>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY. WELCOME WELCOME BACK.
(APPLAUSE) FOLKS,
YOU KNOW MY FIRST GUEST AS A TWO-TIME EMMY WINNING STAR AND
PRODUCER OF "TED LASSO." HE'S NOW ONE OF THE CREATORS AND
WRITERS OF THE NEW SERIES, "SHRINKING."
>> HELLO. >> REALLY WELL KEPT, TOPIARY.
>> NO, SOME GUY DOES IT. >> HOW IS ALICE DOING.
>> YOU OKAY, ALICE? SHE'S FINE.
SHE'S FED. SHE DID HER HOMEWORK.
JUST HAD SOCCER PRACTICE. >> SOCCER STARTED?
>> YEAH, SOCCER STARTED. AND SHE'S KILLING IT.
I'M SORRY, I HAVE TO ASK, IS THIS YOU FOREVER?
>> I DON'T KNOW. >> ALL RIGHT.
YOU HAVEN'T EATEN, LET ME MAKE YOU A PLATE.
>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME BRETT GOLDSTEIN.
(APPLAUSE)
>> NICE TO SEE YOU, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> Stephen: NICE TO HAVE YOU. WE GOT A CHANCE TO TALK A LITTLE
AT THE EMMY THIS PAST YEAR. >> YEAH.
WHAT A SENTENCE. >> Stephen: WHAT IS QURNTION.
>> WE JUST HAD A A CASUAL CHAT. >> Stephen: YEAH.
AND YOU HAD WON. >> ANOTHER INSANE SEN TENSZ,
YEAH. >> Stephen: PEOPLE ARE VERY
EXCITED TO HAVE YOU HERE, EVERYBODY IN THE DECIDED SAID
YOU FROM TED LASSO AND YOUR CHARACTER ROY KENT.
BUT THERE IS ANOTHER EXCITING CHARACTER YOU WILL PLAY SOON WE
JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NOT
SEEN THE AFTER CREDIT SCENE IN THOR LOVE AND THUNDER, YOU ARE
REVEALED TO BE PLAYING HERCULESS IN THE MARVEL MOVIES.
>> YEAH. >> Stephen: UH-HUH.
AND HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT? >> YOU SEEM ANNOYED.
>> Stephen: WELL, I AM. BECAUSE LOOK AT YOU.
YOU ARE A [BLEEP] COME HE DE WRITER YVMENT DO YOU LOOK LIKE
THAT, ARE YOU A COMEDY WRITER, ARE YOU NOT SUPPOSED TO LOOK
LIKE, THAT I WORK OUT FOUR DAYS A WEEK, I THINK THERE MIGHT BE
HELIUM IN MY BAR BELLS, SO THIS PROVES THAT IT IS POSSIBLE.
DID THIS TAKE A LOT OF WORK FOR YOU TO DO.
>> THE BALANCE IS I'M ALSO HAIRY.
SO YOU KNOW -- >> Stephen: A LOT OF THAT IS
HAIR. >> I HAVE BEEN IN L.A. AND I'M
THE FIRST PERSON THEY'VE SEEN IN 30 YEARS WITH BODY HAIR.
AND I WAS STAYING IN THIS HOTEL AND I WENT OUT TO THE SWIMMING
POOL AND SOMEONE CALLED PEST CONTROL.
LIKE IT'S DIFFERENT. >> Stephen: HOW MUCH PRESSURE
WAS THERE FOR YOU TO KEEP THIS SECRET?
>> LOOK, I MEAN I'M SCARED TO EVEN TELL YOU THAT.
LIKE WHEN I GOT THE JOB, WHEN YOU WERE ARRIVE ON SET, YOU GET
TAKEN ASIDE BY SECURITY AND THEY INJECT YOU WITH A MICROCHIP.
IT WAS LIKE IF YOU TELL ANYONE THAT DID YOU THIS, WE'RE GOING
TO KILL YOU. AND YOUR BRAIN WILL EXEMPLOYED.
SO I COULDN'T TELL ANYONE. I COULDN'T TELL MAY FAMILY.
COULDN'T TELL ANYONE. AND SO WHEN THE FILM CAME OUT F
YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE FILM, I DON'T KNOW IF I AM ALLOWED TO
TELL YOU THIS. AT THE VERY END OF THE FILM I
APPEAR. >> Stephen: IN THE CREDITS.
>> POST CREDITS. SO I TEXT MY MOM AND DAD AND I
GO THEY DON'T REALLY GO AND SEE THOSE FILMS.
SO I GO THERE IS THIS FILM OUT, CALLED THOR LOVE AND THUNDER.
I THINK YOU'D LIKE IT AND THEY ARE LIKE I'M NOT SURE WE WOULD.
AND MI LIKE I SAW IT. I SAW T IT'S VERY FUNNY.
I THINK IT IS ACTUALLY MORE YOUR SPEED THAN YOU THINK.
SO THEY GO AND SEE IT AND MY MOM IS TEXTING ME ALL THE WAY
THROUGH THE FILM. >> Stephen: DURING THE FILM.
>> DURING ITS FILM, TEXTING ME. I'M CURIOUS ABOUT, OH, THIS IS
QUITE FUNNY, YEAH, PUT YOUR PHONE AWAY, WATCH THE FILM.
KEEP TEXTING, THIS IS HAPPENING, THIS IS HAPPENING.
TWO HOURS LATER, SHE GOES OH, RUSSELL CROWE IS BACK ON.
I'M IN THIS FILM FOR LIKE FOUR SECONDS.
I'M LIKE SHE'S GOING TO WALK OUT AND NOT EVEN KNOW I WAS IN IT
AND I TYPE BACK LOOK AT THE [BLEEP] SCREEN.
AND THEN FINALLY SHE TEXTS WHAT? (APPLAUSE).
>> Stephen: MOMSES. >> YEAH.
>> Stephen: THAT'S WONDERFUL. >> YEAH, I KNOW.
>> Stephen: THE NEW SERIES SHRINKING ON APPLE TV PLUS,
CREATED BY YOU, JASON SEGEL AND BILL LAWRENCE WHO IS ALSO ONE OF
THE CREATORS OF TED LASSO. >> YEAH.
>> Stephen: YOU WERE A WRITER ON TED LASSO.
WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WANT TO TAKE FROM THAT SHOW TO HAVE IN THIS
SHOW. IS THERE ANY SORT OF CONNECTIVE
TISSUE OR DNA BETWEEN THESE TWO? >> DEFINITELY SOMETHING I
LEARNED ON TED LASSO FROM JASSEN, THAT I THINK IS ALWAYS
INSTINCTIVE BUT THE POINT OF GOING YES, THAT IS IT.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE REAL WORDS.
INTENTIONALITY, MIGHT NOT BE A REAL WORD, IS IT.
>> Stephen: A REAL FAKE ACT ARE WORD.
>> OKAY, SO WE USE IT A LOT. BUT I THINK LIKE WHEN YOU GOT
ENOUGH MONEY WITH PEOPLE AROUND YOU T IS EASY TO BE FUNNY IT IS
EASY TO-- BUT YOU HAVE TO, EVERY DECISION YOU MAKE HAS TO HAVE
INTENTION. LIKE WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS.
WHAT IS THE MESSAGE. WHAT IS THE POINTS OF THIS.
>> Stephen: ALL PULLING ON THE SAME ROW.
>> YES. BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT COULD BE A
LOAD OF BITS, AND THEY COULD BE FUNNY BITS BUT IT IS
MEANINGLESS. (LAUGHTER).
>> Stephen: THAT WOULD BE TERNL IF YOU HAD A SERIES OF
FUNNY BITS EVERY NIGHT OF THE WEEK FOR YEARS.
THAT WOULD BE-- THAT SOUNDS LIKE HELL.
>> WELL-- (APPLAUSE)
>> IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING THAT WOULDN'T REALLY TAKE OFF, BUT
ANYWAY GOOD LUCK. >> Stephen: SO I TALKED TO
JASON SEGEL ABOUT THIS SHOW LAST NIGHT SPECIFICALLY ABOUT ACTING
OPPOSITE HARRISON FORD. >> YES.
>> Stephen: DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO DO, AS THE EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER OF THIS ING THIS, DID YOU REAL HIM IN?
>> I DID. A HARD MAN TO GET AHOLD OF.
>> HERE IS WHAT HAPPENED. WE WERE LIKE LET'S OFFER IT IT
TO HARRISON FORD AND THEN LAUGH AT THE ABOUT THE FACT WE OFFERED
IT TO HARRISON FORD. >> Stephen: THAT IS WHAT JASON
SAID. >> THERE IS NO WAY BECAUSE HE
DOESN'T DO TV AND HE IS HARRISON FORD.
BUT WE SENT THE SCRIPT TO HIS AGENT AND ABOUT A FEW DAYS LATER
THE AGENT CALLS BILL AND SAYS OH, THIS IS REALLY GOOD.
HARRISON IS IN LONDON. AND MAYBE HE WOULD WANT TO TALK
ABOUT IT. BILL SAID BRETT IS IN LONDON.
AND I GET A CALL. I DON'T RECOGNIZE IMMEDIATELY
REJECT. AND THEN I LISTEN THE VOICE MAIL
WHICH I STILL HAVE, HE GOES HEY, IT'S HARRISON FORD.
AND I GO WHAT THE [BLEEP], AND IF I THINK ABOUT THIS FOR LONGER
THAN TEN SECONDS I WILL FREAK OUT AND NEVER CALL BACK.
SO I IMMEDIATELY CALLED IT, HEY, HARRISON.
>> HEY. >> IT'S BRETT.
HOW ARE YOU. >> AND HE GOES I'M AT WORK.
>> HE WAS WORK ON AN UNDERGROUND PICK HE IS MAKING CALLED INDIANA
JOINS FIVE. AND HE SAYS DO YOU WANT TO HAVE
DINNER ON SATURDAY AND TALK ABOUT IT AND DO I STANDUP.
AND I WAS LIKE SORRY, HARRISON I'VE GOT A GIG.
I CAN'T. AND I CALLED BILL AND I GO WELL,
HARRISON WANTED TO HAVE DINNER BUT I CAN'T BECAUSE I HAVE A
GIG. AND BILL IS LIKE [BLEEP] THE
GIG. IT IS HARRISON FORD.
NO ONE HAS EVER SAID NO TO HARRISON FORD.
AND I WAS LIKE BUT 40 PEOPLE BOUGHT TICKETS, I CAN'T LET THEM
DOWN. AND I WAS, MAYBE IT WOULD
IMPRESS HIM. WE'RE HARD TO GET.
AND THEN I TEXT HARRISON, I GO I KNOW YOU ARE WORKING BUT PLAIB I
CAN MEET YOU FRIDAY NIGHTMENT AND HE GOES COME OVER TO MY
PLACE, 7:00. SO I AM IN THE CAR, ALL THE
PEOPLE IN AMERICA, THERE IS SO MUCH PRESSURE ON ME, YOU HAVE TO
CLOSE THIS [BLEEP] THERE. >> I'M GETTING A TINGLE SO I
TURN UP AT THE APARTMENT, RING THE DOOR BELL, HANS SOLO ANSWERS
THE DOOR. YOU'RE JUST LIKE HELLO, MATE.
AND I GO IN THE HOUSE. AND HE GOES, BEST SCRIPT I HAVE
EVER READ. AND I GO, SHRINKING?
>> HE BECAUSE I'M THINKING I HAVE SEEN RAIDERS OF THE LOST
ARC AND THAT IS A VERY GOOD SCRIPT, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING
ABOUT. AND I SEE ON THE TABLE HE HAS
LOADS OF SCRIPTS AND I THINK HE THINKS I'M SWINLS.
HE IS THINKING OF THE WRONG THING.
AND I SEE THE SHRINKING SCRIPT AND I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO GO
SHRINKING? HE GOES BEST DIALOGUE I HAVE
EVER READ. AND GI OH, OKAY.
DO YOU WANT TO BE IN IT. >> AND HE GOES YEAH.
AND I GO, OKAY THEN. AND HE GOES IS OUR BUSINESS
DONE. >> AND I GO LOOKS LIKE IT.
>> AND HE GOES LET'S EAT. (APPLAUSE).
>> Stephen: THAT'S A GOOD STORY.
THAT IS THE STORY YOU WANT WITH HARRISON FORD THAVMENTD IS
FANTASTIC. WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK
BUT WHEN I COME BACK I WILL ASK BRETT ABOUT SEASON 3 OF TED
LASSO. DON'T GO NOWHERE.