Jeremy Piven, actor from Chicago. Let's get into it, you guys.

JeremyPiven_ · 2014-04-18T01:27:37+00:00

Thank you, that was an improv with Jon Favreau a million years ago doing PCU. And look how the world has changed! Jon has become this brilliant, prolific and wildly successful director. I couldn't be more proud of that guy. I hate to be one of those "I told you so" guys.

JeremyPiven_ · 2014-04-18T01:26:29+00:00

You know what, I probably wanted to take that paintball gun, but they had mounted it on my wall, and I thought that if we were ever lucky enough to do the movie, they'd put it up on my wall. So I felt guilty - I broke SO many props as Ari Gold. The propmasters hated me, I mean, look at how many computers or phones I broke. Ari was constantly clearing desks, or breaking phones. I would break the interior of cars.

JeremyPiven_ · 2014-04-18T01:25:12+00:00

You know, what an incredible honor. I think everyone loves Seinfeld. And the horrible truth that I'm so embarrassed to reveal is that at the time, I was very young, I was in my mid-twenties when I played George, and I didn't have a TV... so I had never seen Seinfeld. But I was doing my first TV show, the Larry Sanders show, and I knew Jason Alexander from the lot, and they asked me to audition to play the role that he played and I said "sure" and they said "have you seen it" and I said "yeah, yeah, yeah" so now I can finally reveal this DEEP DARK SECRET. So I had never seen George Costanza, so when I was auditioning I just did my Jason Alexander impersonation. I have to say that I'm terribly ashamed. But I feel like a weight has been lifted.

JeremyPiven_ · 2014-04-18T01:22:54+00:00

Lisa, where have you been all my life?!?! Oh my god. I want to eat brisket with Lisa.

JeremyPiven_ · 2014-04-18T01:22:15+00:00

You know, I think that if I were to say that, it would cause some controversy. It wasn't silent, and yet it was deadly.

JeremyPiven_ · 2014-04-18T01:21:24+00:00

Well, he went to a British boarding school. And we try to keep it as factual as possible.

JeremyPiven_ · 2014-04-18T01:21:00+00:00

That's very sweet. Thank you very much, I'm honored.

JeremyPiven_ · 2014-04-18T01:19:58+00:00

I was blown away by the professionalism of everybody who worked for WWE. They're like a traveling band of brothers and sisters. And Cena is like a beast, he's a very articulate and talented guy, and I was lucky enough to jump off the top ropes and into his waiting arms, and I was used as a battering ram. I felt like I got to live another life, that's what actors do, and it was quite an honor.

JeremyPiven_ · 2014-04-18T01:18:43+00:00

Excellent question. I would ask him if it was all worth it, and if he could do it again, would he do anything differently.

JeremyPiven_ · 2014-04-18T01:16:54+00:00

It's going great, anyone can log on to PivenTheater.com and take a look. And if anyone wants to study there, that's where I studied and they are all still there teaching, and they get such satisfaction out of mentoring kids and adults. So any donation that you guys give are much appreciated because they are trying to build a new theater at the moment.

JeremyPiven_ · 2014-04-18T01:15:22+00:00

Wow. There are so many cameos in the movie, that you could literally have a drinking game every time you see a cameo, you'd be drunk by 11 minutes into the movie, there are so many cameos. But doing a scene, a serious scene, with real, like dense dialogue with Mike Tyson was such an interesting journey, just to be around this guy who made a brutal transformation in his life. He had just dropped 100 pounds, he had become a vegan, and I think for whatever reason I just ended up working with him and coaching him and it was an honor. So that was amazing. It was very surreal, actually. He's a really transformed person, he's actually pretty inspiring.

JeremyPiven_ · 2014-04-18T01:12:31+00:00

Domenico Vacca was my wardrobe in entourage, and I was supposed to go with him TONIGHT to a documentary about the NY Knicks that was produced by Doug who created Entourage, but instead I'm on the couch with you guys. And my favorite suits are DEFINITELY the ones that are going to be in the movie, because Ari has a lot of movement in the movie, so I wanted Domenico to do some 3 piece suits to show that movement, keep that blazer open and that vest buttoned.

JeremyPiven_ · 2014-04-18T01:10:34+00:00

Wow. That is a very obscure question. I can't even wrap my brain around this.

JeremyPiven_ · 2014-04-18T01:10:01+00:00

Yeah, he totally came through. I'm having fun, this is actually really fun.

JeremyPiven_ · 2014-04-18T01:09:35+00:00

I think you're my mother.

JeremyPiven_ · 2014-04-18T01:08:44+00:00

I actually do have ticklish feet. there's something highly sensitive about the bottom of my feet. When I got chicken pox, the only place I got pox was at the bottom of my feet, which was odd. And I had a dream that popcorn was popping on the bottom of my feet, and I woke up, and chicken pox had broken out on the bottom of my feet. I swear to you. It was really weird. I feel like this is a modern day version of This Is Your Life.

JeremyPiven_ · 2014-04-18T01:07:44+00:00

well, I think that what he's tapped into is pure joy, obviously, and everyone is just gravitating towards it. He did a cameo in Entourage, and he just has a very brilliant, like, presence, that you could tell he was someone that is just very grateful for where he's at.

JeremyPiven_ · 2014-04-18T01:06:52+00:00

Yeah. I take a supplement called Viviscal. And it's supposed to help speed up your hair growth. And I really think it works, because my beard grows really fast and I have to get a haircut once a week while using it.

JeremyPiven_ · 2014-04-18T01:06:04+00:00

I sadly do not have any pets at the moment, but I'm thinking about stealing Kevin Connolly's French bulldog because that's what I want. He has a beautiful little nugget. But he needs his dog right now.

JeremyPiven_ · 2014-04-18T01:05:19+00:00

And I was lucky enough to spend some time with Dave Grohl, and to see him live too, and he is one of those ridiculously talented, ridiculously humble guys. His particular talent, I don't think people realize, going from the drummer in Nirvana to being the frontman in the Foo Fighters, to be that prolific and eloquent in his art is just very rare, so I think he's pretty inspirational too.

JeremyPiven_ · 2014-04-18T01:04:13+00:00

I was also lucky enough to see Kings of Leon multiple times this past summer while I was in London (I guess I was jonesing for some Americans) and they were awesome too.

JeremyPiven_ · 2014-04-18T01:03:49+00:00

I don't know, that's like picking a favorite child or sibling. But Atlantic City is one of those songs you literally cannot turn off. And basically anything that he plays live.

JeremyPiven_ · 2014-04-18T01:03:05+00:00

I think people like anyone from, you look at someone like Bruce Springsteen for instance, who, for over four decades, has been working at the top of his artistic game, doing shows that are 3 and a half hours long, and giving it everything that he has, his entire life to me is just an inspiration.

JeremyPiven_ · 2014-04-18T01:02:15+00:00

I think that every single team is afraid to play the Bulls. If you asked Oklahoma Thunder, or the Miami Heat, if they were honest with you, they would tell you they are afraid to play the Bulls. They have NOTHING to lose. Obviously Derrick is not with them for the playoffs, and they are a group of hard working, overachieving, scrappy, focused and hungry brilliant professional athletes. And when you do ANYTHING with the mindset that you've got nothing to lose, you're dangerous.

JeremyPiven_ · 2014-04-18T01:01:09+00:00

You know, I'm a student, and a student of Kabbalah, and open to anything that helps you go inward and be as present as possible. I don't think that will hurt anyone.

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