WELCOME BACK.
SINCE I LAST SAW YOU -- I THINK SINCE I LAST SAW YOU BECAUSE I
SEE YOU IN THE WILD SOMETIMES -- >> HOW IS THAT FOR YOU WHEN WE
SEE EACH OTHER IN THE WILD?
>> Stephen: I TRY NOT TO MAKE SUDDEN MOVES BECAUSE I KNOW
YOU'RE A SKITTISH FOREST ANIMAL.
( LAUGHTER ) YOU HAVE BEEN NOMINATED FOR TWO
EMMYS, CONGRATULATIONS FOR THE ZEN DIARIES OF GARRY SHANDLING.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE BEEN NOMINATED NINE TIMES BEFORE.
DO YOU STILL GET EXCITED?
>> I WAS EXCITED THE FIRST TIME, BECAUSE WE WON.
THEN I LOST EIGHT TIMES IN A ROW.
>> Stephen: WHEN WAS THE FIRST TIME?
>> 1993: I WAS SO YOUNG BACK THEN.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP HERE OF THE MOMENT YOU WON.
CAN YOU TELL US WHAT'S GOING ON BEFORE WE PLAY IT?
>> WE DID A SKETCH CALLED THE BEN STILLER SHOW.
>> Stephen: SHORT LIVED.
THE LOWEST RATED SHOW ON TELEVISION THAT SEASON.
>> Stephen: WAS IT REALLY?
I THINK IT WAS A SHOW ABOUT PEOPLE LIVING AFTER A NUCLEAR
WAR CALLS "WHOOPS" THAT WAS ELOWER THAN US.
( LAUGHTER ) SO WE GOT CANCELED VERY QUICKLY,
THEN WE WERE NOMINATED FOR BEST WRITING IN A VARIETY SHOW?
>> Stephen: UH-HUH.
BACK THEN ONLY 14 PEOPLE WOULD VOTE FOR THE WINNER.
THEY USED TO HAVE BLUE RIBBON PANELS WHO DID THAT TYPE OF
WORK.
VARIETY WRITERS VOTED, AND A FRIEND OF MINE WAS ON THE PANEL
AND SAID, YOU DIDN'T WIN.
SO I RELAXED.
BEN STILLER CAME TO ME AND SAID, IF WE WIN, WHO SHOULD TALK?
BECAUSE I KNEW WE WOULDN'T.
AND I SAID, YOU SHOULD TALK, YOU TIER STAR OF THE SHOW.
>> Stephen: HOW LONG BETWEEN THE CANCELLATION OF THE SHOW AND
THE EMMYS?
>> EIGHT MONTHS.
>> Stephen: SOW YOAF FULLY MOVED ON?
>> WE'VE MOVED ON.
>> Stephen: AND THEN THIS HAPPENED?
>> I'M TERRIFIED BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO LOSE.
I'M SO SCARED ON STAGE.
LOOK AT MY WHITE FACE.
>> I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
SOMEBODY HAD TO REPRESENT THE FOX NETWORK TONIGHT, SO WE SHUT
UP.
SO WE ALL WORKED REALLY HARD ON THE SHOW.
NOT MANY PEOPLE OF YOU KNOW WHO THE HELL WE ARE --
>> Stephen: YOU LOOK ILL, ACTUALLY.
YOU ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO BE ILL BECAUSE YOU WON.
>> IT THREW ME, I WAS SCARED.
>> Stephen: I HOPE YOU WIN.
IT WOULD BE NICE TO ENJOY IT FOR ONCE.
>> I HOPE SO.
>> Stephen: WHAT ARE THE ZEN DIARIES?
>> GARRY SHANDLING KEPT DIARIES HIS WHOLE LIFE SO I MADE A
DOCUMENTARY ABOUT HIS LIFE AND A LOT OF THE DOCUMENTARY IS HIM
TELLING THE STORY OF HIS LIFE THROUGH HIS DIARY, SO HE HAD A
REAL INTERESTING BUDDHISM AND EASTERN RELIGION SO HE WAS THIS
GREAT COMEDIAN BUT, PRIVATELY, WAS STRUGGLING WITH CONTAINING
HIS EGO AND TRYING TO EVOLVE AS A PERSON AND BECOMING A MORE
LOVING PERSON.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE A COUPLE OF -- THESE ARE WHAT -- THESE
ARE THE DIARIES, LIKE THAT.
THESE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF QUOTES YOU THOUGHT WERE
PARTICULARLY AMICAB APPLICABLE T STORY YOU WANT TO TELL ABOUT
GARY.
>> WELL, THIS ONE IS THE SECOND ONE THERE, AND HE WROTE, MAYBE
YOUR COMEDY IS A NATURAL GIFT TO BE GIVEN TO OTHERS WITH JOY TO
HELP THEM THROUGH THIS IMPOSSIBLE LIFE, AND YOU SHARING
IT WITH NO DESIRE OF GETTING ANYTHING.
>> Stephen: WOW.
THAT'S VERY GENEROUS.
>> I KNEW HIM FOR 25 YEARS, AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU OPEN SOME OF
HIS DIARIES, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO READ.
IT COULD BE TERRIBLE.
AND THAT'S WHAT IT WAS.
>> Stephen: YOU WORKED ON THIS SHOW, THE LARRY SANDERS SHOW.
THERE'S YOU.
>> YEAH.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: DID YOU EVER
IMAGINE AT THAT MOMENT YOU WOULD HAVE THIS INTIMATE UNDERSTANDING
OF THIS GUY YOU WORKED WITH AND I ASSUME ADMIRED?
>> NOT AT ALL BECAUSE HE WAS JUST A VERY MYSTERIOUS ME CAN
YME CURIALPERSON.
>> Stephen: WOULD HE HAVE WANTED PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT HIS
PRIVATE LIFE?
>> WHEN YOUR LIFE IS OVER, I THINK HE WOULD WANT EVERYTHING
TO BE USED AS A TEACHING TOOL.
I THINK LEVELED FEEL IF YOU CAN MAKE LIFE BETTER BY LOOKING AT
WHAT HAPPENED TO ME, HE WOULD WANT THAT.
>> Stephen: SIGNING A SPIRITUAL ORGAN DONOR CARD?
>> I HAVE JOURNALS AND THEY'RE AWFUL.
I WRITE ON EVERY PAGE, PLEASE DON'T READ , THIS BURN
IMMEDIATELY, I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO LOOK AT IT.
>> Stephen: NOW THAT YOU'RE MUCH, MUCH OLDER, AND YOU KNOW,
YOU HAVE MUCH MORE EXPERIENCE WITH LATE NIGHT TV, DO YOU THINK
YOU GUYS GOT IT RIGHT WITH THE LARRY SANDERS SHOW?
>> YOU'RE DOING IT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> Stephen: IT'S NOTHING LIKE THAT.
THERE ARE NO FRAGILE EGOS TO BE CODDLED AT ALL.
>> WHAT DID YOU RELATE TO ABOUT GARY'S STORY WHEN YOU WATCHED
THE DOCUMENTARY?
>> Stephen: OH, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
( LAUGHTER ) I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO
IT.
>> THAT'S A LARRY SANDERS MOMENT RIGHT THERE.
>> Stephen: IS IT REALLY?
NO TALK SHOW HOST WOULD EVER ADMIT HE DIDN'T WATCH THE
PRODUCTS.
YOU'RE THE MOST HONEST TALK SHOW HOST I'VE EVER MET!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WELL, THANK YOU!
THANK YOU, I THINK.
THANK YOU.
I HEAR THE MOST FANTASTIC THINGS AND THEN I WOULD ABSOLUTELY LOVE
IT AND NOW I FEEL LIKE I DON'T NEED TO WATCH BECAUSE I HEAR
IT'S JUST SO GOOD.
IT CAN ONLY DISAPPOINT ME.
>> THAT'S NOT IT.
YOU KNOW IT'S GOING TO HURT YOU IN YOUR SOUL.
IT'S GOING TO OPEN YOU UP.
>> Stephen: AS A COMEDIAN, DID IT HURT YOU IN YOUR SOUL TO READ
ALL OF THAT AND GO, OH, MY GOD, THIS IS RIGHT, AND I DO NOT
OFFER MYSELF UP FOR NOTHING IN EXCHANGE TO MAKE OTHER PEOPLE'S
LIVES BETTER?
I AM A FAILURE AT THE ASPIRATION HE WRITES IN THESE JOURNALS.
JUST ASKED THE QUESTION.
>> I WAS INSPIRED BY WHAT HE WAS TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH AS A PERSON
BECAUSE HE REALLY LIKED TO MENTOR PEOPLE AND BE THERE FOR
OTHER PEOPLE.
HE WAS A VERY SENSITIVE MAN, ALSO.
BUT I WAS VERY MOVED BY THE FACT THAT THAT'S WHAT HE CARED ABOUT
ABOVE EVERYTHING WAS, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN I BE A BETTER PERSON.
YOU DON'T HEAR THAT MUCH FROM THIS ADMINISTRATION.
>> Stephen: NO, NO, YOU DON'T.
I WOULD RATHER HAVE GARRY SHANDLING PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: I'VE SEEN JUDD APATOW COMEDIES, WE'VE ALL
ENJOYED THEM.
WHEN IS THERE GOING TO BE A JUDD APATOW ACTION MOVIE.
>> DOES ANYONE WANT THAT?
>> Stephen: SURE!
ACTION APATOW.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S MY MOVE, YOU KNOW.
I ONCE -- JUST BECAUSE IT'S MISSION IMPOSSIBLE WEEKEND -- I
ONCE HAD A MEETING WITH TOM CRUISE.
>> Stephen: WOW, I HAVEN'T HAD THOSE.
>> HE'S A VERY NICE MAN.
I GOT ASKED TO MEET HIM.
HE WAS LOOKING TO DO A ROMANTIC COMEDY.
WE WERE SHOOTING "KNOCKED UP" IN 2006, AND I SAID TO SETH ROGEN,
I HAVE A MEETING WITH TOM CRUISE, YOU HAVE TO COME WITH
ME.
AND SETH WASN'T FAMOUS, HE WAS JUST A DUDE WITH ME, SO I SAID
SOMEONE NEEDS TO WITNESS THIS.
SO WE'RE TALKING TO HIM, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW IT CAME UP,
USUALLY COMES UP WITH SETH WHEN HE STARTS TALKING ABOUT
MARIJUANA AND PORNOGRAPHY.
>> Stephen: MARIJUANA AND PORNOGRAPHY?
>> YEAH, THOSE TWO SUBJECTS, AND HE STARTS TALKING ABOUT WATCHING
ADULT FILMS ON THE INTERNET.
AND TOM CRUISE GOES, WHAT?!
WAIT, YOU'RE SAYING THERE'S ADULT FILMS ON THE INTERNET?!
AND SETH'S, LIKE, YEAH THERE'S ALL THESE MOVIES ON THESE
WEB SITES!
AND TOM CRUISE IS LIKE, WAIT A SECOND, YOU'RE SAYING, IF I GO
ON THE COMPUTER, ON THE WORLDWIDE WEB --
>> Stephen: THE INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY.
>> -- THERE ARE PEOPLE HAVING SEX ON THIS HIGHWAY?
SETH SAID, YEAH, I WATCH ALL THE TIME, IT'S GREAT!
EVERYBODY DOES IT!
IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL ANYMORE!
SO, ANYWAY, NO MOVIE WAS MADE.
>> Stephen: THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SEE, TOM CRUISE DISCOVERING
INTERNET PORN.
>> I DON'T THINK HE WAS FOR IT.
>> Stephen: DO YOU THINK HE WAS TELLING THE TRUTH?
HE WASN'T, LIKE, WHAT?
WHAT IS THIS?
>> IT'S HARD TO KNOW.
HE WAS BEING VERY POLITE.
I ASSUMED HE WAS AGAINST IT IN BEING POLITE, BUT WHO KNOWS.
WE'LL NEVER KNOW.
>> Stephen: HE'S A VERY GOOD ACTOR.
>> EXACTLY.
AND HE RUNS SO FAST.
>> Stephen: HE RUNS WITH SUCH -- HE RUNS WITH SUCH
INTENSITY.
>> YEAH.
HOW DO YOU RUN?
>> Stephen: WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE ME RUN?
>> YEAH, SURE!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> FAST!
OH!
>> Stephen: YEAH.
THAT'S GOOD!
>> Stephen: I DO MY OWN STUNTS.
LET'S SEE YOU RUN.
>> OH, NO.
>> Stephen: OH, YOU HAVE TO.
YOU HAVE TO RUN!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) INTENSE!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WOW.
THAT'S A THRILL RUSH.
THAT'S THE SUMMER THRILL RIDE.
>> I COULD BE IN IT.
>> Stephen: JULIET NAKED IS IN THEATERS FRIDAY, AUGUST 17th!
JUDD APATOW, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH TEEN HEARTTHROB JACE NORMAN.