(July 11th, 2002)
[Jude "struts" out onto the stage in a long sleeved, white V-neck shirt, semi-torn jeans, and "cowboy boots"; the crowd goes wild at his entrance. Jude shakes Regis' hand, and does the same with Kelly, only he kisses her gently on both cheeks.]
Regis: This is the guy I've wanted to meet ever since I saw him in that Ripley movie!
Kelly: The Talented Mr. Ripley! I wanted Jude to take me on a cruise around the Italian islands!
Regis: And you can take me too while you're at it, WA HA! [audience laughs] Dickie! Dickie Greenleaf, right?
Jude: Dickie Greenleaf, yeah.
Jude: [slightly sighs with a smile] Yeah...
Regis: And now comes this guy.
Jude: Harlan Maguire--a little different.
Regis: A little different is right. Well, let's talk about you--so uh... thanks for dressing up for the show [points at his torn denim jeans--everyone laughs, including Jude], we really appreciate it, Jude.
Jude: Well you know what, I'm about to play a uh... a cowboy--
Regis: Oh are you?
Jude: --in my new movie. That's why I'm all beardy [strokes beard] and wearing jeans and boots and I'm really getting into it.
Regis: An American cowboy with the British accent?
Jude: No no, with a uh... North Carolinan accent.
Regis: Can I hear a little bit of this--
Jude: I left the North Carolinan accent on the set! [laughs] I won't even go there!
Regis: No, I didn't hear it in the Perdition movie...
Jude: No no, it's not in Perdition, it's uh, it's Chi-CA-go [accentuates "ca" like "cay"]... uh, well I've done a couple of films--well, Gigolo Joe! When I was in A.I., I did it in my own accent.
Regis: Artificial Intelligence.
Jude: Yeah.
Jude: Yes [nods head; seeming to perk up at the topic]
Regis: Born and raised there.
Jude: Yes.
Regis: And your parents were school teachers.
Jude: Yeah, they were.
Regis: Now how did they feel about you going into acting?
Jude: Well, they were school teachers who loved acting themselves. They took me to the theatre a lot, they took me to the movies a lot. And they knew it was a hobby that I was always gonna sort of see through. And so when the opportunity came up, they were brilliantly encouraging. And I guess they knew that there was always the--I was like 17, 18, and they knew there was always the option where I could go back if it all went pear-shaped [smiles].
Regis: Tell us more about your life. You married an actress.
Jude: [nods] I married an actress, yeah.
Regis: Sadie Frost. Have you worked together? Is that how you met?
Jude: Yeah, we met at work. [smiles]
Regis: No kidding!
Jude: [still smiling] Yeah.
