. >> nick nolte. steve mcqueen, de niro, pa chino, i'm telling you, jimmy caan, it got down to zippy the monkey a a then sly. >> stephen: besides being an actor, you know, as i said, you were also nominated for best screenplay. you started off writing your own stuff. did you think of yourself as a writer. >> no, no, no. and i tell people this, that i was not exactly, what you call, i was not edgar allen poe as a student. but i learned that i was not doing well as an actor, perhaps never evenoing to make it as an actor. so at least try some other avenue. so i kept all these thoughts inside in all my down time. i literally would write or go it the movies with a tape recorder, tape record what was being played at the time, let's say i i was easy riderer and then listen it and then try to rewrite the script with using different words, like play games. >> stephen: yeah. >> and i just learned how to write screenplays. >> stephen: that's incredible. musical instrument. >> i had nothing better to do. >> steph

or what nick nolte used to call tuesday night. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: been there, done that. >> so, they dragged me -- they dragged me out, they clean me up, they throw me in the back of the car, and they take me home. that's the end of the dance. and my last attempt at a a heterosexual lifestyle. but we had a -- i said to my mother, my mother was horrified. and i said, listen, sit down. we were in a car accident. it was a three car collision. i was thrown from the car, and luckily, i landed in a creek. and out of shock, i threw up all over myself. [ laughter ] and she declared it a a thanksgiving miracle. >> jimmy: oh, my gosh. oh, mom. congratulations. [ cheers and applause ] it is a miracle. it is a thanksgiving miracle. thank god for moms. let's talk about this right here. >> yes. >> jimmy: this is "naughty mabel." and this is -- >> you wrote one. did you find, as -- i found that, you know, someone who writes a children's book who also happens to be a so called celebrity, you're met with a a lot of hostility. a lot of hostility. and i think it's because some o