-Welcome back, everybody. Michael Keaton is here.
Thank you. [ Cheers and applause ]
-Thanks.
We were talking about flashlights.
Can I tell you another thing?
I'll tell you another great tool.
I'm doing construction on my house right now.
You know what a sawzall is?
-Wait, I kind of do.
-A sawzall is a reciprocating saw
that can cut through anything.
Anything. It's the coolest tool in the world.
In fact, I'll get you one. -You will?
-Yeah, I'll get you a sawzall. [ Laughter ]
-If you get me a sawzall, I will find --
-I'm going to get you a sawzall,
and we're going to saw right through this desk.
That's what we're going to do. [ Laughter ]
We're going to saw it in half. -I don't know.
This desk is pretty tough, man. -Yeah. Yeah.
I'm telling you, when you get one, you'll see.
You'll walk around like a dude.
You'll go, "Give me a [bleep] sawzall."
[ Laughter ]
-That's the way you sound when you [bleep]
-Yeah, you let it hang loose, like that.
[ Laughter ]
-Exactly right. -And then you look at somebody.
You go -- That's right, right like that.
-I'm feeling it already. I'm feeling this already.
-Yeah, you go, "Yeah, a sawzall, bitch."
[ Laughter ]
-This is great. I need --
-I'm getting you one. -I need this. Thank you.
-You do, because you have a job that's nice
and you wear a little suit and everything.
You need a [bleep] sawzall, dude.
-That's right. [ Laughter ]
I've been telling NBC for years.
You know what I wanted to ask you.
I want to talk about -- This new "Flash" coming out
where you're going to -- You're back as Batman.
And you're -- I just wanted to know.
What does it feel like to be back
in the suit and wear the suit again?
-Like riding a bike.
-Yeah. [ Laughter ]
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Hey, man, here's the thing I learned.
You don't -- I was so stupid to think that, you know,
when I was first doing it, I got in really good shape,
which you have to get into shape, you know,
'cause you just have to carry the thing around.
And I don't know why I didn't think of this the first time.
It's easier to be really skinny and not work out,
because you have more room to work around.
The first time I was doing it, the first one,
I'm getting ready, I'm working on the bag
and I'm doing all this stuff.
And Jack Nicholson walks by,
who was playing the Joker, and he looks at me and he goes,
"What are you doing?"
And I go, "Eh, you know, working out."
And he goes, "What for?"
[ Laughter ]
I stopped, sweating, and I went, "I don't know."
And he just walked away. [ Laughter ]
And I thought, "He's right." -He's completely right.
-Totally right. 'Cause you got a suit.
What do I need to do? The suit makes me look good.
-The suit makes you look jacked. -Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
-You're jacked for "Protégé," by the way.
-Yeah, man. Yeah. -Do you --
What would that -- I mean, that's a big action film.
-Yeah. -Do I like your character?
-You like him and you kind of -- he's a bad guy and a good guy.
-Yeah. -Yeah. Yeah.
-So he's both. -But he's bad. He's a badass.
And, you know, he's like -- I looked at the script
and I said, "This is pretty good.
I've never played this before.
I'm not sure I can do it, but it's pretty cool."
And as far as the stunts go,
which everybody's making a big deal about --
trust me, if I could get around not doing them, I would do it.
But, you know, when the camera's on you and you go,
"I can't -- I can't fake it now. I got to do it."
So it was fun trying to figure out, like, can I really be a guy
who pretends like I can go out and beat up a lot of people
when, you know, you know you really can't.
[ Laughter ] -So were you --
On the level of either from flashlight to sawzall...
-Yeah. [ Laughter ]
-...where does this character land?
-Oh, he's sawzall. -Yeah!
-Yeah. [ Laughter ]
-He's sawzall all the way, right?
-Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. -He's a sawzall.
I want to show a clip.
Here's Michael Keaton in "The Protégé."
Take a look.
[ Cellphone ringing ]
-Thought you were off chasing corrupt accountants.
-Found a hotel room. [Bleep] including a passport.
Name's Nadia Zhuko.
-An Asian Russian.
Boy, you don't really see that.
Ever.
Good work. You must be exhausted, huh?
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[ Cheers and applause ]
-That's sawzall right there! That is absolutely!
Michael Keaton in "The Protégé," theaters this Friday!