Trump Dangles Shutdown Paychecks, FAA Stretches Thin & FBI Looks for Amelia Earhart | Anthony Ramos

Summary

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The Daily Show: Ears Edition

Episode: Trump Dangles Shutdown Paychecks, FAA Stretches Thin & FBI Looks for Amelia Earhart | Anthony Ramos
Date: October 9, 2025
Host: Josh Johnson
Guest: Anthony Ramos

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Overview of Main Themes

In this episode, host Josh Johnson and The Daily Show news team dive into the ongoing 2025 government shutdown, focusing on how the crisis affects federal workers—especially those in air travel and security. They satirically interrogate the Trump administration’s handling of workers’ pay, the bizarre decision to investigate Amelia Earhart’s disappearance, and the resulting chaos at airports. The episode also includes a comedic segment on Chuck E. Cheese’s adult-focused reboot and a lighthearted, insightful interview with actor Anthony Ramos about his new movie and approach to his craft.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

Government Shutdown and Air Travel Mayhem

• Shutdown Coverage: The government may be officially closed, but politicians remain busy with headline-grabbing (if pointless) tasks.
• Amelia Earhart Search: The Trump administration orders FBI files relating to Amelia Earhart’s disappearance to be found—an odd priority during a shutdown.
  • “Do we really need to see the Amelia Earhart files? … All you could do is stand on the shore and scream, ‘Amelia!’” (Josh, 02:04)
• FAA Staff Shortages: With more than 750,000 federal workers furloughed or unpaid, the FAA is strained, causing delays and cancellations across major US cities.
  • “All across the country, there’s delays, shortages, and cancellations. The only people that could possibly be excited about this is Spirit Airlines… We’re all Spirit now.” (Josh, 03:30)
• Essential Workers Unpaid: TSA agents and air traffic controllers are forced to work without pay, with growing numbers calling out sick.
  • “TSA have a hard job. You’re gonna run your hands up some guy’s butt crack and not get paid.” (Josh, 04:23)

Political Response: Satire on Sean Duffy and Trump

• Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s Visit: The segment lampoons Duffy’s superficial attempt to raise morale among air traffic controllers.
  • “All right. Damn Duffy. He knows what bills he has to pay. You don’t need to make a whole Destiny’s Child song about it.” (Josh, 06:19)
• Trump’s Threats and Paycheck Comments: Trump threatens to withhold back pay from some federal workers, further demoralizing staff.
  • “‘For the most part, we’re gonna take care of our people. There are some people that really don’t deserve to be taken care of. And we’ll take care of them in a different way.’ … He’s not very good at delivering threats.” (Josh, 07:34)
• Comedy on Safety Risks: The show highlights the stress and absurdity thrust upon air traffic workers, with Jordan Klepper reporting from Atlanta’s airport.
  • “Mostly they’re saying, ‘Oh, shit, another plane. Oh, shit, another plane. Pass me that Snapple bottle. I gotta piss in it.’” (Jordan Klepper, 08:42)
• Mixed Messaging on Workers: The team jokes about the contradictory statements that federal workers are both “heroic” and “freeloading pieces of shit.”
  • “Does the Trump administration think these guys are heroes or pieces of shit?” (Josh, 09:16)
  • “Yes.” (Jordan Klepper, 09:22)
• Memorable Satire: Trump portrayed as taunting workers by dangling their paychecks and threatening disciplinary action.

Segment: Everything is Stupid – Adult Chuck E. Cheese

• Ronny Chieng on Nostalgia: Ronny riffs on Chuck E. Cheese’s attempt at an adult-oriented “Chuck’s Arcade,” mocking the lack of food, alcohol, or real adult fun.
  • “If you’re opening an arcade aimed at adults, why aren’t you serving booze? Every adult activity is just an excuse to drink.” (Ronny Chieng, 13:50)
• Absurd Headlines: Adults get into trouble at Chuck E. Cheese (getting stuck in machines, employees arrested in mascot costumes).
  • “You can’t just call the fire department to save this imbecile, okay? This is Chuck E. Cheese. You have to win her, okay? Fair and square.” (Ronny Chieng, 14:51)
  • “Don’t worry, little girl. The trial will be quick. Chuck E. Cheese is gonna get the death penalty.” (Ronny Chieng, 16:43)

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Interview: Anthony Ramos (Actor, “A House of Dynamite”)

[Interview begins ~19:08]

On Taking Intense Roles

• Character Description & Prep: Ramos describes playing Major Daniel Gonzalez, a soldier in charge of missile countermeasures, and how he researched real-world missile monitoring operations.
  • “There are soldiers in Greely, Alaska, and all they do is monitor all the ballistic missiles launched around the world… they just watch all the ballistic missiles go off all day and all night.” (Anthony Ramos, 20:18)
• Emotional Toll on Actors: Johnson asks how performing in stressful roles affects how Ramos sees the world.
  • “Sometimes they don’t think about a part of life until they play a person who lives it.” (Josh, 20:52)
• Unwinding After Filming: Ramos jokes about his method for de-stressing.
  • “Just THC drinks, brother.” (Anthony Ramos, 22:02)

Craft & Character Choices

• Personal Connection to Roles: Ramos discusses drawing from his own life to build his characters.
  • “You just take small parts of who you are and put them into each role... start there… and then you pull from there.” (Anthony Ramos, 25:03)
• Versatility as an Actor: He details choosing diverse roles, including “villain” (Ironheart), “hood” (In the Heights), and blockbuster protagonist (Transformers).
• Approach to Sudden Doom: When asked how he'd spend his last 19 minutes, Ramos keeps it real and humorous.
  • “Maybe I got like a wife at that point and… I’m like, ‘Yo, babe, 19 minutes. 19 minutes, baby. What we doing?’” (Anthony Ramos, 27:56)

On Learning to Sing

• Josh Johnson’s Tone-deaf Admission & Ramos’ Advice: Josh asks for a quick singing lesson, and the two harmonize, sharing a playful, warm moment.
  • “Was that singing?” (Josh, 30:16)
  • “Yo, we was just harmonizing my G. That’s what that is.” (Anthony Ramos, 30:17)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Trump’s mixed messaging about workers (09:16):
  • Josh: “Does the Trump administration think these guys are heroes or pieces of shit?”
  • Klepper: “Yes.”
• Satire on government priorities (02:04):
  • Josh: “Do we really need to see the Amelia Earhart files? … All you could do is stand on the shore and scream, ‘Amelia!’”
• On air travel chaos (03:30):
  • Josh: “The only people that could possibly be excited about this is Spirit Airlines. … We’re all Spirit now.”
• On workplace stress (04:23):
  • Josh: “TSA have a hard job. You’re gonna run your hands up some guy’s butt crack and not get paid.”
• On total chaos in air traffic control (08:42):
  • Jordan Klepper: “Mostly they’re saying, ‘Oh, shit, another plane. … Pass me that Snapple bottle. I gotta piss in it.’”
• Chuck E. Cheese ridiculousness (13:50):
  • Ronny Chieng: “If you’re opening an arcade aimed at adults, why aren’t you serving booze? Every adult activity is just an excuse to drink.”
• Absurd police arrest at Chuck E. Cheese (16:43):
  • Ronny Chieng: “Don’t worry, little girl. The trial will be quick. Chuck E. Cheese is gonna get the death penalty.”
• Anthony Ramos on life-and-death roles (27:56):
  • Ramos: “Yo, babe, 19 minutes. 19 minutes, baby. What we doing?”

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 01:58 – Start of “Shutdown Showdown 2025”
• 03:12 – FAA Struggles and Air Travel Delays
• 05:13 – Sean Duffy interviews air traffic controllers
• 07:00 – Trump threatens federal workers’ back pay
• 08:42 – Jordan Klepper on air traffic controller chaos
• 12:49 – “Everything is Stupid” with Ronny Chieng (Chuck E. Cheese segment)
• 19:08 – Anthony Ramos interview begins
• 20:18 – Ramos describes researching missile monitoring roles
• 22:02 – On de-stressing after intense movie scenes
• 25:03 – Discussion on actors’ process for creating characters
• 27:56 – Ramos on what he’d do with 19 minutes left to live
• 30:09 – Singing lesson with Anthony Ramos

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Tone and Style

The episode maintains The Daily Show’s signature sharp, irreverent satire—skewering both political dysfunction and American cultural quirks. Moments oscillate between biting political commentary and playful comedic banter, both in headlines and during the relaxed, friendly interview with Anthony Ramos.

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For listeners who missed this episode:
You’ll get a punchy, topical breakdown of America’s government shutdown chaos, a hilarious look at adult nostalgia infection at Chuck E. Cheese, and a memorable, generous interview with Anthony Ramos blending industry insight with personal humor—punctuated by an impromptu vocal lesson.

Transcript

[A]

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[B]

We've got so much to talk about tonight. Boeing is no longer our biggest air safety concern. Donald Trump finds a new way to not pay people. And America looks for our oldest missing white girl. So let's get into it with our ongoing coverage of shutdown showdown 2025.

[A]

Locked up, locked down, and closed for business.

[B]

I know the government is technically shut down, but that doesn't mean everything is shut down. Rest assured, friends, our politicians are still working hard to make sure the important stuff is getting done. The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees to search for papers or digital records related to the disappearance of famed pilot Amelia Earhart. Hell, yeah. Trump heard we wanted to see the secret files about the family with a private plane who suffered a mysterious death. And he was like, amelia Earhart. Got it. Do we really need to see the Amelia Earhart files? Like we know what happened to her. You know, like people looked for her. I mean, not hard, but like it's. But that's just because you couldn't back then. All you could do is stand to the shore and scream, amelia. Nothing. Okay, so that's exciting news for someone, probably. But unfortunately for the rest of us, the shutdown is affecting the planes that aren't missing this morning.

[A]

Growing gridlock for travelers across the country as the government shutdown hits air travel hard. The FAA warning of staff shortages at at least eight major locations. Threatening delays and cancellations in Las Vegas, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Boston, Newark, Atlanta, and Nashville.

[B]

Oh, damn. So many great American cities. And Vegas. But Yeah. All across the country, there's delays, shortages, and cancellations. The only people that could possibly be excited about this is Spirit Airlines. They're sitting at the airport like you were all talking shit. For years you had jokes. We're all Spirit now. I bet they're all at the airport doing their best bane impressions. Like, I was born in the cancellations.

[A]

Molded by them.

[B]

I didn't see a flight until I was already a man. But basically, what's happening is the TSA agents and air traffic controllers still have to show up to work during a shutdown even though they're not getting paid. So a lot of them are saying, if I'm not getting paid, I'm gonna call out sick. Which is understandable. TSA have a hard job. You're gonna run your hands up some guy's butt crack and not get paid. So things are getting a little hairy in the skies. But don't worry, because we've got Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, former Real World cast member and somehow most qualified Cabinet member, and he is on the case.

[A]

I'm here at Newark Airport about to go up into the tower and talk to some of our air traffic controllers.

[B]

Okay, cool video. I like that you used the music from a barbecue sauce ad.

[A]

All right.

[B]

But surely you are going to go up there into the tower and bother the air traffic controllers while they're working.

[A]

How does the shutdown impact controllers in towers like this? Not just in Newark, but around the country?

[C]

I think the biggest thing is, you.

[A]

Know, it's just a distraction that we don't need.

[B]

Yeah, yeah. If there's one thing I don't need in a job like this, it's a distraction. The only thing more distracting than a shutdown would be if my boss showed up with a camera crew and made me do an interview facing away from the windows while I'm trying to land planes. But anyway, anyway, I interrupted you, Sean Duffy. You were trying to give these air traffic controllers a morale boost.

[A]

I have a wife that doesn't work, two kids at home. If I don't get a paycheck here in a couple of weeks, you know.

[B]

I still have to provide for them.

[A]

So it's not something I want to have to be thinking about. Mortgage, car payments, utility bills, food, all issues. I'm a working guy, just like you are.

[B]

Not helping.

[A]

All right.

[B]

Damn Duffy. He knows what bills he has to pay. You don't need to make a whole Destiny's Child song about it. He's up there like, you got your mortgage, your car payment, your Roof needs to be replaced. Man, I'd be stressed if I was you. Plus, your wife is home alone all day. You don't know who she's banging. But you know what? Whether it's a distraction or not, I'm glad Sean Duffy is talking to them about their problems. It's a quick and direct response that shows no matter what happens, President Trump is not going to let this shutdown stop him from showing how much he cares about the health and well being of the federal workers.

[A]

President Trump has already threatened to fire federal workers, and now the White House is floating a new threat, suggesting that some of the 750,000 federal workers might not get back pay.

[B]

Damn, Donald, you're gonna furlough these workers and then take away their back pay? If I were them, I'm stealing way more than normal, you know what I mean? When I get back, I'm coming to work with a screwdriver. Forget the toilet paper. I'm taking the whole toilet. What else can you even do to these people?

[A]

For the most part, we're gonna take care of our people. There are some people that really don't deserve to be taken care of. And we'll take care of them in a different way.

[B]

I guess. Kill them. He's not very good at delivering threats like, I'll take care of them in a different way could mean anything from murder to giving them a happy ending. But here's the thing, Donald. Are you sure you wanna be piling more stress on air traffic controllers? Because they were already air traffic controllers. That job is like juggling and playing Russian roulette at the same time. I don't think they can handle not getting back pay. And if the air traffic control system falls apart, this is bad for you, because if you can't fly anymore, that Qatari jet you got is just gonna be sitting on the White House lawn like a white trash Winnebago. For more on how the shutdown's affecting air traffic control, we go to Atlanta's airport with Jordan Klepper. Jordan, what are the air traffic controllers?

[A]

Mostly they're saying, oh, shit, another plane. Oh, shit, another plane. Pass me that Snapple bottle. I got a piss in it. Stuff like that.

[B]

That's horrible.

[A]

Don't you worry your pretty little head there, Josh. The Trump administration wants to assure all Americans that their health and safety is in the hands of America's heroic federal workers who would never leave their posts.

[B]

Great, that's reassuring that they're taking care of these heroes.

[A]

Heroes who are freeloading pieces of shit that will work without pay till they and like it.

[B]

That's the thing. I'm getting a lot of mixed signals. Does the Trump administration think these guys are heroes or pieces of shit?

[A]

Yes.

[B]

How can you be both a hero and a piece of shit?

[A]

Uh, I don't know. You could save a cat from a tree then call it a gay slur. I guess these controllers know what I'm talking about. Keep up the good work there, Stan, you moochin turd dragon.

[B]

Jordan, this is the problem. People can't possibly believe that Trump is giving federal workers the support they need when he keeps taunting them.

[A]

Oh, Trump's not taunting these poor federal workers. Trump's just saying, what's the matter, huh? You want this little paycheck? Who wants this little paycheck? Who wants this little paycheck? Huh? Huh, huh, huh, huh? Then why don't you get some scotch tape and put it back together, you turn sucking vultures. I wouldn't call that taunting. Would you?

[B]

Yes, I would. Come on, man, these people are over pissing in Snapple bottles and demoralized. You're gonna make them quit.

[A]

Oh, no, no they won't. You heard the President. If they try any shit, he's gonna take care of them in a different way.

[B]

What does that mean?

[A]

You know, a different way.

[B]

You know, this is confusing me. I got the throat sign but not the touchdown sign. Oh.

[A]

I think it's pretty clear he's gonna take care of them in a different way. Jazz hands, you know?

[B]

You know, those signals are only confusing me more. Is Trump gonna pay these guys or not?

[A]

Oh yeah, Trump's gonna pay them great with this.

[B]

No.

[A]

The hand that signs, he checks. He signs the checks with okay and he holds the knives with no because he's inviting them to a steak dinner.

[B]

All right?

[A]

A dinner in hell.

[B]

No, stop. This is exhausting.

[A]

You're exhausted. I've been here for three straight days. I'm starving and I'm dehydrated for God's sake. Oh my God, it's filled with Snapple.

[B]

All right, Jordan Klepper, everyone.

[A]

When we come back, we learn who's.

[B]

Getting arrested at Chuck E. Cheese. Don't go away.

[A]

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[D]

What What?

[A]

With a star studded premiere, including Jenna Elfman, Nancy Travis and. Hey buddy. A big home improvement reunion welcome.

[C]

Oh boy, that guy's a tool.

[A]

Shifting gears. New Wednesdays, 8, 7 Central on ABC and stream on Hul.

[B]

Welcome back to the Daily Show. When it comes to the news, some stories are serious, some stories are inspiring. And some stories are just stupid. And for those, we turn to Ronny Chang in a segment we call Everything is Stupid.

[C]

Life as an adult is annoying. Bills, aging, and if you're white, putting your parents in a nursing home. Everyone seems to be yearning for the good old days. Remember Nintendo? Saved by the bell, The LA riots? If only there was something that could take us back to that time again.

[A]

Chuck E. Cheese is leveling up for us grown ups. Yeah. The company has launched Chuck's Arcade. It is an adults only spinoff.

[C]

No, no, not that. I meant more like a Back to the Future themed strip club with a dancer named DeLorean. But okay, what the hell is this?

[A]

Inside, it's fun and games. A mix of retro classics, VR experiences and claw machines. There's a nod to the past. Each location features a decommissioned animatronic on display. Prizes, candy and merch are all here, but no food or drink for sale. It's all about the games. And it's all about the arcade experience.

[C]

Yeah, I mean, why should kids get to have all the fun at Chuck E. Cheese? When's it gonna be my turn to get hand, foot and mouth disease in the ball pit? Also, if you're opening an arcade aimed at adults, why aren't you serving booze? Every adult activity is just an excuse to drink. I mean, weddings, birthdays, waking up, driving to work, Next thing you gotta tell me, there's no prostitutes there either. I mean, at least Madame Oink looks like she puts out.

[A]

So.

[C]

So clearly this boozeless hookerless arcade is a cheap attempt to cash in on the stupid nostalgia craze. But based on what I've seen, Chuck E. Cheese is the last place where adults should be.

[B]

A woman got stuck inside a money.

[E]

Grabbing machine at a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant in Burbank.

[A]

A still unidentified woman inside the Snow Day game console on her knees, her right hand stuck in a hole. Burbank firefighters took 22 minutes to free her.

[C]

Look, you can't just call the fire department to save this imbecile, okay? This is Chuck E. Cheese. You have to win her, okay? Fair and square. But hey, maybe I'm being too hard on this dumbass woman. Okay?

[B]

I'm sure.

[C]

I'm sure this happens all the time.

[A]

Snow Day is manufactured by a company called Coastal Amusements, said company president, Michael Dean. There are hundreds of these games and Chuck E. Cheese's throughout the. And we've never seen Something like this happen before?

[C]

Wow, this is really exciting. I mean, she found a completely undiscovered way to be an idiot. Give her a Nobel Prize. Preferably one with no sharp edges. So, yeah, it looks like adults going to Chuck E. Cheese isn't such a great idea. And I don't just mean as customers.

[A]

Police in Tallahassee releasing video now of that arrest of a suspect who worked as a Chuck E. Cheese mascot. Stop resisting. Stop resisting. You're being detained.

[B]

Stop resisting.

[A]

Police entering the restaurant, handcuffing the suspect. They say he'd been identified as a suspect in a credit card theft investigation.

[C]

The police really couldn't have waited until Chucky's shift was over. You really had to kick the door down while he was singing Happy Birthday to Timmy. Also, they keep telling him to stop resisting. I mean, he works at Chuck E. Cheese. He stopped resisting a long time ago, if you know what I mean. That is truly some of the most amazing footage I've ever seen. So thank God for police body cams. This is why we march. But this kind of thing could cause lasting damage. I hope there weren't any little kids around to see it.

[A]

The Central Florida family was snapped in the back of this now viral photo.

[B]

Of Chuck E. Cheese getting arrested at a Tallahassee location.

[A]

Chuck E. Cheese guy whisked it.

[C]

Don't worry, little girl. The trial will be quick. Chuck E. Cheese is gonna get the death penalty. Then the grieving process begins. But is there any way we can make sure? These kids need more therapy.

[B]

When they had him at the truck, they took off his head and put.

[A]

It on top of the SUV truck.

[C]

See, kids, they didn't arrest Chuck E. Cheese. They just decapitated him and put his head on a truck like a trophy. And then they took the black man inside him to jail. Everything's fine, so don't worry, little girl. This might be a traumatic memory for you now, but one day you'll be an adult reliving this moment, completely sober in a Chuck's Arcade while screaming for help inside the snow day machine. Back to you, Josh.

[A]

Ronny Chang, everyone.

[B]

When we come back, Anthony Ramos will be joining me on the show. So don't go away.

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[B]

My guest tonight is a Broadway star, recording artist, and actor who stars in Kathryn Bigelow's latest film, A House of Dynamite. Please welcome Anthony Ramos. Thank you so much for coming. Thank you for joining me.

[E]

Thanks for having me, man.

[B]

Yeah. You're like a star, man.

[E]

You're a star.

[B]

He's very kind, but no, it's like, this is wild. You're in the movie and now you're here.

[E]

I'll tell you what was wild. That Chuck E. Cheese shit was wild.

[A]

Yeah, that was wild.

[B]

So with this movie, because I'm very curious, you know, I've seen you in a few roles now, and they're all very, very different. And so for a movie like this, that is stressful. What was it like to take that on? Because you play this, you play this soldier who is in charge of this thing that's supposed to run as a countermeasure to a missile. And as we just saw, it didn't go well.

[E]

Right. Doesn't go as planned. Yeah, yeah. I play, yeah. Major Daniel Gonzalez, and he's, you know, there's an actual. You know, there are soldiers in Greely, you know, for Greely in Alaska, and all they do is monitor all the ballistic missiles launched around the world. They sit there for 24 hours. They rotate shifts, and they just watch all the ballistic missiles go off all day and all night. And, yeah, this one, this one doesn't do the thing that they thought it was going to do.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

And taking on this role, was that, like, stressful for you? Because I've heard from actors that sometimes they don't think about a part of life until they play a person who lives it.

[C]

Right.

[B]

You know? So now are you kind of, like, looking up? Do you know what I mean? Like, do you look up in the sky like. You know what I mean?

[E]

Nah. I mean, nah. Yeah, right. Every day I'm just drinking my Coffee.

[A]

Like.

[B]

Yeah. Cause, my man. Cause then even, you know, in the movie, it's like this missile. But, you know, remember the balloon? Yeah, yeah. It's like that would have been them who were like, we gotta shoot this balloon. Oh, it was a balloon.

[E]

Right, right, right. Yeah, sure.

[B]

And so I just feel like when you're playing a role like that in a thriller, that has a lot of intensity to it and the pacing is very. I don't know how I would say it other than, like, it's just tight, like, from shot to shot, the tension's like building, building, building, building, building. So I know that you're shooting scenes and then you get your breaks and you go home and everything, but, like, how do you unwind after that?

[E]

Just thc drinks, brother.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. You know, now, do you. You said that there's a thing that you do in the movies, if you can, where you sneak a line in for, like, your friends and your family that, like, maybe only they'll understand. Did you do it this time?

[E]

I tried.

[B]

You tried?

[E]

I attempted. I got cut, though.

[A]

Yeah.

[E]

Yeah. I tried to. In the beginning of the movie, I'm getting into argument with who, you know, who, you know, I guess is on the other line, like, my wife or spouse. And I was. I said the name of a girl I used to talk to. I didn't make it in the movie, though.

[B]

And then they cut it. Ok, Fair enough. Yeah.

[E]

She a nice girl, though. She a nice girl.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And so when it comes to how, like, diverse of an actor that you are, like, all these different roles, is there something that you're learning as you play people who are so different from the last person that you play? Like, I know to a certain degree it's just acting, so the job is to show up and become the person. But I don't know, we've seen how, like, some people always play the bad guy, some people always play the hero. And I feel like you. You have a lot of dynamic characters that you've been like. I've watched you sometimes and not known how to feel about you. You know what I mean? But because you're talking about.

[E]

Wouldn't be the first time I heard that.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah. But do you. I mean, is that something that. Is that something you feel whenever you take on a role, or are you being super selective with things where you're like, oh, I don't know if I want to go to this place?

[E]

Nah, I mean, I try, you know, look, we. I think it's cool when we get to play people who are different than the person that we. That we put on every day. Right. Like, I think there's a version of us that we put on. Depending on what setting you're in or where you are, you're probably different when you're at home, you know, by yourself or with a friend than you are with, you know, a room full of five strangers or 10, what, 10 strangers or whatever it is, right? But, like, I think that it's cool to be able to play the villain, like how I did in Ironheart, to play the hood and then go playing Usnavi and in the Heights and. And then going to play Noah Diaz in Transformer and then get to turn into a Transformer, you know, and then, like, just putting myself into the minds of all these different people, and then, you know, in this one, playing. Getting into the mind of this soldier, and, you know, but you just, you know, you just take small parts of who you are and put them into each role, and you start there, right, with the person that you are, and then. And then you pull from there, and then you're like, okay, well, cool. Well, this is kind of how I would react to the situation. But now let me put myself into the mind of this guy. All right, this is Daniel Gonzalez. He has a wife. He has two kids. He's been far from them for six months. He probably misses his family, but he has a duty here, and he has to compartmentalize. And you just have to, you know, I don't know. I just love the craft, man. I love thinking about all those things.

[B]

And so you basically, when you take on a role like this, you start with, this is me if a missile was coming.

[E]

Right, right.

[B]

And then you add all the other stuff later. You worry about the extra stuff later. Missile is the. Yeah, yeah.

[E]

This is me if my ex is walking down the block.

[B]

And so. So. And so do you. Do you now, having finished the movie, Watched the movie?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Has it made you, like, a prepper now? Do you know what I mean? Like, if I learned a lot about military operations, what they would do if a missile was coming and what they would do if things didn't go according to plan and a missile was coming. I don't know. I might be like, a bunker. Are you a bunker guy now?

[E]

A bunker?

[A]

You got a bunker in New York City?

[B]

I don't like. I don't have a.

[E]

They treating you good on the Daily Show?

[B]

That's brilliant to like. I asked you about bunker, and then you made about me, which means you clearly Got a bunker?

[E]

I mean, nah, man, you know, if it comes, then I'm just like, yo, God, I hope I lived a good life. You know, I mean, joking. But honestly, man, I mean, look, in reality, we don't have a lot of time, you know, look, for anybody who sees this film and goes to watch this movie, like there is this movie happens in 19 minutes. And you know, in the film, we don't know where the missile comes from, but you don't have 19 minutes to intercept it. You have 19 minutes until it hits. So you have less time for that, you know, for that gbi, a ground based interceptor, for it to hopefully hit the missile and successfully intercept and blow it up. And if not, you know, you know, you just gotta hope that. Yeah, yeah, you gotta hope for something.

[B]

No, I'm with you. I mean, look, 19, I'm just wondering because once again, you know, you put a little piece of yourself in the role and then you play the role. I think you played it incredibly.

[E]

All right, thanks, man.

[B]

19 minutes left. What are you doing with your real life? You know what I mean? Like, you know, you have 19 minutes left. Let's say the movie's real life. We both have 19 minutes. What are you doing.

[A]

Man?

[E]

Maybe I got like a wife at that point and like, maybe I'm not too far from her. I'm like, yo, babe, 19 minutes. 19 minutes, baby. What we doing?

[A]

Yeah, yeah.

[B]

You know what I mean? So you are an actor, singer, songwriter, dancer, and a restaurant owner.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

Thanks, man.

[A]

Thanks. Thank you.

[B]

That is absolutely incredible. You're like a quintuple threat, you know what I mean? And I'm admittedly trying to be like a threat, you know what I mean? Like, I was wondering just because, you know, I'm trying to do these interviews.

[E]

You a threat, though. You've been killing this the whole time.

[B]

Oh, thanks, man.

[E]

The whole time.

[B]

That's more than a threat, my brother. No, that means a lot. It still isn't any one of those things, but I. I am a little tone deaf and I was wondering if you would lend some of your talent to me and teach me how to sing just a little bit.

[A]

Well.

[B]

Cause you're an incredible singer.

[E]

Thanks, man.

[B]

And so if you're an incredible singer and I can't sing at all, maybe you could give me just some. Carry a note. Maybe you could help me carry a note.

[E]

Carry a note?

[B]

Yeah. You're not looking at me with any confidence.

[E]

I'm just trying to make sure I hit the note. I don't know what note. It's gonna be.

[B]

It could be any note you pick. I won't know the difference.

[E]

Okay, just try to. Okay, you got it. Now, come on, stop playing.

[B]

Wait, wait.

[A]

Nah, you ain't even trying.

[B]

No, no, I'm trying to do. I'm trying to match. Exactly.

[E]

We gonna do a little. Okay, okay. Yeah, right there.

[A]

You know what I'm saying? Come on, stop playing. Josh. Oh.

[B]

Was that singing?

[E]

Yo, we was just harmonizing my G. That's what that is.

[A]

Cheers, bro. Cheers. You know what I mean?

[D]

Come on.

[B]

You are absolutely phenomenal. The movie is phenomenal and I appreciate you so much for being here. Thank you so, so much. Thank you so, so much.

[A]

The House of Dynamite will be in select theaters globally October 10th and on Netflix October 24th.

[B]

Anthony Ramos.

[A]

We're gonna take a quick break, but we'll be right back after this.

[B]

Yeah.

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