APPEAR TO BE BRUNETTE.
KENNEDY: THAT'S A CLIP FROM THE
SHOW "CRIMINAL MINDS."
THE SHOW PROFILES FBI PROFILERS.
THE LONGEVITY OF THE SHOWS RUN
CAN BE CREDITED TO THE AMAZING
ACTING AND INCREDIBLE STORY
IDEAS.
JOINING ME, KIRSTEN VANGSNESS
AND JOE
JOINING ME, KIRSTEN VANGSNESS
AND JOE MANTEGNA.
KENNEDY: HOW FORTUITOUS TO HAVE
4 YEARS OF LONG EMPLOYMENT.
>> MY HAIR COLOR HAS CHANGED
SINCE WE STARTED THE SHOW.
KENNEDY: YOU WALKED IN WITH JET
BLACK HAIR.
LET ME ASK YOU THIS.
I KNOW YOU DIRECT QUITE A FEW
EPISODES OF THE SHOW.
THE FBI HAS BEEN IN DEEP YOGURT.
THE PERCEPTION OF THE BUREAU HAS
TAKEN A HIT.
ARE YOU ASKED TO ADDRESS THAT BY
THE FBI?
>> NOT AT ALL.
I HAVE BEEN ON THE SHOW 11
YEARS.
AND I HAVE BEEN TO QUANTICO
NUMEROUS TIMES.
I HAVE BEEN TO THE FBI
HEADQUARTERS IN LOS ANGELES.
JUST LIKE ANYTHING ELSE.
THINGS ARE GOING TO GET TALKED
ABOUT AND THINGS ARE GOING TO
HAPPEN.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY THANK
GOD WE HAVE THIS ORGANIZATION.
THIS IS A HUGE ORGANIZATION
THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG
TIME, AND THEY DO INCREDIBLE
WORK.
WE DO THE PRETEND VERSION OF IT.
PEOPLE SAY TO ME, ISN'T THE SHOW
KIND OF GRIM?
I SAY YOU THINK THE SHOW IS
GRIM.
YOU SHOULD SEE WHAT THEY REALLY
DO.
RECENTLY ONE FBI GUY IS THE GUY
THAT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
WHOLE THING YOU HEARD ABOUT
WHERE THEY TRACKED THE DNA TO
SOME MURDERER'S COUSIN SENT IN
DNA TO ONE OF THESE WEBSITES.
THEY TRACED THE DNA BACK TO FIND
OUT THAT HE HAD A RELATIVE WHO
WOWPPED UP BEING THE MURDERER OF
30 YEARS AGO OF THESE WOMEN.
IT'S THAT KIND OF DEDICATION.
KENNEDY: TRUE CRIME IS
INTERESTING AND YOU CO-WRITE A
LOT OF THE EPISODES AS WELL.
EVEN AS A CO-WRITER, A SCRIPT
WRITER.
YOU STILL FIND THE SHOW HARD TO
WATCH SOMETIMES BECAUSE IT'S SO
REAL.
>> I DON'T WATCH AT ALL
PERSONALLY.
THE VIOLENCE FREAKS ME OUT.
I THINK IT'S GREAT OTHER PEOPLE
WATCH AND I ENJOY WRITING IT.
I LOVE THE IDEA THAT PEOPLE ARE
NOT INHERENTLY BAD AND WE ARE
ALL HUMAN BEINGS AND MONSTERS
ARE CREATED BY MONSTERS AND
PEOPLE MAKE EGREGIOUS CHOICES
BASED ON THINGS FROM THEIR PAST.
THESE GUYS ARE JUST A JOY TO
WRITE FOR.
AND OTHER THINGS YOU MAKE UP
WEIRD STUFF.
WE HAD A GUY DISLOCATE PEOPLE'S
LEGS BECAUSE I COULDN'T ACHIEVE
SOMETHING IN A DANCE CLASS AND I
DISLOCATED MY LEG.
WHEN WE WENT IN TO RESOLVE THE
OPIATE CRISIS.
WE MADE THE BAD GUY THE OPIATE.
IT'S NOT ALL BLACK AND WHITE.
NOTHING IS BLACK AND WHITE.
KENNEDY: IN HOLLYWOOD IT IS
BLACK AND WHITE.
BUT YOU HAPPEN TO BE A PRO
SECOND AMENDMENT PERSON.
>> I AM.
KENNEDY: I CELEBRATE YOUR PRO
SECOND AMENDMENT.
>> I KEEP IT OUT OF POLITIC.
I HAVE BEEN AN INDEPENDENT MY
WHOLE LIFE.
MY TAKE ON IT IS THIS.
SECOND AMENDMENT IS NOT A
POLITICAL ISSUE IT'S NOT A
REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT ISSUE.
IT'S A NATURAL RIGHT.
PEOPLE WHO ARE AGAINST IT.
IT BECOMES THEIR WHOLE.
YOU ARE INTO PEOPLE TAKING GUNS
ON THE STREETS AND SKIING EACH
OTHER.
READ THOMAS JEFFERSON AND GO
BACK TO THE ORIGINS OF WHY WE
HAVE THIS.
KENNEDY: IT WAS A WHOLE LOT
EASIER TO GET A GUN IN THE
50s.
BUT KID WEREN'T GOING IN
CLASSROOMS KILLING EACH OTHER.
CONSIDER 10 AND JOE, THANK YOU
FOR BEING HERE.