FOLKS, YOU KNOW MY FIRST GUEST FROM "SPOTLIGHT"
AND AS SABER TOOTH IN "X-MEN: ORIGINS."
HE'S CURRENTLY NOMINATED FOR AN EMMY AS THE STAR OF SHOWTIME'S
"RAY DONOVAN."
PLEASE WELCOME LIEV SCHREIBER!
♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: HI.
>> HI.
>> Stephen: HEY, TOUGH GUY.
>> HOW YOU DOING?
>> Stephen: HEY.
HOW ARE YOU?
>> I'M WELL, I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE.
>> Stephen: HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE.
I WAS TALKING TO THE AUDIENCE BEFORE THE SHOW
HOW HAPPY I AM.
I HAVEN'T TALKED TO YOU FOR A LONG TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: I HAVE BEEN A FAN OF YOURS
SINCE I SAW YOU AS YAGO.
>> YOU SAW THAT.
>> Stephen: NOT A NICE GUY, YAGO.
>> HE HAS SOME PROBLEMS.
HE HAS SOME ISSUE S.
>> Stephen: AT THE END OF THE PLAY IT
DOESN'T SAY HE'S TORTURED TO DEATH
OFFSTAGE?
>> I DON'T REMEMBER THAT PART.
THEY SAID HE GETS TORTURED TO DEATH?
DOESN'T HE SAY, "I WILL SPEAK NO MORE" OR
SOMETHING.
THAT'S IT.
>> Stephen: MAYBE.
YOU PLAYED THE PART.
I DON'T KNOW.
YOU'RE THE GUY.
YOU PLAY A LOT OF TOUGH GUYS.
OBVIOUSLY SABER TOOTH, AND RAY DONOVAN IS A
TOUGH GUY.
ARE YOU A TOUGH GUY?
>> NO.
I DON'T KNOW WHY I DO THAT.
I THINK I'M ABSENT MINDED.
>> Stephen: WHAT?
>> I'M ABSEBT MINDED, I FORGET THINGS.
AND I THINK THAT FACE OF FORGETTING THINGS--
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
...TRANSLATES ON FILM AS TOUGH.
>> Stephen: I GET IT.
>> AND I THINK -- >> Stephen: LET ME
TRY, CAN I TRY?
>> GO AHEAD.
( LAUGHTER ) >> THAT'S IT.
IT'S THE ADJUSTMENT, TOO.
DID YOU SEE WHAT HE DID WITH HIS EYES ON THE
SECOND PART?
IT'S BECAUSE YOU START HERE AND YOU GO... AND
THEN YOU GO...
( LAUGHTER ) AND THAT'S THE 100-YARD
STARE.
>> Stephen: BUT WE SHOULD NOT MISTAKE YOUR
LONG PAUSES FOR HOSTILITY.
>> I'M JUST TRYING TO REMEMBER MY LINE.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: NOW, YOU-- YOU WENT TO THE YALE
SCHOOL OF DRAMA, OKAY.
THAT'S A GOOD ONE.
>> IT'S A GOOD SCHOOL, YEAH.
>> Stephen: YALE ANYTHING YOU THROW A
DART AT IT.
>> IT'S EXPENSIVE.
>> Stephen: IT'S EXPENSIVE.
>> BUT YOU COULD MAKE IT BACK NOW.
>> IT'S EASY.
>> Stephen: GO TWICE.
WHATEVER.
SLEEP THROUGH HALF THE CLASSES.
HOW ACTORALY WAS IT?
WERE THERE ACTING EXERCISES?
DID YOU HAVE TO DO VOCAL EXERCISES?
>> IT WAS A GREAT SCHOOL.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
>> BUT THERE WAS THAT A LOT OF THAT
ACTORY-SMACKTERY STUFF IT'S A LITTLE SILLY LIKE
"HA-HA" AND ALL THAT STUFF.
( LAUGHTER ) I TOOK IT SERIOUSLY.
I STILL DO.
THE WORST THICK WAS THIS THING CALLED THE RING OF
FIRE, THAT WESLEY-- MY FAVORITE TEACHER, THIS
WONDERFUL GRAND DANCER AND TEACHER, TAUGHT
MOVEMENT.
THIS IS A REAL THING.
HE SAID "YOU ALL GET IN A CIRCLE--" HE WOULD
TALK LIKE THIS.
"YOU ALL GET IN A CIRCLE, AND ONE AT A
TIME YOU'LL GET IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CIRCLE,
AND IT'S YOUR JOB TO MAKE EVERYBODY LAUGH."
AND ONE BY ONE WE HAD TO GET IN THE CENTER OF
THIS CIRCLE.
AND THE MOST RIDICULOUS (BLEEP) THAT PEOPLE DID.
AND IT WAS SO NOT FUNNY.
AND SO-- ( LAUGHTER )
TERRIFYINGINGLY HUMILIATING.
BUT I GUESS HIS POINT WAS THAT TO BE AN ACTOR,
OR I GUESS TO DO ANYTHING IN SHOW
BUSINESS, THE FIRST THING YOU HAVE TO BE
WILLING TO DO IS MAKE A COMPLETE ASS OF
YOURSELF.
>> Stephen: YEAH, YEAH, YOU HAVE TO
EMBRACE HUMILIATION.
THAT'S IT, YEAH.
>> SO I DID A-- I DID A-- I THOUGHT IT WOULD
BE FUNNY TO DO SOMEONE FARTING SILENTLY.
SUBTLE.
>> Stephen: SUBTLE.
>> YOU KNOW, A GUY WHO IS GOING TO WORK IN
FILM.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: RIGHT, RIGHT.
>> BUT THE PROBLEM WAS WITHOUT EXPLAINING TO
PEOPLE IN ADVANCE THAT WHAT I WAS DOING WAS
SILENTLY FARTING, THEY HAD NO CONCEPT OF WHAT I
WAS DOING.
AND I JUST LOOKED LIKE I COULDN'T REMEMBER MY
LINES.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: AGAIN.
>> AGAIN.
THAT WAS JUST SORT OF-- YOU KNOW WHAT?
NOW MY SON DOES IT-- WELL, HE DID-- YOU EVER
SEE A BABY, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THEM AND THEY
SUDDENLY START TO POO, THAT FACE.
>> Stephen: YEAH, THEY LOOK VERY HAPPY
SUDDENLY.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
NOW IT WORKS.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
STILL A LITTLE HOSTILE.
STILL SLIGHTLY HOSTILE.
>> CAN YOU DO-- CAN YOU DO SILENT FART FACE?
>> Stephen: SURE.
>> IF YOU COULD DO TOUGH --
>> Stephen: SURE, WHY NOT, SURE, WHY NOT.
( LAUGHTER ) >> NO, THAT'S-- THAT'S
INFANT (BLEEP) FACE.
>> Stephen: OH,E I THOUGHT YOU SAID THEY
WERE THE SAME FACE.
>> NO, SILENT FART FACE IS THIS?
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: YOU SEE, I--
>> IT'S DIFFERENT.
>> Stephen: NO, THAT REALLY PLAYED AS
YEARNING FOR A LOST LOVE.
YOU WERE KIND OF LIKE OFF IN THE DISTANCE.
BUT YOU GREW UP ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE.
>> I DID.
>> Stephen: TOUGH GUY.
>> I DID.
>> Stephen: THAT'S A TOUGH GUY PLACE TO GROW
UP, THE LOWER EAST SIDE.
WAS IT THE LOWER EAST SIDE BEFORE IT GOT--
>> I'M REALLY OLD.
>> Stephen: HOW OLD ARE YOU?
>> I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
I GREW UP ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE-- I WAS
THERE-- I FIRST GOT THERE IN THE EARLY 70s
AND IT WAS LIKE GHETTOS.
FIRST STREET AND FIRST AVE. WAS THE EPICENTER
OF FIVE DIFFERENT GHETTOS.
BELOW THAT WAS ALL ORTHODOX JEWS.
IF YOU WENT A BLOCK EAST IT WAS ALL PUERTO RICAN
AND DOMINICAN, AND IF YOU WENT A BLOCK NORTH
IT WAS POLISH, IF YOU WENT A BLOCK WEST, IT
WAS THE BOWERY, THE MEN'S SHELTERS.
SURPRISINGLY ENOUGH, IT WAS ACTUALLY PRETTY SAFE
BECAUSE THESE WERE ALL COMMUNITIES, TIGHT-KNIT
COMMUNITIES, BUT IN THE LATE 70s, EARLY 80s,
WHEN CRACK HIT, THAT DEVASTATED THE LOWER
EAST SIDE.
AND I REMEMBER THAT A LITTLE BIT.
I DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE GOING TO HAVE, LIKE, A
HISTORY THING, BUT-- ( LAUGHTER )
I'M HAPPY TO TELL YOU.
WERE YOU HERE?
>> Stephen: WHAT?
IN THE 70s?
NO, I VISITED IT ONCE.
>> WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
>> Stephen: I'M FROM SOUTH CAROLINA?
>> THERE'S A SOUTH CAROLINA?
>> Stephen: THERE IS A SOUTH CAROLINA, YEAH,
YEAH.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
♪ ♪ ♪ BIG-- WAS IT BIG WET
DOWN THERE?
BECAUSE THAT -- >> Stephen: BIG WET IS
IN TEXAS.
THOUGH THE BIG WET IS COMING.
IRMA MIGHT MAKE THE TURN UP THERE, AND WE MIGHT
HAVE THE BIG WET.
YEAH, YEAH, HE'S AN INSPIRING LEADER.
( LAUGHTER ) ALWAYS LOOKS LIKE HE'S
TRYING TO SNEAK A SILENT FART TO ME, ALWAYS.
YEAH... YEAH.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: OKAY, SO YOU'RE NOMINATED FOR AN
EMMY FOR "RAY DONOVAN."
CONGRATULATIONS FOR THAT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> Stephen: THIRD YEAR, THIRD YEAR.
( APPLAUSE ) ARE YOU-- ARE YOU-- ARE
YOU COMPETITIVE?
ARE YOU LIKE, "I'M NOMINATED.
I COULD GIVE A DAMN WHETHER I WIN?"
>> I'M-- I'M JUST-- I'M NOMINATED I COULD GIVE--
NO, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE NOMINATED.
>> Stephen: IT IS AN HONOR TO BE NOMINATED.
>> I'VE BEEN NOMINATED SIX TIMES.
>> Stephen: SIX TIMES!
>> I DON'T WIN.
THAT'S MY THING.
I JUST GET NOMINATE.
I DON'T WANT TO WIN FOR TWO REASONS.
FINI THINK IF YOU WIN YOU DON'T GET NOMINATED
ANYMORE.
>> Stephen: THAT'S NOT TRUE.
>> REALLY?
>> Stephen: YEAH.
>> OH, RIGHT.
( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: NOT TRUE.
>> WELL, YOU'RE CLEARLY SPECIAL.
>> Stephen: YEAH, YEAH.
NOW, "RAY DONOVAN," WHAT YOU'RE NOMINATED FOR,
HE'S A HOLLYWOOD FIXER.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: IT'S IN THE PRESENT DAY.
ARE THERE STILL HOLLYWOOD FIXERS?
>> YEAH.
YOU HAVE ONE.
LAWYERS.
>> Stephen: OH, OKAY.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU
KILLED A HOOKER, LET'S DIG A DITCH AND THROW
SOME LIME IN IT.
THOSE KIND OF HOLLYWOOD FIXERS.
>> WELL, YOUR LAWYER CALLS A GUY FROM
BRIGHTON BEACH.
>> Stephen: REALLY?
>> IF YOU WANTED HIM TO, I'M SURE HE COULD.
>> Stephen: THAT'S WHY HE CHARGES SO MUCH AN
HOUR.
( LAUGHTER ) DO YOU HAVE A FIXER?
I HAVE A GOOD LAWYER.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: THAT'S HOW
YOUR LAWYER TOLD YOU TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION?
( LAUGHTER ) WE HAVE-- WE HAVE A CLIP
HERE.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT'S HAS GONE IN THIS CLIP HERE
WITH "RAY DONOVAN"?
>> I THINK IT HAS C.
THOMAS HOWELL IN IT WHO PLAYS MY COURT-APPOINTED
THERAPIST.
I THINK.
YEAH, RAY IS IN THERAPY, KIND OF ANGER MANAGEMENT
THERAPY.
>> Stephen: SO THE COURT HAS MADE YOU GO TO
ACRE MANAGEMENT.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE RAY IS A TOUGH GUY.
>> HE HITS PEOPLE.
>> Stephen: TOUGH GUY.
JIM.
>> DID A PARENT OR SOMEBODY AT LEAST FIVE
YEARS OLDER THAN YOU EVER TOUCH YOU IN A
SEXUAL WAY OR FORCE YOU TO TOUCH THEM?
>> I ALREADY TALKED TO SOMEONE ABOUT THAT.
>> SO THAT'S A YES.
WERE YOUR MOTHER AND FATHER EVER DIVORCED OR
SEPARATED?
( SIGHS ).
>> MY PARENTS WERE IRISH CATHOLIC.
>> DID YOU LIVE WITH SOMEBODY THAT HAD A
DRINKING PROBLEM?
>> LIKE I SAID, IRISH CATHOLIC.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: YOU REALLY--
>> WHO KNEW RAY DONOVAN COULD BE FUNNY.
YOU FOUND THE RIGHT -- >> Stephen: LOVELY TO
MEET YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> Stephen: GOOD LUCK AT THE EMMYS.