-I was scared by the show "The Deuce."

It frightened me. -Triggered you?

-No, it didn´t trigger me, no.

-It´s about the rise of the porn industry.

-No, it didn´t trigger anything, no.

-Prostitution. -It didn´t, no.

Nothing triggered anything. -Old 42nd Street.

-It was just gritty and great,

but I have a feeling nothing scares you.

-Nothing scares me? -Yeah.

-Maybe are you an emotional person?

-[ Laughs ] There´s a lot that scares me.

-Well, does the "It," the clown? Does that scare you?

[ Laughter ] -I just saw that.

-Did it scare you?

-Um... -Yeah, not really.

-No, it was really well done.

-Yeah, yeah, yeah, it was really well done.

-We don´t want to talk about "It."

-I know you´re not here for that.

But it was really well done.

-You know what scares me?

[ Shouting over each other ]

-I would leave -- that´s my biggest compliment of "It,"

I would walk out on it. -You know what scares me?

-What? My man Tariq is on the show.

-No. -"The Deuce."

-No, Tariq. -He is the scariest pimp

on the show.

[ Cheers and applause ]

-No, he plays -- his --

[ Cheers and applause ]

-I´m not kidding, he´s -- he´s the pimp of an actress.

-Look at this. -There he is -- Reggie love.

-Reggie love.

[ Laughter ]

-One of his ladies is played by Kim Director,

and last night she was telling me this story.

In the opening, in the pilot episode,

he has this whole amazing scene where he

and this other pimp, C.C, have this conversation

about Nixon´s war policy in Vietnam.

It´s an incredible scene.

While they´re also, like, looking for new prospects,

you know, to turn out.

Yeah.

And Maggie Gyllenhaal saw that it was on the show.

And she´s amazing in the show.

She saw the dailies of that and she goes up to Kim,

she´s like, "oh my God,

you got the best pimp." You got the best pimp.

-You got the best pimp. [ Laughter ]

-No, I heard the voice and I go, I know this voice.

-Yeah, he is amazing. My man, Reggie Love.

-I know him really well. Reggie Love, that´s my man.

[ Cheers and applause ]

Tariq, no joke, no joke, Tariq, you were phenomenal

in the first episode. You were fantastic.

-The only problem with Tariq on the show

is he had to leave at like 3:30 every day to come here.

-No, that´s not the problem, that´s good for us.

Please. Give me a break.

But here´s the thing.

This is what I want to get into with you.

Because we -- every time you come on,

we talk about different things you do.

You do poetry. You do painting.

You really do. You are a professor.

Weren´t you a professor at one time?

-Yeah, I taught at too many schools.

I taught at NYU, USC, UCLA.

[ Cheers ]

-But now -- but then I just heard that you´re --

you´re into baking.

-[ Laughs ]

Yeah, no. It´s true. -Not that type of baking.

Not that type of baking -- like pies, pies.

Cooking, cooking, cooking.

-What kind of baking? Like crack?

-Not crack but -- -What kind of baking?

[ Laughter ]

-Baby steps, baby steps.

-What´s the other kind of baking?

While you´re baking, you smoke the doobie, man.

[ Laughter ]

-Oh, baking. -Yeah, yeah, yeah.

-Okay, okay, okay. No, no, no.

Although I did make Seth Rogen a pie

and he loved it. [ Laughter ]

-Oh, yeah -- -I´m not kidding.

-Yeah, well, of course he was probably --

-Making a pie is the best move ever.

-Really? -Yeah.

The way I got into it, my friend, he´s like --

he´s like a tough guy, a kick boxer,

a real macho dude, runs marathons, and everything.

My other friend was like, "Yo, I did Ray a favor,

and he showed up at my door with a pie

that he made,

and he went out and bought a can of whipped cream,

brought that, just showed up, boom.

Here you go, thank you." -The kick boxer tough guy?

-Yeah, I was like, "Whoa, if Ray makes pie."

-That´s pretty impressive. -I´m gonna make a pie.

It´s the best.

-So you know how to do it and everything?

I would be intimidated.

-I mean, my friend Samantha,

she taught me how to do it.

But it´s like -- it´s a good move.

-Cookbooks and stuff? -Sam brings it over.

We watch like, "Handmaid´s Tale," bake pies.

And it´s the best move.

And I went over to Seth --

-Count me in, man, I´m in. And I went over to Seth´s,

he made dinner. -But what´s your secret pie?

What´s your pie?

-I do apple, I do apple crumble,

I do blueberry.

-[ Gasps ] Crumble´s the gem.

-Yeah, I mean, it goes over really well.

-Yeah. -Seth was -- I mean --

Seth bakes, you know.

[ Laughter ]

And he was like --

-Yes, Seth bakes, now you´re getting what I´m saying, yes.

He was like, "Oh, whatever it is, dude,

that´s fantastic. Best thing I ever had."

-"The best pie I ever had."

Yeah, I bake, Seth bakes.