>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WELCOME BACK.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, OH MY FRIENDS, YOU KNOW MY FIRST GUEST
TONIGHT FROM "DIFFICULT PEOPLE" AND BILLY ON THE STREET.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCED AND STARS HE HAS NOW COWRITTEN, IN "BROS."
>> YOU LIKE DUMB GUYS WHANS? >> YOU HEARD ME, I SEE WHAT YOU
LIKE. YOU LIKE THESE BIG BROY, MEAT
HEAD IDIOTS S THAT WHAT YOU LIKE, A AARON, YOU WANT TO PLAY
WITH THE BIG BOYS, HUH? LOOK, YOU WANT TO BE IN THE
FIGHT, YOU LIKE THAT. YEAH, I CAN BE TOUGH, I CAN BE
>> THAT'S WHAT YOU LIKE, OH, TOUGH LIKE YOUR BOYS. NOW
YOU ARE ON MY BLANKET, BRO. NOW I'M ON YOUR BLANKET, NOW YOU
WANT TOSH ON MY BIG BLANKET. I CAN BE AGGRESSIVE.
THERE YOU ARE. YEAH, YEAH?
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO THE >> HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON. LATE
SHOW, BILLY EICHNER! (APPLAUSE)
>> HELLO NEW YORK CITY! HELLO, PLEASE TAKE A SEAT.
>> Stephen: LOVELY TO SEE YOU. >> LOVELY TO SEE YOU TOO.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU FOR DRESS APPROPRIATELY.
>> YOU ARE MY FIRST AUTUMN NAL GUEST.
>> IT IS VERY NANCY MYERS, YOU KNOW.
>> Stephen: WE ARE JUST THAT EXCITED TO SEE EACH OTHER.
>> I'M EXCITED. >> Jon: YOU ARE THE
EXECUTIVE-- . >> Stephen: ARE YOU THE
EXECUTIVE WRITER, IN THE FIRST BIG BUDGET MAJOR MOTION PICTURE
STUDIO GAY RO M.C. OM AVAILABLE ONLY IN THEATERS.
>> THIS IS AN HONEST TO GOD MOVIE ROM COME.
>> YES, THANK YOU. >> Stephen: FANTASTIC.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Stephen: HELL OF A
>> I'M SO EXCITED, THE FIRST MILESTONE. GAY
ROM COME EVER MADE BY THE MAJOR STUD YORKS THE ENTIRE CAST IS
OPENLY LGBTQ ACTORS. >> Stephen: THAT IS NICE, HERE
IS WHAT YOU LIKE, WHAT I HAVE SEEN SO FAR BECAUSE HAVE I NOT
SEEN THE ENTIRE FILM, IS THAT OKAY, ROM COME,-- ROMCOM, BIG
BUDGET MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STUDIO ROMCOM.
>> YES. >> Stephen: THEY OFTEN HAVE
THE ROM, SOMETIMES THEY DON'T BRING THE COM.
THIS ONE IS THE ROM AND THE COM. >> IT DUSKS I MADE THE MOVIE, SO
MUCH COM. SO MUCH COM.
>> Stephen: IT DOESN'T OVERPOWER THE ROM THOUGH.
>> NO, IT DOESN'T. >> Stephen: ST VERY ROMY.
>> WE ALL LOVE COM, I PREFER IT. >> Stephen: IT MAKES THE ROM
BETTER BECAUSE YOU FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THE ROM.
>> THE MORE COM, THE MORE SATISFIED I AM.
YES. >> Stephen: I AGREE.
SURE. >> YES.
>> COM ALL OVER ME. BUT I MADE THE MOVIE, OH CALM
DOWN, MY GOD. LET'S ALL BE ADULTS HERE THERE
IS A LOT OF COMEDY, I MADE THE MOVIE WITH JUD APATOW, AND NICK,
THEY MADE SOME OF THE FUNNIEST MOVIES OF ALL TIME, BRIDE MAIDS,
40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN, FORGETTING SARA MAR SLAL BUT NEVER ONE
ABOUT A GAY COUPLE. I AM REALLY PROUD, I THINK ST
THE BEST THING I HAVE EVER DONE. >> Stephen: WAS IT A HARD SELL
TO GET A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STUDIO TO DO THE FIRST GAY
ROMCOM. >> YES, I MEAN THE SAME STUDIO
THAT MAKES JURASSIC WORLD, AND MINIONS AND FAST AND FURIOUS
MADE THIS R RATED GAY ROMCOM BUT THE TIME THEY BOUGHT IT THEY
WERE EXCITESSED, IT DEFINITELY TOOK HOLLYWOOD OVER A HUNDRED
YEARS TO GET HERE BUT BY THE TIME THEY BOUGHT IT THEY SAID
THIS THE WHOLE FOCUS WAS YES, WE WANT. MAKING
IT AS FUNNY AS POSSIBLE AND AS HONEST AS POSSIBLE.
>> Stephen: SO THE 2022 HAS BEEN A BIT OF A MILESTONE FOR
FIRST MAJOR MOTION PICTURE GAY THIS BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE ROMCOM
AVAILABLE IN THEATERS. >> ONLY IN THEATERS.
>> Stephen: THERE WAS FYRE ISLAND ON HULU.
DO YOU SEE THIS GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION?
SO I LOVE ROMANTIC COMEDIES, >> I HOPE. YOU
KNOW. >> Stephen: EVEN AS A KID.
GOING TO SEE MOON STRUCK WITH >> EVEN AS A KID I REMEMBER MY
PARENTS AND WHEN HARRY MET SALLY.
AND WORKING GIRL, AND PRETTY WOMAN, YOU KNOW.
I LOVE BROKE BACK MOUNTAIN T IS A MASTERPIECE, I HAVE SEEN IT
ONCE, YOU'VE GOT MAIL, HAVE I SEEN 50 TIMES.
SO THOSE ARE THE MOVIES THAT I LOVE.
AND THEY MADE ME WANT TO BE IN MOVIES.
I NEVER SAW A LOT OF GAY FOLKS IN THOSE MOVIES BUT I THINK
PEOPLE HAVE FORGOTTEN HOW MUCH MONEY IT IS TO GO TO A MOVIE AND
LAUGH WITH HUNDREDS OF OTHER PEOPLE AND ESCAPE THE WORLD AND
JUST FEEL GOOD ABOUT LIFE. SO I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
>> Stephen: YOU TALKED ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE BROKE BACK
MOUNTAIN WHICH PEOPLE TAKE SERIOUSLY, AN IMPORTANT FILM, A
FINE FILM, AN IMPORTANT FILM. BUT DOES IT BOTHER YOU AT ALL
THAT PEOPLE DON'T TAKE, THAT PEOPLE DON'T TAKE COMEDY
SERIOUSLY? >> COMEDY IS SO HARD.
MOUNTAIN AND IT MOVED ME BUT AND I LOVED BROKE BACK CAN I TELL
YOU THAT WRITING "BROS" WAS THE MOST CHALLENGING THING I EVER
DID. >> Stephen: WHAT WAS HARD
>> WRITING JOKES IS A HARD ABOUT IT. THING
TO DO. >> Stephen: I'M FAMILIAR.
>> YES, EXACTLY. AND IT'S WEIRD THAT WE DON'T
RESPECT COMEDIES IN THE SAME WAY.
IMPORTANT NOT TO GET RESPECT >> Stephen: BUT IS IT KIND OF AS
A COMEDIAN. IT IS KIND OF IMPORTANT, MAD
MAGAZINE WAS PRINTED ON PULP PAPER FOR A REASON.
>> I'M SO GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP MAD MAGAZINE, STEPHEN.
BUT NO, I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN FOR ME I LOVEMAKING
PEOPLE LAUGH. I WOULD RATHER MAKE PEOPLE
ALL THE MOVIES WE GET, IN LAUGH. MOVIE
GRITTY, VERY DARK, WE LIVE IN THEATERS WE GET ARE VERY A VERY
CYNICAL WORLD SO I WANT TO BRING PEOPLE TO THE MOVIE THEATER AND
MAKE THEM FEEL GOOD ABOUT LIFE, YOU KNOW, LAUGH WITH EACH OTHER.
WE NEED THAT NOW. WE REALLY DO.
>> Stephen: LET'S TALK ABOUT FEELING GOOD FOR A SECOND.
I HAVE A BONE TO PICK WITH YOU. >> OKAY.
>> Stephen: I HAVE A BONE TO PICK WITH YOU ABOUT THE PREMISE
OF THAT VERY FUNNY SCENE WE JUST SAW.
IS THAT YOU WANT TO PLAY WITH THE BIG BOYS OR WHATEVER.
YOU ARE A BIG BOY, YOU ARE FIT, YOU ARE HANDSOME.
YOU'VE GOT A CERTAIN RUGGED MACHISMO.
>> WELL, THANK YOU, STEPHEN. WE CAN STAR IN THE NEXT GAY
ROMCOM TOGETHER. I WOULD LIKE THAT.
BUT I THINK MY CHARGE IN THE MOVIE IS OBSESSED WITH A CERTAIN
MASCULINITY THAT HE DOESN'T TYPE OF CONVENTIONAL REPRESENT.
YOU KNOW, HE WAS NEVER THE JOCK. HE WAS NEVER THE BRO.
WHO IS INFATUATED WITH THAT AND HE IS FALLING FOR A GUY SORT OF
THINK THAT IS EXCLUSIVE TO GAY BROY BEHAVIOR AND I DON'T MEN, I
THINK EVERYONE KIND OF PUTS THE TRADITIONAL MASCULINITY ON A
PEDESTAL. >> Stephen: DO YOU?
HAVE YOU-- IS THAT A FACTOR FOR YOU.
>> I THINK I HAVE STRUGGLED WITH THAT, NOT SO MUCH ANY MORE BUT
WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, GAY MEN IN PARTICULAR, I NEVER HAD AN ISSUE
YOUNGER, ESPECIALLY, I WANTED BEING GAY BUT WHEN I WAS TO
BE A MAN. YOU KNOW, YOU WANTED TO BE
MASCULINE AND WE WERE VERY DRAWN TO THAT SORT OF BEHAVIOR.
>> Stephen: WHAT WAS THE IMAGE IN YOUR MIND WHAT WAS THE ICON
OF THAT. >> YOU KNOW, I GREW UP WITH
MARKY MARK IN CALVIN KLEIN ADS AND ABBANDONATO ABERCROMBIE &
FITCH AND YOU GO THERE IS A MAN WITH A SIX PACK GREETING YOU AT
THE DOR AND YOU GO I'M HERE TO BUY JEANS.
>> Stephen: I FOUND THAT DISSPIRITTING WHEN I WAS
YOUNGER, I AM NEVER GOING TO LOOK LIKE THAT.
>> WE HAD ALL OF THOSE IMAGES IN OUR HEAD AND IT IS TOUGH TO
RETIRE-- REWIRE YOURSELF, WE ARE TILL OBSESSED WITH IT A BIT AS
A CULTURE. WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK,
BUT WHEN WE COME BACK I WILL ASK BILLY WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO SHOOT
THIS FILM IN HIS HOMETOWN OF NEW YORK CITY.
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