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♪ >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY,
WE'RE BACK WITH THE STORY OF "THE COMEY RULE" ON SHOWTIME
STARTING THIS SUNDAY.
JEFF DANIELS.
DO YOU THINK YOU COULD PLAY TRUMP?
IS THAT AN APPEAL ROLE?
>> THERE WAS A 15-MINUTE PERIOD-- YES.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'M-- I PLAYED FRANK GRIFFEN IN "GODLESS."
I'LL DO ANYTHING.
AND THAT'S THE JOY OF IT.
THAT'S THE FUN OF ACTING IS THAT YOU CAN-- YEAH, I'LL PLAY HIM!
WE DID, IN THE TO CAST THE COMBY ROLE.
WHO WOULD PLAY TRUMP "I WOULDN'T.
I WOULDN'T EITHER."
I WOULD.
I WANT TO GET IN THAT HEAD.
I WANT TO GET IN THERE, LOOK AROUND, SEE IF I SEE ANYTHING.
>> Stephen: IT'S DARK-- IT'S DARK AND DIRTY, MAN.
YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO WEAR A MASK, COVID OR NONE.
>> IT IS A LITTLE DARK IN THERE.
WE WERE HAVING TROUBLE CASTING TRUMP.
BRANDON PASSED THE FIRST TIME, AND THANKFULLY HE CAME BACK.
I WAS GOING TO DO THAT PATTY DUKE THING.
REMEMBER THAT WAY BACK WHEN?
"I'LL DO BOTH ROLES."
AND MY WIFE SAID, "THINK ABOUT THE LINES YOU WILL HAVE TO
LEARN."
I SAID, YOU'RE RIGHT, FORGET IT.
>> Stephen: YOU OFTEN PLAY PEOPLE WHO ARE PERCEIVED
HEROICALLY, OR ARE HEROES OR PERCEIVE THEMSELVES AS HEROES.
COMBY, ATIKUS FINCH.
DO YOU SEEK THOSE ROLES OUT OR DO YOU GO, "THAT'S A JEFF
DANIELS ROLE?
>> I GET A LOT OF THAT.
AND "NEWSROOM."
YOU CAN DO THIS, BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHY YOU DID "NEWSROOM."
"NEWSROOM" BOUGHT ME 10 YEARS EASILY.
AND THE SUBSEQUENT ROLES ENFORCED IT AND IN THE THIRD ACT
OF MY CAREER I'M WORKING MORE THAN EVER.
I'M GRATEFUL AND APPRECIATIVE.
BUT I THINK IT ALL STEMS FROM THAT NORTHWESTERN SPEECH IN
"NEWSROOM."
>> Stephen: HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT YOUR FRIEND JIM CARREY
PLAYING JOE BIDEN ON "S.N.L.?" THAT'S WHO THEY'RE BRINGING IN.
>> I TEXTED HIM AND SAID, "GO EASY MAN, WE NEED HIM."
>> Stephen: THAT SOUNDS LIKE JIM CARREY.
"GO EASY.
>> I WANT TO SEE WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO.
YOU GOT TO FIGURE HE'S GOING TO GO WITH THE AVIATOR GLASSES AND
THE TEETH.
>> Stephen: AND THE HLF-SMILE.
>> THE HALF-SMILE.
YEAH, HE'S EXCITED TO DO IT.
YEAH.
>> Stephen: I KNOW YOU NARRATED HIS BOOK.
YOU DID THE AUDIO BOOK OF HIS BOOK.
TELL ME THE DIFFERENCE GETTING INTO JIM CARREY'S HEAD VERSUS
JIM COMBY'S HEAD.
IS THERE ANY CROSS-OVER?
NO, NO.
JIM-- JIM-- ONCE YOU FIGURE-- IT'S PRETTY RIGHT THERE.
JIM CARREY IS-- IS-- IS AN ACID TRIP INTO THE CREATIVE GENIUS OF
JIM'S MIND.
AND IT'S A WILD RIDE.
THE BOOK IS-- I'M READING THE AUDIO BOOK.
IT TOOK ME THREE DAYS.
IT WAS-- IT WAS LIKE HUNTERES THOMPSON MEETS ALLISON IN
WONDERLAND, ONLY IT'S JIM.
AND IT WAS EXHAUSTED.
I WAS JUST-- I FELT LIKE I WAS BACK ON "DUMB AND DUMBER."
IT WAS SO GREAT.
BECAUSE YOU WANT TO GO.
YOU WANT TO RIDE THAT COMIC TORNADO.
HERE I GO AGO, "DUMBER NUMBER THREE," OFF WE GO.
I LOVED IT.
I LOVED DOING IT.
IT'S A GREAT BOOK.
IT REALLY IS.
>> Stephen: PLEASE STAY HEALTHY OUT THERE.
WE NEED OUR JEFF DANIELS.
WE'VE LOST SOME VERY GOOD PEOPLE PEOPLE.
I KNOW ARE YOU WERE A GREAT FAN OF JOHN PRIEN, AS WE WERE.
I LOVED THAT MAN.
ANY THOUGHTS ON JOHN PRY, IN E, AND WHAT A LOSS HE WAS TO OUR
MUSIC, TO OUR CULTURE, JUST TO HUMANITY?
>> ANYONE WHO WRITES ANYTHING-- SONGS, PLAYS, MOVIES, BOOKS--
WHATEVER-- YOU WANT TO WRITE ORIGINAL, LIKE, AN ORIGINAL
LINE, AN ORIGINAL PHRASE.
AND JOHN PRYNE WAS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO DID THAT.
WHEN HE WROTE-- ONLY JOHN PRYNE WOULD WRITE IT THAT WAY.
IN A WORLD WHERE EVERYBODY HAS HEARD AND SEEN AND READ AND
WRITTEN EVERYTHING, WHEN YOU CAN STILL DO THAT LIKE HE COULD,
THAT'S GOLD.
THAT'S WHAT A TRUE ARTIST IS.
THAT'S HOW I THINK OF HIM.
>> Stephen: "THE COMEY RULE" PREMIERES THIS SUNDAY ON
SHOWTIME.
JEFF DANIELS, EVERYBODY!
JEFF, THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU, STEPHEN.
GREAT TO SEE YOU >> Stephen: WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK
WITH A PERFORMANCE BY YUSUF CAT STEVENS.
YES, THAT ONE.