PLEASE WELCOME HUGH DANCY!
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>> Stephen: NOW, THIS IS ABOUT A CULT, "THE PATH."
WELL WHAT, SOME WOULD CALL A CULT.
>> FAIR ENOUGH.
>> Stephen: I MIGHT FOLLOW THAT GUY IN THAT CLIP.
BECAUSE THE FORCE OF THE PERSONALITY, YOU KNOW, TO BE
ABLE TO GRAB PEOPLE AND MOVE THEM EMOTIONALLY, DO YOU THINK
THERE'S A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CULTS AND ACTING?
>> I THINK IT'S LIKE A FAN CLUB WRIT LARGE.
I THINK THE LINK IS CONVICTION.
I MEAN, I THINK IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO OUT AND GIVE A
PERFORMANCE, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO YOU'RE PLAYING, YOU HAVE TO
FIND A WAY TO FULLY BELIEVE IN THAT PERSON YOURSELF, AND I
THINK THAT IF YOU'RE IN A CULT, YOU'RE PROBABLY LIVING A LIFE OF
CONVICTION.
>> Stephen: I'M VERY ATTRACTED TO LIVING IN A CULT.
( LAUGHTER ) I WOULD LOVE SOMEBODY TO TELL ME
WHAT TO DO ALL THE TIME.
>> I WOULD, TOO.
NO, I THINK THERE'S SOME TRUTH TO THAT.
I THINK ALL OF US, SOME PART OF US WANTS THAT.
>> Stephen: DID YOU-- DID YOU GROW UP WITH ANY PARTICULAR
RELIGIOSITY?
>> NO, IN FACT, NOT PARTICULARLY.
>> Stephen: SO DO YOU SEE ALL RELIGIONS AS CULTS?
>> I SEE-- I THINK THAT IT IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER.
THAT'S NOT TO SAY I DISMISS ALL RELIGION AT ALL, BUT I THINK WE
HAVE THIS IDEA FROM POPULAR CULTURE OF WHAT A CULT IS, KIND
OF A 1970 THING -- >> LIVE ON THE COMPOUND WITH
FATHER AND CHILD BRIDES AND WE ONLY EAT GREEN.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: DON'T LEAVE THE COP POUND.
>> ALL THAT, ALL THOSE THINGS.
>> Stephen: AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT THEY TOLD ME BACK IN THE
70s.
>> YOU READ OUR LITERATURE, OBVIOUSLY.
>> Stephen: ABSOLUTELY.
A CULT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS SOMEBODY ELSE'S RELIGION.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
AND ALL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR GOOD AND BAD.
>> Stephen: HOW ABOUT THIS ONE, MYERISM, IS IT GOOD OR BAD,
HUGH?
>> IT'S GOOD, I THINK.
>> Stephen: THAT GUY DOESN'T SEEM THAT GOOD.
HE SEEMS LIKE A BAD GUY.
AND YOU'RE THE LEADER, RIGHT?
>> I WANT TO BE THE LEADER.
>> Stephen: OKAY, YOU'RE VYING TO BE THE LEADER.
>> I WOULD SAY THAT HE-- THAT HE FEELS LIKE HE'S TAKING ON A
HEAVY BURDEN FOR THE SAKE OF OTHER PEOPLE.
HE BELIEVES IN THE BELIEF SMOSTLY, BUT HE'S JUST GOING TO
DO SOME DODGY THINGS.
>> Stephen: YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD HELP ME FOLLOW SOMEBODY IN
A CULT?
IF THEY HAD YOUR ACTUAL ACCEPT.
( LAUGHTER ) WE AMERICANS THINK THAT'S KNOT
STATUS.
>> RIGHT.
I THINK THERE ARE PLENTY OF THOZ CULTS OUT THERE IS THERE ARE
THERE CULTS IN ENGLAND?
IS ENGLAND KNOWN FOR ITS CULTS?
AMERICA IS KNOWN FOR THEIR CUTS.
WE HAVE GOOD ONES.
>> ALL THE GOOD ENGLISH CULT LEADERS ACTUALLY MOVED TO
CALIFORNIA.
>> Stephen: THE GOLD RUSH.
>> THAT WAS THE GOLD RUSH.
GOTTA GO WHERE THE WORK IS, HUGH.
WE HAD AARON PAUL ON HERE THE OTHER NIGHT AND HE SAID HE CALLS
YOU FANCY DANCY.
>> THAT'S TRUE.
NOT MOSTLY TO MY FACE, BUT HE DOES.
>> Stephen: IS THAT AN INSULT, FANCY DANCY?
>> IT'S NOT AT ALL.
I DON'T THINK SO.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW.
WHAT DID HE SAY?
HOW DID HE SAY IT?
>> Stephen: HE GOES, "FANCY DANCY."
>> I THINK THE TRUTH IS WHEN YOUR NAME IS DANCY, PEOPLE
PRETTY EARLY ON REALIZE IT RHYMES WITH FANCY.
>> Stephen: AND LET'S TAKE OFF THE THE PANTSY.
>> NO, THAT ONE IS NEW BUT I WILL NOW LIVE WITH IT.
>> Stephen: LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING.
I WAS AN ACTOR FOR A WHILE WHEN I WAS A KID, AND I WASN'T NEARLY
AS ATTRACTIVE AND FIT AS YOU ARE.
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO AN AUDITION--
>> A PHYSICAL FIGHT.
>> Stephen: WE COULD FIGHT IF YOU WANT.
THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR RATINGS.
( LAUGHTER ) YOU EVER WALK INTO AN AUDITION
AS A YOUNG ACTOR, AND THEY GO, "THAT'S FANTASTIC.
NOW, LET'S LOSE THE PANTS."
ANYTHING LIKE THAT?
"LET'S SEE THE TORSO," OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
>> NOT EXACTLY.
>> Stephen: NEVER SAID, "LOSE THE PANT?"
BECAUSE THEY TOLD ME TO LOSE THE PANTS ONE.
AND I DID, AND I DID.
AND I DIDN'T GET THE PART.
( LAUGHTER ) HONEST TO GOD, YEAH.
>> INSULT TO INJURY.
WHAT WAS THE AUDITION FOR?
>> Stephen: IT WAS FOR A LEVI'S AD.
AND EVERYONE YOUNG ACTOR IN CHICAGO GOT CALLED IN AND SAID,
"ALL RIGHT, LOSE THE PANTS."
WE DIDN'T KNOW WE HAD TO LOSE THE PANTS UNTIL WE WALKED IN AND
WE ALL WALKED OUT AND WERE SHELL SHOCKED.
AND WE ALL SAW EACH OTHER THE NEXT WEEK AND ASKED, "DID YOU
TAKE THE PANTS OFF."
>> I THINK THAT'S A CALIFORNIA THING.