>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME STEVE CARELL.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) >> LOOK AT YOU!
>> Stephen: LOOK AT YOU!
>> OH MY GOD.
>> Stephen: MR. MOVIE STAR.
IT'S REALLY NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU TOO, STEPHEN.
>> Stephen: WELL, WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY, BABY.
WE STARTED OFF AT 2nd CITY TOGETHER.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
IN CHICAGO AN IMPROVISATIONAL THEATER.
WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR MEMORIES OF THAT TIME, LATE '80S AND
EARLY 90s.
WE WERING TO.
ANY MEMORIES OF SECOND CITY, LIKE OUR TIMING TO BACK THERE?
>> I ALWAYS-- WELL, YOU UNDERSTUDIED ME, THE FIRST NAME
MAIN STAGE SHOW SCZ FIRST TIME I WENT.
>> I PLAYED THE BAR I TONE HORN.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
>> AND YOU ACTUALLY HAD TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY THE BAR I TONE HORN.
>> Stephen: SECOND CITY SAY REP SYSTEM, ANYBODY IN THE
TOURING COMPANY, YOU GOT HIRED ABOUT A YEAR BEFORE I DID.
AND THE TOURING COMPANY HAS TO GO IN FOR WHOEVER IS ON MAIN
STAGE, LIKE YOU HAD TO GO IN FOR THE PEOPLE BEFORE YOU.
BUT THE PART YOU WERE DOING, YOU PLAYED A BAR I TONE HORN, A FAT
TRUM BET ---- TRUM PET.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: I NEVER PLAYED A BRASS INSTRUMENT AND THEY SAID
ARE YOU ON NOR CARELL IN SIX DAYS, LEARN TO PLAY THE BARITONE
HORN.
>> IT IS INCREDIBLE.
>> Stephen: YOU REALLY KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING ON THE
BARITONE HORN.
>> NOT SO MUCH BUT HAVING NEVER PLAYED IT, IN SIX DAYS.
>> Stephen: AND I HAD MY OWN BARITONE HORN BECAUSE THEY
WOULDN'T EVEN RENT ME THE HORN.
I LEARNED IT IN SIX DAYS AND MY LIPS WERE JUST LIKE A BABOON'S
ASS BECAUSE I HAD NO OMBU CHER.
THE ONE THING I REMEMBERED, IT DRILLED IN MY HEAD, I WANTED THE
GILG SO BADLY THAT I-- THE ANCHORS AWAY.
CAN I NO LONGER HEAR ANCHORS AWAY, I CAN ONLY HEAR THE-BASE
LINE BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT YOU PLAY.
DO YOU REMEMBER IT.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: BA, BA, BA, BA, BA, BA ♪ ♪ ♪ BA, BA, BA ♪ ♪ BA,
BA ♪ ♪ BA, BA, BA ♪ ♪ (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE).
>> Stephen: WHAT, THAT WAS 1990.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: 25 YEARS AGO.
THAT IS HOW EMOTIONALLY SCARRING THAT WEEK WAS FOR ME.
>> BUT EVERY TIME YOU HEAR THAT SONG, IT'S THE ONLY PART YOU CAN
HEAR.
>> Stephen: ABSOLUTELY.
>> SO WE DID COMEDYING TO FOR YEARS, YOU AND I DID THAT
TOGETHER.
THEN WE DID, THE DANA CARVY SHOW TOGETHER.
WE WERE OFFICE MATE THERE.
>> UH-HUH.
>> Stephen: OFFICE MATES AT THE DAILY SHOW FOREVER.
>> YUP.
>> Stephen: YOU ARE POUND FOR POUND ONE OF THE FUNNIEST PEOPLE
ON THE PLANET.
WHY DO YOU WANT TO DO DRAMA, MAN?
YOU'RE HURTING OUR FEELINGS.
>> I FEEL LIKE IT'S TIME TO HAVE SOME PRETENSE IN MY LIFE.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
HAVE YOU TRIED NOT PRONOUNCING THE LAST CONSONANT OF YOUR LAST
NAME?
THAT'S HOW I GET MINE IN.
>> I LIKE IT.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
BECAUSE YOU'VE DONE TREMENDOUS WORK.
OBVIOUSLY I KNOW YOU WANT TO DO IT, BECAUSE YOU CAN DO ANYTHING.
PEOPLE ASK ME, LIKE WOW, IN "FOX CATCHER" HE WAS REALLY SCARY, I
DIDN'T SEE THAT COMING.
I SAID NO, I ALWAYS KNEW HE COULD PLAY A PSYCHOTIC.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
>> Stephen: YEAH, YOU'RE WELCOME.
>> WELL, I MEAN, RIGHT BACK AT YOU, THOUGH.
THERE IS NO ONE-- SERIOUSLY, THERE IS NO ONE I WOULD RATHER
PERFORM WITH THAN YOU.
>> Stephen: REALLY?
>> SERIOUSLY.
>> Stephen: REALLY.
>> TO BE ON-- BUT IT'S TRUE.
>> Stephen: WE ALWAYS HAD A LOT OF FUN TOGETHER OVER THE
YEARS.
>> CUZ I ALWAYS KNEW, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THIS, WE'RE ALWAYS
FUNNY TOGETHER.
(LAUGHTER).
>> Stephen: I WILL TRY MY DRAMATIC CHOPS BE YOU RIGHT NOW.
>> YOU'RE ALWAYS SO ON POINT AND SO GREAT AND YOU CAN-- I DON'T
KNOW.
EVERYONE'S BORED WITH US.
(LAUGHTER).
>> Stephen: BUT I'M ENJOYING THIS CONVERSATION.
>> I AM TOO.
>> Stephen: THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS.
LET'S TALK ABOUT "THE BIG SHORT" FOR A SECOND.
I'M FASCINATED BY THIS MOVIE.
I LOVE THE IDEA OF THIS MOVIE.
SO YOU PLAY A GUY, LET ME GET THIS, MARK BALM, ALL RIGHT,
BASED ON A REAL HEDGE FUND MANAGER NAMED STEVE EISMAN,
BEFORE THE 2008 CRASH.
>> UH-HUH.
>> Stephen: HE SEES SOMETHING COMING.
WHAT DOES HE SEE COMING?
>> HE SAW THE BUBBLE.
HE SAW THE HOUSING BUBBLE.
HE SAW THAT ALL OF THESE MORTGAGES WERE GOING TO DEFAULT
AND HE AND A-- .
>> Stephen: A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE SAW IT WITH HIM.
>> A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE SAW IT COMING AND ESSENTIALLY BET
AGAINST THE U.S. ECONOMY.
>> Stephen: AND EVERYBODY THOUGHT THEY WERE CRAZY.
>> EVERYONE THOUGHT IT THEY WERE CRAZY AND IT'S WEIRD WATCHING
THE MOVIE.
YOU THINK WHO ARE THE HEROES HERE.
BECAUSE YOU KIND OF ROOT FOR THEM BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S
AT THE EXPENSE OF EVERYONE ELSE IN AMERICA.
>> Stephen: YOU KNOW THAT IF THE HEROES OF OUR MOVIE ACTUALLY
GET WHAT THEY WANT, ACTUAL OF US LOSE.
>> EXACTLY.
AND YOU STILL KIND OF ROOT FOR IT.
>> Stephen: WHEN YOU WERE WALKING AROUND ON THE MOVIE,
THIS IS-- WHEN I WAS WATCHING THE MOVIE, WHAT TERRIFIED ME
WAS, I HAD FORGOT ENHOW CLOSE WE CAME TO A GLOBAL MELTDOWN.
LIKE $17 TRILLION DISAPPEARED OVERNIGHT BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN
MUCH WORSE.
>> IT, WELL, AND HAD THE GOVERNMENT NOT BAILED OUT THE
BANKS, WHO KNOWS WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED THERE.
I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT AT THE TIME.
YOU KNOW, YOU READ THE PAPER AND YOU WATCH THE NEWS.
BUT THE EXTENT OF IT, I HAD NO IDEA.
>> Stephen: SO YOU DID NOT-- YOU DON'T REALLY DEEPLY
UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS.
>> ANYTHING.
>> Stephen: ANYTHING, RIGHT.
I WOULD JUST POINT OUT, THAT THAT IS A VERY ACCURATE
PORTRAYAL OF WALL STREET IN 2008.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: REALLY GOOD WORK.
REALLY GOOD WORK.
(APPLAUSE) AND THE MOVIE IS WITH ADAM
McKAY, WHO "ANCHORMAN" ONE AND TWO.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE OF DOING "ANCHORMAN" WITH HIM AND DOING A
DRAMA ABOUT THE WORLDWIDE COLLAPSE OF OUR FINANCIAL
SYSTEM.
>> IT'S ACTUALLY CLOSER THAN YOU WOULD THINK.
BECAUSE ADAM, WHEN WE WERE DOING "ANCHORMAN" HE IS THE FUNNIEST
GUY, HE SITS BEHIND A MONITER WITH A MICROPHONE AND SHOUTS OUT
THINGS LIKE, I POOPED A DHOK LAT SCWIREL.
AND YOU SAY THAT, NOT IN THIS MOVIE AND THE BUT THE OTHER
MOVIE.
AND YOU JUST SAY THINGS THAT HE SAYS.
AND HE'S INCREDIBLY SMART AND FUNNY.
FOR THIS MOVIE, HE STILL HAD HIS MIC BUT IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT.
>> Stephen: HE'S LIKE GO, IMPROVISE ABOUT, YOU KNOW.
>> DERIFF TIFFS AND.
>> YEAH, AND YOU WOULD TRY TO HAVE SOME THINGS IN YOUR BACK
POCKET THAT YOU COULD THEN IMPROVISE ON.
>> Stephen: COLLATERALIZED DEBT OBLIGATIONS, MAKE IT
EXCITING, GO.
>> EXACTLY, EXACTLY.