>> WELCOME BACK, WE ARE HERE WITH JEFF DANIELS, JEFF, WE ARE
DOING A THING ON THE SHOW CALLED A "LATE, LATE SHOW" AND TELL
WHERE WE ASK OUR GUESTS TO SHARE SOMETHING WITH US FROM THEIR
HOME THAT WE MAY OTHERWISE NEVER GET TO SEE.
DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH US TONIGHT?
>> I DO.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE AWARE, I WAS IN THE MOVIE DUMB & DUMBER.
>> James: WE ABSOLUTELY ARE AWARE.
>> PLEASE, PLEASE, STAY SEATED.
WHEN WE WERE SHOOTING THAT, THERE IS OF COURSE THE CHAIR
LIFT SCENE WHERE I'M ON THE CHAIR AND MY TONGUE GET STUCK TO
THE POLE, HERE SAY PICTURE, A PICTURE FROM THE MOVIE, RIGHT.
OKAY.
WE PLAYED MADE 12 TONS BECAUSE THAT OF COURSE ISN'T D-- 12
TONGUES, THAT ISN'T MY REAL TONGUE TRK DOESN'T STRETCH THAT
FAR.
SO THIS IS ONE OF THE TONGUES THAT THEY MADE, THERE WAS A
PIECE THAT YOU WOULD PUT IN AND IT HAD AN UPPER AND-- IT FIT
YOUR MOUTH AND THEN IT HAD RAY LITTLE SCREW HOLE AND WOULD YOU
LITERALLY SCREW THE TONGUE IN, AND THEN SO IT IS.
>> THAT IS SENSATIONAL.
WHAT A-- THIS IS MY FAVORITE SHOW N TELL.
S IT TRUE, JEFF, I HEARD ONCE THAT YOUR AGENT BEGGED YOU NOT
TO DO DUMB & DIRM, IS THAT TRUE?
>> YES, THERE WAS A CONVERSATION THE NATURE BEFORE I FLEW OUT TO
START REHEARSALS WHERE THREE AGENTS GOT ON THE PHONE AND TWO
OF THEM SAID WE'RE GOING TO STOP YOU.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO THIS.
IT WILL RUIN YOUR CAREER.
JIM CARREY IS VERY TALENTED AND WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, JEFF, IS
HE DPING TO ACT YOU OFF THE SCREEN.
I SAID OKAY.
MAYBE.
BUT I THINK THERE ARE THREE SCENES, THE CHAIR LIFT WITH THE
TONGUE ON THE POLE THERE IS THE SNOWBALL IN THE HEAD.
AND THEN THERE IS THE TOILET SCENE.
I SAID JIM'S NOT IN ANY OF THOSE.
UNLESS THEY CUT THEM OUT OF THE MOVIE, I'M GOING TO SCORE.
SO I AM GOOD TO GO.
AND I SAID MY DECISION, I'M GOING TO DO IT AND I'M GLAD I
DID.
JIM HAS BEEN A FRIEND FOR LIFE.
I JUST READ HIS, I DID THE AUDIO BOOK FOR HIS MEMOIRS, WE'VE
BEEN-- I'M SO GLAD I DID IT FOR SO MANY REASONS.
>> James: WHY I THINK DUMB & DUMBER WORKS IS BECAUSE I THINK
JIM CARRY OBVIOUSLY IS A BRILLIANT ACTOR.
BUT HE HAS DONE STANDUP, COMEDY, ALL THOSE THINGS.
AN I THINK THERE ARE MANY OTHER FILMS FOR A CASTING DIRECTOR OR
A DIRECTOR MILE LOOK TO CAST ANOTHER COMEDIAN.
BUT CASTING SORT OF A JUST AN ABSOLUTELY GROUNDED IN TRUTH
ACTOR IS THE VERY THING THAT MAKES IT WORK, I THINK.
>> IT'S WHAT JIM WANTED.
JIM KNEW THAT, YOU KNOW, COMEDIANS WILL TRY TO TOP EACH
OTHER.
>> James: YES.
>> AND JIM SAID I NEED SOMEBODY WHO IS GOING TO MAKE ME LISTEN.
I'M A SOLO PERFORMER.
I KIND OF RUN AND GUN BUT I NEED SOMEONE TO-- IT'S TWO PEOPLE,
IT'S NOT JUST ME.
AND THEN SMARTLY, YOU WANT JIM CARRIE TO BE JIM CARRY, YOU WANT
HIM TO BE THAT COMIC TORNADO THAT HE IS AND INSTEAD OF
COMPETING WITH HIM, LET HIM LEAD, IS HE GOING TO LEAD
ANYWAY, AND YOU WANT HIM TO.
SO JUST BE THE PUPPY ON THE LEASH.
JUST BE THE GUY THAT FOLLOWS.
LET JIM LEAD AND ARE YOU THE FOLLOWER.
SO I WAS LIKE ON A HALF SECOND DELAY IN EVERY SCENE, YOU KNOW,
LLOYD WOULD GO HARRY, WHAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE ARE YOU CONSTANTLY
BEHIND.
AND WHATEVER LLOYD WANTS, THAT IS WHERE WE GO, WE'RE GOING GO
OFF THE CLIFF, OKAY.
AND THAT, THAT MADE IT WORK.
>> James: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THAT.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVED SEEING THAT.
REGGIE, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FR OUR GUEST THIS EVENING?
>> Reggie: I DO.
TONIGHT'S QUERY GOES TO MR. DANIELS.
>> YES.
>> Reggie: YES, WHAT, WHAT IS THE MOST OPTIMISTIC THING YOU'VE
EVER EXPERIENCED?
WAKING UP IN THE MORNING?
>> James: REG.
>> Reggie: THAT'S ACTUALLY THE ONLY ANSWER.
>> James: IT'S THE ONLY ANSWER, IT'S COMPLETELY CORRECT.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE INCREDIBLE JEFF DANIELS.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK