THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FINDING
THE TIME. I LOVE THIS.
BRETT, THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME ON THE SHOW.
WE ARE THRILLED. TO BE HERE
IN A CRANSTON/JANNEY SANDWICH. HOW DOES IT FEEL?
>> IT FEELS LIKE I HAVE WON OF COMPETITION AND THIS IS MY IS MY
MAKE-A-WISH MOM AND DAD. >> YOU'RE NOT DYING, ARE YOU?
>> I FEEL LIKE SOMETHING MIGHT BE HAPPENING.
>> James: ABSOLUTE LEGEND. HERE'S A GOOD QUESTION.
HERE'S A GOOD QUESTION. WHICH SHOWED YOU LIKE MORE "THE
WEST WING" OR "BREAKING BAD?" [LAUGHTER]
>> Brett: LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS.
THEY ARE EQUALLY PHENOMNAL. >> James: THEY ABSOLUTELY ARE.
>> Allison: IT IS YOUR MERYL STREEP MOMENT.
>> James: YOU'RE ABOUT TO WORK ON A M MOVIE TOGETHER.
IT TAKES PLACE IN THE '80s. DO YOU APPROVE OF BRYAN'S HAIR
CHOICE FOR THE ROLE? >> Allison: I GREW UP, THE
'70s WAS WHEN I CAME OF AGE SEXUALLY.
THAT'S WHEN I STARTED NOTICING MEN AND I LOVED THE LONG HAIR
AND THE MUSTACHE. THAT'S MY JAM.
>> Bryan: I WAS THINKING OF TOM SELLECK DURING THE MAGNUM
P.I. DAYS BUT I THINK IT ENDED UP, MY LOOK ENDED UP LOOKING
MORE LIKE ALBERT EINSTEIN. >> James: [LAUGHS]
THAT'S VERY GOOD. THAT'S VERY GOOD.
SO THRILLED YOU'RE HERE. I AM A FAN OF YOURS, YOUR
PODCAST, AS A WRITER AND PERFORMER.
YOU HAVE REALLY HAD THE MOST REMARKABLE COUPLE OF YEARS.
YOU ARE HERE, ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR SHOWS ON TV, YOU'RE
WRITING A HUGE SHOW ON APPLE TV+.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF WHAT'S BEEN QUITE A WHIRLWIND FEW YEARS,
THIS EXTREME SUCCESS? >> Brett: ALL OF IT DOES FEEL
LIKE MAYBE I AM HAVING -- MAYBE I DID DIE AND THIS WAS ALL
A DREAM. IT'S BEEN INSANE.
I THINK THAT I'M LUCKY BECAUSE IT ALL HAPPENED QUITE LATE WHICH
I BELIEVE IS -- >> Bryan: I'M SORRY, WHAT?
>> James: IN WHAT WAY? WHY DO YOU CONSIDER THAT LUCKY?
>> Brett: IF ANY OF THIS HAD HAPPENED IN MY 20s, I WOULD BE
A HEROIN ADDICT. I WOULD BE MARRIED 12 TIMES.
>> Allison: A NICE BIT OF GROUNDING THAT COMES FROM HAVING
SUCCESS A LITTLE BIT LATER IN LIFE.
>> Bryan: AND THERE IS A DARKNESS HOVERING OVER HIM.
>> James: ONE WAS THE MOMENT GONE FROM BEING THE SHOW THAT
WAS ON AND UP FROM YEAR TO REALLY SMASH HIT.
>> Brett: WE WERE SORT OF IN LOCKDOWN NO LONGER MAKING.
WHEN WE CAME OUT HERE FOR SEASON TWO, PEOPLE COMING OUT OF
LOCKDOWN, IT WAS HALLOWEEN. I ADDRESSED LIKE ROY KENT.
I WEAR BLACK AND I WAS WORKING. A FRIEND OF MINE WAS AT A
HALLOWEEN PARTY AND THEY SAID I LOOK COME TO THIS HALLOWEEN
PARTY. IT'S NOT BIG IN ENGLAND.
I TURNED UP AT THIS BAR AND THERE WERE TEN PEOPLE DRESSED AS
ROY KENT. DOUBLE TAKE LOOKING AT ME.
HE IS ALSO DRESSED LIKE ROY KENT.
HE IS ROY KENT. AND I WAS THINKING I LOOK LIKE
SUCH A [BLEEP] YEAH, I AM ROY KENT.
>> James: ALLISON, "THE WEST WING" WAS YOUR HUGE BREAK.
YOU MEMBER THE FIRST TIME YOU STARTED GETTING RECOGNIZED?
>> Allison: I DO. I WAS ON THE SUBWAY IN NEW YORK,
MAY BE SEASON TOO. I HAD ALL THESE BAGS AND BOOKS.
PLOPPED MYSELF DOWN AND I AM SITTING THERE AND I SEE ALL OF
THESE PEOPLE LOOKING AT ME, STARING AT ME AND I'M THINKING
GOD. I'M GETTING SO FAMOUS.
THIS IS RIDICULOUS. I AM GOING TAP START WEARING
HATS. I CAN'T RIDE THE SUBWAY ANYMORE.
THIS IS CRAZY. MY SUBWAY STOP CAME AND I PICKED
UP ALL OF MY STUFF AND AS I LOOKED DOWN I REALIZED MY WHOLE
SHIRT WAS UNBUTTONED. IT WAS NOT THE FACT THAT THEY
KNEW ME. >> James: C.J. CREGG.
>> Allison: SETTLE DOWN, ALLISON.
>> James: BRYAN YOUR FIRST TASTE OF SUCCESS "MALCOLM IN THE
MIDDLE," HUGE SHOW. ACTORS WORRY ABOUT WHAT THE NEXT
JOB MAY OR MAY NOT BE. HOW DID YOU HANDLE THAT?
>> Bryan: I WAS ON THAT SHOW FOR SEVEN YEARS NSI TAIL YOUNG
ACTORS, IF YOU GET LUCKY, THEN YOU NEED TO BE FRUITFUL AND
TAKE CARE OF YOUR FINANCES SWEET ENOUGH TO MAKE A
DECISION BASED OUT OF FINANCIAL NEED.
I TURNED DOWN A COUPLE OFFERS TO PLAY ANOTHER GOOFY DAD.
OUR SHOW CAME TO AN END. AFTER FOX SAID WE MIGHT PICK YOU
UP FOR AN EIGHT SEASON, THEY FINALLY SAID NO.
WE HAD A GOOD PILOT SEASON. WE ARE LETTING IT GO.
LATER THAT YEAR I GOT A CALL FROM A PRODUCER RIDER NAMED
VINCE GILLIGAN WHO I WORKED WITH ON "X-FILES.
BECAUSE WHAT HE WAS THE CREATIVE SHOW HE WANTED TO TALK TO ME
ABOUT CALLED "BREAKING BAD." >> James: YOU HAD DONE THE
EIGHT SEASONS -- HAD YOU DONE THE EIGHT SEASONS.
>> Bryan: MAY BE MATTHEW BRODERICK WOULD BE
SITTING ON THIS COUCH RIGHT NOW. >> James: IT'S AMAZING.
YOU NEVER KNOW HOW THOSE THINGS ARE GOING TO TURN OUT AND YOU
HAVE TO HAVE SPACE FOR NEW THINGS.
LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE SAYING THAT THIS IS THE LAST SEASON OF
"TED LASSO," THIS SEASON THAT'S ON NOW.
IS THAT TRUE? >> Brett: THAT SOUNDS LIKE A
QUESTION FOR APPLE. >> James: NO, IT IS SURELY A
QUESTION FOR YOU. >> Brett: I DON'T KNOW.
I TRULY DON'T KNOW. >> James: BUT THEY WANT TO
MAKE MORE. >> Brett: THERE IS A CHIP IN
MY BRAIN THAT IS GOING ZZZZ. >> James: WHEN YOU ARE
SHOOTING THE THIRD SEASON. WHEN YOU SAID GOODBYE, WERE
PEOPLE CRYING? >> Brett: WERE ALL CRYING.
>> James: THAT IT WAS THE LAST ONE.
DO YOU THINK THERE'S A WORLD WHERE WE GET A ROY KENT SPIN
OFF? I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY
FUN. IT'S A GREAT CHARACTER.
>> Brett: I LOVE THE CHARACTER.
>> James: WOULD YOU BE INTO THE IDEA?
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ROY KENT. THIS IS MY IDEA FOR A SPIN OFF.
I LIKE TO SEE ROY KENT GET A JOB COACHING U.S. SOCCER TEAM.
AND HE TO AMERICA AND HE'S GOT TO LIVE IN AMERICA, LIKE
OKLAHOMA OR SOMEWHERE, AND COACHING U.S. SOCCER TEAM.
BECAUSE HE IS SO INAPPROPRIATE IT WOULD JUST BECOME I THINK IT
WOULD BE HILARIOUS. >> Bryan: A GIRLS SOCCER TEAM.
HE HAS A DIRTY MOUTH AND THEY HAVE A SWEAR JAR.
>> James: HOW DO YOU PITCH THAT?
WE CAN PITCH THAT. >> Brett: GET APPLE ON THE
PHONE. >> James: OKAY.
THE SHOW IS SUCH A SUCCESS AND YOU'RE SO BRILLIANT AND IT,