YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, AND I'M GOING TO SAY
LOVE MY NEXT GUEST FOR HIS ROLE AS BEN WYATT IN "PARKS AND
RECREATION."
ON SUNDAY, HE RETURNS FOR SEASON TWO OF "BIG LITTLE LIES."
>> I'VE ALWAYS BEEN BETTER TALKING TO WOMEN THAN I HAVE.
I THINK YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET HER TO OPEN UP.
YOU HAVE YOUR LITTLE WAY.
ALL I'M GETTING IS PUSH.
BACK AT EVERY TURN.
I IF I DIDN'T SIGN UP FOR THIS (BLEEP), I WOULD STILL, MADDIE.
I DON'T MEAN-- >> NO, LOOK, NATHAN, I'M NO
EXPERT ON MARRIAGE OR ANYTHING.
I MEAN, SOMETHING TELLS ME IF YOU'RE SEEKING OUT THE HUSBAND
OF YOUR EX-WIFE TO, LIKE, LEAD THE COMMUNICATION CHARGE WITH
YOUR NEW ONE...
>> WHY DO YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO BE SO SNIED?
>> I DON'T MEAN TO BE SNIED.
>> YOU DON'T MEAN TO BE.
IT JUST COMES NATURAL.
>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME ADD ADAM SCOTT
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>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MY GOODNESS!
MY GOODNESS.
>> Stephen: HI.
>> HELLO.
>> Stephen: NICE TO HAVE YOU HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
IT'S SO NICE TO BE HERE.
>> Stephen: I KNOW YOU'RE A BIG FAN OF DAVID LETTERMAN, AS
AM I.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: YOU WENT ON WITH DAVE, I ASSUME GIGOT TO GO ON A
COUPLE TIMES, YEAH.
AND IT WAS-- THE FIRST TIME I WENT ON, AS I'M SURE IT WAS WITH
YOU -- >> Stephen: SURE.
>> LIKE, IT IS A MAJOR LIFE EVENT.
I REMEMBER EVERY SECOND.
>> Stephen: ABSOLUTELY.
>> THE SMELLS.
I MEAN, HERE IT WAS FREEZING.
>> Stephen: DAVE SMELLED AMAZING, BY THE WAY.
>> HE HAD A VERY, VERY, VERY NICE SMELL.
>> Stephen: LIKE WINTERGREEN.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK TO THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: NICE TO HAVE YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: WE MET BRIEFLY BEFORE.
THIS IS KIND OF A FIRST REAL CONVERSATION.
WE MET AT A PARTY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
>> YEAH, AND OUR FIRST REAL CONVERSATION IS TELEVISED AS IT
SHOULD BE.
>> Stephen: ALL THE BEST ONES ARE.
>> ABSOLUTELY GLI UNDERSTAND, I JUST FOUND OUT, YOU WERE--
BESIDES BEING AN ACTOR, FROM A VERY YOUNG AGE, YOU WERE A HUGE
FILM FAN, A HUGE FILM BUST.
HOW DID THAT MANIFEST FOR YOU?
WAS THAT EMBRACED BY YOUR FRIENDS OR WAS IT ODD TO THEM?
>> IT WAS TOLERATED.
IN HIGH SCHOOL I WOULD DIRECT PLAYS AND FANCIED MYSELF KIND OF
A HIGH SCHOOL-LEVEL, BUT I WAS SUPER INTO SPIKE LEE, AND I
WOULD DIRECT PLAYS AND PLAY, LIKE A SUPPORTING ROLE-- BECAUSE
THAT'S WHAT SPIKE DID.
HE DIDN'T TAKE THE LEAD.
HE WOULD PLAY THE SUPPORTING ROLE WHILE DIRECTING.
AND I EVEN WENT SO FAR AS TO-- I GOT A NEW YORK KNICKS HAT.
I GOT THE SAME EYEGLASSES-- I GREW A GOATEE.
LIKE, I WENT FOR IT.
THERE YOU GO.
THERE IT IS.
( APPLAUSE ) ( CHEERS )
GLI CAN'T EYE CANNOT TELL THE DIFFERENCE.
>> YUP.
I DON'T KNOW IF I THOUGHT THAT PEOPLE WERE GOING TO BE LIKE,
"I'M SORRY, ARE YOU SPIKE LEE?" LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT --
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE TOLD HIM ABOUT THIS?
>> I'VE NEVER-- I'VE NEVER MET THE MAN, BUT I'LL CARRY THAT
AROUND JUST IN CASE.
>> Stephen: WOW.
NOW, ARE YOUR KIDS IMPRESSED WITH YOUR SUCCESS?
HOW OLD ARE THEY?
>> THEY'RE 10 AND 12.
>> Stephen: 10 AND 12.
THAT'S NICE.
>> IT IS.
>> Stephen: THEY TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES AND THEY PROBABLY
CARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOU, RIGHT?
>> Stephen: WELL...
>> Stephen: THEY HAVEN'T HIT THE TEEN YEARS WHERE THEY KEEP
GOING INTO THE TUNNEL AND YOU SHOUT, "I LOVE YOU."
>> THEY HAVEN'T DISCONNECTED COMPLETELY, BUT IT IS COMING
FAST, I CAN TELL.
AS FAR AS MY CAREER GRKZ IT'S NOT THAT THEY HATE MY WORK,
BUT...
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: THEY MUST-- THEY HAD TO HAVE WATCHED "PARKS AND
REC."
>> NO, THEY LOVE EVERYTHING AROUND IT.
THEY LOVE "THE OFFICE," "GOOD PLACE," AND "BROOKLYN 99" AND
EVERYTHING SURROUNDING, BUT THEY WON'T DO "PARKS AND REC" JUST
BECAUSE I'M ON IT.
>> Stephen: IT'S NO FUN.
>> NO, THEY SPEND ENOUGH TIME WITH ME ALREADY, I GUESS.
I MEAN, THEIR AMBIVALENCE IS REALLY AGGRESSIVE.
>> Stephen: IS THERE ANYTHING THAT DID YOU, YOU KNOW, AS
MR. WYATT ON THAT SHOW THAT YOU WOULDN'T WANT THEM TO SEE OR
ASSOCIATE WITH YOU?
BECAUSE YOU'RE A PRETTY SWEET CHARACTER.
>> YEAH, I MEAN, I GUESS I WOULDN'T WANT THEM TO THINK I'M
AS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT CALZONES AS I AM ON THE SHOW.
>> Stephen: SURE, SURE.
>> BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK EVERYTHING PASSES MUSTER.
>> Stephen: WOULD YOU LET THEM WATCH "BIG LITTLE LIES?"
>> OH, ABSOLUTELY!
NO, NO.
I DON'T-- I DON'T, SO.
ESPECIALLY SINCE I'M IN TTHEY JUST NEVER WOULD.
>> Stephen: NOW IN THE CLIP WE JUST SAW, YOUR BEARD IS GONE IN
THIS SEASON.
>> THAT'S TRUE.
>> Stephen: WHAT THE HELL?
WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR BEARD?
WAS IT ONE OF THE LIES FROM LAST YEAR?
>> IT WAS NOT A REAL BEARD, GUY S.
>> Stephen: WAS THAT A CHARACTER CHOICE TO TAKE THE
BEARD OFF?
>> IT KIND OF WAS.
IT KIND OF WAS.
I THINK NO BEARD AND MY CHARACTER, ED, IN BETWEEN
SEASONS DISCOVERED NORDSTROMS AND STARTED DRESSING A LITTLE
NICER.
HE'S KIND OF GOING THROUGH A BIT OF A TRANSFORMATION.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE AN INTERESTING ADDITION TO THE CAST
THIS YEAR.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: MERYL STREEP IS ONE OF THE BIG LITTLE LIARS.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: DID YOU-- HAD YOU MET HER BEFORE DOING--
>> I HAVE NEVER MET HER, NO.
>> Stephen: WHAT IS THAT LIKE?
SHE CAN BE A LITTLE INTIMIDATING AS WELL?
>> INCREDIBLE INTIMIDATING.
I MET HER AT A TABLE READ FOR THE SHOW, A QUICK LITTLE
INTERACTION, IT WAS NICE, AND SHE MOVED ON.
AND I WAS KIND OF SITTING THERE STUNNED, AND LAURA DERN
IMMEDIATELY WALKS UP AND SAID, LISTEN, I WAS JUST WATCHING.
YOU DID FINE.
EVERYTHING WENT WELL.
YOU HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT."
BECAUSE EVERYONE'S JUST WAITING FOR THAT MOMENT TO MEET MERYL
STREEP, YOU KNOW,.
>> Stephen: SURE, SURE.
>> SO, YEAH, IT WAS PRETTY INCREDIBLE HAVING HER-- HAVING
HER THERE.
>> Stephen: DO YOU GET TO DO A SCENE WITH HER OR CAN'T YOU TELL
ME?
>> I CAN'T TELL YOU, BECAUSE THERE ARE HBO ASSASSINS THAT
WILL GET ME.
>> Stephen: SURE, SURE.
BUT IT WAS AMAZING.
>> Stephen: LOVELY TO MEET YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: "BIG LITTLE LIES" RETURNS SUNDAY ON HBO.
ADAM SCOTT!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE BY SPIRITUALIZED.