okay you ever hook boyfriend's up to
this thing it's a little unethical I'm
kidding you totally have totally have
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you're about to take a lot of sector
tests that's what that box looks like
yes do you have any questions before we
begin
yes or no
say whatever I want just speak naturally
still weird except we just I got really
quiet you ready I think I'm ready yeah
is your name Milo Ventimiglia no are you
42 years old yes
are you about to take a polygraph exam
No
you nervous no so we'll start by going
into a little about your life great is
it true that you grew up in Anaheim
California no oh wait am i spot I'm just
gonna okay I'll just get straight yes
did you note that this singer is also
from Anaheim yes might have seen her
play a show in a backyard in a party
when I was kid so you knew her songs
growing up less funny yes would you say
that Gwen Stefani has better songs than
this woman many more guys are
um I'll say I grew up listening to a lot
of Gwen Stefani no doubt I really didn't
listen to many more songs I was familiar
with Manny but I never really listened
to her let me tell you something
Emmy nominated Mandy more than actress
phenomenal I love it
you didn't answer the question though
there was question of that who has
better song there's me there's a thing
called media training answer the
question you want to UM who has better
songs oh man I guess because I've never
really listened to Mandy's songs I'm
gonna say Gwen Stefani that is correct
thank you for telling the truth but the
thing is Emmy nominated Mandy Moore I
mean she's got a whole other career here
you have two older siblings is that
right
yes would you say you're the baby in the
family yes we the most spoiled yes was
there every time you could get away with
things that your sisters couldn't yes
care to elaborate I thought this was yes
or knowing the truth I was just saying I
got away with like all kinds of things
as a kid um oh man you're gonna have
like I'm not just gonna get the dirt up
that easy
you got asked questions on an episode of
Ellen you said that you and your sisters
used to play dress up as kids yes did
your sisters ever dress you up as this
person 100% yes they did there were
photos of me dress up like Madonna
I found them when I was 13 and I tore
them up what do you think Sam its truth
would you say you're a big Madonna fan
yeah yeah actually I listen to like the
Madonna song I think two or three years
ago Sam did I that is chairman says I
did do you know how to vote Jack Pearson
knows how to Vogue but Jack Pearson had
to learn how to Vogue by me so yes I
know how to vote would you give us a
sample it's like that you sorry sample
yeah you could you call yourself an
animal lover yeah I had a dog a dog name
do you know love do you know and he bit
me actually this scar right here just
from my dog when I was a kid have you
been a vegetarian your whole life so
would you say people who eat meat are ad
people no I think everybody should do
what their body tells them they should
do did you know you were voted as pitas
sexiest vegetarian back in 2009
did you know they wanted me to pose
naked with a bunch of chicks and have a
thing that says chicks dig me I don't
know about the nudity part but they
definitely wanted like a bunch of like
baby chickens Hey and they wanted the
tag to be chicks dig me I was like I
don't know how I feel about that Sam
agrees Sam agrees would you say that's
one of your prouder accomplishment um
being pitas sexiest guy in 2000 was 2009
sad that I remember that was 2009 well
that's that I've going on 2009
I wasn't heroes in 2009 I think I've
been more proud in other moments is it
safe to say you'd rather go naked than
wear fur yes
and that is correct
moving on she's the boss man
I'm just close here for the questioning
let's talk about your career cool
let's get fun your first agent wanted
you to go by the name
Milo vent vent team then team my last
name it was too difficult for them I
think I don't know if it was like there
were too many letters like in you know
say it was just too much for them they
said my Levin Z and I was like yeah but
my last name is Ventimiglia and if let's
say I do well enough people can figure
that out and if they figure that out
then they'll know that my name is Milo
Ventimiglia so let's just do that but
also like now these days I'm kind of
happy about it because that means that
have been my little bit cup of coffee
and nobody wants to be mild a big cup of
coffee did you ever think about using a
different stage name no I never did
never did although I was like stoked to
have like nicknames when I was a kid
like I'm I played two footballs like
spike or like my friends they would call
me face
I went by Anthony my middle name in
seventh grade right Sam that's true yeah
so face you act produce and direct is
there one you like to do more um I like
them all equally I think I would thing
like I'm always gonna act feel like
that's just things I get to do with my
friends as a producer like creating
opportunities with my partners and
direct to haven't directed in a little
while
it's been a minute since I directed but
I think that's going to change soon
would you say there's one skill you're
better at than the others
do you want to ask which one or whatever
be more specific so it helps say I'm out
I think Sam was questionable she's the
boss that Boxster or not would you say
you're a better actor this is about a
given I don't know like usually like the
people give like yeses her knows you're
doing just thank you just going truth or
truth or fiction got it um I think I'm
as good producer as I am an actor and as
good an actor as I am
hopefully director and as good a
director as I would want to be as a
producer wasn't was confusing answer
never given what's your first
role on The Fresh Prince of bel-air all
right now so yeah my was my first paying
gig wasn't my first gig gig I've done
music videos before that was my very
first like where I actually made a
paycheck from from acting would you say
you're a better actor producer director
than this guy
Will Smith no absolutely not adult
Shirley don't this guy this guy is a
legend he's a legendary and you know
like he acts he gave me one of the best
lessons I could have learned when I was
a kid had one line on his show took me
under like that under his wing but like
he talked to me I was a kid with like
one line on the show and like Will Smith
Polly talked to me biggest movie star
back then and one of the biggest now he
took the time to talk to me so it's like
be good and gracious and kind to
everyone on set because they deserve to
be there right Sam you're not like do
you know the entire Fresh Prince of
bel-air theme song yes I do you want to
wrap it for us um I could I'm gonna
choose not to know but you know all the
words
oh ya know in West Philadelphia born and
raised and playgrounds where I spent
most of my days chillin out maxin
relaxin all cool and all shootin some
b-ball outside of the school when a
couple of guys that were
up to no good started making trouble my
neighborhood I got into one little fight
my mom she got scared so she said you're
movin with your auntie and uncle to
bel-air I'm not wishing for a cab but
when he came near the license plate said
fresh and had dice in the mirror I
thought that if anything like this
cabbage rare I thought I'm gonna go home
Dell there I mean I pulled up to the
house about 7 or 8 and I said to the
cabbie like yo Holmes hey smell you
later
so I was looking at my kingdom I was
finally I was gonna send that throne as
the Prince of bel-air those are all the
words right Sam he did pretty good he
played the character Jess Mariano on
Gilmore girl yes I played Jess Mariano
come on Rose you said before you're on
Team Dean is that still true yeah
absolutely
but it's kind of influenced by my love
of Jared Padalecki
because he is such a wonderful human
being and I because that I'm like
forever I love Dean I love the character
cuz I love charity but also Maddie zoo
Cree Maddie zoo curry is a really great
guy too but I was not such a fan of
Logan his character but Maddie like
matched the best Duke Gilmore Girls fans
still approach you yes and what's crazy
is when you get a kid like someone who's
like 12 years old just be like I love
Gilmore Girls am I
you were negative 5 when I was making it
how do you love it but they people still
love it
do you know the opening theme song to
Gilmore Girls by heart can I think about
it for a second take your time
if you do I will find and you know I
don't actually I really don't I know the
melody how it goes but I don't know the
words entirely are you bitter the Dean
came before you and the opening no not
at all I don't think so
could be but not really cuz he was I
mean if you think about it he would Dean
was there first Sam that's question oh
you're head of me Sam
it's not questionable you played the
character Peter Petrelli and NBC's
heroes I did your power on the show was
to mimic and replicate other people's
powers yes yes sponge is that the super
power you'd want in real life I think
it's a pretty cool one I felt like Peter
Petrelli was kind of like Superman
especially once he was able to harness
all of the powers yeah I think it'd be
kind of cool to have to have Peter
sponge ability would you use those
powers for good hopefully would you use
your powers to get backstage at one of
her concerts I don't know yeah maybe
like invisibility and school like sit
there and hang out maybe maybe or you
know what I'll just go buy a ticket in
your new movie yes art of racing in the
rain you play a race car driver is that
right it is would you say that you're a
good driver in real life yes are you a
fast driver yes have you ever gotten a
speeding ticket oh yeah like the snow
several tickets yet have you ever used
your celebrity status to get it out of a
ticket I have never used it but people
have no like police officers have
noticed me and I think going easy on me
my dad
actually got out of a ticket with our
last name the last name he gave me but
he got pulled over and and the police
officer looked at last name he goes you
know there's an actor and he has that
last name and I think my dad's leaned
into his like oh yeah that's my son and
I think I don't know it was for a left
turn or what or speeding whatever was
but I think he got a ticket see you've
never flirted with the police officer to
get out of a ticket
um flirted with a police officer I tend
to try and just know that it finally
caught up with me if anything it's like
I think one of the last times they got
pulled over I was just I was ready for
it I knew it was coming cuz I was like
definitely speeding or making other way
I was making a legal u-turn in a
business district and I got pulled over
and the cops you made it I was like I'm
sorry I didn't realize I was trying to
pull into the lot he's like the gate was
closed and I was like oh yeah I guess I
wasn't so he just gave me the ticket I
knew it was coming anyhow and I deserved
it is that no no I've never fly don't
think I've flirted with the police
officer Sam saw convinced he believes
his time hahaha wait hold on that's
fascinating he believes that to be true
oh wow do you just like is it so mental
for you and actress because what if an
actor believes themselves like get
Amanda Seyfried plugged up to this thing
because like she believed that she had a
brain tumor in this movie there's a book
out there guys read the book to Garth
Stein it's great novel go get it you
star alongside a Golden Retriever in
this movie I star along a couple golden
retrievers on set with those dogs good
boys actually you know what they were
they were very good dogs they they
calmed everyone down I was the only one
allowed to pet them
which was great for me but I felt bad
for like a camera guys that were there
every single shot did those dogs teach
you how to be a good boy the dog stupid
dog sheesh no I think the trainer's
taught me how to be a good boy but I
don't think the dogs taught me how to be
a good boy so you think the dogs were
good co-stars I would say they were
great co-stars yeah
we're they better co-stars than this guy
no no because this guy is one of one of
my favorites
one of my favorite co-stars ever I think
probably could have hired anybody else
but he brought me in to play his son I
think people still think that I'm his
son which is great but such a kind
giving or the smartest
guys have ever known to work with just
the con giving talented artists sly is
the best what about this guy
Sandman well please don't put these two
against each other like I can't answer
that question you're about to do that
warrant you say no I Sandman
I love Sandman seems like he brings me
into what's not called the film set he
brings me into summer camp like he he
litters like yeah but he's gonna be like
summer camp no Sandman's great such a
such a great guy and the same thing to
like looks out for his crew expects not
expects demands a lot of hard work
because he's working his butt off so
that was so a slide but two amazing
amazing guys to work with right Sam yep
that's true
which of these co-stars would you say
required more attention on set well
that's not Parker or Butler looks like
them but I would say that I worried less
about Sandman
and sly and I knew that I needed a lot
of focused attention on our Enzo's on
Parker Butler so can you tell all your
dogs apartment yeah totally yeah you got
some photos you starting this is us
correct that is the show is known to
make people cry do you cry when I watch
the show where didn't you like yeah
crying like I don't think I wept then
last week what about the last month um I
believe I didn't
I don't know if that's accurate it makes
me heartless can you cry on cue
no actually can at any point during this
interview did you lie and we didn't
catch you yes