Michelle Pfeiffer Addresses Retirement Rumors, Talks Margo's Got Money Troubles | The Tonight Show

Welcome back. Welcome back to the show. Thank you. It's always great to see you Every time you're here. I learned something new about you. I know you're very you're very creative You love building things you like you really do. I do. I really do. I love building. I love Tools. Yeah, that's a new thing. What do you say? I had a tool belt. I got it for Christmas I'd get like a buzzsaw, you know, I get all kinds of things like you really do make I do I make oh Gosh my most ambitious I made a deck you building me. Yeah, it was a modest deck, but I made a deck I made a mantle fire. I didn't like the mantle in my fireplace So I went into one of those lumber stores. I'm like, hey guys, I Want to build a mantle? When did they go there? They're like, okay. Are you sure you want to do that? Anyway, yeah Ceramics class right now. What are you doing ceramics? I'm trying I'm not very good at it yet. I'm learning I love I love going I bring my daughters to it. Yeah, the wheel is challenging. Oh, I didn't get up to the wheel Yeah, no, no, my stuff's already made. I just paint it and building. Yeah Yeah, and they put it in the kiln and I come back yeah pick it up the next week wait So you're doing the spinning thing? Yeah Yeah, but you know, it's going good and all of a sudden it just goes And you know and people tried to do the wheel last time you're here We were talking about because you have your own fragrance. I do I do No, I brought this out because I do wear this because you told me about this I love how it's gorgeous looking but also if you could smell it through the TV I know you can't it smells so good and it's subtle and it's gorgeous a lot of these things I don't know if people know how much work goes into this. Yeah, but I love it and I love this brand and I'm out there. I'm meeting with Sephora. I'm I love going. I saw you at Sephora. I love going into Sephora Not you, but I saw you at Sephora. I was like so happy for you. I know you started Don't stop Michelle. These are our two latest This year London 1983 This was inspired my by my very first trip to London and when I was in my early 20s. It's our first true musk and and right I'm gonna do that's what I do. I do like it Yeah, I do like like a dolphin dive into it because I don't want to go right or how to concentrate on something Yeah, so now it's how it's gorgeous. Yeah, it's beautiful. I feel yeah sexier. I Love it. Let's talk about you and how talented you are Margo's got money troubles congrats on to Emmy nominations You're so good in this You're so good You're amazing. I'm gonna read you some reviews plug your ears if you don't want to hear it Huffington Post says Pfeiffer plays it perfectly Awards watch says every word out of her mouth is a treat IndieWire says this is Pfeiffer's show. Come on now You're phenomenal in it I I just saw you doing some you were doing like a Press thing about getting nominated for the Emmys and and everyone there was a rumor going on around that you're saying you're retiring And do you know exactly? No, I mean, it's the most ridiculous thing. No, you said it They're always saying that I'm retiring. I never said yes, you did. Where does it say? I'm retiring I know but you kind of know all I said, yeah, I really love working Did you know you're getting trouble if you said that I knew the minute it came out of my mouth And I said something about I never want to star in another movie and they took that And of course I want to star in another movie I've done three ensemble pieces in a row. I did Oh what fun? Oh, yeah, and the Madison and Margo The Madison is fantastic as well. I do great so Blessed the Madison seats. Yes. I mean these isn't who's coming out and I don't know February March I mean, they're giant productions and I feel as it isn't as an actor You must actually Madison is epic, but you must love it because you get to explore the character more It's like yeah, it's like doing it's wonderful to be able to live with a character for for such an extended period of time and you can really just you know go deeper and and find all of the different layers, but it's also really wonderful and most important to me that I get to work with all of this talent Yeah, you were saying you're an embarrassment of riches your crew the wardrobe hair and makeup Everything everything the talent your husband my husband David E. Kelly. I did. Yes, by the way, I broke my promise Yeah, you were on this show once I said you ever worked with your husband You said absolutely not and I just wanted to remind you. I have a clip of you saying I know you you have a very Talented a husband as well. David E. Kelly. Would you ever work with him? Would you ever work together? No, perfect. All right, great. I Value our relationship more than a good part, and I just think it's too risky. Yeah What changed your mind I Still value him Records so they don't twist that. Oh, no. No you love it. I I I Read the book. Oh, I just fell in love with the book. It's fantastic. It's fantastic book So much and it was something where I I just would sometimes if I'm struggling with something Yes, no, and I think is this really gonna kill me to see someone else play this part and the answer was unequivocally. Yes And so I was it like working with him. I mean it was like effortless, right? It was really effortless I mean the writing is so good. And again assembled. He's amazing beautiful Production and in every department and such amazing actors and you know, he doesn't really come to this that much so it was kind of easy Oh, yeah, great. Really wasn't really any different like honey. I killed it and I had no I had one note Oh, we're on the scripts one note and it was a kind of petty. Yeah, but I was like, she doesn't have a last name That's a good night, dude. Yeah, come on buddy. Yeah, give me a last name and yeah How do we set up Margo's got money troubles? It's L fanning who plays Margo who is? a college student who share is having an affair with her professor and Gets pregnant and decides to keep the baby Yeah, and whatever she can do and do whatever you can do to get money and ultimately goes on only fans Yes, and and you and you are I'm her mother and I you know the last thing I wanted was for her to Make the same mistakes that I made that I felt But then is it really a mistake? Yeah. No, not really and I think that's one of the things she learns Yeah, it crushes you guys will love it. I want to show everyone a clip Here's Michelle Pfeiffer in Margo's got money troubles. Take a look. Tell me about him who your professor well He's great there's this Contagion in the way that he teaches He has a way of really making you feel the books feel the characters hmm Tell me more That's it Nothing really more to tell That isn't true. Is it? Oh my god Yeah, yeah, you know, you know, you know Michelle Pfeiffer everyone all episodes of Marvel's got money couple TV now Michelle and I are doing something fun. We come back stick around the fun game