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It's growing. Yeah. Inside of my mouth. Yeah.
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You know what I'm talking about. Oh my god.
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Hey, what's going on everybody for First We Feast.
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I'm Sean Evans and you're watching Hot Ones.
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It's the show with hot questions and even hotter wings.
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And today we're joined by Aaron Paul.
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He's a three-time Emmy award-winning actor.
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you know, for his iconic performance as Jesse Pinkman and Breaking Bad.
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On that note, thanks for bringing the caviar today, Aaron, and welcome to the show.
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Oh my god, thank you so much. It's a dream to be here.
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Well, I hope it doesn't turn into a nightmare.
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How are you around my spicy food before we get started?
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Uh, you know, I I'm a big I'm a big spicy food fan.
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Um, I don't know if I'm this big of a fan, but uh, I love spicy foods. Yeah. Well, we'll find out. Are you ready?
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I feel like I'm going to [ __ ] my pants already. Is that a bad thing? Is that a bad sign? Okay. The hot [Music] tropic. Oh, it's great. Yeah. I love this person. Shaquanda. Oh, it is Shu. Hey, Suanda. What's up, girl? All right.
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It's not This is actually pretty It's pretty good.
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So, last season you actually stopped by a Hot One Shoot for moral support for your longtime friend and Ash co-star Asa Gonzalez.
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Uh, what a what a an amazing person.
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She said this wasn't really the dangerous part. It was the aftermath.
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How is your situation, you know? I think I'm good.
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I think I'm battle tested. You know what I mean?
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I think there's a strength that builds up, a tolerance that builds up, and now I'm on like a superhuman level.
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Is that like a self diagnosis? It's my belief.
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It's what I want to be true. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Well, that works. Exactly. It's the placebo. Yes. Yes. Very strong. Okay.
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And then what's it like to watch Hot Ones from a spectator perspective?
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Like, does it make you any more or less interested in actually doing the show?
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It must have worked a little bit because you're here today. I'm here.
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You know, I was always very nervous.
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I didn't think I wanted to be on this show.
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I love the show as you know.
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Um but watching Asa tackle it, you know, um firsthand and then hanging out with you and trying some of the sauces, I I got the courage, you know.
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Um but I'm honestly I'm a little I'm fine with this one, but I'm a little nervous to get to them. But that's all right.
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Let's just take the wins where we get them, one step at a time. M. Cheers to you.
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Salude, my [Music] friend. M. It's nice. It's sneaking in.
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There's a smokiness to it that kind of comes through. Yeah, it's not that bad.
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I would I would have this on a daily a daily basis for sure.
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Well, you can you're going to take this with you? Of course. The whole lineup.
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It's the least we can do.
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Aaron, that's really good. That's really good. Look at you. seed ranch.
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Just winging it, crushing it. Good job. That's great.
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So, you're coming to Hollywood story is the classic dreamers tale.
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You know, this theater kid from Idaho packing up his Toyota Corolla and then making the trip over to LA. Yeah.
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Is there a failed pilot that at the time when you were cast in it, you were confident that it would be your big break in star vehicle to stardom? Oh god. You know what?
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to be honest, every pilot you think you think is going to be your cuz you do the contracts, you know what you're getting each episode.
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It's like a guaranteed job every week, weekend, week out. Um, but they tease you.
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I mean, I remember after Friends, the creators of Friends were doing their next show.
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It was already picked up for two seasons.
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It was going to be, they were saying the next big Friends.
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I mean, everybody, all my friends that were actors were trying out for it and everybody really wanted it.
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Um, and I tested for a role with studio with me and three guys and then I went to network against me and another person and then I didn't get it.
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But then they had me audition for another role and I went to studio and then I went to network with me and another person and I didn't get it.
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And I was I can't tell you how depressed I was for just way too long.
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Um but if I were to get and it the the show was good.
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I mean it lasted about a season and a half and you know some people liked it but it wasn't Prince show. It was called The Class.
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Um and then if I were to have done that show I wouldn't have been available to audition for Breaking Bad.
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So, you know, the point of the story, you never know what's right around the corner, you know.
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So, just keep keep pounding the pavement. Yeah. This is yours.
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You're not the only one in the food game, Aaron.
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That's That's another one I would love to have. It's not bad. It's pretty good.
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Sier, what took you so long?
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I'm feeling pretty confident.
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You know, it's probably false confidence because we have, you know, seven more. But it's all right.
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I'm holding on to my false confidence.
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Do you have an all-time favorite or even most perturbing Brian Cranston prank from all of the years that you've spent sharing a set with him? Let me tell you.
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I mean, he's been on here a couple times, so you know him.
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I always say he's the hardest worker in the room. The most lovable.
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I mean, he's my best friend, my son's godfather. I I adore him.
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I spoke to him for an hour on the phone last night.
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I mean, I I really am obsessed with the guy, but he's also the most immature person I've ever met in my life.
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And I say that with just love and respect.
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I mean, the list was endless.
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But I remember on Breaking Bad, he came out of the production office, came up to me and he goes, "Come here. It's okay."
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And he gives me this long hug.
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I'm like, "What are you doing?"
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He's like, "At least you go out in a big way, huh?"
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And I'm like, "What are you talking about?"
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He goes, "Did you read the latest script?" I go, "No."
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He goes, "Oh, well, just read it and I'm here if you need me." You know? I was like, "Okay." Okay.
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So, I sprinted into the production office.
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I go, "Wait, Brian read the light latest script. What happens?"
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You know, I want to read it.
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And then, of course, I just go to the final, you know, the final pages and nothing happened. I'm still around.
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But he just made it made it seem like I died.
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Um, but he would not stop.
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He would not stop and he would get everybody in on it.
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like the um uh costume designers said, "Hey, look, we got to do your measurements for, you know, the the the casket."
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And uh so if you could stay after after work, um that would be great.
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Uh I'm like, "What are you talking about?"
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Um but this is all this is all him.
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Um but yeah, but I I made it. I made [Music] it.
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It's doing like a little vibrating in my mouth.
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It definitely has a bit of depth that the um other ones did not.
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It's sort of a charring quality. You know what?
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Yeah, charring is a good description.
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Sometimes I'll hear actors talk about circling days on the production calendar for scenes that they're dreading doing. Right.
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I'm wondering when you think about the pages that you looked at that put you into a mental tail spin, does anything immediately come to mind? Oh god.
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Um, there's I for some reason I'm always doing roles that are just getting beat up and tortured. You know what I mean?
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I don't know what that that says about you, right?
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I don't know what that says about me, but um it would have to go back to a Breaking Bad episode.
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There's a a scene where Jesse wakes up and his his girlfriend Jane is uh is dead.
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And I was terrified to shoot that scene.
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I just I I had this love and complicated relationship.
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It was such a chemical romance, but he was just so in it, you know, all in.
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Really felt very in love, but didn't realize that she was just destroying him.
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Um, I mean, they were destroying themselves together, but I was I was very nervous to tackle that scene.
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Um, and I didn't know what to do.
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I didn't I I didn't really rehearse it, you know.
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I just knew I had to put myself in that position as that guy.
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Um, and so what you saw is what you saw. Um, it was brutal. Yeah.
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Should we bust out the caviar?
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Let me just let me Can I come to your side? Yeah, you come do Yeah.
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I like this uh tableside service.
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You just got to, you know, let's just do a dollop.
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Um, that's a good, you know, we're halfway there. We made it.
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It's a touch of class that this show needs, Aaron. For real. I'm here for you.
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You know, we're keeping things classy here on Hot Ones.
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Um, and you let me know when you want more. You know what I mean? I will do. Um, cheers, buddy. Cheers. [Music] M. It works. It works. You saw it here, folks. It works.
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So, I understand that there are very few visual effects used for the car stunt scenes in Need for Speed.
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I'm wondering, did you have a most harrowing moment behind the wheel shooting an action sequence for that film?
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Oh man, there was this one uh scene that I was practicing, rehearsing for from day one, and we didn't shoot the scene until midway through um the shoot.
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And the scene is something very traumatic happens.
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One of his best friends, his car flips over a bridge and it's very clear that this guy is either instantly dead or he's in danger.
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And so I have to flip around in my car.
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He wants to do this in one shot.
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And the shot is flying towards the camera, doing a skid up to the camera, and then I have to open up the door and then run to my friend.
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And Scotty goes, "Don't worry about it.
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I'm going to act as the camera operator, and if you hit me, doesn't matter." She's like, "Got it." Okay. Yeah.
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So, if I hit you, it doesn't matter. Okay.
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Um, so, uh, the first take out of the gates, I come up so short, it's embarrassing.
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He goes, "I'm being serious.
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If you hit me, don't worry about it."
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Um, and then the second take, I come up, I come this far from the guy.
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And that's what you see in the movie.
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But there's a lot of lot I nailed it.
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Um, uh, a lot of pressure there, you know. [Music] Let's go, baby. This is not bad.
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I was actually I was hoping I would start to start sweating by now.
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I mean, I know I know I'm I'm going to get there, but this is this is very manageable. It's very manageable. It's great. I'm into it. Yeah.
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So, listening to a lot of your old interviews, a throughine that comes through pretty consistently is your proclivity towards what you describe as gritty indie drama.
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Outside of your own films, what are the gritty indie dramas that left the biggest impact on you?
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Maybe this is picking up on me.
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You know, maybe I actually You know what? It's it's it's talking. You start talking. Yeah. Yeah.
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And I'm I'm realizing I'm kind of sweating a little bit.
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self-fulfilling prophecy on the show, right? Um, indie dramas. I mean, Stand by Me. Beautiful film.
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Changed my life when I watched it. Um, wow.
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It's It's hitting my my head sweating, right? Yeah.
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And that's just the beginning. Does your head sweat?
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I mean, I don't see it sweating.
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I can feel I can feel it sweating.
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You know what I'm saying? Right. Yeah.
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Like, I have nothing to cover.
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I mean, I always have a shaved head. I love it. Well done. You rock it well.
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You're a handsome man, by the way.
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When you have that shaved head, when you have that shaved head, you're a handsome man.
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Are you I'm loving this moment we're having right now. You know what? Cheers to us. Cheers. Yeah.
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It's amazing the effect that this one is having on me.
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It actually makes me feel like I'm on drugs.
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You're reaching that point in the gauntlet where it starts to happen.
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It is an interesting thing.
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Is that like um you get some lightadedness? Yeah. Yeah.
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There's something happening.
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Little even feeling of euphoria you might have, you know? Yeah.
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I am tripping out right now. Weightlessness. I'm with you. Same way of life.
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Being such a fan of yours.
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Oh, this doesn't feel like reality right now. Um but this is insane. Yeah.
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I've never experienced anything quite like this. Wow. Apricot.
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Oh, and they did the apricot. Hot. Yep. Genius.
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Um, I'm I think I'm going to start shaking. Let it shake, baby. Wow. Wow. That is That's great. I love it.
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I actually really really love that one.
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So, your home state of Idaho lays claim to one of the most unique desserts I've ever come across.
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Have you ever had the pleasure of sampling an ice cream potato? Yeah.
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I don't know why I'm telling you this, but I one of my first jobs uh to save up money to move to LA, I had to dress up as a mascot. Terrible job. Um much respect. Radio station. Yeah.
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You just This guy knows everything.
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Um yeah, for a radio station.
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So I was always dancing around at fairs.
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um just you know being a mascot uh either a giant frog or a tuki bird um where kids would just slam the back of my head and run away.
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You know, it was awesome.
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Um but it was directly next to the potato ice cream stand. That's all I got.
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That's It's not that great of a story, let's be honest.
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Should I put some caviar on on the bomb?
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Let's do another caviar, you know. Cheers to us. Cheers to us. Yeah. [Music] Oh, wow. Yeah.
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Just the the breath in from the wind. Yeah. Oh wow. Oh yeah. Ooh, that is hot. Yeah.
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That is almost too hot, right?
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And like the caviar makes it almost seem like this is going to be a nice bite and then it's just not.
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I'm going to finish the bomb because it it respect it deserves to be completed, you know.
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It's getting the air is getting thin. It's growing. Yeah. Inside of my mouth. Yeah.
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You know what I'm talking about. Oh my god. Holy [ __ ] Yes.
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My I've actually never I'm I'm sweating in a good way.
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Um I've never I have to be honest.
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Much respect to the bomb.
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I've never had something so hot inside of my mouth. No. I know.
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So, how would you distill the experience of being a contestant on the Price is Right?
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Because when I watch your 2000 appearance, which has millions of views on YouTube, it seems like such an emotional roller coaster.
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You know, the excitement of accurately ballparking an elegant flat top desk and then you're on the show, right?
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And then you get a showcase and then you over bid by just a few hundred.
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You know, how dare you bring that up?
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You know, is that something that gives you sleepless nights afterwards or was it just cool to be on the show? It was great to be on. I was struggling.
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Um, I needed money and it was You could have used that sports car.
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I could have used that car, right?
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And I was so depressed when I bid $132 over and then my buddy actually stayed.
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They did two tapings that day and he won the showcase showdown.
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He won a trip to Fiji, New Orleans and uh London.
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Um I went to New Orleans with him so it was fine.
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With the power of the bomb coursing through your veins, I'm wondering if you can make a bid as close to the MSRP actual price of this 2024 Chevy Camaro without going over. Oh. without going over 2024. Uh $34,695. $30,00.
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It's irresponsible of all of you not to buy one. Um cake compared to Don. Yeah. Why is this number nine? You're an actor.
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You know, every story's got to have an We got to land it. You know what I mean?
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You can't just ratchet tension, ratchet tension, ratchet tension.
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Get to the peak and then hit the credits.
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You know what I'm saying?
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You got to land the plane a little bit. You know what?
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You know what you're doing. You know, you really do. You really do.
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You're not [ __ ] around. Sorry, Mom.
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So, I know that you're a music obsessive and was reading in a 2018 interview about how you'll sometimes reach out to tour managers to see if an artist is available to perform a concert in your living room.
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How did you know about that? Just amazing. Yeah.
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Is there one that stands out as the most like you had to be there performance that you actually arranged from inside your home?
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Oh man, you know, we've been doing these shows for north of a decade.
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I would love for you to come to the next one.
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But the last one, actually one of my favorite bands, uh, Cigarettes After Sex, no one has phones or cameras.
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Everyone's just in the moment.
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And, uh, and honestly, like 90% of the time, people say, "Yeah, I'm down." What a hit rate, right? That's not too bad. That speaks to you. That's not too bad. He's got that juice. He's got that juice.
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I'm down to the last one. What a segue.
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[Music] Let's match the dab.
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Caviar on top of the dab. And then another dab. Yeah, let's do that.
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I'm very excited about this.
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I'm very proud to Oh my gosh. That's good. That's good. Is that good? Stopped us enough.
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Um, cheers to you to you, Aaron. Much love, Sean. Much love. [Music] M.
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Wow, that bite is an experience. I see you did that.
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I actually did not even mean I see what you did there.
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I did not even mean the last dab experience.
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I did not even mean to make that kind of connection.
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I did not mean to make that connection. Did you not? I really didn't.
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Aaron Paul, you've taken on the wings of death. You've survived.
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I don't want it to be over, John. Things out.
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What I want to do is hit you with some pull quotes from Brian Cranston's classic Hot Ones interview from just a few years ago. Okay.
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He says, "If a character cries easily, the audience doesn't have to.
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But if a character tries not to cry, that's when the audience will." Oh, interesting.
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I I feel that you know you're really getting into the person. It's hitting me.
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This is actually it's creeping on me. The descent into magic.
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It's one of those things that you feel like you've accomplished something victorious and then your face is on fire.
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You wave your hands in celebration as you approach the finish line.
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And then you fall on your face. Break your nose. That's what happens.
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He said that you encouraged him to snack on the meth on set, which is made up of cotton candy. Rock candy.
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Can you confirm or deny that?
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I can confirm all of that.
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I would I would sling that meth to anyone that walked onto that set. Now, I got to be honest.
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I actually stole as much meth from that show as possible, but I wish I stole more things. You know what I mean? Yeah.
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Some keep taking some things.
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The rule of thumb when you're doing, you know, work in this industry, just steal [ __ ] Don't Don't ask because they'll say no. They will say no. Yeah.
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Just steal it and they'll get over it. One more for you.
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He says this, "A love of acting is a relationship. It's not a fling.
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It's committing to something for the rest of your life." You know what? I I love that. And it's true. It's true.
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Um, I always say and he says it, if you want to do it, you will be doing it.
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If people come up to you and say, "Hey, I want some advice."
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You know, it's like a 35year-old man. I want to be an actor. Well, are you acting? No. Well, then don't do it.
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What do you You know, my I I I'm going to throw up.
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I'm that hell, it's so hot, Aaron. But I'm okay. I'm okay.
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Taking on the wings of death, living to tell the tale, and now there's nothing left to do but roll out the red carpet for you.
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This camera, this camera, this camera.
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Let the people know what you have going on in your life.
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Be careful around the eyes. Oh god. Um, what's up everybody? How's it going?
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If you're thirsty, drink some do ombre.
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If you're hungry, eat some of the only caviar.
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Um, that's all I got to say. Uh, lots of love.
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Thank you so much for having me. I You know what?
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The entire show I tried not to stick my fingers in my eyes.
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And for some reason when you're here, your instinct is to poke your eyeballs.
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Going like this through your hands would be fine, but I've been wiping my fingers. Exactly. You did the math.
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And I just did the whole thing.
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And I I need I need a new one. Wow. Wow. You know what? Thank you everybody. It's not too bad. Oh god.
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But it's it's it's like the concept's great, but your knowledge like your dedication to really actually dive deep. Oh, thank you.
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You know, it's really it's great. It's very special. I'm happy for you. Truly.
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Well, I'm happy that you we finally uh got you in the seat.
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It was long overdue and we captured you.
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Oh, it's it's getting babe, it's getting hotter.
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Holy [ __ ] All right, Hot Ones fans.
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