Michael Vartan on the Late Late Show
Apr. 25th, 2003 11:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
amezriCraig Kilborn is still an ass, but at least I got to watch Michael be all cute and squirmy. Download the clip from Alias Media
Can't wait for the two hour season finale! ^_^ Woohoo!
CK: Nice to see ya.
MV: Thanks for having me back.
CK: So, you too -- [audiance noise] -- you, too are making a bit of a sacrifice being here tonight.
MV: A little one, 'cause I'm not a huge Ducks fan, but I am missing an NHL playoff game to be here, which I absolutely am very happy about. I noticed you have a Minnesota Wild jersey over there. Very exciting.
CK: Yeah, they're doing well. Yeah, yeah. So, you're, uh -- they're playing right now?
MV: They were up 3-2 against Dallas and, uh, -- [audiance clapping] New Jersey is beating Tampa 3 to nothing. And, uh...
CK: So you're a hockey fan, not a basketball fan.
MV: I - No, I love basketball. I just think the pro game has become so much about individuals matching up against, you know, it's Coby against Iverson and it's (?) -- I like college basketball a lot more, 'cause it's--
CK: You're a basketball purist.
MV: Well, if you must say so. Yes, I think I am.
CK: And hockey, did you play growing up?
MV: Ah, not really, I just-- I was a Gretzky bandwagoner, I'll admit it. When I moved out here -- I just -- I mean, I've always liked the sport but I never thought of playing it. And, uh...
CK: Aren't you too good looking to be a hockey player 'cause you have all your teeth? [audiance howling]
MV: You wear a mask. [makes a gesture] Now I'm gonna start sweating really bad. [wipes his face with his hands]
CK: Do you, uh, do you play on one of the celebrity hockey teams?
MV: I don't play on a celebrity hockey team, I play on a pick-up league with normal people, but every once in a while --
CK: With normal people.
MV: Right.
CK: Celebrities are abnormal people.
MV: Exactly. Every once in awhile, you know, someone famous will come out and the other day -- [laughs and covers his face] -- I shouldn't be laughing, it's terrible, but Alan Thicke was playing with us and he took a puck in the mouth and lost five teeth and had 35 stitches.
CK: Is this -- really?
MV: True story.
CK: Is he playing goalie or--what was he doing?
MV: He, uh, he wasn't-- well, he wasn't wearing a mask, so there you go. You know, I mean--
CK: Some of the old timers, years ago in the NHL, they didn't wear helmets or masks, and I think he's -- I'm not saying he's an old timer, but he's an old timer -- so he -- is he the only guy not wearing a mask?
MV: Uh, most people do, especially in that profession.
CK: Were you -- were you there when this happened?
MV: I was, but I didn't really--I wasn't on the ice when it happened and it happened sort of over [gestures]
CK: So just you left him alone, you didn't care?
MV: Well, he just walked out. He was holding his mouth and some guy's on the bench like, "ah, fuck him." At the time we didn't know what happened and so the next day we thought, "five teeth, wow, that's bad news."
CK: Uh, they tell me, uh, speaking of sports here, that you used to hustle playing pool; make some money?
MV: I, uh, yeah, well, I tried. I was not a very good hustler, I was a decent pool player. I enjoyed the game of pool quite a lot and the people that you get to meet and the -- but it's, uh, I was too soft to be a good hustler, I was, you know, I was just --
CK: What's the most you've won? What's the most you've lost?
MV: The most I've won in, uh, one hustle would be $3500.
CK: That's-- and that would be good, right?
MV: Yeah. I mean, you know--
CK: How does that work? Is it a number of games?
MV: Uh, yeah, it took place over 14 hours. But, you know, sometimes it's someone you know and sometimes it's someone you don't and you just start playing and uh---
CK: [reaches] Look at Craigers. Look at Craigers. [hands Michael box of tissues]
MV: Oh, here we go.
CK: You're sweating.
MV: Yup. Thank you. [takes one in each hand]
CK: Well, I'm just here to help.
MV: Thanks a lot, I appreciate it.
CK: Look what else I have for you, look. [grabs a mirror] I have this all the time.
MV: No, I'm good. [covers and dabs his face with the tissue]
CK: See? Check it out. [preens in the mirror]
MV: I don't understand why I'm sweating 'cause it's 8 degrees in here and I'm really not that nervous. I don't get it.
CK: Tell 'em what you're doing, is it this weekend? When is it?
MV: Yes, I'm going to Las Vegas tomorrow for a bachelor party. Not mine! Yeah, maybe that's why I'm sweating, I'm already--I'm already feeling the poisons rush through my system, but it's going to be a lot of fun. My friend Mitch Winston's getting married, and uh...
CK: Is he a celebrity or a normal person?
MV: Normal person. [audiance laughs]
CK: Okay.
MV: And uh, I look forward to seeing him in many stated of heightened awareness.
CK: And you--what happenes? Did you guys-- Who planned it? Did you plan it?
MV: Actually, he planned it with one of his friends and just, you know, 15 of our closest friends are all going over and we're just going to meet. God knows what's going to happen.
CK: Now, I guess in the old days, they used to--they used to go to those strip club things.
MV: What? [deadpan] Strip club? [fauxbaffled looked] What's a strip...?
CK: So, that won't be happening?
MV: No, we're going to this, uh, there's a great auto show in town and um--
CK: There you go, yeah.
MV: No, we're--they're--I, uh, of course there has to be, that's the whole point of going to Vegas, especially for a bachelor -- [turns to the audiance] well, no no, that's not what I meant -- [back to Craig] but if you're going for a bachelor party, right, you have to pilgrimage to the local watering.... [leans over to read Craig's cards] anyway, what else is on that?
CK: Well, we got a big-- how many episodes of Alias?
MV: Uh, the season finale is in two weeks, I believe, so three, but the season finale will be a two hour, uh, affair and, uh, it's -- I mean, I'm obviously here to promote the show -- I'm not kidding when I read the script for this year's season finale, I lost my [mouths "shit"]
CK: You lost your--
MV: My proverbial--
CK: Shorts?
MV: Shorts.
CK: Shorts.
MV: It is such a mindblowing episode, um--
CK: Did you sweat? When you read it?
MV: I actually went into the creator's office and said, "what--what're you, what's going on? What're you doing -- what're you doing?" It just really blew my mind, and so I think that, [to the audiance] if any of you have watched the show and are fans of it, it will really blow your mind. And if you haven't it's a -- it's definitely a good show to watch.
CK: Now, you don't watch -- my understanding is you don't watch a lot of TV and you don't-- you don't go to see a lot of movies.
MV: No.
CK: You're just too bored? What is the last movie you saw, years ago?
MV: Amistad.
CK: Amistad? What year was that..?
MV: '95.
CK: '95? You haven't seen a movie since '95?
MV: No, no, I [laughs] -- I don't go to the theater.
CK: I don't either, yeah.
MV: [drama voice] The theatre.
CK: I don't, yeah.
MV: You don't? What--
CK: I get the DVDs, they send 'em to me, I watch at home and I kind of have to stop and get -- take a potty break, whatever you guys call it, go to the bathroom. And, and I just get bored sitting in the movie theater with normal people.
MV: See, I mean I [gets the joke and turns away] -- I'm literally sweating so much right now it is unbelievable. [wipes his face] Can I see?
CK: You look great. We're almost done.
MV: Okay, good.
CK: Yeah. So you don't see movies, you watch tv?
MV: I do watch TV. I'm more of a, you know, sort of CNN, ESPN, Discovery Channel kind of guy. I don't, I'm not--
CK: Oh, you're a thoughtful guy.
MV: No, no.
CK: A thoughtful guy... who's going to a strip club this weekend.
MV: That's right.
CK: [hands him the tissues] That's for you.
MV: I'll take the whole thing. [takes them, but then puts it back on the desk]
CK: Alias, ABC Sunday. Big hand for Michael Vartan. We'll be right back.
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Can't wait for the two hour season finale! ^_^ Woohoo!
CK: Nice to see ya.
MV: Thanks for having me back.
CK: So, you too -- [audiance noise] -- you, too are making a bit of a sacrifice being here tonight.
MV: A little one, 'cause I'm not a huge Ducks fan, but I am missing an NHL playoff game to be here, which I absolutely am very happy about. I noticed you have a Minnesota Wild jersey over there. Very exciting.
CK: Yeah, they're doing well. Yeah, yeah. So, you're, uh -- they're playing right now?
MV: They were up 3-2 against Dallas and, uh, -- [audiance clapping] New Jersey is beating Tampa 3 to nothing. And, uh...
CK: So you're a hockey fan, not a basketball fan.
MV: I - No, I love basketball. I just think the pro game has become so much about individuals matching up against, you know, it's Coby against Iverson and it's (?) -- I like college basketball a lot more, 'cause it's--
CK: You're a basketball purist.
MV: Well, if you must say so. Yes, I think I am.
CK: And hockey, did you play growing up?
MV: Ah, not really, I just-- I was a Gretzky bandwagoner, I'll admit it. When I moved out here -- I just -- I mean, I've always liked the sport but I never thought of playing it. And, uh...
CK: Aren't you too good looking to be a hockey player 'cause you have all your teeth? [audiance howling]
MV: You wear a mask. [makes a gesture] Now I'm gonna start sweating really bad. [wipes his face with his hands]
CK: Do you, uh, do you play on one of the celebrity hockey teams?
MV: I don't play on a celebrity hockey team, I play on a pick-up league with normal people, but every once in a while --
CK: With normal people.
MV: Right.
CK: Celebrities are abnormal people.
MV: Exactly. Every once in awhile, you know, someone famous will come out and the other day -- [laughs and covers his face] -- I shouldn't be laughing, it's terrible, but Alan Thicke was playing with us and he took a puck in the mouth and lost five teeth and had 35 stitches.
CK: Is this -- really?
MV: True story.
CK: Is he playing goalie or--what was he doing?
MV: He, uh, he wasn't-- well, he wasn't wearing a mask, so there you go. You know, I mean--
CK: Some of the old timers, years ago in the NHL, they didn't wear helmets or masks, and I think he's -- I'm not saying he's an old timer, but he's an old timer -- so he -- is he the only guy not wearing a mask?
MV: Uh, most people do, especially in that profession.
CK: Were you -- were you there when this happened?
MV: I was, but I didn't really--I wasn't on the ice when it happened and it happened sort of over [gestures]
CK: So just you left him alone, you didn't care?
MV: Well, he just walked out. He was holding his mouth and some guy's on the bench like, "ah, fuck him." At the time we didn't know what happened and so the next day we thought, "five teeth, wow, that's bad news."
CK: Uh, they tell me, uh, speaking of sports here, that you used to hustle playing pool; make some money?
MV: I, uh, yeah, well, I tried. I was not a very good hustler, I was a decent pool player. I enjoyed the game of pool quite a lot and the people that you get to meet and the -- but it's, uh, I was too soft to be a good hustler, I was, you know, I was just --
CK: What's the most you've won? What's the most you've lost?
MV: The most I've won in, uh, one hustle would be $3500.
CK: That's-- and that would be good, right?
MV: Yeah. I mean, you know--
CK: How does that work? Is it a number of games?
MV: Uh, yeah, it took place over 14 hours. But, you know, sometimes it's someone you know and sometimes it's someone you don't and you just start playing and uh---
CK: [reaches] Look at Craigers. Look at Craigers. [hands Michael box of tissues]
MV: Oh, here we go.
CK: You're sweating.
MV: Yup. Thank you. [takes one in each hand]
CK: Well, I'm just here to help.
MV: Thanks a lot, I appreciate it.
CK: Look what else I have for you, look. [grabs a mirror] I have this all the time.
MV: No, I'm good. [covers and dabs his face with the tissue]
CK: See? Check it out. [preens in the mirror]
MV: I don't understand why I'm sweating 'cause it's 8 degrees in here and I'm really not that nervous. I don't get it.
CK: Tell 'em what you're doing, is it this weekend? When is it?
MV: Yes, I'm going to Las Vegas tomorrow for a bachelor party. Not mine! Yeah, maybe that's why I'm sweating, I'm already--I'm already feeling the poisons rush through my system, but it's going to be a lot of fun. My friend Mitch Winston's getting married, and uh...
CK: Is he a celebrity or a normal person?
MV: Normal person. [audiance laughs]
CK: Okay.
MV: And uh, I look forward to seeing him in many stated of heightened awareness.
CK: And you--what happenes? Did you guys-- Who planned it? Did you plan it?
MV: Actually, he planned it with one of his friends and just, you know, 15 of our closest friends are all going over and we're just going to meet. God knows what's going to happen.
CK: Now, I guess in the old days, they used to--they used to go to those strip club things.
MV: What? [deadpan] Strip club? [fauxbaffled looked] What's a strip...?
CK: So, that won't be happening?
MV: No, we're going to this, uh, there's a great auto show in town and um--
CK: There you go, yeah.
MV: No, we're--they're--I, uh, of course there has to be, that's the whole point of going to Vegas, especially for a bachelor -- [turns to the audiance] well, no no, that's not what I meant -- [back to Craig] but if you're going for a bachelor party, right, you have to pilgrimage to the local watering.... [leans over to read Craig's cards] anyway, what else is on that?
CK: Well, we got a big-- how many episodes of Alias?
MV: Uh, the season finale is in two weeks, I believe, so three, but the season finale will be a two hour, uh, affair and, uh, it's -- I mean, I'm obviously here to promote the show -- I'm not kidding when I read the script for this year's season finale, I lost my [mouths "shit"]
CK: You lost your--
MV: My proverbial--
CK: Shorts?
MV: Shorts.
CK: Shorts.
MV: It is such a mindblowing episode, um--
CK: Did you sweat? When you read it?
MV: I actually went into the creator's office and said, "what--what're you, what's going on? What're you doing -- what're you doing?" It just really blew my mind, and so I think that, [to the audiance] if any of you have watched the show and are fans of it, it will really blow your mind. And if you haven't it's a -- it's definitely a good show to watch.
CK: Now, you don't watch -- my understanding is you don't watch a lot of TV and you don't-- you don't go to see a lot of movies.
MV: No.
CK: You're just too bored? What is the last movie you saw, years ago?
MV: Amistad.
CK: Amistad? What year was that..?
MV: '95.
CK: '95? You haven't seen a movie since '95?
MV: No, no, I [laughs] -- I don't go to the theater.
CK: I don't either, yeah.
MV: [drama voice] The theatre.
CK: I don't, yeah.
MV: You don't? What--
CK: I get the DVDs, they send 'em to me, I watch at home and I kind of have to stop and get -- take a potty break, whatever you guys call it, go to the bathroom. And, and I just get bored sitting in the movie theater with normal people.
MV: See, I mean I [gets the joke and turns away] -- I'm literally sweating so much right now it is unbelievable. [wipes his face] Can I see?
CK: You look great. We're almost done.
MV: Okay, good.
CK: Yeah. So you don't see movies, you watch tv?
MV: I do watch TV. I'm more of a, you know, sort of CNN, ESPN, Discovery Channel kind of guy. I don't, I'm not--
CK: Oh, you're a thoughtful guy.
MV: No, no.
CK: A thoughtful guy... who's going to a strip club this weekend.
MV: That's right.
CK: [hands him the tissues] That's for you.
MV: I'll take the whole thing. [takes them, but then puts it back on the desk]
CK: Alias, ABC Sunday. Big hand for Michael Vartan. We'll be right back.
If you copy the whole thing for a website, please give credit. It took a damn long time to get it all down. x.X
