bravo, lucas when you're in school. part of france are you from? >> i'm from the south of france, nice. >> jimmy: nice, yes. [ cheers ] i live in paris. >> jimmy: you live in paris. have you lived here in l.a. ever? >> i lived in l.a., yes, for a few years. i moved in when i was 18. best years of my life. >> jimmy: is that true? >> yeah. i was in law school, then i was -- i wasn't really happy. a friend just told me, do you want to come to l.a. for two weeks on vacation? and i never left. >> jimmy: you didn't come here to be an actor, you came to take a break from school? >> yeah, kind of a break, yes. i was curious. i wanted to learn the language. i was top of my class in english. when i arrived in l.a. i just realized i didn't speak a word of english. [ laughter ] and i had nothing, you know. i would ask a friend, one dollar every day, to go to taco bell, have a cheesy double beef burrito for 99 cents. [ laughter ] i was broke and the happiest i've ever been. >> jimmy: you were a been handler is what you were. was thi