WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.090 --> 00:00:01.860 - I know you've done this for people in the past 2 00:00:01.860 --> 00:00:03.750 so this is a little awkward to ask, 3 00:00:03.750 --> 00:00:06.730 but I was wondering if you had $50,000 4 00:00:08.280 --> 00:00:09.810 perhaps. - For who? 5 00:00:09.810 --> 00:00:12.018 You know, I can't really tell you exactly. 6 00:00:12.018 --> 00:00:12.851 (laughs) 7 00:00:12.851 --> 00:00:14.430 - Well, you gotta gimme an inclination. 8 00:00:14.430 --> 00:00:17.610 - There's like a situation with this girl I met in Italy. 9 00:00:17.610 --> 00:00:19.323 She's great. You would love her. 10 00:00:20.370 --> 00:00:21.903 - And what do I get out of it? 11 00:00:22.760 --> 00:00:25.800 - If there's anyone you want me to smooth anything over with 12 00:00:25.800 --> 00:00:28.710 I am really, really personable. 13 00:00:28.710 --> 00:00:31.360 - Well, that I could tell. You are personable, but... 14 00:00:32.940 --> 00:00:35.370 All right, well let's, let's discuss. 15 00:00:35.370 --> 00:00:37.410 - Okay. We'll talk once the cameras are off. 16 00:00:37.410 --> 00:00:38.820 - Let's, yeah, let's shut the cameras off 17 00:00:38.820 --> 00:00:39.780 and get specific. 18 00:00:39.780 --> 00:00:40.613 - Yeah. 19 00:00:40.613 --> 00:00:41.446 - I need detail. 20 00:00:41.446 --> 00:00:43.470 - Absolutely. And we'll figure out a payment plan. 21 00:00:43.470 --> 00:00:44.970 - We'll figure out a schedule. 22 00:00:47.940 --> 00:00:51.570 - So I really enjoyed your White Lotus character this season 23 00:00:51.570 --> 00:00:53.670 Dom di Grasso, and the dynamic between him, 24 00:00:53.670 --> 00:00:56.798 his sort of woke son and his womanizing father. 25 00:00:56.798 --> 00:00:57.631 - [Michael] Un-woke father. 26 00:00:57.631 --> 00:00:58.464 - [Kady] Yeah. (laughs) 27 00:00:58.464 --> 00:00:59.297 Exactly. - [Michael] Asleep father. 28 00:00:59.297 --> 00:01:00.210 - It was sort of like the gradient, 29 00:01:00.210 --> 00:01:01.623 and you kind of fell in the middle. 30 00:01:01.623 --> 00:01:02.456 - Yes, yes. 31 00:01:02.456 --> 00:01:06.180 - But there's one conversation with your son, Albie, 32 00:01:06.180 --> 00:01:09.990 where Dominic earnestly refers to himself as a feminist. 33 00:01:09.990 --> 00:01:12.480 - I have always supported women. 34 00:01:12.480 --> 00:01:13.770 I've always promoted women. 35 00:01:13.770 --> 00:01:14.730 I'm a feminist. 36 00:01:14.730 --> 00:01:17.250 - What do you think it would take for someone like Dom 37 00:01:17.250 --> 00:01:21.840 to push past that praise and dig deeper into re-unders... 38 00:01:21.840 --> 00:01:25.020 Like, re-examining his understanding of feminism? 39 00:01:25.020 --> 00:01:27.390 Or is it like a lost cause? 40 00:01:27.390 --> 00:01:28.830 - The problem very often is, 41 00:01:28.830 --> 00:01:30.780 I think people are afraid to ask questions 42 00:01:30.780 --> 00:01:34.500 'cause they're embarrassed not to already have it all f... 43 00:01:34.500 --> 00:01:35.820 I don't have everything figured out. 44 00:01:35.820 --> 00:01:36.653 - [Kady] Yeah. 45 00:01:36.653 --> 00:01:39.220 - There's a lot of issues in society that 46 00:01:40.680 --> 00:01:42.450 I need to learn more about it. 47 00:01:42.450 --> 00:01:43.800 It's not like all of a sudden one day 48 00:01:43.800 --> 00:01:46.440 we all know what's right, and how everything should be 49 00:01:46.440 --> 00:01:48.206 and can speak about it. 50 00:01:48.206 --> 00:01:50.550 I think he just needs, I mean, 51 00:01:50.550 --> 00:01:52.110 starting with his wife obviously, 52 00:01:52.110 --> 00:01:53.340 and then his daughter probably. 53 00:01:53.340 --> 00:01:55.143 But, to really, 54 00:01:56.610 --> 00:01:58.263 listen and, 55 00:02:01.470 --> 00:02:03.750 let people be heard, and let people be seen. 56 00:02:03.750 --> 00:02:05.310 - Matthew in this book, 57 00:02:05.310 --> 00:02:07.680 along with other characters you've portrayed, 58 00:02:07.680 --> 00:02:11.010 Christopher Moltisanti, Dom di Grasso, 59 00:02:11.010 --> 00:02:15.150 are all men with either no, or questionable role models 60 00:02:15.150 --> 00:02:15.983 in their lives. 61 00:02:15.983 --> 00:02:18.150 And I was wondering if you've noticed this pattern 62 00:02:18.150 --> 00:02:19.530 throughout your career? 63 00:02:19.530 --> 00:02:24.030 - You know, I never noticed that as a recurring thing, 64 00:02:24.030 --> 00:02:26.070 but it's really cool that you pointed that out. 65 00:02:26.070 --> 00:02:28.020 - Yeah. - That's very, 66 00:02:28.020 --> 00:02:30.900 observant of you and I appreciate it. 67 00:02:30.900 --> 00:02:33.300 This book, I mean, I'll really speak to the book. 68 00:02:33.300 --> 00:02:35.193 The story really became about, 69 00:02:36.930 --> 00:02:40.890 the kid loses his two important male role models 70 00:02:40.890 --> 00:02:41.790 at the beginning of the story. 71 00:02:41.790 --> 00:02:44.670 His grandfather and father, in a very short amount of time. 72 00:02:44.670 --> 00:02:47.310 And his new role model becomes this guy 73 00:02:47.310 --> 00:02:49.620 who's really kind of insane. 74 00:02:49.620 --> 00:02:53.940 I mean, Lou in the mid seventies, was using a lot of drugs, 75 00:02:53.940 --> 00:02:56.430 particularly shooting amphetamines. 76 00:02:56.430 --> 00:02:58.350 He was drinking a lot, was staying up, 77 00:02:58.350 --> 00:03:02.820 but he was also a very creative, intuitive, sensitive 78 00:03:02.820 --> 00:03:03.653 human being. 79 00:03:03.653 --> 00:03:08.190 So, not only is he the kid's father figure, 80 00:03:08.190 --> 00:03:09.380 he's also... 81 00:03:10.260 --> 00:03:12.540 To me the book, more than that, 82 00:03:12.540 --> 00:03:15.780 is really about the lineage of artistic influence. 83 00:03:15.780 --> 00:03:19.050 - As an actor, as a creative individual, 84 00:03:19.050 --> 00:03:21.240 with like a public persona. 85 00:03:21.240 --> 00:03:25.020 Think about, how you might like come across as a role model 86 00:03:25.020 --> 00:03:27.240 to younger generations. 87 00:03:27.240 --> 00:03:29.400 Or is that something that you're like, "I can't"? 88 00:03:29.400 --> 00:03:33.300 - Well, you know, nowadays you have things like Instagram. 89 00:03:33.300 --> 00:03:34.133 - Mm hm. 90 00:03:34.133 --> 00:03:37.380 - [Michael] Where you can directly communicate to people 91 00:03:37.380 --> 00:03:39.720 who are your fans or into what you're into, 92 00:03:39.720 --> 00:03:42.720 without the filter of PR, per se. 93 00:03:42.720 --> 00:03:43.553 - [Kady] Yeah. 94 00:03:43.553 --> 00:03:44.970 - [Michael] And really what I said, well, 95 00:03:44.970 --> 00:03:46.350 what do you want to do on there? 96 00:03:46.350 --> 00:03:47.430 And basically it was like, 97 00:03:47.430 --> 00:03:50.700 turn people onto stuff that meant a lot to me. 98 00:03:50.700 --> 00:03:51.533 - [Kady] Yeah.