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>> we're talking to people about the new provisions for the graham/cassidy health care bill. has you or anyone you know ever used health care? >> not that i know of. >> dicky: from hollywood -- it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight -- viola davis from "the good doctor," freddie highmore. celebrities read mean tweets. and music from grizzly bear. and now, also worth mentioning, here's jimmy kimmel! ♪ [ cheers and applause] >> jimmy: hi, everyone. that's very
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thank you for watching, thank you for coming. i hope you had a good weekend. i had an emotional weekend, for sure. as you may know, i wound up in the middle of the national health care debate after -- i know it's ridiculous, but after a senator, senator bill cassidy of louisiana who was on my show in may and promised a health care plan would pass the jimmy kimmel test. my son billy had open heart surgery shortly after he was born. he needs two more surgeries and that experience opened my eyes to how difficult life can be for parents in that situation and how important it is that families are covered like we are. unfortunately, the plan senator k cassidy and his colleague lindsey graham came up with does not sufficiently protect those parents or children or anyone really. so i called him out, because he said it passed the jimmy kimmel test. it's a personal thing for me. i was in three cities this
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i met so many people, almost every one of them was a stranger, wanting to tell me that the affordable care act that our president and half our senators are trying to kill saved or drastically approved their lives, members of their family's lives and/or their children's lives. they come up to me and said, mr. fallon, thank you for speaking out and i just let it go, because i talked to probably 200 people, and i heard these stories, saw pictures of children who are not well. people got teared up. quite a few of them told me they were republicans. not politicians. only 47% of republican voters approve upon graham/cassidy, but more than 90% of republican senators are likely to vote for it. a new abc news poll says americans overall prefer obamacare to this new bill, 56-33%, but some of our senators are still trying to pass this new bill, because they don't actually care what you
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they want you to think what they think. that's why they keep saying obamacare is a disaster. you hear that word a lot. obamacare definitely needs work, but think about this, did anyone have to convince you hurricane harvey was a disaster? no, because it was a disaster. obviously. someone has to keep telling you something is a disaster, it probably isn't one. and no one has spoken about this disaster thing more than donald trump. >> obamacare is an absolute disaster. >> obamacare is a disaster. >> obama care, a disaster. >> obamacare is a disaster. >> obamacare is a disaster. >> obamacare is a disaster. >> obamacare is a total disaster. >> the disaster known as obama care. >> the disaster known as obamacare. >> the disaster known as obamacare. >> obamacare is a disaster. >> obamacare is a disaster. >> the disaster known as -- >> obamacare! >> that was
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thim' thesaurus already. then on friday, common sense and decency prevailed when senator john mccain of arizona wrote in and pulled a red wedding on this thing, saying he could not support cassidy graham, even though it was co-written by one of his closest friends. you know how many times i've pretended to like something just because one of my friends wrote it? a million, all right? so that was big. and senator mccain's position on this did not go over well with president trump. here's what trump had to say about it, during yet another mast ur ba tore rally in huntsville, alabama on friday. >> john mccain came in and went thumb's down at 3:00 in the morning. i know so much, folks, i could tell you. it was sad. and we had a couple of other senators, but, you know, at least we knew where we stood. that was like really a horrible thing. honestly, that was a ho
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the republican party. >> said the horrible horrible thing that happened to the republican party. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: he's not even right. the truth is john mccain probably saved the republican party by doing this. because if you think graham/cassidy is unpopular now, wait until people have to live with it, or not live with it. then who gets blamed? the republican party. this is one of the rare moments when we actually needed congress to do nothing. which is what they're really good at, by the way. anyway, i tweeted my thanks to senator mccain over the weekend, and that apparently caught the attention of the folks at fox & friends. >> talking about praising, it's playing out everywhere, jimmy kimmel is praising john mccain, praising him for being a hero again and own and now again. >> who says i'm not a serious advocate for health care reform? look at all the chicken wings on that. [ laughter and applause ]
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picture before i got involved with this. so all the propaganda outlets got very excited. they found out, they read in an article that i spoke to senator schumer, who is a democrat, when i was doing research and they went nuts. they called me a pawn and a mouthpiece. they said i was a puppet for the democrats. they said i was extremely well endowed -- oh, no one said that? anyway, this is what they said. >> think about this. for months, a network evening show has been talking to one side of the aisle to get their talking points on a bill. if you want confirmation that the so-called mainstream media is the opposition party in bed with the democrats, there you have it. how much talk has his staff had with senator graham or cassidy or the majority leader? probably none, maybe some. jimmy kimmel, show up. we'll get the talking points from chuck and nancy and fight this bill t
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no surprise to those of us who feel like the deck is stacked against us in washington. >> jimmy: thank you man with a pony keg of gel in his hair. it would be easy to dismiss this as right-wing hysteria. i need to confess, come clean. here's what happened. my wife and i were worried about health care. we didn't like what the republicans were doing, so we decided to have a baby with congenital heart defects. once we had that going for us, i went on tfv, i spoke out, and w may have stopped cassidy graham, i still can't believe we pulled it off, but we did. it's amazing, isn't it? [ cheers and applause ] it is really unbelievable. you know, since i started speaking about this, i've been fact-checked by -- against bill cassidy by six different organizations, every one of them came down on my side. every major health organization in the united states is on my
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side. every major charity that has to do with health and medicare is on my side, because the facts were on my side. it has nothing to do with me, it's just a matter of what is true and what isn't true. all day today the senate finance committee had a hearing on this bill. there were protests in the hallways, heated exchanges. at the end of the day, just about an hour and a half ago, one of the two key republican hold-outs, susan collins, senator from maine, said she would not support graham/cassidy, which means this bill is -- [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: -- almost certainly dead, or at the very least it's on life support, which isn't covered, so it will be dead. thank you, senator collins. maine needs affordable health care more than almost any other state. the sewers up there are filled with child-eating clowns. [ laughter ] and the best news is i can go back to talking about the kardashians. guys, kylie's pregnant! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: anyway, the whole thing's been a roller coaster for me and
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definitely some low moments, but on saturday night, stevie wonder had a concert in central park, where he dedicated a song that happens to be one of my favorite songs, to my son. >> this is for every wonderful child, a young baby boy, baby girl. jimmy kimmel, this is for your child from me. let's sing it, are y'all ready? let's go! ♪ ♪ >> one, two -- ♪ ♪ isn't she lovely >> jimmy: nice, but i don't know how to tell stevie my son is a boy. but it's the thought that counts. thank you, stevie wonder. i want to highlight one more incredible performance this weekend. i mentioned president trump was in alabama ranting and raving about all manner of non-sense. he was on fire in huntsville, so we had no choice but to slow him down for another edition of
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♪ >> maybe i'll end up moving to alabama or kentucky. or, like some states. ♪ ♪ [ applause ] >> jimmy: get the trucks ready. we'll take a break. when we come back, we have something special when we come back, jennifer lawrence, gal gado and more in a new edition of mean tweets. stick arou stick around, we'll be right back. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] when i look at you, i look back on my life and i know what it was for. what if i struggled... what if i sacrificed... and what if i swore i'd succeed... so you could wake up one day with the choice to be anything you wanted.
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♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: hi and welcome back to th
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viola davis, music from grizzly bear is all coming, but first president trump was tackling a new enemy this weekend. this time it's the nfl. the president fired off 14 tweets over the past two days, lashing out at players who chose to kneel during the national anthem, saying the league should fire or suspend them. trump said his criticism had nothing to do with race, and whenever the president says it has nothing do with race, it 100% has everything to do with race. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: he called for a fan boy co boycott of the nfl. donald trump tried unsuccessfully to buy the buffalo bills a few years ago, he made a bid to buy the team. they turned him down because they knew that any bills trump supports never pass. and we need
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anyway, i want to point out, for all his talked about respect, this was donald trump during the national anthem at a republican debate. there are two things remarkable. one, trump is the only one without his hand on his heart. the other is that ted cruz is clearly fingering his nipple right there. i mean, he really loves hads country. trump tweeted that players should respect the national anthem because courageous patriots have fought and died for our great american flag. that's true, they have. but this is a man who got out of the droft because he had bone spurs in his foot. even though he played high school baseball and basketball on his new york military academy teams. but he couldn't go to vietnam because his feet hurt. so that's who is tweeting this sort of thing. the president also got into it with steph curry of the golden state warriors. steph said he wasn't interested in going to the white house for the traditional visit from the nba champs. that prompted this tweet -- goin
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considered a great honor for a championship team. steph curry is hesitating, therefore, invitation is withdrawn. the classic, you want to break up with me, i break up with you. [ laughter and applause ] it was really quite a week tweeting wise. we do need to stop criticizing him from playing golf. let him play all heme wants. keep him away from the tweet. if north korea said they believe this to be a declaration of war and has vowed to shoot down american planes. so just to recap, that donald trump this weekend got in a twitter feud with nfl, the north korea, and steph curry. not a single word about the 3.5 million citizens in puerto rico who are currently without power right now. although in fairness to him, he probably doesn't know know puerto rico's part of
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states. he is tweeting -- it's unbelievable. when it comes to mean tweets, no one touches our president, but that doesn't mean there aren't those to try. from time to time, we like to shine the light on the trolls asking the celebrities to read the tweets. here it is, a brand-new edition of "mean tweets." >> gal gadot, i'mma -- i'mma? i mma, is that a word? i'mma be wondering why that woman got no titties. they're here. >> emma wotson seems like the type of girl i'd be friends with for like three days and then get sick of but not tell her. >> jake gyllenhaal has the most punchable face of all time. i'd like nothing more than to sock him
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starry-eyed pug face. >> elisabeth moss looks stunning, i think she can clean up well, despite my grandmother's harsh opinion that she's hideous. >> i bet that john lithgow's ball sack looks exactly like his face. my face is not complimented by my ball sack is. >> dave chappell head don't fit his body no more. he forgot to exercise that milk dud. >> all frowning old dudes are jeffrey tam bor to me. that's just hurtful. >> can dweth paltrow stick to steaming her vagina and shut the [ bleep ] up for god sake. >> jennifer anstor is what happens when a bag of flour gets its big break. because it's like i'm a bag of flour. funny. >> jim parsons looks like a ventriloquist dummy that
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life to become a sex offender. oh, god. >> jamie lanster has a tiny [ bleep ], pass it on. >> kristin bell seems like the kind of person i'd be thrilled to be paired up with for a school project but then would never want to hang out with her otherwise. that's probably true. >> i bet jennifer lawrence gives real unenthusiastic [ bleep ]. how do they know? >> i'm going to submit bob odenkirk to ugly whites. >> someone just told me i smiled like michael keaton and i don't know if i should take one million selfies or put a gun in my mouth. i'd put a gun in your mouth. >> at real donald trump writes just tried watching "saturday night live," unwatchable, totally by
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the baldwin impersonation just can't get any worse. sad. >> is kumail's [ bleep ] multiple colors. yes, every shade of your mom's lip sticks. and her butt hole. [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: all right, we have a good show tonight music from grizzly bear, from "the good doctor," freddie highmore is here, and we'll be right back with viola davis. ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> dicky: portions of "jimmy kimmel live!" are brought to you by the middle earth shadow of war video game, in stores october 10th. learn more at shadow of war.com.
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♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: welcome back to the show. tonight from "the good doctor," a new show which can be seen monday nights here on abc, freddie highmore is here with us. then, this is their latest album. it's called "painted ruins," grizzly bear from the mercedes-benz outdoor stage. tomorrow night, andy samberg will be here. brandon michael hall will join us. and we'll have music from macklemore featuring offset. and later this week, liam neeson, kaley cuoco, science bob pflugfelder, david muir and music from old dominion and the xx.
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so please join us for all that. our first guest tonight is an exceptionally talented person who has every acting award on the planet atop her mantle, in her trophy case, i think she has one mounted to the head of her car. "how to get away with murder" returns on thursday night, please welcome viola davis. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: you look great and you smell good too. >> oh, thank you. >> jimmy: since the last time you were here, you won an oscar. congratulations. [ cheers and applause ] >> all in a day's work, all in a day's work. >> jimmy: so where do you keep all that stuff? i mean, you got -- how many do you have now? you have an emmy, two, i think? >> i got one emmy. >> jimmy: okay. >> two tonys. and i got an oscar. >> jimmy: okay. >> let me
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ain't gonna happen because i can't sing. >> jimmy: have you ever had a situation where you had to sing publicly? >> yes. >> jimmy: what happened? >> the first time, i wet my pants. >> jimmy: really? >> that was miss central parks reg reekz contest. six years, i was supposed to sing abracadabra by the defranco family. now if you know that song, you're over 50. and i was supposed to sing it and i got up there and put my finger in my mouth and boogers came out of my mouth, i cried and psssss. >> jimmy: for real? >> it was not a shining moment. >> jimmy: what was the other time? couldn't be worse than that. >> that was the low point. everything else just went up from there. >> jimmy: i see. >> oh, no. i did a one-woman show where i had to play an opera singe
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i don't sing at all. and there were 14 songs in this one-woman show, and my sisters came to see me, and i was looking out in the audience and they were like, oh my god! and they said, viola, you couldn't hear it? i said no i couldn't hear it, i thought i was fabulous. >> jimmy: that's the thing. you don't know that it's bad until somebody is nice enough, like your sisters, to tell you. >> exactly. >> jimmy: very supportive. >> i did perform the show in an elderly home, though, that same show, and this 85-year-old guy fell in love with me. >> jimmy: there you go. >> he serenaded me because he remembered this opera singer and he thought i was that opera singer and he wanted to go home with me. i said, sir, we can't do that. >> jimmy: maybe hard of hearing is your audience. [ laughter ] but you can still win a grammy doing other things, like spoken word. >> i know, i'm trying. >> jimmy: just grab a book of poems that you like and get a microphone and put it up on itunes.
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problem. i mean, really. [ applause ] >> jimmy: i can help you with this. >> i'm working on it. >> jimmy: you are working on it. how old is your daughter now? >> she's 7. >> jimmy: and what do you do and your daughter -- i know what 7-year-olds like to do, but what do you like to do with her? >> disneyland, man. >> jimmy: that's your thing? >> eight times last year. i'm addicted. >> jimmy: eight times? >> i'm not going to lie to you. every time i said, genesis whenever you want to go, mommy's ready. i don't care if i haven't slept for two hours, we going to disneyland. the last time we went to disneyland, 20 people -- 20 people -- 15 of them were kids. >> jimmy: really? >> the first ride we go on is cars. because can you talk smack to the other person in the car, and i talk smack, which only other actors see the humor in that. when you see like lay people, they don't like talking smack. so i get in the car, i'm like, yeah, in your face! be
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your ass! >> jimmy: and you're sitting in -- >> i got my glasses, i do my glasses, i got the whole thing down. >> jimmy: that's a lot of kids to go with. >> we lost a kid once for 30 seconds, but we were good. we kept it going. >> jimmy: that's the worst feeling when you lose the kid. it's funny because you're very relaxed, and then all of a sudden, oh, my god, and then soon as you find them, it's right back as if nothing happened. >> then it's like soaring over the world, "star wars." >> jimmy: what are your disneyland tips for somebody that goes there so often? >> listen to all the sisters out there. don't put that wig on your head. do not put the bwig on your hea, okay? i saw a youtube video of this sister who had this wig on, and it was a cute wig too. soon as he got to that part of the roller coaster where it flipped over, she didn't
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that wig flipped off and she didn't even have a wig cap on. and there was a big bald spot right on the top of her head, which is why she put the wig on her head. and i looked at that youtube video and was like, oh, my god. i would wear the wig at disneyland, because i'm trying to look halfway cute, you know. so i said, i'm not wearing the wig. and genesis said, mommy, you don't want to wear the wig because it falls off on the roller coaster. >> jimmy: even she knows. so if you're going to wear the wig, go with a lot of pins. what's your favorite ride at disneyland? >> hyperspace mountain. >> jimmy: hyperspace mountain, it is. have you ever seen it in the daytime? >> you know what, not only, i have not seen it in the daytime, but i saw it for what it was when it broke down. >> that's what i did too. they turn the lights on and you're like, what the hell's going on here. >> and genesis freaked out. she said, we're going to
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it was like, daddy! >> jimmy: that's her first reaction? >> yeah, we're gonna die. >> jimmy: it just stopped going. >> it stopped. >> jimmy: what's the worst ride at disneyland? >> it's a small world. >> jimmy: definitely small world. >> that's my definition of hell. if i was stuck in that damn thing for two hours, you would have to just committ me. >> jimmy: what's the best snack at disneyland? >> the turkey leg. >> jimmy: i had that the last time. i'd never had it before. >> never before? >> jimmy: i had it last time. but it's more weapon than food. it weighs like four pounds. >> you do not want tmz or media take-out to see you at disneyland eating that damn turkey leg. because the grease dripping from your mouth, from your fingers. and i eat it, i suck on the bone, everything. i turn into, like a stone cold
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no small world, and turkey leg. that is your take on disneyland. >> and the churos. >> jimmy: can't go wrong with that. of course you have to have those. we're going to take a break. when we come back, we'll see, your husband is now on how to get away with murder and we're going to watch viola and her husband make love when we come back. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪watch this ♪ ♪watch this ♪ ♪watch this ♪ ♪watch this
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>> you're judging me? i'll buy you one, so i'm not the only degenerate on the plane. >> i'm good. >> probably for the best. i wouldn't want to corrupt you. any good gossip? sorry, i talk a lot. i just know i'd kick myself later if i didn't at least try. desmond. >> i think i see love in your future. [ cheers and applause ] >> you know what, that resembles our first meeting, but, yeah. >> jimmy: for real. that's your real life husband li
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the show, right? >> yeah. he feels like he's going to come back, he's going to be in the bottom of a well. >> jimmy: "how to get away with murder"ing your husband could be the show. >> yeah. >> jimmy: so what's it like to have a love scene with your actual husband on a tv show? >> well, it feels safe. >> jimmy: it does, yeah. >> i mean, he had to take my panties off at one point. and then i had to keep resetting them because you gotta keep doing the scene over and over again. but i forgot to reset them once. >> jimmy: what does that mean? >> and so we got to the point and he went to go and pull them off, and his face went, vee, you forgot to put your panties back on! i said, oh my god, oh my god! >> jimmy: is that the professional way to go about doing it? >> it was for me. it worked. i put my panties back on. >> jimmy: did you meet on a plane? what was your first date like? >>
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angels." we met when i was dogging a bagel, when i was really eating bread. >> jimmy: the good old days, right? >> and i was complaining like i always do. eating and complaining, those are my two things. and he asked me out. >> jimmy: he did? >> he did. >> jimmy: while you were eating a bagel? >> while i was dogging a bagel. >> jimmy: it all seems to have worked out. great to have you back, congratulations on all your many, many successes. viola davis, "how to get away with murder," season 4 premieres thursday at 10:00 here on abc. and we'll be right back with freddie highmore! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ (vo) do not go gentle into that good night, old age should burn and rave at close of day; rage, rage against the dying of the light.
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♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: our next guest spent five seasons slicing people up on bates motel. now he's sewing them back together on the new medical drama "the good doctor." it airs mondays at 10:00 here on abc. please welcome freddie highmore! ♪ [ cheers and applause ]
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>> jimmy: thanks for coming. you know, a lot of people obviously know you from "bates motel." how much time between that one and this new show? >> three days. >> jimmy: three days? >> three days after i finished. >> jimmy: it seemed like that show just concluded and now you're on this show. >> sorry, i know, i came back too soon. >> jimmy: it's okay. you can never come back too soon. you are obviously very young, and you're playing a doctor on this show, which is unusual. but the character is an unusual character. >> yes, he is indeed, an unusual character. i guess i'm 25. maybe i look younger. people are like, you cannot play a 25-year-old. but i am 25. so i apologize for disrespecting 25-year-olds or something. >> jimmy: no, there's nothing you can do about it. i see you're trying to
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little bit of facial hair, but -- >> i've only had a day or two since i was on set with the clean shaven look. >> jimmy: is this a problem you looking younger than you generally are, like if you go to a bar? >> not too bad. >> jimmy: it's not? >> at least in england, it's 18 to drink. >> jimmy: in england, yeah. >> you just do whatever you want. >> jimmy: what part of england are you from? >> london. >> jimmy: the only part i know is london, so i don't even know why i ask that question. it's like, oh, yes, you're from bostwick. i don't know. >> nearly. near bostwick. >> jimmy: is there a bostwick? >> there probably is. >> jimmy: i don't know where that came from. you were in a couple movies with johnny depp, right? >> yes. >> jimmy: charlie & the chocolate factory. >> and finding neverland. >> jimmy: wow. so did you go to a regular school, or did johnny teach you everything? >>
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a regular school back in england. >> jimmy: and did you go to college as well? >> yes. yeah, i went and did languages arabic and spanish. >> jimmy: arabic and spanish? really? >> yeah. genuinely. as opposed to me lying to you. >> jimmy: it just seems odd. so you could carry on a conversation with guillermo in espanol? >> i could do my best. the arabic -- >> jimmy: is better? >> no, it's been a while since i practiced. >> jimmy: why did you study languages instead of acting? >> people think the arabic is because i'm a spy. but it isn't the case, i'm not a spy. >> jimmy: if you were a spy, you would certainly not say you were a spy. >> this would be the perfect cover, wouldn't it? >> jimmy: it would be. and based on my research watching james bond movies, a lot of spies do have a similar accent to yours. >> you never know. >> jimmy: so you might be a spy. >> i don't know who sent me here to investigate you,
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and what you've been up to. >> jimmy: it could be anyone. it could be the president. you know, he's turning over a lot of rocks right now. >> exactly. >> jimmy: so you went and studied arabic and spanish. and then did you ever do anything with that information? >> i mean, i did my year abroad in madrid, which i combined with the first season of "bates motel." i was working at a law firm in madrid, practicing my spanish. >> jimmy: so you were working at a law firm and it was odd to your co-workers that norman bates was working there with them? >> i guess they hid all the knives in the kitchen, kept them away from me. >> jimmy: were they aware of your acting at the time? >> they were, yes. >> jimmy: and so did you -- i mean, was it like a regular work situation, where you hung out with people and went to, i don't know, out for drinks afterwards? >> yeah. i actually lived above a bar when i was in madrid. so in the evenings, i'd try and socialize. not that i didn't like the
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an attempt to ingraciate myself with the locals watching the spanish football games down below. >> jimmy: i see. >> and i'd pretend that i had a spanish grandmother. >> jimmy: why? >> because then i could cheer for the spanish team and they would accept me as one of their own. >> jimmy: is that how it works? >> you go down and cheer on spain and they'd look clearly at me, the pale, sun-starved brit, saying, are you really spanish? and so i came up with this back story that my grandmother was born in gleethia, which is the northwest part of spain. >> jimmy: of course. near bostwick. >> near bostwick, in a little village, and there was this huge long back story. >> jimmy: called fat potato? >> fat potato impact. >> jimmy: why do you feel like you're screwing with me and your friends are laughing their
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off that he got that potato in there. all right, i went too far. that potato. that's interesting. and then you wind up being an actor. it's like you wasted all that time. >> i know. certainly in terms of the law because i did european law and obviously now with brexit, it was a complete waste of my time. >> jimmy: so the specific law you studied -- >> will be obsolete. >> jimmy: do you think you'll ever be a lawyer? >> maybe. you never know. depends. if things go badly, acting wise --? >> jimmy: for now you're a doctor. if it doesn't work out, you'll become a lawyer. >> exactly. >> jimmy: tell us about this character, because it's really something that i don't think we've seen before on television. >> no. he -- i mean he's a young surgeon who moves from his quite country life to join this prestigious hospital. and he has autism
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servant syndrome and his condition sparks a debate as to whether or not they should be hiring someone like sean. >> jimmy: and are you feeling a lot about medicine? are you gaining any practical knowledge? >> a little bit. in some ways. we've had a couple of heart surgeries now and i feel like i know what to do. [ laughter ] echo cardio gram, that all sorted out. there's all the jargon that you have to learn. >> jimmy: what have you learned jargon wise? >> today on the plane over, what was there? it was endoscopic retro grade -- so that's -- it's probably a spoiler. >> jimmy: they know where that potato went in, right? >> it's all the same thing. i just say spanish villages and people buy it. >> jimmy: good luck with the show. it's called "the good doctor," it airs monday nights at 10:00 here on abc. fredd freddie himo
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bear. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> dicky: the jimmy kimmel live concert series is presented by mercedes-benz. the best or nothing.
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♪ >> dicky: the "jimmy kimmel live!" concert series is presented by mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. >> jimmy: i'd like to thank viola davis, freddie highmore and apologize to matt damon, we ran out of time for him. "nightline" is next, but first their album is called "painted ruins." here with the song "losing all sense" grizzly bear! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ ♪ when i woke up today i was so bound to a memory cut ♪ ♪ long ago i could hear all your words echo ♪ ♪ on down and then my heart rate dropped to a crawl ♪
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♪ move too fast here we are can't let go ♪ ♪ take the past own your scars let it show ♪ ♪ could i ask of you not to cut into me dividing all ♪ ♪ of my body for me i was left here to go through all the pieces ♪ ♪ nothing more to spare
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♪ ♪ i keep looking ♪ ♪ for reasons to come 'round to make sense ♪ ♪ of your internal row but it's a maze and there's nothing ♪ ♪ to be found it just leads me away from my end goal ♪ ♪ move too fast here we are can't let go ♪ ♪ take the past ♪ own your scars let it show like a rogue wave you ♪ ♪ wash right over me
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losing all sense of what my body could feel ♪ ♪ i was able to drift away from here i have lost ♪ ♪ all control ♪ ♪ the cipher walks alone ♪ the cipher lies so long awake ♪ ♪ she can't help ♪ one
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♪ so long awake ♪ just thinking ♪ just thinking ♪ it's too late ah ah ah ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪
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this is "nightline." tonight, united they kneel. ♪ oh say can you see nfl players across the country, sitting, kneeling and locking arms during the national anthem in the face of the president's condemnation. >> when somebody disrespects our flag, say get the son of a [ bleep ] off the field right now. >> reporte >> the people run this country, not one individual, and damn sure not him. >> why they say these protests are as american as football. plus, a history of dissent. this current nfl kneeler movement may have kicked off with colin kaepernick, but when it

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