THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR
JASON?
>> Jason: THANK YOU, TATI.
AN EMMY AND SAG AWARD WINNER AND
NOMINATED FOR AN OSCAR AND
MULTIPLE GOLDEN GLOBES AND NOW
HE IS DIRECTING THE NEW ADULT
COMEDY, "THE LAYOVER" WITH KATE
UPTON, AND WILLIAM H. MACY IS
JOINING US.
HOW ARE YOU TODAY?
ME!
>> Jason: THIS IS AN HONOR.
I'VE LONG BEEN AN ADMIRER OF
YOUR ACTING, LIKE IN THE COOLER
AND MYSTERY MEN GOING BACK
ALMOST TWO DECADES, FARGO, I
COULD GO ON, I'VE BEEN A BIG FAN
OF YOURS
>> THANK YOU.
DIRECT.
IT'S BEEN FUN, THOUGH.
IT HAS REJUVENATED MY LOVE OF
THE BUSINESS.
>> Jason: IS THERE SOMETHING
ATTRACTIVE?
HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT
YOU'RE USED TO?
YOU SAID REJUVENATED YOU.
>> I REJUVENATED ME FROM THE
POINT OF VIEW AS THE POSITION OF
THE DIRECTOR, YOU SEE THE
MAGNIFICENT MACHINE THAT MAKES
THIS MOVIE AND YOU INTERFACE
WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS
ON A FILM IN A WAY THAT AN ACTOR
DOESN'T GET TO.
LIVING.
IT'S A NOBLE THING.
IT'S A DEPARTURE FROM ME.
I LOVE ADULT COMEDY.
I GUESS ONE OF THE THINGS THIS
SCRIPT HAD, AT LEAST ON THE
SURFACE, TWO WOMEN XHEETH FOR A
GUY BUT HE HAS VERY LITTLE TO DO
WITH IT.
IT'S ABOUT THEIR RELATIONSHIP.
THE WAY DAVID HORNSBY AND LANCE
KROEL THE WAY THEY WROE IT, GAVE
US AN EASY WAY TO DO CRAZY STUFF
IN THIS THING.
>> Jason: ACTORS FIND THEIR WAY
TO THE DIRECTORS CHAIR SOMETIMES
TIME.
IN YOUR CASE, WORKING WITH
WRITERS-DIRECTORS, WHAT HAVE YOU
APPLY?
>> JOEL AND ETHAN COHEN, YOU
CAN'T FORGET THEM, I DON'T KNOW
HOW THEY DO WHAT THEY DO AND HOW
THEY MAKE THE DECISIONS THEY DO.
I JUST KNOW THEY'RE GENIUS.
I'M SURE THROUGH OSMOSIS I
PICKED UP SOMETHING OF THE WAY
THEY RUN THEIR SET, WHICH IS AN
IMPORTANT SKILL FOR THE
DIRECTOR.
BUT I WOULD GUESS TWO INFLUENCES
ON ME, DAVID MAMMOTH, HIS SENSE
OF STORY AND THE WAY HE MOVES A
STORY ALONG AND THE WAY HE
TAUGHT ME THROUGH THE YEARS.
AND SECONDLY, I'M ON THIS SERIES
SHAMELESS, ALL ABOUT STORY
TELLING AND TELLING A LOT OF
STORY DIRECTLY, QUICKLY, AND
TELLING BROAD STORIES AND YOU'VE
GOTTA GET IT IN THERE SO THE
AUDIENCE DOESN'T HAVE THAT MUCH
TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT.
THIS IS ONE WACKY COMEDY.
>> Jason: WHERE CAN WE SEE IT?
>> IT'S ON DIRECTV RIGHT NOW.
I JUST SAW THE TRAILER FOR IT,
GOOD.
I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE THE TRAILER
AT FIRST, BUT WHAT A THRILL WHEN
I REALIZED, "THAT'S MY MOVIE!"
>> Jason: WE HAVE A FEW SECONDS
HERE.
RE-CREATE THE MOMENT THAT THE
PHOTO IN YOUR OFFICE IN FARGO
WHEN YOU'RE THE SMILING CAR
SALESMAN OF THE YEAR, DO YOU
REMEMBER THAT MOMENT
>> I DO.
IT WAS TENSE A THEY WERE
LIGHTING -- HE WAS WRAPPED UP
TIGHTER THAN A DRUM BECAUSE IT'S
ABOUT TO UNRAVEL ON HIM.
AND I STAYED AT THE DESK AND
LIGHTS.
USUALLY THE ACTOR GOES AWAY AND
A STAND-IN COMES IN.
ARE YOU DRAWING?
THE NEXT THING I KNEW, THEY PUT
THE CAMERA ON IT AND IT WAS
CIRCLES, AND THE MOST
CONSTIPATED THING YOU'VE EVER
SEEN.
LOVELY!
THEY'RE GREAT FILMMAKERS.
>> Jason: I AGREE.
THANK YOU, WILLIAM H. MACY FOR
YOUR TIME.
SEPTEMBER 1st.