Scott Glenn
Appearances
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Trump Tariffs Send Markets Plunging, Penguins Waddling to a Trade War | Scott Glenn
The first thing I did when they offered me the part was I turned it down.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Trump Tariffs Send Markets Plunging, Penguins Waddling to a Trade War | Scott Glenn
No, I just finished a film called Eugene the Marine that was tons of martial arts and dancing and shit like that. And it was basically about it was about ageism and how you deal with it when you're old and still have a lot left in the tank. OK. And they sent me a description of this old guy with a cane. And I thought that I was right. But I watched the show.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Trump Tariffs Send Markets Plunging, Penguins Waddling to a Trade War | Scott Glenn
So that night, Carol, my wife, and I watched the show, and inside probably 15 minutes, I was sucked right into it. You know, I think I want to be a part of this deal. So I talked to Mike the next morning. He said, you play a guy who's lived in Thailand straight for 50 years, off and on for 60 years, and has amassed a fortune. How do you think he got it? And I know Thailand pretty well, so...
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Trump Tariffs Send Markets Plunging, Penguins Waddling to a Trade War | Scott Glenn
I just started doing that and looking into it. For me, the heavy lifting and the fun of acting is pretending that I'm getting ready to do the part. So I thought years ago, Marlon Brando taught me that every Every language has a rhythm, every country. So he went back and forth between German and Japanese without changing the pronunciation of words, just changing the rhythm.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Trump Tariffs Send Markets Plunging, Penguins Waddling to a Trade War | Scott Glenn
And all of a sudden, he was German. Then he was Japanese and back and forth. How do I find the rhythm of Thailand? I know. I'll start at the sort of white belt, bottom rung, learning something called Krabi Krabong, which is two short swords, martial arts, and something called... So now you've got weapons up. There you go.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Trump Tariffs Send Markets Plunging, Penguins Waddling to a Trade War | Scott Glenn
I always do that.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Trump Tariffs Send Markets Plunging, Penguins Waddling to a Trade War | Scott Glenn
No, no, no, so, oh no.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Trump Tariffs Send Markets Plunging, Penguins Waddling to a Trade War | Scott Glenn
Because, because I figured.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Trump Tariffs Send Markets Plunging, Penguins Waddling to a Trade War | Scott Glenn
Maybe. Maybe. No, I just figured that in learning the traditional martial arts, where you're going, you start to learn the rhythm of the place. It's just a way of me making excuses to have fun and learn something.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Trump Tariffs Send Markets Plunging, Penguins Waddling to a Trade War | Scott Glenn
I can tell you, stay tuned.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Trump Tariffs Send Markets Plunging, Penguins Waddling to a Trade War | Scott Glenn
Nah.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Trump Tariffs Send Markets Plunging, Penguins Waddling to a Trade War | Scott Glenn
The first time I ever jumped out, I was airborne in the service, but it was static line jump. So the first time I ever free fall, did skydive, was with a four-time world champion up in Idaho. And we took the doors off of Cessna, went up, got out in the strut, made the jump. When I hit the ground, he came down after me. He ran up to me.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Trump Tariffs Send Markets Plunging, Penguins Waddling to a Trade War | Scott Glenn
He said, quick, without thinking, what's the most fun you've ever had in your life with your clothes on? And I said, opening night off broad. But I love this. I want to do it again. And we did three more jumps that afternoon, but driving back to catch him, he said, your first instinct was opening night off Broadway.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Trump Tariffs Send Markets Plunging, Penguins Waddling to a Trade War | Scott Glenn
And I said, that's way scarier to me than if I jump out of a plane and everything goes south, it'll be over like that. Opening night for me, in any theater, but especially off-Broadway when you're as close to the front row as I am to you right now, I always throw up in the afternoon. 15 minutes before I go on stage, I say, why the am I doing this?
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Trump Tariffs Send Markets Plunging, Penguins Waddling to a Trade War | Scott Glenn
I get paid more than 10 minutes of doing a TV show. And then maybe... 30 seconds before I go on stage, the real truth is I'm a huge phony. I have no idea what I'm doing. And tonight, the whole house of cards is gonna fall in in front of all those people out there. They're gonna find out what I've always secretly expected.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Trump Tariffs Send Markets Plunging, Penguins Waddling to a Trade War | Scott Glenn
I'm going to do all of my riding on tracks from now on.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Trump Tariffs Send Markets Plunging, Penguins Waddling to a Trade War | Scott Glenn
The worst place to be for real is traffic.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Trump Tariffs Send Markets Plunging, Penguins Waddling to a Trade War | Scott Glenn
Yeah, 45 years.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Trump Tariffs Send Markets Plunging, Penguins Waddling to a Trade War | Scott Glenn
Whatever minor talent I have, I get from stealing behavior from people. I can see real behavior in a truck stop in Idaho. In LA, everybody is a slash. I'm a gas station attendant slash screenwriter. I'm a waitress slash TV star. There's nothing to steal from those people because they've slashed it to pieces.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Trump Tariffs Send Markets Plunging, Penguins Waddling to a Trade War | Scott Glenn
Never pay a tariff.