"Jeremy Allen White"

(upbeat music) - Hi, good morning. Good morning, everybody. - Good morning to you. - Good afternoon. - What a wonderful day. - Or a good evening for maybe some of our listeners. It could be an evening lesson. - I'm just saying, depending on where you are, good that time of day. - I think most people listen to this show during the day or during the night. - You know what, that's a really great question. And we'll get to it right after this all new episode of Smurlus. God, smart. (upbeat music) - Smurlus. - Smurlus. - Smurlus. - Smurlus. - Smurlus. - Blast. - I will say in the blind right now, my wife said to say to the guest that she loves them. So I don't know who this is, but just know. - Oh, 'cause she told my house loves you already. - Oh, nice. - Yeah, yeah, 'cause we'll talk to my wife more than I do. - I know. - And some we should get into. - Hi, well, let's go there now. - Let's go there now. Will, why do you talk to my wife so often? You talk to her as if I don't want to say some of these crashes, there's something going on, but it's, so let's put it together. - I'm married to her. - I'm married to her and I live with her, and I talk to her X amount. You talk to her X plus amount. So where does that put your relationship? - Well, let me just say this. Is there something going on? - Don't ask me point blank. - Should I ask you kind of in a nuanced way? - I'm just saying, don't ask me point blank. - 'Cause you don't like to lie to me. - I don't like lying. - Okay. If you were to cheat on one of your friends wives, would you, would I be in the running? - Or husband. - You be, yeah, you have been in the running. Sorry, you were, sorry, this is a medical thing. - What about Amanda or? - You are the running. (laughing) - Well, I thank you, Mr. Burke. - It's a compliment to you that I love your wife's, no, I do love your wife so much and she, she and I have a special, she and Sean have a special relationship as well. - Are you talking to us from a gorgeous new place in New York? - Not new, no, no, no, I'm just in that same place. - Oh. - The rental? - Yes, sir. - But did you not just get another new kind of? - Maybe, yeah, maybe did, maybe I did that. - You might ask me to stay there. Can we stay there when we come visit? - But not, no, you have a place here. - Oh, that's right, that's right. - Yeah, it's uptown though. - I'm sorry, shall we take a break? - We'll just, yeah, Sean, we'll just give you a minute. - Are you still on lunch? - We're not back yet? - Snicker doodle. - Fuck, man, it's not, it's just 11.30. - I know, I have a late lunch, so. - By the way. - I just had a chicken wrap and a Snicker doodle and the last milk. - Wait, but you just said you have a late lunch coming up. - Yeah, it's 11.30. - Right, so why are you eating lunch food? - Let me just add nice dessert. - This is tying you over at 11.30 to what time's your lunch? - 2 o'clock. - Oh my god, yeah, that's a long time. - So you're gonna eat dinner at 2.30? - Kind of like it's like I'm gonna be a weird thing 'cause then who wants to eat that five or six when I normally eat? - Are you powerlifting these days? Are you in the powerlifting? What's happening? - You got a big contact, I'm gonna look up. - I would love if you just stood up in your legs, your glutes and everything were just popping. - You know what I'm talking about. - I think I recognize that Snicker doodle from the country mart. - No, I had one this weekend. - Oh yeah, no, they're pretty big. - I do like a Snicker doodle. - It's really good. They're like, what's your current favorite cookie, Willie? - It's always, always. It's current and always chocolate chip cookie. - Yeah, always for each search of the best chocolate chip cookie. - Yeah, yeah, yeah, thing. - You know what I like, I like a nice peanut butter cookie 'cause they're usually soft and gooey in the middle. - They're often too dry for me. - You remember, we were on the set of is this thing on, coming out, or it's already out, I think. - Oh, that's a movie. - And the craft service lady made fresh chocolate chip cookies, remember those well? - And we were like, I know, I couldn't believe it. And you're like, boy, that smells really good. - Oh, sounds like someone on the set was honoring the fact that it was an on-camera job, Sean. (laughing) - Not me, I ate like five of them. - You still eat like you're doing a podcast? - That's right. Eat like you're doing a podcast. (laughing) - That's really good. - Hey, kudos to us on the podcast. - Oh yeah, we just found out today, yeah, again. - We got a little golden glow tonight. - And I want, we did, and I want to say, I want to say, a lot of it has to do with our friends, Michael Terry, Benet Barbarco, and Rob Armier. - Yes. - Those guys, these are the wins beneath our wings. - Yeah, that's why I'm happy. I'm happy for those dudes because of how hard they work, and we love them so much, and thank you guys. We love you. We don't need to hear from you, we love you. - Yeah, I don't turn your mic on. (laughing) - You know what, Bennett and Rob and Michael would like. They would like probably for the three of us to show up to set a word show in the event we're lucky enough to win. They'd probably like us to get up there and give a nice speech and not be stuck in New York at a play or stuck in, we're at the Long Island, just petting a dog or something like that, you know. - I would love to, but I'm not going to be, yeah, I can't. - Yeah, I love to. - But Rob and Bennett and Michael should go in our stead. That's what I think. - No, you're both coming. Wait a little man to get the hold of you both. - I know, by the way, she already did. - Yeah. - Willie, maybe we fly back together just for the night. - Yeah, there you go. - Well, we'll talk about it. Oh, guys, the one thing I do want to mention before we go any, I want to say that we want to let you know about a new "Smartless Media" show that is celebrating the world's dumbest criminals, right? - You want to let the audience know. You don't want to let, you shot and I are well aware. This is a great little child of smartness media. Little baby called "Crimeless." Okay, it's called "Crimeless." It's crimeless. It's by journalist Josh Dean and comedian Rory Skolval. - Yeah, what do they do? What do they do? - What do you mean? Every week, Josh tells Rory a story or two or three about some ridiculous, stranger than fiction crime, starring some of the most hilarious tingedungs that you guys could possibly imagine. I want you to think of like Cohen Brothers films, but it's real, you know? - Yeah, "Crimeless." It's like "Dumb Dums." It's like "Dumb Dums" and it's fucking like "Stage Death" and like "Pretending" and then there's like "Drucks." - Yeah. - Like in "Share Scams" but done by idiots. - Wow. - People that don't know how to pull it off. - Okay, so we got new episodes of this. And when are they coming out? People were like, "I want to get there." "When would you want to hear it?" You don't want to hear it on a hump day, right? You'd want to just to get you through the week. - Yeah, to get you through the week. - Wednesday. - Wednesday, perfect thought on a hump day. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Yes. - Okay, so. - Hey, Will, you feeling good about your guest? - I'm feeling really good. In fact, I want to say, speaking of which, our guest is a Golden Globe nominee, Freshly Minted. I think he has a couple. - Yeah, that's right. Guys, we have somebody who is Ocarant, as they say. He's a, he's a, he's a, a very, he is an award-winning celebrated actor. - He says Ocarant. - I do. - I'm not French. - French people. You know him is, a lot of people know him as, as Karmie, from his acclaimed FX series. Okay, he's, he's earned him an Emmy, a Golden Globe Sagword for Best Actor. He was just nominated for Golden Globe for Delivery from nowhere. You guys, it is. - Mr. Jeremy Allen, why? - All right. - You know, I will seconds, my wife's love for you. Now that I see you, everybody's love for you. - My dad. - And not only that, not only that, Jeremy, before he start welcome, he's also, he was also my surprise guest for our "Rained Out Hollywood" goal. - Yeah. - I just found that out. - That is true. This is, this is, this is not as good as loving up on you on the Hollywood ball stage, but we'll, we'll take it. We'll take it. - It's okay. - I'm so happy to see you guys. I was just texting Amanda as you guys spoke about her. - Oh, everybody's sleeping with Amanda. - Let me, Jason, let me say, and I mean, she turns to it. That's going to be it. - Jason, I mean this in the most friendly way, a friendly, and I mean this in a non, but your wife really gets around, to texting people. - To texting people? - Yeah, yeah, she's in it. - Let me finish. - Yeah. - God is what I said to her. - Yeah, listen. - She's a lover. - She's a real lover. - We love her. - Jeremy, welcome. - Jeremy, welcome. - Jeremy, welcome. - This is so nice. It's so nice to meet you. - I'm going to be here. - So happy to meet you. - Yeah. - I'm glad it's on the night. You're congrats on the nomination and showing you and Jerry Alain White have never met. - Never met. - But I'm a big fan. - I'm a big fan. - And when you meet him, you'll be in love. I'm serious. - I thought the eating thing, I listened to the show a lot. I'm a subscriber, all of it. I thought the eating thing was like a bit, it's all a bit. - It's all a bit. - No, a lot of it's time. - When you brought out that cookie, I couldn't believe it. - So on the milk, too. - No. - But you got milk right there. - It's okay. - But Jeremy, here's one thing. First of all, Sean, enough with the fully worked. - You need to keep it in your stomach. - Take it out of a fucking rack. - You're having fun. - You're having fun. - No, I'm keeping it fresh. I'm keeping it fresh. - What do you mean fresh? - In a paper bag? - There's a wax paper that's open on one hand. I mean, how was that keeping it fresh? Went from six minutes and you're taking to eat it like that. - Can you grab a hat? What's going on with your hair? - I know. - Far. - It's like, you're going to catch on fire in a second. - You're going to get a product for Christmas. You know, I'd call her out and smartless mobile to give me some low living. Smart. Very smart. Anyway, Jeremy, where are you today? Where do we find you? I'm in Los Angeles. I just got back the other day. I was in Vancouver for a little while, and I'm in-- Are you in an office in your house? Yeah, it's like, I try to make it in an office, but it just becomes kind of storage. How do you feel about that AC unit that's sticking out of the wall? I mean, they work, right? No, I'm wearing the hat right now. My house is falling apart. Nothing really works here. I got that put in recently. It doesn't work, so it's pretty chilly in here. But this is like a separate kind of room, not a guest house. There's nothing in here. Yeah. The acoustics are good. Yeah, the acoustics are great. Can you give us a breath? Is that a chef's apron behind your left shoulder? Yeah, yeah. I've got, yeah, the chef's apron. It's like a collection of little stolen things. Everybody needs a spot for that. And Jeremy, you can tell us those stories into the mic. That would be great. Oh, my God. I like Jess Trin. I like Jess Trin. Can you guys hear me? No, we don't. OK, good, good. So Jeremy, I finally want to put the Amanda issue to bed again, but Amanda, when I knew that you were coming on to our live show, Amanda was so, Amanda, and she was so excited because she had explained to me that you and Jason are kind of new-ish friends in the last week. Oh, that's sweet. We got set up. Yeah. Yeah, that's nice. We've seen each other a couple of times now. A couple of times. Cool. You're exciting. JB, cool it. No problem. Today, Jeremy. I feel the same. I feel the same way. That's really exciting. Tell me how this new fan, I love new male friendships. And how they start. Yes. I did this start, Jeremy. I want to hear Jeremy's tale. Baby. Well, it was Jamie, who I think is friends with everybody. Jamie is right here. I love him. He set us up a great, great connector. Yeah, she set us up. We went to see some movies over at the house first, so we had like a group hang first to make sure that everything felt, felt right and comfortable. But then we got to go. We went to a Dodgers game, which was really hard to always happen. All this happens there. Yeah. Like an hour long ride. It gets on the first one free. Yep. And next to me for a few hours, I've got the radio in one ear, so it's still not super pressured. You know. Yeah, that's true. And also, you don't have to fully connect with the person, so you don't have to be too vulnerable. You've got something going on. Yeah. Did you get to sit on the side of the ear that had the thing in it or not? No. No, no, no. He's always. How dare you shot? I've had both. I've had both. You've had both. Sean went to the playoff of the longest baseball game in playoff history. Yeah. Oh, yeah. I mean, yeah, I was thinking about you a lot during, oh, last year. I went last year of the World Series, but Sean went this year. Yeah. It was great. I loved it. Even though it was 18 and eight. A little more enthusiasm next delivery. I really did love it. I love going. He really got thrown in the deep end though there with that 18 and a game. Yeah. I learned a lot. Yeah. I don't know a lot about baseball. Jeremy, you must have learned a lot from like hanging out with an older dude. Yeah. Because I know that he's always looking to -- we call him Dracula because he's always looking to suck the young blood. He said he's always -- he's like, I need -- I need -- I worked on my outfit for a couple of days. I need to get me some youth. I need to get an injection of youth. Yeah. I went for a looser cut on my gene that day. I don't know if I'm good for that. Yeah. Do you get anything? I did. I picked up on a couple of things. I don't really want to reveal it here, but maybe on our next date you'll see some improvements. But did you find JB saying a lot of stuff like that sounds pretty dope, dude? Yeah. And I think I got a couple of -- Yeah, that's fire. That's so fire. A couple of things were -- A couple of things were sauce and Jeremy definitely had a lot of ris. Yeah. That day. Wait, Jeremy. I don't know anything about you. Where did you grow up? I grew up in Brooklyn, New York. Oh, see, not because of the show. I think Chicago. Like Chicago. Like Chicago. Chicago. Yeah. No, not that the show is real, but I thought that you -- No, no, no. That makes sense. I also -- I did a show before the bear also set in Chicago. So I've been on like a Chicago set show -- really my whole adult life. That's what God -- That's what God -- So I understand. And you don't want to shoot the show in Chicago. Sean's always wondered what Tom Selik felt about growing up in Hawaii. We shoot -- We shoot all of the bear in Chicago, yes. Yeah. Talk to me, sir. Oh, just help me. Help me. We got to get Tom up to show -- We got to get Tom Selik and dispel that. But you got to do try -- Tiger hat, no. What? What are your parents doing to try -- So Jeremy, did you eat the food in Chicago? Well, your parents brought it -- Jeremy, all your time in Chicago, did anybody ever bring up Glen Ellen? No. Not once. Well, let me ask you this. Did you eat Portillo's? Yes, I love Portillo's. Isn't it great? Portillo's great. Well, if you could just back the gum off the mic. Yes. The chocolate shake is -- Thanks. The chocolate shake is delicious. Yeah. It's incredible. From Portillo's. Sean was waxing on about it before we went to Chicago. Okay, okay. And then that chocolate shake arrived. And I was like, this is the real thing. It's a cake shake. It's great. By the way, Jason mentioned the cake shake, Portillo's cake shake in Ozark and he didn't remember that. Yeah. No. I don't remember that either. That's files. Well, he was in a block at the time. You want to address these rumors? Okay. So wait. Go ahead. All right. Sean, you were happy they put the cake in his shake. Have you ever asked them to do it in an IV? Like that would really -- just get it straight to the bloodstream. So Jeremy, we're in Brooklyn. We're in Brooklyn. We're just learning how to read and write. We're watching. Your parents were in the theater. You're when you're a kid. Is that true? That's true. That's true. You read that correctly. Yes. Absolutely. And they say to you, just as you're learning how to read and write, "Hey, here's why you read this play." Or, "How did you write that line?" Did it start that early? Well, how did you get started? No, they weren't particularly pushy with all that. You know, when I was a kid, I had a lot of energy, and I think they just wanted to get rid of the energy, so I played sports, and that wasn't enough, and I did dance, which was kind of my first like getting on stage and performing sort of thing. And dance. Yeah. So I did ballet. Oh, that's great. Ballet happened jazz for a long time in New York. That's great. Can you still do it? Yeah. I can look like I can do it. I mean, tap was my favorite, and I can shuffle a little bit, but no, it's been a long time. But when you're at a party and there's a dance floor, to me, it looks like a quick sand pit, like a woof, watch out, don't get anywhere near it. Like I've got an allergy to it. Are you thinking like, "Okay, all right, there's my plan for a little bit later on." Like, are you excited to dance? There was a time, like in my mid-20s, I had in LA and New York, like a dance spot for almost every night of the week. Oh, my God. Yeah. Oh, wow. Yeah. Not like ballroom dancing, but like there was like a dancer stuff, clean night, and there was a spot in Chinatown. There was like an 80s night. There's a level of confidence to your dancing that it actually is something that you look forward to, and it's a bit of a, it's a little bit of a flex when, like you've, I don't want to put you on the spot, but where's your mouth? But it's not something you avoid. Let's put it that way. It's not something I avoid. I like to dance. God, I would. Yeah, I'll say it. Hollywood is going to go nuts for you because you're straight and you can dance. They're going to put you in so many ways. Yeah, wait till Hollywood gets a notice of you. Yeah, they're going to do the right thing. No, Matt. Get it out of here. No, I'm Matt. Like, what's that Ryan Gosting movie? Oh, La La Land. Yeah, La La Land. Yeah. Jeremy, no, let's say, let's say it's a Tuesday night and you know of a place in New York. You're like, all right, I'm going to go out. There's like a 70s dancing and you've got, you've got your new buddy, JB, and it's late for him because it's 9 o'clock and he's a little nervous about how he does. Yeah, let's go to the disco. What would, I would, could you teach him how to dance, do you think? Please. Yeah, I mean, there was a place sway in New York. They had the Smiths night and I think you could, you could do that, right? I love that. Yeah. Can you dance, miss? Yeah, it's like Smith's kiss. It moves. You know, you can, you could figure it out. Yeah. Wait, how old are you? Jason, you shut your mouth. How can you say, I go about things the wrong way, right? So I can just sort of just rock its way as opposed to boogie. I'm not that much, but you've got boogie moves, yeah? I mean, I feel like the more we talk about, someone's really going to try to get me. But you've got, uh, man, we're always looking for something to put on. I can dance, yes. I've got, I've got some rhythm. I can dance. I can dance, yeah. Man, very jealous. And I'm sure you could do it, Jason. Yes. So you're singing and dancing as a kid, which you've continued into, into adulthood. And then what, what happened? You start doing theater? Yeah. So I joined, uh, I did, I joined the kind of a new school in middle school on seventh grade. And I joined the dance program naturally, because I've been doing that for a while. And, um, I didn't find the class took dance seriously enough. Oh, boy. I didn't feel the teacher took it seriously enough. Wow. and so I switched to the drama program. - Did you have like warmers on at the time you were in this level of disdain? - Yeah, I was stretching. I had the warmers on. I did the whole thing. And I just just think they were taking it. - Your new sweatshirt, we were taking it. - Yeah, your new sweatshirt, we were taking it. - My belly, my belly was showing. - Yeah, these ones. - But I just didn't think they took it seriously though. I mean, it sounds ridiculous, but at the time, I was like, this doesn't feel, you know, it's like they're not taking seriously enough. And I found a drama teacher at this school, John McEnany, who took things so seriously. And some of my best friends were in this school already in this class. And yeah, my first time acting was like in a little black box at this school in Brooklyn, this middle school in Park Slope. And I remember, yeah, getting on that stage for the first time and really feeling like a sense of, I don't know, like focus or presence or something that I hadn't been able to find. Like a real like ease. - Did you feel anything from the audience was it a comedy, did you get a laugh or a drama, did you feel that you'd move them? - It was no, funnily enough, it was like an exercise where we had to have two actors where a monologue was being performed, but there were two actors on stage. And I was the actor not speaking. - A dream job. - And yeah, and, but it was amazing to feel like, if you could feel focused on the person across from you and really be listening, like I felt a tension on me, even in silence, just kind of like focusing on somebody else. And I felt like, I don't know, my mind wasn't racing. I was an eight, like there is something and still that's why acting so much. Like I find I'm so ahead of myself a lot of the time or anxious or, you know, and then when I'm on set or performing, there's like a real like simplicity or focus or something happens that's really interesting. - It's a really interesting way to put it. - Yeah, do you have like a little bit of ADD or something like that? - For sure. - Yeah, same. And then when I'm doing this, I'm working on this play right now and it's a monologue, it's 40 pages. And I find that when I have the one thing like you're saying, to focus on, it actually calms my mind a little bit. - Everything else gets kind of quiet and there's something really nice about that. - And so Sean, you would describe yourself, Sean is having a little bit of ADD. - Did you say 40 pages? - It's a one-man show. It's not a way to put a one-man show. He's learning of, yeah. - I can't believe they're bringing puppetry to the penis back there. (laughing) - That's so exciting, where is the show? - At Studio Sea View, which is John Kuznicki just did a show there last summer, I think. - Oh, cool. - Which is great. - When does it go up? - January 31st, it opens. - I can't make that. - That's fine. - I know. - I think that's previews, StarJay and Thursday. Anyway, but I know what you mean about it being, you being able to focus, it gives you something to focus on that you can put all your energy towards as opposed to, feeling very scatter, or that's what my brain works. I feel very scattered and. - Same. - And we will be right back. And now, back to the show. - So you find this thing and you're like, I'm locked in, I feel locked. This is something that I respond to and I like. And then you go, you start auditioning for professional roles, what else? - Yeah, this teacher who was so serious, I mean, he had us doing, we did McBeth and Twelfth Night as 12-year-olds, backs and backs. - Oh wow. - He was just so serious. - That's crazy. - He was like, for the kids. - 12-year-old learned Shakespeare. - He would wake up, he lived near the school and he would come to school with like, nosebleeds when we were doing dress rehearsal. Like he was so like in it and focused and, you know, he really. - He was in something. - I mean. (laughing) - He cared very much about it. And he would send me out on like, you would go to backstage, which is like, you know, where you could do open casting calls. - Yeah. - And I got my first couple of jobs. Yeah, going on. - Too backstage. - That's great. - No way, that's so rad. What was the first one, do you remember? - I did this off, off, off Broadway play, called The Present. And that was kind of my first job. I think we got paid. I hope we got paid. But yeah, that was my first job. It was like on the Upper West Side. - And you were middle school. - That was in middle school. - Wow. - And then I think I got a commercial maybe and then my first movie, they came to do an open casting call at the school. And a great casting director, Cindy Tolin, was casting that film and she told me, you know, we don't know if this movie's ever gonna come together. It'll take a long time. It was a very small budget film. But she said, you know, you're good at this and you should really audition more. And so she wrote me a really great letter to take around to agents and stuff. So I ended up getting an agent. - That's great. - That's great. - Yeah, thank you, Cindy Tolin. - Was singing ever a part of this? - I forgot. - No, it was not. - No, no, just dance, yeah. - So then musical theater was never really a draw or a temptation. But how about now, now that you've taught yourself how to sing? I mean, your performance is so mind blowing in the Springsteen thing. I don't want to embarrass you, we don't have to talk about it 'cause I'm just tired of talking about it. But it's just effing incredible. And the fact that you learn how to sing in someone else's voice on top of that and learn how to play guitar, I think, too. - Yeah. - So you need to learn how to play guitar for this role? - To take a look at that. - Yeah, at least look like I could handle it. Yeah. - Wow. It's kind of a huge nerds taking that on and doing such a great job. - Thank you. - Yeah, Jason was going on and on about, I'm so sorry, I haven't seen it yet, but it's not my luck this year. But Jason was just raving about your performance and as is everything else. - He's incredible. - I can't wait to see it. - So now that you've got the singing and the dancing, and I don't know if you need the guitar part for musical theater, but do you think about doing like a musical on Broadway or something? Like a la la, or you know, a film? - No, I mean, it's never been, I mean, I have no issue and I've enjoyed musical theater, but it's not like seeing it. But it's never been like in high school, I went to a performing arts school and I would do theater, but it was usually kind of straight plays and stuff. And yeah, I don't know. I've never had that draw to be in it. I've been a fan of it. - You wouldn't run if somebody brought you something. Let's say like the new Hamilton kind of thing. - Or like a Shawn would mention for 50 times, la la land. - La la la, Jesus, what's your mirror? - La la land too, I would definitely be interested in doing. - How about the Christmas sequel, "Fa la la land"? - Fa la la land, yeah. - JB, that's really good. - Thanks guys. - That is nice. - Wait, so are you, do you play an instrument now? Like do you play anything piano or anything else? - No, I mean, I never really learned how to play anything. And I remember, you know, I had about six months to learn guitar, which, you know, isn't enough time, really, to learn how to play the guitar. But I got together with a really great teacher, and we just learned the couple songs that I needed to learn, but it makes it very hard for me to learn, or to play other things now, 'cause I didn't learn in a traditional way. So even if I tried to learn something else, I kind of end up playing "Manchant on a Hill" or something. Like it doesn't, it just translates. - Do you still have realises on the tips of your fingers, or those in a way? - Yeah, they're still a little rough. - Really? 'Cause it's a little bright. - And I still pick up, I mean, you know, Bruce Springsteen has been so involved in kind of the process of making the movie and really lovely and supportive all the way, all the way through, but. - Yeah, you seem to really love it. - Yeah, yeah, he's seen it a lot. But he bought me a 1955 Gibson J200, which is the same model, and almost a year, he reported it on 1954. But after our first meeting, he sent me this guitar, which is a very beautiful guitar. And so I do pick it up every once in a while, just because I feel guilty letting it sit and collect. - That's so cool, yeah. - Is it there in the office, and you're in your. - You know what, as I said, my house is falling apart when that rain was happening. I was nervous that there would be some moisture in here. - Yeah, sure. - So it was actually under my bed at this moment, where it was really safe. - That's morning. - You know, I bought a Christmas tree here yesterday in New York, and I dragged it back to my place here. We decorated it yesterday. - Somebody filmed it. - And I thought, yeah, obviously I filmed everything. And I thought about it, if I ever wanted to have a, I'd have a Christmas tree stand down on Spring Street, just this season, and I'd call it spruce of Spring Street. - You know what I mean? (all laughing) - Nice. - Bravo. - That was just good. - That was worth it. - That was worth it. - Wait, so we'll tighten it up. - So Jeremy, so what was the first thing then after all that theater experience that got you out to the West Coast? - I got a job, I was very lucky right out of high school. I got a job on a TV show called Shameless. - Oh yes, of course, of course. - Yeah, and that, yeah, fantastic. - And you were on for like a decade. Am I right about that? - More. - I was, man, I was 18 when we did the pilot, and I was 30 when we finished. - Wow, wow, that takes you through 12 years. - And that was the first gig or the first big gig. - I did, yeah, I did some film in like every lawn order and stuff like that when I was in New York. But yeah, Shameless brought me to Los Angeles and kept me in Los Angeles. - Yeah, that's so cool. - That's so cool. - Yeah, that's incredible, you 18 to 30. - Yeah, it just doesn't happen. - Right, so you inside that cocoon, that comfortable cocoon of a series through your whole launch, right? And you got great notices through that. and you're meeting everybody and you're getting other opportunities in the during the hiatus is in between each season? - A little bit. - Yeah, I try to do something, you know. Yeah, I try to do something each hiatus we shot about five months. And yeah, if I was lucky, I'd get a movie or I did another like an Amazon sort of series one time. But yeah, I mean, I didn't have to. I mean, I was so happy and felt so lucky to have that kind of like, I don't know. That consistency and kind of continuity in my life. Especially in my 20s, especially as an actor to kind of just have some place. You knew where you were gonna be. - Study and play four months every year, five months for you. - Did you have time to also have a life? I mean, that takes you all the way through your 20s. Like that's a time when you really want to have fun. Did you find time to do all that stuff too? - Yeah, definitely found time for all that stuff. Yeah, I mean, I bounced around like we shot the show here and I got a place back home in New York when I was like 22 and so I'd kind of like split my time between LA and New York and and then yeah, I mean, by the time we finished the show, I had, you know, I had my two daughter. A lot of life happened. - Wow, you have two kids. - As he and Dolly. Yeah, yeah, two daughters. - Oh no. - How old are they? Dolly turns five on Friday. And as he turns seven in October. - Oh, man, I mean, you still look like your family. Which is crazy. - I know. - Yeah, well, we've got hold of her. I mean, I was 27. Yeah, I went as he was born. Yeah, yeah. - Wow. - Yeah. - And in that time, did you ever cross over? Yeah, I think he wrote on your show, Michael Malley. Did he write on it? - Oh my gosh, of course. Yeah. - Yeah, he's a good friend of the world. - He's the best man. - Yeah, he's the best man. - Michael's a writer on Christmas. - He was on Glee at the same time too, which was like such a huge show. - Oh, right. - And I was like, oh wow, you're such a big actor and you're writing on our show. - Mike's had a really cool career. Has he done acting, stand-up, writing, producing? - He's done it all. He's such a talented guy, such a talented writer. And we all, I mean, he's such a great old, old friend of mine and ours. - He's never that old, well. - No. (laughing) - Right. - He's just the best. We love you, Mike. - Anyway, he's a sweetheart. - He is a sweetheart. - So that takes you through to your third. All of a sudden, so now you're 30. And it's weird coming off a show when you've been on it for a long time, right? That's a weird-- - That's weird. - Yeah, did you think like, okay, it's all gonna be downhill from here? Like 100%. - 100%. - I felt totally, I mean, you know, I-- - Leave the cocoon. - Yeah, I remember, I mean, I really did. I did ADR for the last, for whatever, the last episode of the 11th season of Shameless. - And it was at Warner Bros. - So I don't trust you. - Tracey, that's where you re-recorded some dialogue if it wasn't recorded well on the day. It's sort of a finishing, there you go. - There you go. - Yeah, it means kind of the end, it's your last connection off to the thing. And I finished that and I was driving home from Warner Bros. And had a full, like, panic. I had to pull over my arms when I was so-- - Really? - Yeah, I mean, it had just been such a comfort. And, you know, I was with those actors for 11 years and, I mean, they're like my family. Brothers and sisters, like I got so close with, with everybody and I felt like I was saying goodbye to not only kind of, like, my work environment and that sort of, like, comfort and security, but also saying goodbye to these people who've been so solid for me for so long. And yeah, I just didn't know what was next. And I had a very hard time. How did you, what was the thing that was most helpful that got you to, 'cause I know that panic. - Yeah. - Yeah. - So what do you, did you, did you lean on a friend? Did you go into therapy? I mean, I'm just citing all the things that I do. - Yeah. - Friend, therapy, I partied, I like, you know, just everything. - Yeah, why? - I certainly was in therapy and was talking about it a lot. And then, but I was also very lucky. Like, so, I mean, you know, there's so much luck involved in all of this thing, but, you know, I spoke to Chris Store, who created the bear. He produced this, this movie I did the rental, like after season nine of Shameless. And Chris, I didn't see him on set a lot. He was kind of back and forth, but he comes up to me on kind of the last day. And Chris goes, "Hey, what do you think you're gonna be doing in three years?" And I, you know, I don't, I don't really know. Like, you know, I think I got a couple more years, Shameless, and he goes, "All right, buddy, I'm gonna call you in three years." And he walked away. And I was like, "What a fucking jerk." Like, "What a Hollywood jerk." Like, there's no way I'm ever gonna hear from that guy ever again. And he called me, just as we were wrapping up season 11, and said, "I have to show the bear." You know, I'd really like you to do it. But I was hesitant at first, 'cause it was, you know, I love Chicago, but based in Chicago again, and there was some kind of like family dynamics that seemed like similar upon first read to me. And so I just wasn't sure I'd do it yet, but I just kept reading the script for the bear and the pilot. And it was so great. And I got to the point where I was just like, you know, it's not my business to pass. I have no right to pass on something this good. So even though I was anxious about the future and all this stuff, I was shooting the pilot for the bear probably two months after that panic attack. You know, I knew I was going somewhere, so I was able to kind of throw myself into something else. - Yeah, it was still just a pilot, right? So you had to sweat-- - Totally. - The delivery of that, the reason why I'm reading it or sorry, watching it and giving it a pick up, right? - I think so, I believe still is one of the, it's, I don't think it's like this kind of inside baseball or but it's like, you know, I think a lot of shows will go straight to series these days with streaming, but FX continues to sort of, they shoot a pilot, everybody watches it, they see what it looks like, they take a look at, you know, what you want to do with the first series. - They make pretty good shows over there, so they're trying to do it. - They do, no, no, wonderful. - Yeah, I have a question about staying in Chicago. So those 11 seasons you did have shameless, and then the bear, do you find a new place to stay every time you go or do you have a hub that you stay at? - What a great question, Sean, that's great. - Thank you. - What part of Chicago? - We broke her. - So we shot, we shot most of shameless in LA, but we go for like a week at a time. - Oh, I got it, okay, I got it. - So we stay in a hotel. - I thought you shot the whole thing still? - No, no, no. - Yeah, no, no. - But we do. - First week in showbiz. - We do shoot all of the bear in Chicago, and we stay all in the same place. And it's great, 'cause all of us are like on the same floor, and we all cook together and eat together. - Oh, that's great. That's great together. - And breakfast included? - Yeah. (all laughing) - Right, right. - Okay, wow. - But yeah. - So Apollo 13, the movie didn't, they didn't film that in space then. - No. - Okay, portion of it. - Okay, so you get the bear. So now you start doing the bear. So you come out of this. By the way, Sean, I was gonna ask you, you also had that thing with like Will and Grace, how long was that on the air? That was the first. - For the total 11 seasons, but broken up to eight and three. - So did you feel when that was over? - Yeah, well, I try to be self-aware, I'm sure these guys did too during rest development, that you know when something's working, and you have a gig and you have job security, and somewhere to go every day, and hopefully every year with each season, that you start trying to think ahead, like okay, I'm self-aware enough to know that this is working now. I have to use this to get another gig. I have to make sure I can hardly listen to another gig. And as hard as you try, you just can't, like Jason always says, you can't control it, you can't control, you know, where your career goes, you can try. But it's like, you know. - Just kind of do your part. - You do have to let go. - Yeah, yeah. - Well, certainly on a rest, we never had. - How long was arrested? - The first incarnation was three years. - Oh right, but then you guys came back. - We never had job security. Even when after we won the Emmy, we were like, we were on the verge of being canceled. The next week. - That's so crazy. - It's such a great show. That's unbelievable. - Every time we go past the guard shack at studio, we'd wonder if there'd still be a drive on for us. - But you guys knew how good it was. Every but like, you guys could all feel how good it was, right? I mean, it's like a warning. - Wait, but it was like, but we were all, we're a bunch of weirdos on that show. - Yeah, right. - Is this gonna translate to, are other people gonna think this is funny? - Yeah, right. - We never knew. I never had that job security. I never had like a long-term job in that way. - Right. - And yet you work more than literally anybody, I know. - I know, if that's true, but it's weird. - You don't, okay, well. - Yeah, I'm all right. - Yeah. - Thank you. So you get that, so now you come off that, and then all of a sudden you find yourself, you're shooting the pilot, and then the show gets picked up. And could you have predicted that the bear would make, would resonate with fans and critics, and everybody as much as it did when you were doing it? - Yeah, even more so than shameless. - Yeah. No, I mean, you know, I think all of you guys know that the feeling of kind of making something, and knowing that it feels exciting and fresh, and that you love all the other actors, and everybody's doing such great work. But then you know, that almost doesn't matter. You know, you put something out, and will it connect, or will anybody watch? It's just a whole other thing. So I think we all knew how exciting it was to make, We all hope you enjoyed this video. we could do more. But I think my greatest hope for the show, when we were shooting the first season, was like, maybe we can find kind of like a niche sort of like market where like people in service really dig this show or like, you know, like, right. It's like respected by, I think that was the goal is like, we'll, we'll, we'll kitchens like this show, we'll back of house like this show, does this seem real? So the fact that it connected with as many people as it did and, and was watched as much as it has been was, was definitely a surprise. Yeah. And you're on your what? You're on your four of the bear? We will start shooting five next year. Wow. Yeah. Yeah. How many episodes of season? It changes. It's, it's sometimes eight, sometimes it's 10, but it's always right around there. Yeah. That's great. And now you, and now you're a great big movie star on top of it, on top of it. How are you going to stuff it all in, bud? Oh, man, I, what I feel like I want to take a, take an app. I don't know. I'm, I'm very like, I'm excited to go do the, the, you know, the next season of the show. And then I'm, I'm like, I mean, it's been so lovely what the show is, has given me, but I'm definitely, I definitely want to like hang out at home and take the kids to school and stuff. Yeah, because it does seem like those things. There are, there are people that are uniquely suited to like constantly be in a public position and, and, and, and, and sort of do that. Away from home and all that stuff. And others that, yeah, that, that really like to be at home, that are sort of private, that are sort of shy, that, that it's sort of antithetical to the whole public job, right? And you do seem to be someone that enjoys like, like me, I like, I think all three of us who kind of enjoy being kind of nest, nesters. Yeah, trying to find a bit of a routine or a little bit of like, I don't know, rhythm, you know, I get very thrown. And when you go out, you feel like you got to like, kind of throw the switch a little bit and kind of like, okay, now we got to kind of do this a bit, but it kind of becomes a part of you. Is that, is it become a comfortable part of you? Which part? Like just like flying around and, yeah, and doing the thing and, and, and, and, and, and promoting stuff. Showing up in the room and everybody's like looking at you and going like a public figure. There's Jeremy, you know, I mean, yeah, I don't know. I mean, I, I don't think that I'll ever feel for me like a comfortable thing, but I think you can get better at sort of like hiding your anxiety perhaps, yeah, for sure. You know what, you know what's funny, Jeremy, like this weekend, actually at one point I was on somewhere on social media. And a photo came up, and if you have, and in our friend, Jamie, who we just mentioned. Yeah. And, and, and it was like, seeing with, and, and, and I was like, there we go. You're there with Jamie, who you work with. Yes. And then, and then people sort of globbin, you know, sort of lobbing comments and saying like, who's this person? Who's the person? Yeah. Who's the person? And you're just like, hey, man, the guy's out where he's working or he's doing this. And he's in the city. Like it's just, and this that part is bizarre, right? It's just, it never gets really cool. Are you able to see that is kind of fun and funny? Yeah, I mean, you know, I love Jamie, and I've known her for so long. So like that was funny and, and that's what I get for, you know, whatever, staying at the bowry. But, but no, that stuff is, yeah, it's like, it's strange. You certainly don't get used to it. Like I, I have this farmer's market, I love to go to and have gone to for, you know, six, seven years that's very close to my house and I go every Sunday and, and I feel like that thing that was mine or me and my daughters or like whatever, that very like private kind of like nice routine has kind of been, yeah, like spoiled by that sort of a, the attention. So, so yeah, when those things happen, I mean, I understand it comes with, you know, I'm, I'm very lucky to be working in a career that I've wanted to be in for so long and have these opportunities. And this is something that, that comes with it. But yeah, none of it is normal, you know, none of it feels normal. Do you talk to your, do you talk to your kids about it? Like do you explain, try to explain it to them? They old enough yet. Yeah, I mean, I just try to explain it is like people get excited, you know, they know I'm on television and they'll see like posters and things and, you know, I explain that people get excited about kind of thinking they understand a version of your dad, but it's not really your dad. And, right. And I'm, you know, you know, me and these people don't really know me, but that's, they get excited because they see this version of me. But as he, my oldest spots, people, you know, quicker than than I do. She's got like a real like hawk eye for people. Yeah, like put it up there, their phone or doing a double take. She'll be like, we better keep moving. So it's nice that she's sharp. Yeah, I'm glad that she's you know, I was, I was with somebody once and somebody was taking like a sneaky pick of them and then came up and said, can I get a pick? And they said, you already got it. Yeah, yeah, respect, you know, respect. We'll be right back. And now back to the show. JB, what have you, have you ever, what do you say to your girls? I mean, your girls are older now, but did you say it back in the day? Have that color? I made a mistake early on of, we know. But I want to know about this. I remember once we were driving past the poster and, and, and one of my daughters said, oh, we were driving to school. And she's like, oh, I can't wait to tell my friends that, you know, you're on a poster. And my instinct was I said, no, no, no, you can't. You can't. Don't, don't, don't ever say that. And I kind of, because I didn't want her to be, you know, bragging or like, being like, what, I tried, I overcompensated and kind of landed in a way that was like panicked about. Right. That you should hide the fact of what your dad does. Like, they almost thought that what I did was a bad thing. Right. And so I kind of had to undo that. But, you know, what do I, I never had kids before his first. I mean, how old were, what, when was, yeah, how did you guys handle that kind of stuff, you and Amanda? It's, you know, you just, you try to keep an eye on when, like, when's the first possible moment they can understand the smart version of this conversation. Right, you know, and try to have it then as opposed to the dumb version of the conversations, which is what I had. And it's just sort of just like, you know, a big dull, you know, dumb, blunt instrument, you know, saying, no, this is bad. Don't talk about it. This is, you know, over here is good. And it's just, was kind of stupid. So I just kind of kicked the can down the road for a bit. Yeah. I guess. Jeremy, what's your dream role? Great, great. I want to hear that. Yeah, I know this is cool. One more thing on Chicago. So what was the commute like from the place you guys were staying? Well, Sean, I will, I mean, do you, do you go back a lot? Like, do you have a restaurant? I should be going to that I don't know about. Like, what's going on? Yeah, I love Jeremy. Okay, good. I love the RL restaurant, the Ralph Lauren Polo, of course, we get I mean, that's really, we can all walk. It's the best. Yeah, it's the best for lunch. We're there. Chris store, the creator of the bears there every one. It's a tat and it's attached to the Ralph Lauren store. So I believe it's Ralph Lauren. You know what? The one in the one in Paris is very good too. It's a real good. Yeah, really, really good. Yeah, but I'm not sure. But Jared, like, is there because you have so much going on, you have to balance, we, you know, like you said, I'd be nice to take my kids to school or whatever. Is there something that's coming up or something that you've always wanted to do? We're just like, I really need to do that. I really want to do that. I have to get this. I can't do it because of kids. Or I can't, or after, or I have to figure it out. I don't know. I mean, I don't think of, you know, I kind of take things as they, as they, as they come. Like, you know, like, I have to play Bruce Springsteen. I want to, it was more like a collaborative. Hey, what do you think about that? Yeah, I mean, that came, yeah, Bruce, Bruce came to me and the script came to me through Scott Cooper, who's a director, I've like admired for a really long time and I think that's how I always move is sort of who are the directors, who are the writers, who are the producers, like, who are the actors I want to work with. So like the genre or the world, while those can be like very exciting things are almost secondary to, you know, I really want to work with Palo Sorrentino, or I really like every actor wants to just do like a line and a Paul Thomas Anderson movie, you know, that's always kind of what I'm looking for. There's no sort of like archetype or, or world that I'm necessarily like, I need to, I need to do this. Got it, got it, got it. Sean, what about you? Something fun. What, what would you like to do right now? I'm serious that somebody said, you can pick a genre right now. What would you do? I want to play, I told you I want to play a complete fucking maniacal serial killer, or someone who's just, you would never, ever expect me to play. Like, I want to play the super nice guy who is, you know, affable and kind of just like funny or whatever. And then he fucking rips people's necks apart when nobody's around. I mean, that's his mode. That's his mode is he rips people's necks apart? That's right. I wrote it down. You want me to send it to you? Okay. Okay. What kind of weapon would your guy use, Sean? May it, just my hands. Wow. I got a kick knife. How about, think about it for a second? Jesus, did we get the question? Just try to cover up the motivation. Let him finish the, just my hands. We're not, you know, kind of like, you know, like your hands. You know, like Anthony Hopkins in "Sounds of the Lambs" when we saw them, you're like, you're like, who is this guy? Like, he can't, like, no, he wasn't. I mean, he worked all the time before that, but that was what made him famous. They're like, wow, that's such a cool crazy. Sean, do we need to go look into your garage? Is this something? Do we need to check the search? Everything's fine. Everything's fine. Everything's fine. >> Well, Willie, Willie, what about you? >> Yeah. >> What's that? >> What about it? You could rub the genie bottle next, next roll, next part. >> It's, or could be a genre? >> It's a newborn. >> The newborn. You'd like to be able to do some action work. >> I take over, yeah. In the first scene, Maddie and I battled it out and then I, and with a silencer, I take them out. >> And you take his wallet? >> And his identification. And right before he does, he, Damon looks at many and goes, you're the best. And then, when I take over, wow, but you haven't thought about it. >> Well, I wanted him to compliment me before he could, I mean, his last words. >> No, do you, but in all honesty, if somebody came to you with like a big ass action film right now, would you not think about the fact that the stunt work could be very challenging? >> I feel like that stuff's exciting to me. >> Yeah. >> Yeah, that'll, you're younger than we are though. >> He's a young guy. >> Yeah, I'm not scared of that, Jason. >> No, what about you? Well, do you think you, do you, would you say yes to some stunt work? You'd blow out your fucking ham and coming out of your fucking dressing room. >> Coming out of your dressing room. >> Yeah. >> I'm out, I'm out, I'm out. >> Says you, JB would show up for his first stop and they'd be like, you can't do this in slippers, but I think that, yeah, I would actually think about more about the time that would take to be a way to do something like that that the first one would freak me out more than anything. >> To be honest. >> Yeah, that's looking like six months. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> I know it is, it is such a big factor in deciding, isn't it, like where am I going to be and for how long and what, yeah. >> Yeah, and we all have, you know, we have kids and you have lives and stuff and especially at our age. I mean, Jeremy, you're lucky that you're sort of young. You have all these kind of, but for me, I'm like, oh god, I'm so tired. >> Yeah. >> You have, you have a young one. >> I do. >> Yeah. >> I have a five-year-old. >> Five years. >> I have a five-year-old and a 15-year-old and a 17-year-old. So these are like- >> You are tired. >> Yeah, I am tired. And these are, although my five-year-old slips through the night last night, which he hasn't been doing for a while, but he did last night, which was a big, even though I look crazy often. >> Is he sleeping bad with you? >> No. >> No. >> Because that's super slow. >> No. >> But, you know, sometimes I'll go down and sort of get in and sort of calm him down and slip at that if he wakes up in the night. But yeah, he's not a great sleeper. But anyway, we're getting, you know, hey, listen, it's cool. I'm 55. Hey. >> Jared, can you, can you- >> Can I talk about that? >> Jared now? >> Yeah. >> Jared. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Jared, why not? I don't have, I don't have the time. >> Can you even call you Jared? Are you called Jared by your friends? >> Jared. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Jared, how about Jawdog? >> Yeah. >> Jawdog is, yeah. >> Jawdog. >> Yes. >> Jaw was in like middle school, high school, on the bear set, Jawdog is- >> Really? >> Around. >> This, I'm being genuine. >> Yes. >> I love that. >> Yes. >> Jawdog. >> Yes, of course. >> Well, my initials, yeah. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> I got it. We can do the math. >> Okay. >> So listen. >> But when, because I know what you mean- >> Sean, your hair is distracted. >> I know. >> We'll see. >> I gotta get a cut. >> I'm getting a cut. >> Yeah, what time's the gig later on? >> All flock of seagulls and nothing else, right? >> No, I have a figure skating gig next, a little bit. But, Jim, Jerry, do you have, when you, because I'm talking about the anxiety thing and stuff like that, do you, can you, when you're not working and you have family, can you shut it off and not think about agents and lawyers and deals and scripts and all that stuff, can you completely separate or is it always kind of there? >> I think. >> Yeah, I mean, that's, you know, when I'm around, yeah, my kids that you're forced to just, you have to be completely present, it's like, so I guess that's, yeah, the second time I found kind of real peace or focus is, yeah, and having, and having kids, everything just kind of like narrows and you're like, oh, this is it, this is, you know, this is where my attention is, this is where I want to be, this is, you know. And, and, and so yeah, I'm, I'm, I'm able, I'm able to do that when, when I'm, when I'm home, yeah. >> Yeah. And when it's not kids, when it's not, what else are you do, like what is just you, what do you do to completely decompress, no work, no kids, something stupid, something settling, is there, what, what would we be surprised to learn as you weird ass hobby or your shitty TV show that you watch? >> I mean, I watch, I, well, okay, so I'm obsessed with like, reality, real estate shows. >> Yeah. >> And I'm like always on my realtor app, I don't buy anything, but I like to fantasize about, like, buying stuff all the time. >> That's why the shows are so popular. >> You do too, the three of us do. >> It's insane. I send listings to friends and they're like, yes, buy it then, like, what do you want from me? >> Wait, I'm like, no, I don't know, I don't know. >> Wait, so like those like, weird realitters, $1,000,000 listing, showing sunset, or owning Manhattan, just starting up again, I'm very excited. >> I'm the same. >> Like I Ryan's her hand. >> Yeah, Ryan's her hand is like incredible, you know, from nothing and built an empire. >> I'm very impressed by that man, yes, yeah. >> No, but I mean, it's cool. >> I know, yeah. >> But that's my, like, you know, I just like look at stuff, if I'm visiting like a, I don't know. I'm like traveling for work, or even like, I like doing road trips, and if I'm in a small town, I think is really sweet, instantly I'm kind of on, like, Zilla or the realtor app. And I'm like, what if I, what if I got another place here? What if I just like, you know, would come here all the time? >> What is it? I do the same thing wherever I go, I'm immediately thinking about, but getting a place there. Is it, because that's how I could feel like at home there? >> Yeah, maybe. >> Yeah, maybe it's a way to try to like, get some control over, I feel like a lot of it comes back to control for me. >> Exactly, I want to be a local, immediately. >> What's the weirdest place that you ever, like, seriously concerned, like, maybe I will get a place here? Was there ever one of those? >> Bizby, Arizona. >> Why? >> Really? >> It's really considering. Yeah, I did a road trip, I've driven cross country like four or five times, and I did one from LA to New York in December. This was like, I don't know, 10 years ago. The first stop was Bizby, Arizona, which is like a very small town. It looks kind of like the buildings are very pastel colors, and it's kind of hilly, but it's in the middle of no. It's desert, desert, desert, very small town, but very sweet, and spent the night there in a bed and breakfast. Got up the next day, was like walking around, talking to locals, and everybody I spoke to, like, nobody was from Bizby, everybody was just passing through, and then they opened a sandwich shop or they opened a clothing store, and it started to feel a little twilight episode, or I was like, oh, maybe this is one of those towns you stop in, and you just, you can't get out of, and I did get out, but then for about six months I was considering getting a little house in Bizby, Arizona. >> What about these drives across country? Did you ever have a big run-in with a cop, do you like to speed? >> I didn't, I'm really responsible on the road. >> You do the speed limit across the country. >> I go 10 above the speed limit. >> Okay. >> Yeah, that's what. >> You set the cruise control. >> They won't need me. >> I just keep going at 10, yeah, just, but I did get a flat in St. George when I was driving across country a couple years ago. In the middle of the night, there was no one around, I didn't have cell service, and that was spooky. >> Oh, it's the worst. And then I finally got a cop stopped, and I got a spare, and I was going to spend the night in Vegas, and I was on my way back to LA. But there was like a fight night, and everything was booked, everything. I'm talking like holiday ins were booked, all the nice hotels were booked. Eventually, I got a hotel room, it was like the only hotel room left in Las Vegas, but it was like $2,000 for the night. >> My God. >> It had a bowling out. It was like so absurd, so I spent $2,000 to lie down at 2am, and then pretty much get up at 6am to go get a real tire put on the car. >> Right. You just had a little pizza cutter on it. >> Back to LA. >> I just needed to sleep. >> Yeah, just slept in your car. >> I should have. >> I should have. >> That's what I'm here for. >> Another thing for you, the list for your time machine. >> I know what you mean about that, any time Scotty and I go anywhere, we immediately go. I always say, "Could you live here? Could you live here? Could you live there?" And it's always a small point. >> Doesn't mean like Dunkin' franchises, it's not like that. >> Right. >> Right. >> No, but it's always the same thing where I think I would go, I think the idea of living smaller in a coin town like Bissby or whatever is great, but then the reality is, I don't know, the New Yorker LA or Miami or Chicago, the city really keeps you kind of going and alive. >> I'd feel too isolated I think. >> Yeah. >> I don't know. >> I think it needs a big town. >> Well, you're, two things are A, Sean does do that because I know for a fact, Sean will go even further, he won't even just look at online, he'll go and look at property with a local realtor. >> Sure. >> That's a true 100%. >> He does it all the time. >> All the time. >> Oh, whoa. >> Yes. >> Commitment. But you bought and you'll pull the trigger. >> No. >> No. >> No, no, no, no. >> He's wasted so many realtor's time. It's not even funny. - He's like, for real, it takes a guy to ruin it. - A real whale, yeah. - But the other thing that I've noticed, sorry, go ahead, Sean. - No, I just get by that idea, Jeremy, the idea, like, do you come from a small town and you prefer cities now? Or are you like, no, I could actually-- - He's from Brooklyn. - Yeah, I know. But I'm not like Brooklyn's like, no. - I know, but Brooklyn isn't like a, like, you know, Brooklyn's city, like, so do you-- - Go on. - Do you prefer the opposite of that as you get older 'cause you didn't grow up that way? - Maybe, I mean, yeah. I definitely like the idea of maybe one day having a place that's more slow moving and I have a, you know, a smaller place in LA or if I'm back in New York, I have an apartment in the city and go upstate or long island or something like that. - You ever see yourself getting like a bunch of land and being like one of those guys with a bunch of like ranch, ranch tools and cabin cost land? - Again, like the fantasy of it, yeah, I think-- (laughing) - Quite the prop. (laughing) - Was it Jason's stuff that the prop department hands you? (laughing) - Is it one of those cap guns? (laughing) - We're holding it upside down, Mr. Bateman. (laughing) - I'd be so useless. I think for a week, it could be fun. - Yeah, yeah, I have the fantasy of it, but very quickly, I'd realize there's no-- - I could see you upstate. I could see you upstate or on long island. - Yeah, I have some friends that are up there and it's, and, you know, I think it's sweet and then, and then, yeah, on Long Island, I think is really nice. And I had, I rented a place last summer there that I really loved and-- - And we loved them, and yeah. And my, all my people, my, my folks are still in Brooklyn, my sister's in Brooklyn. - Oh, yeah, that's great. - So I like going back there and being close. - Well, personally, I'd like you stay here in Los Angeles so we can relate to each other. - It is nice. - It was nice. - What was the last movie? What was the last movie night? - It's been a while. I mean, I'm still watching them, but the door's still unlocked. A jar even, waiting for you people to come back. - I can, less creepy would be great. Just a little less creepy would have been. That's the name of my autobiography, "The Door's a Jar." (laughing) - Oh my gosh, that's disgusting. - It's so gross. - Jimmy, you're the man. - You're the man. - You're the man, man. - Jimmy, I appreciate you. - Yeah. - Jodog, yeah. - Jodog. - Jodog, it's just incredible. - No, listen, continue success, congrats on all of it. It's so well deserved. You worked hard for it, and you've been just consistently great all the way along. So, we're big, big fans. I speak for Sean. Jason has his own take on it, which is a little more lascivious. (laughing) - Yeah, I'm not there yet. - Okay, I'm working on him. - I'm trying to play hard to get. - I really appreciate it. - Get over here again. - This is a pleasure. - Thank you guys. - Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you. - Thanks for doing this buddy. - Be good to you guys. - You're the best. - See you soon, man. - Will, did you get that full plate of food done? - I know. - You said you're the best and he was looking at me. Do you see that? - No, he was in my box. - That was nice. - He was looking at me. - You have full plate of food delivered to you at the beginning of the interview. Did you get it all done? What is it? - It's chicken salad. - Chicken salad. - Oh, chicken salad. - And the fresh chicken breast. - It would seem like somebody was on their hands and knees down there at the door opening. What was it? - She didn't want to interrupt. She didn't want to interrupt. - No, it was Carolyn. - That was Carolyn on her hands and knees. - She wasn't on her hands and knees. She bent down to put it on the door. She was being very respectful. - She should have come in. - I love her. - I know. - I'm loving her. - Don't you mess that up? - Oh my god. - It starts to get wobbly. You just hand it over and let us fix it and then we'll give it back. - Yeah. (laughing) - That's how relationships work, right? - Yeah, sure. That's exactly how it works. - You hand it over? - Oh my god, I'm not a milk. - Sean, is this the same Snickerdoodle? - Yeah, you just killed it. - I was really good. I'm not a fight. Good boy. - Got it some more, I left. - Well, I really, I never met him. - Oh, he's just the greatest. - He's such a nice guy. I've only met him before. - Yeah. - He's so nice. - He's got a good, normal person. - Really great. It would have been great up there on that stage. Are we gonna reschedule that? Are we gonna do the bowl maybe like in the spring or something like that, maybe? - Let's make a commitment that we're gonna do some. - Spring, summer, something like that. - Yeah, why don't we do the bowl, or let's for sure do it when it's not rainy season. - We can't do it in the summer 'cause they do the Philharmonic there in the summer. - Every night? - It's most of it's programmed. - Why can't you do it over the summer? - What about the beginning? - Getting LA, LA Phil's in there through the summer. - Well, you've got like one number, or like I thought you were before the rain starts. - Don't argue with me. I'm happy to do it at any point. I think it's all about the guests. When can we get guests in there? - Yeah, you're right. - You know, we gotta get some big shut guests 'cause we're not cutting it, okay? - Yeah. - And to see us blather on, sitting on a couch. - Wait, how did you and Jeremy meet again? - Grinder. - Wow. - Wow. - He's so great. - He's so pretty. - He's so successful. - JB, you didn't know that Sean didn't wanna say 'cause he's embarrassed 'cause the same guy created the bearer. Sean is about to do the spin off. He's doing the cub. (laughing) - It's a different show. - It's a different, doing the cub. - It's on YouTube or it's on porn. - It's a porn tube or whatever. (laughing) - But whatever, it doesn't matter. Hey, listen, it sounds fun. - Sounds fun. - By the way, when I saw the title of the bear, I was like, I'm in Clayton. (laughing) - Oh, it's about a restaurant. - Me, me, me, me, me. - Pat, back, click on the cat. (laughing) - We were talking about food. - I don't know, man. - Wait, is Grinder, is Grinder the header or one of the gay one? - Nice try. - Which one said, "Listen, oh yeah, I'm confused." - What am I really doing? - What are you doing here? - I'm so confused. - I'm the end of God of my kids life, which is which, which is which. - Which is what? What are you asking? - Is it Tinder? One of them's the gay one. - Yeah, Grinder's the gay one. - Just the G-Gay. - So nervous to be acting, so nervous. - I just want to make sure you get that on his record account. - We're still recording accounts. (laughing) - Wait, you know, when Jeremy was playing Bruce Springfield. - Oh boy, here we go, Jesus. - There is a song that I wonder 'cause I haven't seen it yet. - I haven't seen the show yet, and I wonder if he's saying the song in the movie called Johnny Bye-Bye, do you know that song that- - It least commits to it. - No, I was just like- - Just go right. - Bye! - Bye! 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