James Corden Still Thinks He'll Get Fired from 'The Late Late Show'

Hello James. Hello. It sounds like you walked and then decided you were going too slow and then sped up to run to the chair. That is my life. Yes. That's my life, mainly. I'm like, oh no, I'm doing this too slow. I have to... Really? --simply yes, it arrives faster. It's not that long of a walk. When I did your

show

, which was really fun, by the way... I recently did your

show

... and it's a long walk and you have to go down stairs, which is uncomfortable. Have you thought about changing that? Well, no, because what we want to do is have a program where we wanted our program.

When we started our program, we thought: how can we be different? And we thought, everyone walks from a curtain. Let's get them through the audience so we're all in this together. That's what we do. I see. OK. OK. No, I think it's a great idea. And then the audience gets really excited because, you know, you can high-five them on the way down and stuff. Yeah, well, that's why we did it, just to try to be a little different in whatever way we could. I like it. And then you sit with another guest and it's fun because you interact together.

It was great. Yes. Well, that's... again, same thing. We thought, oh well, how can we somehow stand out in the mass of shows that are broadcast in the middle of the night? You know what I mean? Why did we choose that photo to show me? Why...why is that? You look great. Yeah, well, I'm clearly making some fish, but I don't know why. Well, I don't remember, but you were a wonderful guest. We really feel that... and I mean it. I don't say that in any way flatteringly. I really felt like it was something real for our program to have someone that we all respected for so long.

And we've only been on the air for about four years. And you coming to our show meant a lot to everyone. Oh, James, that's sweet. I'm serious. I'm serious. It's like it's a thing. It's something for us. It is. Well, thank you. Well, I think you have an incredible talent. I mean, you've been here for four years. In March it will be four years. And before that, I don't think... I wasn't aware of you, because you lived in London and you did plays, a lot of theatre. And I saw you sing and dance and do... I thought, Oh my God, this guy is amazing.

So I thought you would do very, very well right away. Did you think the show would be received like this? Oh, God, no. No. No, I thought... no, I wouldn't... we came here, my wife and I, our son was three years old, our daughter was 12 weeks old when we moved here. And I told my wife: "We're not going to buy anything." We rent furniture. We rent a sofa, everything in our house. Because I thought: they're going to fire me. And the only thing worse than getting

fired

will be getting

fired

and then being left with a sofa that we'll have to get rid of somehow, because we'll be on the first flight back to London and we'll just say, well, that was a disaster.

So I really meant that. It was completely real. When did you start buying things? At what point did you realize that the program is doing very well? A year ago. No. No. Well, we bought a house about a year ago. And then I thought, "Okay, if we were buying a house, we should probably buy a couch." And buy furniture, yes. And you've been like this for four years. And then how many more years do you have left on your contract? About a year and a half. And do you think you will renew or do you want to do other things?

I don't know. It may not be my choice. I'm not sure. They could

still

fire me. I think about that every day. That's what I mean. I entered slowly. And I thought, if I come in slow, they might say, "Oh, that's the wrong guy." So if I accelerate towards the seat, I will sit down and it will be too uncomfortable. I see. Then I do not know. I'm not sure. I have no idea how long we will do it. We'll see. We'll see how it goes. And you're going back to London to be in Cats, the movie, right?

Yes, I'm doing the Cats musical movie. That is incredible. And it's a lot of people. Who's in Cats? It's Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Idris Elba, Rebel Wilson, Taylor Swift, Jennifer Hudson and then me. Then they can fire you. Yes Yes. I mean, I'm going tomorrow. I could be back here on Saturday. I fly out tomorrow night to start filming it. Wow that's incredible. And have you seen Cats much? Is it more or less sticking to the work? Yes something like that. There are

still

people being cats. Yes. And how have you prepared for that? Well, I'm very much...

I'm like Daniel Day Lewis. I immerse the character. You know what I mean? So what have you done? I've been living like a cat. I don't use the bathroom. I have a sand tray. And then I just... all the time. That's all. I see. That's been me all along. I can't wait to see the movie. Yes. Well, I don't know if it will be better than what I just did there. Probably... They could take that and use it, because it was good. Yes of course. Oh yeah. I wish I had a laser thingy. Because it would make you run.

Alright. Oh. No, I don't have one. No? No. But that's where I am at it. Wow, really... You said there was one. And I thought you could add it to the post. OK. Oh Lord. Oh, I love you. Alright, we'll be back. Hello, I'm Andy. Ellen asked me to remind you to subscribe to her channel so you can see more awesome videos, like videos of me scaring myself or saying embarrassing things like a ball peen, and also some videos of Ellen and other celebrities if you like . that kind of thing. Ha! God !