WELCOME BACK TO "A LATE SHOW."

YOU KNOW MY GUEST THIS EVENING FROM "FORGETTING SARAH

MARSHALL," "HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER," AND "DISPATCHES FROM

ELSEWHERE."

HIS NEW FILM IS CALLED "OUR FRIEND."

PLEASE WELCOME TO "A LATE SHOW," HEY, JASON.

>> GOOD TO SEE YOU, MAN.

>> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU, TOO.

LAST TIME WE WERE TOGETHER WAS FEBRUARY, I THINK.

IT WAS RIGHT BEFORE EVERYTHING CAME TO A SCREECHING HALT.

WHEN WERE YOU WHEN EVERYTHING-- I HAVEN'T TALKED TO YOU SINCE

THEN.

WHEN WERE YOU WHEN BASICALLY EVERYBODY HAD TO LOCK DOWN?

>> YEAH, I-- I LIVE IN A LITTLE FARM TOWN, LIKE A COUPLE OF

HOURS NORTH OF LOS ANGELES, SO I WAS THERE.

AND I WAS THERE FOR MOST OF THE LOCKDOWN.

I LIVE ON A BIG ORANGE GROVE.

I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT.

>> Stephen: WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT.

>> YES, I KNOW-- I KNOW THAT THAT'S INTERESTING TO YOU.

IT IS TO ME, TOO.

>> Stephen: IT IS VERY INTERESTING TO ME.

>> BUT I LOVE IT.

SO, YEAH, I WAS THERE FOR MOST OF THE TIME.

I WOULD JUST WALK AROUND THE ORANGE GROVE, AND EVENTUALLY, I

JUST STARTED TO FEEL LIKE THE LAST MAN ON EARTH.

I MEAN, I'M SURE EVERYBODY FELT THAT WAY, BEING LOCKED UP.

>> Stephen: WERE YOU ALONE?

WERE YOU ALONE FOR THIS?

>> I WAS, YES.

>> Stephen: OH, WOW.

>> YEAH.

>> Stephen: JUST YOU AND THE ORANGES.

>> YEAH!

JUST ME AND THE ORANGES, AND MY BRAN, MAN.

IT WASN'T A GOOD LOOK.

( STEPHEN WHISTLES ).

>> Stephen: THE CHAMBER SOLITUDE UP HERE.

>> JUST TRYING TO SOLVE PROBLEMS THAT CAN'T BE SOLVED AND DON'T

EXIST, YOU KNOW.

BUT, YEAH, AND THEN I GOT REALLY, REALLY LUCKY.

THERE WAS THAT LULL IN THE MIDDLE WHERE WE THOUGHT MAYBE

THINGS WERE CALMING DOWN, AND I WENT AND I SHOT A MOVIE.

IN HUMBOLT COUNTY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, IN THE REDWOODS, SO

THAT WAS NICE TO BREAK UP.

IT WAS VERY, VERY BEAUTIFUL.

>> Stephen: HOW ARE YOU-- HOW ARE YOU-- A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE

TURNED TO EXERCISE TO KEEP THEIR BRAIN FROM SCRAMBLING.

I EVEN CONSIDERED IT FOR A WHILE.

HVE YOU-- HAVE YOU BEEN-- HAVE YOU BEEN KEEPING YOURSELF SANE?

>> I HAVE.

YOU KNOW WHAT, I DECIDED THAT I WAS GOING TO USE THIS PERIOD TO

START ADDRESSING THE THINGS IN MY LIFE THAT CAUSE ME A LOT OF

ANXIETY.

AND I HAVE BEEN-- I WAS GOING TO SAY OUT OF SHAPE.

I'VE BEEN FAT.

( LAUGHTER ) FOR A LONG TIME IN MY LIFE.

AND EVERY-- EVERY MORNING I WAKE UP, LIKE, "I WISH I WASN'T THIS

WAY.

SO I STARTED WALKING.

I STARTED WALKING-- HONESTLY, LIKE, 10 MILES A DAY FOR ALMOST

EVERY DAY DURING QUARANTINE.

>> Stephen: WOW.

>> AND IT'S BEEN REALLY, REALLY LOVELY.

>> Stephen: DO YOU ALWAYS GET IT IN?

LIKE-- >> OH, ALWAYS.

>> Stephen: RAIN OR SHANE?

RAIN OR SHINE?

AT HOME OR WHAT ABOUT WHEN YOU WERE UP IN THE REDWOODS WERE YOU

OUT THERE WITH THE S SASS SWATCH IN THE REDWOODS.

>> SASCWAWCH IS THERE ACCORDING TO THEM.

>> Stephen: I WORKED FOR "THE DAILY SHOW" IN 1998.

I KNOW WHERE THE SASCWAWCH ARE.

>> SO THERE'S ONE THERE.

I ALSO-- I WOULD DRIVE MYSELF TO NATIONAL PARKS WHEN THEY WERE

STILL OPEN.

I TOOK MYSELF TO LASON VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK BECAUSE I HAD A

FEW DAYS OFF.

>> Stephen: WHERE IS THAT?

I'M SORRY, WHERE IS THAT?

>> IT'S IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

IN THE MIDDLE-- IT'S GEOTHERMIC, THERE'S, LIKE, STEAM COMING UP.

I DECIDED I WAS GOING TO HAVE A "INTO THE WILD" KIND OF DAY.

I PACKED UP A BIG BACKPACK AND TOOK OFF ON A HIKE.

AND I MADE WHAT I WILL CALL A VERY BOY DECISION.

WHICH IS THAT I WALKED UNTIL I GOT TIRED BUT DID NOT FACTOR IN

THAT YOU THEN HAVE TO WALK BACK.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

LIKE, I DIDN'T THINK EVEN ONE STEP AHEAD.

AND I GOT SO TIRED, THAT AT ONE POINT, I WAS ALL ALONE AND I

KNEW WHAT I NEEDED TO DO, AND I SAT DOWN AND I JUST CRIED.

I'M NOT EMBARRASSED TO SAY I SAT ON A LOG AND CRIED AND CRIED.

IT WAS ABOUT OTHER STUFF -- >> Stephen: IS IT OKAY IF I'M

EMBARRASSED?

( LAUGHING ) >> YOU KNOW WHAT?

I WAS...

I WAS PROUD OF MYSELF FOR LETTING IT OUT.

AND I SAID TO MYSELF, "JASON, SOME DAY YOU'RE GOING TO COME

BACK HERE AND THIS WILL BE EASY."

>> Stephen: OH, OKAY.

>> SO THAT'S MY GOAL FOR NEXT YEAR.

>> Stephen: AND SPEAKING OF THIS YEAR-NEXT YEAR, HAPPY

BIRTHDAY WAS YESTERDAY, RIGHT?

HOW MANY YEARS HAVE WE BEEN ON THE PLANET?

>> I HAVE BEEN ON THE PLANET FOR 41 YEARS.

>> Stephen: THAT'S NOTHING, MAN.

THAT'S NOTHING.

>> THAT'S WHAT I KEEP HEARING.

THAT'S NICE.

BUT I HEAR IT FROM PEOPLE WHO-- I DON'T HEAR IT FROM KIDS.

>> Stephen: NO.

>> NO YOUNG KIDS SAY, "41 IS NOTHING."

>> Stephen: NO, NO, NO, NO.

BUT THEY DON'T KNOW.

>> WELL, I WILL TELL YOU THIS.

ON THIS MOVIE I JUST DID, THERE WERE COSTARS WHO, AS FAR AS I

COULD TELL, WERE ADULTS, BUT THEY ALL CALL ME "MR. SEGEL."

>> Stephen: OOOOH.

WERE ANY OF THESE YOUR LOVE INTERESTS IN THE MOVIE?

>> NO, NO, THANK GOD.

BUT THEY WOULD SAY THINGS LIKE, "YOU WERE A BIG PART OF MY

CHILDHOOD."

AND I DIDN'T LIKE IT.

I DIDN'T LIKE IT AT ALL.

>> Stephen: YEAH, I GET GUESTS WHO COME ON AND SAY, "I HAVE

LOVED YOU SINCE SIXTH GRADE."

>> OH, YEAH.

>> Stephen: YEAH.

>> YEAH.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT?

BEATS THE ALTERNATIVE, RIGHT?

WE'RE STILL KICKING.

>> Stephen: WHAT DID YOU DO FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY?

HOW DID YOU CELEBRATE?

HOW DID YOU MAKE IT SPECIAL FOR JASON SEGEL?

>> THAT'S A NICE QUESTION.

I TOOK A BIG, LONG WALK.

THERE'S NOT MUCH YOU CAN DO.

I TOOK A BIG LONG WALK, AND I'VE BEEN EATING HEALTHY THIS YEAR.

THERE'S A FOOD TREND IN L.A.

CALLED THE MASHVILLE HOT CHICKEN SANDWICH.

>> Stephen: SURE, I'VE HAD ONE.

THEY'RE FAN TASH.

>> I HAD NIGH FIRST NASHVILLE HOT CHICKEN SANDWICH.

THAT'S ABOUT IT.

>> Stephen: THAT'S IT.

>> I MEAN, WHAT-- WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?

THERE'S NOT MUCH ELSE TO DO.

>> Stephen: I DON'T KNOW.

>> I'VE DONE EVERYTHING THERE IS TO DO.

>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BRESK, BUT WHEN WE RETURN,

JASON HAS ANOTHER STORY ABOUT GOING FOR A WALK.

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