>> James: HOW ARE YOU, THANKS VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE, THANK
YOU FOR COMING TO SEE US.
NOW YOU BOTH KNOW EACH OTHER FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
>> YEAH.
>> James: STEVE, WHEN DID YOU FIRST MEET?
>> I FIRST MET JUDE WHEN HE WAS-- HE MUST HAVE BEEN ABOUT
19.
I THINK YOU WERE, YEAH, ABOUT 19.
AND YOU USED TO COME AROUND.
HE WAS IN A SOAP OPERA YEARS AGO.
>> YEAH.
>> James: AND HE USED TO COME TO MY HOUSE AND WATCH TV WITH
JOHNIE LEE MILLER.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> James: REALLY.
>> AND I'M THINKING WHY-- .
>> James: WHY WOULD YOU WHY WOULD YOU-- JUST COME AROUND.
>> IT WAS MY HOUSE BUT I HAD, MY BROTHER WAS LIVING THERE, HE WAS
IN THE SOAP OPERA WITH HIM.
>> YEAH, YOUR BROTHER.
>> I USED TO THINK.
>> AND MARTIN WAS IN A BAND.
>> YEAH, YEAH.
>> STEVE WAS A BIG DEAL BECAUSE HE HAD ALREADY GONE TO THAT
THERE LONDON AND WAS-- THE SPITTING IMAGE, ALREADY MAKING
MONEY, WERE YOU DOING THE REAL THING.
>> IF YOU WERE LUCKY IN THIS BUSINESS TO DO WELL, AS SOON AS
YOU GOT A BIT OF MONEY YOU GO A BIT OF CRAZIMENT I GOT A BIT OF
MONEY AND I BOUGHT A SPORTS CAR.
>> James: OH MY GOD.
>> WORD HAD GOT AROUND THAT STEVE WAS COMING BACK.
AND WE GOT A CALL WAITING FOR STEVE TO COME BACK.
AND LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW.
AND THEN THIS POWDER BLUE SPORTS CAR-- CAME AROUND LIKE.
>> I BOUGHT IT.
>> HE'S GOT A SPORTS CAR.
>> I BOUGHT IT EVEN BEFORE I HAD A WASHING MACHINE.
>> RIGHT.
>> I DRIVE TO THE LAUNDROMAT, I DIDN'T HAVE A GIRLFRIEND, I JUST
HAD MY WASHING IN A BAG.
>> RIGHT.
>> I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN, SO MANY PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS BEEN IN A-WE
OF YOU, STEVE, AND NONE MORE SO THAN MYSELF, WE FIRST MET
YOU-- STEVE CAST ME IN ONE OF MY FIRST EVER FILMS.
THIS IS ME AND STEVE HERE FILMING CREWS OF THE GORDS.
(APPLAUSE) GODS.
>> I'M CERTAIN I REMEMBER THIS TIME BETTER THAN YOU DO.
>> YOU PROBABLY DO.
>> James: I JUST REMEMBER EVERYTHING ABOUT IT.
>> IT WAS A BIG DEAL FOR YOU, IT WAS JUST A DAY AT THE OFFICE FOR
ME.
BUT AND ALSO, WE DID QUITE A FEW SHOWS, OUR COMPANY.
>> James: YES.
>> AND I WAS THINKING THAT I PROBABLY TBAIF YOU YOUR FIRST
BREAK SO I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD OWN 10% OF EVERYTHING YOU EARN.
>> James: 10% IT IS.
YOU WOULD NOT-- NO WAY, NONESS CHA.
WHAT I REMEMBER ABOUT FILMING THIS IS YOU YOUR INCREDIBLE
IMPRESSIONS.
YOU ARE SO GREAT AT IMPRESSIONS.
AND I ALWAYS THINK IMPRESSIONS ARE A FASCINATING THING.
HOW DO YOU FIRST DISCOVER THAT ARE YOU GOOD AT THEM.
>> I JUST, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS.
AT SCHOOL I COULD DO THE TEACHER.
AND A WAY OF AD VOING LESSONS SO THE TEACHER WOULD COME IN AND
SAY WE CAN DO SOME FRENCH ESSAY WORK OR YOU CAN GO TO THE FRONT
OF THE CLASS, STEVE, AND JUST TAKE THE LESSON.
AND IMPERSON NATURE ME OR TEACHERS I WOULD STAND IN FRONT
THE CLASS AND DO IMPERSON NATION OF ALL THE TEACHERS.
I WOULD SOMETIMES TAKE ASSEMBLY AS THE HEAD TEACHER AND GO
AROUND LOOKING AT THE TALLER BOYS AND STRAIGHTEN THEIR TIES
LIKE THIS.
>> James: BUT YOU DO A REALLY GOOD LIAM NEESON.
>> THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT LIAM IS HE HAS AN IRISH
AMERICAN.
>> SO I DO THIS FOR A A LIVING.
IF YOU LET HER GO NOW, THAT WILL BE THE END OF ITMENT I WILL
TRACK YOU DOWN.
I WILL FIND YOU, AND I WILL KILL YOU.
PLAWTION (APPLAUSE)
>> THE THING I LOVE ABOUT LIAM NEESON WHEN HE IS ON THE PHONE,
I ALWAYS LIKE TO IMAGINE THE GUY ON THE OTHER END OF THE PHONE
TALKING TO HIS MATES GOING HE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT A SPECIAL
SET OF SKILLS.
>> WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT.
>> James: LITERALLY NO IDEA WHAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT BUT I
THINK WE'RE FINE.
>> IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE TO HEAR THE OTHER SIDE, OKAY, WELL,
THANKS FOR LETTING ME KNOW, BYE.
>> James: JUDE, ANY IMPRESSIONS IN YOUR.
>> I'M SITTING NEXT TO STEVE COOGAN, I'M NOT DOING ANY.
>> YOU ARE GOOD AT ACTIONS.
>> I CAN'T DO IMPRESSIONS.
>> James: WHICH ACTION DO YOU THINK IS THE TRICKIEST?
>> I DID A FILM SET ON A SUB MARINE ONCE AND THE DIRECTED ARE
WAS SCOTTISH, KEVIN PK DONALD.
AND HE DECIDED THAT ROBINSON, THE CHARACTER I PLAYED SHOULD BE
A SCOT.
AND WE DECIDED THAT EBBER DEAN WAS PROBABLY A-- DID ABERDEEN
WAS PROBABLY A GOOD PLACE TO COME FROM ABERDEEN-- IT IS
REALLY HARD, ONE OF THE HARD, AND-- I IT TENDS TO BE A BIT
SIMPLE.
>> HERE IS THE THING, I WENT UP THERE TO SORT OF HANG OUT AND
LISTEN. AND OF COURSE WAW DON'T WANT-- YOU DON'T WANT TO BE
CAUGHT IN ABERDEEN PRETENDING TO BE.
>> OH GOD NO.
>> TO.
>> I IMAGINE IT'S LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, HANGING OUT IN A BAR IN
DETROIT AND PRETENDING-- SO THAT DIDN'T GO DOWN VERY WELL.
>> James: WHAT IS YOUR SCOTTISH ACCENT LIKE?
>> I CAN DO IMPERSONATIONS, BUT I CAN'T-- I CAN DO BILLY, HE
GOES-- CRAZY TO DO THAT, NO, NO!
WHY DID I DO THAT?
>> James: YOU CAN'T DO AN ACTUAL SCOTTISH ACCENT.
>> I DON'T KNOW-- I CAN'T-- I KNOW THAT IT IS SLIGHTLY POSHER
WITHIN BUT THAT'S NOT TRUE, NOT TO JUMP AHEAD, BUT THE ACCENT
YOU PUT ON, OR THE ACCENT YOU PLAY AS OLLIE, AS STAN LAUREL IS
PHENOMENAL AND THAT'S NOT AN IMPERSONATION, THAT IS A TOTAL,
THREE DIMENSIONAL PERFORMANCE, BEAUTIFUL.
BUT THE ACCURACY OF THE SOUND AND YOU SAY THINGS IN A WAY, OH
YEAH, YOU HAD THE NOSE.
>> IT IS A BIT LIKE THAT, YOU CLOSE YOUR SOFT PALATE TO GET
TECHNICAL.
YOU CLOSE YOUR SOFT PALATE AND I OPEN IT WHEN I TELL YOU.
AND HE HAD A TRANSATLANTIC ACCENT BECAUSE HE WAS FROM THE
NORTH OF ENGLAND BUT HE CAME TO AMERICA.
SO HE HAS THIS ACCENT THAT SOMETIMES IS A LITTLE BIT SOUNDS
ENGLISH IF YOU ARE AMERICAN.
IF YOU ARE ENGLISH HE SOUNDS AMERICAN TO YOU.
SO AND HE SPEAKS LIKE THAT, AND WHEN YOU SEE T GO SEE THE FILM.
>> James: BUT WHAT WOULD HE SOUND LIKE IF HE WAS FROM
SCOTLAND?
>> OH, I DON'T KNOW.