David Marchese

Well... Go ahead. All right, so not too long ago you finished filming a film with Spike Lee, is that right?

You tricked me again. No, no.

You tricked me again. No, no.

So, and I think it's your first time. Hi, hello. Yes, your first time working with him since Inside Man, which is almost 20 years ago. How has your relationship with him changed over time? What was different about it?

So, and I think it's your first time. Hi, hello. Yes, your first time working with him since Inside Man, which is almost 20 years ago. How has your relationship with him changed over time? What was different about it?

Can I tell you the second reason why I'm having a hard time today? I like to ask philosophical questions about why people do what they do and sort of the meaning of it. There's nothing wrong with that. I enjoy it. And it seems like when I've asked you those types of questions, it just hasn't seemed interesting to you.

Can I tell you the second reason why I'm having a hard time today? I like to ask philosophical questions about why people do what they do and sort of the meaning of it. There's nothing wrong with that. I enjoy it. And it seems like when I've asked you those types of questions, it just hasn't seemed interesting to you.

And I think as a result, I feel like I've been flailing a little, just trying to say, what about this? What about that?

And I think as a result, I feel like I've been flailing a little, just trying to say, what about this? What about that?

Now you're just liking making me squirm, but that's fine. That's fine. What's the question? So I'm always curious about the interplay, okay, between the life and the work.

Now you're just liking making me squirm, but that's fine. That's fine. What's the question? So I'm always curious about the interplay, okay, between the life and the work.

And I just rewatched Flight, which that's my favorite performance of yours.

And I just rewatched Flight, which that's my favorite performance of yours.

Interesting. Yeah. In that one, you play an airline captain named Whip Whitaker. Right. Who is struggling with alcohol. Alcohol. Managed to save a flight in sort of semi-miraculous fashion. And, you know, the thing that I was thinking about in watching that one was how it fit in with your life at the time, because it was in that timeline, I think, when you were drinking.

Interesting. Yeah. In that one, you play an airline captain named Whip Whitaker. Right. Who is struggling with alcohol. Alcohol. Managed to save a flight in sort of semi-miraculous fashion. And, you know, the thing that I was thinking about in watching that one was how it fit in with your life at the time, because it was in that timeline, I think, when you were drinking.

And I did wonder, did playing that character show you anything about your own situation or... Yeah, I'll stop there.

And I did wonder, did playing that character show you anything about your own situation or... Yeah, I'll stop there.

Yeah, did sort of you learn anything about yourself from doing a role like that?

Yeah, did sort of you learn anything about yourself from doing a role like that?

You're saying you sort of gained some understanding maybe after the fact, not when you're doing it. Well... Yeah.