[MUSIC PLAYING] So flattering. You get to do this every day? It was a surprise. They didn't know you were
here, so they are thrilled. [CHEERING] The lamentations of
the women, thank you. I am so happy to meet you. And I know you
don't do this a lot, so people-- there's like
a mystery around you. You're not-- you don't
do these things a lot. Yeah, yeah. I'm kind of like a groundhog. I only come out like-- it's like once a year, instead
of seeing my shadow, I see you. Oh well, that's-- I'm so flattered that
you came out to see me. Well thank you. That's great. Do people-- because you do
really look exactly alike. You look like you're
still like four years old. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, how can a person
look too much like himself? But yeah, yeah. It's a curse and a blessing. Like, we got the same face. Is it? I mean-- do people-- (AUDIENCE) Aw. Oh, aw. So people-- like
always recognize you? Yeah again, it's kind of
a curse and a blessing. I can get to any restaurant
I want without a reservation, but while I'm there,
everyone's staring at me, and all going aw. Yeah, like that because you do,
you seem still like very young. When you think of all
those movies, when you think of Home Alone,
do you remember all of it, or is it just has been
shown so much that you think you remember it? I mean yes and no. I don't really watch
them all that often. We did like a
15-year-anniversary DVD commentary and like,
I realized I hadn't seen it like in like 15 years. You know whereas
Chris Columbus, he'd watch it the night before like
a responsible human being. You know, yeah. Yeah no, it's kind of just
kind of it's background radiation at Christmas
time kind of thing. And you know, I've
had people who want to sit down and
watch it with me, which is like both
flattering and creepy. Yes, yes. Yeah. And like yeah, I mean when I'm
watching it, I'm seeing like-- I'm remembering that day on set. You know, like oh
how I was you know hiding my Pepsi behind the
couch or something like that. I can't watch it the same
way other people can. I was going to say, so when it
comes on, which it comes on, I'm sure every Christmas
every thanksgiving, you don't watch it. No, not really. And you don't go out of
the house during that time? Yes, I definitely don't. It's my season. Yeah, yeah yeah. It's MacAulay season. Yes, it's MacAulay-- yeah, yeah. Yeah it's MacAulay season. So, yeah. I try to go out less and less
around that time of year. I would imagine-- and this
would-- if I were you, it would drive me insane. Do people come up
to you and want you to put your hands on your face? Yes. Oh my god, what do
you say to them? It's like no. Yeah, right. I've already been there done
that already, like you know. Yeah, I'm 37 now, OK. OK mom? Yeah, I just think-- I'm sure that people
want you to do that, and they don't understand
that everybody would-- Everybody wants me to do it. So you were-- and I also
learned that-- and I don't know why I didn't remember
this, but you studied ballet, you were a dancer. Yeah, yeah. I was almost a ballet dancer
like first for a while there. Like, I like go off
and do like Uncle Buck and then I'd turn
around and go back home to do The Nutcracker
at Lincoln Center. So, I did that for
a number of years. I was a yeah I was a
professional ballet dancer. Oh, there I am, yeah. Look at that. That's amazing. That's very impressive. Heee-yah! [LAUGHING] Do you still dance? Do you still like to dance? I mean, I don't dance
like that anymore. Right, right. The outfits don't fit anymore. But yeah, I mean I like
to dance, you know. I like to dance with
my lady or whatever, like that kind of stuff. But you know, I definitely
don't do ballet anymore. You don't study
dance or anything? No, no, no. My feet my hips
appreciate it, you know. So yeah. So-- so you had six
brothers and sisters, right? Yeah, I'm third of seven. Seven? Yeah, my mom didn't have
a family she had a litter. Yes. Yes, just a just
oodles of Culkins. Yeah, yeah. And was that-- I mean, what
is the memory of that too because that was like there
was a lot of you in one room. Yeah, we grew up in a
one-bedroom apartment in Manhattan. Yeah so it was like yeah,
pretty much nine people-- seven kids and two parents. So, we lived on
top of each other. They were literally
stacking us, like they were like stacking bunk beds. So yeah, it was-- you
know, it was like sardines. But yeah, it was
it was a good time. We were a close knit
family because of that. There's just no such
thing as privacy. And then you start
working, and you were just huge at such
a young age for so long, and then you stopped
when you were what, 14? Yeah, about 13, 14. I took about a decade off. And so, you stopped and-- and because you were
just tired of it, or do you think you took it for
granted because it was so easy? Yeah, I was tired
of it, to be honest. I did like 14 movies in six
years, or something like that. That's a lot. It's a lot. I was away from home a lot. I was away from school. I needed something else. I needed to grow and
develop as a person. I was looking forward
to high school. I was actually looking
forward to going to school. And did you go to high school? Yes, I did. You did? Yeah, I lived the dream. Yeah. Was it everything that
you wanted it to be, or was it like oh
this isn't so great? No, it was great to be around
people my own age for once because yeah a lot
of times I'm working with adults the whole time. But was it hard for you to be
MacAulay Culkin in high school? Did people treat
you differently? Yeah, I'm always
treated differently. Yeah, I mean whether
I like it or not. But at the same time,
that's the kind of stuff that you have to
figure out especially if you're coming into your own. Like those are some
really formative years, it was it was the smartest thing
I possibly could have done, was taken like eight
years off or whatever. Oh man, I can't imagine. All right, I have so
many questions for you and hopefully you have answers. We're going to take a break, and
we'll talk more with MacAulay after this. We're back with MacAulay Culkin. And so, I have
questions about it because I think
anybody who starts so young in this
business, a lot of-- it really can screw
you up in many ways. I know. You don't ever see
your money again because you start working,
and you don't really know how much you're making
because your parents have control of it. Yeah, yeah and
you're just a kid. Right, so you don't know so
when you stopped working at 14, when did you realize then
you don't have to work again? At what age did
you see your money? I didn't see it until I
turned 18, and you had the-- I call it the slip of
paper meeting, where they pretty much put like a
number on a piece of paper and like slide it
across the table, and then boom, there
you go, like yeah. So, it was-- I felt like some
kid worked really, really hard and I inherited all of
his money, pretty much. Yeah, I kind of no real sense--
you know, but at the same time it allows me to treat
everything like a hobby. I do nothing for my
dinner like nowadays. So I can kind of just I can
do all kinds of projects that I want to do. You know, whether it's writing,
or painting, or a new website whatever it is. So you worked all
that time, and you act like you weren't the one
who worked that-- but you're the one who worked that hard. Disconnect, yeah, yeah. So you have this podcast
that you're doing. Yes, Bunny Ears. Bunny Ears, what's what is Bunny
Ears and what you explain that? Oh gosh, I mean it is me
and my buddy Matt Cohen, and we kind of just talk about
things, and stuff, and stuff. And sometimes we have guests. We do a lot of themes. Like, it'll just be-- it'll
be a theme about firsts, like just first anythings
or conspiracy theories, or sometimes we just
shoot the breeze. And we've had some
really great guests. We've had Seth Green and
Breckin Meyer were on together, which was great. That's great. All right, so you have so
many great experiences. I have these images that
I'd like you to look at, and just first thought
that crosses your mind. My Girl, which is 1991. [APPLAUSE] Oh, OK. That's me. All right, what's
your thought there? Oh, it was like, stupid girl. I got to kiss a girl? Really? A little bit, yeah. I mean, we got along very
well, but at the same time it was also like this
is so embarrassing. You know, but you know, you
got to do what you got to do. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, now you have your
hobbies because of her. Yes, yes. Yes, thank you. Yeah, I agree. All right, and next picture. Oh yeah. Yeah, that's me doing SNL. He's doing-- yeah,
this is Simon. And you remember that? Heck yeah, I do. Wow. Yeah, I remember it because
I did do the whole episode without cue cards. Wow. It was yeah, my father was
quite insistent about that. So I did memorize
the whole episode. Everyone uses cue cards
on Saturday Night Live. Yeah, but not the
nine-year-old I guess. Yeah well, sure, sure. All right, the next one. OK, that is the most 90s
photo I've ever seen. That's me, and Doogie, and
Urkel, and the Fresh Prince. Yeah. Yeah, yeah you can tell by my
reaction, I'm just like yeah, this is so 90s. Yes. Yeah, I'm probably wearing
Reebok Pumps or something. All right, the next one. Oh, here we go. Look at that. Wow, look at look at that gold. Look at me shine. Yeah. I forgot you were in that video. Yeah me too. I totally forgot. And then next one. I'm pretty. Yeah that's Party Monster. Yeah, Party Monster. Yeah, look at that. So you're the ones who saw it. I love the outfits. I love the changeovers. Those are great. All right, one more. Cool. [LAUGHS] Yeah, woo hoo. That is when I was doing my
band, The Pizza Underground. We took Velvet Underground
songs and reworded them to be about pizza. Take-- Take a Bite
of the Wild Slice. Yeah, Waiting for
the Delivery Man. Yeah, it was-- Fantastic. One more. Oh, there's one more. Ooh, we got another one. There you go. They taped the pages closed. Oh no. Darn it. That's not nice. It's not nice. I was-- it was exciting, though. I still had one in my hands. All right, well I'm so happy
that you came on the show. I'm happy to meet
you, and to learn more about McAuley's Bunny
Ears website and podcast, you can go to our website. We'll be right back. Thanks so much for being here. He left a three-week-old baby
to be here, so thank you. Congratulations. Thank you. It's actually kind
of rough to do that. It's only three
nights away from home, but there is an upside
to it, which is-- I can finally complain
about how tired I am. When I'm home, if I even just
let the words like oh man, I'm tired-- my wife just gives
me this look that says like, I wake up every 20 minutes to
breastfeed, how dare you, sir. Yeah, so now I get to be on TV
talking about how tired I am. I got like six hours
of sleep last night. Oh, you poor thing. Luxurious. Yeah, it's great. No, thank you for being
here because we we've been asking for you to be on. I'm a huge fan. So, you've been
acting since five. So is MacAulay older
or younger than you? He's two years older,
and we kind of started at the same time, I think. Look at you two. Oh, wow. So, it's a big family, so how
many siblings do you have? There are seven of us, and
at some point, all of us tried the acting bit. Now, it's pretty much
just me and Rory. Mac does some stuff
sometimes too. And this is your
first child, right? Yeah, yeah my mom's
first grandchild. And actually the grandmas
are in town visiting their first
grandchild, and there's sort of this like unspoken
competition going on about which one is more insane. My mom clucks like a chicken. That's kind of
just how she talks. She's like, (MIMICKING) What
wait, let's go downtown-- and then my wife's mother, I
call her the interrupting goose because she doesn't listen
to a word that I say. If I start talking, I'll
be like it goes like this. I'll be like I'm thinking
for lunch, we can go to-- [CLUCKS] And I think she thinks
she's saying huh or what, but I'm like, if you
could just let me get to the end of my sentence-- [CLUCKS] [LAUGHTER] She's nuts. She doesn't listen
to a word I say. I'll be in the
middle of a story-- I love that she-- I love the idea of her
watching this on TV right now, me roasting her. I'll be in the
middle of a story, and I'm just about to
get to the punchline, and she'll be like look,
that's my friend Nina-- [LAUGHING] This is her apartment. Like, does this have to do
with my story because I was-- [CLUCKS] Wow. So, listen if you want to stay
longer, it sounds like you can. Yeah, I might stretch this
out for a week until they're-- Maybe you want to stay
until they both leave. Crazy bird ladies get
out of the house, yeah. (BOTH) [CLUCKING] So, I have to talk. I want to talk to you forever
because I just am a huge fan. And your character-- first
of all I have to ask, is it all scripted, or do they
let you just play with things? It's scripted and it's
very, very well written. So, they don't have to let
us play around but they do. They let us just like
mess about a bit. But sometimes like my wife will
be like, that sounds like you, is that your line? I'm like, I don't know anymore. Like, I don't the line is
blurred between Kira and Roman sometimes, that I have to shut
this piece of my brain off that's going to insult somebody
because Roman just doesn't-- he has no filter. No not at all, and I wonder
why Roman gets away with that because even-- you've only been slapped
once by your father. [LAUGHING] In the show, yeah. It broke my heart because
it showed how small you are. Like, Roman just
was crushed by that. I'm talking like
everybody knows the show because everyone should. But explain what the show is. So it's about a family,
very rich family. The father is
self-made, and he's run $1 billion industry
he's a media mogul, and basically, he's at
an age of-- he's probably going to retire,
which one of his kids is maybe going to take over, is
and who's going to be in line. And as you watch the show,
you find that none of his kids are equipped to,
particularly this guy who just runs his mouth and has
no idea how to do his job. Yeah, that's who
that character is. It is-- the show is so
good, it's so fascinating and especially after the
Sunday night's episode. I don't know where it's going,
but it's frightening and good. I didn't see it. Yeah, I saw it this
morning and I watched it while I was working
out because I knew you were on because
I missed it Sunday night. But I was just--
oh, it's so good. It's so good. Thank you. You're fantastic. I love the show,
and stay as long as you want so you don't
have to go back to the-- The crazy bird people. The season finale
of Succession-- oh, it's the season finale Sunday
at nine, of course it is. It's all-- yes,
it's going to be-- OK, it's at 9:00 on HBO. We'll be right back. [MUSIC PLAYING]
