LOOK AT US.
(APPLAUSE) >> LOOK AT US.
>> WE'RE BACK.
>> James: LOOK AT US.
I FEEL LIKE WE COULD BE SOME KIND OF HOT BOY BAND, I'M NOT
EVEN JOKING ABOUT.
>> REALLY?
>> James: AREN'T YOU GETTING THAT VIBE, DANIEL.
>> I DON'T KNOW, WE COULD BE SOMETHING, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT
BOY BAND.
>> James: HEY, DANIEL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING ROLE CALL
WITH ME EARLIER.
YOU WERE THE MOST INCREDIBLE SPORT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY CAREER.
>> James: TELL ME THE TRUTH, WAS THAT HARDER THAN FILMING
DK.
>> A LOT HARDER,.
>> James: WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE.
>> ROLE CALL, IT IS SO MANY THINGS.
IT IT WAS BORDERLINE TRAUMATIC AND SO MUCH FUN, SO MUCH FUN.
>> James: IT WAS SO GREAT TO DO THANK YOU FOR BEING SUCH A
GREAT SPORT.
RAMI, WE JUST WENT THROUGH SOME OF THE BIGGEST BLOCKBUSTERS IN
MOVIE HISTORY.
I'M INTERESTED, WHAT FILM WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER INSPIRED YOU TO
BECOME AN ACTOR.
>> WELL, I DIDN'T-- BACK TO THE FUTURE I LOVED.
GOSH, FORREST GUMP WAS A BIG ONE FOR ME.
I LOVE ALL THE HANKS, PHILADELPHIA, AND ACE VENTURA.
>> James: I'M WITH YOU.
>> THAT WAS A BIG INFLUENCE.
>> YES.
>> MAKES SENSE.
>> James: WHAT ABOUT YOU, WHAT WAS THE FIRST MOVIE THAT REALLY
MADE AN IMPACT ON YOU?
>> THE FIRST MOVIE WAS PROBABLY BLADE RUNNER, THAT REALLY KIND
OF GOT ME.
AND OUR CINEMA AROUND THE CORNER WAS A TINY CINEMA THAT NOBODY
WENT TO.
WE USED TO GET THE PRINTS MONTHS AFTER THE MOVIE HAD COME OUT.
THESE CRAPPY PRINTS AND NOBODY, I SAT IN THERE ON MY OWN, MY
KEORA, NOBODY KNOWS WHAT THAT IS.
>> James: I DO.
AND IT ST. >> WE ALL ADORE A KEORA.
NO ONE-- .
>> James: THAT IS THE MOST PRESS.
WHAT WE HAVE JUST DONE IS THE MOST PRESS KEORA HAS EVER GOT IN
AMERICA.
>> THEY'RE THRILLED RIGHT NOW.
>> James: LIKE A LITTLE JUICE BOX.
>> A JUICE BOX THEY CALL IT HERE.
>> AND BLADE RUNNER, HI NO IDEA.
I HAD ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHAT IT IT WAS.
I WAS JUST RIVETTED.
AND I WENT THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO DO.
>> James: AND HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THAT.
>> I WANT TO THINK, IT WAS 198-- ABOUT 1982.
>> James: I WASN'T EVEN BORN.
>> NO.
I'M JOKING.
>> I WAS BORN, I WAS BORN.
I WAS JOKING.
I WAS VERY MUCH BORN IN 1983.
BUT I MEAN WE'RE TALKING OF HUGE MOVIES, LOOK AT THIS, DANIEL
CRAIG LAST NIGHT RECEIVED A STAR ON THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME.
(APPLAUSE) RAMI, I KNOW YOU WERE THERE.
YOU SPOKE ON HIS BEHALF.
>> I DID, YES.
>> James: NOW WHAT I LOVE, I WATCHED YOUR SPEECH AND I LOVED,
AND I THINK THIS IS THE THING I TRULY LOVE ABOUT YOU THE MOST.
THAT IN THESE MOMENTS WHEN IN WERE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
SCREAMING YOUR NAME, YOU BECOME THE MOST BRITISH AND
UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THIS SORT OF ATTENTION WHICH IS SO-- BE EVER
THINKING ABOUT THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF WAIM IT IS SO OPPOSITE
OF HOW WE GREW UP.
>> YEAH, YEAH.
>> HOW DID YOU FEEL WHEN YOU GOT THERE.
>> I FEET RELIEVED.
I MEAN IT IS SO FIXED AND HAVING LIVED IN L.A. FOR AWHILE AND
BEING HERE FOR SNOWING HOLLYWOOD AND HOW IT IS, BUT JUST TO BE
NEAR THOSE NAMES IS INCREDIBLE.
BUT YOU YOU ARE RIGHT.
I HAD TO STAND UP THERE WHILE PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT ME.
IT WAS JUST HELL ON EARTH.
AND THIS MAN HERE.
>> THANKS A LOT, MAN.
>> HANG ON.
THIS ONE GAVE ME THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND, IT WAS
ABSOLUTELY, I MEAN SO MOVING WHAT HE SAID LAST NIGHT.
BUT OF COURSE IT WAS JUST LIKE, IT WAS EVERYTHING A BRITISH
PERSON CAN'T STAND.
LIKE-- .
>> James: YEAH, BECAUSE WE ARE TAUGHT TO GO NO, THAT'S NOT
TRUE, DON'T BE SILLY, WHERE IN AMERICA THEY GO YOU'RE DAMN
RIGHT.
GIVE IT TO ME.
I'VE EARNED IT.
YOU GREW UP HERE IN LOS ANGELES, RAMI.
YOU SAID THAT WHEN YOU WERE A HUSTLER WHEN YOU WERE TRYING TO
BREAK INTO THE BUSINESS.
>> WELL.
>> James: WHAT DO YOU MEAN, IN WHAT WAY?
>> EVERY JOB I HAD, I WOULD DELIVER PIZZAS AND STICK MY HEAD
SHOT INTO THE PIZZA BOX.
>> WOW.
>> James: TO ANYONE.
>> I THINK I GOT, I GOT AN AUDITION-- A GIG FOR IT.
>> A AU DIGS, I DON'T THINK I GOT A KAWRLBACK.
AN M & M COMMERCIAL.
I WAS JUST LIKE YEAH, DO IT, WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO LOSE,
NOTHING.
>> James: YOU WOULD DO IT FOR ANYBODY'S PIZZA OR IF YOU KNEW
THE ADDRESS WAS SOMEBODY WHO WORKED IN.
>> YEAH, I KNEW WHERE LIKE CLOONEY LIVED.
AND.
>> DID YOU DELIVER LOTS OF FOOD.
>> HE LIKED PIZZA YEAH.
AND ANDY GARCIA, THERE ARE A FEW PEOPLE.
>> James: SO YOU WOULD SLIP A HEAD SHOT IN, WOULD YOU SAY
ANYTHING OR JUST DELIVER THE PIZZA.
>> I TRIED TO GET OUT OF THERE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
>> James: WE'VE ACTUALLY GOT THE HEAD SHOT RIGHT HERE.
LOOK AT THIS GUY.
>> OH BOY.
>> James: I GOT TO TELL YOU, I WOULD HIRE THIS GUY.
>> YEAH.
>> James: 100%.
>> YEAH.
>> James: HOW OLD WERE YOU AT THIS POINT?
>> MAN, LIKE 19, EARLY 20S, MAYBE.
>> James: DID THIS HEAD SHOT EVER WORK.
YOU NEVER GOT A GIG FROM IT OR ANYTHING.
>> HE'S STILL USING IT.
>> I GOT A GIG FROM IT, I BOUGHT A-- I THOUGHT IF I BOUGHT THEM
IN BULK THEY WOULD BE CHEAPER SO I BOUGHT LIKE 500 OF THEM, OF
WHICH I STILL HAVE PROBABLY 420.
BUT I SLIPPED THEM IN EVERY, MANILA ENVELOPESK SENT THEM TO
TALL OF MY AGENTS, ALL THE AGENTS, NOBODY CALLED BACK FOR A
YEAR.
AND THEN I GOT ONE CALLBACK FROM, I SUBMITTED MYSELF FOR
CASTING AND THE CASTING DIRECTOR CALLED ME BACK AND SAID CAN I
SPEAK TO RAMI MALEK'S AGENT, I SAID SPEAKING, WHAT COMPANY IS
THIS, HE SAID IS THIS RAMI MALEK.
>> YEAH.
>> RAMI MALEK AGENCY.
>> HE SAID DO YOU HAVE A STAG CARD.
>> NO, BUT WE CAN WORK ON THAT, STARTED LAUGHING.
YOU KNOW I'M 15 MINUTES AWAY FROM WARNER BROTHERS, BRING ME
IN AND LET'S SEE HOW IT GOES, JUST VERY PRESUMPTUOUS, BROUGHT
ME IN THAT DAY, GOT THE CALLBACK AND THAT WAS IT.
GOT THE GIG, NEXT DAY.
>> James: YOU GOT THE JOB.
>> I GOT THE JOB.
GILMORE GIRLS.
>> IMIL MORE GIRLS.
>> James: I LOVE THAT.
THAT IS A SENSATIONAL HUSTLE.
>> YEAH.
>> James: LET'S NOT LEAVE THIS GUY OUT BECAUSE.
>> COME ON.
>> James: LOOK AT DANIEL CRAIG RIGHT HERE.
>> I WAS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF HUSTLER.
>> James: DO YOU REMEMBER DANIEL WHEN YOU FIRST CAME TO
LOS ANGELES.
>> I LOOKED LIKE THAT.
>> James: DID YOU, LIKE DID YOU GET ACCEPTED STRAIGHT AWAY?
DID THINGS HAPPEN FOR YOU STRAIGHT AWAY.
>> NO, NOTHING HAPPENED.
I WENT HOME.
>> HOW LONG.
>> ABOUT SIX MONTHS AFTER THAT WAS TAKEN I ARRIVED IN LOS
ANGELES.
I NEARLY DIDN'T PAST CUSTOMS BECAUSE THEY ASKED ME AT CUSTOMS
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO PAY FOR YOURSELF.
AND I HAD A DEBIT CARD THAT HAD BEEN 50 BUCKS ON IT YEAH, NO, IT
HAS LOADS OF MONEY ON IT IT.
AND THEN THEY PICKED ME UP A REALLY NICE UKRAINIAN DRIVERS
PIKED ME UP AT THE AIRPORT AND IT WAS HALLOWEEN.
HALLOWEEN BACK HOME WAS, IT WASN'T LIKE WHAT IF IS.
>> THE CHILDREN, AND HERE.
>> ST A PSYCHO-- WE TREAT IT AS A NICE THING FOR CHILDREN AN
HERE THEY TREAT IT LIKE SOME KIND OF NATIONAL HOLIDAY.
>> AND THERE WAS, I STOPPED AT SOME LIGHTS AND THIS BIG PINK
ROLLS-ROYCE-- TURNED UP WITH WHAT LOOKED TO HE ME LIKE AN
EIGHT FOOT DRAG QUEEN WITH PINK HAIR AND I WAS JUST LIKE
STARING.
AND SHE LOOKED AT ME AND JUST WENT HA.
AND GOT IN THE CAR AND WENT.
AND POO THE DRIVER JUST WENT WELCOME TO LOS ANGELES, OKAY,
OKAY.
AND THEN I GOT TOOK TO THE SHERATON HILTON AND THE THE
PERSON HAD A CREDIT CARD, I HAD TO CALL WARNER BROTHERS AND ASK
THEM TO BRING OUT SOME CASH SO I COULD PUT MONEY DOWN ON THE
ROOM.
AND THING THE OTHER THING I WAS AT THE SHERATON.
IT IS SURROUNDED BY ROADS.
>> FREEWAYS ALL AROUND.
>> AND UNIVERSAL STUDIOS WHICH I WENT TO THREE TIMES.
>> James: AND NOW LOOK, FROM THAT TO THIS GUY RIGHT HERE RKZ
LOOK AT THAT.
DREAMS CAN COME TRUE.
STICK AROUND, MORE WITH THESE TWO WHEN WE COME BACK,
EVERYBODY.