Please welcome Rob Corddry.
(cheers and applause)
(humming)
-Welcome back to the show. -That was very nice. Thank you.
-Good to have you here. -Yeah, it's good to be here.
I see you got your Obama tan suit on.
I got my Obama-- You had to explain that to me backstage.
I didn't know he had the gall to wear a tan suit.
Yeah. I was like-- Yo, I saw Rob backstage,
and I was like, "Oh, you got the tan suit.
-And he's like, "The tan suit"? -What are you talk...?
I was like, "Yeah, the Obama tan suit.
And he's like, "What was...?" I was like,
"The biggest scandal of all time."
I was like, "Trevor, I'm wearing a fantastic summer suit.
I don't know what you're talking about."
-Yeah, Obama made this mistake once. -But, um...
-That's not presidential. -And that's how we got Trump.
(laughter)
Yeah.
-Welcome back to the show. -Thank you very much.
Congratulations on everything you're doing.
Let's chat first about Ballers, coming back, season four.
-Yeah. -Really popular show.
-Thank you. Yeah. -(cheers and applause)
I won't lie, when I watched the first season of Ballers,
I was like, oh, like, how much sports are they gonna do?
How deep are they gonna go?
But now the show has really become
-about your relationship with... -It's about me
-is what you're saying. -Yeah. With-- it's-- Yeah.
It's your relationship
-with Dwayne Johnson's character, -Yeah.
and it's like, it's a really-- it's like, it's two guys
really just struggling in the most glamorous world ever,
because I've never seen
two more rich broke people in a show ever.
Like, every episode, it's like debt, debt.
-How do we pay the debt? -I know.
Why are we paying the money? We've got more debt.
It's so funny you mention that, because every time I have
a line like that, I'm always like,
"Wait. My character must make a good salary.
Like, am I really that bad off?"
Yeah. Like, you jump out of a Ferrari, and you'll be like,
"Man, we have to pay back the loan. We're not doing well."
-I have a Ferrari and a Land Rover. -Yeah.
-It's like, I'm doing okay, right? -No, no.
You're in massive debt, Rob.
Um, compared to, like, the football players, I guess.
Who are also in massive debt in some of the stories.
-Well, they're all in massive debt. -That's what I like
about Ballers, I feel like it's a very realistic show.
It's like, this is the glamour of America,
-It's a very realistic show. -and rampant debt.
-Rampant debt. -That's right.
Uh, what have you loved most
about seeing the character grow in the show
and the show as it's evolved?
'Cause now you've moved from Miami to L.A., right?
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, that's the best part, right?
'Cause it's-it's such a fun show to work on.
The only--
And with all apologies,
all due respect to our friends in Miami,
um, it was-- that was the only--
It was hard to shoot there, you know?
'Cause I live in L.A.
My family is in L.A.
I am 47,
so if you're not 20 or 85...
(laughter)
there's not a lot going on for you in Miami.
So what I would literally do-- this is not a lie--
I would leave work,
and I would go back to the place I was renting,
and do jigsaw puzzles in my underwear.
And if... if it couldn't get worse,
drink white wine.
A sensible white wine. (laughs)
So that was, uh, yeah, we did Miam...
Then we were, uh, in L.A. for season three,
and then now... But we-we pretended it was Miami,
-like, a lot of green screens. -Yes. Yes, yes.
Now we just dropped all pretense, and we're like
"Ah, we're in L.A."
-Who cares? -Do you feel like you could be a sports agent
with all the sports agency stuff you've talked about?
Why? You looking for representation or...?
-Well, I mean, I don't, like, I'm... -Yeah, I mean,
-you're pretty athletic, right? -I'm pretty badass at badminton.
-I'm really good. -You're... Yeah?
You play... you play "minton"?
-I was. I was really, really good. -Oh.
-Um, yeah, we might be looking for a couple guys. -Yeah.
-I rock the shuttlecock hard. -Fill our stable.
Yeah. I was really good. I was just like...
-No. -And then the sport just, like, disappeared from my life.
-Yeah, it's hard. You should get back... -You just...
There's places you can play.
It's hard to find pickup games, though. Like, you don't find
-people in the parking lot just like... -Be like,
Trevor Noah showing up at your pickup badminton game.
Like, that's that dude from the show.
-(laughs) -Uh...
He brought his own racket.
That's how I roll.
Custom-made racket to the badminton game.
Let's talk about the movie.
You have a new movie coming out.
-Dog Days. Yes. -Yes.
Which is a really great movie
'cause it speaks to my experience
of what I've learned in America,
-and that is it is easier to meet people -Oh, boy.
-if you meet them through their dogs. -Yeah, yeah.
That's really what this movie's about.
I guess you're right, right?
I mean, like, I actually never thought about it that way,
but in college, everybody was like,
"Dude, you either need to... you need to play guitar,
-"have a hacky sack, or have a dog. -Right.
-Or you're not gonna meet ladies." -Right.
-Um, and I had none of those things. -Right.
I'm glad you didn't have the hacky sack, although.
-Oh! No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. -Yeah, that...
No, I had nothing. I had nothing.
-Do you have a dog now? -No.
No, like, I don't.
You know, only because I have children,
which are like dogs that can talk.
(laughter)
You know? Dogs that can reason with you.
It's just so much work.
And also, like, my youngest daughter
-is allergic to everything. -Right.
And so it's an... it's a good excuse not to get one.
I'd take one, though,
if you were giving me one right now as a surprise.
-Well, it's funny you say that. -Oh, oh, oh!
-Oh, my gosh. -I don't have a dog.
-You pull out a huge Great Dane. -Why would I have a dog
under my desk? You guys are waiting for a dog?
I'm gonna pull a dog out under my desk?
What do you think this is?
No one's ever done that.
-What do you think this is? -No one's ever done that.
Yeah, but it's a really cool... It's a rom-com
about people meeting each other and, like, using their dogs.
-Yeah. -And I, like, I lived in L.A. for a little bit,
and that's what I found. Even in New York.
-Don't talk to people. You talk to the dogs. -Totally.
-Talk to the dog. -To meet someone in the street,
-you go like, "Hey, little guy." -What's your dog voice?
-That's what I do. I go... -"Hey, little guy."
-You always go high-pitched. -"Hey, little guy."
You always go high-pitched. Like, I remember...
-(deep voice): I do this one. -In my building...
-Oh, that's cute. I like that. -I do this dog voice.
-That's a nice dog voice. -Yeah, it's not a bad dog voice.
-Mine is a nonthreatening up voice. Yeah. -Yeah.
-(deep voice): Mine is a real... -(high-pitched): Hi.
-Hey, little guy. -We're both betas.
Yeah, I go... I go with that.
I go with that voice. What are you doing today?
-Oh, I'm pretty good. How are you? -I had a conversation once
with my neighbor, and she wouldn't...
like, my neighbor in my building
would not speak to me every time in the elevator.
And then one day I just cracked, and I looked at the dog,
and then I was just like, "What are you guys doing today?"
-I think I was just defeated. -Yeah.
And then she was like, "Oh, we're going for a walk."
-And then when I watched the movie... -You cracked the code.
Yeah, when I watched the movie, I was like,
-"This is basically it." -That's it. Yeah.
-So you need to get a dog now. -No, I don't.
I don't want to talk to more people.
I got enough people in my life.
I want to shrink my world, not get it bigger.
Who-who needs... I'm not taking applications.
Well, in that case, get a hacky sack.
(laughter)
I'll pull a muscle.
Dude, thank you so much for being on the show.
Always a pleasure, man.
Dog Days will be in theaters August 8,
and season four of Ballers premieres August 12 on HBO.
Rob Corddry, everybody.