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I'm here in Killian's workshop in Hollywood.
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This is Killian.
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You have been training people for a number of years.
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In the art, the craft of commercial work.
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Yes!
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I've been doing it for about nine years, teaching people how to book commercials and to audition properly.
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I feel I could learn.
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Yes!
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and I feel my late night career has held me back on the commercial work.
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I would agree.
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What I would like to do now is on the weekends,
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Uhm…
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I have kids and a wife, but you know, there's friction there so maybe on the weekends I could book commercials?
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Yeah, exactly. Yes!
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Let's just see one and see what you do.
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What’s your name?
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My name is Conan O'Brien.
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And action!
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OK.
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I have a question about seafood.
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About shrimp.
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If you say, 21 shrimp,
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Is it 21 shrimp
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or 21 shrimps?
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I got to know because there is this great-tasting dinner deal going on at the international house of pancakes.
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Delicious deep sea dinner deal.
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What if I I’m going to decide to have the fish and shrimp deal?
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Do I say fish and shrimp?
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Or fish and shrimp..s?
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So how you feel?
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Not great.
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I'd agree.
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You would agree?
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I’d agree.
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Alright!
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I mean it wasn't bad-bad.
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Wow! Ah, okay.
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I thought I’d say that I didn’t feel great
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And I thought you were going to say don't be crazy, that was great.
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That's correct.
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I'm not saying that.
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Be honest with me.
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What was wrong?
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Not that there was anything wrong.
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It just wasn't right.
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You know what I’m saying?
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So like…
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You look up wrong in the dictionary, it says not right.
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But when I saw it is not so.
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Ah... Not really.
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What’s your name?
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I'm like a cat that’s ready to pounce.
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See now they’ve recorded that and another client hears that.
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Clients just heard that I'm an incredibly eager coiled feline.
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That’s okay.I don't mind the client hearing that.
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I'm going to cut at this moment.
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I’m gonna relate.
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Okay.
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What's your name?
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Captain who is ready to spring, Conan O'Brien.
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And action!
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I got this question about seafood.
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About shrimp.
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If it says 21 shrimp is it 21 shrimp or 21 shrimps?
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I got to know because there is this great-tasting dinner deal going on right now at the international house of pancakes.
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So why would the international house of pancakes say that they will have a shrimp deal?
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Can I cut?
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What?
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It’s too much hands.
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Awkward when it comes to commercials.
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What's wrong with me using my hands?
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I'm not saying be robot guy.
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But if you take that energy and bring it into your body -- ready?
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Yeah!
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You’re gonna do a turn?
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Yah, I'm going to do a turn.
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We can try that.
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We don't really do that in commercial auditions.
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Let’s see what happens for you.
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You know what, can I make one suggestion to you?
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Start trying stuff.
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OK?
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I have a question about seafood shrimp.
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If I say 21 shrimp,
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Is it 21 shrimp or 21 shrimps?
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I got to know because there is this great-tasting dinner deal going on right now at the international house of pancakes.
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I need to know!
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Ohh, I was trying to go fast.
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I saw.
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To make room for the pause that I took.
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How did that work?
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Well, you know how it work,
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So you’re asking how that work?
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It’s a dick move!
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So, we both know that didn’t go well.
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Please help me.
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Okay!
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So now let’s get to work!
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What is really going on in the scene?
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Someone is wondering, is it shrimp or shrimps.
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That’s right! And why is that important in his life?
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I guess he has a neurological disorder.
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Or?
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Like an Obsessive-Compulsive
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Or?
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It's such a great deal he doesn't want it to get it wrong.
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Does that work with you a lot like the or?
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Just saying the “or” emphasizes other points of view.
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It could be all those negative things.
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Or?
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It's annoying.
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OK.I have a question about seafood and shrimp.
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If you say 21 shrimp, is it 21 shrimp or 21 shrimps?
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I got to know coz’ there is this great-tasting dinner going on at the international house of pancakes of delicious deep sea dinner deal,with 21 cycle of shrimp or is It shrimps?
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Ugh!
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Whichever!
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They also have another tasty deal, a fish and shrimp dinner,with Lots of fish or lots of shrimp or shrimps.
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Ugh!
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Pain getting worse!
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What if I’m going to decide to have the fish and shrimp deal?
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Do I say fish and shrimp or fish and shrimps?
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And I can't satisfy my wife or hold a job!
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Urgh!
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Irritated to kill me!
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[APPLAUSE]
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What’s your name?
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You know my name.
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We’re moving on to the next phase.
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What is this called?
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It’s called the bite and smile.
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Okay!
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So, you bite into it and you smile.
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Yes!
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Okay!
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And the line is wow, Greg, this burger is amazing.
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Wow, Greg?
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Who is Greg?
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Greg is whoever you want it to be in the scene.
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Okay, but not my male lover?
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Well, you can have any back story you’d like.
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What if I’m someone who just recently discovered he was gay, realized he was gay and I now I’m with Greg
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and he’s completely changed my life just maybe of this burger and I’m biting into it and it stands for a life –
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A bite of Greg?
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Yes, in a sense.
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Last night, I took a bite of Greg…
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It shouldn't matter what my relationship to Greg is.
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It really shouldn’t.
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In life it shouldn't.
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No!...No!
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I agree with you!
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Yeah, action!
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Okay action and Greg’s my lover.
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When you tell the audience what's happening that's called indicating.
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But let them know exactly what is going on.
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I never took an acting class, but I would think it would be hello -- when I'm watching a movie I would appreciate it if a character came out and said "hello, I'm evil.”
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Well, well, well.
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That would help.
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They don't do that.
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They don't do that enough because that's called indicating because most people can figure out who the evil one is.
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That's part of the fun and mystery of going to the movies.
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Well, you use your turn signals, you avoid an accident.
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[LAUGHTER]
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Bite into it. Greg is my lover.
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We had sex last night.
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Well, that’s my backstory.
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Now I'm a new man.
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Have not called the wife yet.
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Still have the wedding ring.
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I noticed that.
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But I'm going to call her.
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Now I'm with Greg,
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And I had sex with Greg.
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And…Action.
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I love Greg.
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Mmm.
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That's a really great burger, Greg.
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Cut.
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We want to have the eyes up.
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We didn't really see the eyes as you bit.
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They were closed.
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I'll try to open my eyes.
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Okay, it's not me, it's the client.
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So the client was…
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That's what the Germans said.
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[LAUGHTER]
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The client wants it, the client will get it!
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If the camera can't see your eyes, the camera can't see the story.
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Right.
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So the eyes tell the story.
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I'm a little insecure.
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You've got nice eyes.
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I have beady little creepy –
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Well, when you do that –
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Creepy.
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Burger, burger.
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There’s a lot of…
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I look like a rat right now.
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Look!
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Yes, so we’re trying to avoid that.
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OK, let's do this again.
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Okay!
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And, action!
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Great burger, Greg.
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Yeah, that was it!
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Do you mind if I -- I brought along a few hats and that might help me.
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Bobby on the beat.
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Greg's his partner maybe this time.
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Greg’s his partner,
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they ride around in the squad car together.
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And…
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And that's where we end it?
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Had sex last night.
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[LAUGHTER]
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Let's try it.
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Okay!
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Ready, action.
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Eyes up, eyes up, eyes up.
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[in Irish accent]
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Oh, that's quite a burger here, Greg.
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Nyee ha ha…
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Not to you some, Greg.
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That’s one fine burger
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Hey, Greg! This is a great burger!
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Ha ha…
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Glad you're my lover.
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[LAUGHTER]
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OK, clearly I'm in a vehicle.
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Yes, so car commercials are huge.
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They’re money makers for actors.
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Teach me how to get a car commercial.
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So, I'm going to narrate from behind camera,the scenarios and then you’re going to act them.
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Okay!
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And, action!
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And you’re driving along, driving along, all of a sudden storm clouds show up.
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And it's raining, like Katrina rain.
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You are driving along, driving along and all of a sudden this newspaper flies in your windshield.
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And then, cut there!
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You look nervous when all these storms are happening.
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Yeah!
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Yeah
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So you said Katrina?
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Right!
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So you said Katrina is coming.
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That’s right!
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And you don't want me to look nervous?
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So, what kind of car are you driving?
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A car that no hurricane, even the strongest hurricane recorded in the last 50 years, can disturb this car.
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That's right.
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That’s how amazing this car is.
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Because the real, what we're really selling is not a car.
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We’re selling safety and security.
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I see.
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Okay, so no matter what happens…
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Yes!
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Right now I'm driving the ford delusion.
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Driving, driving…
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And now the storm shows up.