>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY!
WE'RE BACK HERE WITH LIEV SCHREIBER.
LIEV, I TOLD YOU THE LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE HOW MUCH I ENJOYED
YOUR PERFORMANCE AS YAGO IN "A FELLOW," BUT DO YOU EVER WISH
YOU WEREN'T A GOOD ACTOR?
AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY, HERE'S WHAT'S BEHIND IT, IS EVERYBODY
GOES, LIEV SCHREIBER, HE'S A REALLY GOOD ACTOR AND YOU'VE
DONE ALL THIS REALLY GOOD WORK, AND THEN THAT GUY ALWAYS DOES A
GOOD JOB.
DON'T YOU WISH TIMES YOU GO, I'D JUST LOVE TO SUCK IN THE NEXT
THING.
BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT, CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT,
BACK STORY, FOCUS, MEMORIZATION, BUT IF YOU WEREN'T, LIKE, REALLY
GREAT LIKE YOU ARE, YOU COULD SUCK SOMETIMES AND SAY, WELL,
SOMETIMES HE SUCCESS.
>> REALITY IS WE SUCK MOST OF THE TIME, IT'S JUST THAT WE
DON'T GO OUT AND PROMOTE THE THINGS WE SUCK IN.
>> Stephen: SO THERE ARE PRODUCTS IF I REALLY DUG DOWN
DEEP I COULD FIND SUCKY LIEV SCHREIBER OUT THERE?
>> THERE'S A LOT OF SUCKY STUFF OUT THERE OF MINE.
>> Stephen: DO YOU WANT TO GIVE ANY TITLES?
>> NOPE.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
GOOD TO KNOW.
>> YEAH.
DO YOUR HOMEWORK.
>> Stephen: SHOWTIME'S " RAY DONOVAN " SEVEN SEASONS ENDED
IN 2020.
RAY'S BACK FOR A MOVIE, AFTER I TOLD THE FOLKS.
SEVEN SEASONS, HOW MANY YEARS IS THAT FOR YOU.
>> EIGHT YEARS.
>> Stephen: AFTER PLAYING A CHARACTER FOR EIGHT YEARS,
WHAT'S IT LIKE TO GO AWAY AND COME BACK TO THAT CHARACTER AND
THEN LIKE GET BACK IN THE SKIN?
>> THIS FEELS, IN MANY WAYS, LIKE -- BECAUSE OF COVID AND
EVERYTHING, THIS FEELS IN MANY WAYS LIKE THE END TO ME, LIKE
BEING HERE WITH YOU RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE WE COULDN'T DO THIS AS A
CAST.
I IMAGINE YOU KNOW, WORKING ON A TELEVISION SHOW FOR A LONG TIME,
THAT YOU BECOME A FAMILY WITH THE PEOPLE YOU WORK WITH.
IT GOT TO THE POINT FOR ME WITH THOSE ACTORS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT
TO DO IN THE MORNING WITHOUT THEM.
I WAKE UP AND I'M, LIKE, WHERE'S EDDIE?
AND IT'S REALLY BEEN HARD, BUT I'M GLAD IT'S OVER, BECAUSE IT'S
TIME TO MOVE ON, BUT I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT HOW -- HOW MUCH IT
MEANT TO ME TO BE WORKING WITH THOSE PEOPLE FOR THAT LONG.
>> Stephen: YOU KNOW, FROM MY PREVIOUS SHOW, BECAUSE I STILL
GET TO WORK WITH THE PEOPLE WITH WHEN WE JUST CAME OVER FROM THE
OLD SHOW, BUT I TOOK STUFF FROM THE OLD SHOW.
DID YOU?
>> YEAH, I TOOK RAY'S WEDDING RING, AND I TOOK A MEDALLION
THAT HE WEARS, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, RAY'S ROMAN CATHOLIC, I'M
A QUARTER ROMAN CATHOLIC, SO I KIND OF HAD TO RESEARCH THE
ROMAN CATHOLIC THING.
I DECIDED I WANTED TO GET HIM A ST. CHRISTOPHER MEDALLION.
AND I WENT TO THE CATHOLIC ME CAL DALE ANYONE PLACE DOWNTOWN
NEAR WALL STREET AND HE SHOWED ME ALL THE MEDALLIONS.
I SAID I'M LOOKING FOR A ST. CHRISTOPHER BUT WHO'S THAT
ONE?
ST. Y JENESIUS.
I SAID WHO'S THAT?
HE SAID, THE PATRON SAINT OF ACTORS AND PROSTITUTES.
( LAUGHTER ) I THOUGHT, WHAT ARE THE CHANCES
THEY'D EVER DO A REALLY GOOD CLOSEUP ON THIS THING.
I GOT THAT, IF ANYONE ASKS ME, IT'S ST. CHRISTOPHER BUT NOW
THAT WE'RE DONE I CAN SAY RAY HAS BEEN WEARING THE MEDALLION
OF ST. JENESIUS.
>> SERIOUSLY?
>> Stephen: GIVEN TO ME BY A GUY IN CHICAGO CALLED PAT FINN.
>> AND YOU DON'T WEAR IT?
>> Stephen: IT'S HANGING ON THE MIRROR NEXT TO MY S SAP LA,
--SCAPULA, YOU KNOW, MY HOLY CARDS.
( APPLAUSE ) THAT'S JEEZY RIGHT THERE.
ACTORS, PROSTITUTES, CLOWNS -- WHICH IS WHY I WAS GIVEN IT --
AND I THINK THIEVES MIGHT BE ANOTHER ONE.
>> I FALL INTO ALL FOUR CATEGORIES.
>> Stephen: JUST SHOWS YOU, WHEN PEOPLE ARE DECIDING WHAT
GROUPS OF PEOPLE TO GET TOGETHER, BACK A COUPLE HUNDRED
YEARS AGO, ACTORS AND PROSTITUTES, PUT THEM IN THERE.
VERY FINE LINE BETWEEN THOSE.
>> WHAT DID HE DO TO GET THAT?
>> Stephen: HE WAS A LOT OVERFUN IS WHAT HE WAS.
AND VERY FORGIVING.
WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK.
WHEN WE COME BACK, I'M GOING TO ASK LIEV IF HE'S EVER FORGOTTEN
HIS LINES ON STAGE.