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Jason Bateman for Esquire Winter 2025. Photographed by Mark Seliger

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Listen to Benedict Cumberbatch on today's episode of SmartLess podcast

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Smartless: On the Road "Sashimi!"

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me watching Jason Bateman and Will Arnett try to defend Bradley Cooper against the plastic surgery allegations:

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DD: Liam [Gallagher] is amazing; because.... Y'know, when I first started performing live, I just thought, 'Well, I'm like the emcee. I want people to have a good time,' y'know. And I'm dancing around, making a fool of myself. It was actually my wife [that] said to me, 'Y'know, you don't have to move around so much.'

Interviewers: [Chuckling, sympathetic "Oh no"s.]

DD: And then I saw Liam; and Liam is just still. He's just still-- he's even got his hands behind his back, for the most part. And it's really, really powerful to be still.

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FULL TRANSCRIPT

DD: I don't play the guitar on stage because I'm kind of self-taught on the guitar; so, I have an inability to play it the same way twice, which is not very nice for my band. So, I write the songs. And I sing, in my fashion.

First Interviewer: So on stage, you have no guitar as a crutch--

DD: I have nothing to do with my hands, if that's where you're going. Y'know, you hold on to that mic stand for dear life, is what happens. It's like a life jacket.

Interviewers: [Laughing.]

Second Interviewer: You're like Liam Gallagher, who does that--

DD: Liam is amazing; because.... Y'know, when I first started performing live, I just thought, 'Well, I'm like the emcee. I want people to have a good time,' y'know. And I'm dancing around, making a fool of myself. It was actually my wife [that] said to me, 'Y'know, you don't have to move around so much.'

Interviewers: [Chuckling, sympathetic "Oh no"s.]

DD: And then I saw Liam; and Liam is just still. He's just still-- he's even got his hands behind his back, for the most part. And it's really, really powerful to be still.

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BONUS

First Interviewer: What were you doing to pay the bills while you were, uh, 'swing-and-a-miss"ing?

DD: I'd do commercials. I would get commercials, yeah.

First Interviewer: So, no waiting tables? No bartending?

DD: I bartended. Um, I catered.

Second Interviewer: Where did you live when you were here, in LA?

DD: I lived on 4th Street in Santa Monica. I got a sublet down there, in an efficiency apartment. Which means it didn't have a kitchen, which means I did my dishes in the shower. ... 4th between California and Washington, right by the stairs-- that was my gym, I'd go to the stairs.

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"David Duchovny"

Épisode de l’émission · SmartLess · 03/11/2025 · 1 h 8 min

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Screenshotted this comment just as Bateman ran his hands thru his hair like a girl