-Our next guest is
a talented actor you know from his work in films
such as "The Royal Tenenbaums," "Old School"
and "Legally Blonde." He stars in "Horizon:
An American Saga -- Chapter 1," which will be in theaters
on June 28th. Let's take a look. -Here's what I ask. When you see men working, figure out how to help,
both of you. This ain't helping. -No. I know.
-Hold on. Tomorrow you be
aware of the time. I want you to draw your water
and get your team hitched ahead of all these others. And don't stop anyone
asking for help. Now, if that means you gotta
get up a little early, go ahead. That extra time
you like to take mornings, just you two, only means you're
dragging the South for everyone. -Alright, that's fair enough. -I hope so. -Please welcome back
to the show our friend Luke Wilson,
everybody. [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ ♪♪ So happy to have you here.
-Yeah, thanks for having me. -It's always a joy
to have you on the show. And I hear there's something
we do on this show that you dig. -Well, there's a lot
that you do. I'm a big fan of the show, but one thing in particular is,
you know, Johnny Carson had a thing where when he'd have a joke
not do well, it was almost as funny
as if it had just, you know, brought the house
down the way he'd handle it. Like, "Okay, well..." But you have a thing
that's almost even better where when you have a joke, let's say it doesn't perform
as well as you might want it to, you call out the writer --
-By name. -By name.
-Yeah. -Or you show a picture of him.
-Yeah. -And then even
if he's there on the floor, you will get a live shot. And it takes me back to,
like, you know, eighth grade getting in trouble where you're in
the schoolteacher role, but you'll say, "Did you think that was funny
when you wrote it? And did you think other people
would think that was funny? And how do you feel now?"
-Yeah. -"Now that the joke has
played, how do you feel?" But it really, you know -- -The best thing about it is they
feel fine 'cause they're on TV. -Yeah, yeah, well,
the Scollins character a lot is the one that gets --
-Yeah, he's not a character. He's a real person.
He just seems like a character. -'Cause if this guy is
an actor, he is great. But it reminds me of,
in sixth grade, I had a paper
where I got a B-minus, which was a huge deal 'cause it
was such a great grade for me. But the title of my paper was "Muammar Qaddafi:
World Troublemaker." And the subtext being like,
"You think I'm a troublemaker? What about this Qaddafi guy
over in Libya? This guy's raising hell. I'm just -- I'm just
in sixth grade here." But Scollins really
takes me back to that era. So I don't know
if he's here tonight. -Scollins is so bad that Qaddafi
would write one about Scollins. -"I like this Scollins guy." -Yeah. "Why am I so bad?"
-"He should be in my cabinet." -This is so exciting 'cause this is a sprawling
Western epic directed by Kevin Costner, who's the guy you think about when you think about
sprawling Western epics. What was it like
to be directed by a guy who does this better
than anyone? -Yeah, I mean, it was,
uh, just a high point of my life and just one of the best things I've ever gotten a chance
to be a part of. But, yeah, I mean,
I don't know about you, but I think I've got -- as getting to be
an older actor, sometimes I probably
don't listen to directors as much as I should, you know? Just think. "Oh, okay.
That's a good note. No, I should try that.
Yeah. Okay." You know, 'cause a lot of times
they're talking about, you know, they want other people
to hear them directing you. Like, "I want to see
through your eyes what's not just in your heart,
but what's in your soul." I'm like, "Okay,
how about I give a look, and if that gives you
what you're looking for..." But, no, with Kevin Costner, I felt I was almost
listening too intently. You know, he'd be talking. And, I mean, I just saw
some footage yesterday of me being directed by him, and, I mean, I'm just kind of
locked into him like that, but I could listen too intently
to where one day, I went walking by,
and he grabbed my arm, and he said, "Later,
we're going to do a shot, and I want to get a tight shot
of your horse's legs charging through this river here and kind of up to the desert where a drifter is going to
be coming out of the desert." I said, "Okay, okay, great.
So just the horse's legs?" And he said, "Yeah,
with you on it." And I said, "Okay, no,
that's better. I should be on the horse,
'cause it doesn't -- that doesn't make sense
if I'm not on the horse." He just looked at me. He actually got up
and he walked away. And then he turned back
to look at me and just like... "Hey, this is the guy I've hired to be in charge of a wagon train who thinks his horse is
just out there charging around, taking care of business?" -It was like his way of saying,
"And we've decided since the horse can do that
on its own, we don't need you anymore."
-Yes, yes. -You -- I always -- By the way, I've had this
when Kevin's been here. Like, when Kevin Costner's here,
one of the people that was, like, famous when I was a kid, they're, like, sometimes where
I'm the worst version of myself 'cause I just want to,
like, be a fanboy about them. Did you have moments like that
with Kevin where you, like,
embarrassed yourself by being just impressed
to be in his presence? -I did.
I mean, he is one of those guys, like you were saying,
just like, you know, John Belushi
or Sean Penn or Nick Nolte, if there was a movie out,
you know, I was going to find a way
to get into the theater, whether it was rated R or not, would just find a way
to do that. But, yeah, I did, you know. You know, I tried to keep it
professional with Kevin, but there was a day in Moab where we were shooting
at Moab, Utah, where long day, going down
the -- going down Main Street, and me and my friend pull up. And there was, you know, Kevin
right in the car next to us. I was like, "Hey, there's Kevin.
He's right there." I'm like, "Pull up, pull up."
We get up next to him. And it's Kevin
and his friend Nick, and kind of we're
gesturing to him. And they turn
and talk to each other, and Kevin rolls his window down. He's like, "Yeah?" I'm like, "Hey, man.
What's going on? What are you doing?" He's like, just --
And he had a script in his lap getting prepared
for the next day's work, and he said, you know,
"I'm just going home." I said, "Okay, great." And he's like,
"What are you guys doing?" I said, "We're just --
We're gonna go into town." -He's like, "Okay, you guys
have a great day." And then you could see him
kind of in the car... [ Laughter ] But, I mean, these days,
they were long days. I mean, there were days when,
you know, I would get into the trailer and
just kind of lay on the couch and, you know, you'd hear
the knock at the door, the teamsters, the guys in
charge of the, you know, the trailers,
say, "Hey, Luke, we gotta -- we're shutting things
down here," and say, "Can I just -- What if I just --
Can I stay in here overnight?" "Well, we're moving
to another location." "Okay, that's just down
the valley, right? I can just -- I mean, I got to
be here in the morning anyway. I'll just stay in the trailer." And, um, they'd say it was
an insurance issue. -Yeah.
-Which... -It is nice. I will say,
one of the nice things, watching that clip ,
of being in a Western is it seems like you can
look like somebody who hasn't slept for a while.
You know what I mean? -Oh, yeah. -You're, like,
covered in dirt and dust. -Oh, yeah, just all
the regular kind of movie stuff goes out the window of, like,
touch-ups or, "You have some lint
right here. Can I get that? Do you mind if I fix your hair
right here?" That all goes out the window. -Did you have
favorite Westerns as a kid? -Yeah, I really --
I really loved Westerns. You know, I know that,
like, the Westerns of the '50s, like, the John Ford and
John Wayne Westerns were, you know, incredible. But I really was a big
Clint Eastwood fan and loved, like, "Josey Wales," and "High Plains Drifter"
was just one of my top three and "Pat Garrett
and Billy the Kid" with Kris Kristofferson. -That's the Peckinpah movie,
yeah. -The Peckinpah movie
with the Bob Dylan music and James Coburn and, uh -- -That's -- Kris Kristofferson, it's kind of unfair
how good he is as an actor, considering what a good
songwriter and musician he is. -It's unbelievable. One of the best songwriters
of all time. But then he just seems like
a total natural, yeah. Yeah, great movie. -Well, man, it is such a joy
to have you back. Congrats on the movie.
I'm always so happy to see you. You guys, that's Luke Wilson. "Horizon: An American
Saga -- Chapter 1" is in theaters next Friday.
Stick around. We'll be right back with music
from Michael Marcagi.
