I CAN WALK BACKWARDS ALL DAY. BUT OUR CAMERA MAN CAN'T.
>>> I'M DISCUSSING WITH JEFFREY
TAMBOR, KNOWN FOR HIS ROLES ON "THE LARRY SANDERS SHOW," AND
"ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT." AND NOW, "TRANSPARENT."
HE'S WRITTEN A MEMOIR. AND HE SITS DOWN WITH TOUGH
INTERVIEWERS, HIS KIDS. >> WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO MAKE YOUR
BROADWAY DEBUT. >> DEBUTT.
OPPOSITE LEGEND GEORGE C. SCOTT. >> GEORGE C. SCOTT WAS AN
IMPORTANT ACTOR. A DEBUTT IS HARD.
>> IT'S INDEED. IT IS YOUR DEBUTT AS A MEMOIR.
>> AND TODAY IS THE DEBUTT DAY OF -- IT'S ON -- I'M GOING TO GO
TO A BOOKSTORE AND LOOK AT IT. >> IS THIS LIKE GIVING BIRTH?
IS THIS SO EXCITING? HERE'S MY MEMOIR.
>> I HAVEN'T GIVEN BIRTH. BUT I'VE ATTENDED BIRTH.
I GUESS IT'S SOMEWHAT LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT KNOWN BUT I
CO-OWN A BOOKSTORE IN LOS ANGELES, SKYLIGHT BOOKS.
AND THIS IS LIKE A BUCKET LIST THING.
I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY BE READING A BOOK IN A BOOKSTORE.
MY KIDS ARE THE GENESIS OF THIS. I WAS DRIVING MY DAUGHTER, EVI,
TO SCHOOL, ONE DAY, SHE'S 10 YEARS OLD, TO FLUTE CLASS.
AND I SAID, WHAT IS IT YOU DO AGAIN?
>> SHE DOESN'T KNOW. ONE DAY, SHE WILL SEE ME AS
GEORGE JR., ONE DAY AS MORA. I DO THE VOICE OF A BURRITO.
AND THEY DON'T QUITE GET IT. FOR A WHILE, THEY WERE TELLING
THEIR FRIENDS I EAT LUNCH FOR A LIVING.
THEY WOULD COME TO THE SET FOR LUNCH.
HE EATS LUNCH. >> THE TITLE, "ARE YOU ANYBODY,"
COMES FROM A STORY EARLY IN YOUR CAREER, A GUY WAITING OUT
BROADWAY. >> I WAS AN AUTOGRAPH SEEKER.
I HAD THREE LINES IN THE PLAY, SLY FOX, YOU LOOK WONDERFUL,
SIR. SAID THREE TIMES.
HE LOOKED AT ME. AND HE SAID, ARE YOU ANYBODY?
AND I PAUSED FOR 30 SECONDS AND I SAID, NO.
I THOUGHT, THAT'S SAD, ISN'T IT? YOU GOT SAD FOR A SECOND.
I WROTE THE BOOK, ARE YOU ANYBODY?
IT'S NOT ABOUT GETTING AN AUTOGRAPH.
IT'S ABOUT GETTING TO THIS AGE. >> IT IS FUNNY.
IT'S VERY YOU. BUT THERE WERE PARTS THAT BROKE
MY HEART. >> THAT'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW --
THAT'S WHAT WE DO ON TRANSPARENT.
LIFE IS ZIG AND ZAG. AND LIFE HAPPENS WITH TEARS AND
IT HAPPENS WITH LAUGHTER. THAT'S WHAT I WAS DOING.
MY BIG THING, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS JUST TALKING.
LIKE I'M TALKING TO MY KIDS. THIS IS WHAT DAD DOES.
AND THIS IS THE LAUGHS. AND SOMETIMES YOU CRY AT DINNER.
SOMETIMES YOU CRY AT DINNER. AND SOMETIMES YOU LAUGH AT A
FUNERAL. LIFE IS FUNNY.
>> YOU WROTE ABOUT HOW TO BE AN ACTOR, TO DO THIS CAREER, YOU
HAVE TO HAVE A FIRE IN THE BELLY.
AND YOU WORKED IN THIS CAREER. YOU WERE SUCCESSFUL IN THAT YOU
WERE A WORKING ACTOR FOR DECADES BEFORE YOU BECAME A HOUSEHOLD
NAME. DID YOU LOSE THAT FIRE IN THE
BELLY? >> NO.
I DON'T KNOW WHY. THAT THING BETWEEN ACTION AND
CUT SEEMS TO BE -- SEEMS TO BE -- I'M ADDICTED TO IT.
I LOVE IT THE I WAS AT THE THEATER THE OTHER NIGHT.
>> WE WENT TO SEE "HAMILTON." >> I'VE HEARD OF THAT SHOW.
>> WHEN THE LIGHTS GO DOWN, AND EVERYBODY GETS QUIET, I GET
VERY, VERY MOVED. I'M FORTUNATE.
AT THE TOP OF THE BOOK, THERE WAS AN ACTOR WHEN WE DID "JULIUS
CAESAR." HE READ MY PALM.
HE SAID, IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN FOR YOU.
IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN VERY LATE. HE DIDN'T TELL ME THIS LATE.
>> HE COULD HAVE BEEN MORE SPECIFIC.
I NEED A NAP. >> YOU HAVE A HABIT THAT'S QUITE
INTERESTING. >> THAT IS?
>> HAVING TO DO WITH COFFEE. >> I THOUGHT IT WAS SOMETHING
ELSE. >> YOU DRINK -- TELL EVERYBODY
WHAT YOU DO. >> I DID IT THIS MORNING.
I MAKE COFFEE. I PUT IT ON THE BEDSIDE AT
NIGHT. I WAKE UP AND READ FOR A HALF
HOUR WITH COLD COFFEE. IT COMES FROM MY SAN FRANCISCO
STATE DAYS, WHEN I WAS A STUDENT.
$48 A SEMESTER, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
$48. YOU CAN'T GO TO STARBUCKS FOR
$48. >> YOU CAN'T GET AN ILSED COFFEE
FOR $48. >> YOU CAN'T GET A BREWED
ANYTHING. >> JASON BATEMAN JUST TWEETED
THERE MIGHT BE MORE "ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT."
I CAN'T LET YOU OUT OF HERE. IS THERE DISH?
>> JASON IS A "B" ACTOR ON THE SHOW, CORRECT?
>> HE IS. >> WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO SAY
ANYTHING, VERBALLY. >> WAIT --
>> I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING. I CAN'T.
IT WOULD BE WRONG. AND THEY WOULD GET VERY, VERY
MAD. >> I WON'T PRESS YOU ON IT.
>> I'M GOING TO GET E-MAILS. >> WE BETTER DROP IT, THEN.
>> MY REPS ARE GOING -- OH, MY GOD.
>> THEY'RE NOT. THEY'RE SAYING, HOLD THAT BOOK
UP ONE MORE TIME. "ARE YOU ANYBODY"?
>> THERE'S NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE. >> I MEAN, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU.
>> CAN WE DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN