mr. eastwood. a great erector can do a variety of things. what was the experience for you?he saw me on age and cast me from that page performance. i never had to audition for him. i talked to him after the performance. he talked to the cast. i talked to him. the next time i saw him was on his set. clint eastwood can have anyone he wants for his movies. he has the clout to say, i want this person. all right, have who you want. the fact he wanted me was a huge compliment. him i got to working with knowing i was expected to have that performance on screen was in some ways pretty easy. he allowed me to tap this performance i knew for more than 1000 times. research we have been able to duplicate the number at about 1400 performances you have done. there are two questions i want to ask. what's the most significant takeaway you have from having played the same guy 1400 times. you nailed -- you know frankie valley area well. what is the take away? >> there is something irresistible about an american dream character from working-class origins. there is something about that sound. fr

mr. eastwood. >> he's like the boss, mr. e., or mr. eastwood.e film depicts the roller-coster ride to the 4 seasons. that experience has proved to be just as emotional. i just want to ask you all what you're most grateful for with your experience through "jersey boys," through stage, film, everything. >> i was 20 years old when i sat down with there with my father and watched john do the show for the first time. i remember sitting back there and turning around and seeing while i was auditioning for the movie and seeing frankie valli standing behind me saying, hey, you did good at the audition. these are -- i can barely talk because these are our lives. who would have thought. it's crazy. ♪ >> and jersey boys opens in theaters nationwide tomorrow. charlie, gayle, norah? >> i'm going. didn't it touch you the way it was so touching to work with clint. >> and again how it changes your lives. >> nicely done. thank you, jamie. >>> harley-davidson announce add major change in direction. the company will make electric bikes. and tomorrow we'll give it a

mr. clint eastwood. clint? [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: you're a good looking dude.ith westerns and california, but have you ever lived in new york city or ever spent time here? >> yeah, over the years. just periodically. >> jimmy: oh yeah, check out the jazz clubs? you're really into jazz, aren't you? >> i never made the great days of the 52nd street, but i covered a lot of the way since then. and now "jersey boys", this is based on the musical. >> right. >> jimmy: which is about the four seasons, which i loved. gosh, i loved the movie. >> i noticed it back when you were doing that jersey accent earlier. i thought "he could have been in there." >> jimmy: oh, my gosh. [ applause ] >> i thought you had it. >> jimmy: does anyone have a a time machine? we can go back in time. i want to be in this. >> go back and insert him into the film. >> jimmy: hey, tony, are you kiddin' me? hey, tony! all the references, i loved all the references like that. because my parents are from brooklyn, i grew up with all doo-wop. we have a bunch of characters. that, a lot of shoulder shrug

mrs. clint eastwood. >> jimmy: no, you were very flustered, and it was really cute. [ applause ] barbara,od. this is real. watch this. >> you would drive me nuts and i would drive you crazy because i would be saying, but you know, but didn't you or haven't you or -- >> well, we could try it and see if it worked out. >> we'll start with this interview. if this is okay, well, maybe we'll do another interview. >> i think we'll stop and reload. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: it's like -- [ applause ] this awkward silence. oh, clint? really? >> i said stop tape. this is a few years ago, right? he's gotten married and divorced in between. i've gotten married and divorced. so the other night he was -- it was the opening of "jersey boys." >> jimmy: absolutely. >> and i'd heard that he'd gotten divorced. i'm divorced. and i thought, maybe. maybe it's not too late. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: all right. >> i did. i really did. i got -- i put on the right outfit, the false eyelashes, the whole thing. and i arranged with whoever was, you know, doing this -- peggy segal. do you know her? she

mr. president, that's someone else. she was hit by clint eastwood.laughter] when i first went to work for him, we went on, we're always going on trips because part of the job of vice president, if someone dies, you have to go and grief. his motto was you die, i fly. on one of these trips, whenever we are in a foreign country would go to the american embassy and do a little morale boosting, you know. he was very good at that. they loved him. and this was again just in 1981 after the hinckley shooting, and he told this story about reagan come which i think is alec what. he said, mr. bush said one day he went to see president reagan in the hospital, george washington hospital, and so he is ushered into the room and he goes and andy finds himself alone in the hospital room and there's no president reagan. he's looking under the bed. and the bathroom door is open and he hears president reagan said george, i'm in here. come on. he goes over and president reagan, the leader of the free world is down on his hands and knees mopping. and mr. bush says, ron, wh