1 00:00:11,344 --> 00:00:14,806 ** 2 00:00:14,848 --> 00:00:16,975 -Well, you cannot mention the word "comedy" 3 00:00:17,017 --> 00:00:19,019 without thinking of my next guest today. 4 00:00:19,060 --> 00:00:21,354 He's been making us laugh for over 25 years -- 5 00:00:21,396 --> 00:00:23,314 first, of course, on "Saturday Night Live" 6 00:00:23,356 --> 00:00:25,108 and then through some of the biggest comedy movies 7 00:00:25,150 --> 00:00:27,569 of all time, including an incredible film 8 00:00:27,610 --> 00:00:28,862 called "Get Hard." 9 00:00:28,903 --> 00:00:30,238 Wow, was that a good one. 10 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:31,614 A legend he is. 11 00:00:31,656 --> 00:00:35,118 Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Will Ferrell. 12 00:00:35,160 --> 00:00:36,119 Wow. 13 00:00:36,161 --> 00:00:37,203 -That -- -Was that good? 14 00:00:37,245 --> 00:00:38,663 -That was great. -Did you like it? 15 00:00:38,705 --> 00:00:40,040 -Great job. Great job. -Thank you, man. 16 00:00:40,081 --> 00:00:41,499 -I didn't think you had it in you. 17 00:00:41,541 --> 00:00:43,168 -What do you mean, you didn't think I had it in me? 18 00:00:43,209 --> 00:00:44,711 -No, that was great. -You didn't think I could do 19 00:00:44,753 --> 00:00:45,754 an introduction, Will? 20 00:00:45,795 --> 00:00:47,213 -Not in one take. 21 00:00:47,255 --> 00:00:48,840 -What are you talking about? -It was incredible. 22 00:00:48,882 --> 00:00:50,342 -Will, you worked with me. You know that I'm -- 23 00:00:50,383 --> 00:00:52,510 -I did. Yeah. I did. -Yeah. That's what I'm saying. 24 00:00:52,552 --> 00:00:54,179 You know that I would be fine at doing something like that. 25 00:00:54,220 --> 00:00:56,556 That's not -- -I was blown away. 26 00:00:56,598 --> 00:00:58,558 -Okay. Alright, Will. Well -- 27 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:00,226 -The place is abuzz right now. 28 00:01:00,268 --> 00:01:02,562 -What does that -- Well, that -- I know what you're doing, okay? 29 00:01:02,604 --> 00:01:03,938 And it's not abuzz. 30 00:01:03,980 --> 00:01:05,899 You're not gonna hear the crowd cheering. 31 00:01:05,940 --> 00:01:08,026 -I love your wine -- I love your wine cellar here. 32 00:01:08,068 --> 00:01:09,486 -Yeah, you should love it. 33 00:01:09,527 --> 00:01:11,071 -Yeah. -It's intimate. 34 00:01:11,112 --> 00:01:12,781 -It's lovely. -Yeah. 35 00:01:12,822 --> 00:01:15,075 -The rich smell of oak. -Yeah. 36 00:01:15,116 --> 00:01:16,785 -The oak barrels in here. 37 00:01:16,826 --> 00:01:19,954 -Will, uh, first and foremost, thank you. 38 00:01:19,996 --> 00:01:21,873 Thank you for coming on. Okay? -Thanks for having me. 39 00:01:21,915 --> 00:01:24,292 -You know, these conversations seem to get easier and easier 40 00:01:24,334 --> 00:01:26,211 because my friends are coming on. 41 00:01:26,252 --> 00:01:28,880 And the level of comfort that I have with my friends is unreal. 42 00:01:28,922 --> 00:01:31,007 Right? This level of comfort. 43 00:01:31,049 --> 00:01:32,217 -Yeah. -Insane, right? 44 00:01:32,258 --> 00:01:33,218 -It's so insane. 45 00:01:33,259 --> 00:01:34,761 -It's insane. I can let the -- 46 00:01:34,803 --> 00:01:36,054 -You can let it -- -I can let it Goddamn -- 47 00:01:36,096 --> 00:01:37,222 -Yeah. You can let your hair down. 48 00:01:37,263 --> 00:01:38,890 -Yeah. I can let them fly. Right? 49 00:01:38,932 --> 00:01:41,017 -Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. -All the hard-hitting questions. 50 00:01:41,059 --> 00:01:43,228 -I love your socks. -You like that? 51 00:01:43,269 --> 00:01:44,979 Little combo pack right there? 52 00:01:45,021 --> 00:01:46,898 -Look what I wore today. -Don't do it, Will. 53 00:01:46,940 --> 00:01:49,401 -Just decided to do a little self-promotion. 54 00:01:49,442 --> 00:01:50,735 -Will. 55 00:01:50,777 --> 00:01:52,028 -Even though I think this will air 56 00:01:52,070 --> 00:01:53,446 in July. -No, Will, don't -- 57 00:01:53,488 --> 00:01:55,031 Will, that's not -- You're not showing -- 58 00:01:55,073 --> 00:01:56,449 You're showing your ass, Will. 59 00:01:56,491 --> 00:01:58,034 -Well, that's -- -You're tooting it up. Okay. 60 00:01:58,076 --> 00:01:59,452 -That's my ass. -Alright. Alright. 61 00:01:59,494 --> 00:02:01,079 Okay. Thank you. -But then, I'm wearing 62 00:02:01,121 --> 00:02:02,747 "Elf" socks -- -That's nice. 63 00:02:02,789 --> 00:02:05,875 -Only 'cause someone gave them to me at a Christmas party. 64 00:02:05,917 --> 00:02:07,460 -That's why you're wearing them? 65 00:02:07,502 --> 00:02:09,587 -I thought, "I'll wear them for Kevin." But is that sad, 66 00:02:09,629 --> 00:02:11,214 that I'm wearing socks with my face on them? 67 00:02:11,256 --> 00:02:13,133 -Yeah, it actually is, Will. I'll be honest with you. 68 00:02:13,174 --> 00:02:14,926 It's not your highlight. It's not -- 69 00:02:14,968 --> 00:02:16,261 It's not a big moment for you, right there. 70 00:02:16,302 --> 00:02:17,929 -But I thought you'd get a kick out of them. 71 00:02:17,971 --> 00:02:20,598 When I saw your fashionable socks, 72 00:02:20,640 --> 00:02:21,975 it made me think of my socks. 73 00:02:22,017 --> 00:02:23,852 -Well, my socks don't have my face on them. 74 00:02:23,893 --> 00:02:25,270 -No, no. I'm saying they look great. 75 00:02:25,311 --> 00:02:26,688 -Well, thank you, Will. -Just part of 76 00:02:26,730 --> 00:02:27,814 the whole ensemble. -Ensemble. Yeah. 77 00:02:27,856 --> 00:02:29,107 I knew you were gonna say that. 78 00:02:29,149 --> 00:02:30,608 I know you like the back of my hand. 79 00:02:30,650 --> 00:02:31,901 -Yeah. -Will, on this show, 80 00:02:31,943 --> 00:02:33,236 we drink wine. Okay? 81 00:02:33,278 --> 00:02:36,489 The reason why we drink wine is because what? 82 00:02:36,531 --> 00:02:38,616 -Uh, because of the cellar. We're in the cellar. 83 00:02:38,658 --> 00:02:39,784 -No, Will. -Oh. 84 00:02:39,826 --> 00:02:41,119 -It's not because of the cellar. 85 00:02:41,161 --> 00:02:42,620 It's because some of the best conversations 86 00:02:42,662 --> 00:02:44,456 happen over a glass of wine. -Over a glass of wine. 87 00:02:44,497 --> 00:02:46,124 -There it is. -Great. I love it. 88 00:02:46,166 --> 00:02:47,917 -This conversation has the ability to be that. 89 00:02:47,959 --> 00:02:49,669 This is my somm. 90 00:02:49,711 --> 00:02:51,296 -Mr. Ferrell. -Hey. Hi. 91 00:02:51,338 --> 00:02:53,048 -How are you? -Mr. Hart. 92 00:02:53,089 --> 00:02:54,549 -How you doing, man? What do we got today? 93 00:02:54,591 --> 00:02:56,801 -Fantastic. So, today, from the cellar... 94 00:02:56,843 --> 00:02:58,053 -Yes. -...an exquisite 95 00:02:58,094 --> 00:03:00,722 Cabernet Sauvignon -- clone 4, clone 6, 96 00:03:00,764 --> 00:03:03,183 clone 7 Cabernet Sauvignon. 97 00:03:03,224 --> 00:03:06,227 Single vineyard. Monopole -- That's what the French say. 98 00:03:06,269 --> 00:03:08,313 -Okay. -Owned by one family. 99 00:03:08,355 --> 00:03:11,274 2019 vintage, just released. -Just released. I know. 100 00:03:11,316 --> 00:03:13,151 -We're talking about less than 500 cases. 101 00:03:13,193 --> 00:03:15,653 -Whoa. -That's the good stuff. 102 00:03:15,695 --> 00:03:16,988 That's the good stuff. -Wow. 103 00:03:17,030 --> 00:03:18,615 -Yeah, go ahead. Let's let it rip. 104 00:03:18,656 --> 00:03:19,824 -Mm-hmm. 105 00:03:19,866 --> 00:03:21,493 -Uh-huh. -It looks thick. 106 00:03:21,534 --> 00:03:22,827 -Yeah. -Viscous. 107 00:03:22,869 --> 00:03:25,997 -Viscous. -Yes. 108 00:03:26,039 --> 00:03:28,166 -Will this have legs? 109 00:03:28,208 --> 00:03:29,417 -Lots of legs. -Lots of legs. 110 00:03:29,459 --> 00:03:30,919 -Yeah. It's gonna have legs, Will. 111 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:32,295 It's -- -We like to say medium-plus 112 00:03:32,337 --> 00:03:33,838 on these legs. -Oh. Medium-plus. 113 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:36,007 -Yeah. -Yeah. It's bold, robust. 114 00:03:36,049 --> 00:03:37,258 You'll enjoy it. -Thank you. 115 00:03:37,300 --> 00:03:38,343 -Please enjoy. -Always. 116 00:03:38,385 --> 00:03:39,427 -Thank you. -Thank you. 117 00:03:39,469 --> 00:03:41,262 -To you, man. Cheers. -Cheers. 118 00:03:41,304 --> 00:03:43,431 -Thanks for having me. -Thank you for being had. 119 00:03:43,473 --> 00:03:45,350 Ferrell, we get to talk a lot today. 120 00:03:45,392 --> 00:03:47,185 And it's a lot that I want to talk about, man. 121 00:03:47,227 --> 00:03:49,688 Um, here's what I got to say, dude. 122 00:03:49,729 --> 00:03:53,900 When people refer to you, they really do attach you 123 00:03:53,942 --> 00:03:55,276 to some of the biggest compliments 124 00:03:55,318 --> 00:03:56,444 in the world of comedy. 125 00:03:56,486 --> 00:03:58,363 Especially in the world of improv 126 00:03:58,405 --> 00:04:01,116 and the world of just theatrical performance 127 00:04:01,157 --> 00:04:03,201 attached to any piece of laughter, 128 00:04:03,243 --> 00:04:04,911 your name never not comes up. 129 00:04:04,953 --> 00:04:08,289 Uh, what does that feel like for you now? 130 00:04:08,331 --> 00:04:10,625 -Uh, well, 131 00:04:10,667 --> 00:04:13,795 it's pretty crazy, 132 00:04:13,837 --> 00:04:18,425 only because, as you know, you know, 133 00:04:18,466 --> 00:04:21,553 starting out in this biz, you just hope to get hired once. 134 00:04:21,594 --> 00:04:22,637 -Uh-huh. 135 00:04:22,679 --> 00:04:25,557 -But to kind of -- 136 00:04:25,598 --> 00:04:28,393 You know, "Saturday Night Live" was a dream job. 137 00:04:28,435 --> 00:04:31,104 -Yeah. -You know, almost -- 138 00:04:31,146 --> 00:04:32,689 I've gotten to kind of do 139 00:04:32,731 --> 00:04:35,025 almost everything I've wanted to do in this business. 140 00:04:35,066 --> 00:04:39,946 And to look back and see that, for the most part, 141 00:04:39,988 --> 00:04:42,282 a lot of it resonated with people, 142 00:04:42,323 --> 00:04:44,284 that's pretty incredible. 143 00:04:44,325 --> 00:04:47,412 -When you say -- -Only because, once again, 144 00:04:47,454 --> 00:04:52,208 as you know, you only have the thoughts in your head. 145 00:04:52,250 --> 00:04:54,294 You know, what you think, 146 00:04:54,336 --> 00:04:55,920 sitting alone with your thoughts, 147 00:04:55,962 --> 00:04:57,797 thinking, "Oh, that could be funny." 148 00:04:57,839 --> 00:05:01,092 But it's only funny unless you can make strangers laugh. 149 00:05:01,134 --> 00:05:02,927 -Yeah. -So, the fact that 150 00:05:02,969 --> 00:05:04,804 I can sit around and think of weird things, 151 00:05:04,846 --> 00:05:09,851 and it actually translates to an audience, it's still -- 152 00:05:09,893 --> 00:05:11,478 it's still -- 153 00:05:11,519 --> 00:05:13,938 I feel very fortunate that I get to do that. 154 00:05:13,980 --> 00:05:17,609 -Before "SNL," though, you were where? 155 00:05:17,650 --> 00:05:19,611 You were in one of the -- 156 00:05:19,652 --> 00:05:22,906 -I was out here at The Groundlings. 157 00:05:22,947 --> 00:05:24,074 -Okay. You was in Groundlings. 158 00:05:24,115 --> 00:05:26,951 -Which, over on Melrose. 159 00:05:26,993 --> 00:05:30,288 And yeah, it was a -- 160 00:05:30,330 --> 00:05:32,791 I had actually seen one of their shows. 161 00:05:32,832 --> 00:05:36,628 I went to USC, and it was my last year at USC. 162 00:05:36,670 --> 00:05:41,591 I went to check out one of their sketch shows, 163 00:05:41,633 --> 00:05:44,678 and I saw that they had a school. 164 00:05:44,719 --> 00:05:47,597 I was blown away. 165 00:05:47,639 --> 00:05:48,682 I was like, "Oh, my God. 166 00:05:48,723 --> 00:05:51,601 This is something I would love to do." 167 00:05:51,643 --> 00:05:56,147 And I saw that they had an improv school, 168 00:05:56,189 --> 00:05:57,482 and you could sign up for these classes 169 00:05:57,524 --> 00:05:59,484 and that you could work your way up into 170 00:05:59,526 --> 00:06:02,320 actually being part of the performing company. 171 00:06:02,362 --> 00:06:04,072 And I thought this was -- And they were so -- 172 00:06:04,114 --> 00:06:06,241 I think I saw Lisa Kudrow that night onstage 173 00:06:06,282 --> 00:06:09,160 and a number of other people 174 00:06:09,202 --> 00:06:11,913 that went on to either write for sitcoms 175 00:06:11,955 --> 00:06:13,164 and this, that, and the other. 176 00:06:13,206 --> 00:06:16,751 And I was actually pulled up onstage 177 00:06:16,793 --> 00:06:18,920 as part of an audience participation. 178 00:06:18,962 --> 00:06:20,380 -Your first night going? -Yeah. 179 00:06:20,422 --> 00:06:22,298 First night. I'm part of the audience, 180 00:06:22,340 --> 00:06:24,259 and I get pulled up into one of their sketches. 181 00:06:24,300 --> 00:06:26,511 -Did you bitch up? -Did I what? 182 00:06:26,553 --> 00:06:27,762 -Bitch up. 183 00:06:27,804 --> 00:06:29,347 -Is "bitch up" a good thing or a bad thing? 184 00:06:29,389 --> 00:06:31,349 -No, it's bad. -Yeah, I bitched up, big time. 185 00:06:31,391 --> 00:06:32,684 -You bitched up. -Yeah. 186 00:06:32,726 --> 00:06:34,644 -You just said -- -I didn't say a word. 187 00:06:34,686 --> 00:06:38,231 I was paralyzed, to the point where the guy, 188 00:06:38,273 --> 00:06:40,859 the other actor, was like, "What's your problem? 189 00:06:40,900 --> 00:06:42,235 Stop bitching up." 190 00:06:42,277 --> 00:06:43,862 -[ Laughs ] 191 00:06:43,903 --> 00:06:46,364 -No. 192 00:06:46,406 --> 00:06:48,575 "We've got a bitch up onstage here, 193 00:06:48,616 --> 00:06:51,453 someone who's literally bitching up." 194 00:06:51,494 --> 00:06:54,873 No, I fro-- I was terrible, 195 00:06:54,914 --> 00:06:57,709 which is the irony that three years later, 196 00:06:57,751 --> 00:07:02,005 I'd be performing on that stage, you know, 197 00:07:02,047 --> 00:07:04,507 writing my own stuff and -- -But did you fall in love? 198 00:07:04,549 --> 00:07:07,719 Like, did your terrible -- was that also -- 199 00:07:07,761 --> 00:07:10,180 was that the moment that you fell in love with the thing? 200 00:07:10,221 --> 00:07:11,931 Like, I can remember when... -Yeah, I -- 201 00:07:11,973 --> 00:07:14,893 -...I had that moment of, like, "Lights. Oh, shit. People." 202 00:07:14,934 --> 00:07:16,394 -Yeah. -"I got to get a laugh." 203 00:07:16,436 --> 00:07:17,937 But, at the same time, even though I wasn't getting it, 204 00:07:17,979 --> 00:07:20,190 I fell in love with the thing. Like, "Okay, this is 205 00:07:20,231 --> 00:07:21,691 the thing I want to do." -Exactly. 206 00:07:21,733 --> 00:07:25,737 And I think I was so enamored with it 207 00:07:25,779 --> 00:07:28,573 that I didn't want to say something stupid 208 00:07:28,615 --> 00:07:31,034 to mess up the sketch, so... 209 00:07:31,076 --> 00:07:32,660 And I just was paralyzed 210 00:07:32,702 --> 00:07:36,122 and walked back to my seat and -- 211 00:07:36,164 --> 00:07:37,791 But I remember thinking, "Oh, I got to -- 212 00:07:37,832 --> 00:07:41,419 I want to sign up for the next class that's available here." 213 00:07:41,461 --> 00:07:44,589 And that became a home. -When you made the decision, 214 00:07:44,631 --> 00:07:47,884 family, what was the family's -- What was their, like, 215 00:07:47,926 --> 00:07:52,514 take on your choice of what you wanted to do with your life? 216 00:07:52,555 --> 00:07:54,808 -You know, they were supportive. 217 00:07:54,849 --> 00:07:57,227 -When you say "they," are we talking Mom and Dad? 218 00:07:57,268 --> 00:07:58,853 -Yeah. -Okay. 219 00:07:58,895 --> 00:08:03,566 -I wouldn't say they were like, "Rah, rah, you can do it." 220 00:08:03,608 --> 00:08:06,236 -What did they want you to be? -"You can do anything." 221 00:08:06,277 --> 00:08:09,072 I think they just wanted me 222 00:08:09,114 --> 00:08:12,242 to, you know, be on my own 223 00:08:12,283 --> 00:08:15,995 and be out of the house because I did -- 224 00:08:16,037 --> 00:08:19,457 After four years of college, I moved right back home. 225 00:08:19,499 --> 00:08:20,583 So... -Nice. 226 00:08:20,625 --> 00:08:21,876 -Yes. -No, that's good. 227 00:08:21,918 --> 00:08:23,336 -Yeah, it's great. -By the way, "Mom!" 228 00:08:23,378 --> 00:08:24,462 -For three years. 229 00:08:24,504 --> 00:08:26,131 -"Where's the meatloaf?" -Yes. 230 00:08:26,172 --> 00:08:27,465 -True. 231 00:08:27,507 --> 00:08:29,634 -But I had a very -- That was true. 232 00:08:29,676 --> 00:08:32,303 That was literally taken from my life. 233 00:08:32,345 --> 00:08:33,930 [ Both laugh ] 234 00:08:33,972 --> 00:08:37,851 Screaming at my mother to bring me meatloaf. 235 00:08:37,892 --> 00:08:39,352 Which we never had in our house, 236 00:08:39,394 --> 00:08:42,981 but I always hoped she'd bring me some. 237 00:08:43,023 --> 00:08:44,315 -So, you -- -But, yeah. 238 00:08:44,357 --> 00:08:46,985 So, I moved back home 239 00:08:47,027 --> 00:08:48,987 and because 240 00:08:49,029 --> 00:08:51,740 I was like -- 241 00:08:51,781 --> 00:08:54,284 I thought I was gonna go into, like, sports journalism and -- 242 00:08:54,325 --> 00:08:58,413 But I remember thinking, "No, I got to try this comedy thing, 243 00:08:58,455 --> 00:09:01,708 'cause it'll always be kind of itching away." 244 00:09:01,750 --> 00:09:03,835 But, yeah. 245 00:09:03,877 --> 00:09:06,504 So, I started just kind of driving back up to L.A., 246 00:09:06,546 --> 00:09:08,173 doing the Groundlings thing. 247 00:09:08,214 --> 00:09:12,052 You know, my dad's a musician, so he kind of was like -- 248 00:09:12,093 --> 00:09:15,638 would tell me, like, "Just so you know, it's pretty tough." 249 00:09:15,680 --> 00:09:17,807 And I was like, "I got it." 250 00:09:17,849 --> 00:09:21,311 And so, when they first came to see me 251 00:09:21,353 --> 00:09:24,773 kind of a performing in a show, 252 00:09:24,814 --> 00:09:27,776 where I got to kind of do my stuff, 253 00:09:27,817 --> 00:09:31,404 I remember my dad kind of going, "Okay. 254 00:09:31,446 --> 00:09:34,115 You're -- You're good." 255 00:09:34,157 --> 00:09:36,451 -"You're good at it." -"I didn't think you'd be -- 256 00:09:36,493 --> 00:09:38,370 Not that I didn't think you'd be that good, 257 00:09:38,411 --> 00:09:40,538 but you're confident up there. 258 00:09:40,580 --> 00:09:42,248 It's like a whole 'nother side of you." 259 00:09:42,290 --> 00:09:45,877 So, they were very supportive, 260 00:09:45,919 --> 00:09:48,254 but it wasn't like, 261 00:09:48,296 --> 00:09:50,048 "You can do it! We know it!" 262 00:09:50,090 --> 00:09:51,591 They were worried -- -It was, 263 00:09:51,633 --> 00:09:53,802 "He's got a good choice, and I'm supporting the fact 264 00:09:53,843 --> 00:09:55,762 that you made a choice, and he's happy." 265 00:09:55,804 --> 00:09:59,724 -Happy. And I think they were just like, at least -- 266 00:09:59,766 --> 00:10:01,434 'Cause I would just say, "Hey, if it doesn't work, 267 00:10:01,476 --> 00:10:03,061 I can be a substitute schoolteacher." 268 00:10:03,103 --> 00:10:05,397 -Yeah. I was like that -- 269 00:10:05,438 --> 00:10:06,731 -Nothing wrong against 270 00:10:06,773 --> 00:10:08,692 substitute schoolteachers. -No. At all. 271 00:10:08,733 --> 00:10:10,068 But... 272 00:10:10,110 --> 00:10:11,820 -But... -Yeah. Right? 273 00:10:11,861 --> 00:10:13,488 -I could have done better than that. 274 00:10:13,530 --> 00:10:15,323 -Yeah. We don't got to put a finger on it, but... 275 00:10:15,365 --> 00:10:17,117 -Right. No. Yeah. 276 00:10:17,158 --> 00:10:18,576 -That's a tough one. 277 00:10:18,618 --> 00:10:20,620 Depends on what program you're coming up in. 278 00:10:20,662 --> 00:10:22,455 -Right. Right. -It can be tough. 279 00:10:22,497 --> 00:10:24,124 Guys, we got to take a quick break. 280 00:10:24,165 --> 00:10:25,500 Do me a favor. Stick around. 281 00:10:25,542 --> 00:10:28,128 We got more "Hart to Heart" up after this. 282 00:10:28,169 --> 00:10:33,842 ** 283 00:10:40,056 --> 00:10:43,476 ** 284 00:10:43,518 --> 00:10:45,520 -Welcome back. This is "Hart to Heart," 285 00:10:45,562 --> 00:10:47,522 and I still am talking to Will Ferrell. 286 00:10:47,564 --> 00:10:50,358 Will, here's my real question for you. 287 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:51,985 The level of confidence, right? 288 00:10:52,027 --> 00:10:53,611 The confidence that you have now doing it, 289 00:10:53,653 --> 00:10:55,697 of course, is bar none. It's insane. 290 00:10:55,739 --> 00:10:57,407 In the world of improv, well, 291 00:10:57,449 --> 00:10:58,658 that's a different level of confidence 292 00:10:58,700 --> 00:10:59,868 because it's not stand-up. 293 00:10:59,909 --> 00:11:01,327 You're not retooling the jokes. 294 00:11:01,369 --> 00:11:02,454 You're not reworking them. -Right. 295 00:11:02,495 --> 00:11:03,663 -It's all on the spot. 296 00:11:03,705 --> 00:11:06,082 It's all impromptu. 297 00:11:06,124 --> 00:11:09,794 In your "class," your Groundling class, 298 00:11:09,836 --> 00:11:11,755 first of all, who was there? 299 00:11:11,796 --> 00:11:14,591 Are there any other names that I would know today 300 00:11:14,632 --> 00:11:17,218 that were attached to you in the beginning stages? 301 00:11:17,260 --> 00:11:22,891 -There was kind of either slightly ahead of me 302 00:11:22,932 --> 00:11:25,769 or during that same time or a little bit behind me, 303 00:11:25,810 --> 00:11:27,604 were all kind of from the same era, 304 00:11:27,645 --> 00:11:31,191 there was Chris Kattan and Cheri Oteri 305 00:11:31,232 --> 00:11:34,903 and Ana Gasteyer. -Wow. Wow. 306 00:11:34,944 --> 00:11:38,281 -Molly Shannon was in L.A. at that time, doing her shows. 307 00:11:38,323 --> 00:11:39,949 She wasn't affiliated with The Groundlings, 308 00:11:39,991 --> 00:11:45,246 but we'd run into each other at, like, cabaret shows. 309 00:11:45,288 --> 00:11:49,417 Kristen Wiig, Will Forte, 310 00:11:49,459 --> 00:11:51,795 Maya Rudolph. -Holy shit. 311 00:11:54,673 --> 00:11:56,091 -Yeah. -The whole cast, basically, 312 00:11:56,132 --> 00:11:57,926 minus a couple, yeah. -Melissa McCarthy. 313 00:11:57,967 --> 00:12:03,139 So, it was a lot of funny, fun, bright people, 314 00:12:03,181 --> 00:12:05,809 all kind of feeding off each other, 315 00:12:05,850 --> 00:12:08,478 which is why I was so drawn to it. 316 00:12:08,520 --> 00:12:10,355 'Cause I did try my hand at stand-up... 317 00:12:10,397 --> 00:12:12,190 -Mm-hmm. -...and doing open mics. 318 00:12:12,232 --> 00:12:16,111 And as you know, it's such a lonely existence. 319 00:12:16,152 --> 00:12:18,154 -It's a completely different ball game. 320 00:12:18,196 --> 00:12:23,118 -And when it's working, it's the absolute best. 321 00:12:23,159 --> 00:12:24,536 -Yeah. Yeah. 322 00:12:24,577 --> 00:12:26,037 -And when it's -- There's no middle ground. 323 00:12:26,079 --> 00:12:27,414 -No. There's not. 324 00:12:27,455 --> 00:12:29,791 -There's no place to hide. -There's no in-between. 325 00:12:29,833 --> 00:12:31,918 -And sketch comedy, I was like, I thought, 326 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:34,129 "Well, if I'm gonna bomb, at least 327 00:12:34,170 --> 00:12:37,298 I'll bomb with three or four other people up onstage." 328 00:12:37,340 --> 00:12:39,259 So, that's kind of how I -- 329 00:12:39,300 --> 00:12:41,970 -When you get to "SNL," of course, you're a fan. 330 00:12:42,012 --> 00:12:43,680 Right? You're already a fan of the show. 331 00:12:43,722 --> 00:12:45,306 It's a big deal just to try out. 332 00:12:45,348 --> 00:12:48,977 Your audition, they say, is one for the record books. 333 00:12:49,019 --> 00:12:50,186 Legendary. 334 00:12:50,228 --> 00:12:51,980 I don't know if you're familiar with mine, 335 00:12:52,022 --> 00:12:53,898 but mine is in the top two probably worst. 336 00:12:53,940 --> 00:12:56,192 I know your -- -Wait, what was it -- 337 00:12:56,234 --> 00:13:00,864 -I did Avery Johnson, and Avery Johnson was -- 338 00:13:00,905 --> 00:13:02,490 I did Avery Johnson telling David Robinson -- 339 00:13:02,532 --> 00:13:05,660 -Super obscure, Avery Johnson. -Just -- By the way, 340 00:13:05,702 --> 00:13:08,496 there's no shot Lorne knew who Avery Johnson was. 341 00:13:08,538 --> 00:13:09,664 And I was committed. 342 00:13:09,706 --> 00:13:11,916 -"He does a good Avery Johnson." 343 00:13:11,958 --> 00:13:14,002 -I said, "Pass me the ball." 344 00:13:14,044 --> 00:13:16,838 I just kept saying, "Pass me the ball." 345 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:18,673 -I pass the ball to them a lot. 346 00:13:18,715 --> 00:13:20,800 I don't really shoot. Mm-hmm. 347 00:13:20,842 --> 00:13:24,512 Mm, we -- Hopefully, we can keep winning championships. 348 00:13:24,554 --> 00:13:26,681 Mm-hmm. That's pretty much it. 349 00:13:26,723 --> 00:13:28,183 Thank you. Can I go? 350 00:13:28,224 --> 00:13:30,018 That's pretty much it, my Avery Johnson. 351 00:13:30,060 --> 00:13:31,853 The admiral -- -Lorne's a huge NBA guy. 352 00:13:31,895 --> 00:13:33,646 -Lorne was just sitting there. I'll never forget. 353 00:13:33,688 --> 00:13:35,357 He was just sitting there, looking at me, 354 00:13:35,398 --> 00:13:40,445 and I ended, like, with a weird, like, "That was Avery Johnson." 355 00:13:40,487 --> 00:13:41,780 [ Both laugh ] 356 00:13:41,821 --> 00:13:43,865 Like, nobody said anything. -To silence. 357 00:13:43,907 --> 00:13:45,408 -Silence. Silence. It was the worst -- 358 00:13:45,450 --> 00:13:46,910 Then, I did, like, my De Niro. 359 00:13:46,951 --> 00:13:49,496 -But my audition was to complete silence, as well. 360 00:13:49,537 --> 00:13:50,747 -They say it was legendary, though. 361 00:13:50,789 --> 00:13:52,791 -It was -- -Silent, but funny as fuck 362 00:13:52,832 --> 00:13:54,751 is what people refer to it as. -I don't know. 363 00:13:54,793 --> 00:13:57,295 I mean, you know, you were just -- 364 00:13:57,337 --> 00:13:59,714 I forget, did you have to do it in the studio? 365 00:13:59,756 --> 00:14:01,591 -Yeah. I was in the studio, onstage. 366 00:14:01,633 --> 00:14:03,009 -So, same sort of thing. 367 00:14:03,051 --> 00:14:05,387 And you're just in that, you know, 8H, 368 00:14:05,428 --> 00:14:08,848 where they've filmed the show since 1975. 369 00:14:08,890 --> 00:14:10,392 Big, empty studio. 370 00:14:10,433 --> 00:14:12,894 You and a camera and Lorne in the shadows, 371 00:14:12,936 --> 00:14:15,313 and extremely intimidating. 372 00:14:15,355 --> 00:14:17,023 -But how did you prepare? 373 00:14:17,065 --> 00:14:20,235 I remember them telling me they wanted, like, some characters. 374 00:14:20,276 --> 00:14:21,778 -Yeah. -They said, "Just get in there. 375 00:14:21,820 --> 00:14:23,196 Like, it's best if you show characters. 376 00:14:23,238 --> 00:14:24,906 Show them what you can do." And I was like, 377 00:14:24,948 --> 00:14:26,574 "Well, I don't really do characters, 378 00:14:26,616 --> 00:14:27,992 but I could do some stand-up. 379 00:14:28,034 --> 00:14:29,452 I'll try to incorporate some characters." 380 00:14:29,494 --> 00:14:30,912 It was the shit-- It was bad. 381 00:14:30,954 --> 00:14:32,622 It was probably one of the worst displays of talent 382 00:14:32,664 --> 00:14:34,416 I've ever put on in my fucking life. 383 00:14:34,457 --> 00:14:36,376 -But it's hard. -If I'd have got that show, 384 00:14:36,418 --> 00:14:39,087 it really would have been a mystery as to how, 385 00:14:39,129 --> 00:14:40,672 when I look back at it today. 386 00:14:40,714 --> 00:14:42,507 -"I'm definitely gonna do my Avery Johnson. 387 00:14:42,549 --> 00:14:46,094 I know that. 388 00:14:46,136 --> 00:14:47,804 [ Gasping ] Where's my notepad? 389 00:14:47,846 --> 00:14:50,598 Avery Johnson, 'SNL' audition." 390 00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:52,851 -[ Laughs ] 391 00:14:52,892 --> 00:14:54,811 -You committed to the Avery. -I really did. 392 00:14:54,853 --> 00:14:57,981 I really did, man. -I did -- 393 00:14:58,023 --> 00:15:00,150 Yeah, they did the same sort -- They did -- 394 00:15:00,191 --> 00:15:04,612 If you could do it, a celebrity impersonation, 395 00:15:04,654 --> 00:15:08,783 a character of your choice, and a political impersonation. 396 00:15:08,825 --> 00:15:10,118 -Yeah, I had no political. 397 00:15:10,160 --> 00:15:14,956 -And do it for five to eight minutes. 398 00:15:14,998 --> 00:15:17,459 And if you can't do any of that, just be funny. 399 00:15:17,500 --> 00:15:19,461 So, 400 00:15:19,502 --> 00:15:23,381 I had a kind of, once again, 401 00:15:23,423 --> 00:15:27,302 obscure celebrity impersonation in the world of sports, 402 00:15:27,344 --> 00:15:30,138 but Harry Caray, the announcer of the Chicago Cubs -- 403 00:15:30,180 --> 00:15:31,931 -Yes. -...who, while I was at 404 00:15:31,973 --> 00:15:35,143 The Groundlings -- or while I was working in L.A., 405 00:15:35,185 --> 00:15:38,855 I'd come home at lunch 'cause I lived close enough 406 00:15:38,897 --> 00:15:42,150 to eat lunch at my house, my apartment. 407 00:15:42,192 --> 00:15:46,279 And they would have the Cubs day games on. 408 00:15:46,321 --> 00:15:47,906 And I didn't know anything about the Cubs, 409 00:15:47,947 --> 00:15:49,908 But I'd turn on the baseball game, "Oh," 410 00:15:49,949 --> 00:15:54,954 and see this guy, Harry Caray, you know, just -- 411 00:15:54,996 --> 00:15:57,290 I was like, "Who is this guy? I've never..." 412 00:15:57,332 --> 00:16:00,293 Growing up in L.A., I wasn't familiar with him. 413 00:16:00,335 --> 00:16:04,130 And for those baseball fans, for those Chicago Cubs fans -- 414 00:16:04,172 --> 00:16:06,341 -He was the best thing ever. -...he's a legendary guy who, 415 00:16:06,383 --> 00:16:09,010 you know, towards the middle to end of his career 416 00:16:09,052 --> 00:16:11,846 would just say the most bizarre stuff. 417 00:16:11,888 --> 00:16:14,891 And literally, I was watching one afternoon, 418 00:16:14,933 --> 00:16:17,352 and he was like -- 419 00:16:17,394 --> 00:16:21,022 You know, he'd get confused with the names of the players. 420 00:16:21,064 --> 00:16:23,858 He'd be like, you know, 421 00:16:23,900 --> 00:16:27,904 "DeSantos back for the pop ball. 422 00:16:27,946 --> 00:16:29,698 He drops it. 423 00:16:29,739 --> 00:16:32,075 Oh, he lost it in the sun. 424 00:16:32,117 --> 00:16:35,787 Here's something I'll never understand. 425 00:16:35,829 --> 00:16:40,542 DeSantos grew up in the Dominican Republic. 426 00:16:40,583 --> 00:16:43,837 It's sunny the whole time. 427 00:16:43,878 --> 00:16:48,383 He's staring into the sun 24 hours a day, 428 00:16:48,425 --> 00:16:50,385 and yet he drops the ball. 429 00:16:50,427 --> 00:16:51,720 Oh. 430 00:16:51,761 --> 00:16:54,639 Anyway. 431 00:16:54,681 --> 00:16:57,225 Two in one count --" Like, 432 00:16:57,267 --> 00:16:59,436 and I'm like, I was just thinking, "Who is this guy? 433 00:16:59,477 --> 00:17:01,771 How is he allowed to be on television?" 434 00:17:01,813 --> 00:17:04,816 -[ Laughing ] -And... 435 00:17:04,858 --> 00:17:06,735 another time, he'd get really mad 436 00:17:06,776 --> 00:17:10,488 when the Cubs were not playing well. 437 00:17:10,530 --> 00:17:13,742 And there was a pitcher -- -[ Laughing ] 438 00:17:13,783 --> 00:17:15,035 -There was a pitcher for the Cubs 439 00:17:15,076 --> 00:17:16,911 named Heathcliff Slocumb, 440 00:17:16,953 --> 00:17:19,622 and he was like, you know, 441 00:17:19,664 --> 00:17:22,917 "Two one f-fast ball. Heathcliff 442 00:17:22,959 --> 00:17:27,047 sets the pitch, and the pitch, high ball three. 443 00:17:27,088 --> 00:17:30,800 If he's throwing hard, I'm a Chinaman." 444 00:17:30,842 --> 00:17:32,927 [ Laughter ] And I was like, "What? 445 00:17:32,969 --> 00:17:34,346 What did he just say?" 446 00:17:34,387 --> 00:17:38,683 And, yeah. So, just always all over the place. 447 00:17:38,725 --> 00:17:41,353 But anyway, I'd written a sketch at The Groundlings 448 00:17:41,394 --> 00:17:45,315 that it was Harry Caray doing a play reading, 449 00:17:45,357 --> 00:17:47,776 because it was -- The baseball strike was on, 450 00:17:47,817 --> 00:17:50,612 and he was out of a job, so... 451 00:17:50,653 --> 00:17:52,113 What happened, Carol? 452 00:17:52,155 --> 00:17:54,282 I feel hollow inside. 453 00:17:54,324 --> 00:17:57,410 My heart is black, and I hate you. 454 00:17:57,452 --> 00:17:59,329 Sweet Jesus. 455 00:17:59,371 --> 00:18:03,792 So, I did Harry Caray doing a play reading for my audition. 456 00:18:03,833 --> 00:18:07,212 I think I did Bill Clinton? 457 00:18:07,253 --> 00:18:11,508 Oh, no, no, I did Ted Kennedy 458 00:18:11,549 --> 00:18:14,135 doing stand-up comedy. 459 00:18:14,177 --> 00:18:18,139 And then, I did this sketch, 460 00:18:18,181 --> 00:18:20,350 another sketch from The Groundlings that ended up being, 461 00:18:20,392 --> 00:18:22,894 I think, what got me the job in the first place, 462 00:18:22,936 --> 00:18:24,688 was this guy -- -Your original sketch? 463 00:18:24,729 --> 00:18:27,440 -...yelling at his kids to get off the shed. 464 00:18:27,482 --> 00:18:31,986 And he's a guy doing a barbecue with neighbors, 465 00:18:32,028 --> 00:18:34,280 and he's just having a benign conversation, 466 00:18:34,322 --> 00:18:37,867 talking about stupid suburban stuff, 467 00:18:37,909 --> 00:18:40,495 and then he would yell, off-camera. 468 00:18:40,537 --> 00:18:44,499 You don't see what's happening, was like, "Hey, you want to -- 469 00:18:44,541 --> 00:18:47,502 Hey, kids, you want to do me a favor and get off that shed? 470 00:18:47,544 --> 00:18:50,422 Stop -- Stop crawling on the utility shed. 471 00:18:50,463 --> 00:18:51,548 Okay? 472 00:18:51,589 --> 00:18:53,049 Thanks, pal. 473 00:18:53,091 --> 00:18:54,342 Thanks, buddy. 474 00:18:54,384 --> 00:18:57,262 Anyway, my golf game is great. 475 00:18:57,303 --> 00:18:59,806 I found a new sand wedge I just love. 476 00:18:59,848 --> 00:19:02,267 It just cuts right through, you know. Beautiful. 477 00:19:02,308 --> 00:19:03,601 You been playing a lot of golf lately?" 478 00:19:03,643 --> 00:19:06,187 -Yeah, a little bit. -"Get off the shed!" 479 00:19:06,229 --> 00:19:07,355 -Yeah. 480 00:19:07,397 --> 00:19:09,399 Wow. Wow. 481 00:19:09,441 --> 00:19:10,817 -Yeah. And I -- 482 00:19:10,859 --> 00:19:13,194 That was the game of that sketch. 483 00:19:13,236 --> 00:19:16,364 Just yelling at kids off-camera. 484 00:19:16,406 --> 00:19:17,741 So, that was my audition. Yeah. 485 00:19:17,782 --> 00:19:20,160 -Will, an amazing conversation we're having, 486 00:19:20,201 --> 00:19:22,537 but unfortunately, we do have to pay some bills. 487 00:19:22,579 --> 00:19:24,289 Guys, we're gonna take a break. We'll be right back 488 00:19:24,330 --> 00:19:25,707 with more "Hart to Heart" after this. 489 00:19:25,749 --> 00:19:27,542 -Anybody want a burger? Who wants a burger? 490 00:19:27,584 --> 00:19:30,211 These are just about -- just about done here. 491 00:19:30,253 --> 00:19:32,672 Get off the Goddamn shed! 492 00:19:32,881 --> 00:19:38,470 ** 493 00:19:45,018 --> 00:19:47,187 ** 494 00:19:47,228 --> 00:19:48,813 -Alright. We're back. 495 00:19:48,855 --> 00:19:50,648 This is still "Hart to Heart," and I'm still talking 496 00:19:50,690 --> 00:19:53,318 to the legend himself, Mr. Will Ferrell. 497 00:19:53,360 --> 00:19:56,112 Will, you get "SNL." 498 00:19:56,154 --> 00:19:57,739 Finding your wheelhouse 499 00:19:57,781 --> 00:20:00,909 into becoming a not just fan favorite but a show favorite, 500 00:20:00,950 --> 00:20:03,661 how long did it take you to get into the place where, 501 00:20:03,703 --> 00:20:06,664 "Okay, I'm in the system of the norm and the regular. 502 00:20:06,706 --> 00:20:08,333 Although I'm doing the work... -Yeah. 503 00:20:08,375 --> 00:20:10,335 -...everybody feels like they can work with me 504 00:20:10,377 --> 00:20:13,588 and provide me with material as I do for them, as well." 505 00:20:13,630 --> 00:20:15,674 -I hate to keep saying that I got lucky, 506 00:20:15,715 --> 00:20:18,718 but once again, you know, 507 00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:21,304 the year that I got hired, 508 00:20:21,346 --> 00:20:23,348 I think it was eight new cast members, 509 00:20:23,390 --> 00:20:24,849 a brand-new writing staff. 510 00:20:24,891 --> 00:20:29,020 So, we were just thrown into the fire together. 511 00:20:29,062 --> 00:20:31,398 So they -- 512 00:20:31,439 --> 00:20:35,360 Lorne kind of had to use all of us, and it wasn't -- 513 00:20:35,402 --> 00:20:39,030 Usually, cast members are kind of piecemealed, 514 00:20:39,072 --> 00:20:42,867 one or two, you know, every year or -- 515 00:20:42,909 --> 00:20:47,414 But we were all thrown in there and, you know -- 516 00:20:47,455 --> 00:20:52,127 So, that way, it almost created this even playing field. 517 00:20:52,168 --> 00:20:53,670 -Mm-hmm. 518 00:20:53,712 --> 00:20:58,049 -And everyone, you know -- It was on the verge -- 519 00:20:58,091 --> 00:20:59,718 I mean, the year that -- 520 00:20:59,759 --> 00:21:02,887 That was the '95-'96 season. -Wow. 521 00:21:02,929 --> 00:21:05,306 -And, so, the year before 522 00:21:05,348 --> 00:21:07,517 was the last year for Sandler and Farley 523 00:21:07,559 --> 00:21:10,603 and Dana Carvey and Mike -- Everyone had left. 524 00:21:10,645 --> 00:21:14,899 So, we're here with this brand-new crew, 525 00:21:14,941 --> 00:21:17,569 and we're going up against -- Dana Carvey had a sketch show. 526 00:21:17,610 --> 00:21:19,195 Howard Stern had a sketch show. 527 00:21:19,237 --> 00:21:20,822 "Mad TV" started. 528 00:21:20,864 --> 00:21:23,742 And I think that there was another sketch show, 529 00:21:23,783 --> 00:21:26,911 all going up against "SNL" for the first time ever. 530 00:21:26,953 --> 00:21:29,414 No one would ever go up against the show in its time slot. 531 00:21:29,456 --> 00:21:31,082 -"Living Color" wasn't around then, right? 532 00:21:31,124 --> 00:21:33,626 "Living Color" was -- -"Living Color" already was -- 533 00:21:33,668 --> 00:21:35,253 -Was it already done, or was it later in the '90s? 534 00:21:35,295 --> 00:21:36,838 -No, I think it was -- -When it was done? 535 00:21:36,880 --> 00:21:38,131 -I'm not sure. 536 00:21:38,173 --> 00:21:39,424 -They were in the wheelhouse of that. 537 00:21:39,466 --> 00:21:40,759 -Yeah. -I remember the "Mad TV" times, 538 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:42,260 and all that stuff was together then. Yeah. 539 00:21:42,302 --> 00:21:44,262 -It was -- There was blood in the water, 540 00:21:44,304 --> 00:21:45,847 and all the networks could sense it. 541 00:21:45,889 --> 00:21:47,265 It was like, "This is the time to take them down." 542 00:21:47,307 --> 00:21:51,603 So, we were like, "Well, here we are. 543 00:21:51,644 --> 00:21:53,938 Our backs are against the wall. 544 00:21:53,980 --> 00:21:57,567 Let's just have fun," you know, and we kind of -- 545 00:21:57,609 --> 00:22:00,820 You know, everyone was just kind of pulling on the same oar. 546 00:22:00,862 --> 00:22:02,447 And so, I had to be used. 547 00:22:02,489 --> 00:22:06,201 The writers kind of had to use me, right from the get-go. 548 00:22:06,242 --> 00:22:07,535 -There comes a point on the show 549 00:22:07,577 --> 00:22:09,371 where you have to make a decision. 550 00:22:09,412 --> 00:22:13,083 And that decision is, "Okay, what's next for me?" 551 00:22:13,124 --> 00:22:15,293 And some make it. Some don't. Right? 552 00:22:15,335 --> 00:22:17,962 Some choose to make the decision to go on 553 00:22:18,004 --> 00:22:20,298 and figure out the next version of their career, 554 00:22:20,340 --> 00:22:22,300 and some say, "No, I'm fine." 555 00:22:22,342 --> 00:22:23,927 And it's okay, by the way. -Right. 556 00:22:23,968 --> 00:22:26,513 -Whatever it is that you choose to do 557 00:22:26,554 --> 00:22:29,766 that's best for you and your opportunity. 558 00:22:29,808 --> 00:22:31,726 The world of movie star that's on the other side of "SNL," 559 00:22:31,768 --> 00:22:33,311 you don't know about. -Sure. 560 00:22:33,353 --> 00:22:34,813 -But there's a feeling of, like, Goddamn. 561 00:22:34,854 --> 00:22:36,981 I mean, you were "SNL." 562 00:22:37,023 --> 00:22:38,650 You were the face. 563 00:22:38,692 --> 00:22:41,695 By the way, which is a fucking amazing accomplishment 564 00:22:41,736 --> 00:22:43,655 because there's only a certain amount of people 565 00:22:43,697 --> 00:22:45,990 that actually became the face. 566 00:22:46,032 --> 00:22:50,829 You share that title with a few. 567 00:22:50,870 --> 00:22:52,372 Okay, fuck. 568 00:22:52,414 --> 00:22:54,416 Movies are next. 569 00:22:54,457 --> 00:22:58,128 I'm going to not only go and do this, 570 00:22:58,169 --> 00:23:01,840 but you later took a team, and you had some creators 571 00:23:01,881 --> 00:23:06,302 that you then developed with and started to do more things. 572 00:23:06,344 --> 00:23:08,346 But the actual decision of "I'm out" -- 573 00:23:08,388 --> 00:23:10,432 -Yeah. -That's a hard one to make. 574 00:23:10,473 --> 00:23:12,726 When -- What was your thing 575 00:23:12,767 --> 00:23:15,645 that made you go, "Okay, it has to be now. 576 00:23:15,687 --> 00:23:18,481 I got to go now," and why? 577 00:23:18,523 --> 00:23:21,192 -It was just time to take a flying leap, 578 00:23:21,234 --> 00:23:24,446 and that's what hap-- 579 00:23:24,487 --> 00:23:29,492 I had filmed "Old School" 580 00:23:29,534 --> 00:23:33,663 during that sixth and seventh season. 581 00:23:33,705 --> 00:23:36,332 -"Old School" you did while being on the show. 582 00:23:36,374 --> 00:23:39,377 -On the show, so I was going back and forth, 583 00:23:39,419 --> 00:23:41,880 but that hadn't come out yet. 584 00:23:41,921 --> 00:23:46,468 And that didn't come out till after I left the show. 585 00:23:46,509 --> 00:23:49,387 And other than that, I only had this -- 586 00:23:49,429 --> 00:23:52,849 We had this other project that needed a lot of work 587 00:23:52,891 --> 00:23:54,726 but was kind of an interesting concept, 588 00:23:54,768 --> 00:23:57,729 about a human who was raised by elves up at the North Pole. 589 00:23:57,771 --> 00:23:59,481 -Yeah, your socks. -And socks. 590 00:23:59,522 --> 00:24:01,107 -Yeah, your socks. 591 00:24:01,149 --> 00:24:04,319 "Elf" happened. "Elf" becomes this massive hit. 592 00:24:04,361 --> 00:24:06,279 By the way, "Old School," the same, right? 593 00:24:06,321 --> 00:24:07,864 But you -- -Well, yeah. 594 00:24:07,906 --> 00:24:10,367 And so, then -- -It's lining up. 595 00:24:10,408 --> 00:24:11,993 "Night at the Roxbury." -Yeah. 596 00:24:12,035 --> 00:24:15,955 -One of my, honest, all-time favorite movies, just from -- 597 00:24:15,997 --> 00:24:17,916 That's where you started to understand, like, 598 00:24:17,957 --> 00:24:19,959 the opportunities that come from "SNL," 599 00:24:20,001 --> 00:24:23,213 based off of their most popular sketches, 600 00:24:23,254 --> 00:24:26,508 could go and springboard into films. 601 00:24:26,549 --> 00:24:29,761 -They were great to kind of just get your feet wet. 602 00:24:29,803 --> 00:24:34,349 But then, super fortunate in that the first three movies 603 00:24:34,391 --> 00:24:36,393 after I leave the show are "Old School," 604 00:24:36,434 --> 00:24:38,436 "Elf," and "Anchorman." -Yeah. Bang, bang, bang. 605 00:24:38,478 --> 00:24:39,896 -Yeah. -It kind of lined up. 606 00:24:39,938 --> 00:24:42,941 With the world of success from the show 607 00:24:42,982 --> 00:24:47,028 versus the world of success, like, with the movies after, 608 00:24:47,070 --> 00:24:49,864 there's a significant change, of course, in attention. 609 00:24:49,906 --> 00:24:51,408 How did you handle that? 610 00:24:51,449 --> 00:24:53,785 'Cause you're not a guy that loves the world 611 00:24:53,827 --> 00:24:56,037 of, "pop, pop, pop," paparazzi, 612 00:24:56,079 --> 00:24:57,539 all this shit. How did you handle -- 613 00:24:57,580 --> 00:24:58,998 -Unlike you. You love it. -Well, okay. 614 00:24:59,040 --> 00:25:00,625 What the fuck does that mean? -You love it. 615 00:25:00,667 --> 00:25:02,085 -What does that mean? -Oh. Pop, pop, pop. 616 00:25:02,127 --> 00:25:04,629 -What does that mean? -You love the lights. 617 00:25:04,671 --> 00:25:05,880 -What is that? What are you saying? 618 00:25:05,922 --> 00:25:07,799 -Yeah. -What do you mean, "Yeah"? 619 00:25:07,841 --> 00:25:09,134 What is that? 620 00:25:09,175 --> 00:25:13,179 -No, I -- 'cause my hobby, I'm a paparazzi 621 00:25:13,221 --> 00:25:14,431 when I have downtime. -Okay. 622 00:25:14,472 --> 00:25:15,807 -And I love following you around town. 623 00:25:15,849 --> 00:25:17,392 -No, you don't. You don't follow me around. 624 00:25:17,434 --> 00:25:18,935 -You always give us great shots. -No, Will. 625 00:25:18,977 --> 00:25:20,979 -Thank you. From the paparazzi community, thank you. 626 00:25:21,021 --> 00:25:24,649 -You don't -- You're not a fucking paparazzi, so stop it. 627 00:25:24,691 --> 00:25:29,446 -Alright. Maybe one day, they'll let me in. 628 00:25:29,487 --> 00:25:31,031 I don't know. -How did you handle it? 629 00:25:31,072 --> 00:25:32,991 -I didn't really... 630 00:25:33,033 --> 00:25:37,037 There was -- I do remember walking around New York... 631 00:25:38,955 --> 00:25:42,417 ...after the opening weekend of "Elf," 632 00:25:42,459 --> 00:25:44,961 and that was the real first time 633 00:25:45,003 --> 00:25:47,589 where my wife and I are walking around, 634 00:25:47,630 --> 00:25:49,966 and people are following us around. 635 00:25:50,008 --> 00:25:54,596 And that was kind of 636 00:25:54,637 --> 00:25:56,723 a little exciting, in a weird way, 637 00:25:56,765 --> 00:25:59,726 and a little alarming. 638 00:25:59,768 --> 00:26:02,520 We were like, "Why is this guy walking -- 639 00:26:02,562 --> 00:26:04,522 Someone's on the other side of the sidewalk, 640 00:26:04,564 --> 00:26:05,857 walking the same speed as I am." 641 00:26:05,899 --> 00:26:07,400 -Yeah. -"That's a weird feeling. 642 00:26:07,442 --> 00:26:08,943 What are they doing?" 643 00:26:08,985 --> 00:26:11,988 And then, "Why is he dressed in all black?" 644 00:26:12,030 --> 00:26:14,199 And then, "Why is he holding a big camera?" 645 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:16,659 -What's he doing? Why are they taking pictures of me? 646 00:26:16,701 --> 00:26:18,370 -"Who's he photographing? Oh! Me." 647 00:26:18,411 --> 00:26:22,874 -You've never really bought into the idea of the fame, though. 648 00:26:22,916 --> 00:26:23,958 That's not you. 649 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:25,377 You love the job. You do the job. 650 00:26:25,418 --> 00:26:27,587 But you never bought into, 651 00:26:27,629 --> 00:26:30,382 "I'm famous, I'm Will Ferrell, and here I am." 652 00:26:30,423 --> 00:26:32,384 Like, that's not your cup of tea. 653 00:26:32,425 --> 00:26:34,469 -Yeah. -And you're very frugal. 654 00:26:34,511 --> 00:26:36,221 You're a cheap ass. 655 00:26:36,262 --> 00:26:37,430 You're a fucking cheap ass. 656 00:26:37,472 --> 00:26:39,391 You don't spend any of your money. 657 00:26:39,432 --> 00:26:41,059 How much do you have saved? Huh? 658 00:26:41,101 --> 00:26:43,561 How much do you fucking have saved? 659 00:26:43,603 --> 00:26:46,064 Jesus Christ. I've never seen anybody save more of it 660 00:26:46,106 --> 00:26:47,482 in my Goddamn life. 661 00:26:47,524 --> 00:26:48,900 Nothing. You don't spend a fucking dime. 662 00:26:48,942 --> 00:26:50,944 -Have you looked into my financial statements? 663 00:26:50,985 --> 00:26:53,697 -I know you don't spend fucking money. You don't care. 664 00:26:53,738 --> 00:26:55,448 You still got your BlackBerry? 665 00:26:55,490 --> 00:26:57,242 -I wish. It crumbled. 666 00:26:57,283 --> 00:27:00,578 -You had it for a long time. -Crumbled to dust. 667 00:27:00,620 --> 00:27:03,748 That BlackBerry, though. Ahh. Don't you miss it? 668 00:27:03,790 --> 00:27:06,626 -No! -The textured keyboard? 669 00:27:06,668 --> 00:27:09,087 [ Sighs ] Just the sensation 670 00:27:09,129 --> 00:27:10,755 of that "clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack"? 671 00:27:10,797 --> 00:27:12,590 Ah. "Brick Breaker"? 672 00:27:12,632 --> 00:27:15,218 Relax with a little "Brick Breaker"? 673 00:27:15,260 --> 00:27:16,928 Yeah. 674 00:27:16,970 --> 00:27:22,100 -Why -- Why have you not truly bought into the higher side? 675 00:27:22,142 --> 00:27:23,601 What keeps you grounded? 676 00:27:23,643 --> 00:27:27,272 What keeps you in the humble thinking space? 677 00:27:27,313 --> 00:27:30,108 -Because I grew up 678 00:27:30,150 --> 00:27:33,486 a little bit around it, enough to see -- 679 00:27:33,528 --> 00:27:37,741 You know, like I was saying, my dad was a working musician. 680 00:27:37,782 --> 00:27:40,952 And he lived hand to mouth, you know? 681 00:27:40,994 --> 00:27:46,041 There'd be -- He'd be playing gigs for six months 682 00:27:46,082 --> 00:27:49,878 at the, you know, Italian restaurant down the street. 683 00:27:49,919 --> 00:27:51,296 And then, he'd come home and be like, 684 00:27:51,338 --> 00:27:53,965 "Well, got to find a new place to play." 685 00:27:54,007 --> 00:27:55,467 And I'm like, "What happened?" 686 00:27:55,508 --> 00:27:58,303 Like, "Nothing happened. They love me. 687 00:27:58,345 --> 00:28:01,014 They said they're just going into a new direction." 688 00:28:01,056 --> 00:28:05,352 So he had to find a new place, new, you know -- 689 00:28:05,393 --> 00:28:09,147 I just was like, "This is -- Boy, this is tough." 690 00:28:09,189 --> 00:28:12,317 And I would go and listen to him play, 691 00:28:12,359 --> 00:28:15,403 and I thought, "I don't get it. He sounds -- 692 00:28:15,445 --> 00:28:17,947 He's as good a musician as anyone I've ever heard. 693 00:28:17,989 --> 00:28:22,702 But why isn't, you know, the Hollywood thing of someone 694 00:28:22,744 --> 00:28:26,623 walking into a restaurant and discovering someone 695 00:28:26,664 --> 00:28:28,416 and, like, signing you to a record contract?" 696 00:28:28,458 --> 00:28:30,043 -Mm-hmm. -"Oh, that doesn't exist." 697 00:28:30,085 --> 00:28:34,172 And so, I just always had that in the back of my mind, 698 00:28:34,214 --> 00:28:36,132 that it's, you know -- 699 00:28:36,174 --> 00:28:39,052 I've just never taken any of it for granted, ever. 700 00:28:39,094 --> 00:28:42,347 -Yeah. Talking comedy? Oh, it doesn't get better. 701 00:28:42,389 --> 00:28:43,890 But we do have to pay bills. 702 00:28:43,932 --> 00:28:46,976 We got more "Hart to Heart" coming up after this. 703 00:28:47,018 --> 00:28:52,774 ** 704 00:28:58,780 --> 00:29:01,282 ** 705 00:29:01,324 --> 00:29:03,702 -Welcome back. This is "Hart to Heart," 706 00:29:03,743 --> 00:29:05,870 and I still am talking to Will Ferrell. 707 00:29:05,912 --> 00:29:08,832 Will, you got a lot of kids, right? 708 00:29:08,873 --> 00:29:10,250 -How many? -Lot of kids. 709 00:29:10,291 --> 00:29:12,252 -You got like four kids, right? -I got a lot. 710 00:29:12,293 --> 00:29:14,587 -How many you have? 711 00:29:14,629 --> 00:29:16,506 Four. Four. 712 00:29:16,548 --> 00:29:18,675 No, you don't have that many. -No, I have three. 713 00:29:18,717 --> 00:29:20,343 -Three, three kids. -Three kids. 714 00:29:20,385 --> 00:29:21,386 -Active. 715 00:29:21,428 --> 00:29:22,429 -Active. -Hey. 716 00:29:22,470 --> 00:29:25,181 -Active. One's out, though. 717 00:29:25,223 --> 00:29:27,392 -What's that mean? -Out -- At college. 718 00:29:27,434 --> 00:29:28,852 -Oh, okay. Jesus. What do you -- 719 00:29:28,893 --> 00:29:31,646 -One just got kicked out. -What'd he do? 720 00:29:31,688 --> 00:29:33,648 -At a certain point, you decide. 721 00:29:33,690 --> 00:29:35,191 -Your relationship with your kids 722 00:29:35,233 --> 00:29:36,985 and your kids' relationship with you, 723 00:29:37,027 --> 00:29:38,987 especially in regards to what you do for a living, 724 00:29:39,029 --> 00:29:40,613 have they found a nice balance? 725 00:29:40,655 --> 00:29:42,741 -Yeah, but it's similar. 726 00:29:42,782 --> 00:29:45,118 They're -- They -- 727 00:29:47,412 --> 00:29:51,374 We don't talk about what I do so much. 728 00:29:51,416 --> 00:29:52,751 -Mm-hmm. 729 00:29:52,792 --> 00:29:54,627 -To the point where I'm like, 730 00:29:54,669 --> 00:29:55,795 "God, do they even like what I do? 731 00:29:55,837 --> 00:29:57,464 Do they even think I'm funny?" 732 00:29:57,505 --> 00:30:02,218 But I think they secretly are very proud and -- 733 00:30:02,260 --> 00:30:05,472 -Absolutely. -Yeah, and like that stuff. 734 00:30:05,513 --> 00:30:06,890 But we've never made it a point 735 00:30:06,931 --> 00:30:10,185 to make what I do such a big deal. 736 00:30:10,226 --> 00:30:11,227 -Yeah. 737 00:30:11,269 --> 00:30:16,274 -And, yeah, I just try to be Dad, 738 00:30:16,316 --> 00:30:18,318 try to listen to them, try to offer advice, all that. 739 00:30:18,360 --> 00:30:20,403 -It's not try. I mean, you actually do do it. 740 00:30:20,445 --> 00:30:23,031 -No, I have to try. -Well, you're not trying, Will. 741 00:30:23,073 --> 00:30:25,742 You do a good job of it. You're a good dad. 742 00:30:25,784 --> 00:30:29,996 Like, I think -- No, don't do -- No, that's not -- Don't do that. 743 00:30:30,038 --> 00:30:32,624 That's not -- You have nothing -- No. 744 00:30:32,665 --> 00:30:34,000 -I just want to say -- -No, Will. 745 00:30:34,042 --> 00:30:35,960 You don't have to do that. -Here's to me. 746 00:30:36,002 --> 00:30:37,962 -No, cheers to you being a good dad. 747 00:30:38,004 --> 00:30:40,757 -How many barrels of wine are in this place? 748 00:30:40,799 --> 00:30:42,467 -Okay. Don't do that. Will, it's a lot. 749 00:30:42,509 --> 00:30:44,886 -Just goes back there forever. -Yeah, we're gonna go -- 750 00:30:44,928 --> 00:30:46,763 We're gonna get into some of them, okay? 751 00:30:46,805 --> 00:30:48,932 -Is it haunted? -No. It's not haunted. 752 00:30:48,973 --> 00:30:51,184 Let's just finish the conversation, right? 753 00:30:51,226 --> 00:30:53,812 No need to even address the barrels. 754 00:30:53,853 --> 00:30:55,313 I want to know this from you. 755 00:30:55,355 --> 00:30:56,856 Doing a lot of movies, of course, 756 00:30:56,898 --> 00:30:58,400 you have to have your favorite. Right? 757 00:30:58,441 --> 00:31:00,485 -Yeah. -Who's the favorite person, 758 00:31:00,527 --> 00:31:02,320 I guess you could say, that you've been able 759 00:31:02,362 --> 00:31:04,989 to attach yourself to in comedy, you've shared the screen with? 760 00:31:05,031 --> 00:31:06,491 Who's your favorite? 761 00:31:06,533 --> 00:31:08,618 You can leave me out of it. I don't want the pressure 762 00:31:08,660 --> 00:31:10,412 of you feeling like you've got to say me 'cause I'm here. 763 00:31:10,453 --> 00:31:13,623 I already know where you put me, so let's not even do that. 764 00:31:13,665 --> 00:31:14,749 -Oh, good. -Alright? 765 00:31:14,791 --> 00:31:17,168 -'Cause you're number 15. 766 00:31:17,210 --> 00:31:20,213 You're probably the 15th best person I've worked with. 767 00:31:20,255 --> 00:31:22,007 And that's high, 'cause I've done a ton. 768 00:31:22,048 --> 00:31:23,216 -Yeah. I'll take it. 769 00:31:23,258 --> 00:31:25,135 I'm saying -- -You're top 15. 770 00:31:25,176 --> 00:31:28,179 -But that's what I'm saying. You didn't have to say it at all. 771 00:31:28,221 --> 00:31:32,058 -I mean, obviously, created a bond with John C. Reilly. 772 00:31:32,100 --> 00:31:34,811 -Mm-hmm. -Super fun, great guy. 773 00:31:34,853 --> 00:31:37,981 -So, why can't you just say John C. Reilly? 774 00:31:38,023 --> 00:31:39,232 -I did, didn't I? -No, you said, 775 00:31:39,274 --> 00:31:40,692 "Obviously, I created a bond," 776 00:31:40,734 --> 00:31:43,820 but you didn't say, "John C. Reilly is my favorite." 777 00:31:43,862 --> 00:31:46,239 -I don't know if I -- I mean, yes. Okay. 778 00:31:46,281 --> 00:31:48,116 -You're stuttering. It's a simple question, Will. 779 00:31:48,158 --> 00:31:49,409 -John C. Reilly. -Okay. 780 00:31:49,451 --> 00:31:50,910 -But I've enjoyed -- -So, you think 781 00:31:50,952 --> 00:31:52,912 John C. Reilly's better than me? -Oh, man. 782 00:31:52,954 --> 00:31:54,289 -I'm not putting you on the spot. 783 00:31:54,330 --> 00:31:55,874 By the way, I don't even care. -This was a trap. 784 00:31:55,915 --> 00:31:57,208 -I don't even care. I don't want you to think 785 00:31:57,250 --> 00:31:58,626 that I'm even into this 'cause I'm not. 786 00:31:58,668 --> 00:32:03,006 But if I was, you think he's better to work with? 787 00:32:03,048 --> 00:32:04,924 If so, why? -You told me it didn't matter. 788 00:32:04,966 --> 00:32:06,926 -It doesn't. Forget it. Throw it out the window. 789 00:32:06,968 --> 00:32:08,386 Throw it out the window. Close it. 790 00:32:08,428 --> 00:32:09,888 Throw it out the window and close the window. 791 00:32:09,929 --> 00:32:11,306 -I'm not saying he's better than you. 792 00:32:11,348 --> 00:32:13,099 -Yeah. And by the way, if he was, that's fine. 793 00:32:13,141 --> 00:32:14,559 -Okay. No, I'm not saying that. 794 00:32:14,601 --> 00:32:15,977 -Yeah. It's fine. 795 00:32:16,019 --> 00:32:17,896 -'Cause we all have our distinct -- 796 00:32:17,937 --> 00:32:20,440 -Exactly. -...abilities, what we do better 797 00:32:20,482 --> 00:32:22,150 than other people, this, that, and the other. 798 00:32:22,192 --> 00:32:26,071 -Is that why you've never done another movie with me? 799 00:32:26,112 --> 00:32:27,197 Huh. -Yes. 800 00:32:27,238 --> 00:32:29,282 -Wow. -That is it. 801 00:32:29,324 --> 00:32:31,993 [ Both laugh ] 802 00:32:32,035 --> 00:32:33,661 That's totally it. 803 00:32:33,703 --> 00:32:36,039 -No, you and John C. Reilly are something different. 804 00:32:36,081 --> 00:32:40,293 It's a comedy duo that -- 805 00:32:40,335 --> 00:32:43,672 The thing that -- The action that's happening, 806 00:32:43,713 --> 00:32:47,008 especially in regards to comedy, is obviously not written. 807 00:32:47,050 --> 00:32:49,010 But the comfort that you guys have in one another 808 00:32:49,052 --> 00:32:51,262 and the trust that you guys have in one another 809 00:32:51,304 --> 00:32:55,266 and the ability to, like, exchange the levels, right? 810 00:32:55,308 --> 00:32:56,685 When I look at you guys in "Step Brothers," 811 00:32:56,726 --> 00:32:58,937 and I look at you guys in "Talladega Nights," 812 00:32:58,978 --> 00:33:01,272 I'm looking at two different performances, 813 00:33:01,314 --> 00:33:04,067 but I'm also looking at a changing of the guard 814 00:33:04,109 --> 00:33:05,485 in both situations. -Yeah. 815 00:33:05,527 --> 00:33:08,196 -And there's scenes where you guys are clearly 816 00:33:08,238 --> 00:33:10,573 giving the other the world of. -Yeah. For sure. 817 00:33:10,615 --> 00:33:15,620 And that kind of common goal of, you know, 818 00:33:15,662 --> 00:33:20,041 just playing it through the character, as opposed to -- 819 00:33:20,083 --> 00:33:22,836 Yeah, not keeping track of who's gonna -- 820 00:33:22,877 --> 00:33:24,170 -Do what. -...end up funnier. 821 00:33:24,212 --> 00:33:28,591 -Yeah. You don't care enough. -You don't care. 822 00:33:28,633 --> 00:33:31,678 Just serving the story. 823 00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:34,764 But I was also gonna say 824 00:33:34,806 --> 00:33:37,058 what's really been enjoyable 825 00:33:37,100 --> 00:33:40,020 has been working with non-comedic actors 826 00:33:40,061 --> 00:33:41,688 who find a way -- 827 00:33:41,730 --> 00:33:45,316 So, like, if we're gonna use "Step Brothers" as an example, 828 00:33:45,358 --> 00:33:46,901 Richard Jenkins. -Oh, my God. 829 00:33:46,943 --> 00:33:48,653 -Casting someone like Richard Jenkins 830 00:33:48,695 --> 00:33:51,448 and getting this amazing comedic performance out of him. 831 00:33:51,489 --> 00:33:53,241 -Grounded comedic performance. -Exactly. 832 00:33:53,283 --> 00:33:54,576 -Grounded. -That's like -- 833 00:33:54,617 --> 00:33:56,119 -It balances out for what you're doing. 834 00:33:56,161 --> 00:33:59,205 That's the beauty to what you do well. 835 00:33:59,247 --> 00:34:02,542 That's the thing that I learned from working with you. 836 00:34:02,584 --> 00:34:04,127 It wasn't about the joke. 837 00:34:04,169 --> 00:34:07,005 The jokes were clearly there, 838 00:34:07,047 --> 00:34:09,883 but you chose the performance of low 839 00:34:09,924 --> 00:34:13,053 that got the reaction of high, which is kind of genius. 840 00:34:13,094 --> 00:34:14,554 It's kind of fucking genius. 841 00:34:14,596 --> 00:34:17,432 -But when are we gonna do another thing together? 842 00:34:17,474 --> 00:34:19,559 -I'll be honest, Will. I don't want to work with you again. 843 00:34:19,601 --> 00:34:21,186 -Oh. -Yeah. 844 00:34:21,227 --> 00:34:22,937 I don't really know. 845 00:34:22,979 --> 00:34:26,274 I don't have an excuse, either. I just kind of don't. 846 00:34:26,316 --> 00:34:28,401 You know how you make your mind up? 847 00:34:28,443 --> 00:34:30,403 -So I'm like -- -Yeah, I'm done. 848 00:34:30,445 --> 00:34:32,447 -Okay. -Yeah. But this is cool. 849 00:34:32,489 --> 00:34:36,242 So, what I really want to get into is just -- 850 00:34:36,284 --> 00:34:38,036 -Do I have to sit through this? 851 00:34:38,078 --> 00:34:40,997 Do I have to continue to sit here? Ben? 852 00:34:41,039 --> 00:34:42,582 -Man, I would -- -But, like, there's no chance? 853 00:34:42,624 --> 00:34:44,167 -No. What are you talking about? Absolutely. 854 00:34:44,209 --> 00:34:46,586 -But I feel like -- -Abso-fucking-lutely. 855 00:34:46,628 --> 00:34:49,589 -I feel like I've been like, "Hey, Kevin. Remember me?" 856 00:34:49,631 --> 00:34:51,508 And you've been like, "Bang, bang, bang, bang." 857 00:34:51,549 --> 00:34:53,093 -Doing stuff. -Boom, boom, boom. 858 00:34:53,134 --> 00:34:54,260 -Yeah. -Body blow, body blow. 859 00:34:54,302 --> 00:34:55,595 -Yeah. -Yeah. 860 00:34:55,637 --> 00:34:58,264 -Yeah. -Right? 861 00:34:58,306 --> 00:34:59,557 -Kind of. -Okay. 862 00:34:59,599 --> 00:35:01,768 -Yeah. But we'll figure it out, man. 863 00:35:01,810 --> 00:35:03,144 -Okay. Alright. 864 00:35:03,186 --> 00:35:05,063 -I've been -- -Butch and Sundance. 865 00:35:05,105 --> 00:35:06,398 -Yeah. Come on, man. -Yeah. 866 00:35:06,439 --> 00:35:07,774 -You already know. -Back together again. 867 00:35:07,816 --> 00:35:09,776 -If I got to tell you, then you ain't listening. 868 00:35:09,818 --> 00:35:11,611 -Okay. -Come on, now. 869 00:35:11,653 --> 00:35:14,948 -I want that on a T-shirt. 870 00:35:14,989 --> 00:35:17,575 "If I got to tell you again... 871 00:35:17,617 --> 00:35:19,119 you ain't listening." -"You ain't listening." Right. 872 00:35:19,160 --> 00:35:20,537 -On the back. -Right there. 873 00:35:20,578 --> 00:35:21,996 -That means it's on the back. -Right there. 874 00:35:22,038 --> 00:35:23,623 -Yep. -I could say this, too. 875 00:35:23,665 --> 00:35:26,960 This is gonna make you laugh. -But we had a great time. 876 00:35:27,002 --> 00:35:28,378 -We had a fucking fantastic time. 877 00:35:28,420 --> 00:35:30,338 You're in a bit every day. 878 00:35:30,380 --> 00:35:32,882 -Remember you and the boys pulling up in the park? 879 00:35:32,924 --> 00:35:34,426 -Yes. Rap music. -Rap music. 880 00:35:34,467 --> 00:35:37,804 -Rap music blasting. -Blasting. 881 00:35:37,846 --> 00:35:41,850 Entire crew of people 882 00:35:41,891 --> 00:35:43,309 going, "What's going on?" 883 00:35:43,351 --> 00:35:45,186 I knew it was you guys. 884 00:35:45,228 --> 00:35:48,481 And you get out of the truck, and you're like... 885 00:35:48,523 --> 00:35:50,233 -[ Laughs ] 886 00:35:50,275 --> 00:35:51,735 -And I think I'm in the middle of a take, 887 00:35:51,776 --> 00:35:54,112 and I just turn and I'm like... -Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. 888 00:35:54,154 --> 00:35:55,363 -Right back at you. -We were in sync. 889 00:35:55,405 --> 00:35:56,740 -Don't say anything for 30 seconds. 890 00:35:56,781 --> 00:35:58,450 -We were in sync. -Just point at each other. 891 00:35:58,491 --> 00:35:59,743 -Hip-hop. What's going on, baby? 892 00:35:59,784 --> 00:36:01,119 That's how I show up to set. 893 00:36:01,161 --> 00:36:02,996 -The director's like, "Um, can we get back..." 894 00:36:03,038 --> 00:36:04,164 -We set the tone, baby. 895 00:36:04,205 --> 00:36:05,498 -Set the tone. -Set the tone. 896 00:36:05,540 --> 00:36:07,167 That's how every day of work started, too, 897 00:36:07,208 --> 00:36:09,502 with a nice piece of tone that was set. 898 00:36:09,544 --> 00:36:12,047 Yeah, well, you know what? We're gonna take a break after that. 899 00:36:12,088 --> 00:36:13,298 I am your favorite. 900 00:36:13,340 --> 00:36:14,841 Guys, we're gonna go take a break. 901 00:36:14,883 --> 00:36:17,510 We got more "Hart to Heart" coming up after this. 902 00:36:17,552 --> 00:36:23,433 ** 903 00:36:29,230 --> 00:36:32,192 ** 904 00:36:32,233 --> 00:36:34,361 -And we're back. This is still "Hart to Heart," 905 00:36:34,402 --> 00:36:36,529 and I'm Kevin Hart, and I'm with Will Ferrell. 906 00:36:36,571 --> 00:36:41,493 Will, man, such an amazing journey. 907 00:36:41,534 --> 00:36:43,411 What does Will Ferrell want to be known as, 908 00:36:43,453 --> 00:36:45,413 when it's all said and done? 909 00:36:49,125 --> 00:36:53,922 -Definitely someone who 910 00:36:53,963 --> 00:36:56,883 wasn't afraid to take chances, 911 00:36:56,925 --> 00:37:00,929 always was -- continued to -- 912 00:37:00,970 --> 00:37:06,559 whether the choices worked or not, made surprising choices. 913 00:37:06,601 --> 00:37:08,645 -Mm-hmm. 914 00:37:08,687 --> 00:37:12,649 -Also was -- treated everyone fairly and with respect. 915 00:37:12,691 --> 00:37:14,609 -Respect, I think that's the biggest thing about you, 916 00:37:14,651 --> 00:37:16,653 that's attached to your name. -Yeah. 917 00:37:16,695 --> 00:37:19,030 -That follows you, that's the most impressive. 918 00:37:19,072 --> 00:37:21,408 -But I think that's the least you can do in this business 919 00:37:21,449 --> 00:37:22,784 'cause it's such a hard -- 920 00:37:22,826 --> 00:37:26,746 We've all dreamed of doing what we're doing, 921 00:37:26,788 --> 00:37:29,958 and to not, you know, walk up to people 922 00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:32,252 and shake people on the hand and go, "Hey, how you doing?" 923 00:37:32,293 --> 00:37:33,837 -Yeah, but I've said it a lot. 924 00:37:33,878 --> 00:37:36,881 Like, I feel like you've got them all fooled. 925 00:37:36,923 --> 00:37:40,093 You've got them all where you want them, right? 926 00:37:40,135 --> 00:37:41,594 'Cause I know the truth. You're -- 927 00:37:41,636 --> 00:37:44,055 -You know the truth. -You're a dick. 928 00:37:44,097 --> 00:37:45,724 But -- -D-I-C-K. 929 00:37:45,765 --> 00:37:49,769 -Yeah. But to them, to them, right? 930 00:37:49,811 --> 00:37:52,647 No, I'll cut this part out. They won't see this part. 931 00:37:52,689 --> 00:37:54,232 -No one's gonna watch this anyway. 932 00:37:54,274 --> 00:37:55,608 -Wait a second. That's not -- -Wait. Huh? 933 00:37:55,650 --> 00:37:56,943 -No, Will. -Did I say that? 934 00:37:56,985 --> 00:37:58,903 -That's not -- This is a -- [ Laughter ] 935 00:37:58,945 --> 00:38:00,030 No. No, no, no. That's not -- 936 00:38:00,071 --> 00:38:01,614 Don't -- -These seven people. 937 00:38:01,656 --> 00:38:03,533 They're enjoying themselves. -No. That has nothing to do 938 00:38:03,575 --> 00:38:05,618 with the fans that watch the show. 939 00:38:05,660 --> 00:38:08,663 -These are the fans. -No, that's our live audience. 940 00:38:08,705 --> 00:38:09,748 -Oh. -Okay? 941 00:38:09,789 --> 00:38:11,583 We keep it intimate in my wine cellar 942 00:38:11,624 --> 00:38:13,501 because we have to keep it -- -It's a very selective group. 943 00:38:13,543 --> 00:38:16,087 -We have to keep the temperature at a certain level in here. 944 00:38:16,129 --> 00:38:18,089 So, everybody knows that that drinks wine. 945 00:38:18,131 --> 00:38:20,800 So, there you have it. 946 00:38:20,842 --> 00:38:23,011 Two more. Okay? Two more. 947 00:38:23,053 --> 00:38:26,639 And these are important ones. -I just saw the wide shot. 948 00:38:26,681 --> 00:38:28,433 You're right. My body is growing. 949 00:38:28,475 --> 00:38:30,393 -[ Snickering ] 950 00:38:32,270 --> 00:38:33,646 -[ Exhales deeply ] 951 00:38:33,688 --> 00:38:36,149 -No. No. No, you look great. 952 00:38:36,191 --> 00:38:37,817 -Okay. -No, you don't have to do that. 953 00:38:37,859 --> 00:38:40,111 Two more. 954 00:38:40,153 --> 00:38:42,864 What else does Will Ferrell want to do in the business? 955 00:38:42,906 --> 00:38:46,493 -I would like to return to the stage 956 00:38:46,534 --> 00:38:48,286 in some way, shape, or form. 957 00:38:48,328 --> 00:38:49,996 -Wow. -And I don't know if that's, 958 00:38:50,038 --> 00:38:52,499 like, do I try to write a play? 959 00:38:52,540 --> 00:38:55,335 Do I try to, you know, like -- 960 00:38:55,377 --> 00:38:56,920 -One-man show? 961 00:38:56,961 --> 00:38:59,339 -Like, you know what would be -- 962 00:38:59,381 --> 00:39:00,924 -The one you did was fucking amazing. 963 00:39:00,965 --> 00:39:02,634 -This would take a lot of work, but it would be, like, 964 00:39:02,676 --> 00:39:08,640 really fun to grab, like, you and myself 965 00:39:08,682 --> 00:39:12,435 and a bunch of really well-known comedians 966 00:39:12,477 --> 00:39:14,729 and do, like, "A Midsummer --" 967 00:39:14,771 --> 00:39:16,648 like, do Shakespeare in the Park. 968 00:39:16,690 --> 00:39:18,066 -That's what -- Listen. -You know what I mean? 969 00:39:18,108 --> 00:39:19,484 Like, something like that... 970 00:39:19,526 --> 00:39:21,069 -It's different. -...that would just have people 971 00:39:21,111 --> 00:39:22,821 going, "What is going on?" -It's different. It's unique. 972 00:39:22,862 --> 00:39:25,115 But, by the way, that's the outside-the-box thinking 973 00:39:25,156 --> 00:39:27,867 that that's the reason why Will Ferrell is Will Ferrell. 974 00:39:27,909 --> 00:39:30,578 -I still think along those lines. 975 00:39:30,620 --> 00:39:32,122 Yeah. -I mean, I've never -- 976 00:39:32,163 --> 00:39:35,250 I forgot who I was talking about that wrote a play, too. 977 00:39:35,291 --> 00:39:37,794 And, you know, the schedule was so crazy. 978 00:39:37,836 --> 00:39:39,879 So, I'm like, yeah. I've never done it. 979 00:39:39,921 --> 00:39:41,965 I don't know if I could. Like, that's a lot. 980 00:39:42,007 --> 00:39:44,384 -It's a lot. -It's a lot. It's intense. 981 00:39:44,426 --> 00:39:47,262 It is what it is, but it's a different ballpark. 982 00:39:47,303 --> 00:39:52,642 In the world of a play, you can do, and business aside, 983 00:39:52,684 --> 00:39:55,729 it's a limited four-day run of some unique shit 984 00:39:55,770 --> 00:39:57,772 that people are never going to see. 985 00:39:57,814 --> 00:39:59,691 And you tape one, and then it's available 986 00:39:59,733 --> 00:40:01,067 for people to see, blah, blah, blah. 987 00:40:01,109 --> 00:40:02,902 That's different. That's different. It's unique. 988 00:40:02,944 --> 00:40:06,156 That schedule of -- -But here's where I'm a weirdo 989 00:40:06,197 --> 00:40:07,574 is I've heard that -- 990 00:40:07,615 --> 00:40:09,075 'cause I've asked that same question. 991 00:40:09,117 --> 00:40:12,579 'Cause the George Bush show we did was a limited run. 992 00:40:12,620 --> 00:40:15,707 It was only 64 shows, 993 00:40:15,749 --> 00:40:17,334 but still, it was 64 -- -That's a lot. 994 00:40:17,375 --> 00:40:19,461 -It was a lot. But that's considered 995 00:40:19,502 --> 00:40:21,338 a really short amount of time. 996 00:40:21,379 --> 00:40:24,591 And so, I was asking people who've done Broadway a bunch, 997 00:40:24,632 --> 00:40:26,760 I've asked, like, "What's the allure, 998 00:40:26,801 --> 00:40:29,262 when you have to do it six months?" 999 00:40:29,304 --> 00:40:33,099 And they've all said, to a person, that what happens 1000 00:40:33,141 --> 00:40:37,103 is you get through the honeymoon period. 1001 00:40:37,145 --> 00:40:40,982 Then you get into this kind of bit of a doldrums 1002 00:40:41,024 --> 00:40:44,277 where you're like, "Oh, boy. How many more shows do I have?" 1003 00:40:44,319 --> 00:40:46,863 And then, you come out the other end, 1004 00:40:46,905 --> 00:40:48,365 and you've done it so many times 1005 00:40:48,406 --> 00:40:51,659 that you start to discover new moves 1006 00:40:51,701 --> 00:40:54,704 and new ways of delivering the line 1007 00:40:54,746 --> 00:40:56,498 and surprising each other onstage 1008 00:40:56,539 --> 00:40:59,459 that it actually becomes almost like a new experience 1009 00:40:59,501 --> 00:41:01,461 for the last chunk of the show. 1010 00:41:01,503 --> 00:41:04,631 So, even though that sounds bizarre -- 1011 00:41:04,673 --> 00:41:07,258 -It doesn't. -...I would like to experience 1012 00:41:07,300 --> 00:41:10,679 what that extra freedom is like, 1013 00:41:10,720 --> 00:41:12,430 after you've done it so many times 1014 00:41:12,472 --> 00:41:14,099 that you're not even thinking about it. 1015 00:41:14,140 --> 00:41:15,850 -You do understand 1016 00:41:15,892 --> 00:41:17,852 that you can do, like, whatever the fuck you want? 1017 00:41:17,894 --> 00:41:20,313 -Yeah, I know. -You do know that, right? 1018 00:41:20,355 --> 00:41:22,148 -I think I could -- -It's not think. 1019 00:41:22,190 --> 00:41:23,692 Like, you do understand -- 1020 00:41:23,733 --> 00:41:26,152 -That I could go do a show? -Like, if you said, "Guys, 1021 00:41:26,194 --> 00:41:28,196 I want to do --" -But -- 1022 00:41:28,238 --> 00:41:29,989 "I want to go on Broadway" -- 1023 00:41:30,031 --> 00:41:31,658 -Someone would go -- -"Alright." 1024 00:41:31,700 --> 00:41:34,160 -"Well, maybe this will lead to me getting hired." 1025 00:41:34,202 --> 00:41:35,537 -Yeah. 1026 00:41:35,578 --> 00:41:37,706 -No, I know that. But you got to find -- 1027 00:41:37,747 --> 00:41:39,165 I wouldn't want to just do the standard thing. 1028 00:41:39,207 --> 00:41:40,667 -No, you got to crack the code on the thing. 1029 00:41:40,709 --> 00:41:42,252 -You got to crack the code with what it is. 1030 00:41:42,293 --> 00:41:43,837 And is it an original piece? 1031 00:41:43,878 --> 00:41:45,547 I don't know. -Absolutely. 1032 00:41:45,588 --> 00:41:50,802 I would love to see Will Ferrell's school of improv. 1033 00:41:50,844 --> 00:41:56,683 I would love to see Will Ferrell in a improv-like class, 1034 00:41:56,725 --> 00:41:59,853 teaching what he feels are the anecdotes 1035 00:41:59,894 --> 00:42:02,689 to the next tiers of success in improv. 1036 00:42:02,731 --> 00:42:04,816 Everybody wants to do improv at your level. 1037 00:42:04,858 --> 00:42:06,735 Everybody wants to be deadpan. 1038 00:42:06,776 --> 00:42:08,361 Everybody wants to hold the laugh. 1039 00:42:08,403 --> 00:42:11,614 Everybody wants to be able to be in character, switch in and out. 1040 00:42:11,656 --> 00:42:13,116 Everybody wants to. 1041 00:42:13,158 --> 00:42:14,617 I would love to see 1042 00:42:14,659 --> 00:42:17,454 Will Ferrell's master class or class of. 1043 00:42:17,495 --> 00:42:18,997 By the way... -I don't know if I could -- 1044 00:42:19,039 --> 00:42:21,374 -...the most ridiculous fucking thing ever you could do, 1045 00:42:21,416 --> 00:42:24,711 but the funniness is in whatever you would create it to be. 1046 00:42:24,753 --> 00:42:26,588 And it's just different. Like, when I think of you, 1047 00:42:26,629 --> 00:42:29,174 I just think of outside-the-box shit 1048 00:42:29,215 --> 00:42:31,176 that no one else can touch or do. 1049 00:42:31,217 --> 00:42:32,677 And it's only a couple, 1050 00:42:32,719 --> 00:42:36,014 it's only a couple that have touched that tier. 1051 00:42:36,056 --> 00:42:38,600 And for the space that you play in, 1052 00:42:38,641 --> 00:42:40,393 you play in it, like, by yourself. 1053 00:42:40,435 --> 00:42:41,686 I remember, Eddie had a box 1054 00:42:41,728 --> 00:42:43,229 that he could only play in by his self. 1055 00:42:43,271 --> 00:42:44,731 -Sure. -Right? 1056 00:42:44,773 --> 00:42:47,901 -Jim Carrey developed this thing that he could only be in 1057 00:42:47,942 --> 00:42:49,152 by his self. -Yeah, yeah. Yeah, for sure. 1058 00:42:49,194 --> 00:42:50,779 -Nobody else could be in that thing. 1059 00:42:50,820 --> 00:42:52,113 -Yeah. -You got a thing 1060 00:42:52,155 --> 00:42:56,451 that you are only in by yourself, right? 1061 00:42:56,493 --> 00:42:58,328 Robin Williams had, like, a thing 1062 00:42:58,370 --> 00:43:01,414 that was, like, by himself. -Mm-hmm. 1063 00:43:01,456 --> 00:43:03,083 -There's not many that do it. 1064 00:43:03,124 --> 00:43:06,836 So, you know, for that world of greats 1065 00:43:06,878 --> 00:43:10,382 and the world of greats that, of course, we're talking about 1066 00:43:10,423 --> 00:43:13,093 that do the thing that you've done, 1067 00:43:13,134 --> 00:43:14,928 dude, I just hope that you really understand -- 1068 00:43:14,969 --> 00:43:16,930 -Thanks, man. -...where you stand at it. 1069 00:43:16,971 --> 00:43:20,392 And my respect level for you, of course, is one thing, 1070 00:43:20,433 --> 00:43:22,602 but my admiration and appreciation 1071 00:43:22,644 --> 00:43:24,938 just for what you've done in the business 1072 00:43:24,979 --> 00:43:26,856 and just for what you've done with me -- 1073 00:43:26,898 --> 00:43:28,775 Like, that experience where we worked together? 1074 00:43:28,817 --> 00:43:29,859 I learned so fucking much. 1075 00:43:29,901 --> 00:43:31,277 -Yeah. -Like, I was young. 1076 00:43:31,319 --> 00:43:33,530 That's a young me at a young point in my career, 1077 00:43:33,571 --> 00:43:36,783 where it was starting to rise, and it was happening fast. 1078 00:43:36,825 --> 00:43:39,661 So, my attachment to those that have been there, 1079 00:43:39,703 --> 00:43:40,995 that have seen it, 1080 00:43:41,037 --> 00:43:43,373 that have weathered all types of storms 1081 00:43:43,415 --> 00:43:47,627 and know how to truly do a project from start to finish 1082 00:43:47,669 --> 00:43:50,964 and be professional and make everybody feel good about it -- 1083 00:43:51,006 --> 00:43:53,133 you are one of the best examples. 1084 00:43:53,174 --> 00:43:54,300 -Thank you. Yeah. 1085 00:43:54,342 --> 00:43:55,719 -You were nothing short of nice 1086 00:43:55,760 --> 00:43:57,762 and dope from the standpoint 1087 00:43:57,804 --> 00:44:00,473 of making me feel like I was a co-star. 1088 00:44:00,515 --> 00:44:03,226 So, I hope we do work again, Will, 1089 00:44:03,268 --> 00:44:05,812 'cause I don't know how much time you got left. 1090 00:44:05,854 --> 00:44:08,148 -What? -And, you know, I would love -- 1091 00:44:08,189 --> 00:44:09,733 -I'm not that old. -...for us to fucking 1092 00:44:09,774 --> 00:44:12,819 do something before it's too late, man. 1093 00:44:14,487 --> 00:44:15,989 -I'm here. Yeah. 1094 00:44:16,031 --> 00:44:18,116 -For now. That's what I'm saying. 1095 00:44:18,158 --> 00:44:19,743 -It's not -- 1096 00:44:19,784 --> 00:44:21,911 -That's what I'm saying. We got to get it done. 1097 00:44:21,953 --> 00:44:23,038 Alright? -Let's hurry up and do it, 1098 00:44:23,079 --> 00:44:24,831 then, I guess. -We have to. 1099 00:44:24,873 --> 00:44:27,751 -Is there something you know about me that I don't know? 1100 00:44:27,792 --> 00:44:29,753 Like, medical health history? 1101 00:44:29,794 --> 00:44:32,172 What? Or something? -See? I can't stay in it. 1102 00:44:32,213 --> 00:44:35,342 See? See? That was my attempt to stay in it. 1103 00:44:35,383 --> 00:44:36,760 No, you're absolutely right. 1104 00:44:36,801 --> 00:44:39,137 We should do it sooner than later. 1105 00:44:39,179 --> 00:44:41,890 -I do want to fly out on a wire... 1106 00:44:43,892 --> 00:44:46,895 ...and introduce one of your concerts. 1107 00:44:46,936 --> 00:44:48,688 -What? No. -Yeah. 1108 00:44:48,730 --> 00:44:50,815 -No. What are you talking about? -With a rock guitar? 1109 00:44:50,857 --> 00:44:52,734 -No. That's not even -- That doesn't make sense. 1110 00:44:52,776 --> 00:44:54,235 -"You guys ready for Kevin Hart?" 1111 00:44:54,277 --> 00:44:57,530 -Okay. -[ Imitating electric guitar ] 1112 00:44:57,572 --> 00:44:59,824 Okay. Okay. -"Ladies and gentlemen, 1113 00:44:59,866 --> 00:45:02,035 put your hands together." 1114 00:45:02,077 --> 00:45:03,912 [ Whooshing ] Can you imagine it? 1115 00:45:03,953 --> 00:45:05,163 I'm flying out over the crowd. 1116 00:45:05,205 --> 00:45:06,748 -Yeah, I know what you're saying. 1117 00:45:06,790 --> 00:45:11,044 -"Kevin Hart!" [ Imitating electric guitar ] 1118 00:45:11,086 --> 00:45:12,962 -And then you fly back. -And then I fly back. 1119 00:45:13,004 --> 00:45:13,880 -Nice. 1120 00:45:13,922 --> 00:45:16,383 Guys, listen, we are having fun, 1121 00:45:16,424 --> 00:45:18,218 and of course, all good things come to an end, 1122 00:45:18,259 --> 00:45:20,595 but not yet. So do me a favor and stick around. 1123 00:45:20,637 --> 00:45:23,014 We got more "Hart to Heart" after this. 1124 00:45:23,056 --> 00:45:28,812 ** 1125 00:45:34,609 --> 00:45:37,570 ** 1126 00:45:37,612 --> 00:45:39,614 -Welcome back. This is "Hart to Heart," 1127 00:45:39,656 --> 00:45:41,866 and I still am talking to Will Ferrell. 1128 00:45:41,908 --> 00:45:45,078 Will, Staples Center, you was the security guard. 1129 00:45:45,120 --> 00:45:46,413 -Yes. 1130 00:45:46,454 --> 00:45:47,706 -Just why? 1131 00:45:47,747 --> 00:45:50,375 Why? How? -That -- 1132 00:45:50,417 --> 00:45:53,169 You just coming out at the Lakers game, 1133 00:45:53,211 --> 00:45:57,549 dressed up as the on-court security. 1134 00:45:57,590 --> 00:46:00,927 -That was -- A Staples Center security guard outfit 1135 00:46:00,969 --> 00:46:03,096 was given to me as a gift. 1136 00:46:04,973 --> 00:46:09,227 How they were able to get it, I have no idea. 1137 00:46:09,269 --> 00:46:11,521 But it was Adam McKay and Chris Henchy. 1138 00:46:11,563 --> 00:46:15,108 Henchy gave me this full -- 1139 00:46:15,150 --> 00:46:16,943 And -- 'Cause they know I like weird costumes. 1140 00:46:16,985 --> 00:46:19,863 And I open the present. 1141 00:46:19,904 --> 00:46:22,532 I'm like, "Wow. 1142 00:46:22,574 --> 00:46:24,451 Oh, man. I don't know what" -- 1143 00:46:24,492 --> 00:46:26,786 They thought I was mad. They're like, "Are you okay?" 1144 00:46:26,828 --> 00:46:30,290 And I was like, "No, this is great. 1145 00:46:30,331 --> 00:46:32,125 I just realized I have to wear it at a Laker game, though." 1146 00:46:32,167 --> 00:46:34,461 -Oh, my God. So, it wasn't even planned? 1147 00:46:34,502 --> 00:46:35,962 You just did it? -No. And so, 1148 00:46:36,004 --> 00:46:38,548 it took me like almost the whole season 1149 00:46:38,590 --> 00:46:40,884 for me to get up the guts to -- And I was like, 1150 00:46:40,925 --> 00:46:43,094 "How do I bring it? I don't want to get kicked out, 1151 00:46:43,136 --> 00:46:45,638 but I don't want to tell the Lakers that I'm doing it 1152 00:46:45,680 --> 00:46:47,015 because it's not" -- 1153 00:46:47,057 --> 00:46:48,641 -It's not the same. -It's not the same. 1154 00:46:48,683 --> 00:46:51,227 -It's not the same. The bit -- -So, I bundled up the coat, 1155 00:46:51,269 --> 00:46:53,813 and I went through with my ticket. 1156 00:46:53,855 --> 00:46:55,899 I wore the pants. I had the tie. 1157 00:46:55,940 --> 00:46:57,108 And I was sitting there. 1158 00:46:57,150 --> 00:46:58,818 I was like, "Okay. It's go time." 1159 00:46:58,860 --> 00:47:01,154 I popped the tie on and put my jacket on. 1160 00:47:01,196 --> 00:47:03,406 -And you just stood there. -And just stood there, 1161 00:47:03,448 --> 00:47:05,658 out there, with the guy -- At first, I was on the court, 1162 00:47:05,700 --> 00:47:07,786 and the guy was like, "You can't be on the court." 1163 00:47:07,827 --> 00:47:09,162 I'm like, "Okay. Can I just stand here?" 1164 00:47:09,204 --> 00:47:10,663 He goes, "Yeah. You can stand there." 1165 00:47:10,705 --> 00:47:14,000 I just stood there and just stared the crowd down. 1166 00:47:14,042 --> 00:47:15,543 -For everybody watching this right now, 1167 00:47:15,585 --> 00:47:17,504 if you are not familiar with what I'm talking about -- 1168 00:47:17,545 --> 00:47:19,547 -If you go on YouTube, I think you can find clips of it. 1169 00:47:19,589 --> 00:47:22,842 -Google "Will Ferrell" -- -"As a Staples security guard." 1170 00:47:22,884 --> 00:47:24,552 -"Staples Center security guard." 1171 00:47:24,594 --> 00:47:28,848 And he's just standing there in the full security outfit, 1172 00:47:28,890 --> 00:47:30,433 and he's not moving. 1173 00:47:30,475 --> 00:47:31,643 And you see players, like, 1174 00:47:31,685 --> 00:47:33,019 dribbling the basketball behind him. 1175 00:47:33,061 --> 00:47:35,522 -And you see Kobe -- They're in a time-out, 1176 00:47:35,563 --> 00:47:38,608 and Kobe's like, "What? 1177 00:47:38,650 --> 00:47:40,193 What is he doing?" 1178 00:47:40,235 --> 00:47:42,195 -[ Laughing ] 1179 00:47:42,237 --> 00:47:43,905 -Because, at first, they didn't -- 1180 00:47:43,947 --> 00:47:46,783 But the whole section starts taking photos of me. 1181 00:47:46,825 --> 00:47:48,284 -Yes. -And they stand up. 1182 00:47:48,326 --> 00:47:50,078 So, they're reacting to that, and they're like, 1183 00:47:50,120 --> 00:47:53,373 "What are they looking at?" And they see me dressed -- 1184 00:47:53,415 --> 00:47:54,958 -And then they put you on the big screen. 1185 00:47:55,000 --> 00:47:57,085 -So, I'm thinking 1186 00:47:57,127 --> 00:47:59,504 that I'm gonna get tackled or I'm gonna -- 1187 00:47:59,546 --> 00:48:01,798 And then, the time-out's done, and I just sit back down. 1188 00:48:01,840 --> 00:48:03,466 -You just sit back down. 1189 00:48:03,508 --> 00:48:05,760 -And I was with Henchy, and we were like, "Wow. 1190 00:48:05,802 --> 00:48:06,886 Okay. Nothing happened." 1191 00:48:06,928 --> 00:48:09,222 -One of the best impromptu bits. 1192 00:48:09,264 --> 00:48:13,143 -And then I find out that -- The security guys are like, 1193 00:48:13,184 --> 00:48:15,770 "Hey, hey, man. We appreciate the shout-out." 1194 00:48:15,812 --> 00:48:19,315 -[ Laughing ] 1195 00:48:19,357 --> 00:48:21,901 -"Hey, it means a lot. Thank you." 1196 00:48:21,943 --> 00:48:23,445 -And you had to act like that's what it was. 1197 00:48:23,486 --> 00:48:25,321 -And I was like -- -Yeah, no, guys, seriously. 1198 00:48:25,363 --> 00:48:27,365 -"No, I love what you guys do." -"Listen, got to hold you down." 1199 00:48:27,407 --> 00:48:28,825 -Keep people in their seats. -Somebody's got to. 1200 00:48:28,867 --> 00:48:30,410 -"I love it." 1201 00:48:30,452 --> 00:48:34,080 And then, the best part was I get a tap on the shoulder. 1202 00:48:34,122 --> 00:48:35,665 So, then, we're sitting, and we still have like 1203 00:48:35,707 --> 00:48:37,292 a whole 'nother quarter left, like, "What do we do? 1204 00:48:37,334 --> 00:48:39,127 Do I stand up again? Like, what -- 1205 00:48:39,169 --> 00:48:41,963 Do I just --" I'm in my security guard outfit. 1206 00:48:42,005 --> 00:48:44,424 And the guy taps me on the shoulder. 1207 00:48:44,466 --> 00:48:47,010 And -- 'Cause Shaq happened to be at the game, 1208 00:48:47,052 --> 00:48:51,681 so he's sitting baseline, over in the corner. 1209 00:48:51,723 --> 00:48:54,017 And one of his guys is like, 1210 00:48:54,059 --> 00:48:56,603 "Shaq thought that was hilarious. 1211 00:48:56,644 --> 00:48:58,855 During the next time-out, 1212 00:48:58,897 --> 00:49:00,607 do you want to throw him out of the game?" 1213 00:49:00,648 --> 00:49:03,026 -Holy shit. -"'Cause he's ready to leave." 1214 00:49:03,068 --> 00:49:05,612 And I go, "Oh, that's genius. Yeah. 1215 00:49:05,653 --> 00:49:08,239 Okay. I'll stand up, and I'll pretend" -- 1216 00:49:08,281 --> 00:49:10,492 So, the next time, I stood up. 1217 00:49:10,533 --> 00:49:14,329 I keep looking over at Shaq. 1218 00:49:14,371 --> 00:49:17,749 I keep -- 'cause we're like 30 feet away from each other. 1219 00:49:17,791 --> 00:49:20,085 And he's looking. 1220 00:49:20,126 --> 00:49:23,338 And I'm like, "Unh-unh. 1221 00:49:23,380 --> 00:49:24,547 Please." 1222 00:49:24,589 --> 00:49:29,135 And then, he keeps "getting my attention." 1223 00:49:29,177 --> 00:49:30,512 He's not doing anything. 1224 00:49:30,553 --> 00:49:32,222 And then, finally, I'm like, "That's it. 1225 00:49:32,263 --> 00:49:34,599 Let's go. Let's go." -You toss him out of the game. 1226 00:49:34,641 --> 00:49:35,975 -And I throw him out of the game. 1227 00:49:36,017 --> 00:49:38,478 And then, Shaq and I are hugging each other. 1228 00:49:38,520 --> 00:49:43,817 He's like -- I'm like, "That is so funny, that you..." 1229 00:49:43,858 --> 00:49:46,111 He was like, "Anytime. You can throw me out anytime. 1230 00:49:46,152 --> 00:49:47,821 That was hilarious." -This is what makes 1231 00:49:47,862 --> 00:49:50,073 Will Ferrell, Will Ferrell. And this is what I'm talking 1232 00:49:50,115 --> 00:49:54,035 about -- your ability to ground the biggest ideas. 1233 00:49:54,077 --> 00:49:56,579 Will, I could talk to you all Goddamn day, man, 1234 00:49:56,621 --> 00:49:58,832 simply because it's you. -Thanks, buddy. 1235 00:49:58,873 --> 00:50:02,002 -What I will leave you with is 1236 00:50:02,043 --> 00:50:05,171 just understand you're a legend. 1237 00:50:05,213 --> 00:50:06,840 Right? You don't have to revel in it 1238 00:50:06,881 --> 00:50:08,508 because you're still doing what you do. 1239 00:50:08,550 --> 00:50:11,052 But please understand what you've done 1240 00:50:11,094 --> 00:50:12,595 for the business of comedy. 1241 00:50:12,637 --> 00:50:15,849 Please understand the revenue that you've generated 1242 00:50:15,890 --> 00:50:17,434 for the studios in comedy. 1243 00:50:17,475 --> 00:50:19,686 -Oh, yeah. -You are a massive -- 1244 00:50:19,728 --> 00:50:22,147 -The revenues. It's all -- yeah. 1245 00:50:22,188 --> 00:50:24,691 -That's it. It all boils down to that. 1246 00:50:24,733 --> 00:50:28,194 I want you to walk away from today understanding that this -- 1247 00:50:28,236 --> 00:50:29,487 -I'm thinking about the revenues. 1248 00:50:29,529 --> 00:50:32,032 -Well, don't do that too long, Will. 1249 00:50:32,073 --> 00:50:33,491 This conversation, right here, is the one... 1250 00:50:33,533 --> 00:50:35,368 -I need to audit some of the revenues. 1251 00:50:35,410 --> 00:50:36,870 -...that your fans are gonna walk away with, 1252 00:50:36,911 --> 00:50:38,788 they're gonna walk away with a better understanding 1253 00:50:38,830 --> 00:50:40,290 of who you are. You know why? 1254 00:50:40,331 --> 00:50:41,916 'Cause this is "Hart to Heart." 1255 00:50:41,958 --> 00:50:43,543 -Whoa! -Hmm? 1256 00:50:43,585 --> 00:50:46,129 Did you see what I did there? No, don't look in my cam-- 1257 00:50:46,171 --> 00:50:48,006 -Oh. -Look in your camera, Will. 1258 00:50:48,048 --> 00:50:49,257 This is "Hart to Heart," guys, 1259 00:50:49,299 --> 00:50:50,800 and it doesn't get better than this. 1260 00:50:50,842 --> 00:50:53,345 Today, I talked to the legend himself, Will Ferrell. 1261 00:50:53,386 --> 00:50:55,889 Hope you enjoyed it just as much I did. Goddamn. 1262 00:50:55,930 --> 00:50:59,392 Let's get out of here. Huh? Will, how do I do it? 1263 00:50:59,434 --> 00:51:02,979 -Let's get out. -Huh? How do I do it? Wait. 1264 00:51:03,021 --> 00:51:04,981 Come on. Did you see that? -It was so smooth. I love that. 1265 00:51:05,023 --> 00:51:07,817 -I'm gonna walk you back to the barrels. I'm gonna show you -- 1266 00:51:07,859 --> 00:51:09,319 -Finally. -Yeah. Not now. Not now. 1267 00:51:09,361 --> 00:51:10,820 Not now. No, not now. -Let's go back to those barrels. 1268 00:51:10,862 --> 00:51:12,864 -We're not gonna go yet. We're not gonna go yet, Will! 1269 00:51:12,906 --> 00:51:14,407 Don't go back there, Will! 1270 00:51:14,449 --> 00:51:16,326 [ Laughing ] Will, don't -- No, don't --