Ryan Reynolds: We've Got To Do All We Can

Stephen: WELCOME EVERYONE. WE ARE STILL MAKING THE SHOW. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. YOU KNOW MY GUEST TONIGHT FROM MOVIES LIKE "THE PROPOSAL," "POKEMON: DETECTIVE PIKACHU" AND THE ALWAYS CHEERFUL DEADPOOL. PLEASE WELCOME TO "A LATE SHOW", RYAN REYNOLDS! RYAN, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. IT'S VERY NICE TO BE HERE, STEPHEN. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. Stephen: WHO'S WITH YOU? ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE REYNOLDS BURNER? WHO'S THERE WITH YOU? I'M HERE WITH MY WIFE, BLAKE, OUR THREE DAUGHTERS: FIVE, THREE AND ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS. THOSE ARE NOT THEIR NAMES. THOSE ARE OLD S. Stephen: NO JUDGMENT. YES, AND MY MOTHER-IN-LAW HERE.

SHE IS HERE TOO. Esteban: NICE. SHE IS. A SAVIOR. IT HAS BEEN AMAZING TO HAVE HER HERE. SHE DOESN'T KNOW. ACTUALLY, SHE IS EMERGENCY FOOD IF THIS BECOME REAL. Esteban: SURE. SO, YES, BUT IT'S GREAT TO HAVE HER HERE TOO. Stephen: WE ARE ALL AT THE END. YES, WE ARE. Stephen: THAT'S WHY I STAY SO WELL MARBLED. I'M THINKING ABOUT MY FAMILY. I WILL NOT HESITATE TO EAT CHILDREN. Stephen: YOU MUST BE FIRM. YOU HAVE TO BE FIRM. WAIT A SECOND, ARE YOU THE ONLY MAN IN A HOUSE WITH FIVE WOMEN? YES. I AM DOING MY PART TO ERASE MEN FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH.

Stephen: AND-- THAT'S GOOD FOR YOU? IS THAT A NICE, REFRESHING CHANGE OF PACE? OR DO YOU HAVE MALE COMPANY LIKE MINE? I DON'T MISS THE MALE COMPANY AT ALL. Actually, most... you know, men tend to just be the architects of someone's demise. SO IT'S OK. I JUST LIKE BEING HERE WITH THE GIRLS. I LIKE DOING GIRL THINGS. LIKE, I TRY NOT TO PUSH NORMATIVE GENDER IDEAS TO MY CHILDREN WHEN THEY WERE BORN, BUT EACH ONE, WHEN THEY LEFT THE HOPPER, WANTED TO MAKE DRESSES. THEY WANTED TO WEAR PINK ALL DAY. THAT'S WHAT I DO. THIS MORNING I MADE DRESSES OUT OF TISSUE PAPER WHICH WAS FUN FOR THEM.

Stephen: THAT'S NICE. YES, YES, NOTHING BAD, TRUTH. HOW IS IT GOING THERE? Stephen: "PROJECT RUNWAY" WITH A BOX OF KLEENEX. THIS IS WHAT WE ARE DOING, DEVELOPING THE SKILLS THAT WILL TAKE US TO THE NEW WORLD. Stephen: YOU'RE MAKING IT WORK, RYAN. IT MAKES SENSE. Stephen: WHAT ABOUT PERSONAL GROOMING? YOU ARE A STAR, YOU ARE RADIANT WITH YOUR OWN BEAUTY. WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR OWN PERSONAL GROOMING NOW THAT YOU'RE LOCKED INSIDE? I WAS WORKING ON A FILM UNTIL TWO WEEKS AGO, A LITTLE OVER TWO WEEKS AGO WE CLOSED CUSTOM. I'M THANKFUL I GOT MY HAIR CUT THE DAY WE CLOSED.

I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE. And tomorrow, Blake is going to cut my hair. SHE DID THIS ONCE BEFORE. IT TOOK TWO AND A HALF HOURS. AND THEN IN THE END IT LOOKED LIKE HE HAD DONE IT ALL USING JUST A LIGHTER OR, LIKE... YOU KNOW, THOSE GLOVES THAT ARE MADE OF SANDPAPER. I WOULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE FASTER IF I HAD JUST WEARED IT DOWN, HE JUST RUBED MY HEAD UNTIL THE HAIR WAS DISAPPEARED. TOMORROW I WILL GET MY HAIR CUT, VERY EXCITED. Stephen: PEOPLE ARE PROPOSING NEW IDEAS TO PASS THE TIME. WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO FILL THE EMPTY SPACES?

WE ARE DOING A LOT OF HOME EDUCATION. WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE A SMALL GARDEN. WE ARE LEARNING A LITTLE ABOUT GARDENING. WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE THIS AN EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE, BUT MOSTLY I AM DRINKING. Stephen: YOU HAVE AN ADVANTAGE OVER MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE YOU HAVE YOUR OWN LIQUOR COMPANY. YES, YES, I OWN A GIN COMPANY. IT IS A BLESSING AND A HUGE CURSE. Stephen: TELL PEOPLE ABOUT YOUR GIN COMPANY. YOU GAVE ME A BOTTLE ON THE DAY. I DID IT. Stephen: AND I HAVE IT WITH ME. OH! I ALSO HAVE MINE WITH ME. WATCH THIS.

Stephen: DO YOU HAVE A COCKTAIL YOU PARTICULARLY LIKE TO MAKE WITH YOUR AVIATION GIN? I LIKE TO DRINK GIN AND SODA. I LIKE THE SOFT DRINKS PART. Stephen: THAT'S THE GOOD THING ABOUT A CLEAR LIQUOR. RIGHT. Stephen: NO JUDGMENT. YES, THIS COULD BE ALKALINE WATER FOR EVERYONE KNOWS. HMM. Esteban: HERE YOU GO. I'M SORRY, IT WAS RUDE OF ME TO DRINK BEFORE YOU-- BEFORE- Stephen: NO, I NEED-- I NEED TO DO THIS IN A CIVILIZED WAY. CRUSHED ICE AND EVERYTHING. MY GOD, ALL THE CFORTZ OF -- Stephen: YOU AND BLAKE HAVE REALLY DONE WONDERFUL JOB WITH CHARITY SO FAR IN RESPONSE TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.

TELL PEOPLE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND WAYS THEY CAN HELP TOO. WELL, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT REALLY IN THE BUSINESS OF TELLING PEOPLE WHAT TO DO, NECESSARILY. BUT I THINK IT'S UP TO THOSE WHO CAN DO IT, PARTICULARLY AT A TIME LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW? PEOPLE ARE FIGHTING TO PAY FOR REPRESENTATION. THEY ARE FIGHTING TO BUY FOOD. AND THE FOOD I THINK IS A ISSUE OF NATIONAL SECURITY AND ENOUGH TREATING THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT, THAT IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S PART OF THE INTEGRITY OF DEMOCRACY. SO I... I... I JUST FELT IT IMPORTANT AND BLAKE FELT VERY IMPORTANT TO GIVE BACK.

So we made a pretty significant donation to food banks in both Canada and the United States. Stephen: YOU DONATE $1 MILLION TO FOOD BANKS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. AND $400,000 TO NEW YORK HOSPITALS. AND YOU ARE GIVING BACK TO YOUR COMPANIES, AVIATION GIN, AND HOW ARE YOU GIVING BACK TO MINT MOBILE? DO YOU HAVE A MOBILE PHONE COMPANY? I LOVED MINT MOBILE. I USED IT FOR A YEAR BEFORE I PURCHASED THE COMPANY. IT IS 15 DOLLARS A MONTH. YOU GET THE SAME SERVICE THAT EVERYONE ELSE PAYS $65 OR 100 DOLLARS A MONTH FOR, SO IT MADE SENSE, PARTICULARLY IN TIMES LIKE THIS, IT'S SOMETHING WE COULD GIVE A LITTLE BIT BACK TOO.

WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE FREE DATA TO EVERYONE, HAVING ACCESS TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS AT A TIME LIKE THIS IS AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE. SO YES, IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO DO SOMETHING THERE. I THINK MOST COMPANIES NEED TO DO SOMETHING IF THEY CAN. THEY NEED TO GIVE BACK. Stephen: HOLD THAT THOUGHT. NICE! WOW, YOU ARE A PROFESSIONAL. ABSOLUTE PROFESSIONAL. OH, WOW! He's like a young Tom Cruise behind the bar. Stephen: Uh-huh. YOU LOOK LIKE THE OWNER OF THE GIN COMPANY. YOU OWN AVIATION GIN, NOT ME. I'M DRINKING FROM A HALF-ASS GLASS. Esteban: YES. I HAVE A PHYSICY THAT LENDS TO DRINK.

RIGHT. Stephen: I COME PREDISSIPATED. YOU LOOK TOO HEALTHY TO HAVE A GIN COMPANY. THAT'S A QUARANTINE. Stephen: TELL US ABOUT YOUR NATIVE CANADA. WHAT'S GOING ON UP THERE? DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE QUARANTINE AND THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS UP THERE? YES, IT'S NICE, I MEAN, THEY ARE SUFFERING FROM SIMILAR PROBLEMS. THIS IS, OBVIOUSLY, A GLOBAL PANDEMIC. IT'S A SIMILAR PROBLEM... SIMILAR THERE. I SPOKE WITH THE SUBJECT THE OTHER DAY. IT WAS SHOCKING TO ME BECAUSE THEY SAID THAT... YOU KNOW, THEY FELT LIKE IT WAS PNEUMONIA. AND THEY SAID, "THE CORONAVIRUS CAUSES PNEUMONIA, AND THE PNEUMONIA IS NOT THAT BIG." I CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.

I can tell you a little antidote about my father, who was a very, very strong guy, a boxer and a former police officer, like a tough, tough man. AND JUST THIS ABSOLUTELY INEXHAUSTABLE SLOOUT OF STORIES. MANY OF THEM INVOLVED IDIOCY. Somewhere they were kind, some were compassionate, but many had to do with idiocy. I remember my dad dragged a stump out of the backyard using a Buick and of course the stump won. I REMEMBER HIM USING A METAL SHOVEL TO FREE AN ACTIVE LAWN MOWER. THAT'S...LITERALLY USING A SHOVEL. Stephen: RELEASE AN ACTIVE LAWN MOWER? HE HAD FALLEN ON THE GRASS AND TOOK A SHOVEL TO FREE THIS THING.

I REMEMBER SEEING HIM GO UP INTO HIS OWN SEPTIC TANK. I SAW HIM USING A CHAINSAW WHEN HE SUFFERED FROM LATE-STAGE PARKINSON'S DISEASE, AND A LOT OF OTHER THINGS... POURING GAS ON BURNING LEAVES. He hit my little league coach. BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT KILLED HIM, THE PNEUMONIA. PNEUMONIA IS VERY SERIOUS. HE CAN TAKE THE DIFFICULT OUT OF US. HE HAS MY DAD. THE CORONAVIRUS THEY SAY SERIOUS THINGS AND I PARTICULARLY SEE YOUNG PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT IT LIKE IT'S REALLY NOT THEIR PROBLEM. AND MY GOD, IT'S HIS PROBLEM with him. THERE ARE SOME DEAR PEOPLE WHO HAVE COMPROMISED IMMUNE PROBLEMS.

THERE ARE DEAR OLDER PEOPLE THAT WE LOVE, NOT ONLY IN SHOW BUT ALSO IN LIFE. AND WE HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN. SO YEAH, SCARY TIMES. BUT SOMEHOW WE WILL GET THROUGH THIS. Stephen: I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE ALSO TRIED TO HELP SERVICE INDUSTRY WORKERS, PEOPLE IN BARS AND RESTAURANTS WHO DON'T HAVE ANY JOBS AT THE MOMENT, AND WHO ALWAYS DEPEND ON HIM FOR ADVICE. NOW THEY HAVE NO CUSTOMERS. YOU AND BLAKE HAVE HELPED THEM TOO. YES, BLAKE AND I WANTED TO GIVE BACK TO THE BARTENDERS, PEOPLE IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRY. IN ACTUALLY THEY ARE SOME OF THE MOST AFFECTED IN THIS CRISIS.

So yes, aviation gin started an account, 15 GRAND in the US and 10 GRANT GRANDIN CANADA. THE REAL THING IS 30% OF EVERY BOTTLE SOLD, THE PROFITS FROM EVERY BOTTLE, GO TO THE Bartenders Guild of America, AND THEY ARE THERE TO HELP OUT OF WORK BARTENDERS. IT IS AN AMAZING ORGANIZATION AND A HUGE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTRIBUTE. AND IT'S SOMETHING WE ARE EXTREMELY... EXTREMELY PROUD OF. Stephen: HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRY? HAVE YOU EVER BEEN A WAITER OR BARTENDER? OH HELL YES. I WORKED... I WORKED IN TWO DIFFERENT RESTAURANTS. I WORKED AT A PLACE CALLED ROYAL VANCOUVER YACHT CLUB WHILE GROWING UP IN VANCOUVER.

Stephen: THAT'S VERY TONY, VERY TONY. IT'S VERY LUXURIOUS IS WHAT IT WAS. AND WHAT A PLACE. I WORKED IN A GROCERY STORE FROM MIDNIGHT UNTIL 8:00 A.M. SO I DID THAT FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS. SO I HAVE A HUGE AFFINITY FOR THOSE RIGHT NOW WHO ARE STOCKING THOSE SHELVES AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERY HOUSEHOLD HAS FOOD ON THE TABLE. Stephen: WE OWE THOSE PEOPLE A LOT RIGHT NOW. Give it up for grocery store workers RIGHT NOW. MASSIVE. WORKING IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRIES AND IN A GROCERY STORE, I THINK THOSE JOBS TAUGHT ME MORE ABOUT WORKING IN HOLLYWOOD THAN ALMOST ANYTHING I'VE EVER DONE.

Esteban: HOW IS THAT? WELL, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, HOLLYWOOD, YOU KNOW, YOU WORK WITH A LOT OF "PEOPLE" TEAMS WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, NOT NECESSARILY RESPONSIBLE. THERE'S A TREMENDOUS FLEXIBILITY WITH PEOPLE WHO... YOU KNOW, YOU COULD ARRIVE A WEEK LATE, AND THEY'LL JUST APPLAUD ONCE YOU GET READY. SO I THINK WORKING ON THOSE JOBS TAUGHT ME A REAL KIND OF SIGNABLE RESPONSIBILITY. I ALWAYS FELT THAT IF I ARRIVE FIVE MINUTES EARLY I AM ALREADY 10 MINUTES LATE. And I tell you, half of the good things that have come to me have been about hyper-responsibility, and that also creates a kind of... and instills gratitude for the position that you don't understand the position that you're in.

IT'S SOMETHING FLEETING. IT DOESN'T LAST. So, you know, I... those jobs taught me a lot. I mean, we're going to work on that safe route, at the bar, at the yacht club. IF YOU ARRIVE 15 MINUTES LATE, YOU'RE FIRED. THAT'S RIGHT -- Stephen: AND EVERYONE MUST WORK IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRY AT SOME POINT. THEN YOU KNOW HOW TO BE NICE TO PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRY. YOU REALLY DO IT. Stephen: AND YOU LEARN WHAT IT'S LIKE TO DO A JOB WHERE YOU CAN'T ANSWER FOR THE KIND. NO! Stephen: PEOPLE CAN BE INCREDIBLY (BEEP) TO YOU, AND SAY, "OKAY, LET ME TAKE CARE OF THAT FOR YOU." YES.

YOU'RE JUST GOING TO SMILE, YOU KNOW THAT HALF, MORE THAN HALF OF YOUR INCOME COMES FROM TIPS. So, you know, that's... you're in debt, in a way, that you just don't find in any other industry. I HAVE HUGE RESPECT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THOSE INDUSTRIES. I ALWAYS BE CAREFUL WHEN I AM AROUND THEM TO MAKE SURE THEY SEE THEM AND KNOW THEY ARE APPRECIATED. BUT, YES, YES, CRAZY TIMES. Stephen: RYAN, WE HAVE TO TAKE A LITTLE BREAK. BUT PLEASE DON'T GO ANYWHERE. WE WILL BE BACK WITH MORE OF THIS COCKTAIL.