- [Producer] Got it.
- Got it. I say this? Let's go. Let's go. You can't stump me. Ooh, I don't know. You might've
stumped me with this one. I'm not sure. (laid-back music) "I thought you were my friends. Win together, lose together, teammates." "High School Musical"? (bell dings)
Nice. The first one? They're all similar
dialogue. I don't know. I thought that you're my friends. Win together, lose together, teammates. The cast and the group of
people making that movie was just magical. There's a time and a place for everything, and everything, you know,
happens for a reason, and "High School Musical" is like the prime example for that. I've never had so much
fun. Maybe a few times. But it was still to this day maybe one of the most fun
experiences of my whole life, and it just shows on camera. The whole first movie, we
practiced those dance routines like once or twice. We just get up there and do it. (laughs) So I couldn't believe
"Get'cha Head in the Game," I couldn't believe we
got a clean take of that. The first like couple takes, there were basketballs flying
everywhere, it was chaos. We were like, "We're
never gonna get this." And then, everyone just nailed it. It changed everything for me. I had just a really
great group of friends. It was fun to be out there
doing really exciting fun music-forward work, it wasn't so serious. Definitely made me very popular,
so that was interesting. I remember I could afford
to move out of my house and live in LA. Everything got really interesting
from that point forward. "Padres before I sleep with tu madres." And that's from "Neighbors."
(bell dings) Padres before I sleep with tu madres. We did a ton of improv on that movie. There's at least some improv
in every scene I'm in. It was really fun. Dave was the best. Yeah, he crushed that. Usually, the funniest
stories with Seth are just how much general improv we were doing. It was always surprising
what he comes up with. Also, when you get like
two or three lines deep and you stick with the character, some just ridiculous stuff comes out. Just in general doing that
with Seth is hilarious; it's so much fun. "I just woke up in jail
with a bunch of penises on my forehead." "Dirty Grandpa."
(bell dings) I just woke up in fucking jail with a bunch of penises on my forehead. There was a couple times that he, like, they were kind of out there sayings. I can't remember specifically which ones, nor would I repeat them on Variety. But there were some pretty
vulgar things he was saying and he had no idea what
he was talking about. So he'd look at me in
between takes and go, "What does that mean?" I'd be like, "Oh, you
don't wanna know, man." He's so masterful at
committing with the emotion and kind of sticking with it. So you get to a point where
it's like you don't know if you're gonna use any of it, and we got there like every day. He would just like shut me
down with a like amazing improv and I would just break 'cause him saying
ridiculous stuff is like... I don't know, he's got God's
voice sort of. (laughs) "Because as much as I know about laptops, I don't know shit about computers." Oh my gosh, this was an improv. Baywatch?
(bell dings) Got it. Let's go. Because as much as I know about laptops, I don't know shit about computers. It's funny when you watch
like source material and you're doing something... I remember going like, "We're really gonna recreate it like this? Is this a good idea?" I don't want that to come
across the wrong way. We ended up kinda just doing
our own thing for that movie. I did like legit swim lessons
and a ton of training. That was really intense. And we had a really great
stunt crew on that movie. There's a lot of stunts
looking back on it. We do some pretty ridiculous
stuff in that movie; it was really fun. "Four tickets to that party? You called the right guy." "Neighbors?"
(buzzer blares) I say this? Oh! "New Year's Eve." (bell dings)
Yes. Four tickets to that party? You called the right guy. I've never done a movie like
"New Year's Eve" before. And it was a massive
ensemble, really big cast, big set up, beautiful sequences of "New Year's Eve" that were so much fun. But I had the benefit of
being with Michelle Pfeiffer for all of my stuff and she's... I love her to death. She's so much fun. And it just felt like I was
on a mini vacation with her in New York, which was awesome. It was just a great experience. But I think it was like the
New Year's Eve actual kiss that Michelle and I had,
I'll never forget that. It was very special. "My prom is wherever you are." My prom is wherever you are. "High School Musical 3?" (bell dings)
Let's go. Let's go. You can't stump me. My prom is wherever you are. When we made High School Musical 1, we definitely had no idea
that there would be 2 or 3. It was just like a rollercoaster
that wouldn't drop. It was so much fun. But we were so happy
when they came around. We were just all so stoked. It was like the most fun musical
summer camp with everybody that was becoming progressively more elite at singing, dancing, and just
the arts and entertainment all crammed together from the days before anyone
was popular to after. By the time 3 hit, we were
just firing. It was so fun. The musical genre, it's tricky. I would love to do another musical. It's hard though. It's like once you've done
"High School Musical" and... It takes like a "Greatest Showman" to separate itself from that. I just don't wanna do the same
thing over and over again. "Listen, girls, if you
don't respect yourself, how do you expect others to respect you?" Ooh, I don't know. You might've
stumped me with this one. I'm not sure. It's gonna come to me. "17 Again" maybe? (bell dings)
Yeah, yeah. Okay, good. If you girls don't respect yourselves, then how do you expect
anyone else to respect you? I had the benefit of being
able to watch Matthew my whole life before that movie started. It's not like we hammered home like how to do the jokes or the character. I had to make it true to myself and be able to make it happen. But there's those things that
Matthew Perry just invented. The way he kind of just
brought humor to camera, they're like ingrained in me. I think they're a huge part
of why I'm here, you know, is comedic timing from Matthew Perry for years and years and years. I could kind of go
through a scene in my mind and be like, "Oh, he'd definitely do this, oh, he'd definitely do that." That was really all it took, that and putting yourself
in your dad's shoes, which was really crazy. Yeah, thanks, Matthew. "Ever since I was a child, people said my family was cursed." And that's from "The Iron Claw." (bell dings) Ever since I was a child, people
said my family was cursed. The movie's really... It's epic. It's an epic story. I think everyone can really kind of relate to the story as well. It really is a story about love and family and the lengths that you're willing to go for the people that you love. It's truly beautiful. I think it's gonna
surprise a lot of people. I'm pumped for everyone to see that one. I think a lot goes into playing anyone that's ever really existed. But having the person be around and still be able to see it, like Kevin Von Erich is for this movie, it just makes me have an extra layer of like wanting precision and making sure that
you're doing it justice. It just motivated me
extra hard I would say. It just makes it all very
real and close to home. And I did get to talk to him
and I know he's seen the movie and he told me he really liked it and we talked for a long time about it. So yeah, mission accomplished, man. (mellow music)
