ha ha ha. and everybody's like, "no, don't." >> seth: yeah, don't. they don't laugh about guns. >> no, which is really good. it's scary. it's scary. the point -- the moral of the story, you can't play with guns. >> seth: you -- so many great fight scenes. you have a great kitchen fight scene. did you get hurt in this movie? >> yeah, god, yes. >> seth: you did? okay, good. >> yes. >> seth: 'cause i feel like you don't want to do a movie like this and come home and say i didn't get any bruises. >> no, well -- i got hurt a lot. i was just covered, covered in bruises and like weird pulled muscles. my worst fall, sadly, was walking to a massage. [ laughter ] i really -- i was so sore. i couldn't really lift my arms. i had a whole -- another day of it. so i was like, i'm gonna go get massage. so, maybe like i can get the lactic acid going and i could move my arms above this tomorrow. and you had to walk passed the pool in this hotel. and the whole pool, the outside was marble. which, i'm sorry, but that's a bad idea. right? [ laughter ] >> seth: yeah. >> i was walking through and on the way there -- it was just -- no one was in the pool. and the only person like perfectly lined up was paul feig, my director. and i wiped out so hard, my feet were above my head and i had enough time to be like, "oh my god, i'm falling!" [ laughter ] i had gotten incredible height. like, i never gotten that height on anything in my life. and i landed so hard. and paul was just frozen because he knew i was hurt. and he was frozen perfectly. it was like a wes anderson movie. like, right in the middle of the opening in a hot tub. he's like, "i'm in my swim trunks. i can't help you. [ laughter ] i feel it's inappropriate." and i was like, "oh, my god." and paul is just, like -- and then someone ran out and helped me -- it threw my back out for two days -- >> seth: oh, no. >> trying to get to a massage. but then i felt, you know, it's like i'm running in heels. >> seth: yeah, in the film. >> which is a terrible idea. >> seth: yeah, and budapest is probably not -- like, cobblestone streets, yes? >> wet, and then like -- then like every movie, it's like wet it down. wet down them streets. >> oh right, yeah. directors love wet cobblestone. >> so, it's like 4:00 in the morning and there's just some guy out there with a hose. and i'm standing there in heels and i'm, like, "yeah, i'm going to find where you live and just ice it down. >> seth: i would put my finger on the trigger for you, sir. [ laughter ] >> i'll bend the rules for you. and then one guy, which, by the way, i had the greatest time making this movie. but i had to just -- all i had to do was walk through a room. and, again, paul was the only one in the room which never happens. there's always like camera guys, sound guys, there's a million people. they were just using a tiny security camera. so it was weirdly just paul sitting in the room and i just round the corner and go into another room. and right before i started, somebody came out of their room with like two shammys, backing out of it on his hands and knees, he goes, "i polish for you." [ laughter ] and i was like, "no, oh, god, no!" and i was like, "come on, it will be fine. he just probably wiped it down." i took that first corner and i was like son of a -- [ laughter ] and i went -- and i did it again. i was like -- [ laughter ] so like not to really doing the death defying stunts. like, you could have gotten hurt. >> seth: yeah, hanging from a helicopter's fine, you can't walk into a room. >> if i just have to walk, it's like she'll probably get hurt. >> seth: yeah. >> seth: i knew of your background that you did the groundlings, you did a lot of sketch stuff. a lot of improv comedy. i did not realize that you did, like, mic stuff, open mic stuff here in new york city. >> yeah, i did. that was my very first thing. i moved to new york thinking i was going to finish college at f.i.t. and go into fashion, 'cause that's what i've always loved. and what i for sure, thought i was doing i'd already did a couple years in college. and the second night i was here, my friend had me do stand-up. and literally was like, i guess i wont go back to college. >> seth: oh, wow. so, it was -- you picked immediately? >> i loved it immediately. but i didn't stay with it too long. i probably did six or seven months of it. i just -- the rooms weren't for me. 'cause there's always, which you probably never had, but there is always -- and if you think you're original, you're not. there's always one guy in every stand-up room that's, like, "show us your boobs. show us your boobs!" [ laughter ] and i had wigs on and like lemay coats and like i looked completely like a drag queen. i'm, like, "really?" he's always screaming and the only -- there was a place called the duplex? >> seth: yeah, no, it's right in my neighborhood. sure. >> the duplex, i loved. 'cause there was no one there wanted to see me take my -- well, no man -- no man wanted to see me take my shirt off. >> seth: it's like sort of drag shows and candle bars. it's like both the gay and straight audiences. >> yes, that place is fantastic. but any normal show. >> seth: yeah, 'cause no one at the duplex ever said show us your boobs. >> no. they're, like, we love your top! [ laughter ] i love your swing coat! [ applause ] i was just like -- >> seth: that's great. well, thank you so much for being here. >> oh, my god. thanks for having me. >> seth: congratulations on "spy." melissa mccarthy, everybody. 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'cause like most men i wanted a perfect family. but like most men, i was not a perfect husband or a perfect father. yeah. and i'm sorry because i know we cannot start over and that's what i am most sorry about. >> seth: please welcome robert duvall. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: it is just delightful to have you here. >> mighty band. >> seth: aren't they? they're quite a band. >> good drummer there. >> seth: yeah, you're saying he's really good. >> great. [ cheers and applause ] everybody, great. >> seth: now, i have to say i'm so impressed because you have this film, you star in it, you wrote it, you directed it. >> yeah. >> seth: but the part that i'm most impressed with is your wife is acting in it as well. so you have your wife in the film. what is it like having to direct your own wife? >> so, it's kind of like playing doubles in tennis. >> seth: okay. >> it's tough. >> seth: sure, okay. [ laughter ] >> she's from northern argentina. and she knows -- there's a certain kind of thing in buenos aires of controlling cops when you meet them and you're stopped. and she -- i didn't have to send her to lee strasburg. she knows how to handle cops. saying, you know, you can't go through a red light. i didn't get through a red light. i'm on my way to the hospital, i got cancer. >> seth: got it. oh. [ laughter ] >> she knew how to do that with tears, so when i heard that, i didn't need to send in lee strasburg. and she's a natural actor. so, i can't tell her much. >> seth: got it. >> i can't tell her much because uh -- if you've ever been to argentina, you'll see what kinda people they are like. >> seth: gotcha. they're better to let them go on their own way. trust their own instincts. >> well they say if argentine goes out in a lightning storm they think god is taking his picture. [ laughter ] so, one of those deals. so, it's kinda like that. you know? but she's terrific and very bright, extremely bright and supportive. so, it's great to have her aboard. >> seth: in this film your wife plays a texas ranger. >> yes. >> seth: you played a texas ranger in the incredible "lonesome dove." >> that was my favorite part -- that was my hamlet, or my henry v. >> seth: it's time -- >> my henry v. [ applause ] >> seth: it's wonderful. just a wonderful mini series. >> i walked into the dining room of "lonesome dove" one day, said, "boys, we're making 'the godfather' of westerns." >> seth: really? so you knew while you were making it? >> yeah, i knew that -- 'cause i was fortunate to be in godfather i and ii and that. and those were two of the big film epics of the 20th century. >> seth: oh, well that's wonderful. now you -- it obviously resonated with the texas rangers because they made you an honorary member. >> yes, they did. >> seth: now, what does that mean when you're an honorary member? >> well, i try to keep out of trouble. [ laughter ] >> seth: yeah, right. >> well, they're great guys. hank whitman was the head of the rangers and he gave that to me. and joaquin jackson was in the movie and he's voted one of the 20 greatest rangers of all time. >> seth: wow. >> he's like a relic, really, today, and that particular night, they gave me a pistol and everything. it was a wonderful honor. and a lady came up to me, after i received the award, and said, "you know, we love 'lonesome dove,' the part you played. i wouldn't allow my daughter's fiancÉ to marry into the family until he had seen 'lonesome dove.'" >> seth: oh well that's -- [ light laughter ] >> that's how big it is in texas. >> seth: that's pretty wonderful. >> you have an incredible cast. there's a cast member i wanted to ask about. you have matthew mcconaughey's nephew is in your film? >> yeah, miller light's his name. they call him miller light. >> seth: his name is actually miller light? >> miller light, yeah. russe's boy. [ laughter ] yeah, miller light. >> seth: wow. that makes a lot of sense. yeah. >> well, if you knew the family, they're a terrific family, extremely, collectively wacko. [ laughter and applause ] >> seth: yeah. >> they're terrific. >> seth: believe it or not, i thought that might be the case. >> but, you know, what matthew did in the "dallas buyers club," it was perfect. >> seth: yeah. >> if brando was alive, he'd take off his hat three times. >> seth: wow. >> excellent. >> seth: i have to, i'm so glad you brought up brando because i do have to ask about "the godfather." what i had read over the years, that he, during "the godfather," brando would just have his lines just taped up so he was basically just reading them off the wall. >> yeah, when he had the big scene with pacino in the garden, he'd lean back and his lines on a tree. [ laughter ] >> seth: he had them on a tree. >> absolutely. and then he'd have his lines here and we'd take them away and put in a wedding invitation, then he'd have to cut. >> seth: well, i have a photo -- this is a real photo. we did not mock this up. this is you doing a scene with brando. and you have to hold the lines on your chest. [ laughter ] >> yeah, exactly. exactly. it was great. brando, you know, it was terrific. jimmy kahn is great to work with. >> seth: yeah. >> james kahn. 'cause jimmy -- and brando loved jimmy 'cause jimmy is very -- i don't know if he's been on your -- but he's very funny. one of the funniest guys i know. >> seth: sure. yeah, no, i haven't but he's a delight. >> he would tell a joke and it would take brando three seconds to get it. and the brando would go, hand then he -- after sonny died, he got to prepare yourself emotionally, had a great scene. a week later, jimmy kahn with his shoulders said, "francis, can bobby have a moment?" and i go like this. action, i just walk across the stage, brando gave me a dirty look, you know. [ laughter ] you know, so we had a lot of fun. but it was very therapeutic to do crazy stuff like that. >> seth: yeah. >> mooning each other and stuff like that. [ laughter ] 'cause it kept everything kind of relaxed. >> seth: now that's interesting. on a film that serious it is important, i guess, still, in the off camera time. so, you don't believe it's important to stay serious in the off camera time? >> no, why? >> seth: i don't know. >> why? [ laughter ] >> some people do. some people do. >> seth: yeah. well, it's funny, we do comedy here, but off camera, we just are very serious all of the time. [ laughter ] >> oh, the opposite. >> seth: yeah, we're not. no were very -- >> you may be funnier than we were. but j
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