>> James: WELCOME BACK OUR FIRST GUEST IS AN EMMY
AWARD-WINNING ACTOR YOU KNOW FROM THE WEST WING, HE IS THE
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF THE BRILLIANT NOT GOING QUIETLY
WHICH IS IN THEATERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW AND A
HEARTFULLY RECOMMEND YOU SEE IT, IT IS THE GLORIOUS, THE DASHING,
MR. BRADLEY WHITFORD IS HERE TONIGHT, THERE HE IS.
LOOK AT YOU.
A RAY OF SUNSHINE.
WHERE IN THE WORLD ARE YOU RIGHT NOW?
>> WELL, IT SORT OF FEELS LIKE A MIX BETWEEN BEING ON A TALK SHOW
AND BEING IN A HOSTAGE SITUATION.
I'M IN A HOTEL IN ITALY SHOOTING A MOVIE CALLED ROSALIND, A
PROJECT THAT I LOVE WITH THE GREAT KIT LYNN DEVER AND I AM IN
BED WITH MY WIFE.
>> James: HANG ON, WE DIDN'T SEE THAT, IS THAT TAMEE THERE?
AMY, LOOK AT YOU.
LOOK, THERE YOU ARE.
HOW ARE YOU?
>> I'M GOOD.
HOW ARE YOU, JAMES.
>> SHE'S' GOOD.
>> I GOT GLAMMED FOR TODAY.
>> James: MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST DO THE INTERVIEW WITH AMY ABOUT
BRADLEY.
SO ARE YOU IN-- THAT SOUNDS DELICIOUS.
I CAN SEE YOU AND AMY ACTUALLY IN ITALY.
YOU'VE GOT WHAT I LIKE TO CALL A EUROPEAN VIBE ABOUT YOU.
ARE YOU GOOD, DO YOU SPEAK ITALIAN?
>> NO.
I AM LIKE, THE EMBARRASSING, AWFUL AMERICAN WHO JUST THINKS
THAT IF I USE A CRAPPY VERSION OF THE ACCENT AND ADD A VOWELL,
LIKE WHOA YOUA NOA WHEREA THE MUSEUMA IS?
IT IS EMBARRASSING. AND MY DAUGHTER WAS HERE BRIEFLY AND IT
WAS HORRIFYING TO HER.
>> James: I WILL SAY, I DON'T THINK THAT IS PARTICULAR TO
BEING AN AMERICAN.
I ALSO THINK IT COMES PART AND PARCEL WITH BEING A DAD.
>> YEAH, YOU HAVE TO HUMILIATE YOUR KIDS OR THEY WON'T LEAVE,
EVENTUALLY.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
HOW OLD ARE YOUR KIDS NOW.
>> James: 10, 6 AND 3.
>> YEAH, THEY HAVEN'T TURNED ON YOU.
>> James: NO, THEY STILL LIKE US, YOU'RE RIGHT, YEAH.
>> YEAH, YEAH.
BUT IT IS BAD TOO BECAUSE YOU ARE A PROFESSIONAL EXTROVERT AND
I OFTEN THINK WHAT A NIGHTMARE IT MUST BE FOR MY KIDS AS
HUMANITY-- HUMILIATING AS ALL PARENTS ARE, IF YOUR PARENT IS A
PROFESSIONAL EXTROVERT.
THINK OF THE THINGS YOU HAVE DONE IN PUBLIC THAT YOUR KIDS
ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WITNESS.
>> James: OH, I THINK OF THIS DAILY.
I THINK OF THIS-- I THINK OF THIS ALL THE TIME, WHERE I'M
LIKE I CAN'T BE DOING THIS WHEN MY SON IS 15.
I CAN'T BE DOING THIS.
I HAVE TO STOP DOING THIS.
I CAN'T DO IT WHEN HE IS 15.
BECAUSE.
>> NO, YOU CANNOT TAKE YOUR PANTS OFF ON MELROSE WHEN YOUR
SON IS IN HIGH SCHOOL.
>> James: I THINK THAT SHOULD BE A MOTTO THAT WE ALL LIVE BY.
ALTHOUGH, HANG ON, YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT TAKING YOUR PANTS
OFF, AMY POSTED THIS PICTURE OF YOU ON A BEACH HERE.
LOOK AT THIS.
WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE?
WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?
WHAT HAPPENED HERE YOU CHEEKY RASCAL?
>> IT LOOKS LIKE THAT WAS RIGHT AFTER A PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT
AUDITION.
I DON'T-- I DON'T KNOW I DON'T KNOW WHY THOSE PANTS SPLIT.
I THINK AMY POSTED IT CUZ IT WAS LIKE DURING-- IT WAS LIKE NOW IS
DURING EMMY TIME AND SHE TRIES TO FIND HUMILIATING WAYS TO SORT
OF ADVOCATE FOR ME DURING EMMY TIME THAT ARE NOT SORT OF
BLATANT, IN THE NAME OF GOD, YOU KNOW, VOTE FOR MY PATHETIC
HUSBAND.
>> James: WAS THIS THE THOUGHT, ALLEE?
WAS THIS THE THOUGHT?
>> IT WAS MY EMMY CAMPAIGN IDEA IT WAS MY FYC POST I THOUGHT A
SPLIT PANT WOULD BE A GREAT WAY TO REPRESENT HIS WORK ON ITS
HANDMAID'S TALE.
>> James: IF YOU PUT A POST LIKE THIS UP WITH THE LETTERS
FYC IT CAN REALLY BE INTERPRETED-- IN A LOT OF
DIFFERENT WAYS, THAT IS MY WORRY WITH THE "FYC" CAM PAN AND YOUR
OPEN ASS.
>> OH MY GOD.
>> I HADN'T THOUGHT OF THAT.
>> James: WAS THIS THE FIRST TIME.
>> THAT IS WHY IT GOT SO MANY LIKESK JAMES, THAT IS WHY IT GOT
SO MANY LIKES.
>> James: WAS THIS THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS EVER HAPPENED TO
YOU?
>> NO, I ACTUALLY HAD-- WITH YOUR BIG-- YOUR BIG FANS OF
HAMILTON AND WE WENT TO THE TONYS THE NIGHT HAMILTON WON.
>> James: BEST TONYS OF ALL TIME, A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY.
>> YEAH, I DON'T REMEMBER THE CEREMONY, REALLY.
>> James: YOU DON'T REMEMBER THE CEREMONY.
>> OR WHO HOSTED IT.
>> James: OKAY, WELL, DON'T WORRY, I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU HAD
A GOOD NIGHT.
>> I WENT TO THE PARTY AFTERWARDS AND IT WAS AT TAVERN
ON THE GREEN AND WE WERE DANCING AND THERE WERE A LOT OF BROADWAY
DANCERS THERE, AND ONE OF THEM DID THE SPLITS AND I THOUGHT I
WOULD TRY AND MATCH THEM AND I BLEW MY PANTS OPEN.
>> James: WOW.
>> I HAD TO GET OUT OF THERE.
>> James: WHAT DID YOU DO, WHAT DID YOU DO?
>> I DID WHAT I DO, YOU KNOW, EVERY OTHER NIGHT IN NEW YORK.
I CLENCHED MY ASS AND I WENT BACK TO MY APARTMENT.
(LAUGHTER).
>> James: WE'VE GOT TO CONGRATULATE YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE
NOMINATED NEXT MONTH FOR YOUR BRILLIANT PERFORMANCE IN THE
HANDMAID'S TALE.
CONGRATULATIONS, RICHLY DESERVED.
NOW IT ST EXACTLY 20 YEARS SINCE YOU FIRST WON FOR THE WEST WING
IN 2001.
WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT THAT NIGHT WHEN YOU WON?
YOU KNOW T IS SHOCKING AND IT IS UNREAL.
I DID REMEMBER AARON SORKIN HAD THIS PAIBILITY D-- ABILITY,
AWARD SHOWS ARE BIZARRE BECAUSE THERE ARE ALL THESE PEOPLE
HAVING THE CREATIVE EXPERIENCE OF THEIR LIVES AND THEN YOU GO
TO THESE THINGS AND IT IS THE END OF A DOG SLOW WHERE SOME
LADY WALKS OUT IN A MOO MOO SAYING THE SCHNOWZ-- SCHNAUZER
IS BET ARE THAN THE POODLE IT IS A PRETTY ASH RATHER THING.
BUT AARON KNEW HOW TO WRITE EPISODES THAT WOULD WIN PEOPLE
EMMYS.
AND ONE THING I REMEMBER THAT NIGHT IS JOHN SPENCER WHO I
LOVE, I REMEMBER THE MOMENT I WON I TURNED TO HIM BECAUSE
RICHARD SHIFIN WON THE PREVIOUS YEAR, I HAD JUST WON, I REMEMBER
TURNING TO JOHN SAYING YOU'RE NEXT.
AND HE WAS.
SO YOU KNOW, WINNING AWARDS IS A CONSPIRACY OF CIRCUMSTANCES.
IT'S NOT ANARENA OF-- .
>> James: BUT I DO THINK YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS THESE
MOMENTS YOUR WHOLE LIFE.
WE FOUND A CLIP OF YOU FROM 1985 IN ALL MY CHILDREN.
AND IF WE HAVE A LOOK AT THIS, YOU WILL REALLY SEE WHY THIS MAN
WENT ON TO WIN SO MANY AWARDS.
>> JASON, ARE YOU AWFULLY EARL-- EARLY, I'M IN THE EVEN
READY YET.
>> ARE YOU KIDDING, YOU LOOK GREAT, COME ON, LET'S MOVE IT I
HAVE BIG PLANS FOR TONIGHT.
>> OKAY, WHY DON'T I RUN UPSTAIRS AND MAKE SURE I'M ALL
TOGETHER FIRST, OKAY.
>> GIVE YOU TWO SECONDS.
>> DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATHE.
>> OH MAN.
>> James: I'LL GIVE YOU TWO SECONDS.
>> OH MAN, I'M DIGGING INTO THAT WELL, NAY, QUARTERY OF EMOTIONS.