>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WELCOME BACK.
YOU KNOW MY NEXT GUEST FROM "THE SHIELD," "JUSTIFIED," AND "THE
HATEFUL EIGHT."
HE NOW STARS IN "THE UNICORN" ON CBS.
PLEASE WELCOME WALTON GOGGINS!
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♪ OH, WALTON CAN THE EXWOG ♪ >> Stephen: WELCOME,.
>> THANK YOU, IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE.
>> Stephen: GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> NICE TO BE SEEN.
>> Stephen: WE ACTUALLY RAN INTO EACH OTHER JUST A COUPLE OF
DAYS AGO OUT IN L.A.
>> WE DID, YEAH, YEAH, JUST KIND OF HANGING OUT.
>> Stephen: SURE.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: AND I FOUND OUT YOU WERE ACTUALLY SPENDING A
FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME IN MY HOME TOWN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.
YOU'RE ALSO DOING THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES.
>> WITH DANNY Mc.
>> Stephen: BUT YOU ARE NO STRANGER TO THE SOUTH.
YOU'RE FROM GEORGIA.
>> I AM, RIGHT OUTSIDE OF ATLANTA.
>> Stephen: THE SOUTH IS NOT EASY TO LEAVE.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO LIVE.
>> YEAH, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO LIVE.
IT'S HOT IN THE SUMMERTIME, A LOT OF HUMIDITY.
>> Stephen: WHAT GOT YOU OUT OF THE SOUTH?
YOU'VE BEEN IN HOLLYWOOD FOR A LONG TIME.
>> ODDLY ENOUGH, I WAS IN COLLEGE.
I WENT TO A LITTLE COLLEGE IN KIND OF SOUTH GEORGIA.
>> Stephen: CALLED?
>> STATESBORO, GEORGIA SOUTHERN IN STATESBORO.
ODDLY ENOUGH IT'S WHERE DANNY McBRIDE WAS BORN.
>> Stephen: AT THAT COLLEGE?
>> IN MY NORM ROOM.
IT WAS AMAZING.
I GAVE BIRTH.
I GAVE IT TO HIM.
I GOT THIS INVITATION FROM AMERICAN EXPRESS, BELIEVE IT OR
NOT, TO TAKE ON DEBT, RIGHT?
I WAS IN COLLEGE AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT IT WAS.
>> Stephen: YOU GOT A PREAPPROVED CREDIT CARD?
>> CAN YOU BELIEVE IT.
T?
I WAS IN COLLEGE AND GOT PREAPPROVED FOR A MAX OF
PROBABLY $500, WHATEVER IT WAS.
AND MOST PEOPLE WOULD LOOK AT THAT-- WITH THIS INVITATION,
CAME TWO ROUNDTRIP TICKETS.
ONE WAS $99 EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
AND THE OTHER WAS $199 WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THIS IS A TIME IN ATLANTA WHERE IT COST,
LIKE, $1100 TO FLY FROM ATLANTA TO LOS ANGELES.
>> Stephen: SURE.
>> AND I SAW IT NOT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUY A BUNCH OF
TELEVISIONS, BUT TO LEAVE.
LIKE, THAT WAS IT.
I WAS OUT.
I QUIT COLLEGE -- >> Stephen: WAIT A SECOND.
SO YOU GOT-- >> I'M ONLY HERE BECAUSE OF
AMERICAN EXPRESS!
>> Stephen: YOU GOT AN INVITATION FROM AMERICAN EXPRESS
SAYING HOW WOULD YOU LIKE A CREDIT CARD?
AND BY THE WAY WE WILL GIVE YOU A DISCOUNT TICKET?
AND YOU TOOK THAT AS A SIGN FROM--
>> FROM GOD THAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO GO TO LOS ANGELES AND BE AN
ACTOR.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WOW.
>> Stephen: >> Stephen: AND WORKED.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT, MAN?
IT ACTUALLY DID, IT WORKED.
THERE WERE TWO.
SO THE FIRST TIME I KIND OF CAME OUT AND I-- I DIDN'T GET AN
AGENT.
BUT I -- >> Stephen: THE FIRST TIME YOU
WENT TO LOS ANGELES YOU DIDN'T GET AN AGENT?
>> YEAH.
BUT THE SECOND TIME WAS WHEN I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M JUST GOING TO GO WITH $300 IN MY POCKET AND LIVE IN A
REALLY BAD APARTMENT IN NORTH HOLLYWOOD.
THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO.
AND I DID IT, YEAH.
>> Stephen: HOW LONG BEFORE YOU GOT ANY GIGS?
>> YOU KNOW WHAT IT WAS PRETEE I WENT TO WORK PRETTY QUICK.
I GOT AN AGENT RELATIVELY QUICK AFTER THAT.
AND I FIRST THING I DEFENSE FOR BILLY CRYSTAL.
AND "MR. SATURDAY NIGHT" A MOVIE HE DIRECTED.
AND I WAS LIKE "NERVOUS MAN."
IT WAS-- THAT'S WHAT IT WAS, YEAH, IN A CIVIL WAR COSTUME.
I WAS NERVOUS MAN IN A CIVIL WAR COSTUME.
AND IT DIDN'T MAKE THE MOVIE BUT WHAT IT DID MAKE THE VHS, THE
DELETED SCENES, IT MADE.
T.
AND IT WAS LIKE, "OH, MY GOD"-- >> Stephen: YOUR FIRST GIG WAS
DELETED EXTRA SCENES IN BILLY CRYSTAL'S "MR. SATURDAY NIGHT."
>> AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF IT.
>> Stephen: YOU SHOULD BE.
>> I RAN INTO HIM A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
AND HE SAID, "DO YOU REMEMBER ME?
I CAST YOU IN YOUR FIRST THING."
>> Stephen: WOW.
>> YEAH, IT WAS PRETTY COOL.
>> Stephen: I'M NOT SURPRISED THEY CAST YOU IN A SOUTHERN
CONFEDERATE UNIFORM, BECAUSE YOU STILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A
SOUTHERN ACCENT.
NOT MUCH OF ONE.
>> YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
>> Stephen: WERE YOU PRESSURED TO LOSE YOUR SOUTHERN ACCENT.
I'M FROM SOUTH CAROLINA.
I USED TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF ONE, BUT I KIND OF GOT BROKEN OF
IT BY ACTING CLASS.
>> YOU DID, YEAH.
>> Stephen: I DYEAH.
SONETS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
>> WHEN YOU FIRST KIND OF CAME OUT, WAS IT RELATIVELY THICK?
>> Stephen: NO, NO, MY FOLKS AREN'T FROM THERE, BUT I GREW UP
MY WHOLE LIFE THERE.
MY TEACHER COULD TELL I WAS FROM THE SOUTH, AND SHE DIDN'T WANT
TO BE ABLE TO TELL I WAS FROM THE SOUTH.
>> THE SAME WITH ME.
AND THE FIRST THING THAT MY ACTING TEACHER SAID, HE SAID TWO
THINGS.
HE SAID, FIRST AND FOREMOST, YOU DON'T HAVE THE LOOKS, SO YOU
BETTER WORK HARDER THAN EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM.
( LAUGHTER )
LIKE HE MEANT IT.
AND I SAID, "OKAY."
I'M LIKE, "YEAH, OKAY, THAT'S THE FIRST THING.
WHAT'S THE SECOND THING."
AND HE SAID, LOSE THE ACCENT.
HERE'S THIS BOOK 'SHAKESPEARE'S SONETS' AND READ IT EXPOAFER
OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND TRY TO LOSE IT."
I HAD A VALET PARKING COMPANY WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO LOS
ANGELES.
I COULDN'T WORK INSIDE A RESTAURANT.
I'M NOT GOOD AT TAKING ORDERS.
FISOMEBODY ASKED ME TO GET A TEA, I WOULD HAVE SAID, "YOU GO
GET IT."
SO I STARTED THIS VALET PARKING BUSINESS WITH SOME FRIENDS AND
SIT IN THE PARKING LOT AND READ THIS SHAKESPEARE'S SONETS OVER
AND OVER AND OVER -- >> Stephen: TO BREAK THE
ACCENT.
>> TO BREAK THE ACCENT.
>> Stephen: DO YOU KNOW ANY OF THE SONETS.
COULD YOU DO ONE WITH YOUR ACCENT AND WITHOUT?
>> WHICH ONE WOULD YOU LIKE FIRST?
>> Stephen: I WOULD LIKE WITHOUT THE ACCEPT FIRST PLEASE.
>> WHEN I AM SOMETIMES ABSENT FROM THE HEART.
>> Stephen: AND NOTICE WITH YOUR ACCENT.
>> AS A 19-YEAR-OLD SITTING IN A PARKING LOT
( WITH SOUTHERN ACCENT ) WHEN I AM SOUTHERN ABSENT.
>> Stephen: THAT'S BELIEVABLE-- I TOTALLY.
YOU TOUCHED ME.
>> DITOUCH YOU?
>> Stephen: YOU TOUCHED ME, WALTON GOGGINS.
GOGGINS.
>> GOOD.
>> >> Stephen: YOU HAVE A NEW
SHOW ON CBS CALLED "THE UNICORN."
I WANT TO POINT OUT I SAW THIS-- BEFORE I SAW YOU, I SAW THIS ON
THE STREET IN LOS ANGELES.
IT'S A 10-STORY-TALL TRIPTK IK POSTURE OF YOU, AND IT SAYS,
"THE PERFECT MAN IS NO LONGER A MYTH."
AND I SAID TO MY WIFE, "I'M TALKING TO THAT GUY ON
WEDNESDAY.
AND SHE SAID, "WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, THE PERFECT MAN IS NO
LONGER A MYTH."
>> THIS IS DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES.
AND I WENT AND I WAS LOOKING UP AT THIS BUILDING-- YOU KNOW,
IT'S LIKE OF COURSE YOU HAVE TO GO AND SEE IT.
>> Stephen: SURE.
>> AND MY WIFE WAS WITH ME AND MY SON, AND SHE WAS LOOKING AT
ME LOOK AT THIS BUILDING.
AND SHE SAID, "OH, NO, YOU'RE NOT TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY, ARE
YOU?" REALLY I WAS KIND OF STANDING
THERE LIKE, "Y, "WOW."
AND I SAID MAYBE I SHOULD.
IT SAYS IT.
I DIDN'T WRITE IT.
>> Stephen: IF IT WASN'T TRUE THEY COULD BE SUED FOR FALSE
ADVERTISING.
>> EXACTLY.
>> Stephen: LEGALLY, THIS HAS TO BE TRUE PUP SHOULD BRING THIS
UP IN ARGUMENTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
>> I'M GOING TO TAKE THIS TH WITH ME AND SHOW PEOPLE.
I DID, I WENT HOME AND THOUGHT MAN, THAT'S A LOT OF PRESSURE.
BUT YOU CAN DO IT.
YOU CAN JUST DO IT THIS.
AND I DID PRETTY GOOD FOR TWORP HOURS, AND I WAS ASLEEP OF NINE
OF THOSE HOURS.
THE OTHER 15 I WAS LIKE, MAN, I GOT THIS.
I CAN ACTUALLY DO THIS."
UNTIL THE NEXT MORNING, AFTER WAKING UP AND MAKING MY SON
BREAKFAST.
AMAZING.
WALKED OUTSIDE, AND SOMEONE RAN A STOP SIGN IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND I LOST IT.
"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!
THERE ARE CHILDREN THAT PLAY HERE.
AND YOU ALMOST HILT THE TRASH CANS THEY FORGOT TO TAKE IN!"
AND MY SON LOOKED AT ME AND HE SAID, "DAD, YOU LOST YOUR COOL.
YOU'RE NO LONGER THE PERFECT MAN.
THE PERFECT MAN IS STILL A MYTH.
WE CAN WALK AWAY FROM THAT."
IT FEELS GOOD TO LET THAT GO, TO BE QUITE HONEST WITH YOU.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP HERE.
YOU CAN TELL US WHAT'S HAPPENING?
>> I BELIEVE THIS IS A CLIP WHERE WADE FELTON, THE MAN I
PLAY ON "THE UNICORN," FINDS OUT WHY HE IS A UNICORN.
>> ARE YOU A UNICORN.
>> I'M A WHAT?
>> A UNICORN, YOU THAN ELUSIVE CREATURE THAT ALL SINGLE WOMEN
ARE LOOKING FOR.
MOST OF THE MEN ON THE DATING SITES ARE HAVING MIDLIFE CRISES,
GETTING DIVORCED, BUYING PORSCHES.
THEY'RE HOOK UP WITH 25-YEAR-OLDS.
>> ARE YOU A DEVOTED FATHER, YOU ARE A DEVOTED HUSBAND.
AND NOT FOR NOTHING YOU HAVEN'T HAD SEX WITH ANYBODY BESIDES
JILL FOR, LIKE, 20 YEARS.
YOU'RE FACTORY FRESH.
>> TECHNICALLY, HE'S CERTIFIED PREOWNED.
>> WHY DO YOU HAVE TO PUT YOUR OWN SPIN ON EVERYTHING?
>> Stephen: WALTON, IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU AGAIN.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: "THE UNICORN" PREMIERES TOMORROW AT 8:30 ON
CBS.
WALTON GOGGINS, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.