THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FINDING THE TIME.
I LOVE THIS. BRETT, THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME
ON THE SHOW. WE ARE THRILLED.
TO BE HERE IN A CRANSTON/JANNEY SANDWICH.
HOW DOES IT FEEL? >> IT FEELS LIKE I HAVE WON OF
COMPETITION AND THIS IS MY IS MY MAKE-A-WISH MOM AND DAD.
>> YOU'RE NOT DYING, ARE YOU? >> I FEEL LIKE SOMETHING MIGHT
BE HAPPENING. >> James: ABSOLUTE LEGEND.
HERE'S A GOOD QUESTION. HERE'S A GOOD QUESTION.
WHICH SHOWED YOU LIKE MORE "THE WEST WING" OR "BREAKING BAD?"
[LAUGHTER] >> Brett: LET'S TALK ABOUT
THIS. THEY ARE EQUALLY PHENOMNAL.
>> James: THEY ABSOLUTELY ARE. >> Allison: IT IS YOUR
MERYL STREEP MOMENT. >> James: YOU'RE ABOUT TO WORK
ON A M MOVIE TOGETHER. IT TAKES PLACE IN THE '80s.
DO YOU APPROVE OF BRYAN'S HAIR CHOICE FOR THE ROLE?
>> Allison: I GREW UP, THE '70s WAS WHEN I CAME OF AGE
SEXUALLY. THAT'S WHEN I STARTED NOTICING
MEN AND I LOVED THE LONG HAIR AND THE MUSTACHE.
THAT'S MY JAM. AND THE MUSTACHE.
THAT'S MY JAM. >> Bryan: I WAS THINKING OF
TOM SELLECK DURING THE MAGNUM P.I. DAYS BUT I THINK IT ENDED
UP, MY LOOK ENDED UP LOOKING MORE LIKE ALBERT EINSTEIN.
>> James: [LAUGHS] THAT'S VERY GOOD.
THAT'S VERY GOOD. SO THRILLED YOU'RE HERE.
I AM A FAN OF YOURS, YOUR PODCAST, AS A WRITER AND
PERFORMER. YOU HAVE REALLY HAD THE MOST
REMARKABLE COUPLE OF YEARS. YOU ARE HERE, ONE OF THE MOST
POPULAR SHOWS ON TV, YOU'RE WRITING A HUGE SHOW ON
APPLE TV+. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF WHAT'S BEEN
QUITE A WHIRLWIND FEW YEARS, THIS EXTREME SUCCESS?
>> Brett: ALL OF IT DOES FEEL LIKE MAYBE I AM HAVING --
MAYBE I DID DIE AND THIS WAS ALL A DREAM.
IT'S BEEN INSANE. I THINK THAT I'M LUCKY BECAUSE
IT ALL HAPPENED QUITE LATE WHICH I BELIEVE IS --
>> Bryan: I'M SORRY, WHAT? >> James: IN WHAT WAY?
WHY DO YOU CONSIDER THAT LUCKY? >> Brett: IF ANY OF THIS HAD
HAPPENED IN MY 20s, I WOULD BE A HEROIN ADDICT.
I WOULD BE MARRIED 12 TIMES. >> Allison: A NICE BIT OF
GROUNDING THAT COMES FROM HAVING SUCCESS A LITTLE BIT LATER IN
LIFE. >> Bryan: AND THERE IS A
DARKNESS HOVERING OVER HIM. >> James: ONE WAS THE MOMENT
GONE FROM BEING THE SHOW THAT WAS ON AND UP FROM YEAR TO
REALLY SMASH HIT. >> Brett: WE WERE SORT OF IN
LOCKDOWN NO LONGER MAKING. WHEN WE CAME OUT HERE FOR SEASON
TWO, PEOPLE COMING OUT OF LOCKDOWN, IT WAS HALLOWEEN.
I ADDRESSED LIKE ROY KENT. I WEAR BLACK AND I WAS WORKING.
A FRIEND OF MINE WAS AT A HALLOWEEN PARTY AND THEY SAID I
LOOK COME TO THIS HALLOWEEN PARTY.
IT'S NOT BIG IN ENGLAND. I TURNED UP AT THIS BAR AND
THERE WERE TEN PEOPLE DRESSED AS ROY KENT.
DOUBLE TAKE LOOKING AT ME. HE IS ALSO DRESSED LIKE ROY
KENT. HE IS ROY KENT.
AND I WAS THINKING I LOOK LIKE SUCH A [BLEEP]
YEAH, I AM ROY KENT. >> James: ALLISON, "THE
WEST WING" WAS YOUR HUGE BREAK. YOU MEMBER THE FIRST TIME YOU
STARTED GETTING RECOGNIZED? >> Allison: I DO.
I WAS ON THE SUBWAY IN NEW YORK, MAY BE SEASON TOO.
I HAD ALL THESE BAGS AND BOOKS. PLOPPED MYSELF DOWN AND I AM
SITTING THERE AND I SEE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE LOOKING AT ME,
STARING AT ME AND I'M THINKING GOD.
I'M GETTING SO FAMOUS. THIS IS RIDICULOUS.
I AM GOING TAP START WEARING HATS.
I CAN'T RIDE THE SUBWAY ANYMORE. THIS IS CRAZY.
MY SUBWAY STOP CAME AND I PICKED UP ALL OF MY STUFF AND AS I
LOOKED DOWN I REALIZED MY WHOLE SHIRT WAS UNBUTTONED.
IT WAS NOT THE FACT THAT THEY KNEW ME.
>> James: C.J. CREGG. >> Allison: SETTLE DOWN,
ALLISON. >> James: BRYAN YOUR FIRST
TASTE OF SUCCESS "MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE," HUGE SHOW.
ACTORS WORRY ABOUT WHAT THE NEXT JOB MAY OR MAY NOT BE.
HOW DID YOU HANDLE THAT? >> Bryan: I WAS ON THAT SHOW
FOR SEVEN YEARS NSI TAIL YOUNG ACTORS, IF YOU GET LUCKY, THEN
YOU NEED TO BE FRUITFUL AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR
FINANCES SWEET ENOUGH TO MAKE A DECISION BASED OUT OF FINANCIAL
NEED. I TURNED DOWN A COUPLE OFFERS TO
PLAY ANOTHER GOOFY DAD. OUR SHOW CAME TO AN END.
AFTER FOX SAID WE MIGHT PICK YOU UP FOR AN EIGHT SEASON, THEY
FINALLY SAID NO. WE HAD A GOOD PILOT SEASON.
WE ARE LETTING IT GO. LATER THAT YEAR I GOT A CALL
FROM A PRODUCER RIDER NAMED VINCE GILLIGAN WHO I WORKED WITH
ON "X-FILES. BECAUSE WHAT HE WAS THE CREATIVE
SHOW HE WANTED TO TALK TO ME ABOUT CALLED "BREAKING BAD."
>> James: YOU HAD DONE THE EIGHT SEASONS -- HAD YOU DONE
THE EIGHT SEASONS. >> Bryan: MAY BE
MATTHEW BRODERICK WOULD BE SITTING ON THIS COUCH RIGHT NOW.
>> James: IT'S AMAZING. YOU NEVER KNOW HOW THOSE THINGS
ARE GOING TO TURN OUT AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE SPACE FOR NEW
THINGS. LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE SAYING THAT
THIS IS THE LAST SEASON OF "TED LASSO," THIS SEASON THAT'S
ON NOW. IS THAT TRUE?
>> Brett: THAT SOUNDS LIKE A QUESTION FOR APPLE.
>> James: NO, IT IS SURELY A QUESTION FOR YOU.
>> Brett: I DON'T KNOW. I TRULY DON'T KNOW.
>> James: BUT THEY WANT TO MAKE MORE.
>> Brett: THERE IS A CHIP IN MY BRAIN THAT IS GOING ZZZZ.
>> James: WHEN YOU ARE SHOOTING THE THIRD SEASON.
WHEN YOU SAID GOODBYE, WERE PEOPLE CRYING?
>> Brett: WERE ALL CRYING. >> James: THAT IT WAS THE LAST
ONE. DO YOU THINK THERE'S A WORLD
WHERE WE GET A ROY KENT SPIN OFF?
I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY FUN.
IT'S A GREAT CHARACTER. >> Brett: I LOVE THE
CHARACTER. >> James: WOULD YOU BE INTO
THE IDEA? I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ROY KENT.
THIS IS MY IDEA FOR A SPIN OFF. I LIKE TO SEE ROY KENT GET A JOB
COACHING U.S. SOCCER TEAM. AND HE TO AMERICA AND HE'S GOT
TO LIVE IN AMERICA, LIKE OKLAHOMA OR SOMEWHERE, AND
COACHING U.S. SOCCER TEAM. BECAUSE HE IS SO INAPPROPRIATE
IT WOULD JUST BECOME I THINK IT WOULD BE HILARIOUS.
>> Bryan: A GIRLS SOCCER TEAM. HE HAS A DIRTY MOUTH AND THEY
HAVE A SWEAR JAR. >> James: HOW DO YOU PITCH
THAT? WE CAN PITCH THAT.
>> Brett: GET APPLE ON THE PHONE.
>> James: OKAY. THE SHOW IS SUCH A SUCCESS AND
YOU'RE SO BRILLIANT AND IT,
