a familiar face james gandolfini. why did you want him? f the kid i edimn e le- 3 %wn >> the tiau pa ta >don'evyo goutoe-¿ pwe u pyn heu > ael hear on gun control. what may be right for america. that's tomorrow, that's all for us. ac 360 starts now. that way they know where the weapon is all the time and it's immediately accessible. this means that a woman is going to have to -- i don't think that they should carry is in their purses nor in a briefcase. >> if the gun was to tumble out of a teacher, if they had it in a harness and it fell over and a school child picked it up and then used it, which a child may well do, you then have a very serious situation. >> well, the part -- the thing is that the teachers need to be more responsible than that. we're not talking about -- here again, it is a -- you take extra training, they know where their weapon is. these weapons are not such that you would -- if it fell out of your pocket, you're going to know that it fell out of your pocket. >> do you sell ar-15 rifles? >> when we can get them. they a

a familiar face james gandolfini. why did you want him?t -- i wasn't thinking about jim originally for this, for the role of the father. i don't write with an actor in mind usually. in fact never. but i was having trouble with the script. i wrote a draft. i didn't know what it was. i pictured him -- or my wife suggested he would make a good dad for the kid. i pictured him in the role -- when the whole movie clicked into place, in terms of what tone it would have. >> they're suggesting an auto buy graphical view, you wanted to be a rock star? >> i wanted to be a rock 'n' roll musician, i don't know if i wanted to be a star. >> doesn't everyone go out to be a rock 'n' roll star? maybe they're lying about it. do you see yourself on stage strutting a guitar with long hair? >> yes. >> it's a compelling film. james gandolfini is terrific in it. were you happy in the end? were you ever happy with your work? >> i am happy. i always look at work as a learning experience. i'm really happy with what i learned from doing this. i think i made some pers

gandolfini was on camera i would just walk in front of him.few people who could eclipse the man. he's a big -- you're like his x-ray. have you met james? >> actually, we have met. we have met. actually, i think that you could really do more than vince vaughn does. you're funnier than vince vaughn. >> what the hell does that mean? >> i'm trying to get you new roles. >> who is he? i have a new show on abc called "how to live with your parents for the rest of your life" starring the wonderful sarah chalk from "scrubs." elizabeth perkins plays my wife. i did my first frontal. >> wait. >> didn't go great. >> wait. what? >> they wanted to pick -- >> first frontal. >> on network tv? >> of course, the black guy has to explain frontal. you know, the other side. >> bros, we get it. >> i know you do. i know you do. it's really a fun show. it comes out on abc april 3rd after "modern family." i play sarah chalk's step dad. it's a wonderful story about frontal. no. sarah chalk moves home back with her parents after going through a divorce with her child. el

. >> you reunite again with james gandolfini.on the "sopranos." why did you decide how would be best for this emotionally closed father? >> i hadn't thought about him in the beginning. i wrote an entire script and was having trouble with. it i was about to quit. >> really? >> and go do something else. idea to pick -- the scenes were written with the father. i got this idea to picture him as the father. once i did that and i read the scenes with him in mind, not only did that part click in for me, the whole tone of the movie clicked in for me. i began to see the whole movie, how -- i began to see that it wasn't a silly teen comedy or party movie orring in like th r party movie. >> it's not a silly movie. it's been described as autobiographical for you. yes and no. what do you mean by that? >> it's auto biographical in terms of my feelings at the time, what i felt at that time about music, love, my girlfriend, the war, but death, about -- you know. the events don't really parallel my life at all. >> uh-huh. >> but it is about the p