>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME DAVID SCHWIMMER!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪ ♪ ♪
>> Stephen: HEY, DAVID SCHWIMMER.
>> HI, STEPHEN COLBERT.
>> Stephen: THIS IS INCREDIBLY PLEASANT TO HAVE YOU HERE.
>> FOR ME, TOO.
>> Stephen: FOR PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO MAY NOT KNOW, WE WENT
TO COLLEGE TOGETHER.
>> WE DINDEED.
>> Stephen: WE STUDIED THEATER AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY.
AT THE SCHOOL OF SPEECH THEY CALLED IT BACK THEN.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE A RECORD-- THIS IS AN ACTUAL PHOTO OF YOU AND
ME.
WE WERE IN AN IMPROV GROUP.
>> WE WERE.
>> Stephen: THE... NO FUN MUD PIRANAS WERE THE NAME OF THE
GROUP.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> Stephen: SEE IF YOU CAN PICK OUT US IN THIS GROUP
TOGETHER.
THIS IS BACK-- OKAY, YOU-- PUSH IN A LITTLE BIT MORE IF YOU CAN.
THERE IS DAVID SCHWIMMER.
( LAUGHTER ) AND THERE IS STEPHEN COLBERT.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) CAN WE GO BACK THERE, RIGHT
THERE?
YOU HAVE HAIR THAT KYLO REN WOULD LOVE.
UNBELIEVABLE.
AT WHAT POINT DID YOU GIVE IT UP?
AT WHAT POINT DID YOU GIVE UP THE HAIR?
>> OH, BOY, YEAH, I THINK SENIOR YEAR IN COLLEGE.
>> Stephen: REALLY.
>> I CUT IT FOR A SHOW.
>> Stephen: REALLY?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: IT WAS UNCASTABLE?
>> YEAH, I HAD-- IT WAS A LOT OF MAINTENANCE, TOO.
WHEN YOU HAVE LONG HAIR LIKE THAT.
>> Stephen: I IMAGINE, JUST CREAM RINSE ALONE COULD BUST
YOU, YOUNG, STRUGGLING ACTOR.
DID YOU DO THE YOUNG, STRUG LUNG ACTOR THING LIKE WAIT TABLES
WHEN YOU GOT OUT?
>> ABSOLUTE.
I THINK WE HAVE THAT IN COMMON AS WELL.
WE BOTH WORKED AT VARIOUS RESTAURANTS IN CHICAGO.
I WAITED TABLEFOR ABOUT SEVEN YEARS BETWEEN --
>> WOW.
>> EDBEBEVICKS GLI WORKED FOR THE SAME GUY, A PLACE CALLED
SCUZZI.
>> I REMEMBER WHEN YOU CAME IN, BECAUSE I THINK YOU HAD ALREADY
DONE SOMETHING IN HOLLYWOOD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE I
WAS LIKE, I'LL NEVER WORK AND DAVID SCHWIMMER ALREADY HAS
WORK.
>> I WONDERED WHY MY SOUP TASTED JUST A LITTLE-- A LITTLE
COLBERT.
>> Stephen: YOU CAN'T PROVE ANYTHING PUP CAN'T PROVE
ANYTHING.
IT WAS A VERY DEEP BOWL, THOUGH.
( LAUGHTER ) OKAY.
LET'S GET DOWN TO THE NITTY OF THE GRITTY HERE.
>> OKAY, LET'S DO IT.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE PLAYINGS CPLAYINGROBERT KARDASHIAN.
I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE FAMILY NAME.
THIS IS HOW WE ORIGINALLY GOT TO KNOW THE KARDASHIANS, ROBERT,
WHO WAS A FRIEND OF O.J.'S.
WHAT WERE THEY TO EACH OTHER?
>> THEY WERE FRIEND.
>> Stephen: WHAT WAS THE JEEKS IT WAS U.S.C. FOOTBALL,
ACTUALLY.
THEY KNEW EACH OTHER ABOUT 25 YEARS BEFORE THE TRIAL.
THEY WERE VERY GOOD FRIEND, CLOSEST OF FRIEND, BEST MEN AT
EACH OTHER' OTHER'S WEDDINGS.
THE FAMILIES WOULD VACATION TOGETHER.
THEY WERE ALSO-- THEY WENT INTO BUSINESS WITH EACH OTHER.
ROBERT WAS A LAWYER, AND THEN AND ALL THIS WENT DOWN, ROBERT
OF ASKED TO JOIN THE DEFENSE TEAM.
>> Stephen: ROBERT SHAPIRO ASKED HIM TO JOIN THE DEFENSE
TEAM.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> Stephen: SO HE WAS THERE EVERY DAY IN THE COURTROOM.
>> HE WAS THERE.
HE WAS THERE EVERY DAY, AND ALSO VISITING O.J. IN JAIL THE ENTIRE
TIME.
>> Stephen: IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE IT WAS 20 YEARS AGO AT
THIS POINT.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: WHEN YOU FIRST-- THIS WAS THE FIRST YEAR YOU GOT
"FRIENDS," RIGHT?
>> YES.
>> Stephen: WERE YOU PAYING ATTENTION TO IT OR WAS YOUR
WORLD JUST BLOWING UP TOO MUCH TO CARE ABOUT THAT?
>> I WAS TOO GO INTO WHAT I WAS DOING.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: YOU AND I KNEW EACH OTHER AS I SAID FROM
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY BUT ALSO THE THEATER IN CHICAGO.
YOU ARE ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE LOOKING GLASS
THEATER.
IF YOU'RE IN CHICAGO AND ANTHRAX SEE SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL, GO TO
THE LOOKING GLAZ THEATER.
THERE'S NO OTHER PERFORMANCE SPACE AND NO OTHER GROUP LIKE
THE LOOKING GLASS THEATER.
AMAZING.
REALLY BEAUTIFUL.
WHENEVER I SEE THE LOOKING GLASS THEATER I THINK IT'S A GREAT
THING TO HAVE IN THE UNITED STATES.
DO YOU STILL PERFORM LIVE?
>> YES.
>> Stephen: I DON'T KNOW.
WE KNOW YOU-- >> THEATER.
>> Stephen: THEATER, YEAH, YEAH.
>> I DID A PLAY HERE IN NEW YORK A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO,
PLAYWRIGHTS HORIZON CALLED "DETROIT."
AND I'M ALSO BACK IN CHICAGO DIRECTING AND ACTING WITH THE
COMPANY WHEN I CAN.
I LOVE IT.
THERE'S NOTHING LIKE-- LIKE A LIVE AUDIENCE.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: DO YOU-- WELL,
WHAT-- HOW DO YOU LIKE-- ARE YOU FROM LOS ANGELES ORIGINALLY?
>> YEAH, I WAS BORN IN QUEENS, BUT I GREW UP MOSTLY ALL OVER
L.A.
AND THEN -- >> AND THEN LIVED IN CHICAGO FOR
MANY YEARS.
>> THEN WENT TO NORTHWESTERN.
>> Stephen: HOW WOULD YOU COMPARE THE THREE BIG CITIES IN
AMERICA.
DO YOU HAVE A FAV?
YOU'RE IN NEW YORK RIGHT NOW.
>> I'M IN NEW YORK.
WELL, I MOVED HERE ABOUT 12 YEARS AGO AND THIS IS WHERE I
DECIDED TO LIVE AND RAISE A FAMILY.
SO I WOULD SAY RIGHT NOW NEW YORK WOULD BE MY FAV.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: NICELY DONE.
THESE PEOPLE LOVE YOU FOR SAYING THAT.
JUST DON'T EVER COME IN SECOND PLACE IN IOWA.
>> I WON'T.
>> Stephen: WE STARTED OFF AS AN IMPROV GROUP TOGETHER.
>> WE DID.
>> Stephen: DID YOU ENJOY THE THE IMPROVISATION?
>> YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO BE REALLY HONEST.
I WAS ALWAYS-- THIS IS TRUE.
I'M NOT LYING.
STEVE, I COULD NEVER KEEP UP WITH HIM.
HE-- YOUR MIND IS JUST SO RIDICULOUSLY FAST.
AND I WAS MORE.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: VERY NICE OF YOU
TO SAY.
>> IT'S THE GOD'S HONEST TRUTH.
AND I ACTUALLY WAS REALLY GRATEFUL FOR BEING IN THAT GROUP
WITH YOU BECAUSE I REALIZED, "OH, THAT'S WHY I CAN'T DO
THAT."
( LAUGHTER ) SO, I MEAN, I SHOULD GO INTO
ACTING AND NOT THAT.
>> Stephen: DO YOU KNOW WHAT I REMEMBER, DO YOU KNOW WHAT I
REMEMBER, ONE OF THE THINGS I REMEMBER ABOUT YOU, OTHER THAN
YOU WERE A VERY GIFTED ACTOR, IS THAT BETWEEN YOUR FRESHMAN AND
YOUR SOPHOMORE YEAR, YOU GREW A CHEST.
( LAUGHTER ) YOU-- DO YOU REMEMBER THIS?
YOU WORKED OUT LIKE MAD THAT SUMMER.
>> I DO REMEMBER THAT.
>> Stephen: AND YOU WERE JUST, LIKE, AN AVERAGE FRESHMAN BUT
SOR MORE YEAR IT WAS LIKE WHEN ABOUT SCHWIMMER GET JACKED?
WERE YOU JUICING.
>> I WASN'T.
>> Stephen: HOW DID YOU GET SO JACKED.
>> I JUST WORKED OUT.
>> Stephen: IT WAS BOOM.
YOU WERE TOTALLY RIPPED OVER ONE SUMMER.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
>> Stephen: ALL OF US WHO GOT TO SEE IT APPRECIATED IT, TOO!
YEAH.
>> I WAS EYE DIDN'T REACH PUBERTY UNTIL VERY LATE.
SO I WAS SHORT AND HEAVY UNTIL ABOUT-- YEAH.
UNTIL, LIKE, SUMMER OF JUNIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEN
SENIOR YEAR.
SO-- AND THEN I SUDDENLY WAS REALLY TALL, AND ALL SKIN AND
BONES.
LIKE, JUST TALL AND THIN.
SO WHEN I GOT TO COLLEGE I THOUGHT I SHOULD PROBABLY
EXERCISE.
>> Stephen: I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW, TO THIS DAY, IF I EVER GET
IN AN EXERCISE REGIME, I THINK TO MYSELF, "I WONDER IF THIS
WILL HAVE ANY EFFECT IF I WORK HARD?"
AND I THINK, "WELL, SCHWIMMER DID IT IN A SUMMER.
HOW HARD COULD IF IT?" THANK YOU FOR THAT EXAMPLE.
THANK YOU FOR THAT NORTH STAR.
>> I'M GLAD I COULD INSPIRE YOU.
>> Stephen: GREAT TO SEE YOU.
SAY HELLO TO MY FRINDZ AT THE LOOKING GLASS.
>> Stephen: "THE PEOPLE VS. O.J.
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