Gaten Matarazzo Loves Pizza

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37:19Well, but again, though, that to me is an illustration of that thing of like this is, again, someone who has not experienced that level, a level of attention at scale that we might call fame. They haven't experienced fame. They imagine that they would like it and they imagine they would do it better than people that are doing it now. But they go, I would never, they go, if I were you, I would never say no to that picture. That's what's going on in the brain. And that's the mentality I had jumping in. I was like, oh, I'm being presented with this. And I keep hearing stories about how people are just dicks once this becomes a part of their life.

37:52I'm like, I'm not going to do that. And so I spent so much of my time i guess trying to prove to myself that i was not going to do that and that's been a weird adjustment too but like recently i'm like it's okay if someone doesn't necessarily like me in a specific interaction that's fine if it's of course i'm never actively going to try to be a dick to somebody right like ever in a day-to-day it's just i just don't enjoy that that's not that inherently kind of scares me yeah how do you i'm sure that must have been a pretty sudden shift on your end for it becoming pretty intense very quickly yeah 100 yeah it's only getting weirder by the day for sure i uh that you remember of being like oh shit yeah there are like little ones over time because at first it was just like it was kind of like an if you know you know type of thing where it's like if i'm in brooklyn or la or chicago and i go to a place where there's gay people one or two people are going to want a picture cool and that was like i was like cool no worries that's like a that's like a sweet spot Totally manageable 100 % sweet spot Oh this is awesome Every now and again You can kind of turn it on And turn it off It's like if I'm in like Rural fucking Kansas At a gas station I'm safe I'm good to be normal And then if I want If I really want some attention today It's like Just get to Chicago And get to that gay coffee shop You know what I mean When you went home Because you're Kansas City Yeah Right Was it kind of a haven Of being able to It still kind of is I mean people don't fully Leave me alone In Kansas City But it's so Respectful And I will say I was just Trixie Mattel and I were just in Kansas City at the same time.

39:23And I was taking her around and trying to socialize her like a sick dog. Yes, of course. Teach her what it's like to be around people. These drag queens don't know how to act in public. So I was trying. I was like, take the makeup off. Let's shake some hands. I taught her please and thank you. That was new for her. How'd she do? Better. She doesn't bite anymore. That's good. Yeah, she doesn't bite anymore. And the leash training we're working on. But I was taking her out for walks. People were, yeah, it was just like, it was a very respectful, like even when people did, it was very much an acknowledgement of like, I'm so sorry.

40:01I know I'm bothering you. I love your stuff. And then a quick like. And that's 99.9 % of interactions. It was really sweet. I've gotten, I will say as things have upticked in intensity, I have started to set some boundaries and I never thought I would have any. Right. But getting cornered in bathrooms. Bathrooms is tough. Bathrooms is weird as fuck. Bathrooms is weird as fuck. You ever get a shoulder tap at the urinal? Yes. Yes, I've gotten a shoulder tap at the urinal. Dick in hand. Could I get a photo? I love your work. And also, I'm gay, so be careful. You start tapping me at the urinal, I'm like, I don't know what day we're having.

40:35I'm ready to have that day, but we need to make sure. I thought this was the airport. Yeah, truly. Chase down the street is another thing. That's been happening more and more. Yeah. I don't like chase down the street. Please don't chase me. I don't like it. I'm not a fast runner, so it's not like I have enough. You're going to catch me. You're going to catch me. that's what's scary hey you'll get there you know it's like you have the power yeah fully you know in in horror movies where the the killer only really walks at a brisk speed and he can't seem to catch him you will catch me like that you didn't need to pick up your pace at all you're gonna get me yeah that stuff so i've started to be a little like or if i'm having like a private conversation i've started to be a little better about being like thank you that's so sweet i'm in the middle of a kind of private thing right now but have a great night yeah and the thing you said i've i've really uh employed around being like hey not right now but on my way out i'll come find you that's been really helpful to be like i'm not gonna disrupt my whole flow of being in this room right now and like open up a gate but on my way out i'll come over and yeah do it but what you know it's just an interesting it is an interesting thing because the thing you said about people it being the only job where people tell you they like your work it means the world it's awesome that anyone cares about what i do yeah and then also i have to if i i just feel like if you engage with it too much not you not not you roy you caleb i feel like if i caleb engage with it too much and think about the number of people who watch and listen to me too much i will become an insane person and i am trying so hard to maintain normalcy and a connection to the real world that i'm just like i almost view it as like help me out like help me help me maintain some normalcy and if i express a boundary like consider helping me out you know do you do you look at the numbers do you look at the engagement no but i it's known you know i mean like i know like i know about uh how many people this show reaches a month i know about how many people have seen the hbo special i know like you know i know when i go on someone else's show and it's if it happens to be one of their most watched episodes or something i can or i understand even too like when people come up to me my uh approaches are interesting because a lot of them have a different thing they're coming up for sure that they're like i loved you on so and so show right or i loved your HBO special so I can actually tell by what they're saying to me where they're coming to me from that's pretty special do you know what I mean that's really is that not really cool it's cool but it's weird because they're getting different like a person it's funny a person who comes up to me because they loved me on Z-Way is very different from a person who comes up to me because they loved me on Royal Court sure you know and so I'm it's almost like I start to think about the interaction I'm about to have yeah you know that's interesting yeah does that make you change the way that you approach the rest of that conversation?

43:12Yeah, because they know what they want. You know what I mean? Like, if they love me from Z-Way, they want me to be kind of mean to them. They want me to be a little, they want me to be like, nice shirt, you know, or something like that. Like, that's what they think I am. Yeah, yeah, right, right. You know? And if they know me from... It's cool. Yeah. It's cool. What's so true to you? Oh, man. Do you have a so true for this episode? Dude, I have to tell you, do not feel any way about it. There is something about this show. Nobody comes with one. Do you know what it is? I have one that's fun. I think that Zemeckis' Christmas Carol is objectively a perfect movie.

43:50Whoa. Whoa. Gaten, you're going to get canceled. Okay, tell me about Zemeckis' Christmas Carol. This is the one with Jim Carrey. Yes. With the really awkward looking mocap before, I think, It was like the Polar Express style motion capture in context of A Christmas Carol. And most people like it's just disturbing and it looks weird and it's off-putting. And it's just I tried to like introduce my kids to this story and they just left terrified. Like the ghost of Christmas present like disintegrates into like a laughing skeleton. Yeah. And but dude that story is terrifying. Yeah. That story is about how insanely guttingly terrifying it is for this dude.

44:35and that's why he changes his life. Yeah, ghosts visit you to tell you that you're living your life wrong. And that you're going to go to hell. It's not an upbeat tale. That's what it is. It's like if you don't stop doing this, you're going to hell. Yeah. I guarantee that you are. No, no, my kids couldn't get on board with it. I feel like we were like weirdly watered down with the Mickey Christmas Carol. Yeah. And like Goofy coming in with the chains. You know what I'm talking about? Yeah, yeah, 100%. That's funny. It's like cute and cool and it looks fun. And like the Muppets one is great. It's a classic story, but at its core, it is an absolute nightmare.

45:09It's literally a nightmare. It's a harrowing nightmare. It's an absolute nightmare. Yeah. And that movie looks like it. And I'm obsessed with it. Sierra has all the best active and outdoor brands you need. From athletic stuff, like a full-court pickup game, swish, to athletic-ish stuff, like a half-mile stroll. Get those steps in. And for morning hikes up the mountain trail, good pace. It's a nighttime ghost choice from the camping chair. What a twist. Whatever level of active, Sierra loves it all. Head to Sierra or Sierra.com for the brands you want at the prices that let you do it all. From athletic to athletic-ish, Sierra's got it.

45:46Jim Carrey plays Scrooge and all three ghosts. Yeah, well, he's a... And he's incredible. Yeah. Does he play Ghost of Christmas yet to come? There's no lines. I don't know if it's his body doing the pointing. You know what I'm talking about? I don't know. You know what I'm talking about? Yeah. It's crazy. There's some things that don't really work. There's like a crazy sequence in the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come where he gets shrunken down and he surfs on an icicle. Yeah. It's bizarre and weird. But it is actually the only time that I think that book scares me and that movie scares me. And so I relate that to me like they did this the right way.

46:26Yeah. This should scare you. The cast is awesome. Who's all in it? I don't think I know. Kerry Owens is in it. Oh, fuck. Yeah. I love him. Robin Wright's in it as well. Love her. Of course she's in it. Yeah. Yeah. And I think it's awesome. Yeah. Gary Oldman's in it. Gary Oldman? Gary Oldman plays Jacob Marley. Why the fuck did I know Gary Oldman is in this? It's awesome. This movie rocks. And the thing is, is that I thought that I would talk to film buffs about this and be like, all right, let's get together. This movie rocks, right? You're convening clandestine meetings of film buffs. Being like, just so we're all on the same page.

46:58This movie rocks. And everybody says I'm insane. Yeah. I don't think I'm insane. I don't think I'm insane. Let's put that on the record. I think in this context, I think people don't give it a shot because it's like maybe the animation doesn't hold up. But how many amazing movies don't hold up visually? Yeah. That we don't discount those movies for. Like Empire Strikes Back doesn't look up to par. It's still a perfect movie. Yeah. Well, you love Star Wars. I love Star Wars. You're not kidding around about Star Wars. I don't fuck around about Star Wars in the slightest. Yeah. What is your favorite of the Star Wars movies?

47:33I know that Empire Strikes Back is the best movie. Yeah. But my favorite one to watch growing up is Return of the Jedi. Yeah. It's just like the most like fun space adventure vibe. Yeah. But I remember, did you see David Cornswet talk about this on Royal Court? No. He talked about his order in which he likes to watch Star Wars. And I had this, I agreed with him wholeheartedly. Yeah. And I remember I was like, I've never heard anybody else mention that this is the way to do it. where you go four, five, one, two, three, six. Four, five, one, two, three, six. Some people say you can skip Phantom Menace.

48:08In that order. And which one's that? That's the first one. Well, the first one chronologically. That's Darth Maul, Qui-Gon Jinn. Four, five, two, three, six, then would be the sequence? Yeah, four, five, two, three, six. This is for people who have never seen Star Wars before because you still get the twist in Empire Strikes Back, the classic. Yeah. I can say it's his dad, right? Totally. no i think you're totally safe the window has expired i'm spoiling that it's fine it's been 50 years yeah i think it's fine dude speaking of one time i think during covid i got on a big kick i watched every single minute no phone very focused of the crown on netflix oh it's great okay and i posted about great it's incredible incredible every performance legendary insane and i posted something on instagram about something that happened one of the episodes and someone legitimately got mad at me and we're like, no spoilers.

48:58And I was like, hey, this happened. I'm like, I can't spoil an event of the royal family. This occurred. This infuriates me. Do you remember, like, I know that there's a great community around it and like there's, this is why the show works so well and it's why, like, I love when theater kids engage with shows and make up their whole personality. But I was always so fuming when everyone was like talking about Hamilton and saying, I'm Team Angelica. I'm like, you can't be Team Angelica. These are real people. What do you mean you're Team Angelica? This is a historical event. Yeah. What do you mean?

49:36You can't ship this. You can't ship. There's no shipping. There's no shipping, Angelica. That's so fucking funny. He married Eliza. That's historically what happened. And you can't be like, man, I just wish that they ended up together. What are you talking about? There was no writer's room. That's not how this goes. This is a thing that happened. How do you think that that family would like just... I also think about that, of what do we think founding fathers would look at Hamilton and be like, that's like the story, the way it's being expressed. I think it would give them like an aneurysm. Of course.

50:07You know that that, like the whole thing of what do you show a Victorian child to kill them on sight? Yeah. Is that the saying? Oh, sure. Sure. Totally, yeah. If you showed a... This would make a Victorian child's head explode or something like that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Something like that. Hamilton for the founding fathers. Hamilton for the founding fathers. Dude, I hope I get to come back and see some shit after I'm gone. I want to be fly on the wall It's my girlfriend and her best friend Our best friend's whole Belief in the afterlife They're like I can believe in anything and want anything It's fly on the wall When you die do you want a celebration of life Or mourning I say to be To bring levity I want celebration of life But I'd be bummed if some people didn't cry I want mourning I want mourning if I died tomorrow my ideal is that every person in this room including you who I just met does not recover and I mean ever I mean never recovers I mean if you guys out with me by 50 years I hope on the I hope 50 years from now on this day of the day that I hope you wake up just on a random Tuesday I hope you wake up unable to go to work I hope you are so devastated by my loss celebration of life I don't think so No dancing at my, no dancing, no remembrances, no funny stories, weeping tears, mourning, black veils.

51:31Estate funeral. I want everyone, I want flags at half mass for eternity. This is good. Yeah. It's like in every movie, every like movie when there's a funeral sequence where you see all the black umbrellas like open up and then the rain starts to fall. How many times are we going to do that in a funeral movie? And I want it in real life. And you want it in real life. I want that for Caleb. This is good to know. I want that bad. Please, Gaten, promise me you'll make this happen. I'll make sure. I mean, that's crazy. If you die, I'm the first one to text you like, hey, guys, by the way. Caleb specifically asked me.

52:00I don't know if you remember the episode. Not to be a pain. I know you guys are going through a lot. Yeah, you text my mom. You're like, hey, girl. Saw you posting pretty jovially on Instagram. He doesn't want you to. It's only been a few years since we lost him. Maybe knock it off.

52:17No, I want morning. I want morning. You believe in reincarnation? I would like to. You have a faith? What is your faith? I'm pretty pessimistic about this thing. Thank you. At the moment. This thing?

52:32I'm going to tell you on this thing, yeah. Because also, there is a vibe. I guess I'm an atheist, but that's such an eye roll of a thing to say you are. No. But I also don't want to discount or imply that I am like rolling my eyes or scoffing at people who are very intensely faithful or spiritual. No, because their money is green. Still stream pizza movie. Yeah, yeah, please, please. If you're a devout Catholic, still stream pizza movie. I'm not rolling my eyes at you. For sure.

53:06But I get in this conversation specifically a lot. And also it's an awkward conversation to have because I've lost people who – and that has made people in my family more religious. And I've lost people – like suddenly my cousin passed and he was only 19. And that weirdly – like that ignited some faith and some, I guess, more talk of God and love and stuff like that amongst family members. And then for me, I just – it didn't like spark that. And so that's awkward to kind of when like discussions come up. and it's rarely discussed. I've talked about this in public settings and I'm like, oh man, I hope my grandma's not bummed that that's the way I feel about it.

53:47Were you raised in something? Yeah, I was raised pretty religious. Which one? Generally Protestant, I guess. I went to Methodist churches. I went to a Methodist church growing up but I think because that was closer to where my house was and my mom was friends with the people in choir. Yeah, obsessed with her. She was like, I like the choir and it's close to the house. guess what we just became Methodists she was really just growing up she went on traveling she traveled to Europe once on not a missionary situation she wasn't like preaching but she was with a musical group that would have like Christian based music to crowds of people in like Latvia maybe it's pretty great it's pretty cool I don't ask her about this way, I do not ask her about this enough.

54:38That's a crazy situation. Do you know what? I have advice for you. I have one piece of friend-to-friend advice for you. Do you know the New York Times questions to fall in love? The question set. It's like 37 questions or something. It's in brackets of intimacy. I've done it with many people that I love in my life. It's meant for partners. I have heard about this. It's really good. It's really good. The third bracket, there's some things that like when I did it with my grandma and my mom that you skip because it's meant for partners. So it's like, hold hands and look into each other eyes and like that part you don't do because it's meant for like physical intimacy but you skip those ones with your anyone older in your life that you love grandparents mom the next time you get a chance sit down with them for like two or three hours go on a long drive sit in the house something ask these questions things came up with i am very close to my mommy and my grandma i thought i knew everything about them things came up that i have never heard them talk about oh it's never weirdly that sounds like so much fun it's amazing that sounds amazing it's amazing and i learned things about both of them.

55:35I feel like I understand there have been multiple times since then. This has been a couple years ago that I've done it with both of them. There have been multiple times that we've been in some kind of dynamic that, you know, whatever, we're just in our relationship that I have remembered something they've said and I've been like, this is where this is, this is why you do this. This is why you're like this. This is why. That's so interesting. This is why we're not connecting on this. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. I would love to do this with my mom because she's had a crazy life. Yeah? Yeah, for sure.

56:00She's had, or just like the craziest type of upbringing and one that I respect a ton because there was so much in her childhood growing up that was like it felt like the world was just out to like kick her ass yeah her and her brother and growing up it's another thing you normalize even hearing stories about this about like she was raised by her grandparents because her parents just weren't in the picture and I was like oh that's normal and I grew up later I'm like oh that's not normal in the slightest yeah that's so nuts especially because my dad is like had like the polar opposite situation his parents had him when they were 18 and finished having all four of their kids by 23 wow and are still married today yeah and i have like a lot of cousins and we're very very close on that side so they had like the polar opposite situation and it's so cool to see both sides of that but i know that's also not normal that's also not normal that's like that's not the norm or the so interesting yeah the most opposite types of situations yeah and that's why i think it's so interesting how they connected when they first my parents aren't married anymore but I'm so curious as to how those two opposite situations kind of attracted towards each other you want kids?

57:11I think so yeah yeah I do oh I love that for sure I don't have any plans on it for a good chunk of time yeah like six seven months yeah right enjoy yourself take a break for sure by 25 minutes so I'm going to be, yeah, exactly. I'll be ready in a few months for sure. Yeah, I definitely, I've always said, I'm like, yeah, it's like a given, but I don't want to approach it with the mindset of, oh, that's a given, because I think that's how most people approach bringing children into the world and bringing new lives into the world is, oh, that's kind of the process of growing up and living life, and that's like a stepping stone and kind of just a rite of passage, but I think that there's a lot of thought that can go into understanding, Do I have my shit figured out enough to be able to realistically raise a functioning human being and do it well?

58:07Yeah. So, yeah, I would love to. Not yet. No, not right now. Not yet. Not right now. Not right now. Do you feel generally happy and optimistic about the world? Is that your outlook? What's going on? How are you feeling about everything? Crazy time to be alive. Crazy time to be alive. That's the go-to. That's the go-to. I almost spilled my coffee. I am individually a very happy person, but I don't want to just be like, yeah, life's fucking awesome. Because it's also, I'm a very happy person because I'm in the luckiest situation that human beings are in. Yeah. And I recognize that fully. Like there's like the amount of, there's just an overwhelming bucket load of privilege that comes along with me being able to acknowledge the fact that I get to live happily and feel safe every day.

59:00And I don't think that discounts my ability. I still feel like I can feel comfy being like, yeah, I'm very happy. Many people have that and don't feel happy. For sure, for sure. So it's still an accomplishment. For sure, it's an accomplishment. But I don't want to be preachy in the sense of talking about, like, and you can do it too. Or it's like, that's insane to think about. I am a straight white guy who is financially secure at 23 in the United States. Not bad. Not bad. Not bad, huh? As far as it goes. It's pretty good. As far as the cards are dealt, that's a pretty... A lot of people... Yeah, I recognize fully.

59:43I can't just be like, what are people talking about? Yeah. This place rocks. Everyone, cheer up. No, I'm like, I'm fully aware that it would be insane of me for my life's message to be like, why don't we just smile more? Yeah. Because, yeah, that's insane. That would be insane of me. But like I said, there are plenty of people that have those. There are people that have the circumstances that you have or at least some of them and do not find themselves to be happy. And I know that's not like, yeah, there's that's not the key to the situation being on paper as good as it can get. that's not necessarily the key to being necessarily a very happy person because that does not guarantee that in the slightest.

1:00:22I feel the same way you do. I talk about being happy all the time and trying to have fun and enjoy life. And I increasingly, it's funny because it's taken a turn for me just in the last three years. When I was first talking about that stuff on stage, it genuinely did feel kind of like revolutionary because I was poor and no one cared about my work. So I was like, the fact that I'm happy is crazy. And then as that has changed, I'm like, this is starting to hit a little different, I guess. Yeah. But it is, I think you have to be at some level of optimistic to intentionally want children. Even to say, yeah, I think I'll have kids.

1:00:53Right. And I'm always interested in that because I have so many friends that are so smart and doing well. And they make a good living and they're safe and comfortable. They have a house that has running water and electricity. And these are privileges. And they are like, fuck no. I want nothing to do with that. Wow. So I'm always interested in people who do because I'm like, well, that's interesting. There's some level of optimism involved in that, I feel. I would like there to be a legitimate reason I would like that to be normalized Optimism? Optimism but when it comes I think for sure optimism but I mean in the decision making to have kids but a lot of times it's not a decision a lot of times it's just like oh damn alright we're in this situation we're going for it we're going for it and that's how I came along that's how both my siblings came along was like oh shit whoops here we go and I understand that that's probably the vast majority of how people are brought to this earth is, damn, I should have wrapped it up.

1:01:49Yeah.

1:01:53Well, I wasn't quick enough, so we're having a kid. Which is crazy. So I understand that that's just like a different situation, but in the concept of family planning, of understanding when it is you're deciding to have kids, I would like to normalize there being a legitimate reason as to why I feel that I would service bringing a person here and raising them. Like an intention. An intention. A thought about it at all. A thought about it at all, for sure. Yeah. Yeah. And that's a great, I wouldn't know yet. I don't know. I wouldn't be able to think right now and say, this is my reason for why I think bringing a human into this world with another human is the right thing to do for both of us and the person we make.

1:02:35Yeah. And that, yeah, I just, I've got time to figure that out. So it's not a priority for me. Yeah. What makes you the happiest? When are you the happiest? Oh, that's a really good question. What I've started to understand and really love is that I can feel at a really peak level of happiness that I think that I have the ability to feel under very different circumstances. And I think that's been a fun adjustment because I believe I will only be happy if I'm engaging in my life's passion, where I want to do it, when I want to do it, And other than that, I'm not doing it right. And there are times where I'm not actively working.

1:03:15And I just have been weirdly, really in sync with the people in my life outside of work. And that's why I feel super happy. And then there are times where I'm not really feeling engaged with my family or with my friends or my girlfriend. And there's like kind of things that just feel like out of sync for a while. But I'm working on something that I really, really love. And I'm still very, very happy. So that's, I think it comes in waves. and I figure that out as it comes along. I've noticed that I feel happiest when, this is a very selfish way of looking at it because it's just like when all the circumstances are aligned for like the things that I love, I love being able to work in the city where I live when my friends and family are also working and living in that same area as me.

1:04:00Because there are times that's very rare. So anytime I notice that, I'm like, oh man, these are all the things I love about what I get to do with my short bit of time here. And that's a great moment. And that always feels very good. It's the best when you can leave work and be like, oh, I can see someone for dinner. I can see someone for dinner. I can sleep in my bed tonight. I can go and sleep in my bed. Oh, it's lovely. Yeah, it's the best. It's so lovely. And that's the one thing that's hard with this job. It's like most of the time when you're working, it's not at home. Yeah. It's just a job that you travel for.

1:04:25To me, the worst situation is working in New York on overnights. Because then it's like, I'm working 3 p.m. to 7 a.m. I am sleeping all day which is so unnatural and then I'm going straight back to work but I'm in the city where so many of my friends and loved ones are doing things I almost wish I was in fucking Vancouver or like Croatia or something then I could just be like oh the reason I'm not seeing anyone is because I'm away instead of like oh if I slept two hours less I could squeeze in a lunch with someone but then I'll be tired at work like the math even being possible it's rare for that to line up Working normal days in New York is great, especially on a soundstage or something where you get out quicker.

1:05:10Anytime you're working inside, it's basically as close to a 9-to-5 as this job can get. It's awesome. That was Devil Wears Prada. Devil Wears Prada was on a... How long did you shoot on that? Like 17 days. Mine was quick, and it was gorgeous. It was on this beautiful soundstage. Everything ran like a machine in Queens. Nice! Oh, dude. Yeah. That's awesome. It was awesome. And then there were all the other sound stages. Everyone would file out into this one shared street where everyone was eating and reading books and in costume and getting their hair done while they walk. And it was just like, we're making movies, baby.

1:05:43This is what it's all about. We're making films. This is lovely. I'm just watching. Between takes, I would just go sit outside because it was really nice. It was like fall weather. I would go sit outside in my costume and wait to be in the next take because there'd be a setup. I was in the background of a lot of Meryl scenes, which is an honor. That's awesome. But sometimes I'd be framed out or whatever. so I'd have like three hours to kill. For sure. And I'd just sit outside and read my book and talk to whoever was going by. And what was really fun was, it was the first time I've been around long enough now and made enough things that, just barely, that I ran into people I knew from past projects.

1:06:16Whoa. I'd run into like a PA from three movies ago. And it was so fun. It's so fun. It's so small world. I know people. It really does make you understand how few, I think, people, and relative to like how big the industry seems. Especially on the crew side. On the crew side, the amount of people that just like cycle through. You just keep running into these. And it's so awesome. It's like, oh my God, that fucking, that like key grip that I loved from that movie is now here working on this thing and we get to hang out all over again. It rocks. It's the best thing ever. It's so fun. Yeah. It feels like, I don't know.

1:06:50It feels like starting school. I never went to summer camp. I don't know why I keep on bringing up summer camp and the things I talk about. You're loving summer camp right now. I keep on saying it. Summer camp's on the brain. Summer camp's on the brain. But it would be like almost like you find out that a friend you made at camp is going to your same school the next year. Yeah. It's like, oh, and then it's like you get to pick up where you left off. And you thought, because you did so many goodbyes. And it's like, I really like getting to know you. This is awesome. You exchange numbers. You're like, well, hang.

1:07:14And then a few weeks pass. And then you inevitably work on other things. And like the bummer of it is that you realize it's just like you rarely get around to doing so. And so it's really fun when you jump back onto a set and you get to just immediately. Fall back in. Yeah, fall right back into it. It's just interesting to hear you say that you exchange numbers with people. I asked for your number at the end of Pete's movie, and you said no. That's bullshit. I've had your number for months. I've had your number for like a year. That sucks. I said, Gay News, so much fun working with you. The day we wrapped, I gave you my number.

1:07:41I'd love to stay in touch. And you said, sorry, man. You said, call my publicist. We'll flag it with the team. Yeah, yeah. I flagged it with the team. I tried to walk up to you. I tried to walk up to you, and your security guard went, excuse me? No, I'm just kidding. I'm kidding, guys. I'm playing. I'm playing guys Gaten I have a game for you We play it every episode on this show I can't wait It's a true false segment Amazing

1:08:09Basically what's going to happen here Is I'm going to read you 15 statements You're going to tell me as quickly as you can after each one If what I just said was true or false And Gaten if you get 10 or more correct Don't get too excited We're going to give you 50 US dollars I know Stranger Things is over brother. It's time to get back to work. It's time to clock in. Dr. Seuss wrote Charlotte's Web. False. False. It was E.B. White. The airplane was invented in 1903. False. True. Alaska has the most lakes of any U.S. state. False. True. Elton John's middle name is Hercules. False. True. Goldfish don't sleep.

1:08:45True. False. Pineland's regional high school's yearbook is called a cat tail. False. It's true. No, it's not. It's the cat eye. Oh, Chance. Wait. That's their website. Sorry. You wouldn't be the first to challenge Chance. Passports for U.S. adults are valid for 12 years. False. It's 10. False. It's 10. Wendy's is older than Taco Bell. True. False. The mascot for Kraft Mac and Cheese is the Cheezosaurus Rex. That's not true. That's true. No, it's not. I eat Kraft Mac and Cheese once a week. It's Cheezosaurus Rex. I've never seen Cheezosaurus Rex. It's Cheezosaurus Rex. Wait, show me Cheezosaurus Rex.

1:09:19We'll pull it up. The Property Brothers are not twins. The Property Brothers are twins. They are twins. They're identical twins, so it's false. The New Jersey state drink is cranberry juice. That would make sense. I'm going to say true. It's true. The drowsy chaperone won five Tony Awards. That's got it. Oh, that's true. Yes. It did not win any. Did it? True. It's true. Don't look at me like that. A group of cheetahs is called a pride. One more time. A group of cheetahs is called a pride. They're cats. So true. False. It's called a coalition. It's horrifying. That's so annoying. The original Motorola Razr did not have a camera.

1:10:01True. It's false. Anakin Skywalker's mother's name is Shmi. Shmi Skywalker, that's true. That is true. How do you do? Six.

1:10:14Show me Cheezosaurus Rex. Pull up Cheezosaurus Rex now. There's no way. Put Cheezosaurus Rex right here in the episode. I'm begging. I am a Kraft Mac and Cheese connoisseur. It's kind of shocking. When is the last time they've used Cheezosaurus Rex? I'm assuming, is it not on the box? Chance does this to people, dude. He's a very nefarious actor. He's a bad agent. Chance, you think you want to pull the picture up? It's not connecting to my computer. I guess we could just say it's false. Let's see Cheezosaurus Rex. And I'm going to remember what this guy looks like, too. Oh, there he is. Oh, you've seen him.

1:10:50Since 1993. You've seen him. Look at him. You love him. I don't think I've seen that guy. Look at him. Chance, is it still in use? He's used in select promotional campaigns. That means he's retired. Primarily from 1997 to like 2013, but he still appears on some boxes. That looks like 1982 to 87. I was going to say, if he was going to say... He was afloat in the Macy's Day parade? He's very famous, Cheez-A-Saurus Rex. He is a famous dinosaur. It's cool to be cheesy. It certainly is. Oh, wait, click on that shirt. Do I need that shirt? Go down. Bottom. Right. Right. Right. Oh, my God. That's sick.

1:11:28We need to get that for you. That's a great idea. You need that. I will look that up. Chance, buy that for Gaten on my dime. Wait, wait, wait. If I do get that, though. But maybe can I? That's$145. I don't care how much it costs. No price is too big for my boy. Wait, can I get it? No. So that it can be the thing you display on my behalf here? No, it's too big. It's too big. We should put a Cheezosaurus Rex on the set. Cheezosaurus Rex is a really good, cute little thing. We're going to put Gaten's Cheezosaurus Rex on the set. Don't let me forget. Don't let me forget. Wait, what's that other one?

1:11:54The long-sleeved one. Get him that as well. This looks like a Brian Robert Jones. I love that shirt. Buy every Cheezosaurus Rex shirt you can find and send it to Gaten's house immediately. It's like funny at first, but then you get like seven more Cheezosaurus Rex shirts for me. You start telling people, you're like, Caleb Aaron's kind of a weird guy. You block my number and keep sending it. I never talk to you. I see you in public. I avoid you. I just keep sending the wrecked shirts. She's a source wrecked shirts every day. Oh, shit. Oh, my gosh. Look at that guy wearing it like a little model.

1:12:31We got to put some of these on screen so people know what we're talking about. That Hollister pose. Why would he ever be surfing on water and not cheese? I don't. That's a waste of opportunity for sure. Gaten, thank you so much for being on. Thank you for having me. You are an incredible guest. Do you want to tell people? Watch Pizza Movie. Watch Pizza Movie. We're both in it. Watch Pizza Movie. Gaten's incredible in it. As are you. Fully his film and they allowed me to show up for a couple days. We're so happy you did. Is there anything else you want to tell the people? I appreciate your investment of your time and your energy.

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