how I'd like to keep it, my

dear. Hey, 16, they trusted me with the
Colonel's secret recipe. I think you can

trust me with that.

Well, all right, then. That's quite a
relief, actually. Not having to sort of

carry on this charade with you.

Now when Alice calls, I won't have to
pretend she's my riding instructor.

That must be so hard. How did you two
meet? She was my riding instructor.

I'll never forget my first time with
her. I fell off and broke my arm.

My first time, I only stubbed my toe on
the bedpost.

Don't you think it's a little weird
you're getting a Lifetime Achievement

so young?

I don't know. What's weird is the Ford
Fiesta that comes with it.

Oh, God, there's someone I hate.

Darling! I wish Laurie could be here.
This is so much fun.

Is Laurie your... girlfriend?

Girlfriend? Girlfriend is hardly the
word for it. That's not even a big

word. She's my white hot mullet. Oh, you
would love her. Which I'm not

suggesting, or else I'd have to kick
your ass.

It's just amazing, I mean, the way you
talk so openly.

About being gay and having a girlfriend
and everything.

Why shouldn't I? She's important to me.

I must admit, I have toyed with the idea
of coming out myself.

Well, why don't you?

Believe me, there's nothing I'd like
better, but it's just so difficult.

No, it's not. I'll give you all the
answers to the lesbian entrance exam.

False, true, and on a chain around your
belt loop.

If only it were as simple as that.

But I have to think about my career.
Look, I just don't want to spend the

of my life playing prison matrons and
gym teachers.

It's not going to hurt your career.

I mean, you're an actress. That's not
even a real job.

Well, things are changing. People are
more accepting now, you know? It's not

same world it was when I came out six
months ago.

You can't imagine the relief that you
feel by finally being true to yourself.

Ellen?

You're right.

Ma 'am?

On Friday night, at the Achievement
Awards, I am going to come out.

On national TV?

I'm going to walk up there and I'm going
to announce to the whole world that

Emma Thompson is a poof.

You're gay and a poof?

This is going to be so big.

So, did I miss anything?

No, uh, no, we were just talking and
then, uh, poof, you were back.

This is a nightmare, okay? Emma Thompson
is going to announce to the world that

she's gay in the middle of shooting my
movie.

What if the studio pulls the plug?

They wouldn't do that.

Ellen, it's a love story.

And when Emma is kissing Sean Penn, we'd
like the audience to think that she's

into it.

Not daydreaming about what Betty Rubble
would be like if she were real.

Thanks. Now, how am I supposed to get
that out of my head?

I mean, even you must see that this is
not a good idea for her. Why? I did it.

You are nobody.

She's Emma Thompson.

Kids in England have her picture on
their lunch boxes.

That's tough, kids.

Now, listen, listen. I know that you
think that I am only thinking about

here, and I am not.

Only.

I just think that this would jeopardize
Emma's entire career.

Yeah, well, this is Emma's decision. She
knows what she's getting into.

The English people are smarter than
regular people.

No, no, no, no. She doesn't know what
she's getting into, okay? The press will

massacre her. They will dig up old
boyfriends and teachers and the guy who

her to the prom or the pram or whatever
they call it over there.

So? I'm sure they'll support her. I
mean, it can't be a very homophobic

with all those men running around named
Terry and Vivian.

Look, maybe you can't appreciate what
this has been like for her, but I can.

I have to support her as a human being
and as a friend.

Okay, all right, all right. Okay, if you
are her friend, then you will do her

this one favor.

You will make sure, absolutely sure,
that she grasps the consequences of

All right.

I mean, I'm not just thinking about her
career here.

I'm thinking about all those beautiful,
small British movies she's yet to star

in. I mean, how would you feel if they
were never made?

You're right.

It'd be a terrible tragedy for American
moviegoers by the dozens.

Have they sent the other limo over yet,
darling? Yes, it's waiting downstairs,

and this one does have a bar in it. Oh,
good.

Off we go, then.

An appointment with destiny.

Let's go out and terrify some Baptists.

Emma, first of all, I just want to say
I'm so proud of you. I'm really very

proud of you, but I just want to make
sure that you're coming out for you,

because you want to and not because I
can be so darn persuasive.

Ellen, although you do have a Svengali
-like hold on my life, rest assured that

this decision was entirely mine.

Okay, because, you know, there are a lot
of stupid, narrow -minded people out

there, and every one of them is or will
be running a movie studio.

To hell with them!

Look at you. You came out, and you're
none the worse for wear.

Yes, well, you have two Oscars. I only
have a trophy that says World's Greatest

Daughter.

The reporters will sniff around.

Oh, I'll just sniff right back.

Okay.

They'll... Delve into your past, you
know, swarm around everybody you ever

go into your childhood.

But, you know, that's okay, right?

How far back do you think they'll dig?

Oh, I don't know. All the way. They're
insatiable. They never get enough. I

don't know. Why?

The truth is, there is something highly
explosive about my past that I don't

want anybody to know about ever.

Well, okay, they don't have to.

But just to be safe, you should probably
tell me.

No, no, I mustn't, I mustn't. Emma, it's
me.

I'm the least gossipy person I know,
unlike Paige, who, besides being

sleeps around a lot.

All right, then.

The truth is, I have myth -led the
public a little bit about my part.

So you did a little soft porn.

No,

it's not just that.

The fact is, I'm not... How can I...
Technically

British.

Um...

If you must know, I was born in Dayton,
Ohio.

Say something, please.

I don't know what to say.

I see the way you're looking at me. You
find me disgusting.

I'm sure I've come across people from
Dayton before.

I mean, maybe some of my best friends
are Daytonians. Oh, God, I knew, I knew.

I knew I should have kept it to myself.

You're not even part English?

I learned the accent from the Julie
Andrews movies, all right?

classy roles was to pretend to be
British. Besides, you know...

I wasn't getting

anywhere as an actor in Ohio.

Oh, I can't come out to the world
tonight.

You know, I... I can face telling them
that I'm gay. You know, Hollywood people

can deal with that. But there is no
Dayton chic.

Maybe you're right. Maybe society isn't
ready for this.

You're telling me, sister.

Let's go down to the limo then, shall
we?

Okay, Pip.

Don't pity me.

You know, I've always thought there was
something a little odd about Laurence

Olivier. Mobile Alabama.

I tell people it's a single malt scotch,
but actually, it's Thunderbird, the

drink of my youth.

Is it supposed to taste like the car?

Sorry I'm late.

Oh, that's okay. We were just talking
about how great America is.

If you'd come a moment earlier, you
would have caught a swear dancing.

I just wanted to tell you that I'm sorry
and that it was wrong for me to

pressure you to influence Emma's
decision. A decision which I...

wholeheartedly support.

She decided not to come out tonight.

Yes!

I didn't talk her out of it. I didn't
talk her out of it. It was her choice.

There's still a chance she'll get tanked
and jump on a waitress.

Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome
Army Archer.

Oh, welcome.

Tonight, the Society of Film Artists
honors Miss Emma Thompson with its

prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award.

You can set that award.

Please welcome, via satellite, Mr. Sean
Penn.

Thank you.

Hi, Em.

I'm sorry I couldn't be there tonight. I
really wanted to be part of this

evening for you.

What does it take to be honored by a
society of film artists?

Not just artistic achievement.

Not just a great talent.

But integrity.

And above all, honesty.

Acting is all about exposing yourself.
About facing, without flinching, the

emotional truth of the moment. In this
regard, Emma Thompson is a true actress.

And the most courageous woman I know.

The man's a poet.

It's false. I can't go up and accept
that award while every word that lovely

is saying about me is a bloody lie. I
have to do this.

Well, you know, they're going to find
out eventually anyway. That British

you have is not very good.

He's giving this Lifetime Achievement
Award to Emma Thompson.

I'm going to do this.

I'm going to do it.

I'm going to march up there and I'm
going to tell the world that I'm gay and

yank.

Before we make this presentation,
there's something that I need to do.

I'm going to change someone's life
tonight.

Someone who's kept a secret for a long,
long time.

That person is me.

Inspired by Emma Thompson's integrity.

I have to tell you that I'm gay.

The only people who have ever known me
were my parents, a few friends, and

was a bartender at Bar Marmont who, when
I ordered a sidecar, he said, what are

you, gay?

And he had the cutest smile.

Anyway.

Thank you for the honest example that
you've set with your life.

I'm just so relieved.

Just stop living this lie.

Hi, Dad.

I think that now's perhaps the best time
to make part of your announcement.

Seems stealing bastard.

By the way, how did the tabloids find
out that you were gay?

Oh, I'm a bloody waiter. The awards
ceremony got hold of the coming out

I've never tucked a man in a tuxedo.

You don't have to tell me that. That was
the theme at my junior prom.

So, no regrets?

You have got to be kidding. I have never
been happier.

It's like I'm living a whole new life.

All right, Thompson.

Come on, let's go. Back to work. You
want to cut me some slack here? I'm on a

break.

You'll be on a boat back to France if
you don't shake a leg. Okay, okay.

So what'll it be? Soup of the day is
cream of broccoli. It's awfully good.

Yeah, I'll have that. That's fine.
Thanks.