became billy crystal and then years later we shared a suite of offices which was the most poetically weird thing in the world. may larry david and billy at castle rock which was rob reiner's company robin host defended saturday night live ever so the fact that the 4 of us what together was mind boggling but billy and i still hadn't worked with each other he stuck his head my office one day he said i want to talk to you he had an idea for a broadway show called 700 sundays that he wanted me to collaborate with him on and for those out there who don't know what that means 700 sundays growing up billy's father had 23 jobs work 6 days a week sunday was the day off that was the day that billy spent with is that when the ball games that beach you know bowling and billy's dad died suddenly went billy was 15 so he calculated that he had roughly 700 sundays with his father so it was a one man broadway show about his father his mother and extended family and it really made me and billy that much closer i felt so honored. but i the fact that he trusted me with his family me from the right put it

. >> jake made his film debut in 1991 as the age of 10 playing billy crystal's son.nce you were going to be anything other than an actor? >> my love for acting, for storytelling is pretty deep. the truth is you are an actor because you have no idea what you want to be or do. we will leave the real jobs to much stronger, much more courageous people. >> his first leading role came in the 1999 film "october sky." >> i think i auditions 15 times after my initial audition. when i got that role, that felt like, my god, i'm starring in a mo movie. it was overwhelming, honestly. >> since then, he has made a career out of playing offbeat characters in films like "donnie darko" and "zodiac." while occasionally diving into big budget movies like "the day after tomorrow" and "jarhead." the movie that jumps to mind when you hear his name is the ground breaking "brokeback mountain." his 2005 performance alongside heath ledger earned him an oscar nomination and change ed his li. >> i was like, what's going on? this is a level of focus and attention that hits a certain nerve. this i

bombed, i remember kind of bombed to the point that when i then took my seat back in the audience, billy crystaly marty, when do you go on? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that's a good one. >> but i remember at the party afterwards, and again, it was a million people, and every time nancy, my wife and i looked over, you were kind of there like this. you were like 23 years or something -- started >> jimmy: yeah >> and she said, "should we invite that adorable puppy dog over?" and i said, "yeah. and you came over and you said, "okay so, let me say this, you did a special called 'i'm martin short goes hollywood.' if you say any line from it, i can say the next line because i've seen it over 150 times. >> jimmy: i mean, i wore -- i wore that tape out i would watch it every single day, at least 20 times a day it's so brilliant. i was freaking out to meet you >> yeah. and -- and then after that, we became friends >> jimmy: yeah >> right away, i was struck by -- you had such an actual authenticity about your enthusiasm toward people that you -- and it was very -- >> jimmy: well, i love you do you mind sticking

crystal clear. john was frank howard. >> he had a photograph of frank howard sitting in his gray lexus. and in the foreground of the picture billie's sitting on his motorcycle. >> reporter: he may have been frank to his friends and mr. john to the east texans, but in truth he was both. his full name was john franklin howard. >> john franklin howard. >> reporter: aka frank? >> frank. >> frank, yeah. >> reporter: three names for a man who'd evidently been living three lives. one with his wife in carrollton, one with his mistress in california and a third one with the east texas crowd. >> it was a surprise just based on being the beaver cleaver family, being involved with the church. it was unusual. >> reporter: so eight days after nancy was shot, the detectives returned to the scene of the crime. this time they had a warrant. >> and i'm sitting there watching tv and working. and the police show up at the door to arrest me. and that was very -- i've never experienced -- you know, i have no clue what's going on and what's happening. >> reporter: they just put you in the car and took you to the station? >> yeah. yeah. >> reporter: the