David Letterman – Michael Douglas On Having Throat Cancer

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[David Letterman]
The film opens September 24th and with the mention of the film and the debut of the film, we find out now, that you got yet another battle in your life, it’s been a tough stretch here, tell us about that and what’s going on

[Michael Douglas]
Yah, I got cancer. So I’ve got cancer. Found out about it three weeks, three weeks ago. I said gee, just when I found out I was going to be on your show.

[Audience and David Letterman]
(laugh)

[Michael Douglas]
I said that.

[David Letterman]
Yah, I know.

[Audience]
(laughs and claps)

[David Letterman]
There possibly can’t be a medical connection, here!

[Michael Douglas]
No, there’s that. I couldn’t resist that. I wanted to see how far I would go to promote a movie. You know. To that happen.

[David Letterman]
Is it throat. Is it that what it is?

[Michael Douglas]
Its throat. I finished my first week of radiation and chemo, its about an 8, 8 week – 8 week struggle.

[David Letterman]
So you already began the regimen.

[Michael Douglas]
I started the regimen already.

[David Letterman]
You’ve never looked better to me, at this proves you’re a tough guy for God sakes.

[Audience]
(claps)

[David Letterman]
How did you know you had it?

[Michael Douglas]
It been bothering me for a while.

[David Letterman]
In what way?

[Michael Douglas]
In the early summer I had a really sore throat, early, early early in the summer. I actually went through a litany of doctors and tests and they didn’t find anything. And then I had a great summer after some other personal adversaries and all that, a wonderful summer with Katherine and the kids, we were in Spain, and they liked Americans this year in Europe too, you know, when we really screw up they like us more.

[Audience and David Letterman]
(laugh)

[Michael Douglas]
I went to Russia, St. Peters berg and, anybody’s been, its fantastic and I came back and a guy said: “Ahhhhhh” (open your mouth) and let me just take a clip of that.(tissue) And this all happened in three weeks, got a biopsy, they analyzed it, its a stage four, which is intense, so they gotta go at it. The thing isn’t changed that I understand – in terms of the chemotherapy the nausea, ahh, it knocks you out, really hard, and my heart is out there, my family, I choose, my family is in Bermuda right now, with our luck they have a Hurricane going on

[David Letterman]
That’s true

[David Letterman]
Make sure the family is right in the path, good thing

[Audience]
(laughs)

[David Letterman]
Do you mind if I ask you a little more about the disease?

[Michael Douglas]
No,

[David Letterman]
Now, when you said stage four, I heard someone gasp, now, is stage four where you wanna be or where you don’t wanna be?

[Michael Douglas]
No, no, you like to be down on stage one.

[David Letterman]
Stage one.

[Michael Douglas]
Stage one. But its has not, the big thing is that your always worried about is that it is not spreading, so I am head and neck, I’m above the neck, so nothing is going down, so the expectations are good.

[David Letterman]
Um hmm

[Michael Douglas]
Ah, its going to cut into the foreign promotional tour, for Wall Street to say the least.

[David Letterman]
Sure

[David Letterman]
But you know you know – I I I I I I sorry to be dumb about this, you look great and you don’t sound like you have throat cancer. Why is that?

[Michael Douglas]
Because I’m on stage.

[Audience]
(laughs and claps)

[David Letterman]
I have nothing but questions here, a lot of people would say, I have throat cancer and I’m undergoing the treatment and I don’t think I’m going to be on little dog lips’ TV show tonight!

[Michael Douglas]
Yup!

[David Letterman]
You know,

[Michael Douglas]
Shows you, how much I love you!

[David Letterman]
Thank You, I appreciate that!

[Audience]
(claps)

[Michael Douglas]
(inaudible)

[Michael Douglas]
Lets put it this way, this is the first week and the progression goes

[David Letterman]
Still all in all.

[Michael Douglas]
Goes down

[David Letterman]
Still all in all. I think it says a great deal to the hopeful outcome of this that you are just taking it head on for god sakes,

[Michael Douglas]
You have to and this is the first week and the chemo and the radiation – and the radiation continues to burn your mouth and it becomes more difficult to swallow and you can’t take salads so and the whole trip is not a …

[David Letterman]
Did they find it early enough for their liking?

[Michael Douglas]
I sure as [ bleep ] hope so!!!!!!!

[Audience]
(claps)

[David Letterman]
Did they give you percentages, can we ask about that now,

[Michael Douglas]
Ya

[David Letterman]
The hope is that it will be a complete remission and recovery.

[Michael Douglas]
Yes.

[Michael Douglas]
The percentages are very good, I hate to say, but right now looks like 80% and with certain hospitals it doesn’t prove

[David Letterman]
Well 80% I would get on that airplane, wouldn’t you? You’re on it for God sakes!

[Michael Douglas]
I am – I’m doin – I’m doin everything I can

[David Letterman]
Well, boy, I feel like I wanna do something for you, can I do something for you?

[Michael Douglas]
Ahh, give me a hug!

[David Letterman]
Alright, by God.

[David Letterman]
Michael Douglas, ladies and gentlemen.

David Letterman – Michael Douglas On Having Throat Cancer. The percentages are very good, I hate to say, but right now looks like 80% and with certain hospitals it doesn’t prove. [David Letterman]: Well 80% I would get on that airplane, wouldn’t you? You’re on it for God sakes! [Michael Douglas]: I am – I’m doin – I’m doin everything I can. [David Letterman]: Well, boy, I feel like I wanna do something for you, can I do something for you? [Michael Douglas]: Ahh, give me a hug! Complete Full Script, Dialogue, Remarks, Saying, Quotes, Words And Text For David Letterman – Michael Douglas On Having Throat Cancer Full Interview Script.