Matt Walsh, welcome. I have a question–
As we head in to the final season– I know, sad–
The seventh season of Veep. It is sad!
So what are you gonna miss the most of this fantastic show?
I’ll miss the people, I’ll miss the table reads,
'cause that’s the only time we get to be an audience,
is when we read it for the first time.
And you’re surprised by the dialogue, and the performances of the people at the table.
I’ll miss getting inside of Mike’s crazy wardrobe.
And how much Matt Walsh is there in Mike?
I’m definitely not as dumb as Mike.
You’re a dog person right? What kind of dog do you have?
I have a real dog.
I actually have three kids, and Mike has three kids.
So there’s that similarity. Wow–
I could go deep.
Mike has a license. I have a drivers license.
Do a lot of people come up to you on the street and treat you like your character?
Or ask you your take on politics, and all that sort of stuff?
So that is true.
But, they don’t treat me like Mike.
What do you think your character Mike would give as a piece of advice
for someone working on the communications team for Trump?
I understand someone knocking around DC forever
and getting that break, ‘cause it is the best job in the world,
to get in front, and speak for the nation, and speak for the President.
So you do a couple months, Spicer did it.
I think Sarah Huckabee should jump ship too.
And the characters on the show are so funny, how like, outrageous and politically incorrect they are.
Do you think this is a reflection of how people really talk to each other in real life?
So there is a lot of truth in the way that people talk
that’s captured on VEEP. Absolutely true.
But we are more poetic.
Hey good lookin'. Whatcha got cookin'?
D***wad pie?
What has been the best insult perhaps you’ve heard in all seven seasons?
So what is the rating on this show? Can I curse?
You can go f***ing crazy if you want.
Oh you said it first, you said the first f***.
You’re a Frankenstein monster made out of dead d***s
You’re Frankenstein's monster,
if his monster was made entirely of dead d***s.
Good one right? Or... Jolly green j***face–
What are you laughing about? Jolly green j***face?
Do you ever take the jabs personally?
It is funny. I think in the table read you kind of like absorb it like– ooh.
And then, you’re just so used to it they just role right off you.
So you have a thick skin?
I have a thick skin, especially in the show 'cause they’re so funny.
I only feel bad for the guest stars when they come in.
If someone’s acting for a day and you have to say something really rude to them,
you just want to take them home and say “I’m actually a nice person, just so you know.”
So there are times when you think "ooh I wonder if that joke landed correctly,
or, did I push it too far?" Is that something that happens to you?
No you have to push it too far, absolutely,
you never want to feel "ooh I pushed it too far."
And in each of those did he say “someone get this freak the f*** away from me?"
Tuck your shirt in, ok? Your d*** is hanging out of your pants.
Who is the one that cracks you up the most on set?
Who do you break character the most?
You know, I think Jonah's pretty pathetic. He cracks me up.
I think Sam Richardson’s character, Richard lately is someone who makes me laugh a lot on set,
because he’s just so ebullient, and full of joy in a room full of nasty bastards all the time.
It’s an honor, and a privilege.
What about the genre of comedy do you love so much, and what keeps you coming back for more?
Well, I’ve done drama, and drama’s fun and challenging,
I take it back. It’s not fun, it is challenging,
and it is wonderful to watch the finished product.
But the process of making drama is nowhere nearly as enjoyable as making comedy. It just isn't.
For me. Because I think real actors get into the moment before,
and then they film it, and they’re brooding after.
So there’s no like– A comedian can usually drop it right away.
I’ve even remembered an encyclopedic knowledge of jokes since I was a little boy.
POTUS took a golf day.
Do you know who he’s playing golf with?
No, who?
No no no. Who?
Oh, you don’t know and you want me to find out.
Yeah, yeah.
Ok.