Scandal's Tony Goldwyn Reveals What It's Like to Have Dinner with Kobe Bryant

CONGRATULATIONS ON 100 EPISODES.
>> THANKS.
>> Jimmy: THAT'S UNBELIEVABLE,
THAT'S EXCITING.
>> WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT
IT.
>> Jimmy: I GOT YOU A SPECIAL
GIFT FOR YOUR 100th EPISODE.
>> NO, WAIT, I SAW IT -- WHICH
ONE IS BLUEBERRY?
REMIND ME.
>> Jimmy: BLUEBERRY'S THE ONE
THAT'S NOT BLUE.
>> ONE WAS WINE?
>> Jimmy: NO, SHE SAID WHY AM I
DOING THIS?
>> HOW ARE YOU DOING?
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> Jimmy: IT WAS A FUN EPISODE I
THOUGHT.
KIND OF A FANTASY EPISODE WHERE
YOU -- THEY SHOWED US WHAT WOULD
HAVE HAPPENED.
>> RIGHT.
>> Jimmy: HAD YOUR CHARACTER NOT
BECOME PRESIDENT.
>> IF OLIVIA POPE HAD NOT SAID
YES TO RIGGING THE LEAK IN THE
FIRST PLACE AND I DID NOT BECOME
PRESIDENT.
YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET.
>> Jimmy: ONE THING THAT
HAPPENED IS HUCK HAD THE
CRAZIEST HAIR POSSIBLE.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> Jimmy: THOSE WHO HAVEN'T SEEN
IT YET.
THOSE WHO HAVE WILL UNDERSTAND
THAT VERY WELL.
>> IT'S MUCH DISCUSSION ABOUT
HUCK'S HAIR.
>> Jimmy: YEAH, THAT WAS SOME
HAIR-DO HE HAD.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT.
>> Jimmy: AND YOU -- WELL, DID
YOU EVER IMAGINE THIS SHOW WOULD
GO 100 EPISODES?
>> NO, AND YOU KNOW WHAT'S SO --
BEING IN THIS BUSINESS FOR A
LONG TIME, YOU KIND OF LEARN
THAT YOU NEVER KNOW IF
SOMETHING'S GOING TO WORK OR
NOT.
>> Jimmy: RIGHT, LIKE GUILLERMO
IN THAT MOVIE.
I DON'T KNOW, THOUGH THOUGHT HE
WAS PRETTY COOL.
I MEAN, CHARLIZE THERON DIDN'T
RUN UP TO ME IN THE STREET, I'M
JUST SAYING.
BUT -- SO YOU KIND OF DO THE
PROJECT YOU'RE WORKING ON, AND
YOU JUST NEVER -- YOU DO YOUR
BEST JOB.
WE THOUGHT WITH "SCANDAL," ALL
OF US LOVED IT FROM THE
BEGINNING, WE FELT GREAT
CHEMISTRY.
SO OUR ATTITUDE WAS MORE LIKE,
GOD, WE HOPE THIS WORKS.
>> JUST SO YOU CAN BE TOGETHER.
>> YEAH THE SHOW SEEMED GREAT,
IT JUST FELT REALLY GOOD.
YOU KNOW, SO WE WERE JUST HOPING
THAT OTHER PEOPLE WOULD THINK SO
TOO.
>> Jimmy: THIS SHOW IS
PARTICULARLY POPULAR AMONGST NBA
PLAYERS, I KNOW.
>> THAT APPARENTLY IS TRUE.
A YEAH.
>> Jimmy: I KNOW BECAUSE I'VE
TALKED TO A BUNCH OF THEM --
>> I'VE HAD AN EMBARRASSING
EXPERIENCE.
>> Jimmy: WHAT WAS YOUR
EMBARRASSING EXPERIENCE?
>> I'M SUCH AN IDIOT.
I WAS AT A RESTAURANT WAITING
FOR PEOPLE TO ARRIVE.
I AREALLY NICE GUY COMES UP TO
ME, HEY, TONY, I'M A BIG FAN, MY
WIFE LOVES YOU, WE LOVE YOUR
SHOW, WE NEVER MISS IT, WOULD
YOU MIND TAKING A PICTURE?
OF COURSE, SURE.
WE CHAT A BIT, TAKE A PICTURE,
THEY GO INTO DINNER.
MY FRIEND I WAS WITH, YOU KNOW
WHO THAT WAS, DON'T YOU?
NO, WHO WAS THAT?
IT WAS CHRIS PAUL!
WHO?
THEN OF COURSE I REALIZED WHO I
HAD JUST NOT RECOGNIZED.
>> Jimmy: YEAH.
>> HE WENT ON -- IT WASN'T YOUR
SHOW, MAYBE "ELLEN" OR SOMETHING
LIKE THAT.
HE WAS TALKING ABOUT BEING A
"SCANDAL" FAN.
HE SAID, I MET TONY GOLDWYN BUT
I DON'T THINK HE KNEW WHO I WAS.
[ LAUGHTER ]
SORRY, CHRIS.
>> Jimmy: DO YOU KNOW ANY OF
THEM?
DO YOU KNOW ANY OF THE NBA
PLAYERS?
>> I DON'T HANG, NO.
YOU KNOW WHAT I HAD AN
EXTRAORDINARY NIGHT ONCE.
RIGHT BEFORE "SCANDAL,"
ACTUALLY, A MONTH BEFORE THE
PILOT.
JUST BY LUCK I HAD THE MOST
AMAZING EXPERIENCE.
I HAD JUST -- THE LAST FILM I
DIRECTED, HILARY SWANK WAS THE
STAR OF.
SHE'S SUCH A GREAT ACTRESS.
AND SHE -- I WENT TO HER HOUSE
FOR DINNER ONE NIGHT AND THERE'S
KOBE BRYANT.
AT DINNER.
HIS WIFE.
A LITTLE DINNER PARTY.
AND WE ALL STAYED REALLY LATE
AND I BROUGHT MY DAUGHTER ANN,
WHO AT THAT TIME WAS 19, SHE WAS
IN COLLEGE.
SHE WAS AN ATHLETE IN COLLEGE.
SHE WORSHIPPED KOBE.
>> Jimmy: RIGHT.
>> WE GOT INTO THIS CONVERSATION
AT ABOUT 3:00 IN THE MORNING
SITTING AROUND.
AND HILLARY'S BOYFRIEND HAD
SAID, HOW DO YOU KEEP GETTING
BETTER?
HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT YOU KEEP
GETTING BETTER?
KOBE WAS LIKE, I SPEND EIGHT
HOURS A DAY SHOOTING FREE
THROWS.
THE WAY HE MET HILLARY WAS COLD
CALLED HER AND SAID, YOU ARE MY
FAVORITE ACTRESS, EVERY TIME I
SEE YOU I'M BLOWN AWAY BY WHAT
YOU DO, I WANT TO KNOW HOW YOU
DO WHAT YOU DO BECAUSE I WANT TO
LOOK AT MY PROCESS THROUGH A
DIFFERENT LENS.
SHE WAS LIKE, WHOA, KOBE BRYANT
CALLED ME, THAT MEANS I'VE MADE
IT.
>> Jimmy: YEAH, REALLY.
>> HE WENT TO HER ACTING
COACH --
>> Jimmy: DOES KOBE WANT TO BE
AN ACTRESS?
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE.
BUT LITERALLY HE WENT TO HER
COACH TO LEARN ABOUT EXCELLENCE.
AND IT JUST REALLY BLEW -- AND I
THOUGHT, THIS IS A GOOD
PARENTING MOMENT, YOU KNOW?
BAY ARE MY DAUGHTER WAS JUST SO
INSPIRED BY THESE TWO PEOPLE
TALKING ABOUT WHY THEY ARE SO
GOOD AT WHAT THEY DO.
>> Jimmy: YOU CAN SAY TO YOUR
DAUGHTER, LOOK, THIS IS A
MANIAC.
THIS IS A PERSON WHO PLAYS
BASKETBALL, WHO SEEKS OUT AN
ACTING COACH TO FIGURE IT OUT.
MAYBE HE WAS TRYING TO -- WHEN
HE'D TAKEN A CHARGE OR SOMETHING
LIKE THAT, MAYBE ACTING WOULD
COME IN HANDY IN THAT SITUATION?
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> THAT'S TRUE, ACTUALLY.
DON'T USE ME AS AN EXAMPLE, US

Scandal's Tony Goldwyn Reveals What It's Like to Have Dinner with Kobe Bryant

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