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>> Stephen: HEY, FOLKS!
WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY!
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY GUEST TONIGHT IS AN EMMY AND GOLDEN
GLOBE WINNER YOU KNOW BEST FROM "JOHNADAMS," "CINDERELLA MAN" AN
"SIDEWAYS."
HE CURRENTLY STARS AS CHUCK RHOADES IN "BILLIONS."
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO THE LATE SHOW, PAUL GIAMATTI
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>> AMAZING!
>> Stephen: HI, PAUL GIAMATTI.
NICE TOO SEE YOU IS THAT NICE TOO SEE YOU AGAIN.
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I'VE SEEN YOU IN PERSON.
WE TALKED OVER ZOOM IN THE COVID INTERVIEWS WHICH HAD THEIR OWN
CHARM.
>> YES IS THAT CREATIVE MOMENTS UNDER PRESSURE.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK.
QUITE INVIGORATING.
>> Stephen: YOU'VE DONE IT ALL, COMEDY, TRAGEDY, TV, FILM,
STAGE.
>> SURE.
>> Stephen: WHEN DID PAUL GIAMATTI SAY I'M GOING TO CHECK
THAT OUT?
>> I REMEMBER DOING SOMETHING IN HIGH SCHOOL.
I KIND OF ACCIDENTALLY ENDED UP IN A PLAY BECAUSE A GUY I KNEW
THOUGHT I WAS A FUNNY GUY, SO HE SAID, WILL YOU BE IN THIS PLAY
WITH ME?
IT WAS A GOOFY PLAY WHERE WE PLAYED 30 DIFFERENT CHARACTERS.
I FELL INTO IT.
IT WAS ACCIDENTAL AND I LOVED IT AND I HAD A GREAT TIME, YEAH.
>> Stephen: SO 1995 WAS THE DEBUT OF YOU ON BROADWAY, RIGHT?
>> I THINK SO, YEAH.
>> Stephen: DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT THE PLAY WAS?
>> "AIR DADEIA," I WAS A TIME STOPPER PLAY.
>> Stephen: REALLY.
BILLY KRUDUP WAS IN IT.
>> Stephen: VICTOR GARBER.
THAT'S RIGHT.
>> Stephen: ROBERT SEAN LEONARD.
>> AND ME -- AND ME.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: NO WAY!
THAT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE PRODUCTIONS OF ALL TIME!
>> THAT'S ONE OF YOUR FAVORITE PRODUCTIONS OF ALL TIME AND YOU
HAD NO IDEA I WAS IN IT.
>> Stephen: AND THEN THERE'S A GIRL.
>> OH, SURE, THERE'S THE GIRL, ABSOLUTELY, YEAH.
THERE'S A MILLION PEOPLE IN IT.
SO MANY PEOPLE.
YOU LOSE SIGHT OF ME.
>> Stephen: THERE WAS ONLY EIGHT.
>> YEAH, EIGHT.
>> Stephen: WHO DID YOU PLAY?
I PLAYED THE GUY, THE POET THAT GETS KILLED.
>> Stephen: IN THE -- IN THE DUEL.
NONE OF THIS REGISTERED WITH YOU.
KRUDUP KILLS ME IN A DUEL.
>> Stephen: I LOVED YOUR WORK.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
I SWEAR TO GOD.
>> YOU'RE UNBELIEVABLE.
>> Stephen: I'M TRULY A FAN OF YOURS.
I AM.
I CAN'T BELIEVE I WAS MISSING -- >> WHEN DID YOU CATCH SIGHT OF
ME?
>> Stephen: SOME TIME AFTER THAT.
YOU SHOWED UP AT AN UNLIKELY PLACE THIS SUMMER AS THE VOICE
IN A BURGER KING COMMERCIAL.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> Stephen: AS THE VOICE OF THE BURGER KING'S REGRET, RIGHT?
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
BURGER KING'S HAVING A NIGHTMARE.
>> Stephen: THEY SAID, WE WERE LOOKING FOR THE VOICE OF THE
BURGER KING'S REGRET AND PAUL WAS JUST PERFECT.
>> I AM DEFINITELY THE INTERNATIONAL VOICE OF REGRET.
I FIT IN ANYWHERE THERE'S REGRET.
>> Stephen: I'VE DIPPED MY LADLE IN THAT RIVER OF CASH OF
NATIONAL COMMERCIALS.
>> I'M THRILLED TO BE DOING BURGER KING.
>> Stephen: AND I PUSHED IN PISTACHIOS VERY HARD.
PROBABLY COULD HAVE ALL I WANT FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.
IS THERE A BIG PERK FOR BEING THE BURGER DING GUY?
>> THAT'S INTERESTING, AFTER I DID IT AND I WAS VERY PLEASED TO
DO IT, I CALLED UP MY AGENT AND AS A JOKE, I SAID, DO I GET FREE
BURGER KING FOR LIFE?
SHE SAID, I'LL ASK.
I WAS LIKE, OKAY, I WAS KIDDING BUT OKAY.
NEXT THING I KNOW, A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER, I GET A FED EX
PACKAGE.
OH, YOUR, AND I RIP THAT BABY OPEN, LOOK INSIDE, CAN'T SEE,
AND I REACHED DOWN THERE AND ALL THAT'S IN THERE, NO MESSAGES,
NOTHING, IS THIS LITTLE TITANIUM, BEAUTIFULLY FINISHED
BLACK CREDIT CARD, SMOOTH, AND IT'S GOT THIS EMBOSSED BLACK
CROWN ON IT AND IT SAYS NOTHING ON IT.
AND I WAS, LIKE, HOLY ( BLEEP I HAVE A BURGER KING FOR LIFE
CARD.
I WAS LIKE, HOLY ( BLEEP )!
I WAS LIKE ( BLEEP )!
>> Stephen: CAN'T BE A LOT OF THOSE IN CIRCULATION.
>> WAIT A MINUTE.
SO MY GIRLFRIEND IS LIKE, HOLY (BLEEP), YOU GOT A BURGER KING
FOR LIFE CARD.
SO WE LOOKED IT UP AND IN FACT THE THING EXISTS.
ONLY 12 PEOPLE HAVE IT.
GEORGE LUCAS, YOU KNOW, ROBERT DOWNEY, JR., JENNIFER HUDSON,
HUGH LAURIE, THEY HAVE IT.
I'M SITTING HERE THINKING I'M GOING TO CALL A MEETING OF ALL
THE TIME, I HAVE THE RIGHT NOW TO GATHER US ALL AND WIPE BURGER
KING OUT.
WE COULD GO OUT AND JUST SOLVE WORLD HUNGER.
I'M GOING TO BUY EVERYBODY BURGER KING SANDWICHES.
I'M CALLING EVERYBODY.
I'M TELLING MY SON, I HAVE A BURGER KING FOR LIFE CARD, BOY!
I'M BRINGING THE BURGERS HOME, SON!
I WAS SO ( BLEEP ) EXCITED.
I WAS UP ALL NIGHT.
THE NEXT THING I WOKE UP AND ALL I COULD DO IS STARE AT IT, FEEL
THE HEFT OF IT AND THE FINISH.
>> Stephen: AND THE RESPONSIBILITY.
>> THE HEAVY RESPONSIBLE.
THEN I LOOK AND THERE'S TINY WRITING ON THE BACK.
AND I'M, LIKE, OH, THIS MUST BE THE END.
THIS IS THE THING.
SO I GO TO THE WEB SITE, ENTER THE SALARY NUMBER, AND IT TURNS
OUT IT'S A ( BLEEP ) $100 GIFT CERTIFICATE.
( APPLAUSE ) I HAVE NEVER FALLEN SO FAR AND
HARD AND FAST.
I HAD TO CALL MY SON AND BE, LIKE, IT'S NOT A BURGER KING FOR
LIFE.
I SAID, I'M SORRY TO TELL YOU.
>> Stephen: DEPENDING ON HOW QUICKLY YOU ORDER IT, IT COULD
BE FOR LIFE.
MY PLAN IS TO GO EVERY NOW AND THEN FOR HOWEVER LONG I HAVE
LEFT ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH AND GET MYSELF A WHOPPER AND I'M
GOING TO STRETCH THAT THING OUT AND IT'S LIKE I HAVE A BURGER
KING FOR LIFE CARD.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK.
WE'LL BE BACK WITH MORE PAUL GIAMATTI.
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