>> GREAT, GREAT.
>> Jimmy: THAT WILL BE YOUR 
THEME SONG, WHENEVER YOU COME TO
THIS SHOW.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Jimmy: YOU WILL BE SERENADED 
WITH THAT.
>> I WAS HOPING FOR THAT OR 
"IRIS", BY THE GOO GOO DOLLS.
IT'S A LITTLE MORE PERSONAL, 
THOUGH, A LITTLE MORE PERSONAL.
BUDDY, I'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE.
>> Jimmy: TO THE SHOW?
>> YEAH, NOT AS A GUEST, 
OBVIOUSLY, YOU WOULD REMEMBER 
THAT.
>> Jimmy: YEAH.
>> I SAT, NO, I SAT, THIS IS 
YEARS AGO, ME AND MY BUDDY SCOTT
D
DALY SAT THE SECOND ROW LIKE 
WHERE YOU'RE AT NOW.
I STILL REMEMBER BECAUSE YOU ARE
THAT GOOD.
IT WAS FLAVA FLAV.
>> Jimmy: WOW.
WHAT YEAR WAS THIS?
HOW LONG AGO?
>> THIS MUST HAVE 2013 OR -- I 
DON'T KNOW.
>> Jimmy: HOW MANY KIDS WAS 
FLAVA FLAV UP TO?
>> HE WAS UP HERE SLINGING, HE 
HAD SPICY CHICKEN, HE GAVE IT TO
THE AUDIENCE.
>> Jimmy: OH, RIGHT, IT WAS A 
COOKING DEMONSTRATION.
>> IT FELT LIKE A DREAM, NOT AN 
ASPIRATIONAL DREAM, BUT A DREAM 
LIKE HOW MUCH DID I DRINK LAST 
NIGHT.
IT WAS GOOD, IT WAS FINE.
IT WAS FUN.
>> Jimmy: YES, HE OPENED A, NOT 
A CHAIN MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW IF 
IT STILL EXISTS, BUT HE OPENED 
HIS OWN FRIED CHICKEN 
RESTAURANT.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS?
IT'S A SATURATED MARKET.
THERE'S A LOT OF FAST FOOD 
OPTIONS.
>> Jimmy: IT'S A LITERALLY 
SATURATED MARKET.
WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
WHERE DID YOU GROW UP?
>> SAGINAW, MICHIGAN.
I DIDN'T KNOW WE'D GET THAT 
RESPONSE.
>> Jimmy: OUR WARMUP GUY, DON, 
IS FROM SAGINAW, AND HE TELLS 
THE AUDIENCE THIS EVERY SINGLE 
NIGHT, AND NO ONE REALLY 
EVERCARES, BUT HE TELLS 
EVERYBODY EVERY SINGLE NIGHT.
YOU BOTH ARE SAGINAWENS.
WHAT DO YOU GO BY?
>> SAGGEN-AWESOME.
>> Jimmy: THAT WOULD MAKE FOR A 
NICE TEE SHIRT.
>> SOMEONE IS LITERALLY MAKING 
PLANS FOR IT AS THEY WATCH THIS 
SHOW.
>> Jimmy: I KNOW YOU PROBABLY 
GOT HERE BY A PLANE OR SOMETHING
LIKE THAT, BUT WHY DID YOU MOVE 
TO LOS ANGELES?
>> I WANTED TO ACT.
I IMMERSED MYSELF MY ENTIRE 
LIFE.
I WAS OBSESSED WITH IT.
AND I WENT TO BE A BACKGROUND 
EXTRA IN A MOVIE, AND IT WAS A 
MOVIE WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY 
LANCE BLACK, HE WROTE "MILK."
>> Jimmy: RIGHT.
>> AND I JUST SAW HIM AT THE 
AUDITION, AND I FIGURED I'M NOT 
GOING TO GET A SPEAKING PART, SO
I SAID HEY, I JUST WANTED TO SAY
CONGRATS ON "MILK", IT'S A 
BEAUTIFUL FILM.
I LOVE YOUR SPEECH, I'M A 
CHRISTIAN.
AND WHEN YOU SAID GOD DOESN'T 
HATE GAY PEOPLE, THAT NEEDS TO 
BE SAID, THANK YOU.
I WAS READY TO WALK AWAY, AND HE
SAID THERE MIGHT BE A PART FOR 
YOU, LET ME GET YOUR NAME, AND 
HE BROUGHT ME BACK, AND I BOOKED
LIKE THE BIG PART IN THE MOVIE.
>> Jimmy: HE REMEMBERED YOU FROM
THAT?
>> FROM THAT.
HE BROUGHT ME BACK.
>> Jimmy: HE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IF
YOU COULD ACT AND HE GAVE YOU 
THAT PART?
>> I DID HAVE TO AUDITION, BUT I
WAS PRETTY, I WAS AGGRESSIVE AND
IMMERSIVE.
THE GUYS I WAS AUDITIONING 
AGAINST WORKED AT LIKE SAM 
GOODY.
>> Jimmy: THIS IS BACK HOME.
>> THIS WAS BACK HOME IN 
MICHIGAN.
I MADE SOME MONEY AND MOVED TO 
L.A. TWO MONTHS LATER.
>> Jimmy: DO YOU KEEP IN TOUCH 
WITH HIM AT ALL?
>> I TRY NOT TO BOTHER HIM.
HE'S A BUSY GUY, GOT A FAMILY, 
DOING SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS.
I TEXT HIM ONCE A YEAR TO SAY 
LANCE BLACK GAVE ME MY START.
>> Jimmy: I BET HE TAKES 
PLEASURE IN THAT.
HE'LL BE EXCITED TO SEE NEW THIS
MOVIE, BY THE WAY, I THOUGHT WAS
GREAT, AND WERE YOU FANTASTIC IN
IT.
IT'S CALLED "RICHARD JEWELL".
THIS IS THE STORY OF THE MAN WHO
IS NOW DECEASED, WHO WAS WRONGLY
ACCUSED OF PLANTING A BOMB AT 
THE OLYMPICS IN ATLANTA.
IT WAS, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S A 
SAD, IT IS A SAD STORY, FOR 
SURE.
>> IT'S HEAVY, YOU KNOW.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE MOVIES THAT, 
IT'S SORT OF LIKE YOU HAVE TO 
GOOGLE IT AFTERWARDS BECAUSE 
SOME OF THE THINGS SEEM SO 
UNBELIEVABLE.
AND THEN YOU FIND OUT THEY'RE 
REAL, BUT IT'S PRETTY 
JAW-DROPPING.
>> Jimmy: BY THE WAY, SPEAKING 
OF IT BEING REAL, I MENTIONED 
THIS TO SAM ROCKWELL WHEN HE WAS
HERE.
I WAS THERE, IN, I WAS WORKING 
IN A RADIO STATION, I WAS IN THE
PARKING LOT.
>> OH, SERIOUSLY. 
>> Jimmy: AT RICHARD JEWELL'S 
APARTMENT COMPLEX.
>> WHAT?
>> Jimmy: WITH THE MEDIA 
DEPICTED IN THE FILM.
AND IT IS EXACTLY AS I 
REMEMBERED IT.
I MEAN EXACTLY AS I REMEMBERED 
IT, AND IT'S A VERY STRANGE 
EXPERIENCE TO SEE THAT.
IT'S ALMOST WATCHING LIKE A HOME
MOVIE OR SOMETHING, BUT I 
HAPPENED TO BE THERE COVERING 
THE OLYMPICS.
I WAS A SPORTS GUY ON THE RADIO 
STATION.
AND THIS HAPPENED.
IT BECAME THE BIG STORY, AND WE 
WERE OUT IN THE PARKING LOT JUST
WAIT
WAITING FOR SOMETHING.
I DOESN'T KNOW WHAT.
>> THAT'S NUTS.
SUDDENLY, EVERYBODY'S LIKE, 
MAYBE WE'LL JUST STAY HERE TO 
SEE WHAT WE GET AND WE'LL PUT IT
ON WHENEVER, YOU KNOW.
>> Jimmy: IS IT INTIMIDATING TO 
BE DIRECTED BY CLINT EASTWOOD?
>> NO, AND IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
AND I DON'T SAY THAT OUT OF ANY 
POISE OR ARROGANCE.
IT'S LIKE HE PUTS YOU AT EASE.
HE REMINDS YOU, HE'S A FILM FAN 
HIMSELF, AND A LOT OF THE GREAT 
DIRECTORS I'VE WORKED WITH, 
SPIKE LEE, CLINT EASTWOOD, THEY 
ALL SHOW THAT THEY'RE STILL FANS
AND PEOPLE AND FAMILY MEN, SO IT
DEESCALATES THE NERVES, BUT I 
WAS MORE NERVOUS TO MEET BOBBI 
JEWELL, RICHARD'S MOM.
SHE CAME ON THE LOT, AND I WAS, 
I GOT THE PART, HOLY COW.
AND I GO IN AND MEET THEM, BUFF 
TH
THEY COULDN'T HAVE BEEN SWEETER.
AND SHE GOES, YOU LOOK JUST LIKE
RICHARD.
YOU LOOK JUST LIKE MY SON.
AND SHE SAYS YOU'RE DOING THINGS
LIKE HIM THAT YOU DON'T EVEN 
KNOW YOU'RE DOING LIKE HIM.
IT FELT LIKE THE ULTIMATE 
SIGNOFF TO GET HER APPROVAL.
>> Jimmy: WERE YOU INTENTIONALLY
DOING THINGS LIKE HIM?
>> I WAS LOOKING FOR BOMBS, NO.
I, I WAS VERY, I THINK IT'S JUST
SOME INHERENT STUFF, YOU KNOW, 
WE DO HAVE SIMILAR TENDENCIES 
AND TRAITS, YOU KNOW.
I'M SURE.
>> Jimmy: YOU DO, YOU THINK SO, 
HUH?
>> MORE THAN, A LOT OF THE 
CHARACTERS I PLAY, WHETHER GOOD 
GUYS OR SCUMMY GUYS, I GOT A LOT
IN COMMON WITH A LOT OF THEM.
THERE'S A REASON I GET THESE 
PARTS, KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
THERE'S A REASON.
>> Jimmy: DO YOU THINK THAT 
CLINT EASTWOOD IS SOMEONE YOU 
WILL KEEP IN TOUCH WITH 
REGULARLY?
OVER THE COURSE OF YOUR LIFE?
>> GOD, I HOPE SO.
I HOPE HE'S NOT SICK OF ME.
HE'S BEEN SEEING A LOT OF ME 
RECENTLY.
I MAKE HIM LAUGH, TOO, YOU KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW THOUSHOW TO PUT ON.
I'M THE SAME PERSON WITH 
EVERYBODY.
I HAD FUN MAKING HIM LAUGH.
>> Jimmy: WHAT MAKES CLINT 
EASTWOOD MAKES HIM LAUGH?
>> I THINK SPONTS NAYITY.
HE'S SO USED TO WHAT HE DOES.
HE'S MADE LIKE 30-SOME MOVIES.
KEEPING IT MOVING.
THERE WAS A DAY WHEN WE DID THE 
KARAOKE SCENE, WHICH THANK GOD 
ISN'T IN THE FILM, SERIOUSLY.
WE HAD A KARAOKE SCENE THAT GOT 
CUT.
AND CLINT LOOKED AT ME AND GOES,
"DO YOU EVEN KNOW HOW TO SING"?
AND I JUST, EVERYONE'S LOOKING, 
LIKE 40 CREW MEMBERS ARE LOOKING
AT MY AFTER HE SAYS THAT AND I 
SAID 
♪ L IS FOR THE WAY YOU LOOK AT 
ME ♪
I'M TALKIN' TO YOU, CLINTY.
I DID A WHOLE FRANK SINATRA 
THING AND HE LOOKS AT ME AND 
SAYS "ALWAYS WITH THE TRICKS".
"RICHARD JEWELL" OPENS IN 
THEATRES TOMORROW AND WE'LL 
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