adam mckay is going to do gone girl it will be okay. it's to the going to be as good as spencer but you will get from a to b. spencer's anchorman is going to suck. >> rose: bet you can't do comedy. >> i'm just saying. odds are. come on, spencer. you gave dk did-- a job, i'm here. i love social network. >> rose: so why did you want to make movies? >> i just-- like everybody else. you grow up. you love movies. you watch dr. strangelove. you watch annie hall, you watch trading places. you sitting in a big room. and you want to take-- you want to take this comedic thing, like how far can you take it. okay, i'm a come he edian, i'm on stage, i wrote a funny book, i'm being funny that way. i made a funny documentary, i'm being funny that way. okay, can i be funny on the biggest, hardest part of comedy. and you know. >> rose: and you have. >> let's hope. i'm glad, i'm glad you like it. and you-- you're in the movie, come on. >> rose: in the first five minutes too, by gosh. >> hey, you know. >> rose: but there is also this. the evolution you ha

adam mckay is going to do it. not as good as fincher. but you'll get from a to b. can't do comedy. >> i'm just saying. odds are -- come on, fincher. i'm here. i love social network. >> standup will always be at the core of your life? >> yes. standup will always be at the core of my life. >> why is that? >> i like it. i really like it. i really love it. >> map, we lie all the time. we lie all the time. you know what a man's lie is like? i was at tony's house. kenny's house. a woman's lie is like, it's your baby. >> you want people who are african-americans who are in the audience to populate the audience when you do the hbo specials because why? >> here's the thing. when i do an hbo special -- and this is why i do it. kind of insist on an all black audience. >> yes? >> because sometimes i do things that are critical of black culture or critical of my people as a whole, and when you do jokes like that, it's important to cut to a black face laughing to signal that this is not racist because black people can be racist against their own people too. guess what? black peo

if you took adam mckay, who directed "anchorman," and you let him direct "gone girl." then you took david fincher and had him direct "anchorman." who is going to get closer to the finished product? adam can do "gone girl" and it is ok. fincher cannot do "anchorman." [laughter] "anchorman" is going to suck. why does you want to make movies? >> like everybody else. you watch "dr. strangelove," "annie hall." like everybody else. you watch "trading places." you want to take this comedic thing, like how far can you take it? ok, i'm a comedian on stage. i wrote a funny book. i am being funny that way. i made a funny documentary. i am being funny that way. can i be funny on the biggest, hardest part of comedy? >> and you have. >> let's hope. i'm glad you like it. >> in the first five minutes. by god! [laughter] there is also this. the evolution you had in your own confidence. so you were the great standup comedian you are. tell me what you thought when you some martin lawrence on stage in chicago. >> my good friend always says competition keeps you in condition. if there is no