>> James: LET'S MEET OUR FIRST GUEST TONIGHT, HE
IS AN EMMY NOMINATED STAR OF NEW GIRL, PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN, THE
BIG SHORT, THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SO MUCH MORE.
WE LOVE HIM ON THIS SHOW, THE ALWAYS BRILLIANT MAX GREENFIELD.
♪ >> James: LACK AT YOU, LACK AT
YOU, LACK AT THAT FACE, WE LOVE IT SO MUCH WHEN YOU ARE HERE.
>> OH MY GOSH.
>> James: WE DO.
>> I LOVE BEING HERE.
>> James: YOU WHAT?
>> I LOVE BEING HERE.
>> James: WE LOVE YOU BEING HERE.
>> IT'S THE BEST.
>> James: I AM GOING TO SIT YOU ON THE TOP-- YOU SAID IT.
>> WHO ROUNDS OUT THAT.
>> James: I DON'T KNOW BUT YOU'RE IN IT.
>> ALL RIGHT, THAT'S GOOD.
>> James: HAVE I NO IDEA.
LET'S TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS, IT'S MOTHER'S DAY THIS WEEKEND.
I KNOW YOU ARE VERY CLOSE TO YOUR PARENTS.
WE TALKED ABOUT THAT BEFORE.
WHAT IS YOUR MUM LIKE, WHAT IS HER NAME, WHAT SHE LIKE.
>> MY MOTHER OBVIOUSLY WE ALL THINK OUR MOTHERS ARE THE BEST.
BUT COINCIDENTALLY SHE WORKED AT CBS.
>> James: REALLY.
>> YOU'LL LIKE THIS.
>> BUT.
>> James: WHEN WAS THAT.
>> SHE, THISES WITH A LONG TIME AGO BEFORE I WAS BORN.
SHE WAS AT COOL UP BA-- COLUMBIA RECORDS WHICH AT THE TIME WAS
PART OF THE CBS IN THE A & R DEPARTMENT AND THE ONLY WOMAN IN
HER ENTIRE, YOU KNOW, GROUP.
TERRIBLE SITUATION, BUT THEY WERE ALL VERY NICE, SHE WORKED
WITH YOUNG ARTISTS AND SHE WENT TO BROADWAY SHOWS AT THE TIME,
THAT IS HOW THEY SCOUTED DIFFERENT TALENT.
THEY WOULD GO YOU ARE A REALLY GOOD SINGER, AND PULL PEOPLE IN
AND TRY TO DO DEALS WITH THEM.
BUT SHE HAD A FEW YOUNG ARTISTS THAT SHE WAS WORKING WITH AT THE
TIME.
ONE OF WHOM WAS BILLY JOEL.
SO SHE WENT TO GO TO THE TURN STYLES ALBUM, NEW YORK STATE OF
MIND WAS ON THAT.
AND SHE WAS SORT OF BILLY'S POINT FROM THE RECORD LABEL.
>> James: WOW.
SHE DID A WHOLE ALBUM WITH BILLY JOEL.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PHOTO.
LOOK, HERE IS YOUR MUM AND BILLY JOEL.
>> WELL, SO YES, SO THIS IS YEARS LATER.
SO WHEN I WAS BORN, MY MOM RETIRED.
AND SHE DECIDED TO TAKE CARE MUCH ME INSTEAD OF PURSUING THE
REST OF HER CAREER.
WHETHER THAT WAS A MISTAKE OR NOT, I DON'T KNOW.
>> James: SURELY-- I CAN'T BEGIN TO IMAGINE HOW MUCH SHE
REGRETS THAT DECISION.
>> TRUST ME, I FEEL IT EVERY DAY.
>> James: YEAH.
>> >> James: SHE KNEW BILLY JOEL.
>> NO, I KNOW, AND AT THE TIME, WHEN TURN STYLE CAME OUT, AS BIG
AS NEW YORK STATE OF MIND IS NOW, HE WASN'T BILLY SCWHROAL AT
THE TIME.
>> James: SURE.
>> HE WAS WORKING ON THE PIANO AND SINGING SONGS.
AND HE FLOATED MUCH LATER.
BUT SO WHEN I WAS PROBABLY 10, 12, SOMEWHERE IN THERE, SHE WENT
TO A BILLEE JOEL CONCERT AND THIS IS MANY, YEARS LATER.
SHE HADN'T SEEN HIM OR TALKED TO HIM AND SHE WENT WITH MY FATHER
AND THEY WERE BACKSTAGE AND SHE WAS REALLY NERVOUS BEFORE SHE
LEFT BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T KNOW IF BILLY WAS GOING TO RECOGNIZE
HER.
SO THEY WERE AT THE CONCERT.
MY MOM IS THE TYPE OF PERSON WHO LIKE NEVER WANTS TO MAKE THE
SITUATION ABOUT HER, VERY QUIET, VERY MUCH LIKE MYSELF.
AND SO SHE GOES TO THE CONCERT, SHE IS JUST OFF STAGE.
AND AFTER ONE OF THE SONGS, HE NOTICES HER JUST OFF STAGE AND
MAKES A WHOLE-- HOW ARE YOU?
AND THAT IS THE PICTURE OF HIM RECOGNIZING MY MOM AND MAKING
THIS WHOLE TO DO.
AND HE MADE HER NIGHT THAT NIGHT.
THE KING HE IS.
AND YOU KNOW, THE NEXT MORNING, CUZ I WAS ASLEEP WHEN THEY GOT
HOME.
THE NEXT MORNING I WAKE UP AND CAN I SEE MY MM AND SHE'S JUST
GLOWING.
AND HOW DID THE CONCERT GO.
IT WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, BILLY.
NOW YOUR MOTHER MUST BE SO PROUD OF YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU
ARE ACCOMPLISHING IN YOUR CAREER.
AND BECAUSE I MEAN, IT WAS RECENTLY ANNOUNCED YOUR VERY
FIRST CHILDREN'S BOOK IS COMING OUT THIS FALL.
HOW TERRIFIC. IT IS CALLED I DON'T WANT TO READ THIS BOOK.
WHAT DID YOUR MOM THINK ABOUT THIS AND WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO
WRITE THIS?
>> WELL, I LOVE THIS BOOK.
I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT IT.
MAY MOM CALLED ME, I TOLD MY MOM I WAS WRITING THE BOOK AND SHE
SAID OH GOD, NO, THAT IS NOT A GREAT REACTION.
SHE SAID WELL HOW ARE YOU GOING TO WRITE A BOOK WHEN YOU BARELY
CAN READ ONE.
AND I SAID THAT'S WHAT THE BOOK IS ABOUT.
>> James: RIGHT.
>> IT'S FOR KIDS WITHOUT DON'T LIKE TO READ BOOKS.
ST ALL THE REASONS THEY DON'T WANT TO READ.
AND BY THE END OF THE BOOK THEY HAVE READ A BOOK.
IT IS FOR THE KIDS THAT GO TO THE BOOK FAIR AND COME BACK WITH
STICKERS AND A BOOK AND WHATEVER OTHER CRAP.
AND THEY GO WELL WE GAVE YOU MONEY FOR BOOKS.
YOU ABOUT I GOT ALL THIS COOL STUFF INSTEAD.
>> James: I LOVE THIS, I AM EXCITED TO READ THIS.
AND YOU ARE ON SUCH A GREAT RUN AT THE MOMENT.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD, HUGELY SUCCESSFUL SHOW HAS JUST BEEN
RENEWED FOR A FOURTH SEASON WHICH IS INCREDIBLE.
FOURTH FORTH SEASON.
TELL ME THIS, WHEN YOU GET TO A FORTH SEASON DOES THE MONEY-- IS
IT A BIG JUMP.
>> I'M WAITING.
>> James: IS IT A BIG JUMP.
>> I WISH I KNEW.
>> James: OH REALLY, HOW DOES IT WORK?
>> AGAIN, NOT A CLUE.
I AM WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO CALL ME.
>> James: YOU WANT NICK TO PUT A WORD IN?
>> I KNOW HOW I LOOK BUT I AM THE EXECUTIVE IN CHARGE OF THE
SHOW.
>> NO, BUT YOU COULD PUT A CALL IN FOR ME.
>> James: NICK, YOU'VE GOT THAT SORT OF POWER.
>> YEAH.
I WILL CALL A LOT OF PEOPLE.
>> WHO DO YOU KNOW AT CBS THAT YOU CAN CALL RIGHT NOW.
>> I MEAN I KNOW EVERYONE.
>> James: WHAT I AM SAYING IS IT IS THE FOURTH SEASON.
THE GUY HAS GOT A BOOK COMING OUT AND HE WAS JUST IN AN
ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING MOVIE.
>> YOU ARE GREAT IN ALL OF THESE.
>> BUT THAT IS SORT OF THE ARGUMENT THEY USE AGAINST YOU
SWRZ WHAT DO YOU MEAN.
>> HE'S GOT A BOOK, WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT.
>> James: ANOTHER FEW 100,000 AN EP, THAT IS WHAT WE WANT.
THAT IS WHAT WE WANT.
I THINK WE ARE LOOKING AT A FOUR ON THIS.
>> JAMES FEELS LIKE, I FEEL LIKE YOU ARE FLOUNDERING.
>> NONE OF THIS IS MAKING IT ON THE AIR.
>> James: WHAT DO YOU THINK, YOU THINK YOU ARE IN THE EDIT
NOW?
COME ON.
>> I'M JUST SAYING.
>> James: WHO.
>> WHO ARE YOU TO SAY WHAT GOES ON AIR.
>> I'M THE SENIOR VP OF [BLEEP] PLATE NIGHT TELEVISION.
>> James: BUT IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, THE SHOW IS SO
GREAT AND I LOVE SEEING IT.
AND YOU JUST GO FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH.