>> James: YOU ARE A PHENOMENALLY BRILLIANT AND A
NATURAL ACTOR, BUT YOU BECAME AN ACTOR AND YOU'RE SO GOOD AT IT
BECAUSE YOU ONCE CONVINCED YOUR MOTHER THAT YOU HAD LEARNED
SPANISH.
IS THIS TRUE?
>> YEAH.
>> James: CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW THIS COMES ABOUT?
>> MY MOTHER VALUED LEARNING AND LEARNING DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.
AT 14, I REALLY DIDN'T.
AND SHE WANTED ME TO LEARN SPANISH, SO SHE GOT ME SPANISH
BOOKS, AND SHE MADE A FUNDAMENTAL MISTAKE WHERE SHE
LEFT ME ALONE WIT AND SAID LEARN SPANISH.
>> James: RIGHT.
SO I TRIED, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT, SO I JUST TOLD
HER IT WAS GOING GREAT.
SHE WOULD WALK IN AND SAY, HOW IS EVERYTHING GOING WITH
SPANISH?
ENED I WOULD BE, LIKE, AWESOME!
SO I REALIZED SHE DOESN'T SPEAK SPANISH.
SO SHE SAID, YOU'RE DOING SO GOOD.
I SAID, YEAH.
SO WE WOULD TURN ON SPANISH TV AND I WOULD DO THE DIFFERENT
VOICES AND I WOULD MAKE IT UP THERE.
WOULD BE LIKE A MAN AND WOMAN TALKING AND I SAID, MOM, HE JUST
SAID, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
AND SHE RESPONDED, I'M GOING TO A DOCTOR.
AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE IT WOULD CUT TO A COMMERCIAL IN A
WEIRD TIME AND I WOULD GO, WELL, THAT'S WEIRD TIMING!
( LAUGHTER ) SHE NEVER CAUGHT ON UNTIL MY
BROTHER TOLD HER YEARS LATER AND SAID, WHAT ARE YOU DOING!
H HE DOESN'T KNOW SPANISH!
( LAUGHTER ) >> James: WERE YOUR PARTS EASY
TO FOOL?
>> YEAH, PROBABLY THE BIGGEST THING MY SISTER AND I DID WAS TO
CONVINCE THEM WE WEREN'T HAVING A ROT OF PARTIES BECAUSE WE WERE
HAVING A LOT OF PARTIES AT THE HOUSE.
BUT WE WERE VERY CONVINCING AND VERY THOROUGH IN OUR CLEANUP,
EVERY POSSIBLE BEER BOTTLE.
BUT OUR NEIGHBORS WERE TOTALLY IN ON IT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW WE GOT THEM TO DO THAT.
OUR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR WAS A VOLUNTEER POLICE OFFICER.
AND I ( BLEEP ) YOU NOT -- I CRAP YOU NOT, HE WOULD.
HE WOULD COME OUT WITH A FLASH LIGHT.
PEOPLE WOULD BE DRIVING TO THE PARTIES AND HE WOULD TAP THE
WINDOW AND SAY, ARE YOU HERE FOR ZACH'S PARTY?
YEAH, MAN!
DO YOU KNOW HIM WELL?
YEAH.
PARK ON THE LEFT.
THEY WERE LITERALLY VALET PARKING!
( LAUGHTER ) >> James: WHAT'S WRONG WITH
POLICE OFFICERS!
>> THAT'S GREAT.
>> James: WE HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON.
WE LOVE A CONGRESS AND DANCE.
>> YEAH, WE DO.
>> James: WE LOVE A MUSICAL.
WOULD WE EVER SEE JAKE DOING SINGING AND DANCING IN A
MUSICAL.
>> JAKE COUNTRY LIKE A SONG AND DANCE.
IN OUR BUSINESS WE CALL IT A TRIPLE THREAT IF YOU CAN SING,
DANCE AND ACT.
I'M DEFINITELY A SINGLE THREAT.
I'VE NEVER ASPIRED TO DO A MUSICAL.
IT'S NEVER BEEN MY THING.
>> James: IF YOU'VE NEVER TRIED IT, HOW DO YOU THINK?
>> I'M BAD AT IT?
HOW DO YOU KNOW?
>> WE DID ONE THING WHERE ZOE WANTED TO DO A DANCE NUMBER.
SO WE HAD A DANCE TEACHER WOMAN COM IN THAT TAUGHT US THE
DANCES, AND WE HAD TO DO THIS WHOLE THING AND I COULDN'T LEARN
THEM.
I WOULD KEEP SAYING I FEEL CONFIDENT.
SHE WOULD SAY, ARE YOU LEARNING, JAKE?
I WOULD SAY, I'M VERY CONFIDENT.
>> LIKE THE SPANISH!
IT OF WAS.
THAT WAS WEIRD TIMING, ZOE!
IT KIND OF WAS.
( LAUGHTER ) THE DAY CAME AND I THOUGHT I
LEARNED ENOUGH.
YOU HAVE ZOE UP FRONT, PUT JAKEY-JAKE IN THE BACK, AND
LET'S SHOOT THIS THING AND GO HOME.
SO WE DID THE MUSIC VIDEO AND EVERYONE THOUGHT I WAS BAD AND I
DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT AGAIN.
>> James: HOW DID YOU KNOW IT TURNED OUT BAD?
>> I THOUGHT IT TURNED OUT FINE.
( LAUGHTER ) >> James: MOVING ON, JAMES.
IF ONLY WE HAD FOUND THE CLIP.
WE CAN JUDGE IF THIS WAS FINE OR BAD.
ROLL THE CLIP.
♪ ♪
( LAUGHTER ) OH, MY GOD!
THAT'S WORSE THAN I EVER THOUGHT IT COULD BE!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK, EVERYBODY!