♪ >> Stephen: WELCOME BACK,

EVERYBODY.

MY NEXT GUEST IS AN EMMY AWARD-WINNING ACTOR YOU KNOW

FROM "CINDERELLA MAN," "SIDEWAYS," AND "JOHN ADAMS."

HIS SHOW "BILLIONS" IS RETURNING FOR ITS FIFTH SEASON ON

SHOWTIME.

PLEASE WELCOME, PAUL GIAMATTI!

PAUL GIAMATTI!

>> UNBELIEVABLE.

>> Stephen: WELCOME TO THE FUTURE.

>> THIS IS INSANE.

IT'S REALLY FASCINATING.

THANK YOU.

I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE.

>> Stephen: ISN'T IT?

I'M SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE.

IT IS A LITTLE CRAZY, ISN'T IT?

>> VERY MUCH SO.

>> Stephen: IT'S BOTH VERY HARD AND SURPRISINGLY EASY AT

THE SAME TIME.

>> YES, IN A WEIRD WAY, I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN.

NO, I MEAN THERE'S REALLY NOT MUCH TO DO.

>> Stephen: YEAH.

I'VE TRIED TO DO A LITTLE WRITING.

I HAVE BEEN DRAWING AGAIN, WHICH I HADN'T DONE IN MANY YEARS, AND

THAT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL THING, ACTUALLY, HAVING THIS TIME ON

ONE'S HANDS TO TAKE UP THINGS AGAIN.

>> Stephen: I HEARD THAT YOU FIRST -- YOUR FIRST GOAL WAS TO

BE A CARTOONIST.

>> YEAH, A LOT OF MY LIFE, I WANTED TO BE SOME KIND OF

ARTIST, A CARTOONIST OR SOME KIND OF ILLUSTRATOR OR SOMETHING

LIKE THAT.

YEAH, I DEFINITELY THOUGHT SERIOUSLY ABOUT IT, YEAH.

>> Stephen: WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO SHARE ANY OF YOUR ART

WITH US, PAUL GIAMATTI?

>> YOU KNOW, I -- I WOULD.

( LAUGHTER ) FUNNY YOU SHOULD ASK, STEPHEN.

I WOULD.

>> Stephen: IS THIS AN EXCLUSIVE, PAUL GIAMATTI?

>> I WAS GOING TO SAY, YOU KNOW, NOBODY ELSE BUT YOU WOULD GET ME

TO DO THIS BECAUSE I'VE NEVER SHOWN ANY OF MY ARTWORK

PARTICULARLY BEFORE.

SO I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU A COUPLE HERE.

I DON'T KNOW, DO I JUST HOLD IT UP?

>> Stephen: WE'LL HAVE THIS SHOW NOTARIZED.

>> THERE'S THAT LITTLE GUY.

THAT GUY.

>> Stephen: THAT'S FANTASTIC.

ALL YOU CAN I CAN REALLY DO IS WEIRD FUNNY FACES.

I CAN DO WEIRD, SCI-FI-ISH, ALIEN.

THERE'S ANOTHER SORT OF TOUGH GUY LIKE THAT.

>> Stephen: THAT'S GREAT.

YEAH, I DID ALL THESE KINDS OF THINGS, THAT GUY.

>> Stephen: THAT'S GOOD.

THEY LOOK LIKE PFEIFFER DRAWINGS TO ME.

>> YEAH.

>> Stephen: WOW!

IS THAT RASE PIEWTEN?

>> THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY SAYS WHEN THEY SEE IT.

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT IS.

I DON'T REALLY THINK TOO MUCH ABOUT WHAT THE HELL IT IS I'M

DRAWING.

IT'S JUST LIKE I KIND OF DO THESE FACES AND THEN JUST SORT

OF, YOU KNOW, DO THAT KIND OF THING.

>> Stephen: PAUL GIAMATTI, YOU HAVE TO TO A GRAPHIC NOVEL.

>> I WOULD LOVE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

IT'S FUNNY, BECAUSE I'VE GOT A LOT OF TIME ON MY HANDS AND I

HAVE BEEN THINKING OF DOING SOMETHING MORE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL I'M DOING AND I NEVER REALLY TOOK

ANY LESSONS.

BUT IT'S BEEN FUN DOING IT AGAIN.

IT'S BEEN A GOOD THING.

>> Stephen: THOSE ARE AMAZING.

CAN I HAVE ONE?

>> SURE.

ABSOLUTELY.

>> Stephen: CAN I HAVE ONE?

ABSOLUTELY YOU CAN HAVE ONE.

I'LL DO A SPECIAL ONE FOR YOU.

>> Stephen: OKAY.

LOOK AT THAT!

I JUST TURNED A PROFIT.

>> YEAH.

>> Stephen: GIAMATTI ORIGINAL EDITION.

>> THAT'S ABOUT 37 CENTS ON EBAY.

>> Stephen: SO YOU PERFORMED WITH AMAZING CO-STARS, HAVE

THERE BEEN ANY OF THEM STICK OUT TO YOU AS BEING PARTICULARLY

MEMORABLE?

>> OH, TOO MANY LUMINAIRES OF THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY.

YOU ASK ME THAT KIND OF THING, AND THE THE FIRST THINGS THAT

COME TO MIND IS OFTEN, YOU KNOW, THE THINGS THAT STICK IN MY MIND

MORE, I'VE WORKED WITH A LOT OF AMAZING ANIMALS.

I WORKED WITH A BABOON ONCE, AND THAT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE

MORE REMARKABLE THINGS.

THAT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT STICKS IN MY MIND MORE THAN

HAVING WORKED WITH VANESSA REDGRAVE.

I WORKED WITH A BABOON, FAR MORE INTERESTING.

>> Stephen: WHY WERE YOU WORKING WITH A BABOON?

>> THE MOVIE -- I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHY THERE WAS A BABOON IN

THIS MOVIE, I HAVE NO IDEA.

THERE WAS JUST A -- >> Stephen: I ONLY --

THE THEY WANTED TO SPICE THE FILM UP WITH A BABOON.

SO I SAID THAT'S FINE WITH ME.

AND I HAD TO -- YEAH, AND I HAD A LOT TO TO WITH THE BABOON.

THE PROBLEM WAS THE BABOON WAS SCARING AT ME.

THE FIRST THING I HAD TO DO WITH THE BABOON WAS YELL AT LOT AND

THAT TERRIFIED THE BABOON.

HE WOULD GET LIKE THIS WHENEVER I WAS AROUND AND HE WOULD CHUMMY

HIS ASS WHICH IS A SUBMISSIVE THING THAT BABOONS DO.

>> Stephen: WHEELED WHAT?

HE WOULD SHOW ME HIS ASS.

THEY SHOWED THEIR ASS AS A KIND OF SUBMISSIVE.

>> Stephen: SURE.

I HAD SPECIAL -- >> Stephen: WELL, IF YOU GOT

IT, FLAUNT IT.

>> I HAD A SPECIAL TIME WITH THE BABOON BECAUSE THE BABOON WAS

SUPPOSED TO PUNCH ME AT ONE POINT.

>> Stephen: WERE YOU SCARED AT ALL?

BECAUSE I WOULD BE VERY SCARED.

THEY'VE GOT THE MOUTHS.

>> THEY DO HAVE.

>> Stephen: HE WAS A THREAT, AND BITE YOUR FACE OFF.

>> A FEMALE ONE WAS SCARIER AND MUCH COOLER LOOKING FOR CLOSEUP.

THE OTHER ONE IS HE WAS SCARED OF ME.

THEY DID TRAIN HIM HOW TO LOAD A REVOLVER, THOUGH.

>> Stephen: THAT IS THE OPENING OF PLANET OF THE APES!

( LAUGHTER ) WE TAUGHT A BABOON TO LOAD A

REVOLVER, THE NEXT THING WE'RE ALL WORKING IN THE BANANA MINES.

>> HE IS NEVER GOING TO FORGET THAT.

>> Stephen: WAIT A SECOND!

YOU PLAYED AN ORANGUTAN IN THE 2001 MARKEY MARK WAHLBERG

VERSION OF THE REMAKE OF THE APRIL MOVIE, RIGHT?

>> THAT'S CORRECT.

THAT'S CORRECT.

>> Stephen: MAYBE THE BABOON SENSED IT.

>> NO, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOMETHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE I HAD A

TROUBLE WITH A LOT OF THE SIMIENS ON THAT MOVIE, TOO.

ONE OF THE CHIMPANZEES WAS ATTRACTED TO ME ON THE MOVIE AND

HAD TO BE KEPT SEPARATE.

>> Stephen: CAN YOU BLAME HER?

NOPE.

NOPE.

HIM.

>> Stephen: ALL THAT GOODNESS.

HIM.

WELL, LISTEN, NO JUDGMENT.

SHOWBIZ.

NOW, "BILLIONS," WHAT SEASON ARE WE GOING INTO NOW?

>> FIVE.

>> Stephen: SEASON FIVE OF "BILLIONS."

>> YES.

>> Stephen: PREMIERES THIS SUNDAY AT 9:00 P.M. ON THE

SHOWTIME.

I UNDERSTAND YOU HAD TO STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEASON.

WHAT HAPPENED?

I KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, BUT -- >> YEAH, WHAT HAPPENED.

>> Stephen: WHY DID YOU STOP?

WE GOT THROUGH SEVEN EPISODES, SO WE'VE GOT FIVE

EPISODES LEFT, AND, YEAH, THEY WISELY CHOSE TO STOP FILMING.

YEAH.

>> Stephen: WHAT HAPPENS?

YOU HAVE, LIKE, AN UNEXPECTED CLIFFHANGER.

>> THE THING ABOUT THAT SHOW IS IT'S FILLED WITH CLIFFHANGERS.

THERE'S TEN CLIFFHANGERS AN EPISODE IN THAT THING, SO I

THINK IT PROBABLY WORKS OKAY AND IT WILL SORT OF BE LIKE THAT.

SOME DAY, WE'LL FINISH SHOOTING THE REST OF THE SEASON SOME DAY.

I DON'T KNOW.

>> Stephen: WELL, WHEN YOU COME BACK, IS IT GOING TO BE,

LIKE, IS IT GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, BOBBY AXLEROD, LIKE, STUCK

IN HIS TOWER, LIKE, ZOOMING HIS BILLIONAIRE ACTION?

>> I WOULD HOPE IT WOULD START ON ME WASHING MY AND OR

SOMETHING OBSESSIVELY.

I WOULD HOPE IT WOULD BE SOMETHING.

ME WASHING ALL MY PRODUCE OR SOMETHING OBSESSIVELY.

I WOULD LOVE IT IF THEY DID THAT.

>> Stephen: UM, WELL, PAUL, LOVELY TO SEE YOU, EVEN FROM A

DISTANCE.

>> LOVELY TO SEE YOU, SIR.

ALWAYS.

>> Stephen: SEASON 5 OF "BILLIONS" PREMIERES SUNDAY 9:00

PAUL GIAMATTI, EVERYBODY.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

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