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John Krasinski

2021-06-07 | 🔗

Actor/director John Krasinski feels effervescent about being Conan O’Brien’s friend.

John sits down with Conan to talk about going from an intern at Late Night to a megastar as Jim on The Office, favorite bits out of Boston, and the parallels between his new film A Quiet Place Part II and the tumultuous year of pandemic. Plus, Conan puts his vocal skills to the test with a wartime edition of Sound Effects Theater.

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out as a bit of a lark didn't sauna? When we first you're doing this smell weeds as for screwing around with two microphones yeah and aren't even think Mr Goarly, were you even even part of the project? I think I did like a no biggie were arriving. I was a hitchhiker and you picked me up like the way to the third episode or see exactly yeah yeah. I Padua and yes, you tried to murder me, but I got the knife away from you and then you said away also produce broadcasts. Yet I murder people had picked me up on the road I picked up ahead. Take her once in Hawaii, we were in Maui, whose we me Erika Brown and Ashley Livia used. Also work. Let me show you and I was like. We should pick them up and swine. It's fine and no in areas like eyes. A stranger and I said three pick him up. You'll, probably be fine. He was also ok.
surprise, because Erika Brown Workforce as work first show for many years, condensed, workforce and lovely, and I had lunch with her today by Allah she's fantastic to that very sensible. Yes, Mart insensible. If Erika Brown said no, no don't pick up this person is person seem scat ray. I wouldn't do it. You ignored Erika Brown, which he had. First mistake. Yes, you picked up his person described them, so he was like just this regular guy, an ice. Yes, it's a person. She Mary. How attack this? This is acute me, that's what it's called you make. You kill me cuter cute mean, as it goes out acute mean. Well. Ok I like to quickly I'd like I've heard it both ways which isn't true. You do a meet you to meet someone's keep me. Ok, he's cute, like genitals, we could be on ice in I'm sorry, what a horrible euphemism for genitals alike your cue. You set a huge meet yeah. It was me cue to meet cutesy what now
I was no. No, it was a meat cute to see cute me yeah, and then I was I dive. Translated cutesy like genitals, like it's me it's it's me. It says that I met. Ok, I thank you. You need to get unseen pages and see what you are talking about it all. I've never been more disconnected in a conversation a mile in my life, and this is a podcast you're on your own programme on my own podcast, which apparently has a massive audience, and I too for a living. my personal and I bet life and in public life. I've never had a conversation where I feel this loss yeah. I know what you're talking about tell us what this guy looked like. Ok, so he was like this. This is normal white guy. He was on the side of the road in Hawaii when we picked. The members like I'm sure we had no it'll, be fine and will become friends, find out he's squatting in a house. In now you with his lake partner and their kids he
He smokes lotta meth alot of math. is to raise. The lie. Does a lot of ecstasy and every time he reached into his bag to get something we were like he's gonna, pull out a machete and he's gonna kill. You know I love, you know it's hard to use machete in enclosed space. It doing you need is an arc too that weapon here I would ye. I wouldn't worry. If I was in a car with some of them at a machete I'd say: do your best other gonna do is caught up in this? Is a rental go for it It's got a low room, you're not going to get the full extension go for it, let's see and then do as you out Andrea as you try to get at me, but kept hitting the seat belt and the window I just be laughingly kick triumph. Fucker yeah dragonize, the guy with the machete hit the head resting like all you do not change it, and then we ll try it again. Comma buddy boy puts to put Europe back into it. I really Taunton so well known.
stupid idea showed how did you get rid of old method? Joan we draw did we I was like. Maybe you won't be in the car long and then an hour and a half later remain drop him off at his stop? Oh, so you took him to his stop. Yes, you ever thing or falling over to the side of the road and saying: can you get out, I'm worried about our left, rear tire and then p do you think I'm doing a nine everyday? That's that's what I would have done. I don't like to my wife. I my gun worry about their entire really out of school age, and I get home first and we watch what I want to watch you. Never picked up a hitchhiker. Now it's a good idea not to I knew I was never attempted to pick up my hitchhiker yeah. But what are we talking about before this? meeting people's keep me. Oh great, I'm glad you came in Miami Cute, you kid! Oh, I get wise confused. What work has eight I said it's me cute and then it was to me cutesy, which cute
That's what you're saying genitals! That was what we were saying but to charge culture. I know, but I was genitals. Genitals are called Cute, meets genuine. I see Matt, I address die, that's why? I that's why I thought I only know sauna. We note yeah united yelling, I messed up, it's a give it. You know it's like a porpoise shouting, I'm all wet. We know you live in the sea. You know it's not necessary to push for the whole world and we know it's a camel. I could use a drink or we know camel we get it. It's a bird saying we know goes without saying suit going. I tell you I'm pretty right out of a microwave, we know soup, that's it. You are you're. Like I messed up, we know the point is it's all good. It's all good and you got to see my range of voices there from a cat
to a bowl of soup, the actors life. For me, that's what awaits ones. Despite cast, we so who's on the showed it that's a good question who are you pop tart, see then see that come and did you guys got so many voices pay? my yesterday starred as Jim. Halpert on the Emmy award, winning Embassy Series the office his new movie, a quiet place, part to which he also wrote in directed, is inferior. Right now, I'm very excited he's with us today, John Brzezinski, welcome. We have interesting history together, I'm not sure everybody's aware of it, but I'm just delighted, though
headed for success, delighted to have you on the show and to talk to you about a million different things. I don't mind beyond the show forever I didn't know you had had other people. I thought I'd be first gas because of how far we go back, we waited a long time and it further and the first volume into tended to start upon cast eight years ago- and I said John- has to be the first one. We waited six years and then finally were like arrival. Feral, let's go, I can't tell you how excited I am to be here zone. I saw your very long time ago, but I've been listening all through quarantine, you're, the heart and soul, Lucia coding. Did you hear that we didn't start recording at so I'm recording? On my end, I know we're having those tapes destroyed made my whole day now. This is a truly. I know. I've told you this and emails, but I'll just go the way you are without a doubt- and I have said this to you- one.
Guess inspirations. I my entire career, because when I was in college I never did everything anything every night and watched your show at thirty rock every single night. Then I watch How comedy could be both redeem who is the silly and hyper intelligent at the same time, and it was a brain explosion for me. So I immediately applied to your shot with as a really sweet, thing for you to say. I really appreciate that and I it's funny as it you applied to be an internal. Our shows he were in turn, and this is back in two thousand. You are in turn and recently when dug up like the Polaroid Tax Ali interns have polarize up in the refrigerator, so we know their names in everything, and there was a thing that just said, John: it's polar.
Have you looking about fifteen yeah more fifty, depending on the angle that you look ass, he had there's an angle where you're a very old woman. It's weird I don't see it often bear that was at sports, illustrated where Michael Jordan, if you moved at his head, would move for you. It was one of those sport, Flickerings House. I've noticed it jack risky. If, depending on the Anglican, be he can be an old greek fishermen to so many things he can be if you just shoot him correctly, but we had this picture of you. We found a recently you. a young eager fellow excellent in turn, you are, I think, a monologue script. In turn I was so I got the internship and then day I think it was to two days later they said we're doing a thing where you have to apply to be a script. In turn, I applied with an amazing woman whom Lorn Palmprints, whose gone on to do many things in this business as well, and that
tailed, we were the only in terms, I think who got to go on the floor because we had to hand out scripts and we had to be there for script changes. So I got to see all the rehearsals all the crying while the latter I know there is. I remember I have a very clear memory of you. Be backstage and I got to know your little bags were always backstage. We read the jokes and I was trying to keep it very loose on running literally the bans playing MAX Weber sums playing, I'm back behind curtain, and it thereby about then album and you're standing there and you're. I'm really to the jokes and you're sort of observing me read through the jokes and then I read one joke and I wasn't sure about it. I said we think of that How can you like? I do? I I think I think it's pretty good and I this because you're, a big guy- and I know your Irish Catholic and you're from Newton and I'm from Brooklyn and rival towns. I thought I have a sense of who I can do this with a new. I can't you said I okay and I grab you in
Did you up against the glass? What the fuck do you now and then let you go just as they said, Kono bright and walked out with a big smile in my face, and then you become this massive star, and now you know filmmaker director retroactively I'm still, in fact, retroactively really really want with the rotten. I actually remember that there was more dialogue do about that. I remember at least my therapist. I've gone over it several times and I said I think is really funny an ice to laugh at everything. I think you thought I was kidding or just trying to stroke. Here you go and instead I was genuinely laughing. you put me up against the wall and you go. Is it? Is it funny? What
You could do just go home and smoke. We must know that never get. What do you know where you now? You just go with smoke weed and why and listened a pearl and then I'm ever walking out and I used to feel like things backstage have to be insane for me to accept the reality of what I do for a living, but totally ignores the s there been so many times that people on the show have seen me. You know we have to. We have had writers is mad and there's an and MIKE Sweeney before him. I have physically fought them many times hallway. gotten them down on the ground and there's a rough housing thing that comes with our
culture. I dont know what it is, but I always try and find people that are up for it and to this day, even as in as an older gentlemen yeah, my son is now six to fifteen years old, six. Two, I fight him regularly. I need to fight people, I remember it. I remember MIKE Sweeney telling you that a joke wasn't going on the show, and you said it's going on. I can pull it off any goes. We don't have time for it. It's not going on any slowly walked down the hall and you started stocking him like a minor matter and amendment no five. I bent over and Greco roman sire. I was holding the scripts at the copier. he's gonna happen to tackle Claypole like Noto Skull hit the floor. It had to listen for anyone listening, I know times have changed and you're not allowed to physically fight any one in the office anymore, which I find they're, just losing something in our culture. There's something import:
and it's been here and it says its tragic bite. You worked for us and then you leave and I remember this very clearly because it was so satisfying Europe. very well liked. You leave, we all wish you well, you come back like three years later. I remember exactly as aghast here too, as the first guest to promote. The office and I couldn't believe how quickly and in its wanting for people to leave and eventually do well, but it was insane how quickly you did. Well that day I remember vividly and then there are many pieces that are just holes because I blacked out several times, but I remember how, some real. It was walking down the hallway that I had run down with gold. Rod scripts and had these people go. Oh, it is so
good to see you, I'm so glad it's you and by all these incredibly nice things, then you came into my dressing room and I remember nodding at you very much and I bought you. This is over you. We listen to it now. Thirty blind Zaragoza, but I remember it was pity that used to pull the curtain Riah parts, is to pull the curtain, and I remember he goes where all just in the drums are going and we're I'll. Just so proud of you go out there and get him and he pulled the curtain and I lost all consciousness and I've I guess a daughter that to you, and you could see that my eyes had brought back into my brain and you gave me than most firm, loving handshake. Anyone. It's gonna, be great, just sit, and it's gonna, be grave remembered. That's were brought me back yeah and you are fantastic and then I think we're we want in the office Fifty years from now it's not going to lose its lustre because there's nothing about it. That feels fake or ok. It was great.
its moment, but you had to be there if, if, if anything, it's just continued to grow absolutely, and I think a lot of that has to do with how absolute the authentic Gregg made. It may know that new and Gregg away back but Gregg, who created are sharing Daniels here we got, roommates are just friends, no great jails, and I knew each other in college. We got to know each other actually senior year can allay in college, and then we decided we don't wanna to try our hand in comedy and we were at the current. The night no night granted that they will enable good. Lord, no, no, no, that Israel's an army, the crazy that's! My bride of the crimson is because you told that prank story at an embassy NBC event. Yes, and I thought you were the sex pistols, I was like that's the most powerful arrived thing. I've ever heard, yeah we'll Gregg aims as part of that prank. The crimson is the the newspaper at Harvard it's very serious players and everyone there goes on to win policies instantly and and
No it's an end in the lamp cone, which is the comedy magazine, is the opposite. So we decided to break in and great. Was there a member who camouflage pass and we broke in when an end? We stole that day's addition before it had gone out and am, I ended up kind of getting arrested, but you left everything but the telephone I left having been so. I kept picking up the phone going. How asked the phone rang occasionally like an idiot? I had to do a bit. I pick it up, go how front desk no coquettes not here. Applicants are very white and hang up and soak. They merely knew something was wrong, but they also gave you a Pulitzer which was reared guy. I didn't know you could get a poster for being an ass, but anyway we met at the Let Gregg and I met lampoon, and then we we decide near if you want to go out to allay alone, so we came out to LOS Angeles by we started together, we had one really crappy car that we bought at the airport. We bought a call at the airport, which don't do that
I thought we bought one and we got trick than we bought this an assumes you Opel. We shared it and we share an apartment and we shared we had desk that we sat on your side at work and yet it was like we are shackled together, but then he goes on but hand drew the copyright Dundee, make you the maid and are you two have been spent on my desk for twenty eight years? We should agree on the show. What am I doing here? You ethic should move alone. How'd you get me could give me a cup of coffee, please, but No. My point was to say that I think that it was so authentic and, to be honest, like you said, ahead of its time in a way to authentic? Certainly for the networking I've told the story, but its it was gone to be cancelled. Every single Friday we a very nice man who came down and he said it's. I love it- we're not gonna, keep making this it's a bummer and then he, We get a call, I guess like over the weekend signs as I come back for Monday, able to one more and I asked the sky for a dvd of the US,
so I could prove to my mom, I'm sorry That's what I was doing real so that you didn't think I was just like on a beach in California, pretending to be an actor and I still had a dvd, but I also remember in a lot of people, we all everything to the fans, but we genuinely o the entire showed the fans, because at the exact same time Itunes it come out and ipods had come out, and I remember walking through New York. I went back to waiting tables after the power that the office that out a little complicated I'd, make a guy held up. His ipod me said: look man you're on my ipod. what's an ipod and be why am I to inches tall and maltese at TAT back and that's? It is soon as people bought a show that they could see for free on Thursdays or Tuesdays or whenever it was at the time they had keep the show on so we had our families actually save our show. You know we went through the exact I'm saying, as you probably know it late night before you got there, but an early years. We were supposed to get cancelled pretty much every week and that's what I read in the paper. That's what people would tell me on the street, but
what I always knew was at young people were saying: oh, my god. That thing you did last night. That's it s really weird! executives. You're telling me this is no good. and then I'm getting like a high five young people come up. Doing, go I'll cut you fool and you're, like a pimp. Bodies are doing their corny sent from the show, and by this is a good lesson for people listening yeah, I'm sitting here, untainted, Yonkers, Indian, he's telling you and he's right, because I know it from Gregg the office was a view. Very tenuous proposition for the first year. Seinfeld, was a very tenuous proposition for the first year or two something's wrong. They can't right away and what happens? Is history gets rewritten Jaso threat a world? without the office now seems impossible bite. It almost didn't happen. It could have easily gone away. All one executive had to do was remember to cancel it hardly gone away, but that didn't happen so becomes part of the culture and
really so important to people, and what I think is in you can talk to this you're very and you in the castor, very funny in the show, by you're playing the reality of whatever's happening. I think there is an emotional undercurrent to at all, and I think that that feels very real, because you, don't always like your coworker. You are sort of intimidated by your boss. You do have feelings for people and I think that under current something that this shows scratches where people can identify themselves, whatever walk of life Who are you can identify yourself in that and you can identify your co workers in your friends and everything. So it feels like you are part of the ship at least that is how I see it in the biggest compliment for us. In again, I don't usually speak for the whole cast, but I think I can say this is especially during the past year. The greatest thing: the show is when people say paid out, they got me through the hardest time. In my life, not a hard time, heart. His time in my life, I remember I had flown all night once
but I- and this is broken, not to me, she was very, very sweet and just hand me this note. You barely said anything. She said higher, don't bother you, but it's gonna give you his note method as nice and I gotta MIKE I opened them. No It said I just want to let you know my dad passed last week and I had to tell you that, because view the last memory I have is of him laughing because the last week of his life we just sat marched the office. He was very second, I just that blew my mind's dutch auction, you have to think about it now, but it did the fact that you're not it goes beyond entertainment, you're, somebody's friend dear somebody's Comfor, blanket that's what I think is the beauty of the show in the most important thing to me in what might such an honour to be a part of it. you can ask there are nice things Come with show business. Obviously, but when you have the experts France's someone saying to you, oh no you're, I was very depressed and then the I saw you and it made me happy and it brought me some joy that thing that you made an you made it years ago here in India.
So much has happened for you since then, but that's a guess. It's gonna keep giving for you. You know that's gonna. what's nice is that I think, twenty years from now when people have upset the office and planted at birth into the brain It'll be mandatory, a governmental make that happen. Fidessa thing again, you owe it to Greg Has he also recalibrate in all of our level of storytelling? I mean for me. The truth is, I would never have done a quiet place if it wasn't for advice. gave me years ago where he said exactly what you just said. I I was very nervous. He said you look we're this is something going on. I said Just my favorite joke in the script I wanna make sure I deliver it funny element. Where will you dont deliver anything funny? You deliberate truthfully and it's up to date, out there in tv land if they think it's funny or not, and if they think that a moment with you in Genoa is emotional or not don't play emotion, don't play funny
and so when I sat down to rewrite the first gripped him quite place. I I said I don't know how to do us. Scary movie. I reminded you scares, and I just that right what you know right characters that people fall in love with him. Whatever happens to them will be up to you, and so as soon as I started, writing this family and made it a family drama. All the scare just laid themselves down it wasn't about trying to scare people. It was organic. Yet fallen over these characters and you'll be terrified to seeing that happening, Why do people listening right now are probably thinking that Conan just smooth cool dude, never know situation in that guy's life, so confident so buff yeah. I hate to break it to you not true. Everyone's had an unfair suitable awkward situation. Even me, it's part of life why
Yes, sometimes I run into someone- I don't remember their name and unlike sono, who is that person again and you'll say you know, that's You know your old friend, that's the guy. who are often it's someone very famous who I should know. Member yeah when, as is going again, is bothering me in your, like that's George Clooney, and I had Why idea gimme from money was sad. My point, is we ve all had that time were destructive find ourselves in an awkward position, that's why being beers is a great way to relax. spend time with your friends. You know and not have those awkward encounters Nora. it is the one beer that lets you kicked back with your friends. You pal your charms and just be yourself and not worry about what people think network re about wise George Clooney, asking me for money, he was so weird that day and that weird anyhow Miller Light has taste, you can depend on, it was originally beer and that will never end.
In fact, no light has been a light, be with greatest since nineteen. Seventy five said that way, if a queen Bee the Simpsons but its uneasy choice and where the sensors IP is rattlers, batteries and whatever this summer brings to lick restores you know, you're gettin when you get more light, dependable beer for people who, like their beer- and you know what that's what I like to do- cracked open a mirror light hang out with my pals high five m j: hey look at us now! I don't see any one being uncomfortable. he's a nice time. You're getting beer with friends make a Miller time. Luckily, you can pick up similar like pretty much anywhere. They sell beer or go to Morrow that comes Forward- Slash Conan defined delivery, options near you, its maritime celebrate responsibly, Miller, Brewing Company, Milwaukee Wisconsin. Ninety six calories entry point carbs for twelve ounces. Those are my calculations, but there are also real that have a small business these days. You know because so much to do so many channel
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place too, and I love the first when I said yeah now I was dreading seeing this because for the last fifteen months, When I see someone's movie, they send it to me on a special secure link can do and I watch it on my computer, my laptop and there's a watermark across the fun of it. It says Conan. Brian, that's nice on it, and so what happens? It'll be sacked scenes so these to attract people be going added in the end and my name just goes in and it's very disturbing. I don't know what that it's it's and it takes me out of the film every time and it is also a kind of erotic for me. But the point is I We didn't want to see the movie that way and I on and in your office called and said you can see it in this amazing Dolby Theater and you can bring a couple people from your show. So we went yesterday
a forceful January at the screening yesterday? Yes, I that opening sequence was phenomenon Lake Island money. Funny there was, I think, someone we so we the theatre and we tell the people there are how much we left the movie and then we're out on the sidewalk and we're just and Hollywood Boulevard witches shrieks of urine but it was mine sort out shouting about how much we love the movie. When someone locks by who either, it's free or the studio and had kind of had overheard ass. I thought most screenings. I walk out of my god. What am I going to say no, I mean that's a lot of screenings. I see and person walk by- and I went, I think
her did. We actually we're talking about how much we love the movie and how we actually thought it exceeded the first one and heard us really talking about it and I thought were busted, but in such a good way, that's amazing yeah. We were just step, we are completely blown away and I'm really glad you did the origin story of TAT. A fact is I've seen we show up in every different movie, and I thought you guys found Gary Scary QUIET way for them to show up and everybody's reaction was just you know, reminded me of like Roy Shiner- says exactly what a base it on a real it, a beach seen in just a fox examined, as our report looking and I'm like this is really cider realizing everything is different, that's right and you, Everybody starts to run must not run everyone's George quietly backing the tray and watching it and I'm TED, but in a way
I think so. Many people misunderstand terror has to be used and it's like you have to be very careful calibrating, That's exactly what I remember when I was doing it. My first movie I was directing I told me: Manders can be something graphic in it and she said you just don't make it too I think you know. Everybody's imagination is so far beyond anything that you can show them on film and its true, and so, when you put some small, like that in the sky, people like I'm clouds yeah behind class, and you can't quite soon you put, it doesn't look good and you just slowly and I thought that was really a testament to. I know that technically that's there in the writing, but it's also like that's directing to me. saying I am going to gently play with he's dials very an end so that, but I can't leave that's what I thought of his rights. Shiners amnesiac enjoys jaws, and then you saying that's what I was thinking about. I am a very good fun create Emily. Your wife is brilliant, as always,
and also, I would think to be here directing movie life is the lead and there's pressure like you can't shoot. You know she's gorgeous she's one was beautiful. Women had ever seen, but you have to make you know it's like you. You don't want to hurt you. I am sure that you capture, her correct right, because she's gonna really be pissed at you. You get home, it's only. She lifted the delays in the thing. What happened as you know, the there's a water scene. I won't get anything. What do I do? I just blacked out again, that is the kindest most amazing and coming from you genuinely mean so much more to me coming from you, and I think the fact that I if he's comfortable, would he ever go to a theater? I had to make that happen. Forty because I I want it. I mean obviously I'm going all over the country trying to say thank you the people coming back to the theatre. Yes, absolutely go, see our movie because he movies and so hearing never muse, so so amazing, the scimitar goofy it looks,
gorgeous, and there are moments in the movie that em he looks almost like a renaissance painting likes this sort of like golden Vermeer'S- exactly she's an an end, but the kids in this film Millicent Siemens and was it no. I Jupiter, they are spent hack, Linaria, it's very hard for a child to find a good child actor who can do what these kids can do? No absolute alarm because their roles are bigger and this found absolutely and I'd always been told, never worked with kids, because there, the most unprofessional they never learn their lines. They have school. They have all these needs and you're gonna lose all your days. Well, I got to kids, you are without a doubt not only to them. talented people I ve ever worked with, but to the most incredible humans there. So deep I mean, if you really think about on the first one. I believe they were thirteen and twelve and two
then be able to process theme? like that, People have lost your dad's base, thickly blaming you foresaid loss things like that. Not only she process in no process, but they re able to, articulated specifically in performance was mental. I mean it was just incredible. So we were, we were saving time. I was the least professional person on the first one. That's why killed me so ass by a royal I was given seeing the first one. Maybe he dies every doesn't, but but you know it's crazy. It's like we have to talk about this. When you made the, first one, you didn't know, there'd be a sequel, I don't know how it all sides, ok, try this and will see what happens and it becomes. You know you right and wrong this movie. It's him! It's a massive hair. It's a critical head! People love it You must have thought yourself now into the sequel. Oh shit.
I killed my. Why did I mean it's important that you did well my age and said that in called me, you could have done the look hamlet at work. Egypt, brink data come back as a ghost, or else it's that other thing to it. So many movies, just when the first ones a hit in the persons died- and I can Think of so many words starts with the second one and you basically been torn to shreds but use. Well, we get up and go and have a pile of year. Your life comes running over and so's you up here like Tylenol and then you're, ok, yeah, you're, ok, walk with a slightly. You read the first draft of Ziegler idea. I you called me tonight. I think I'll come back with a funny thing was the first movie. I can't put too fine a point on it,
as we made a movie for seventeen million dollars which, in the world movies, is very small. We had gone through a transition at the studio where there was a whole new batch of people who had nothing to do with making the movie, but now had the movie in their hands, who were incredibly supportive but they didn't know what it was the idea. So we were going into this thing completely flying blind and without a doubt, I think, to highlight My career was going down to Texas to south by South West and having sixty I went from zero people, see or maybe my wife one person and then sixteen hundred people start the next day. you're driving over there and I met my wife said, can I ask you a question my wife's like a weird incredible sage and she goes One thing you get one thing that you want to pay attention to tonight and I met everything else. Go I said. Ok, I said that she's like what's the one thing you'd like to see- and I said well
heard of some of these festival things they applauded the and that would be nice just if they like the movie. That would be nice. She was great than focused on that one thing and dont be talking, don't be thinking about this note, not known what you should have done so sacred, and then we get in there and Of course, everyone's dead silent through the movie- and I leaning over Emily going that's my career. It's over. I think- and I was like clearly, don't love it. Then you shouldn't go to your own screening subtle, because people can hear you there's war is John presence. his movie. It doesn't believe, I'm Jim from from the office you resist and then at the end of the movie, she Cox that gun and everyone jumped out of their sea, it's in started shaking the seeds which I had never seen before, and then I have to talk to me about blacking arose, but I definitely sort of area
became distorted. I have no recollection what happened at the moment and it was just in a wild thing. So my point was: I was never gonna do as equal the studio. It asked and said what you do sequestered no way, because that was the most personal movie to me that to me was a love letter to my kids that was about, and what would you really do for your kids and all that, and so It really was the idea of making Milly the lead character in the movie. That became the thing that I thought well. If we could do that that reprinting exceptional making the kids the lead of the movie sort of not only is it great because they can pull it off, but a represents all the themes metaphors of the first one like family, like carrying man to all of the people in the generation before you better than they could and hope in all these amazing things. You know funny cause you brought up. Your people are asking you. We can make sequel and me- and I think you can relate to this- there is kind of a Catholic Boston thing, absolute love. Who am I to blank yeah who am I to and it Sir, the irish poet tall Poppies meetings
actually right. If you get a little too tall, it's in culture, it is called different things in different countries, victory bread. She gets you big Theo breaches and- and I know that, because you come from neighbouring town. We ve talked about this before you know privately, but I'm from birth in our rival, is Newton Direct and are used run track against Newton North, I used to run track north, but you're Newton was terrible, so they love me and north. But- and I do have a very strong memory of running disk since they are running the two mile indoor to some new track they built and then five years later they said, we have to turn that track down, because it's made of horrible aspect, thanks
Newton. If I go with a lung related ailment aerial, I want everyone to go after Newton North right now. My wife actually asked me what's the difference between north and south, because we are going to see my parents and IRAN and the seller train from New York to Boston- and I said I don't know you know it's like a Boston thing, you'll get it when you get there and she goes about. What's the difference, and I kid you not a guy me when John John resists gay and I go Jedo, those from Newton can I go yeah and goes not the south from the south and you knew I literally. I went well there's your answer. You enter a bitter bitterly angry, yes people are. I mean this is why humanity will never be saved. We will draw a line down the middle of Newton Mass call one nor the other south, and if you from the wrong one fuck, you
I think it judges story. Might one of my favorite Boston stories cause. You know it's that thing of like dont, give too much and it's not an aggressive thing. It's not a negative thing later in life. It becomes a negative, but in the moment no is trying to be malicious. But I was it they'll station. Remember the old you know like the ticker get the insect temporarily to tell you when the train jamming in and it was the old one that spawning I was sitting there waiting for a train back to New York and there was a guy who clearly it just got enough jobs out of some sort. He was covered in duster or set, or something and had the Old Lake Dome, lunchbox. It was like a perfect image. He looked over and he was wiping his face in hotel room. He said the same thing as John now go uranos join from the office and I go Janius Funniest
Can they on television, and I went wild. Thank you so much yours, I'm not kidding. I watch it with my family every every week, it's a family affair and I went out it's so nice and I went to shake his animate right right. As soon as I went to make physical contact, you was a combat us by the way. I'm straight just so. You know what you think but that is so. It's I'm bringing this out because there is a thing where its disk, I stand in Yang of I wanna- go for it, who am I to ask for more than I have already been given exactly and so for you it be in the office, that's enough for anyone in Boston, that's actually topping out on too much you know and then you you go off and you become this very. A successful writer director and you can feel like. Ok, people might be they offer.
it was good but stay on your lane remains lay under place and at its very like I say it's a very I've encountered many times there where there are little there. They excited, but they don't want to see you, but they don't want to show their excited. If you look at all like you were kind of expecting them to recognize. You I'll. Tell you how to do that. What matters now is that it would mean a demon called Bitter Boston guy, the first time we met. I left him a message and I want a man I join its army, O Donnell, just want to say we went to high school together right or remember me anyway. Congratulations on all you success in your children, in your wife than like it just gets more and more of our congratulations on the warning. That was a very good movie and it's just everything's got the little little edge. I remember maybe of mission is before the podcast by it bears repeating. I was not long ago in in a nicer tell in Boston
and in the bar, and I think, I'm having drinks with my might to my brothers or something and I go in to use the restroom and I want to see a woman about five thousand five hundred and sixty follows me. I go to the urinal and then the door open and she comes in and Gus Conon Khanate. You know- and I had I was like Yang Here- she's her attitude was wow link. What the big deal unjust coming to say. I guess your big star like this has nothing to do with that. You're, a woman I met a year and there are certain, but I was the uptake of our celebrity because do yeah and by the way I was in New York, I was I gotta, yearn alone. I stay there for a long time and I think she was concerned right because because she heard the thinking something's like team. Wasn't no little thing is there's nothing. I love more than being from Boston, it yeah, that's what we're talking about is a sort of the edge to it, but it's
but dear of the majority of people. Are the italian there? The ban? I go back, it's incredible. I love it and I have, but I love that there's an edge their examined. I love that it's it's complicated with them in a way. It feels more honest. It feels exert leaving it on us if you go back in, I'm gonna get away with not gonna get away with any shit there. Yes, I think to their too that towns credit, but yeah. I was very obvious interest because I, when covered first broke out posters, billboards were just going up for a quiet place, part to it. When it was just starting that Erie beginning the whole thing. When wait a minute. We do we. Where am I Must we not worth what is? This is gonna last two weeks ago in three weeks and one Billboards has just stayed up for the entire fifteen. Zero must and a movie didn't come out right,
because you are ready to go- and I can imagine you put your heart and soul into this thing- s ready to go and suddenly it stops and its sought his billboard every day, and I think it's still. There is on the way to the theatre where we do our show now. Totally Zaga Theater and I would see it every day and I thought must have been difficult for you the creative site have made this thing in what you want is. I think this is really good and I'm ready for people yet and then everything is you? Ok, we don't know illnesses come out, but it's one of those amazing things where this was. This was bigger than all of us. What happened I mean. So I think that for me the emotion got taken out by how black or white a decision this was. There was just the right thing to do and I think that helped, think, where it really started to hit me as five or six months later, when I tried to do something creative,
and there was something that I was holding inside, that hadn't been led out, and so therefore my creative process was very difficult. It was hard to it's almost like he realised this business you try to what really and I'm sayin comes out when you use that energy to write something else and come up with something. Also if I was dancing Tramplings ones, wasn't one was missing the I couldn't get to that next spot without in any way it is the reason why I fought so hard to be one of the first, I guess where the first theatrical only movie this year, because whether or not it was just My head. I wanted to be a an emotional book and for people that mere this movie represented the end of birds began, covered in the end of sort of normalcy as we knew it. So, let's have it be there presentation of normalcy, coming back yeah, what's amazing too, because and I
giving anything away here, but the film the way it begins its it's taking you into a world as its changing radically, and I thought yes right. This is actually up perfect metaphor. A perfect story about life. Freezing laugh suddenly stopping and then becoming something completely different and ever think it's turned upside down, that's the core at the story of of what's happening as the other, though obviously there's also a lot of of emotional resonance in the characters, but this is, I couldn't help but notice, and I think a lot of people would notice the similarities. Instead of just what we ve been through yeah, absolutely my favorite. Compliments in these screening that we ve been doing around the country is people felt so much more emotionally charged about seeing people stepped back into the normal say so, doing this. Girl walked down a train tracks
making every single step, knowing the circumstances as she took, steps were changing. She was We need to be the one to change things that it had an emotional residence, and I think that for me, that's what I hope it. There are coalitions and clearly there are weird correlations that we never intended, but if there are coordination, seeing the correlation hope everybody takes is that of hope. You know that idea of courage bravery in community and how the only way to get through the darkest times is to do together. Well, what I want to stress this charities listening? Is it is such? I was so engaged. As an irish member, I mean it is a great story, and these things during their everything. You're saying is there, but if you have so thoroughly in the story the whole time, and then you manage to get these two that's the story going which run along the same time other and each one, this terrifying and thereby us going at the same time- and I thought that was just I mean I thought that was masterfully died.
you may not that I'm not a moody credit I just as an audience membranes and as someone who well you are now and I'll, take no factual you're. The best we're gonna make so much and the greatest movie critic of all time but yeah, I'm just absolutely delighted for you and I think and I also to say I can't it's iced. I can fathom a lot of things, but I can't my whole life has been dedicated to create something and then see it realized later that day or maybe maybe a couple of weeks, its later there- maybe a month later- yet that's about. As far as I can thank you Were there with us in that process in that world, and then you moved on to something like the office which everyone is is every week which stir feels like a very different situation. We again will you know anything. I've ever worked on and and the work that you and Gregg did. There is quite different from
my little think of it and then you see it an hour later, but now you're working on something where you're writing in directing and the time span about two year is two years for a movie, but by the time you write it directed and edit it and then release it. It's about two years that I can understand you don't understand. You go into a screening to see when you discuss I'm going with Emily too. Well, I put two years of my life if into the area now at sea, if people like it or not- and I and the verdict will come in an hour and forty minute exactly. I dont understand that no, it's terrifying and then the funny thing is a friend of ours said: yeah. I'm really sorry that he had to pull the movie, and I told him that it's the right thing to do any said. No, but you have to admit it's. It's such a long process. It's almost like you were having a baby yeah, the doktor pulled. It out said it's a boy than jammed it back into my way. I'm not acquire share when I cannot take em back
that's a horrifying images. Well, how at that's quite placed more three. So do we I will listen. A quiet place, part two. I I please go we'll do yours a favor. I I'm just telling you as someone who loved being entertained when I sighed and really enjoyed it and I'm bite it unto waited for you and you sent me a picture. I mean on every level. I think it was a hallowing picture. You sent me a while ago on my phone, and it was you with your kids new guys, we're all in costumes but end, and it was a snake oh you're. Having our experience, I am an I forget. I am sometimes because I'm someone it believes only show business is important and the children I mean. I don't see the point when I tell them that every day and that's why you fight and that's why we fight there like dad love us, like, I don't see the point in their fight ensues by
I'm just across the board. Delighted for you and you deserve it too for me to have been seen you at the very beginning of this journey and and and see where you are now and now that I, if I try to, bite you right now. I think six. Ass. You guys who work for them we studio take my hat off yandah shit into my skull will listen. I again, I know said at the beginning of this month. For me. It is amazing because, being here talking about all this stuff with EU feels like not only talking to a friend but talking to someone who's not only been there from the, anybody's but has been there and away every single step of the way with me. I really really appreciated arrival John Well, don't go out. I continued to do good work. Thank you and out of the family, I vote yes,
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You know, and people will get the idea genius or you know it. I know you're being sarcastic yeah, but I think I might beyond something because we should try to make podcast in particular as easy for everyone to use and to create that would be more damage. Braddock. Let's this is a favor we're doing not if one is to go out and buy special effects her down put them on some computer. But my way- and I think we demonstrated with our episode that really works its way. It got huge response when it did but you're doing sound effects. Leader is an act of charity now as a man who's, not fraid to look at thing and say: why can it be different? You all look at what is and go. That is, I say, couldn't be something different. That's what makes me
a visionary in my car. Will you said it was wet sick. You say we did a good job like it was successful eyes. Blue are awful, but we would be horrible. Wise man was in egg it. I've had people, stop me on the street and ask for more sound effects. Theater and I've said sorry. It lot of work, and I have time for that kind of foolishness and then, as I walk away, I go what we woke. We walk away, walk away, kills every time case that less than we did. This was on the South Rogan absurd. If you want to check it out, but I'm just gonna throw something out in an environment. Sono well, and I will be in that environment will set you up for sound effects. Are you guys ready I'll be? I was born to do that, I'm not I'm terrible at improvident. I think now you're really be. You really have any worse than the sound effects either. I have anything to worry about. You can laugh all you want, but I'm on it. I must say this time: ok were or on the battlefield- oh
sergeant Ossetia and meet the cold. Forty five, this yes colonel! Yes, you did you see these birds on my home, it You'Re- I talked in area me to call right. Why aren't you can't, even though we know that I myself am I so stupid son of us? If you can't even ta, I can't talk, I just I've, never began and also its processing is all about making choice. He gave you a direct order. I know you have to do is say yes, it's easy. You struggled with his imaginary rank. how we want make any progress. He well yes to say yes, sir. Here you go ok colonels lie met?
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sergeant of says you on holster you're, cold, forty five. I will do that colonel now. Please caught the slide of the weapon in chamber. Around sure thing. Did you just call me a cock? My gun did spent. Ok, sorry now I would like you to discharge your weapon Ataturk. Yes, colonel. I think your gun just sneezed bless you you're going. Ok, I don't know colonel exacting up weird, so let me matching its that it'll work better rattle, alright, we're gonna move onto something bigger. I would like you to set up the M sixty machine. Yes, sir. Please cock it! Yes, sir. What did you say to me sergeant, move says you I'm so sorry, look in my eyes to strike you get one more chance of this. Please fire multiple rounds of this machine. Yes, sir. What reply briefly require alright sergeant bono coming fire going down ass, sergeant sergeant I bit kid: you hear the blood geyser it out of my veins can still,
I'm not well. I am not really bad to spill. Comparable purpose built to speak. You guys hurrying and it sounds like it's just driveling out- seems we're right. Listen, a gear that here, like it pressure poor, my god. Let me get a bandage and wrap it up for you, Sir rip You took my heart out Are you doing that land? Oh, my god, did you hear that I am not talking about what they want. Wilbur there talking bandying, she knew it. Baby lubricated can talk, it has a small ship were made, I wish they do now colonel. stitch me up, and then we gotta do this, quick as we need to call in an air strike on the radio, so
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