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[ cheers and applause ] here's rose byrne and ethan hawke in "juliet, naked." take a look!an explai >> that's me and my high school chess club. >> yeah. >> i can explain this to you. i know this looks weird. remember the review on the website and the guy -- and it was a really, like, over the top review and he calls him like a sad sap blogger and -- >> oh. duncan? >> yeah. >> something. >> oh, my god. if he knew that you knew his name. so, that guy is the guy. >> that's your -- >> yes! >> that's 15 years of -- >> yeah, yeah, yeah. yeah, yeah, bingo! >> jimmy: yeah! come on, pal. [ cheers and applause ] rose and i are playing a new game called "eye to eye" when we come back. stick around, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ ♪ you have a side that saved for her to go out of state. ♪ ♪ now she's in and you can celebrate. ♪ ♪ a side that's getting your life in sync, ♪ ♪ to someday retire and hit the links. ♪ ♪ got a plan today, yeah, and that's the key, ♪ ♪ so tomorrow you can get where you want to be. ♪ ♪ that's why nationwide is on your side. ♪ ♪ (phone message chime) ♪ ♪

you're obsessed with ethan hawke as a -- >> that's right.ckley type of figure that i'm obsessed with. i'm a huge fan. rose and i are together in the film, and he releases a new album. his first in 20 years. he's this recluse. and we track him down, and it doesn't go very well for me. >> jimmy: not for you, but -- >> no. >> jimmy: -- but goes well -- >> they -- they get on great. >> jimmy: yeah. [ laughter ] exactly. it's great. >> yeah. >> jimmy: it's -- it's good. it's a good -- like, romantic comedy. jesse peretz directs it. >> yes. >> jimmy: it's -- it's fantastic. >> it's a really fun movie. yeah. and the music's great. >> jimmy: you're great in everything i've seen you in. "get shorty" is also you're very funny in as well. >> oh, thank you. >> jimmy: this is on epix, and we just had you co-star ray romano -- >> did he say nice things about me? >> jimmy: yes, he did. [ laughter ] weirdly, every week we have people that like you. that just talk about you, and eventually we get you on the show. but he really did. >> ray's the best. >> jimm

and ethan hawke, i didn't know, so he seemed like a bit of a wild card. [ laughter ] >> seth: yeah.>> such a great guy. and very -- great raconteur, and he's been around for a while. >> seth: yeah, and i feel like we've been aware of him forever, because he was a kid when he started. >> yeah, he was, you know, he was getting up on the desk. >> seth: yeah! >> shouted "o captain, my captain" and doing all this that biz. and he's got great advice, you know? he told me, you know, he told me that he was very successful very long, like you said. and then he took like three years out. i think he just got sick of it. and -- to run a theater company. and then was broke. and he's like, "so you can do that for a year." [ laughter ] but you can't do it for three years. [ light laughter ] which was great advice. >> seth: that's fantastic advice. you know, again, i would feel intimidated working with somebody i have known that long. are there people -- are there celebrities that you've met over the years that you are intimidated by in the moment that you meet them? >> you know, as you do all the

. >> you giev the movie coming out with ethan hawke and juliet. tell us about it. >> yes.ssed with the ethan hawke character who's an ex-kind of singer/songwriter of the '80s and '90s. he's a recluse now, and i'm with ross vernon and i try and track him down and it doesn't end well for me. when we track him down. >> you play like a big fan of this singer. >> that's right. i'm a fanatic. he ends up in my house and goes through my bedroom. >> a little creepy? >> very creepy. >> yes. and she has never seen necessarily the attraction to his music, but in person findings him much more attractive. >> we love rose byrnes. she's an aussie. >> yes, she is. >> you're not from the continental united states. >> that's a fact. >> when you auditioned for "bridesmaid," you never thought you were going to get the role. >> he's true. >>nd now you're a british star. are you surprised it's gone so well? >> not really. >> knew i'd be here. >> the truth is i never had very high expectations for myself. all of this is wonderful, but even if i had. been, doable know that it would have mattered s

> real >> his latest movie role is as a professor obsessed with a washed-up rock star played by ethan hawk l a chris o'dowd film. smart, funny, good typ cast. do you think that way about your career? >> i'm deaf nift more engaged with things tt i believe. a huge kind of -- but i'm alwayv lable. >> you can watch chris in season 2 of "get shorty" sunday nights on epix and his film is in theaters now. thanks to gel so and grand for hosting un new york. to hear the hilarious story of his one time job at a charity call center and tales he spun to drum up donations, check out our web extras. >>> don't forget to subscribe to the podcast to hear the entire unedited interviewit chris. >>> next week, a sundayt- down with one of the biggest artists in all of music. jason aldean. we got together on the day of his sold-out show at madison square garden toou talk how close he was not long ago to giving up on his music dream and how he's doing nearly one year after he was the man on stage when thehooting began in las vegas. that's next week >>> hey, willie, we are going to start off with cooler weather t

. >> seth: with ethan hawke. >> yes. >> seth: which i -- i think i was on indiewire, and said it's maybeaughter ] >> not because i'm in it. >> seth: but, obviously, it must be interesting to do a film -- i mean that is a film that's obviously a much smaller budget than something like "mamma mia!" and is it -- it must be so rewarding to hear great things about that, as well. >> oh, it's so good. i prefer indies because there's so much freedom. >> seth: mm-hmm. >> and, you know, there's a lot of depth. not that we didn't have that this time in "mamma mia!" but i prefer them, but usually there's just no money. so there's, you know, very little. we're doing it for the love of it, of the story or whatever. and, yeah, just to see that people are liking it. much like abba. >> seth: people say "first reformed," "mamma mia!" the worst double feature of the year, if you see both together. >> i think it's the best double feature of the year. >> seth: yeah, exactly. [ laughter ] >> this really is a mind -- >> seth: i think, though, maybe "first reformed," first and then mamma mia!" to get you out of

. >> yeah, and he's a sweetheart.a >> seto in your film "juliet, naked," you got to work with ethan hawkene. viously a fantastic cast what drew you to this role? y >> it was know what? i got sent the script when i was shooting a film that w space, where my arm gets taken off my body and the arm suives. [ light laughter ] and i thought, "i might do something normal next." [ laughter ] like next i think i'like to -- just to have a normally functioning body to talk to people and not sound insane. and so it was brought to me by barry and judd apatow, who i kind of worked with a few times before, and the scri really strong. and rose, i'd worked with briefly before, on "bridesmaids," and loved her.n and etwke, i didn't know, so he seemed like a bit of a wild card. [ laughter ] .> seth: yeah. a wonderful pers >> such a great guy. and very -- great raconteur, and he's been around for a while. >> seth: yeah, and i feel like we've been awaref him forever, because he was a kid when he started. >> yeah, he was, you know, he was getting up on the desk. >> seth: yeah! >> shouted "o captain, my captain"