(audience cheering and applauding)
Hi. Thanks for being here.
I'm glad you stayed, less for me to do.
Yeah.
No, no I'm staying out of the way, but happy to see you.
I was in the park-
(laughing)
Happy to see you. Looking down and away.
(laughing)
I was in the park as well.
Well, I didn't hear the joke, so I,
but I think you should have told it
I'm not kidding, I'd enjoy if you told it on the show.
Okay now I feel awkward, he is the host.
(laughing and audience clapping)
Here, just take it, just take it!
No, I- You want it?
Just take it.
Like the, was it, you're growing a beard?
Ah, growing the operative word, I suppose.
How long have you been working on this?
I like to think since, you know, forever, sort of
you know, emotionally,
but it's really only been coming out for a few weeks.
That's a couple, that's a couple of weeks.
I can relate to this.
Gary, can you grow a manly beard in a short period of time?
I'm not prepared to discuss that.
(laughing)
You've got sideburns, I noticed.
Lately, I just,
I call me choppers.
I just let them go a little bit.
I like 'em.
They've made me read-
(laughing) I just frightened Gary.
No, I can't.
I don't really ever get a chance to grow the, the beard,
but I assume it- we should do it together.
We could race. Yeah.
Through a designated, you know, stopping point.
That'd be great if we held hands
and grew a beard together, yeah.
(audience laughing)
That sounds terrific.
On that- Do you guys,
do you guys want to be alone?
Yeah. Yeah.
(audience laughing)
You know, since I last saw you,
"The OC" ended.
And, I got to think this is- What?
Yeah, it's over.
(audience laughing)
I don't know if they told you.
They said, they said-
I didn't, no one, No one told you?
Okay, wow. It really happens that way.
Did, is that at all,
got to be tough for you. Heartbreaking?
Yeah, heartbreaking.
You were with this fake family for a number of years.
(audience laughing) I know.
Fake breakfast
and fake advice. Yeah, yeah.
And yeah, no, now it's weird.
I like, call my real parents and talk to them
and it's not exactly the same, Right.
but it's-
It's not as snappy. No.
it's not as, it's not lit as well.
The scenes are kind of ... Right, right.
But, it's okay.
I mean, I still talk to most of the people, so,
Right.
It's, it's, it's good.
I think it's a natural progression.
I feel good about it. I'm happy.
The last time you were on the show,
you were talking about how your character
and the Ryan character were ...
spent so much time together
and were so pal-sey,
that part of you hoped the series would end
with the two of you running off together.
Yeah. To,
to be as one. Was there-
I pitched it. They didn't go for it.
I don't know why. They didn't go for it?
(audience laughing)
Um.
I wish we, no.
I mean, I think spiritually and emotionally
they are together.
I mean, they, I may have gotten married to Summer,
I believe.
But, I think they'll always-
You didn't even watch the last episode, did you?
(audience laughing)
I did! It was a montage.
It all happened very fast.
A lot went down in the last two minutes.
Uh huh.
Hard to keep dibs on all of it.
Yeah.
But I think everyone ended up fairly happy.
Except Misha, she died.
(laughing) Yeah.
That character is gone.
Now, what are you doing now?
You've got some free time.
Are you learning any,
what do you do? I'm-
Do you cook? I don't cook.
Are you a guy who likes to cook?
I would love to.
I'm trying to
be productive.
I would love to cook.
I think I'm gonna get a bike and ride it.
(audience laughing)
These are big dreams, my friend.
Big dreams. One day at a time.
One day, I'll buy a bike.
I'm going to, I don't cook because
I eat very fast.
So it always seems (sips drink)
like more trouble than it's worth.
That was the most audible sipping I've ever heard
on television.
(audience laughing)
I'm an actor so I play to the, you know what I mean?
It's like movie-trained
and you gotta- What are you
worried about, Gary?
Well, I, you know,
I think you're fantastically behavioral-oriented,
which is what actors are.
I was just wondering if I could get you some soup?
Some soup? (audience laughing)
Oh yeah, well, you drink to the back of the room.
No, you're doing fantastic.
So, I'm on your side.
I appreciate it. Your behavior.
You're a great actor. Gazpacho,
because it's hot out.
I brought the weather I'm hearing.
Yeah.
(audience laughing and clapping)
No? I meant, it's cold.
It's that good weekend weather.
Yeah. Right, right, right, right.
Promises good things for all of us.
Do you-
(audience laughing and clapping)
It's interesting, This show will
not air. This show.
Tonight's show will not air.
This will be at the museum of broadcasting
If you want to see it.
It's interesting that
sometimes, it's good weather
and sometimes it's called global warming.
Mm hmm.
(audience laughing)
Well that's what everyone, that's the thing now.
Every time I say, "it's gray," and it's December,
everyone says, yeah,
it's 'cause- I'm telling you,
I should go. We're all gonna die.
The, the man is uncomfortable.
He's between two lunatics
(laughing)
and he wants to talk about his art.
Let me go and you continue. I don't
I would love it
if you would stay. I want to know about-
I feel comfortable, I feel-
Okay, I'm on your side, 100%.
There's a movie to discuss, I believe?
(audience laughing)
Ehh.
In the last-(laughing) (buzzer sound) (laughing)
Wow, you're just No listen, let's talk,
You just thrilled Let's talk about it.
the movie company. No, I know.
There's a movie to discuss
(growls in disgust) Let's talk about it.
Nah.
I'm ready.
"In the Land of Women."
It's Meg Ryan. Meg Ryan's in it.
This is a big movie?
This is a big movie, huge. Yeah.
Yeah. Global warming huge.
(laughing)
It's fantas- It's really good. See it?
In the theaters, preferably.
(laughing) okay.
Or in a, or in a pirated DVD.
Or, well,
(audience laughing)
We've got it up at 114th street.
(laughing and applause)
Well, maybe I'll come and I'll do the signing of it.
(laughing and applause continues)
I did,
I worked with Meg in "Hurlyburly."
A movie called, "Hurlyburly." Yeah, sure.
Yeah. Wow.
(audience laughing)
So this is a "Behind the Actors' Studio" now, I suppose.
(audience laughing)
I mean, I mean, I didn't come on
"Conan" to talk about it. Incredible
No, it's okay.
Listen, let's plug that, too.
I'm fine with that. Now, what is the movie?
Please. I feel, No, it's okay!
this is the worst-
He said, he said, it's "In the Land of Women."
With, with Meg Ryan, and-
It's by Warner Bros. and it's, it's in theaters now.
Yeah. So check that out, "In the Land of Women."
I really think Meg is like,
one of the funniest women around.
She's, she's practically underrated for her comedy.
I agree. Isn't that true?
And, but, in this one,
she's more dramatic.
In a good way, I believe.
She's underrated as a
dramatic actress, as well. Yes, she's underrated.
Period.
She's underrated as a human being.
She is.
She's fantastic.
(audience laughing and clapping uproariously)
If it's okay with Gary,
we'll take a little commercial break now.
(audience laughing and clapping)
Whatever you say.
(laughing) We'll be right back.
Adam Brody, thank you very much
for being here on this
very strange experiment.
(audience cheering)