The Adam Scott Episode

♪ ♪ Hey! Adam? ♪ ♪ ♪ Adam Scott ♪ ♪ ♪ Adam Scott. He's not what you thought. Yeah! ♪ ♪ Pardon, Reggie. Look at me and Reggie. That is so sweet, Benny. That is your nephew. Mm, yeah. Reggie's just a dirty-- Do you feel like that's your nephew? Reggie's just a-- Chucky, I got Reggie being a dirty dog over here. - Oh, yeah. - He's a pow dog. - Oh, he's wearing his little outfit today. - Reggie, Reggie, you're a pow dog. - Reggie, we don't have any babysitters. - It's really crazy that a dog's fur determines their size. - Uh-huh. - Like, sometimes Reggie is, like-- - Oh, yeah. - Looks, like, fat, and sometimes-- - I know. - Now he looks like a little pipsqueak. I know. They really can thin out or thicken. Reggie, huh? - - I love Reggie. I mean, that dog-- they don't live up there, right? I don't know why he wants to be up there. I prefer you down here. - You do even like Reggie. - I love Reggie. - I love-- Reggie's been getting-- - Reggie's been getting what? He's been getting a lot better. - Wait, I just saw, like, a-- like a-- - Flash? - You guys. - What? - What? - Oh, what? That's not Adam Scott. - Oh, Ollipop. - Oh, wow! - Look at this. - Ollipop sent a beast. Look at this. Do you work directly? - Yes. For Ollipop. - Did you guys know this was going to happen? - Oh, no. - It's okay. Accidents happen. - I got it. Let me help you. - We won't tell them. - Hey, you're good, man. You only have one job. It's okay. It's all right. Maybe this was part of it, and it was perfectly executed - by this Ollipop beast. - Yeah. They're all upside down. I got to say, I'm happy that-- that you're here. Are you okay? You don't-- you can't speak, can you? - What's the deal? - Like, legally? Can you speak legally, or-- well, I guess-- You're a Yeti, right? Wow, these are holiday flavors. - Oh, Yeti. - Holiday. Mr. Ollipop Yeti Man. You want to spend-- you want to spend the holidays with us? You can say something. Tell us one thing about yourself. Hey, Ollipop Yeti. You're aware that this thing only has five grams of sugar and has six grams of fiber in it, right? Is fiber beneficial for you? Okay. - Kind of sounds like you're out of breath in there. - What are you listening for, Jack? Who are you? Who are you? - I'm just trying to do my job. - I understand. You're doing a good job. I can't believe this thing tastes exactly like an apple. - This is truly my favorite one. - Like, it tastes like I'm eating an apple. So, you get out of here. We got-- no, leave, because we have a dog. Do you want me to take him this way? Because why would he go that way with our dog? - Yeah, that's right. - Well, this way, sir. - Ooh. - He knows the home. What is going on? - Just-- I don't know. - I don't want Reggie to see the Yeti. - Oh, my God. - Our house just-- - He's trying to show off. - He is? I just think he was a little performative, a little-- I don't know. That felt very strange. - I loved it. - I loved it. And I love Olipop. I'm actually gonna dive in. They got other flavors in here. You know they got - vintage cola and pomegranate sparkle? - They like this one that we just tried that we love. - Ginger ale? - No, um, pomegranate sparkle. Nothing like a holiday chill sesh with a case. - Right. - - Hi. - Hey! That was cool. No knock. Just head through the door. - I just-- I wasn't sure if it was-- - Yeah, yeah, yeah. Come on in. - Do a front flip. - Yeah, that's a stunt door. - You can just rip that off. - Oh, really? - Hug me first. - I should've done it. - I wish I did a stunt. - Hey! - Party Down, Parks and Rec. - Severance, especially. - Step Bros. - You're the Leo of the corporate world. - What's that? - - The Frogger was a construct. - No! - Can either one of your sons beat you up? - That was so serious. - This is how I do it. - It's terrible. - What's wrong with that? - Dave, you do not fold your clothes. - Do you want to ask Adam to put the drops in your ear? - Oh! - I do have a small question. - Yeah. - I heard this, and I don't know if it's true. Is laundry your favorite thing to do in the world? - I love doing laundry. - Have you always? - How do you know this about him? - No. - Did you get, like, a cheat sheet on him? - No, I looked it up on the Internet. This was before we, like, looked it up. - You're known for laundry? - - I'm known worldwide for laundry. - Yeah, I do want to let you know something that one of my favorite things in the world to do, it's my favorite thing, is fold the laundry. - You do? - Yes. - Oh, my God. - Because I think I'm, first of all, I think I'm a professional-level expert. - I bet you I'm better 'cause I actually did fold for a job. - Did you work at The Gap? - I worked at Urban Outfitters. - Oh, okay. - And I learned how to fold. I'm so good. - See, I fucking suck at folding. - Really? - I suck at it. - Still? - Yes. - Hold on, hold on. - You go get it. - I love your laundry. I don't know where your laundry is. - Can I ask you, can I ask you, so do you enjoy doing it? You enjoy it? - It's like cleaning, or cooking, I mean, with me, where I find something calming about it. - I think that's, and I am anal about, like, I don't love putting certain things in the dryer, but I don't want to tell the housekeeper, like, please hang that, so the night before they come, sometimes I just do my laundry. - I just do my own. - I don't, because I am anal, I don't like to put, I really don't even like to wash my clothes. I'll, like, hand wash important clothes, or I just wash, like, underwear and socks, so I don't even have, like, but I also don't like doing the laundry, so then it will, I will wait until I'm, like, - Out of panties. - Out of underwear? - Right, is that what you were gonna say? - You said it that way, it was jarring. - It was very jarring the way you said it. - Panties. - Panties sounds, panties sounds so weird. - Panties, when you're talking about doing your laundry, is like a, - Yeah. - I wouldn't take back what I said at all. - You should drop that into conversation, like, panties is for the rest of the day. - I think panties could come back. I know why you're saying panties is crazy, but it's not that crazy. - People still say panties. - People say panties. You just don't, it's like, it felt, it just felt, - Undies? - Yeah, undies is cuter. - Panties was my password for so long. - No, it wasn't. - No, it wasn't. - Wow. - It was panties. - Are you serious? - Yes, it was like a joke. It was like a joke between my wife and I. So it was my password. And then it was like, panties one, panties 11, panties one, two, three. And it was our internet password for our wifi home. So whenever someone came over and they asked what the password was, I would have to say, it's panties one. And so eventually I just changed it. - To panties 69. - Panties, eat the panties. - That is a tough spot because you have to share that with every guest that comes. Like you don't think about it. - Exactly. - You think it's just for me. And then you realize everyone's like, what's the password? - I like that yours was panties 'cause I feel like there's some hidden things about you that we don't know, but I'm like, that checks, I feel like that's under the surface. - You got any deep dark secrets? You ever killed anyone? - Yeah, I killed someone and my password is panties one. - That's cool. - Adam, do you want to share? - Yeah, I'll sit down. - So he doesn't have to see me. - I'm fine on the ground too. - Really? - You want to lay down? - Oh, you know what I could do? Do a backflip. - Oh yeah, I like that. - That's cool. - Yeah. - No one does that. - That is pretty cool. - You're the first guy to do that. - You look cool. - I'm going to bring this back. - I think it's a great call. - You look cool. - You could even do like one of these. - Dude, I'm thrilled by that. - Do you have kids? - Yeah. - How many kids? - Two. - Boys or girls? - What if I said nine kids? - Then I would say, sick hombre. - How old are your kids? - 19 and 17. - Hell yeah, that's real. - Party time. - Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. How old are you? - 53. - Oh wow. - Oh my God. You look. - I know, I'm an oldie. - You seem. - You look young. - I said this to Paul Rudd when we had him. I feel like, even though I know he's not our age, in my head, and I feel this way about you, you are my, you're our age. - Yeah. - I know why. - Why again? - Because. - Thank you for raising your hand. - These men have defined what your representation of people our age have been for like the last 20 years. - Yeah, yeah. - Because you always blaze these guys. - Yeah. - Yeah. - These guys that would have been, 'cause you always play someone slightly younger than you. - Yeah. - I mean, yeah, you've defined so much in my life. - Well, Kristen, say what you said to me earlier. - Oh yeah, I was thinking about you. - We were thinking about you. - I was thinking about your career. And I was thinking, you like kind of continuously play these, like, the workplace man. Like you represent the man that's sometimes like stuck in the cog in the wheel. - In a shitty job. - Yeah, but actually like, even like step bros, it's still the same, you're like-- - Yeah. - No, it's different, Severance. - No, but he's the corporate man. - No, but Party Down, Parks and Rec, even Severance, you are the-- - Severance especially. - Well, I've never had like a real job. I mean, I've only had like acting jobs. - Yeah. - So I've only pretended to have real jobs. - Yeah, that's interesting. - So I'm not, I don't know. I think it, I think maybe, I don't know. I think maybe because I sort of, naturally carry some sort of existential dread that that's gonna pour into whatever I do. - Do you actually carry existential dread? Like-- - Yeah. - Yeah. - Oh, yeah. - My existential dread was really bad when you're just doing the same job over and over and you hit like 30 and you're like, so I'll be doing this for the next 30 years. - And when you like clue into that and then you're like, oh, is everyone else okay with this? And does everyone else know? That this is insane? And then you kind of start feeling like you're the only one and you're not, but that feeling of being the only one is sort of-- - Yeah. - Existential dread. Jason I can talk about death all day right now but sometimes when I'm in the shower it just hits me and I have like death realization and I'm crippled like I'm like it that happened to you when you realize that happened to me when I was like 14 and when I kind of clued in I was like oh and I thought I feel like I was that changed me forever when you kind of I have zero existential dread you don't so nice you do have it a little bit I don't have it a little bit no I'm with your tasks with your tasks and your parents that's not really existential dread that's like distract that's like I feel like there's existential dread in your show yes there's dread there's interpersonal dread I guess there is existential dread yeah I guess you're like me you're like me you have you have the least amount of existential dread you can have while still having existential your existential dread existential dread is like yeah one-dimensional yes it is one you're like you're like me I don't want my family to die I don't want my parents to die I don't want to die and then it kind of ends there I have selfish selfish existential dread about will I fulfill my potential and then beyond that like knowing that will I fulfill my potential is not the question to be asking in life but I feel like I know I'm not going to get the answers and for whatever reason I feel like for whatever reason I'm not particularly believing in the concept of a hell of like there being a thing where like things are going to get way worse so it's either like non-existence or something parallel that's like just as good or better or just non-existence and I feel like that's okay that's I think I think even thinking about the idea of there being hell is too comforting like I I just just thinking about the end is right fine just poof I got one question yeah you got kids that are like of the real age now like what type like are you guys talking real shit like it's like like like when does the kid become like the peer grown up is it happening now you guys are at like like where you're like fuck man like today was crazy and you guys are is it at that level with your 19 year old yeah he he and I were gonna go rock climbing this year and I was like I'm gonna go rock climbing this year this weekend he's like we we we we we were we built the Death Star out of Legos when he was five and so we're building another one now that he's 19 so we have these things we do together and you're right like they get to a certain age and they start becoming like their own I mean it happens earlier than 17 and 19 but it's wild when they get to a certain age and they start becoming They're driving cars around, and they are getting jobs and going to college and all that stuff. But, yeah, you can have real conversations, and it's so strange kind of thinking about them when they were just like little kids, but now they're people with existential dread and responsibilities. Do you see that in them at all? Yeah. Yeah. Sure, yeah. Does your wife have it? That's a good question. I think my wife is, she's happy, and she's smart enough to be aware of all of those things. She's far beyond me as far as intelligence goes. So she's factored, already factored it all in and is deciding that, yes, I've accepted all that that's happening, but we need to focus on things that are a bit more constructive. That's me. And so I'm off to the side like wallowing. That's me. That's what I'm doing. You guys. You guys want to fold a little laundry? Yeah. Where do you keep your pennies? You guys are going to see how bad, like, shitty I am at this. We can fold the same piece. You want to fold this guy? Okay, this is how I do it. Oh. That's, no, no, no. That's what I do. No chance. But that's efficient. It's terrible. That's efficient. What's wrong with that? Because look at all that. I don't like that. Yeah. This is how they taught me. You need a lot of room for this. The floor. Do it on the floor. Wow. That's better than mine, though. I like to go like this. So first, go like this, and I see how wide I'm going to want the thing, so I kind of go like that. You see? Yeah, yeah. Like, I would say that was too wide. Yeah. Some drawers, it stays like this, or it goes like that. How did you have a fold down the middle of the belly? And I do. It doesn't wrinkle. It's not going to wrinkle because it's so wide. Yeah. Wait, I want to try. This is how I would do it. I fold it like my loose, like, way of folding, which is, like, everything will be folded with, like, this level of care. Like, I really move. Dave, you do not fold your clothes. I move through it. I go like this, and I'm satisfied, and I go like that. That's how I do it. And I do it for everything. It's its own thing, and I think this looks good. This is what you do when you pack. No, that's unfair. No, to go home. I agree with going home. But then your stuff's not going to fit in your suitcase on the way back. It fits. And you probably bought a thing or two while you were there. No. You want to know why it fits? Because I take it all out, and I refold it so you can fit it in. I love when you do that. I love when she packs for me. Yeah. What type of pajamas are you wearing? Do you wear that to bed? This. Yeah, these are my pajamas, you guys. What do you wear to bed? Sweats and a t-shirt. You don't wear sweats to bed. Yeah. You sleep in sweatpants? What are you, fucking nuts? Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. You're not wearing sweatpants. Yeah, man. Are you cold? I'm fucking crazy. You're nuts. Sweats, but underwear under the sweats? No. Okay. No, no. What? Okay, okay. What are you, crazy? No, I agree with that. No, you're fucking nuts. You wear sweats to bed? Yeah. Oh, my God. You're looking at an eight-time Olympian sweater over here. I sweat a lot. Oh, I used to sweat so much when I slept. I don't anymore. But wait, what's so crazy about that? Sweatpants is crazy. It's worse than wearing socks. Oh, it's the best. No, it's not. I think it's interesting. One time, when we first started dating, he was like, I was trying to show that I have like an ounce of like domesticated stuff in me. I don't really, like I don't really cook. I like to clean. But I was like, we were going to a wedding, and then he was going to perform at the Emmys like as soon as we got back. So we had to pack for that. And I was like, Dave, I'll pack for you. I think I've told this story, but maybe I haven't. I don't know. Never heard it. And I packed for him, except I forgot to pack underwear. So he had no underwear. He had no underwear for the entire trip. For a wedding. What did you do? No, no, no. I had the underwear that I was wearing on my body. So I had one pair that I had to wear for my friend's wedding where I was a groomsman. Then I had to get on the plane in the same underwear, get right off the plane into the Emmy tuxedo. You didn't have time to stop at like. No. We were in the mountains. No, we were in the mountains. You're totally right. I mean, I could have stopped on the way. Or you could have just told the people at the Emmys, be like, hey, you mind having a run or get. I wasn't going to be. Yeah, I could have. But I'm not going to be like, hey, can you just have one pair of underwear? And I washed your underwear in the sink one night. I washed it in the sink. That's what I was going to ask, if you did a sink. I did a sink wash. So he had, I think for the wedding. I don't think for the Emmys. I washed it so he had like fresh underwear. What did you use as soap? I think hand soap. Okay, guys, I have a real question. This is a huge debate that some people go through. When you get to your destination, you're on vacation. Let's use vacation. Oh. Do you unpack all of your things for the trip or do you leave everything in the suitcase and take it out per day as you wear it? Suitcase. Yeah, mostly suitcase. But if it's more than like five days, I unpack it. So five days. That's about the cutoff for me. What type of vacations are you going on? Three month vacation? Five days is usually the cutoff. I'm thinking like a work trip. If I'm like going to be in a hotel for like six days, I'll put some stuff in. Yeah, yeah. But vacation, no, I usually don't take it out of the thing. What are you doing? Absolutely no rule. I just, however I feel. No rule? Like sometimes I do it. Do you put everything in the dresser drawers? Okay, if it's just, if I'm on like tour or something and it's just for a second, I don't because that's how you forget stuff. You're like, that's like the rule for touring. You never do it. If you're on tour and you're moving through a thing, you would never put something in the closet because you're going to forget it. Yes. That's not true. I don't even forget stuff normally, but I just like, I'm not going to do it. Go pee. Also, you guys want to sit down? Yeah, yeah, yeah. A lot of weird standing. What do you think is the perfect amount of time for a vacation? Oh, good question, Adam. Three nights? Two nights? No, it has to be longer because it takes a while. You got to really ease into it. I think more people say panties than we think. I'm going to ask Yahoo Scout to get to the bottom of that truth. Because I want to know, is the word panties becoming more popular versus undies? Wow. The term panties serves as the standard formal descriptor for female undergarments across the global marketplace. Chuck, panties is actually very popular and it's the standard global marketplace. Chuck, then why is the word panties sounds so offensive? I'll ask Yahoo Scout. Why do some people find the word panties offensive? Because to me, it's not. Why is it offensive? Panties? Chuck, how can you trust that thing? Yahoo Scout? Yahoo Scout? With all the credible sources it has? Are you kidding? Okay. Oh. They find it offensive because the word panties creates a visceral reaction for many because it often carries a diminished connotation. What I've learned, Yahoo Scout, is that I communicate on a business global marketplace level. I'm not speaking colloquially. My wife, the second. I'm trying this on. The second. Yeah, this is cool. I'll try it on. The second. You can sit. Selena. I'm going to sit in front of the fire for a minute. I'm going to sit in front of the fire. we're going to want to be home soon. We were like, we only need to go for four days. to be gone too long because you won't like it and I don't know and then we kept calling and asking to stay. I'm sorry. No, no, I'm cold and we're leaving the door. You stay there. Are you a planner? Not really. Is your wife? Yeah. Who's planning the vacation? My wife, yeah. Like you're coming up with an idea and then she's handling all the dirty work. That's an assumption. No, I'm asking. Yeah, yeah. Or I don't even really come up with the idea other than like Hawaii sounds great. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You're like an abstract man where nothing would even come to fruition if it weren't for her. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing would happen if it was up to me. You're thinking about death. Our kids would still, they still wouldn't even be enrolled in school. They'd be stuck in. She works in the business as well? Yeah, she's a producer. Oh, wow. She is. That's her, yeah. But I don't like to plan unless I'm being paid. Yeah, see? So she's probably more functional. You should be paid for it. Do you guys ever work together? They work. Yes, we have a company together. Do you guys have a company? Oh, yeah. They do as well. Great. And how does it work? You know what? You said great. It's called Great Films. Yours is called Great Films? Yeah, you said great. Ours is called Great Scott. Oh, really? Wow. Yeah. Let me ask you. Yeah. GR8? No, but that's a really good idea. Great Films. Great Films, GR8. Very millennial. That's cool. Eight's my lucky number. But isn't it millennial? No. Remember how you used to write great? You should sue him. Oh, there's like an infinity to it. Yeah, I think I might. Yeah, you should sue him. Is that cool? Just a wait till. Great Scott is cool. You might get a letter from me. You'll know it's from me because it's going to look a lot like a subpoena. Is that cool? I wouldn't like that, but we have evidence in our favor. That's cool. Do you guys like working together? Yes. But, you know, you never know until you try because it could be bad. Do you have this experience where we both love. What we work on. So when we're talking at the end of the day after work about things that interest us and that we're passionate about, it happens to be the subject matter is the work stuff. So you're still continuing the conversation. It's productive because it's talking about something you're. No, I'd say we started. We started to have boundaries. She did. Selena does full cut off. She said, we're not talking about work. In the rare times that we do stuff together, it's full cut off. She goes like this. She'll just go. Put her hand on my lips. Yeah, I'm kind of the one that once we're like at home, I'm kind of like, I don't want to keep. But if I say anything, she's like, I have to have talked to you about it at some point. You know, so and she's right. You can say what I started saying to Dave as I started saying, just email. If it's if it's not my working hours, email me. I do feel like getting married and then kind of co-mingling like so much work. And obviously we do this together. That I was like, we have to put more effort into stuff. Reggie. Let him do his thing. No, I'm saying to the boy. Can I just voice. This is our first time with Reggie. And he's doing great. I have to say one thing to the viewing audience about because they don't know me as a dog. I don't want to say owner. Yeah, yeah. Like to me, Reggie is not a organism that needs a mastering. He is a someone I share the earth with. And I'm lucky to share the space with him. And of course. He needs to not do certain things. Anyways, so he's very poorly behaved. Usually he did. Just draw me. I will tell you one thing. He is being unbelievable today. I really feel like this is a coming of age. Yeah, this is the real Reggie. No, no, no. But he's he is a cool. I like your surprise. That's he just got groomed. I'm not. You know, I don't know if everybody feels this way about dogs. And you haven't. If you feel this way about your dogs is I think like he really does pick up on the energy. Like if I'm really like. When I have people over and I'm like hyper and talkative or if we ever get into like a spirited debate, Reggie will get. Yeah, they get in between. Yeah, totally. But I feel like because you kind of have a calm energy, it's creating all of us to have a calm energy. So he's having a calm energy. Oh, that's nice. Can either one of your sons beat you up? I have a son and a daughter and I would imagine they could both beat me up. Really? Like did it did the dynamic change where you used to be able to be stern and be but now it's like now they're like, shut up. I was never like the disciplinarian. They just sort of laugh when I try and to this day if I try and say something serious, they kind of just walk out of the room. Do they have they absorbed your movies and do they like watching you like Severance? But that they they never saw Parks and Rec or Party Down or they saw Party Down. Step Bros. Step Bros. Step Bros was so important to me. Wasn't it? I think one of those films where it didn't the onset wasn't as big and then it was like a like a cult classic. True. It was like wasn't that didn't have like the impact until it was like later. I heard you guys talking to Rudd about this is kind of the same thing for one of those two. Yeah. I can't wonder. Anchorman. No. Wanderlust. Wanderlust. Remember when I. Sorry. No, you go. No, no, no, no, no, no. You remember I was going to say it's not. Neither is not usable. Okay. Yeah. When I got that role in Step Brothers, me and my wife, Naomi, and Paul and his wife, they were all in a car together and we were parked. I think we were going to a movie or something. And I was like, you guys, I got this part and I'm like, let me just tell you about a scene in the movie. And I started explaining a scene just from reading the script. And we were all laughing so fucking hard. We could. Yeah. And it was just from describing something that didn't even exist yet. Yeah. It's unbelievable. And it was like, this movie is going to be so funny. And even then I was like, this is a movie I would see a thousand times if I wasn't there. I've seen it more than 50 times. Really? Have you really? Wow. Step Brothers, would you say is your big break or no? Totally. Oh. No. Totally. The other crazy thing is. Interesting. Talking to you, you're like the friendliest man alive, but you play a man that I want to meet. You have like the most hateable. You're so hateable in that movie. So terrible. Yeah. And your ability to do comedy. And drama. You know, not many guys can really pull off both that well. Yeah, yeah. You pull it off. So, to me, at like a level that's so high. Thanks, man. It's true. Thank you. You're so good at falling into your character and me separating Adam Scott from the person you're playing. Thanks, man. You really are like a really, really. Yeah. I think important for the landscape of acting and like how people should be like looking at you and taking notes like as. So kind. I remember when you came to the Severance set and we were doing this dramatic thing and I was so excited to meet you and talk to you and you were like, that was so serious. Yeah. Like that was so dramatic. Yeah. And it's true. It was like sometimes you're doing something so serious, it's really hard to like. Yeah. Maintain something that serious. You know. I went to one shoot day on Severance. Yeah. I remember. Were you in New York? Why were you there? With Stiller? Yeah. Ben invited me. Okay. And I was like, oh my God, I'd love to come. Yeah. And then so I'm there and I just watched him shoot one scene and it was a scene from the finale. Yeah. And I like watched the show. So I kind of like was like, oh, like I don't want to even see. Yeah. What's happening. What's happening. Yeah. Yeah. But also. But you wouldn't have been able to know what was going on. I can tell. It was like. Because. You can't even know watching the show. It was like. It made sense when I watched it for real. Yeah. Yeah. And I forget the, and I do watch Severance. I watch every episode. Yeah. But I forget the actual names of the things. Yeah. But it was a scene with Patricia Arquette. Yeah. Where like you, like I don't, I'm saying it all the wrong words, but it was like the nature of the scene was like you guys just staring in a room like this. Yeah. We were like. We were like face to face. And he's like. And these are the wrong words. Yeah. He's like. But what do you mean it was all the code 19? Yeah. I was there when the Frogger came in. Yeah. Yeah. And she was like the Frogger was a construct. Yeah. I'm like no. Yeah. When I run out. And he's like. He's like crying. Yeah. And he's like it can't be. And I'm just like watching. And it was so. It was fun to watch. It was really cool. I wish that was the dialogue. That was incredible. Here's what I also like about your comedy. Some comedy films can be very character-y. Yes. But I think you are. Grounded. Yeah. Very grounded. But that's probably a testament to why you can do drama. Like you can be like. Yeah. These dramatic scenes. Right? That's very nice of you to say. I'm really excited to start a comedy again. And so I have this idea. And so we're going to start another like comedy series. And I'm so excited to do something a little. Lighter. Lighter. Because it is. Yeah. It is. After a while it is. You kind of get the. You want to you know get back to. Yeah. Because there's nothing more fun than being with your friends. And making something super stupid. Do you think Severance. Like making Severance. And how like meta everything is. Do you think it made you like a more anxious person? Yeah. I don't think so. But I think that if anything I was just. When we first shot the show in 2020 when we started. It was October of 2020. So it was still like in New York. It was crazy. It was like lockdown. Were you guys in New York then? Or you were out here? I was actually in New York right then. Because I was one of the first shows back of SNL. literally right then. - Oh, shit. - It was right when they first introduced outdoor eating. So it was like a party. - Yeah, they built those little extensions of restaurants everywhere. - Yeah, I like that. - Which were amazing. - Amazing, and a lot of 'em are still there. - I know, some of them they took. - To-go drinks. - Yeah, some of them they took down. - To-go drinks. - To-go drinks. - To-go drinks. - Yeah. - I didn't, I thought you were acting like it. - That's right. - Holiday season, Olipop's got some limited edition holiday cans. - Oh my gosh. - This crisp apple's insane. You know I'm gonna be cooking for 60 people, and I'm gonna be drinking this while I'm prepping. - I'm gonna have this pomegranate sparkle while unwrapping my presents. - Well, I'm gonna have this crisp apple while I clean up because I didn't help cook. - And it's got, these holiday cans have great fiber. I think it's six grams of fiber. - Six grams of fiber, four grams of sugar. - These are great numbers. - Oh my God, we got vintage cola. - We have ginger ale. - We have crisp apple. - We have pomegranate sparkle. - Buy any two cans of Olipop in store and they'll pay you back for one. Any flavor, any retailer, go to drinkolipop.com/fks. Domino's created the domino, and now we're here. - This domino is so easy to distribute. Nope, that's for her, this is for you. Did you see the distribution, how easy that was? - It was pretty seamless. I love the domino. - I love it for a lot of reasons. One of them, it's cute and like, portable. - Portability is what I'm the most impressed with. - Oh my. - You could really take one of these, stick it right in your jacket pocket on the right day. - Ooh. - Take it with you. - Take it to the studio, to the bank, to the gym. - Slim trim. - I'm ready to start. - It is nice and-- - Oh, pineapple, I love it, but not now for me. - You wanna switch? - Uh, yeah. - I have pepperoni, that's good pepperoni. - That's the beauty of these. - So everyone can do their own thing, we don't have to-- - I wish I had this when I got married. Like a pre-snack on the way to the walk down the aisle. - Wow. - In your suit? - Yeah, I could fit it right in my suit. - What? - You could. Get your own domino and take it anywhere at Domino's. - Your shirt, you have like your cheeks-- - I'm not red. - No, no. - I like the color of your shirt. - He only wears-- - It's not red. - Shirts that are the same color as the blackest parts of his skin. - No, but your cheeks have a very nice tint of pretty, it's not red, it's just like nice color. - Two things I wanna say before I ask my question. - Yes, sir. - One, I put sunscreen on my face rather than my normal face lotion, so I might be a little blatchier than normal, and I wore this pink shirt, which might-- - Do you get a reaction to sunscreen? I can't, I get a reaction to it. - Allergic? - Yeah, like red splotchy if I put sunscreen on. - It varies, I mean, I can vary. And I can't see myself, but just the feedback I'm getting makes me feel like maybe-- - No, no, you look good, you look good. - Number two, I have swimmer's ear, and I'm not even sure that you guys are aware of that. Yeah. - I'm glad we're all aware of it now. - Doing this whole work day, and actually the last three work days with, I don't know what swimmer's ear is, but I have an ear infection and I swim. - Oh, wow. Well, you probably have swimmer's ear. - Yeah. - Did you get some of that stuff? - Are you a doctor? - Some of that swimmer's ear drops? - Not only do I have some of that stuff, I'm so-- - I saw something fall out of your pocket earlier. - Did it actually? - Oh, does that mean Reggie was eating? - Here it is, here it is. - Yeah. - Okay, but my actual question is, Ben Stiller. - Yeah. - How did you guys link up? I wish I didn't phrase it that way. - How'd you guys connect? And like-- - How dare you say link up? - Link up. - I know, I'm sorry that I might be turning even pinker now. - Do you think that he saw this thing in you that he has in himself where it's like, he is so grounded and real but knows what's funny, but even in his movies, he plays the straight man in a real way. - I know. - So talk to me about Ben and your connection. - Did you ever see Brad's status? - No. - What? - Oh, yes. - Dude. - Remind me, how does-- - It's Mike White wrote and directed it, and it's Ben and he's bringing his son to college. It is so fucking good. - Very good. - It was like right before pandemic and kind of got lost in the shuffle. It's great. It's like an unbelievable performance from Ben and it's this great Mike White movie. Yeah, so good. And it is kind of, it's funny, but it's also really kind of deep. - Yes. - Yeah. - Very embarrassing, personal, like it's really interesting. - And it's real. - I had a meeting with him because he was thinking about me for-- - Brad's status. - For Brad's status. - To play his son. - For Walter Mitty, the secret life of Walter Mitty. - Oh yeah, yeah. - So I had this meeting with him in a restaurant and I was like, fucking Ben Stiller is sitting here. And they started bringing over all this food. I had never been in a thing with a celebrity like that. You know when they just give you free shit? - Yeah. - Well, I hadn't seen it in action before and they started bringing all this food over that we didn't order. And I was like, what the fuck is going on? And it was because it was him. And then he hired me for that. And so we worked together on Walter Mitty. - Oh, okay. - So that's where I got to know him and stuff. But that was a pretty long answer to a pretty simple question. - I like it. It's all good. - But yeah, I love him. And I was so into the Ben Stiller show and all of his work, so I couldn't believe it. I was actually working with him. And it's by far my favorite director I've ever worked with. - Oh my God, Escape from Dannemora? - Escape, I was just gonna say. - Dannemora, dude, did that win awards? - No. - It should have won. - That makes me feel better about Dave then. If Escape from Dannemora wasn't winning every award. - 100%. - It's unbelievable. - I've seen that like six times. - Yeah, I think you've seen it twice. - It's so good. - I remember being shocked at the end when it said directed by Ben Stiller. I was like, what? Ben Stiller? - Yeah. - We were watching together the first time. Now, I have a question. Take me through your whole timeline of Paul Rudd. You guys are like best friends, right? - Yeah, yeah. I've known Paul since like 1992, 1992 or three. - Oh wow, before he blew up. Oh, you guys went to college, didn't you? - Well, I went to this acting school, American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and he had graduated already when I started there, but he was already like, "Oh, I want to be famous at this school," 'cause he was in a Nintendo commercial. Like already, he graduated, and then I got there, and he was already doing that in like guest spots on TV, so people were like-- - A Nintendo commercial got you famous? - Oh, totally. - Are you kidding? If you're a kid in college, freshman year, and it being a commercial, you'd be like, "Oh my God, I got it." - Was it a big commercial? - It's just a commercial. National. - I mean, in 1992-- - It existed. - Yeah. - Just 'cause he was hot, he got in it? - He's an actor. - He's an actor. Well, and he's like, the most charming person in the world. - Okay, okay. Just trying to set the scene here. - Yeah, yeah. No, for an acting school, just hearing of someone getting a job is a huge deal. And also, back then, there were no like, everyone didn't have a camera, so you couldn't make your own, there was no way to generate your own stuff, so the only way to end up on television was to go and somehow find an agent, somehow get on the, this is why when I started, I was doing extra work, because I just wanted to like, be on a set, you know? - I always wondered if that turned into something real. - Yeah. - You're like extras. - You saw him as an extra? - No, I'm saying like, he was an extra, now he's the leading man. - Yeah. - Oh, I totally, I was a, I did background for a while. - For how long? For how long 'til you felt like you'd made it? - I was in a Tia Carrere music video, and I met her recently, and it was so, it was amazing. I've never seen the music video, I don't know if it even exists, but I was in the background, and it was a big deal. And I was in a Danzig video. - Ooh. - Yeah. - Were you working like a norm, were you working at like a restaurant during, like? - No, I was, I got a guest spot on a show pretty quickly. - Oh wow. - Like I was, only had to do background work for a few months, and then I got like a speaking role on a TV show. - And then it's, and then what? - No, then like 15 years later, I got "Step Brothers." - Really? - 15 years? - So tell us about the 15 years of like being a struggling actor. - Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. - What's that like? - It took me a long time. - Wow. - It doesn't take everyone long. I'm, it was very hard, but I'm grateful for it now because if I had, 'cause I auditioned for "Scream," "I Know What You Did Last Summer," everything, and never got anything, and came close on some stuff, and watched people I would see in auditions in audition rooms like become giant stars. - Yeah. - It was really hard, and I was buddies with Paul the whole time, and that was really important too because he did incredible, like "Clueless" happened like in 1995, and watching how he handled it, and how cool and generous he was with me as a friend, and always like, it was just, there was never like a jealousy or a competition between us. It was always, and it was, I think, due to him and who he is and how he handles himself, and what a loyal, good friend he is. - Yeah. - 'Cause I was struggling for a long time as he was like, you know, getting very real, huge traction and becoming a big deal. Anyway. - That can be hard on friendships. - Totally. - Like 15 years of working and trying to get to the thing. Did you ever feel like, okay, if it doesn't happen, and by this time I'm going to think about something else. I had one moment like that. I almost got six feet under. Do you remember that show, Six Feet Under? So me and Michael C. Hall and I think there was someone else. We were testing for that show. Test is where you like the final audition or whatever. And I didn't get it and that was a real low point. It's a good thing I didn't get it because he was so great. But that was a low point where I was like I hadn't worked in a really long time and I was like this might be the sign that I should figure something else out. But I didn't know how to do anything else. So I didn't. And then pretty soon after that like something else popped up and it was okay. But there were a lot of points where it felt like maybe this is it. Maybe this is the big break and then it wouldn't happen and then something else would come along. You never know. What it's going to be in Step Brothers sort of was that because it happened and then that led to Party Down and that led to Parks and the three of those things sort of constituted one sort of big break I guess. Yeah. Did you have a lot of like self-confidence like in that time? Yeah. Well, I don't know if it's self-confidence but it was a kind of delusion that you have to generate because it wasn't until I was kind of on Parks and Party Down and Step Brothers and things started to solidify and I was kind of started getting incoming calls and I was like, oh, and started kind of seeing that, oh, I now have a career. Like it's actually coming together and realized that everything that had happened before I was like now I'm like on solid ground. And looking back I realized I was like balancing on dental floss. Yeah, yeah. But I had convinced myself that everything was great. Yeah. But you have to do that. Do you carry any of the old feeling during that 15 years that this could go away with you or are you steady? Always. Always. Still? Oh my God. Totally. Are you still imposter syndrome? 100%. How do you work on that? Because how can you exist with that? Like do you try to work on it? Yeah. I mean, yes. And Naomi is constantly like, like I did this movie with Robert De Niro. Last summer. And I was talking to her on the phone and I was like, hey, so I have this question about the Irishman because I love that movie. And I was like, I think tomorrow I might ask Bob this question if the time's right. And she's like, Adam, you are starring in a movie with this guy. Yeah. You're not like a background actor or you're not. You don't have like one scene. You can ask him a fucking question about the Irishman. Yeah. Like just go talk to him. And I was like, no, you're right. You're right. You're right. Oh, I thought she was going to say don't do it. Yeah. That would have been probably the better advice. Robert De Niro. I wonder though, sometimes I think it's good to have a little bit because I think that's probably why people connect to your character so much is like that part of you maybe still comes through and it's, I have it. I mean, you don't, but you don't really have imposter. No, but some, no, no, I have imposter syndrome for just existing, but I, yeah, me too, but I think that's sort of key to your, one of the keys to your appeal too, is that your persona is someone that takes nothing for granted because you're kind of in a constant panic about everything that's happening. Yeah. So everything is being examined. Yeah. That's a good, that is. No stone unturned. Yeah. No stone unturned. That's why it's so satisfying to see the character on the show get from point A to point B because everything in between A and B is a potential pitfall. You kind of, in real life, I'd say, I'd say the show is definitely an exaggerated version of that, but there is some truth to what you see. For sure. As the man, obviously, obviously it has to be. No, but even what you just said is like the purpose. It's like the perfect description, I feel like, of how you exist every single day. It's like A, you live your- Burdened, burdened, burdened. You live your life of like- Tasks. Like every morning he'll be like, well then I gotta, and then we have this, and I have to get this done, and I gotta go work on my music, and I gotta do this, and it's like- Well, when you're juggling, you know, several careers where- Yeah. You feel like you have a lot of potential and- The tasks. You're getting older, you know, you haven't had kids yet, you only have such a time before you even have kids. Yeah, his kids are 17 and 19. Yeah. I know, there becomes a sense of urgency that, you know, we gotta start really maximizing these days. I remember seeing, the first time you were on Dave, was that the first episode? Uh, the- He was, his first appearance was season one, episode eight. Episode eight. Is that my first? Okay, I remember the first time you popped up on it, and you guys talking, I was like, oh, I wanna hang out with those guys. Oh. Like, it was so fucking funny. Yeah, no, that was just based off- And so fun. Real life, like, I just knew when I met him that it was so funny. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I love, that's my favorite, like- You know, as you go through life, you obviously wanna hang out with, like, the most entertaining people you can hang out with, but then it's like, as you're telling these stories, the fact that the people that keep becoming, like, my close friends are the perfect people to help tell these stories, and they can, you know, some people, they, they're really entertaining in real life. Yeah. And then when the camera comes on, they wilt. Yeah. Yeah. No, that's very true. So I had to, I actually- Yeah, I had to do a screen test. He had to do a little screen test. Is that right? To be myself. Just to, just to make sure you don't freak out in front of- No, he didn't wilt. No, he didn't wilt. No, he didn't wilt. I didn't know either. I, you know, it's so funny, like, people will come, I remember I was, I was at some party, and John- Sometimes he whispers for no reason. Oh, really? Yeah. Sorry, I was at some party. I was at some party. Yeah. No, and John Hamm came up to me. Yeah. And he, and he was like, it might be, no, he came up to me, and he goes, dude, you were unbelievable in Dave. He's like, what else have you been in, man? I gotta see some of your other work. And I'm like, so many people thought I was- I was an actor. Yeah. Because the show blew up in such a big way, they didn't even know I was a musician. When Lil Wayne was here, and he told me, when he first started watching Dave, he was like, who the hell is writing his raps? They were like, who is this actor, like, that, like, everyone thought that I was an actor. Yeah. Even her, because I kind of- That's so funny. Yeah. Once I started making Dave, the show, which is a show about a guy who really thinks he can be one of the best rappers ever, making the show took up so much of my time that I actually lost it. I lost time to even be a rapper. I know. I remember I was into the show, and I was like, when is his next, when's the album? Like, what the fuck? I mean, almost soon. Soon. Is working on it. And my son, too, is like, oh my God, there's a show about Lil Dick. Like, it was such a big deal. Because he was a music fan first? Yeah. They're both into your music, 100%. I have an incredible invention, if you would like to be a part of it. I just thought of it right now. Please. The grills. I mean, the grates. The grates to a grill? Yeah, they fold. Flavored. Oh. Flavored grates. Yeah. So the grill. How do they last the test of time? And why do you have to have about 200 different grates for different flavors? I just was thinking about, we have a grill that's gas, and I thought, I've tried to grill hard, then I realized it's just like turning on a stove. You tried to grill tarred? I tried to grill some tarred. Tarred. You could have, like, boysenberry. Yeah. Yeah, you could have whatever you want. That's cool. And you have, like. You could have, like, a booklet with all the different grates in it. Yeah. And you take them out. As the only person who cooks here, I think that's a real stupid idea. Well, you don't have to go in on it. Look at that. Look at that. He's taking your spot. That's crazy. Don't get in on that investment. I am part of the pattern. Yes. Adam Scott's Grills. Do you mind? That's right. 100%. Let's do it. Wait, Great Scott's Grills. Great Scott Grills. Great Scott Grills. Okay, I'm back in the investment. Just based on the name. Great Scott Grills. And you're the perfect guy to be in all the commercials. Oh, yeah. Great. Because everyone knows part of my brand, grilling. I got to say, when I turn on the grill, I just start turning it on sometimes because I like the way it smells. It's, like, instantly takes me. It's, like, Saturday. It's a party. I want a drink, but you don't drink, so. Yeah, but he. Do you ever drink? I did. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was never a thing. I just stopped because. It was a problem. As, like, what? It was a huge problem. Because I was an alcoholic. I stopped because. I ran over. Yeah, because I got, like, seven DUIs. It was not a big deal. Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, I stopped as, like, an experiment because I couldn't handle hangovers anymore. So I just stopped as an experiment and just kind of kept going. And now it's been, like, a while. I only have two speeds. There's either not drinking or, like, drinking to get very drunk. I don't understand. I don't have two speeds. I truly enjoy two glasses of wine. You're at. A glass of wine. You have one speed. Wine. When I get drunk, I'm still in complete control. You think that. You are in. Couldn't be in less control. Actually, hold on. I'll pull up a. You keep going. Okay. Obviously, there's a tipping point for everything. Yeah. And when I pass the tipping point, I lose, perhaps. But even when I'm past that tipping point, I'm still aware all the time. I'm never, like. I don't remember last night. Well, that can happen. Yeah. And when that happens. I feel, like, less like I can defend my behavior. But I feel like even if I'm at the tipping point, the solar. me is still sober yeah and he's aware that the external shell has consumed the chemicals to topple the scales but the soul is still kind of sober aware of it like i'm never like unaware that i'm little guy like pulling the levers is still there he's been worked harder yeah yeah but he's ready to work like i feel like i can really reel it in and like my personality doesn't no your personality doesn't change like i just eventually yeah because there are those people who who drink and then he's just like uh-oh yeah but i i strive i would i'd like to show you when let me see when don't worry you do approve of it it's just these few is it the motor oil one if you're gonna do one don't do anyone in the bus you out of your mind oh no oh okay okay yeah no not that okay um i would i would like to show you what dave likes to call there is a good in control there's a good example i think i even said i'm in control i know hold on this is a good example i was in control here i know everything right now but it's not worth to engage i'm fully aware that's exactly what you were just saying look look this is i'm fully aware okay now i'd like a great example i'd like to show you the next video sit up sit up you couldn't walk that was like proof of what you were just saying yeah guys he couldn't but he was also like this is no do the next one okay okay okay here oh my god i'd like to show you him fully aware guys my hair care routine just leveled up thanks to head and shoulders and i'm a guy who needs it because i have been in high leverage situations in my life red carpet black suit and i've had white chunks of skin i've seen it yes anymore because i've leveled up my hair care routine with head and shoulders it's a classic yeah i didn't need to level up in the loyal customers since 1999 yeah yep you had shoulder yep look new head and shoulders classic clean it's got new hydra zinc i love myself some hydra zinc yeah gives you 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mushrooms i've barely done it i i did it for the first time during covid and like when i take a drug i'm thinking how is this going to go wrong like i don't enter it from like a positive like so i'm always so we don't take a lot we were very scared we take like a buzzy amount and i thought like the buzz of mushrooms i didn't like that feeling it felt like jittery i felt like i didn't feel like i was getting any of the advantages that i got from like weed where like i was feeling like too loose yeah i get worried do you do mushrooms is that a positive um i have and the thing that i've experienced that that i enjoy is you know it's all in chocolate now but you can get these chocolates where you break off these like pre-ordained smaller amounts and you just have like it's like a glass of wine yeah it's just like a little kind of even thing for like at the end of the day like a warm hug yes and then go to bed when i did mushrooms when we we tried it i do remember we'd walk around and the colors were more vibrant and i feel like that lasted with me like i still think colors are more vibrant now when i look that's interesting than they were when i first did it but maybe i'm just well still high oh did you want to ask adam to put the drops in your ear we put the drops in his ear we put the drops in his ear oh my god it's like it's drops in your ear we put the drops in his ear i'll do that have you ever done that yeah with kids oh really do like that all the time come on chuck put your head on his lap and put the drops in i'm glad that you're taking over for me okay you sure this could be gross for you no no no no he's a kid he loves it he just has to take off his watch okay i have to take off my watch because i'm gonna get in there he's gotta put his back it's this here all right um this is yours what if i had a monocle he looks so cool with glasses i do yeah you never wear glasses oh reggie's getting involved it says five drops um it's good that you because does it hurt right now yeah it's tender so okay so you got to tilt your head a little there you go yeah that's the way to do it how do you look does it see anything pop oh oh jesus oh okay that's one did i make it in see yeah there's oh yeah it's sliding oh it is okay yeah i'm learning it too oh god that it's like that like hit my eyeball what three oh it's so it like it has an impact really yeah or it's like it's like a cold it's like hitting a bullseye like you're really trying yeah that feels good you're hitting is that four yeah that's four more one more and oh i mean what happens if you put six in you know you know what if we do and the world explodes now don't do six adam okay okay you know when there was coat when i'll take the bottle when kovid was happening thank you so much i would say like i gotta learn i would put more drops in the thing than you had to oh yeah like because i'd be like did i put in four yet or five or did i dig enough yeah oh my god can you hear dave yeah but you might have to redo your hair well look adam we learned something today oh yeah i bet you because that's why i came over i mean you came and you left your mark yeah and i want to say i mean i speak for myself but i guess i speak for those two we've been watching you from afar for so long and not to shower you with praise it's been a pleasure to watch your work over the past whatever well same big fan and i watched and listened to a few episodes of this show it's great before before you liked it yeah to practice to practice yeah everything that i've said and done rehearsed was meticulously rehearsed you are a good actor friends on three yeah one two three thank you so much yeah thank you thanks for having me you guys so fun it was so fun and reggie's held up thanks ollie pop for sponsoring this episode