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  • Okay.

  • Good boyfriends up to this thing.

  • It's a little unethical kidding.

  • Totally have totally have.

  • So you're about to take a lie detector test.

  • That's what that box looks like.

  • Yes.

  • Do you have any questions before we begin?

  • Um, yes, sir.

  • Nose, say whatever I want.

  • Just speak naturally.

  • Still were excited because I got really quiet.

  • You ready?

  • I think I'm ready.

  • Yeah.

  • It's your name.

  • Milo Ventimiglia.

  • No.

  • Are you 42 years old?

  • Yes.

  • Are you about to take a polygraph exam?

  • No.

  • You nervous?

  • No.

  • So we'll start by going into a little about your life.

  • Great.

  • Is it true that you grew up in Anaheim, California?

  • No.

  • Away in my sport.

  • I'm just gonna Okay, I'll just get straight.

  • Yes.

  • Did you note that this singer is also from Manhunt?

  • Yes.

  • I might have seen her play a show in a backyard in a party when I was a kid.

  • So you knew her songs growing up?

  • It's fine, I guess.

  • Would you say that Gwen Stefani has better songs than this woman?

  • Many more gets rascals.

  • Um, I said I grew up listening to a lot of Gwen Stefani and no doubt I really didn't listen to many more songs.

  • I was familiar with Manny, but I never really listened to her.

  • Let me tell you something.

  • Emmy nominated Mandy Moore, the actress.

  • It's a phenomenal I love man.

  • You didn't answer the question.

  • There was question that was better.

  • Song.

  • There's me.

  • There's a single media training Answer the question you want.

  • Um, who is better songs?

  • Oh, man, I guess because I've never really listen to Mandy Song's gonna say, Gwen Stefani, that is correct.

  • Thank you for telling the truth, but the thing is, Emmy nominated man team or, I mean, she's got ahold of the career.

  • Here.

  • You have two older siblings.

  • Is that right?

  • Yes.

  • Would you say you're the baby in the family?

  • Yes.

  • We the most spoiled?

  • Yes.

  • Was there ever a time you could get away with things that your sister's couldn't?

  • Yes.

  • Care to elaborate?

  • I thought this was yes or no on the truth.

  • I was just saying I got away with, like, all kinds of things as a kid.

  • Um, you could have, like, I'm not just gonna give up that easy.

  • You gotta ask questions on an episode of Ellen you said that you and your sisters used to play dress up as kids.

  • Yes.

  • Did your sisters ever dress you up as this person?

  • 100%.

  • Yes, they did.

  • There were photos of me dress up like Madonna.

  • I found them when I was 13 and I tore them up.

  • What do you think, Sam?

  • Trick.

  • What?

  • You say you're a big Madonna fan.

  • Yeah, Yeah.

  • Actually, I listen to you like that Madonna song, Not, I think, two or three years ago, Sam, Did I?

  • That is true.

  • Says I did.

  • Do you know how to vogue?

  • Jack Pearson knows how to Vogue, but Jack Pearson had to learn how to vogue by me.

  • So, yes, I know how to smoke.

  • Would you give us a sample?

  • It's like, Sorry, Sam, but you looked like folk.

  • Then you're okay.

  • But you call yourself an animal lover?

  • Yeah.

  • I had a dog.

  • A dog named Dino loved, you know?

  • And, um he bit me.

  • Actually, this scar right here is from my dog.

  • When I was a kid, Have you been a vegetarian your whole life?

  • So would you say people who eat meat are No.

  • I think everybody should do what their body tells him they should do.

  • Did you know you were voted as Peter's sexiest vegetarian back in 2009?

  • Did you know they wanted me to pose naked with a bunch of chicks and have a thing?

  • This is chicks dig me.

  • I don't know about the nudity part, but he definitely wanted, like, a bunch of baby chickens.

  • They they wanted the tag to be chicks dig me and was like, I don't know how I feel about that.

  • Okay?

  • Sam agrees.

  • Sam agrees.

  • Would you say that's one of your prouder accomplishments?

  • Um, being a Peter sexiest guy in 2000 2009.

  • Sad that I remember.

  • That was 2009.

  • What does that have going on in 2009?

  • I wasn't heroes in 2009.

  • I think I've been more proud in other moments.

  • Is it safe to say you'd rather go naked than wear fur?

  • Yes, that is correct.

  • She's the boss man.

  • Just here for the questioning.

  • Let's talk about your career.

  • Cool.

  • Let's get the fun.

  • Your first agent wanted you to go by the name Milo Vent.

  • Venti.

  • Venti.

  • My last name it was too difficult for them, I think.

  • I don't know.

  • It was like, uh, too many letters, like in, you know, it was just too much for them.

  • They said my eleventy and I was like having my last name.

  • Zaventem Ilya.

  • And if let's say I do well enough people gonna figure that out.

  • If you figure that out, then they'll know that my name's Milo Ventimiglia.

  • So let's just do that.

  • But also, like, now, these days, I'm kind of happy about it, because that means that have been Milo.

  • Big cup of coffee.

  • Nobody wants to be my love.

  • A cup of coffee.

  • Did you ever think about using a different stage name?

  • No, I never did.

  • Never did.

  • Although I was, like, stoke tohave like nicknames when I was a kid.

  • Like I played football is like Spike.

  • Or like my friends, they would call me face or the like nicknames and whatnot.

  • I went by Anthony, my middle name in seventh grade.

  • Right soon.

  • That's true.

  • Yeah.

  • So face you act, produce and direct.

  • Is there one you like to do more?

  • Um, I like them all equally.

  • I think I would think, um like, uh, I'm always gonna ads.

  • I feel like that's just things you got to do with my friends as a producer.

  • Like creating opportunities with my partners and directing haven't directed a little while.

  • It's been a minute since I direct, but I think that's going to change soon.

  • What you say there's one skill.

  • You're better at it than the others.

  • Um, do you want asked which one or whatever?

  • Be more specific, So help Sam out.

  • Sam was questionable.

  • She's the boss, that boxer or not, would you say you're a better actor?

  • Bad given?

  • I don't know.

  • Like usually people get like yes is there knows you're doing just fine.

  • You're just going through their truth or fiction.

  • Got it.

  • Um, I think I'm as good a producer as I am an actor and as good an actor as I am.

  • Hopefully director and it's gonna directors I would want to be a pretty sure wasn't confusing answer.

  • Never fucking given was your first rule on the fresh Prince of Bel Air.

  • Uh, yeah, that was my first paying gig.

  • Wasn't my first gig gig done music videos before.

  • That was my very first Like where I actually made a paycheck from from acting.

  • Would you say you're a better actor producer director than this guy?

  • Will Smith?

  • No, absolutely not.

  • Adult.

  • Truly.

  • Don't this guy, this guy legend.

  • He's a legendary and, you know, like, he he actually he gave me one of the best lesson I could've learned.

  • When I was a kid, I had one line on his show.

  • Took me under like that under his wing.

  • But like, he talked to me, I was a kid with, like, one line on the show.

  • And, like, Will Smith fully talked me biggest movie star back then and one of the biggest Now he took the time to talk to me.

  • So it's like, be good and gracious and kind to everyone on set because they deserve to be there.

  • Right?

  • Sam, you're not like Do you know the entire fresh Prince of Bel Air themes on?

  • Yes, I do.

  • You wanna wrap it for us?

  • Um, I could I'm gonna choose not to, but you know the words.

  • Oh, yeah.

  • What's Philadelphia?

  • Born and raised in playgrounds where I spend most my days showing maxing relaxing.

  • All cool.

  • I'll shoot some B ball outside of school when a couple of guys that were up to no good started making trouble.

  • My neighbor I got in one little fight.

  • My mom, she got scared.

  • So she said, You're moving with your auntie and uncle in Bel Air.

  • I mean, I was in for Gabby when it came near the license plate, said fresh dice in the mirror.

  • I thought that if anything like this cab is rare for your homes, I pulled up to the house about seven or eight and I said, Thio, the cabbie like, yo, homes, they smell you later.

  • So I was looking in my kingdom.

  • I was Finally I was gonna sit on that throne.

  • Prince of Bel Air.

  • Those were the words, right?

  • Sam?

  • He did pretty good.

  • Moving Theme Played the character Jess Mariano on Gilmore Girl.

  • Yes, I played just Mariana What you said before, you're on team Dean.

  • Is that still true?

  • Yeah, absolutely.

  • But it's kind of influenced by my love of Jared Cadillac E because he is such a wonderful human being, and I because that I'm like, forever.

  • I love Dean.

  • I love the character because I love Jared, but also mad Exupery.

  • Maddie's you create is a really great guy, too.

  • But I was not such a fan of Logan, his character but Maddie like matches the best Gilmore Girls fans still approach you.

  • Yes, it was crazy is when you get a kid like someone was like 12 years old.

  • I love Gilmore Girls like you were negative five when I was making it.

  • How do you love it?

  • But people still love it.

  • Do you know the opening theme song to Gilmore Girls By heart?

  • Could I think about it for a second?

  • Take your time.

  • If you see we'll find any.

  • No, I don't Actually, I really don't.

  • I know the melody how it goes But I don't know the words entirely.

  • You better that Dean came before you in the opening?

  • No, not at all.

  • I don't think so.

  • Could be, but not really, because he was.

  • I mean, if you think about it, he deems their first Sam.

  • That's question.

  • So shake your head of me, Sam.

  • It's not questionable.

  • He played the character Peter Petrelli and NBC's heroes I did.

  • Your power on the show was to mimic and replicate other people's powers.

  • Yes, yes, sponge.

  • Is that the superpower you'd want?

  • Really?

  • I think it's a pretty cool one.

  • I felt like Peter Patella was kind of like Superman.

  • Especially once he was able to harness all of the powers.

  • Um, yeah, I think it's kind of cool to have have Peter Sponge ability.

  • Would you use those powers for good?

  • Hopefully, would you use your powers to get backstage at one of her?

  • Uh, I don't know.

  • Yeah, maybe.

  • Like invisibility and school.

  • Like, sit there and hang out.

  • Maybe, maybe.

  • Or You know what?

  • I'll just go buy a ticket in your new movie?

  • Yes.

  • Art of racing in the rain.

  • You play a racecar driver?

  • Is that right?

  • It is.

  • Would you say that you're a good driver in real life?

  • Yes.

  • Are you a fast driver?

  • Yes.

  • Have you ever gotten a speeding ticket?

  • Oh, yeah.

  • Like take it snow.

  • Several tickets yet.

  • Have you ever used your celebrity status to get it out of it?

  • I have never used it.

  • But people have no, like police officers have noticed May And I think going easy on me.

  • My dad actually got out of a ticket with our last name.

  • the last name he gave me, You got pulled over.

  • And, uh, and the police officer looked at last name because, you know, there's an actor and he has that last name, and I think my dad's leaned into it like, Oh, yeah, that's my son.

  • And I think I don't know if we're for a left turn or what or speeding whatever was.

  • But I think you got a ticket.

  • So you've never flirted with a police officer to get out of a ticket?

  • Um, flirted with a police officer.

  • I tend to try and just I know that it finally caught up with me.

  • If anything, it's like I think that was the last time we got pulled over.

  • I was just I was ready for it.

  • I knew it was coming.

  • So I was like, definitely speeding or making Odo as making a legal U turn in a business district.

  • I got pulled over in the carpet.

  • You made it.

  • I was like, I'm sorry.

  • I realized I was trying to pull into the lot.

  • He's like the gate was closed.

  • Yeah, I guess I wasn't.

  • So you just give me the ticket.

  • I knew it was coming anyhow and I deserved it.

  • Is that No, no, I've never fly.

  • I don't think I flirted with a police officer.

  • Sam's not convinced.

  • He believes he's time.

  • Wait, hold on.

  • That's fascinating.

  • He believes that to be true.

  • Oh, wow.

  • Do you just like, Is it so mental for you and actresses?

  • What if an actor believes themselves?

  • Like get Amanda Seifried plugged up to this thing because, like, she believed that she had a brain tumor in this movie.

  • There's a book out there.

  • Guys read the book, too.

  • Gar Stein's great novel Go get it.

  • Start alongside a golden retriever In this movie, I start along a couple of golden retrievers on set with those dogs.

  • Good boys.

  • Actually, you know what they were.

  • They were very good dogs.

  • They, uh they calmed everyone down.

  • I was the only one allowed to pet them, which was great for me, But I felt bad for like, a camera.

  • Guys that were there, every single shot.

  • Those dogs teach you how to be a good boy.

  • The dogs.

  • Dogs.

  • No, I think the trainers told me how to be a good boy, but I don't like the dogs taught me how to be a good boy.

  • So you think the dogs were good co star?

  • I would say they were great co stars.

  • Yeah.

  • Were they better co stars, then?

  • This guy?

  • No.

  • No, because this guy is one off one of my favorites.

  • One my favorite co stars ever.

  • Um, I think probably could've hired anybody else, but he brought me in to play.

  • Son.

  • I think people still think that I'm his son, which is great, but such a kind.

  • Giving one of the smartest guys I've ever known and worked with.

  • Just con giving talented orders, slides the best.

  • What about this guy?

  • Please don't put these two against each other.

  • Like I can't answer that question.

  • You're about to do that.

  • Weren't you said not salmon.

  • I love Sam.

  • Manzie seemed like he brings me into what's not called a film set.

  • He brings me in a summer camp.

  • Like he he littered like Yeah, but he's gonna be like summer camp.

  • No, sand man's great.

  • Such a such a great guy.

  • The same thing to like, Looks out for his crew.

  • Expects not expect demands a lot of hard work because he's working his butt off.

  • So it was so a slide, but two amazing amazing guys to work with, Right, Sam?

  • Yep.

  • That's true.

  • Which of these co stars would you say?

  • A required Maur Attention on set.

  • Um, well, that's not Parker or Butler.

  • Looks like them.

  • But I would say that I worried less about Sand Man and Sly.

  • And I knew that I needed a lot of focused attention on our Enzo's on Parker Butler.

  • So can you tell all your dogs apartment?

  • Yeah, totally.

  • Yeah.

  • You get supporters.

  • You started thistles us.

  • Correct.

  • It is.

  • The show is known to make people cry.

  • Do you cry when I watch your show?

  • Where's your life?

  • Yeah, crying.

  • Like I don't think I wept in last week.

  • What about the last month?

  • Um, I believe I did.

  • And yeah, I don't know if that's accurate.

  • It makes me heartless.

  • Can you cry on cue?

  • No.

  • Actual camp.

  • At any point during this interview, did you lie And we didn't catch you?

  • Yes.

Okay.

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