"you're not you" with emmy rossum and "the homesman" with meryl streep.re not you" hits first. she's struggling with als, better known as lou gehrigs disease. you can see the toll it takes on her character. >> who is he having drinks with? >> al. >> tom said he saw evan walking. >> great. well, then, drinks means he'll be there all night, which means more time for us. >> congratulations to us. >> thank you. >> i'm just tired. it's going to be easier once you get stronger. >> i'm not getting stronger. please don't say that. i just hate when people say that. >> how is that for brutal honesty. >> right. i think that's the thing terminal illness brings you, just to be brutally honest with everything happening in your life because you don't have that much longer to live. get real with everything. >> i'm always amazed by the things actors do, have to do, choose to do to get into character. how do you go about researching als, as a character? >> well, i was fortunate enough to speak with a couple people who had been diagnosed and were living with als. they were

actress emmy rossum. comedian chris gethard.turing the 8g band. [ cheers and applause ] and now, here he is, seth meyers. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: good evening, everyone, good evening. i'm seth meyers. this is "late night." how's everyone doing tonight? [ cheers and applause ] well, that sounds great. you sound great. well, let's get started. kim jong-un has been out of the public eye and north korean officials say that it's because he needs a total of 100 days to recover from his foot ailments. when asked what kind of foot ailments they said, liposuction. [ laughter ] liposuction. going in through the heel. and then -- that's how it works, i'm pretty sure that's how it works. i love this story. this week president obama criticized the republican party for being a party of billionaires, while speaking at the $26 million connecticut home of a man named rich richman. [ laughter ] although, to be fair in connecticut, a $26 million home is considered the projects. [ laughter ] ebola is still in the news. and according to a

actress emmy rossum. comedian chris gethard.

emmy rossum appeared in more than two dozen tv shows and films.>> no, i brought a -- i her on the university website. >> it says here your most recent place of employment was the red lobster on sam houston -- >> wait. sorry. wrong one. yeah. little different than the one i put in the e-mail. i kind of padded that one. >> that's one of the few light moments. but there are -- congratulations. >> thank you. >> this movie, i didn't know what to expect. i see your name is there and you're expecting great performances but the story is for anybody that has ever had a friend that has suffered with als, it is just devastating illness and this woman turns your life around and you turn hers. it is a beautiful story of a friendship that develops between the two of you. when you read the script, what happened? >> i sobbed like a baby and felt incredibly inspired. you're right, it is this kind of unlikely friendship between two women, not something we see a lot in movies as the main theme of the story. >> who needs -- >> who changes each other, who inspire each

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