Josh Brolin | Dinner For Schmucks

Summary

The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert: Josh Brolin | Dinner For Schmucks

Release Date: August 7, 2025
Guest: Josh Brolin
Host: Stephen Colbert
Produced by: CBS
Description: The #1 show in late night delivered straight to your ears, featuring whip-smart writing, hilarious monologues, and revealing conversations with celebrity guests.

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Introduction and Banter

The episode kicks off with Stephen Colbert engaging in a playful advertisement segment for Wonderful Pistachios alongside Kristen Bell. Their humorous exchange about the various pistachio flavors sets a lighthearted tone for the show. Notably, Colbert quips at [02:54] about the expanding world of pistachio flavors, saying, "There's an obsession with jalapeño lime. It’s almost a disorder."

Transition to Guest Introduction

After a series of entertaining advertisements, Stephen smoothly transitions to the main content by introducing his first guest, Josh Brolin, at [15:41]. He highlights Brolin’s impressive filmography, mentioning iconic films such as No Country for Old Men, Avengers: Infinity War, and Dune, culminating with his latest project, Weapons.

Conversation with Josh Brolin

Opening Remarks: Josh Brolin joins Colbert on stage, exchanging warm greetings. "I'm great. How are you?" [16:40] Brolin responds, and the two immediately dive into a spirited and humorous conversation.

Humorous Poetry Exchange: One of the standout moments occurs around [17:00], where Colbert and Brolin engage in an impromptu poetry performance. Colbert recites poetic lines, which Brolin complements with his own verses, creating an entertaining and unique segment. For example, Colbert states at [18:02], "O pardon me, thy bleeding piece of earth..." to which Brolin responds with, "The earth with carrion men groaning for burial."

Personal Anecdotes and Insights: Brolin shares personal stories, including his passion for motorcycles and a recent 1,000-mile vintage Harley Davidson ride. At [24:56], he recounts how reading On the Road by Jack Kerouac profoundly impacted his life, leading to adventurous motorcycle journeys with his then-wife. He humorously mentions [24:30], "Her parents were trying to call her saying, we'll put you on a plane right now to get you away from this man." This anecdote underscores his adventurous spirit and commitment to his personal interests.

Discussion on Weapons and Other Projects: Colbert shifts the conversation back to Brolin’s latest film, Weapons. At [28:23], he promotes the movie, while Brolin discusses his role as a priest in the film. Brolin explains [28:39], "It was weird, because my wife had said, I don't really think about things that I want to play. They said, if you could play anything, what would you play?" highlighting the unexpected nature of his role. The dialogue touches on the depth and complexity of portraying a priest, with Colbert humorously noting comparisons to characters like Andrew Scott’s priest from Fleabag.

Humorous Interaction and Gift Exchange: A delightful moment unfolds when Brolin presents Colbert with a gift, leading to playful banter about its contents. At [19:26], Colbert jokes, "It's not one of those peanut brittle cans full of snakes, is it?" to which Brolin reassures him, "No." The light-hearted exchange showcases their chemistry and mutual good humor.

Closing Remarks and Promotion: As the segment winds down, Colbert promotes Brolin’s new film and shares a teaser trailer for the upcoming Knives Out sequel, indicating [28:34], "Wake up, Dead man. Coming out. December." They wrap up with more humorous interactions, leaving listeners entertained and eagerly anticipating Brolin’s latest projects.

Notable Quotes

• Stephen Colbert ([02:54]): "There's an obsession with jalapeño lime. It’s almost a disorder."

• Josh Brolin ([24:30]): "Her parents were trying to call her saying, we'll put you on a plane right now to get you away from this man."

• Stephen Colbert ([17:23]): "Hell, it smells like that when you have it on your ass."

• Josh Brolin ([29:21]): "Fleabag."

• Stephen Colbert ([31:40]): "You’re a video message slut. Is that what I'm doing?"

Conclusion

This episode of The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert offers a blend of humor, insightful conversation, and celebrity charm. Stephen Colbert and Josh Brolin’s engaging dialogue, filled with personal anecdotes and spontaneous humor, provides listeners with an entertaining and intimate glimpse into the actor's life and career. Whether discussing Brolin’s latest film projects, his passion for motorcycles, or engaging in playful poetry, the episode successfully captures the essence of late-night entertainment and celebrity interaction, making it a must-listen for fans of both hosts and guests alike.

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Transcript

[Stephen Colbert]

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[Kristen Bell]

It's a hard nut smooth.

[Stephen Colbert]

Exactly. I mean, even out of the shell, it's still a nut.

[Kristen Bell]

We can't disparage the nuts.

[Stephen Colbert]

You. I'm not disparaging the nut. I'm describing the nut.

[Kristen Bell]

Don't disparage any flavors.

[Stephen Colbert]

I'm not. I am celebrating the pistachio right now. I'm on board. I love pistachios. I love a crushed pistachio. Like a pistachio crusted trout. Oh, unbelievable. Instead of a trout amandine, a trout pistachio. Fantastic. Enough butter? Who cares?

[Kristen Bell]

Very good.

[Stephen Colbert]

And I love pistachio ice cream.

[Kristen Bell]

Have you had the sea salt and vinegar? Wonderful pistachio. It's delicious.

[Stephen Colbert]

I didn't even know I get them.

[Kristen Bell]

Before the softball games.

[Stephen Colbert]

But that's. You see, it's been a while since I've been the spokesman for wonderful Pistachios. I didn't realize we'd achieved new pistachio technology. Yeah.

[Kristen Bell]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

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[Kristen Bell]

That was a wonderful.

[Stephen Colbert]

I wonder what more there is to learn. We just told them so much. We just told them so much about pistachios. But evidently there's a whole other world. There's an unexplored vista.

[Kristen Bell]

They got a bunch of flavors. They got dill pickle, jalapeno lime, as we learned, smoky barbecue. There's a lot of different flavors.

[Stephen Colbert]

Wow. And I would not disparage any of them.

[Kristen Bell]

No, no, no.

[Stephen Colbert]

Bring it on.

[Kristen Bell]

Nothing bad to say.

[Stephen Colbert]

Nut me, nut. Nut me with nut meat.

[Kristen Bell]

We're nut.

[Stephen Colbert]

No, we got nothing but nut. Nutty, nutty, nutty, nutty. Talk about, talk about, talk about, talk about nutty. Good.

[Kristen Bell]

Hi, I'm Kristen Bell, and if you know my husband Dax, then you also know he loves shopping for a car. Selling a car, not so much.

[Josh Brolin]

We're really doing this, huh?

[Kristen Bell]

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[Josh Brolin]

Bye, bye, Truckee.

[Kristen Bell]

Of course, we kept the favorite.

[Josh Brolin]

Hello, other Truckee.

[Kristen Bell]

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[Stephen Colbert]

Welcome, one and all to the Late Show. I am your host, Stephen Colbert. Thanks, everybody. You know, I just want to say. I just want to say, look, I know that Trump's followers get a lot of grief from people going, oh, you don't believe in anything. It's a cult of personality. Blah, blah, blah, meow, meow, meow. But I want to be fair here, okay? There is one thing that MAGA has believed from the beginning, and they still believe it, and that's that there is a secret cabal of top government officials who meet at shadowy dinners to strategize how to hide the sins of wealthy sex traffickers and pedophiles. They do. They do believe that. And for that, I have never criticized them because I'm sure. Have I? I don't think so. Maybe I have. I don't. Maybe. I don't know. Because I'm sure that kind of stuff does go on. For instance, tonight in Washington, because according to cnn, top Trump officials will discuss their Epstein strategy at a dinner hosted by JD Vance. Now, look, many things are shocking about that headline. First of all, this Epstein crisis has made Trump officials so desperate, they're willing to hang out with J.D. vance. Hey, guys. Hey guys. Come on in. Have a seat. No, not on the couch. She's not in the. In addition to Vance, CNN says the dinner was to be attended by White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, and FBI Director Cash Spittel, who definitely has seen some. Everything's fine. Everything's good. I saw nothing. Just unable to close my eyes ever again. Hey, you guys, anybody have any Visine? After this CNN report, Vance's office denied he was convening this meeting. Now they're covering up the COVID up. This is worse than a conspiracy. It's a duvet. Dinner or no dinner, the Eyes Wide Shut supper still has to decide what to do with the transcript of the Ghislaine Maxwell interview conducted by the DOJ's second in command and Trump's former Stormy Daniels sex scandal lawyer, Todd Blanche, seen here in the last image his grandmother ever saw. A few weeks back.

[Josh Brolin]

A few weeks.

[Stephen Colbert]

Back, Blanche met with Maxwell, who is currently serving a 20 year sentence for sex trafficking minors. And ever since, the Justice Department has been digitizing, transcribing and redacting the interview materials. Oh, I bet they have control f find Donald Trump replace with Gayle King. There you go. There you go. Reportedly, as they redact the truth into a shallow grave, Trump officials are considering releasing the contents of Blanche's interview, although they're concerned about whether making the details from the interview public would bring the Epstein controversy back to the surface. Back to the surface. It's way above the surface, man. This controversy is all the way up on the roof. Obviously I got a little, I got, you know what it is, you know what I got. Hey, guys. Obviously every part of the story is just as shady as a cave. First, Maxwell was suddenly moved to a minimum security prison down in Texas. And what do you know? Anonymous sources are now saying that Ghislaine Maxwell told the DOJ Trump never did anything concerning around her. Well, then he's in the clear. Good work, gentlemen. I know we all had our suspicions, but the convicted sex trafficker of underage girls didn't see anything that concerned her. No red flags for Ghislaine during her decade long career of underage sex trafficking. She said right here in the transcript, what was Donald Trump doing with Jeffrey Epstein? Nothing that concerned me. Ghislaine Maxwell, sex trafficker. I would have done what he did. Well, back to my normal non concerning work. A day grindstone of sex trafficking. Doopy doopy doopy Doop.

[Josh Brolin]

Doopie, doopie, doop, doopie, doop.

[Stephen Colbert]

Elsewhere in our government, ICE is having a tough time recruiting enough jackbooted heroes. Which is why there's a new hiring tactic from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, seen here receiving an honorary doctorate from the University of hair Extensions. Noem. Noem. Noem went on the Fox News today to make this ICE recruiting pitch. I would tell everybody, go to join.ice.gov and go there and sign up, be a part of this team. We've removed any of the age barriers. We no longer have a cap on how old you can be. No age cap? Heck yeah. There we go. I need a job, Jack. I got. Put Joe back in the game. I need a job, Jack. Put me in, coach. I'll kick some ass. Here we go. There you go. Take that. Take this. Now watch me. Nae nae. Jill. Jill, I got a job. Now. Now, look, lifting the age cap is sure to bring in a security force with experience and maturity. Plus, older ICE agents don't even need a mask. They can just use their CPAPs. Bad guys would hear you coming, though, you know. Oh, there's bad news of fans of living because Health Secretary RFK Jr. Just pulled $500 million in funding for vaccine development. Now, we have 10 more months of this show, and I want to give a measured non partisan response here. You. You roid addled Nepo Khan spec. Specifically, Bobby Jr. Is nixing 22 projects that use MRNA technology. But that's the latest vaccine technology. That's like saying, kids, I'm turning off the gps. We're going to make our way to Six Flags by using the stars. Hand daddy the sextant. Yes. Crank down windows in daddy's car. There you go. All right. There you go. Now, yesterday, RFK Jr. Tried to defend the indefensible. Most of these shots are for flu or Covid. But as the pandemic showed us, MRNA vaccines don't perform well against viruses that infect the upper respiratory tract. Counterpoint you, you roadkill munching luddite human Slim Jim. You're gonna kill. Why would you say that MRNA vaccines don't perform well against upper respiratory infections? The National Institutes of Health said they Prevented an estimated 14.4 million deaths. Why? Why on earth is RFK Jr. So anxious to fill our streets with dead bodies? These are my two ravens. Oh, right. I forgot, I forgot, I forgot. They do love the eyeballs. Now, experts say MRNA vaccines are safe. And a University of Minnesota professor of infectious diseases pandemic preparation said I don't think I've seen a more dangerous decision in public health in my 50 years in the business. And keep in mind, 50 years ago, the base of the food pyramid was menthol cigarettes. Now, the Trump administration. Trump administration is also trying to end science up in space because we just found out that they've asked NASA to end two major satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide. But according to NASA officials, it is unclear why the administration seeks to end them. No, it is not. It is perfectly clear why they don't want us to know stuff. It's way easier to lie if it's impossible to know the truth. That's why the first thing I do when I bring home ice cream sandwiches is throw away the box is five sandwiches a serving. Maybe it can no longer be known. Just no global warming in my mouth. Just to give this a little bit of context, taxpayers spent $750 million to build and launch these satellites. Now Trump wants to turn one off and the other would burn up in the atmosphere. He's burning your tax money. Will that lead to higher carbon emissions? There's no way of knowing now. There is. Still, there's one glimmer of hope, because last week NASA announced it will consider proposals from private companies that are willing to take on the cost of maintaining the device. Okay, so private companies could jump in here. So be prepared for carbon monitoring. Brought to you by Arby's. You know their slogan, Arby's. We have the data. We got a great show for you tonight coming up.

[Josh Brolin]

Josh Brome.

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[Stephen Colbert]

Folks, my first guest tonight. My first guest tonight is an actor, you know, from no country for Old Men, Avengers, Infinity War and Dune. His new film is Weapons.

[Josh Brolin]

She knows I disagree with that. You're aggressively following up on every lead, and yet she's just out there walking around free as a bird. Have you done any looking into her whatsoever? Extensively. Yes, we have. So you know about her past, huh? Cause I've done some digging and I've found out a lot. She had a DUI two years ago. Did you not see that? She was let go from her last school that she taught at for inappropriate behavior. Did you not see that one either? With a member of the faculty. She's a troubled person, is she not? What do you think it is that she's not telling us? Because those kids walked out of those homes. No one pulled them out. No one forced them. What do you see that I don't?

[Stephen Colbert]

Please. Welcome back to the Late Show, Josh Brolin. Please, Maestro, won't you please. How are you?

[Josh Brolin]

I'm great. How are you?

[Stephen Colbert]

I'm really good. You look good.

[Josh Brolin]

Thank you.

[Stephen Colbert]

You smell good.

[Josh Brolin]

Do I really?

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah. You smell like Dr. Bronner's almond soap.

[Josh Brolin]

Wow.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah. Very specific.

[Josh Brolin]

Have something very clean. Smell my hair.

[Stephen Colbert]

Oh, my God. That is fantastic.

[Josh Brolin]

Yeah, thank you very much.

[Stephen Colbert]

It's like you rubbed your head with a croissant.

[Josh Brolin]

I smell it. Oh, God. No, it smells.

[Stephen Colbert]

Hell, it smells like that when you have it on your ass.

[Josh Brolin]

I don't want to know.

[Stephen Colbert]

Can we say that? Can we say that? We can say that. Okay.

[Josh Brolin]

You can say whatever you want now.

[Stephen Colbert]

I know I can. Man, that is fun. I always could. I always could.

[Josh Brolin]

You always could.

[Stephen Colbert]

I always, always could. It's not.

[Josh Brolin]

But even more so. You can talk about ass hair. Whatever you want to talk about.

[Stephen Colbert]

Hey, listen, we had. We're going to talk about the weapons movie and some other. You got a lot of projects. You've always got a lot. A lot of irons in the fire over there. You're a blacksmith in the forge at all times.

[Josh Brolin]

A blacksmith in the forge.

[Stephen Colbert]

Exactly. And the smith of your soul.

[Josh Brolin]

Wow.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah.

[Josh Brolin]

Very poetic. Can you spout out a poem at will like I know that you can?

[Stephen Colbert]

Sure I can.

[Josh Brolin]

Can you?

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah.

[Josh Brolin]

Go. O pardon me, thy bleeding piece of earth, that I am meek and gentle with these butchers. Thou art in ruins of the noblest man that ever lived. In the tide of times woe to the hand that shed this costly blood. Over thy wounds now do I prophesy, which like dumb mouths do ope their ruby lips to beg the voice of my own sinner tongue.

[Stephen Colbert]

And Caesar's spirit raging for revenge with Ate. Ate by his side, come hot from hell. Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice cry havoc. And let slip the dogs of war.

[Josh Brolin]

That this foul deed should smell above.

[Stephen Colbert]

The earth with carrion men groaning for burial.

[Josh Brolin]

What's up?

[Stephen Colbert]

Oh, my God. That's all we have time for. Everybody. Thanks so much.

[Josh Brolin]

That was not predetermined. That was not. That just happened.

[Stephen Colbert]

No, no, but I. You know, I. I love you, dude. Oh, I love you too. I love you too.

[Josh Brolin]

Seriously, man.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah.

[Josh Brolin]

You know what?

[Stephen Colbert]

What?

[Josh Brolin]

What a perfect segue. I got something for you.

[Stephen Colbert]

What did you get from me?

[Josh Brolin]

I got something for you. I had something made for you.

[Stephen Colbert]

Oh, that's nice.

[Josh Brolin]

And out of this moment, I said, well, do you want to open it here?

[Stephen Colbert]

Sure, sure, sure.

[Josh Brolin]

Well, I was having problems opening and I'd rather have you do it.

[Stephen Colbert]

It's not one of those peanut brittle cans full of snakes, is it?

[Josh Brolin]

No.

[Stephen Colbert]

Oh, that is fantastic. Thank you, man. I appreciate it.

[Josh Brolin]

You're welcome.

[Stephen Colbert]

Thank you. Thank you.

[Josh Brolin]

You're welcome. You can take that wherever you homelessly go. It's not meant to hurt.

[Stephen Colbert]

Hey, we had your co star from the. From the Weapons movie. The movie Weapons.

[Josh Brolin]

Julia.

[Stephen Colbert]

Julia Garner was on here a couple of nights ago. Lovely. And she sent us. You sent her a video about being on my show. And we showed the video. It's you talking to me in the video. Yeah. Here's the clip.

[Josh Brolin]

Okay. Stephen, it's Josh. Nice to our girl. She's a really sweet girl and she's really, really good in this movie. I hope you saw the movie. And then also I want to say, how's your boat? Now that you don't have a job, you'll be able to spend more time on the boat. But I have an offer for you when I see you.

[Stephen Colbert]

Okay. Obviously I'm going to need a gig. What's the offer?

[Josh Brolin]

A gig with me.

[Stephen Colbert]

What? What is it, man? What are we doing?

[Josh Brolin]

My assistant. You know what?

[Stephen Colbert]

You know what? Josh? Bro.

[Josh Brolin]

Why did they just laugh? I don't know why, they just.

[Stephen Colbert]

I bet that's a real easy job. No calls in the middle of the night complaining. Why the steam room isn't working. From Josh Brolin. Steam room only goes up to 198, which I can't get this button together.

[Josh Brolin]

Help me, huh?

[Stephen Colbert]

Stephen. Stephen. I'm in, man. I'm in. Benefits, if you.

[Josh Brolin]

What kind of benefits are you talking about?

[Stephen Colbert]

Dental health.

[Josh Brolin]

Oh, that. Yes, of course.

[Stephen Colbert]

Oh, you cover all that stuff? Yeah.

[Josh Brolin]

I thought you meant sexual. And I was like, no way, man. What I'm not doing, I don't know.

[Stephen Colbert]

That's what this is for now. We still on the air. There you go.

[Josh Brolin]

Does it matter?

[Stephen Colbert]

No, it actually doesn't. There you go. We're gonna take a quick break here, but stick around for more jocks. Brolin, everybody.

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[Stephen Colbert]

Hey, everybody. We're back with the one, the only Sir Josh Brolin. There you go. Now, Isla, want to talk about this? You're in a new documentary called Kerouac's Road, the Beat of the Nation. I like the Beats. People don't talk about the Beats enough.

[Josh Brolin]

Anymore because they're embarrassed to talk about the Beats. Because something happens in your 20s where everybody goes through the beat, you know, thing phase.

[Stephen Colbert]

Ferlinghetti.

[Josh Brolin]

Ferlinghetti.

[Stephen Colbert]

Innsberg. Gregory Corso. Happy birthday of death.

[Josh Brolin]

Dude.

[Stephen Colbert]

Sure.

[Josh Brolin]

Gasoline. Gasoline, sure.

[Stephen Colbert]

The bomb. The pump.

[Josh Brolin]

Yeah. Peter Orlorski. That's getting more specific. I did not look it up. Google it.

[Stephen Colbert]

Hold on. Fact check that.

[Josh Brolin]

Seriously?

[Stephen Colbert]

They agree with me. They say you made that up.

[Josh Brolin]

I didn't make that up. That's the truth, actually. I'm actually really hurt that you said that, because that's the truth. Okay, so you go through it. We talked about Ginsburg before.

[Stephen Colbert]

Did we?

[Josh Brolin]

Yeah, we We've talked.

[Stephen Colbert]

I met him. I met him. You met your wife through. I met him the night I met Evie.

[Josh Brolin]

That's what I'm talking about.

[Stephen Colbert]

I wrote down my phone number for.

[Josh Brolin]

Her with his pen.

[Stephen Colbert]

That's right.

[Josh Brolin]

I remember that.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah. Well, thank you for remembering.

[Josh Brolin]

So anyway, so Kerouac thing came up. They called.

[Stephen Colbert]

We're not talking about me anymore.

[Josh Brolin]

Nope. They called me about this thing. They said, would you do this Kerouac documentary? Would you do an interview? And I read it. I don't know when you read it. I read it when I was 19. It was like. It kind of. I had read Ray Bradbury before that, read Isaac Asimov, but when I read on the Road, it exploded my brain. And then I started traveling after that, and then I started riding motorcycles. And then I took my to be then wife, the mother of my first two children on a 3,700 mile bike ride. Motorcycle ride, not bicycle ride.

[Stephen Colbert]

Were they both. Were you both or was she riding?

[Josh Brolin]

She was riding in the back.

[Stephen Colbert]

In the back. Wow.

[Josh Brolin]

Well, her parents were trying to call her saying, we'll put you on a plane right now to get you away from this man. Which is very Kerouacian.

[Stephen Colbert]

Sure, sure.

[Josh Brolin]

So I was following the kind of theme.

[Stephen Colbert]

Okay.

[Josh Brolin]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

And you're still doing it.

[Josh Brolin]

And I'm still.

[Stephen Colbert]

So what's going on here? What is this?

[Josh Brolin]

This is Kerouac. If Kerouac hadn't showered for two decades, that's what he's doing here. No, I just.

[Stephen Colbert]

When did you do this?

[Josh Brolin]

That was. That was. I just. That was two weeks ago. I just came back from a thousand mile vintage Harley Davidson Ride with 15 of my. My friends.

[Stephen Colbert]

Wow.

[Josh Brolin]

Rooster Brian Bowen Smith. The guy who dressed up like Bigfoot Dave. Yeah, it was fun.

[Stephen Colbert]

The guy who dressed up like Bigfoot.

[Josh Brolin]

He did. He dressed up.

[Stephen Colbert]

Is his name Dave?

[Josh Brolin]

His name's Dave.

[Stephen Colbert]

Do you call him Bigfoot Dave?

[Josh Brolin]

No, he just. He dressed up like Bigfoot on the motorcycle up at Yosemite.

[Stephen Colbert]

Because he went to Yosemite on a motorcycle dressed as Bigfoot.

[Josh Brolin]

I have the video. I don't. I won't take the time to show.

[Stephen Colbert]

You, but I have video.

[Josh Brolin]

Yeah, People enjoyed it very much.

[Stephen Colbert]

Wow. What, what's. What's a fella gotta do to get invited on the. The chop?

[Josh Brolin]

I mean, look, it's. You're gonna be. Look, what do you get from this? I mean, first of all, I'm taking pictures while I'm riding the bike, which is probably not the safest thing.

[Stephen Colbert]

No. But I'D have to hit the.

[Josh Brolin]

It's fun. Like that's a 19.

[Stephen Colbert]

Look at the, look at the guns right there, man. I'd have to like really go for it.

[Josh Brolin]

You know what you need? Like, you need to ruffle up your hair a little bit. That's.

[Stephen Colbert]

Hey, man. After. Maybe after May.

[Josh Brolin]

So what happens? Let me. After.

[Stephen Colbert]

I'm gonna get so cut.

[Josh Brolin]

Are you gonna get cut?

[Stephen Colbert]

I'm gonna do the fat shot drug and I'm gonna get super cut. Why don't you do nothing but protein? I'm eating like 16 chickens. But you're already in this. And just like, just like that.

[Josh Brolin]

Why don't you do the opposite? Why don't you get fat? Why don't you be like a guy who rides choppers and get super fat? Smoke cigar. I know I'm not, but I'm an anomaly. I'm an actor.

[Stephen Colbert]

You are an actor.

[Josh Brolin]

I am an actor.

[Stephen Colbert]

You're not allowed to live the life. Life you want. Well, you have to have a good body.

[Josh Brolin]

I got it. I don't have to have a good body. I haven't always had. You know, I lost a bunch of weight recently. I went from 212 to 176 and now I'm like 185.

[Stephen Colbert]

Wow, that's great. Yeah. Oh, yeah.

[Josh Brolin]

Did you know right in the neck.

[Stephen Colbert]

One in the neck, one in the thigh.

[Josh Brolin]

And supposedly when you want to lose more in your face, you just do it right in your face.

[Stephen Colbert]

Do you really? I didn't, I didn't know that. I didn't know that.

[Josh Brolin]

Like if you gained weight. Yeah, like if you really did something.

[Stephen Colbert]

I've been doing that.

[Josh Brolin]

Well, you need to do it more.

[Stephen Colbert]

Really?

[Josh Brolin]

Yeah, man, you can.

[Stephen Colbert]

But I want to live longer.

[Josh Brolin]

That fat biker living longer.

[Stephen Colbert]

Look cool. Look cool. Okay. Look cool. Leave a beautiful and corpulent corpse. Corpulent. Okay, let's get back to the questions. Unless we don't have. I mean, I don't want to. Obviously with you there are no questions or answers. It's just. It's more like a tone poem. It's more like tone. This rhythm. It's like how. But it did it.

[Josh Brolin]

You didn't even know that was funny when you said it until they started laughing. Cuz it was super funny.

[Stephen Colbert]

No, I knew it was funny. I knew it was funny.

[Josh Brolin]

Did you know it was funny?

[Stephen Colbert]

They don't give these desks away to people who don't know what they're saying. It's not always. Doesn't always work. But I got a pretty good Guess they also don't take them away from people who do that. Exactly.

[Josh Brolin]

Okay, so I need some of that. Funny.

[Stephen Colbert]

What do you need? There you go. Oh, there you go. We are going to take another break right here, but if you stick around, there will be more Josh Brolin when you return. Hey, everybody, we're back with the star of Weapons, Josh Brolin. Josh Brolin.

[Josh Brolin]

Hello.

[Stephen Colbert]

People are really excited for your new Knives out thing, man. This is you and the teaser trailer for Knives Out. Wake up, Dead man. Coming out. December.

[Josh Brolin]

They don't know it. Somebody just whistled. That's interesting.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah. Well, you play a priest.

[Josh Brolin]

I do, yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

You play a. Do you enjoy being a priest? Because I could see you as a spiritual leader.

[Josh Brolin]

It was weird, because I'll say this in all seriousness, that my wife had said, I don't really think about things that I want to play. They said, if you could play anything, what would you play? And I've never really had that. But my wife said after I got this part, she said, do you remember a year ago saying that you'd love to play like a televangelist or a priest? And I said, no, I don't remember that. And she said, and look at what's manifested. So this role, a priest, scared me wildly. You have Glenn Close, you have who? Renner. You have Mila Kunisch, you have Of Daniel Craig. You have like a lot of really good actors.

[Stephen Colbert]

Andrew Scott. Andrew, who played the original OG Hot priest on Fleabag. On Fleabag.

[Josh Brolin]

Fleabag.

[Stephen Colbert]

And you're like a hot priest in this one, right?

[Josh Brolin]

You're like, I'm not so hot. Let's bring the picture out again.

[Stephen Colbert]

I don't know. It's an odd angle. It's an odd angle.

[Josh Brolin]

It's not really the angle.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah, that is.

[Josh Brolin]

That is £212 of manly priest.

[Stephen Colbert]

There you go.

[Josh Brolin]

Yeah, yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

Did he give any tips on how to be a hot priest? Andrew Scott?

[Josh Brolin]

No.

[Stephen Colbert]

Okay.

[Josh Brolin]

No, no. I mean, he, like. That guy's an amazing actor. You know, he did a one man show recently here in New York.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah, Brilliant. One of those things. Did you see it? Oh, yeah. Did you see it?

[Josh Brolin]

I didn't see it.

[Stephen Colbert]

Oh, it was so good.

[Josh Brolin]

Was it?

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah, yeah. At the end of it, he went, better than Josh Brolin. That's how he ended. That's how he ended it. And I thought, I mean, that's a little rude, but I went, true.

[Josh Brolin]

And there was one person in the audience who clapped. And you got up and you go, yes, that's right.

[Stephen Colbert]

No, it Was great. It was just him doing all the parts in Vanya. It was incredible.

[Josh Brolin]

He's an incredible actor.

[Stephen Colbert]

You go, thank God people try such things.

[Josh Brolin]

Yeah, yeah. And he's a guy that we would be in the trailer and we would be waiting to do scenes and he'd just sit there and draw. He would sleep a lot. He's a sleeper. He would sleep a lot. Well, some people don't do that. You know, they're around.

[Stephen Colbert]

Those are insane.

[Josh Brolin]

No, no, no. But they commune and you have actors communing and they tell stories and they try between shots.

[Stephen Colbert]

And then he would be, wow, Astronauts can do that kind of stuff.

[Josh Brolin]

But he's a great actor, so maybe there's something to that. I don't sleep very much, so I'm still trying very hard.

[Stephen Colbert]

You don't sleep much at all? No. Is that why I get videos from you, like, all time, night and day, and you always seem to be going through, like, the desert with giant mesas behind you, and I. I don't know how.

[Josh Brolin]

What's the longest video I ever sent to you?

[Stephen Colbert]

I think he sent me a 22 minute video and you were driving somewhere in the high chaparral or something back. I mean, I'm honored. I was saying last night, like, I'm always upset when other people say, oh, he sent me a video too. I'm like, wait a second.

[Josh Brolin]

But you said, yeah, you thought you were the only one. And then she said, I thought I was the only one. And then I had like 900 people text me after your show and said, I thought I was the only one.

[Stephen Colbert]

You're right.

[Josh Brolin]

I got a lot of time on my head. And you're right, I'm Josh and it doesn't matter.

[Stephen Colbert]

You're a video message slut. Is that what I'm doing?

[Josh Brolin]

But what I like doing, what I like doing with you?

[Stephen Colbert]

Yes.

[Josh Brolin]

What do you like doing is the pause.

[Stephen Colbert]

Oh, yeah.

[Josh Brolin]

I like just sitting there and then just pulling out the. Where the. Is my phone?

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah, yeah.

[Josh Brolin]

Pulling it out and just looking. Pulling it out. Just looking at you.

[Stephen Colbert]

Right.

[Josh Brolin]

And then just smiling.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yep.

[Josh Brolin]

Thinking of your cookbook.

[Stephen Colbert]

Oh, very sweet. Yeah. Very long, very, very long, very long pauses. And a lot of times you're driving.

[Josh Brolin]

Yeah, but I have one of those things holding my phone.

[Stephen Colbert]

Sure.

[Josh Brolin]

I'm not unsafe. It's not like I take pictures when I'm riding motorcycles. What else do you want to talk about?

[Stephen Colbert]

New film Weapons comes out Friday.

[Josh Brolin]

That's like the end, isn't it? Don't we have more stuff to just.

[Stephen Colbert]

Well, they're saying rap over there. They've. That sign's up for a while. Wow. And I. And you know what? I. I don't care. I want to talk to you. That's a good man right there. Can you tell us anything about this movie? Because I asked Julia Garner some stuff about it. She's like, I can't really tell you.

[Josh Brolin]

You can't really say anything. You know, she said you can't. I mean. Look, look. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. I don't want to leave. Listen, man, if I'm gonna leave this set, I'm gonna come over and play with those dudes and play the drums or whatever.

[Stephen Colbert]

Wow. Fred Armiston did that. Yeah, I'm gonna do it. You can play drum.

[Josh Brolin]

I can play drums decently.

[Stephen Colbert]

You can play. Well, you play guitar, too, don't.

[Josh Brolin]

I mean, I know I'm supposed to rap, but. Here, I'll go like this. No.

[Stephen Colbert]

Hey, everybody. Weapons is in theaters Friday. It's Josh Brolin, everybody. We're right back with a performance by the Black Keys. Thank you for listening to the Late Show POD show with Stephen Colbert. Just one more thing. If you want to see more of me, come to The Late Show YouTube channel for more clips and exclusives.

[Josh Brolin]

Justice has a new daddy says you served 20 years for man's laughter. You mean manslaughter? Must have been quite the joke. Liam Neeson. Surprised to see me, too? The Naked Gun now playing. Rated PG 13. September 4th on Paramount Plus. Someone is trying to frame us until.

[Unknown]

Our names are cleared.

[Kristen Bell]

More fugitives from interval Like Bonnie and.

[Josh Brolin]

Clyde with better snacks. Espionage? You still as good as shot as you used to be?

[Kristen Bell]

Better.

[Josh Brolin]

Is there love language? We like to walk that fine line.

[Stephen Colbert]

Between techno, thriller, romantic comedy. We make up our own rules. NCIS Tony and Ziva.

[Josh Brolin]

Streaming September 4th on Paramount Plus.