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Holy shit, did you hear Hope Hicks just resigned?
Its just so crazy, he says ofthe latest round of Trump news.
You cant make this stuff up.
You could try, but youd fail.
The fact thatnothinghas changed since then is absurd.
Marco Rubio is a great example of why hes so profoundly full of shit.
Hes received $3.3 million from the NRA.
People like him say, Regulation is not going to do anything.
If someone wants to get a gun, they can get a gun.
The gun manufacturers came up with that argument, handed it to our lawmakers, and that is unbelievable.
Okay, so why wear seat belts?
Do you think celebrities have a responsibility to speak out?
Personally, I cantnotsay something.
Thats how far theyve slid for profit.
So I dont know if my saying anything makes any difference.
The fact that Ronald Reagan, of all people, would agree with what were fighting for …
It would be laughable if it wasnt so heartbreaking, awful, and scary.
Did the NRA ever take down that Leslie Knope GIF?I dont know.
I woke up that morning andit had become a little story.
So, yeah, fuck the NRA.
The NRA loves to say that Hollywood people and video-game companies are to blame for gun violence.
How do you respond?I think good parenting is a big part of that discussion.
Dont let your kids play first-person shooter video games.
That is the data.
By the way, people once thoughtThe GraduateandMidnight Cowboywere irresponsible, too.
Art reflects the culture.
We need to start with theactualguns and theactualgun laws.
That argument coming from the right, they can go fuck themselves.
Since were already deep into dark stuff, lets talk aboutFlower.
He was nice enough to ask me to do it, so that was an easy decision.
The movie asks a lot of interesting questions.
Some feel that Senator Al Franken fell into that category.He was a great senator.
He got Jeff Sessions to perjure himself!
But at the same time its like,Eh, I dont know.
This is fresh territory for our culture.
I think if this movement causes males to overcorrect starting at an early age, then good.
Theres nothing wrong with overcorrection right now.
Does the free-flowing nature of this business breed that kind of behavior?Thats interesting.
Im sorry, Im sorry, Im sorry!
Your friend and former co-star Aziz Ansari wasaccused of sexual misconducta few months ago.
Have you talked to him about this?I dont know what to say on the record about Aziz.
I dont want to say anything that would be misconstrued.
Ill say this: Aziz is doing great.
Hes a great, lovely guy.
Youve been acting for nearly 25 years.
How do you see yourself now?
Naomis life is also much better since I started.
If youre overly apologetic just for being you, thats a problem.
The mind-fuck of becoming even alittlewell-known is an especially odd thing if you have low self-regard.
As far how I see myself, its always through a slightly warped lens.
Then again withThe Vicious Kind, an indie I did around the same time.
Finally I was a square peg in a square hole.
Do you ever feel typecast?Yeah, the befuddled beta male.
Im confident enough to know thats not all I can do.
I feel like if Ive learned anything from producing with Naomi …
That was my next question.Yeah.
She had great partners, but it was her grit and determination.
Can anyone only be an actor now?
But I alsoreallylove the other stuff.
I love being here on set.
I love dipping into the writers room, going to the stage.
I love all of it.
Its fucked up, isnt it?
I read thatGhostedis undergoing a major tonal revamp to become more of a workplace comedy.
Thats what happened with us.
Were you Charles Grodin in that scenario?[Laughs.]
It just wasnt the show that any of us set out to make.
Theres a reason those types of shows are 42 minutes.
You need time to let something marinate.
We didnt have time to let it get scary.
Its incredibly rare that Fox gave you a second chance.
He hired bunch of amazing writers and we re-pitched it and got six more episodes.
The paranormal aspect is more of a question: Do paranormal things exist?
The biggest danger before, to me, was it becomingScooby-Doo.
Im really excited about it now.
It feels nice to want to run to work in the morning instead of crying in my dressing room.
It was that bad?Okay, crying is a bit of an exaggeration.
Id find myself onKimmelthinking,yo do not talk about this anymore.
The stress was coming out of my pores.
You and Craig Robinson appeared together in a number of projects beforeGhosted, fromKnocked UptoEastbound and Down.
Wait, that sounded disgusting.
Who lied to you and said you were going to be a big star?
Morgan Freeman?Idid.I lied to me!
Morgan didnt really tell me anything.
I felt like,I dont know if any of this is ever going to stick.
I figuredParty Downwas something to have fun with until I got another job that mattered.
You told me a few years ago that youre most often recognized by fans of that show.
I remember being nervous and weird to famous people, and Im sure I came off odd.
Speaking of fanning out, the clip ofMark Hamill surprising you onKimmelis one of the sweetest late-night moments ever.
How did that feel?That was so nice and so embarrassing.
Do you and Mark stay in touch?We do.
We text about stuff.
You told me last summer at Comic-Con that you dont drink.
You have to get up early no matter what.
Over time, I wasnt finishing that glass of wine with dinner.
Ill be watching something and Naomi sometimes is like, Oh my God, whats wrong?
And Im like What?
Im just watchingThe Profitwith Marcus Lemonis!
What other shows do you like?Im very excitedSurvivorhas started again.
Im sure Fox loves it when their talent promotes CBS programming.[Laughs.]
Adam Scott Urges You to WatchSurvivor.
I also loveThe Crown.Its so elegant.Crashing,Last Man on Earthis great as always,Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
My kids loveThe Goldbergs.Its so good.
I feel like Adam Goldberg and I were the same kid in the 1980s.
Oh, and I loveHomeland.
HBO recently announced that youre returning for the second season ofBig Little Lies.
You even got your very own press release.
How does it feel knowing that people anxiously awaited the news?[Laughs.]
I dont know if anyone was waiting for that information.
There are a few other people on that show who are a little more interesting.
Is your beard also coming back for season two?
That was a pretty big beard.
Yeah, he was like [in a French accent], A beard?
What are you talking about?
Once I had it grown out, he was like, Yeah, yeah, lets do it!
Big Little Liesis the biggest phenomenon of your career.
But then it became this cultural thing.
To watch her in these incredibly intimate, tough scenes scenes that easily could become melodramatic it seemed effortless.
I would come home each night and marvel about what we did.
