TheGNShow S19 E03 Ricky Gervais, Eric Bana and more

something I have to tell you, you know we all have friends that you know when you start and it's like who gets there first, who gets to the finish line and then there's a lot of our friends behind us and we find a way to try to help them if we can and I remember that one of my friends was a writer and of course I sent him on a lot of jobs, you know, and every report I got was that he just pissed everyone off and well, they came and said, you know, I hate that Hollywood had all your people. and I said, you know, when I tried to help you, man, you know? and I said some of these people that you're badmouthing actually became friends of mine and I said you know that and I don't understand all this stuff about Hollywood.

I said maybe maybe it's yours although a writer always thinks the last thing they wrote is the best thing they wrote. I told him maybe he just wasn't good enough and he told me one

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thing and he really crossed the line and is a child of the '60s, so to speak, you know, you protest

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, something else. and it's very easy to belittle Hollywood and him, but he crossed the line with a friend of mine and I don't know what happened, but I had him against the wall and I said look, I did it, I said, I said, you know, would you do it? just stop putting everyone down, I said, you know, stop writing things that are 120 pages long because in our vernacular that means a script, I said, and if you really want to write, write something, it's 88 pages or 888 and I I realize I had my hands in my sin somewhere I thought we'd probably lost our friendship and sure enough a week later he says, hey, I don't have a place to stay, could I stay?

So he stays there for a couple of months and writes every night, he says: did you read what I wrote today I said no and this continued and finally I started reading to my daughter who was like three every night and finally my wife told me she said Look he's in his room reading he has to go and finally I said yes too much you have to go he left he left what he had written and he went to Arizona and he was working in a Chinese restaurant if you've ever worked in a Chinese restaurant washing dishes, there are a lot of them, Tommy said, right? read it, read what I wrote, I said no, I'd really like you more because I'm cold, I'm working at this place and I have to kill raccoons and work at this Chinese restaurant and uh, and I said, so I sent it. a sleeping bag I sent him things and he told me: Did you read what I finally read and it was Dances with Wolves?

Yeah, and when you have that situation, someone you know you start with. I have never been so proud of someone. I told. You did it, man, you really did it. I said, I don't know how I'm going to do it, but I'm going to turn it into a movie and that was a story for a lot of my career. Many of those movies that I promoted very well had to be pushed to the plate by killing raccoons and washing dishes to win a raffle. It was already incredible before the punchline, yes, yes, it was fun. I never help people on DVD extras, it's a thing where you're directing the movie, but this part where you have to direct wolves, yeah, I knew you didn't like rooting for wool, sit tight, yeah, Well, you know, I'm telling you, I remember when we got these rules or ruled Wilson.

I don't know, do you ever think about salespeople that, like you know, carpet to carpet, vacuum cleaner, you always see them and they come into your house and throw ashes and like that and they go like that and inside and clean? he does it perfectly and then you call your friends and you throw the same shirt and the same floor and I stain, there I have the guy from the Wolves, he showed me how they would behave, you know I would press a button and the wolf would come here, when I came out I didn't do it like that either.

It was ten days longer than scheduled. 30 days after the movie and me and they said well, what are you going to do? I said well, I'm not going to change. Because of the name of the movie, I had to figure out how to combine some dogs. You know, this is miniature money. You win everything, how you do them, you know, and no, there is a lot that Betty has to do, apparently, what do they like? They rub my belly, that's true, isn't it for everyone? Yes, yes, yes, no, the walls, did I have a girlfriend who gave me a gift to go with these wolves?

They weren't tame, but they were socialized and there weren't any, that means they just don't kill. You, yeah, that was huge and they like their bellies rubbed. I'm tickled in a wolf's belly. Was it the belly you were tickling? Animal trainer extraordinaire so I advised someone's job. The kidneys are the ones that spread. Oh, you really broke, you really broke down that wall of activity. Directors, right, I mean you really pioneered that whole movement. I mean, we wouldn't have a better movie if it weren't for the work you had done back then. Good thank you. I know it was a highlight moment. for me and I came out and I tell you what was really strange, my parents came to see me just like they did when I was a little kid playing sports.

I used to feel a little embarrassed about it, but it was kind of interesting. I went there my first day to manage and my parents had taken a trailer to South Dakota and said we wanted to, my mom said let's go, we won't be in the way, we won't bother you, come and I'll go, Jesus Christ, really, You come, they go, yeah, but we're not going to bother you, so I remember my first day going straight out and at the top of a hill, my mom and dad had set up a trailer and they had their two. lawn chairs and my mom.

She was talking to some members of the team and I said obviously we're all Kevin Costner fans, but is the story about getting the call from Stephen Hawking true? Yes, yes, well, I did. I got a call about this. Boy, how did you know it was him? Yeah, and I thought I knew who he was, but he said he wanted to come see me, so he came in my big driveway truck and they took him out. I was like nine people and him. walks into my living room and I didn't really know how to talk to him, I mean he has a high Q of 169.

I have an IQ of 69 and he is trying to have a conversation but it was actually difficult and I finally got a little modern to everything I said, so what's up man? Really, what do you want to know? The only thing well and he wanted to know about Whitney in The Bodyguard and I said, well, we shouldn't, so let's talk about it because if that's what this. wants to be so that's what we're going to do and that's what we did so we talked about Whitney for a while and then she said she was going to go dancing that's one of the other stories this is this is amazing this is this is like a show real chat as a tractor if this were in the United States we would be dressed as wolves dancing for a YouTube on the internet a very good idea listen Kevin good luck with the criminal thank you very much for coming this is Kevin foster everyone Okay, this award artist Grammy got into all of our heads with a hit single that builds on that foundation tonight.

She will perform when your single. No, it's Meghan Trainor. Everyone, nothing is so sweet. How are you with your friends and cordial when trying to talk to me, but leave us. I'll stop you there Hobie for your speech my name is no my sign is no my number is no you need to let it go you need to let it go I need to let it go my name is no my sign is no my number is no you I need to let it go You have to let it go I I'll let it go What are you going to say?

You're not running the game thinking. I'm believing every call. Oh, so smart. Don't tell me all night. Girls, I was in my zone before. you came I don't think lately you should leave I would say yes my name is no my sign is no my number is no you have to let it go you have to let it go No, thank you, I don't want to do anything, I don't need your hands, so I'm leaving putting man, but it's never my fried. I was on my phone before you can't, no, I don't want you to take this person, no, I will. be like saying yes my name is no my sign is no my number is no you have to let it go you have to let it go you have to let it go you have to let it go and find yourself I am touchable untouchable untouchable untouchable untouchable untouchable you No, you need to let it go, let it go towards you, you need to let it go for a long time Oh, sit down, that's Meghan Trainor, it's everyone else waving, waving, waving now I've got a piece of paper here oh yeah, I've done it and So that's the new single, no , no, and it's out now, it's out right now, yeah, okay, but the album coming out on May 13th, yeah, pre-order right now and get this song and another one that took over.

Meghan Trainor, it's okay, you've been. I'm exhausted after that, yes I'm not in shape, really just today, yes I'm in shape, but I like it. Okay, that's enough. Thank you so much. Come to see. Sorry, we can't chat anymore, but we're out of time. It's been an epic talk tonight, so that's it. I'm afraid there's no time for red chairs either, please, come on, yes, we didn't want to see one of our colleagues there. We will pass from the flower chair, please say a huge. thanks to my guests tonight Meghan Trainor get a rollercoaster doing Jade in this Kili holes the lovely grout and the great Meryl Streep See you later bye bye almost naked chef Hardy