Thanks soooo much to Kate for transcribing this for us :)
Starts off with the clip from last night where Joey tells Pacey his mom should get a medal.
Rosie: Ooh, she's with Pacey now. Please welcome Katie Holmes!
Katie walks out almost stumbling on her heels, but not so bad.
ROSIE: Well, let me just say, Katie Holmes: I didn't know you were that tall.
Katie: Yes, and well I have these big shoes on. I'm so nervous about the steps.
ROSIE: Well you did well. You did okay.
KATIE: Yeah, I did okay. And you know, your son just-
ROSIE: Yeah, my son with the leg, so you thought it could've been harmful.
KATIE: Right.
ROSIE: But how tall are you? Cause I thought you were little.
KATIE: No, I'm- I'm- I'm like 5'9"
ROSIE: You're 5'9"?
KATIE: Right.
ROSIE: See, now when people meet you do they say they thought you were-
KATIE: They always say, "Oh, you're big"
ROSIE: Yeah, well I wouldn't call you big, but you're tall. You know? Cause people always say that to me, they think- I'm like 5'7"- they say "you're so much taller than I thought." I don't know TV makes you look like you're like three feet tall.
KATIE: Yeah, thank God all the guys on our show are pretty tall, so... makes us look littler.
ROSIE: Were you happy that your character sort of dumped Dawson for Pacey?
KATIE: Well, you know... it's exciting. I mean, Dawson just wasn't kind've paying enough attention to Joey, and I think Pacey and Joey have a lot in common. It's been really fun. You know, we're kind've exploring that time in high school, it's such an anxious time with college looming... and they're in love, but it's like, "What's going to happen?" So it-
ROSIE: They're young. Yeah, yeah.
KATIE: So it's- it's been really fun.
ROSIE: Now you almost didn't audition for this cause you were in high school, right?
KATIE: Well, what happened was- my mom and I always used to do these, um, audition tapes in our basement. And she played Dawson, and I was in the middle of- I played in Damn Yankees.
ROSIE: In high school? Who'd you play?
KATIE: I was Lola.
ROSIE: You were LOLA!?
KATIE: I was Lola.
ROSIE: You will be singing before this interview is over, Katie Holmes.
KATIE: I did warm up.
ROSIE: Okay, good.
KATIE: Yeah, and, um so we sent this tape in, and they said "we want you to come out and audition, and it fell on the same day as opening night, and uh, it kind've sounds like, you know, "she turned it down" but it was an audition, so there was no- it wasn't an offer, or anything like that, so um luckily they were able to reschedule. So I was able to do both.
ROSIE: And where'd you go to high school?
KATIE: I went to an all girls academy.
ROSIE: In where, what state?
KATIE: TOledo, OH.
ROSIE: In Ohio? So you just sent in the tape- how did you hear they were casting?
KATIE: Well, I had an agent, and I had been in a movie the year before and had gone out for pilot season the year before, and for my senior year I decided to do the musical instead of go out for pilot season. So they just had me do tapes.
ROSIE: So you're just a young girl. How old are you?
KATIE: 21
ROSIE: 21, you're just a baby.
KATIE: I'm almost 22.
ROSIE: Really? When's your birthday?
KATIE: Um, December 18th. (Had to think about that one?)
ROSIE: December 18th, no kidding? That's Christina Aguilera's birthday too.
KATIE: I know, as well as Brad Pitt, Steven Speilberg, Leonard Maltin, and...That’s all.
ROSIE: Steven Speilberg, Leonard Maltin, and Brad Pitt are all born on-
KATIE: It's kind've a special day.
ROSIE: It is a special day. You know who's born on my birthday?
KATIE: Who?
ROSIE: Matthew Broderick. The same year.
KATIE: You have the People Almanac too, don't you?
ROSIE: NO I don't, it's just that when I was a young comic on my birthday, and I'd turn on Entertainment Tonight and they'd say "Happy 26th birthday to Matthew Broderick" I would think "One day they're going to say Happy Birthday Matthew Broderick and Rosie O'Donnell."
KATIE: And?
ROSIE: Now they do! There you go. But he was born in the same year as me too. So that's kind've freaky.
KATIE: That's exciting.
ROSIE: Isn't that good?
KATIE: It's a good day.
ROSIE: Thank you. Now, tell us about your new movie.
KATIE: Um, I'm in a new movie called The Gift, and it stars Cate Blanchet, and um, Greg Kinear, Keanu Reeves. It's kind've a thriller, and Cate plays this fortune teller who solves a mystery, and I play Greg Kinear's fiance and kind of a high society, Savannah girl who's a little princess and not as sweet as she appears.
ROSIE: Okay, we have a clip from The Gift. Take a look right now.
[FADES TO CLIP]
Greg Kinnear’s character’s office. Katie, Cate Blanchett, and Greg are there. Cate is at the door. Katie’s right next to her. They speak in Southern twang.
KATIE: You’re not that Whale’s Nest (?) fortuneteller, are you?
CATE: I don’t call myself that.
Katie walks over to Greg as she speaks, finishing at his side (next to the desk).
KATIE: I’d love for you to read my fortune.
CATE: I’m pretty booked up.
KATIE: (leaning her head on Greg’s shoulder) ‘You think we’ll live happily ever after?
A creepy wind starts to blow ominously into Cate’s hair as she looks at the couple. She turns her attention to a green pencil that has started to roll on the desk. As it gets closer to the edge, the sound gets more grating, and the camera zooms in on Cate’s fearful eyes. It teeters off the desk and falls to the floor, landing in a puddle of water. Also in the water is a pair of Katie’s visibly decomposing naked feet standing where Katie’s regular feet are supposed to be. Cate shudders. The camera goes back to a two-shot of Katie and Greg.
KATIE: What’s the matter? You see something bad?
[END CLIP]
ROSIE: It’s called The Gift, and it opens two days after your birthday, on December 20th. And will you go to the movie theater and see it, do you think? Or no?
KATIE: Probably. I get really nervous about that but I’ll go.
ROSIE: Well now it’s time for you to sing Damn Yankees. I know you requested that not singing-
KATIE: Well I need some help.
ROSIE: but when I heard that you had the lead role of Lola… honey, you must sing. What do you want to sing? John knows them all.
KATIE: Can I? Oh…
ROSIE: What do you want? Just tell him
KATIE: I can’t do this.
ROSIE: “Whatever Lola Wants”?
KATIE: (with a grand gesture) Alright!
ROSIE: Thank you. Okay. Hit it John. They sit in silence for a few seconds. Go ahead, sing a little bit, he’ll follow you. That’s what I always do. Katie squirms. John starts to play.
KATIE: you know.
ROSIE: Katie, we’ll just wait, we have the whole-you know-twenty minutes left.
KATIE: Can I stand on the-
ROSIE: Stand up, sure! Stand up, but careful of your ankle.
KATIE: No.
ROSIE: Alright, sit then. Don’t stand up. Sit.
KATIE: Will you do it with me?
ROSIE: Yeah sure, I’ll join in. Rosie makes a face, sticking her tongue out.
KATIE: Okay.
ROSIE: Okay?
KATIE: (singing slightly off key) Whatever
BOTH: Lola wants
KATIE: Lo- She stops singing. I can’t do this.
ROSIE: Oh Katie!
KATIE: I’m gonna crack, I’m gonna crash! She smacks her hands to her eyes and hides
ROSIE: (laughing) It was very cute!
KATIE: Something inaudible
ROSIE: Well how ‘bout you promise me this. You come back next time, and you sing a whole number.
KATIE: Yeah, I’ll be better prepared.
ROSIE: No, can you do a whole number next time? A whole number?
KATIE: Katie contemplates with her tongue in her cheek. Only if I can wear a red dress.
ROSIE: If you can wear a red dress
KATIE: (talking over Rosie) Yeah, it gets me into it.
ROSIE: -and do all of what Lola wants when you’re next on.
KATIE: Okay.
ROSIE: Alright, it’s a promise. Katie Holmes, thank you very much. We’ll be back with magician David Blaine right after this.
