>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY!
WELCOME BACK.
BEAUTIFUL.
GOT MY JUICE RIGHT HERE.
GOT MY JUICE COFFEE.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY GUEST TONIGHT STARS AS AGENT CALLEN ON
"NCIS: LOS ANGELES," WHICH WILL AIR ITS 300th EPISODE THIS
SUNDAY.
HE HAS ALSO CO-CREATED THE NEW CBS DANCE COMPETITION SHOW,
"COME DANCE WITH ME."
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," CHRIS O'DONNELL.
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>> Stephen: GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY BACK.
I LOVE SEEING THE AUDIENCE.
>> Stephen: ISN'T THAT PLEASANT?
>> AMAZING.
>> Stephen: IT'S BEEN A MINUTE SINCE WE'VE SEEN YOU.
2018 WAS THE LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE.
>> I DON'T THINK I'VE BEEN TO NEW YORK SINCE 2018.
>> Stephen: REALLY?
>> IT'S BEEN A WHILE.
>> Stephen: HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?
>> I'VE BEEN BUSY.
IT'SED ANY TO BE BACK TO NEW YORK.
IT HAS AN ENERGY LIKE NO OTHER AND GOOD TO BE BACK HERE.
>> Stephen: IT HAS BEEN-- I RECENTLY FOUND OUT THIS YEAR
CELEBRATE 30 YEARS SINCE YOU WERE IN "SCENT OF A WOMAN.
THE.
>> OH, MY GOSH.
>> Stephen: WITH AL PACINO.
>> Stephen: THERE YOU GO.
>> IN FACT, I L LIVED-- I LIVED ABOUT THREE BLOCKS FROM HERE
WHEN I DID THAT.
>> Stephen: LOOK AT THAT FACE.
PUT THAT BACK UP.
>> I HATE TO SAY IT.
I LOOK LIKE MY OLDER SON.
HE CHOPPED THAT LID OFF.
>> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER FROM THAT MOVIE?
>> BESIDES THE AMAZING EXPERIENCE I WAS LAUGHING.
AS I WAS COMING OVER HERE, I DROVE BY-- I LIVED ON A BILLION
IN 57th BETWEEN 8th AND 9th.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW ANYBODY, AND I WAS YOUNG, AND I AM STUCK IN
THIS BUILDING.
AND I COULDN'T SLEEP BECAUSE I WAS WORKING WITH AL PACINO.
I USED TO GET UP AT 4:00 IN THE MORNING, PUT ON ROLLER BLADES
AND A DOWN JACKET AND ROLLER BLADE UP AND DOWN TIMES SQUARE
IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER.
>> Stephen: JUST TO CALM DOWN.
>> JUST TO CALM DOWN AND TRY TO SLEEP.
I WAS OUT OF MY MIND, I WAS LITERALLY-- I WAS A LITTLE
NERVOUS.
>> Stephen: HOW ABOUT PACINO?
WAS HE NICE TO YOU?
>> HE WAS AMAZING.
THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF IT HE WAS REALLY KIND OF COOL TO ME,
AND NOT ENGAGING.
I FOUND OUT AFTER THE FACT, THE DIRECTOR SAID, "CHRIS IS REALLY
NERVOUS AROUND YOU.
DON'T MAKE HIM COMFORTABLE."
BECAUSE IT WORKED FOR THE MOVIE.
>> Stephen: OH, OF COURSE.
>> IT WORKED FOR THE CHARACTER.
>> Stephen: RIGHT.
>> FINALLY, THE LAST MONTH HE'S LIKE, "HEY, YOU WANT TO COME
OVER AND PLAY CARDS?
YOU WANT TO GO TO DINNER?" AND I WAS LIKE WHERE HAS THIS
BEEN FOR FIVE MONTHS?
AND THEN I KIND OF FIGURED IT OUT.
AND I SAID I CAN APPRECIATE THAT.
>> Stephen: YOU DIDN'T REALIZE HE WAS MAKING YOU METHOD ACT.
>> HE WAS SCARING THE HELL OUT OF ME.
WE HAD DRESSING ROOMS NEXT TO EACH OTHER, AND THIN WALLS, AND
I COULD HEAR HIM IN THERE, WHOING ON THESE SCENES.
AND I WOULD PREAK OUT, "WE'RE NOT WORKOK THAT SCENE TODAY."
HE WAS WORKING ON SCENESSZ FOR THE NEXT WEEK.
AND I WAS LIKE, GOOD GOD, I HAVE TO LEARN MY LINES.
>> Stephen: YOU WERE LEARNING YOUR LINES AND THROUGH THE WALL
YOU HEARD HUU-AHH.
"NCIS: LOS ANGELES" AIRING ITS 300th EPISODE, THAT'S KIND A
SMILESTONE, THIS SUNDAY NIGHT.
14 SEASONS.
>> GOING ON 14, YEAH.
>> Stephen: 14 SEASONS.
I HAVE ASKED YOU THIS BEFORE, I HAVE NEVER GOTTEN A STRAIGHT
ANSWER: WHY IS THERE SO MUCH NAVAL CRIME IN LOS ANGELES?
THERE ARE NO BOATS THERE.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CRIME IN NEW ORLEANS,
AND NOW IN HAWAII.
>> Stephen: YES.
>> UM-- >> Stephen: I CAN'T WAIT FOR
"NAVAL CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATOR: DENVER."
HAVE YOU GUYS GOT 300-- YOU MUST HAVE SOLVED ALL THE CRIME AT
THIS POINT.
>> CREATIVE WRITERS COMING UP WITH THE STORY LINES ON THAT.
I AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT.
300 EPISODES IS A LOT.
WE HAVE AN AMAZING CAST AND CREW WE WORK WITH EVERY DAY.
>> Stephen: THOSE ARE "GUNSMOKE."
>> TOP 20 -- >> Stephen: TOP 20 LONGEST
RUNNING SHOWS?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: THAT'S FANTASTIC.
>> Stephen: HOW COME LL COOL J HASN'T AGED A DAY?
IS THERE SOME SECRET FORMULA HE'S GOT?
>> HE'S ANAMOTRONNIC.
>> Stephen: I WOULD BELIEVE THAT.
>> HE'S NOT REAL.
WITH HIS WORK SCHEDULED, I DON'T DOUBT IT, ACTUALLY.
>> Stephen: ONE OF THE THINGS I HAVE ENJOYED OVER THE LAST
COUPLE OF YEARS IS THAT I-- I DON'T THINK YOU'VE EVER MET MY
WIFE, EVIE, BUT SHE'S BEEN ON THE SHOW QUITE A BIT THE LAST
TWO YEARS.
FIRST OF ALL,-- >> YOU WERE DOING IT YOUR GARAGE
FOR A WHILE.
>> Stephen: I WAS DOING IT IN A SPARE BEDROOM FOR A WHILE, AND
SHE WAS MY ONLY AUDIENCE MEMBER.
>> BANDOLEERED.
>> Stephen: FOR 15 MONTHS IT WAS BASICALLY HER.
AND IT'S BEEN SO FUN TO HAVE HER PART OF THE SHOW.
I UNDERSTAND ON "NCIS--" >> MY FAMILY.
>> Stephen: YOUR WIFE AND KIDS HAVE ALL BEEN ON.
>> ALL BUT ONE.
MY OLDEST SON WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ON BUT SOMEBODY GOT COVID AND IT
DIDN'T HAPPEN.
SPEAKING OF MY WIFE, I HAD MY WIFE WHEN I WAS DIRECTING AN
EPISODE, AND SHE AND HER FRIENDS SAID, "WE WANT TO BE ON.
IF YOU'RE A DIRECTOR, THEY CAN'T SAY NO."
>> Stephen: THIS IS A LONG CON.
THAT'S WHY SHE MARRIED YOU.
>> THIS IS HOW THEY WERE GOING TO GET INTO THE SCREEN ACTOR'S
GUILD.
THERE WAS A SCENE A GUY COMES INTO THE RESTAURANT AND SHOOT UP
THE PLACE AND EVERYONE FREAKS AND PANICS AND THEY'RE RUNNING
AWAY.
I'M WATCHING THE PLAYBACK AFTER WE DID THE TAPE-- THERE ARE
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THERE-- THERE IS ONE GROUP OF GIRLS THAT COME
THROUGH LAUGHING HYSTERICALLY, AND THEY'RE CARRYING THEIR REAL
CHAMPAGNE THAT THEY HAD ORDERED THEMSELVES.
AND I LOOKED BACK AND THE D.P.
SAID, "CHRIS, THEY'RE ALL LAUGHING."
I SAID, "YEAH, I KNOW, THAT'S MY WIFE.
WE'RE GOING TO HANDLE THAT."
I WENT BACK, "GUYS, YOU'RE GOING TO GET ME FIRED SO YOU NEED TO
COOPERATE HERE AND MAYBE WHEN THE GUY STARTS FIRING A GUN,
IT'S NOT THAT FUNNY.
THAT'S ALL.
DRILL DON DOWNA THAT."
>> Stephen: THIS IS AS A DIRECTOR.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: WHAT IF WHEN YOANACTOR, WHEN THEY'RE ON SET,E
WIFE AND KIDS, DOES IT MAKE YOU BETTER OR DOES IT MAKE YOU SUPER
NERVOUS?
>> IT DOESN'T MAKE ME NERVOUS.
I GET A KICK OUT OF IT.
I SEE HOE NERVOUS THEY ARE.
I TAKE IT FOR GRANTED.
I GET NERVOUS DOING CERTAIN EVENTS AND COMING ON A TALK SHOW
IS A DIFFERENT THING, ON THE SET, YOU DO IT EVERY DAY AND
YOU'RE VERY COMFORTABLE WITH IT.
YOU HAVE AN APPRECIATION WHEN YOUR LOVED ONES COME ON AND
THEY'RE OUT OF THEIR SORTS.
>> Stephen: I GET NERVOUS BECAUSE I WANT THEM TO HAVE A
GOOD TIME.
>> RIGHT.
>> Stephen: I DON'T WANT THEM TO COME ON AND--
>> IT'S KIND OF A NOVELTY, THEY'RE NOT ON THERE HOPING FOR
THEIR BIG BREAK.
>> Stephen: I DON'T KNOW.
>> I HOPE THEY'RE NOT.
>> Stephen: I HAD MY SIX-YEAR-OLD, WHEN HE WAS SIX
YEARS OLD, MY YOUNGEST, WAS ON THE OLD SHOW.
HE SHOT THIS LITTLE PIECE, AND HE WAS AN UNCHIN OR SOMETHING
LIKE THAT, AND HE WALKED OFFSTAGE-- I FOUND OUT FROM
WARDROBE LATER ON.
THE SIX-YEAR-OLD LOOKS UP AND GOES, "I LIKED IT OUT THERE."
( APPLAUSE )
TROUBLE.
>> THIS IS HOME.
>> Stephen: HWW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU FIRST STARTED ACTING?
PEOPLE HERE DON'T KNOW, YOU WERE ON "MEN DON'T LEAVE," THE FIRST
THING I SAW YOU IN.
IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL PERFORMANCE.
>> THANK YOU.
I WAS 18.
I WAS DOING COMMERCIALS AS YOUNG AS THE AGE OF 14.
>> Stephen: WHAT WERE YOU SELLING?
>> EVERYTHING, CABIN CRUNCH, FRUIT ROLL-UP S.
>> Stephen: HOW IS YOUR "BITE AND SMILE."
>> I CAN RUN IN PLACE AND WHISPER IN YOUR EAR.
BUT STILL TALK.
>> Stephen: NICELY DONE.
>> AND I CAN PUT MY HANDS IN MY POCKETS AND NOT MAKE THEM
CREASE.
>> Stephen: YOU CAN'T TEACH THAT.
YOU'RE BORN WITH THAT.
>> I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT THAT IS MY LINE, "YOU CAN'T TEACH THAT."
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK.
WHEN WE COME BACK I WILL ASK CHRIS O'DONNELL ABOUT HIS LATEST
DANCING PROJECT.
STICK AROUND.
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