October 9, 2025 • 7 mins
Jeremy Piven joined Mendte in the Morning to talk about his stand up comedy tour and some funny stories from the road.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Embarrassed to say I'm a little bit of a fanboy
right now because I have loved this actor for a
long long time.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Jeremy Pivots, Oh come on, we just met in the bathroom. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (00:10):
Literally, But that's how all great relationships start, right, said
the bishop to the show girl. What I'm sorry, sorry,
I apologize with the bathroom Okay, hot humor. I apologize
that's not right for anyone. But I literally just ran
into you. By the way, that's how my first TV
(00:30):
show ever, the Larry Sanders Show with Garry Shandling. I
met him in the bathroom, just like that, just before
I auditioned. So this is going to go really well.
Oh I'm just telling you.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
Don't expect big things from this.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Oh this is no. This is gonna be viciously mediocre
this entire interview. No, I know that, I know.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
I'm glad you have low expectations. By the way, he's
an Emmy and Golden Globe winning actor. You know him
from the hit shows like Entourage, for which he won
three Emmy Awards, Yeah, and the Golden Globe Award. And
he's New York because he's got another passion stand up
comedy He'll be performing on stages across the globe, but
right now he is bringing his national tour to New
(01:10):
York Sony Hall on October nineteenth. It's a different kind
of audience in New.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
York, the best audience actually, because the reality is. I mean,
I was born here, went to NYU, and grew up
in Chicago. But any excuse that I can get to
come here. The audience here are confident, vocal, sharp, and
they will give it to you straight. And there's an
old saying you got to go where you're loved, and
(01:35):
I really do feel loved here. I have to say it.
So that's you know why I wanted to go to
Sony Hall. It's intimated about five hundred people, and you know,
you got to get your tickets fast. That's why I
wanted to come here and let people know I'm going
to be here and we need to laugh now more
than ever. And people don't realize that I'm a stand
up and you know, when they see me playing Our
(01:56):
Gold or any of these characters, they assume that I'm
in proving when the reality is. With Entourage specifically, it
was all written every word, but I was always trying
to like pitch jokes and ideas, and this is a
way for me to just have total freedom, and there's
nothing better.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
How many shows have you done so far? Are you
on the tour now, I'm on the tour.
Speaker 3 (02:17):
Now.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
You know I do a couple hundred shows a year.
I do.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
I do like five to five to eight shows a week.
But that's nothing. Look at New York has the best
comics in the world. That's just the way it is.
You know, I'm jumping up on stage at the Stand
and various places around town all week.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
And you know you can.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
Get four five spots in a night here in New
York because you know, New Yorkers love their comedy and
you've got the comedy seller and all the iconic spots
in the world.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
So I love it.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
Well, if you want to get tickets, and I'm definitely
gonna go. I love this guy, Jeremy Dashpiven dot com.
That's Jeremy dashpivn gut com. Yeah, that's how you can
get some tickets for the show.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
And you and you caught me stretching, and iologize, but
I'm getting older, and this is how you know you're
getting older. I used to look at a woman in
a short skirt and I'd be like, Wow, she's hot.
And now I'm like, I wonder if she's cold.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Good night everyone, thank you for coming. Yes, enjoy the veal.
Yes she is cold. I had sorry.
Speaker 3 (03:17):
I had to slip in a joke because people are
like this guy funny. I don't no fun to spend
my money. Hey, Ari, you're a douchebag. I'm a douchebag
because of you.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
Ari.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
Are you funny?
Speaker 2 (03:29):
Yes, I'm funny, sir.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
No.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
I literally was just in Boston, another great town where
you know that in Philly, uh, you know, very outspoken cities.
You know you're gonna you're gonna get it straight. And
there was a dude. I was at the Wilberth Theater
there and I was taking a selfie out front because
I was on the Marquee and this dude goes, yo, man,
me my girl love a rush hour that scene and
(03:53):
I go, oh, thanks man. He was sitting down. I go,
thanks man, goes yo man, do that scene for me.
I swear to god. I was like, I'm sorry. He
goes dude scene right now and he lifts his phone
up to record me. I go, you want me to
do a seven minute scene for you, sir, you're a stranger.
Speaker 2 (04:06):
He stood up. He was six foot seven. I looked
at him. I said, so you've.
Speaker 3 (04:10):
Got the mokeijina skin and the big broad shoulders.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
Let's put a dead animal on you. Butter cream. Butter
cream cracked again, butter cream?
Speaker 3 (04:18):
What's blow the way? It's mystery means. I was like,
can I do it again? And he's like, no, no,
you only get one take.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
Bitch.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
Now, I heard you do interviews about this, about that
very scene.
Speaker 3 (04:31):
You had lived that well that I have lived every
every single word. And that's you know when when people
are like, look and I've been touring as a stand
up for ten years, and yet I've been on stage
since I was eight years old, and I've been writing
on my feet and essentially doing stand up like basically
like Rush Hours stand up comedy because I'm improvising in
(04:52):
real time.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Now.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker each made twenty million. I
made two hundred and seventy dollars for that cameo, and
I'm very bitter. And that's why I'm here because i
need money.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
Now, I understand it.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
Early on, when you had these parts, you would add
if they didn't cut the camera off because you wanted
to stand.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
Out, and you did. Every movie you were in early on,
you stood out.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
It's not about standing out, it's about making the most
of the moment. It's like every role is the leading
role in my mind. So even though my character in
Rush Hour had one line, may I help you, and
the character was saleswoman. Literally that's the name of the character, saleswoman.
I was the wrong gender and I had a half
(05:36):
a line. So but it's but like you're in the game.
You're in the game, you're you know you're gonna get
a rep. So why not just have as much fun
as you can, you know, the character, play the character
like it's the lead, and just start swinging for the fences.
And then I was kind of used as this guy where,
you know, if Cameron Crowe and singles or say anything
(05:58):
or any of these you know movies that you met
with John Cusack, if they needed some comedy, they would
just call me and just throw me in there and
just have me improvise. And so I was that guy
for forty movies and then I got Entourage, and then
at forty years old, I was voted the fresh face
of the year, and I was like, there's nothing fresh
about my face, but thank you.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Hey, so you were born here, you moved to Chicago.
Are you a Yankees fan a Cubs fan?
Speaker 3 (06:26):
Well, look at look at God bless the Yankees and
and God bless the Chicago Cubs. I don't want to
jump on the bandwagon for the Yankees yet I love
them and I'm happy they're winning. I'm a Chicago guy.
I'm from the North Side of Chicago, so you know,
I would love to It wouldn't be great if we
both made it to the next round.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
Yeah, it's not gonna happen this year, but well let's.
Speaker 3 (06:46):
Let's have a laugh at on the nineteenth together and
we'll we'll raise an adult beverage and celebrate either way.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
I would love that.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
Jerey M. Piven is going to be performing at Sony
Hall on October nineteenth, and get your tickets at Jeremy
DASHPIVN dot com.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
It was really an honor to meet you. Thanks, thank
you as well. Thank you for the time
Embarrassed to say I'm a little bit of a fanboy
right now because I have loved this actor for a
long long time.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Jeremy Pivots, Oh come on, we just met in the bathroom. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (00:10):
Literally, But that's how all great relationships start, right, said
the bishop to the show girl. What I'm sorry, sorry,
I apologize with the bathroom Okay, hot humor. I apologize
that's not right for anyone. But I literally just ran
into you. By the way, that's how my first TV
(00:30):
show ever, the Larry Sanders Show with Garry Shandling. I
met him in the bathroom, just like that, just before
I auditioned. So this is going to go really well.
Oh I'm just telling you.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
Don't expect big things from this.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Oh this is no. This is gonna be viciously mediocre
this entire interview. No, I know that, I know.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
I'm glad you have low expectations. By the way, he's
an Emmy and Golden Globe winning actor. You know him
from the hit shows like Entourage, for which he won
three Emmy Awards, Yeah, and the Golden Globe Award. And
he's New York because he's got another passion stand up
comedy He'll be performing on stages across the globe, but
right now he is bringing his national tour to New
(01:10):
York Sony Hall on October nineteenth. It's a different kind
of audience in New.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
York, the best audience actually, because the reality is. I mean,
I was born here, went to NYU, and grew up
in Chicago. But any excuse that I can get to
come here. The audience here are confident, vocal, sharp, and
they will give it to you straight. And there's an
old saying you got to go where you're loved, and
(01:35):
I really do feel loved here. I have to say it.
So that's you know why I wanted to go to
Sony Hall. It's intimated about five hundred people, and you know,
you got to get your tickets fast. That's why I
wanted to come here and let people know I'm going
to be here and we need to laugh now more
than ever. And people don't realize that I'm a stand
up and you know, when they see me playing Our
(01:56):
Gold or any of these characters, they assume that I'm
in proving when the reality is. With Entourage specifically, it
was all written every word, but I was always trying
to like pitch jokes and ideas, and this is a
way for me to just have total freedom, and there's
nothing better.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
How many shows have you done so far? Are you
on the tour now, I'm on the tour.
Speaker 3 (02:17):
Now.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
You know I do a couple hundred shows a year.
I do.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
I do like five to five to eight shows a week.
But that's nothing. Look at New York has the best
comics in the world. That's just the way it is.
You know, I'm jumping up on stage at the Stand
and various places around town all week.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
And you know you can.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
Get four five spots in a night here in New
York because you know, New Yorkers love their comedy and
you've got the comedy seller and all the iconic spots
in the world.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
So I love it.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
Well, if you want to get tickets, and I'm definitely
gonna go. I love this guy, Jeremy Dashpiven dot com.
That's Jeremy dashpivn gut com. Yeah, that's how you can
get some tickets for the show.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
And you and you caught me stretching, and iologize, but
I'm getting older, and this is how you know you're
getting older. I used to look at a woman in
a short skirt and I'd be like, Wow, she's hot.
And now I'm like, I wonder if she's cold.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Good night everyone, thank you for coming. Yes, enjoy the veal.
Yes she is cold. I had sorry.
Speaker 3 (03:17):
I had to slip in a joke because people are
like this guy funny. I don't no fun to spend
my money. Hey, Ari, you're a douchebag. I'm a douchebag
because of you.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
Ari.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
Are you funny?
Speaker 2 (03:29):
Yes, I'm funny, sir.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
No.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
I literally was just in Boston, another great town where
you know that in Philly, uh, you know, very outspoken cities.
You know you're gonna you're gonna get it straight. And
there was a dude. I was at the Wilberth Theater
there and I was taking a selfie out front because
I was on the Marquee and this dude goes, yo, man,
me my girl love a rush hour that scene and
(03:53):
I go, oh, thanks man. He was sitting down. I go,
thanks man, goes yo man, do that scene for me.
I swear to god. I was like, I'm sorry. He
goes dude scene right now and he lifts his phone
up to record me. I go, you want me to
do a seven minute scene for you, sir, you're a stranger.
Speaker 2 (04:06):
He stood up. He was six foot seven. I looked
at him. I said, so you've.
Speaker 3 (04:10):
Got the mokeijina skin and the big broad shoulders.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
Let's put a dead animal on you. Butter cream. Butter
cream cracked again, butter cream?
Speaker 3 (04:18):
What's blow the way? It's mystery means. I was like,
can I do it again? And he's like, no, no,
you only get one take.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
Bitch.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
Now, I heard you do interviews about this, about that
very scene.
Speaker 3 (04:31):
You had lived that well that I have lived every
every single word. And that's you know when when people
are like, look and I've been touring as a stand
up for ten years, and yet I've been on stage
since I was eight years old, and I've been writing
on my feet and essentially doing stand up like basically
like Rush Hours stand up comedy because I'm improvising in
(04:52):
real time.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Now.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker each made twenty million. I
made two hundred and seventy dollars for that cameo, and
I'm very bitter. And that's why I'm here because i
need money.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
Now, I understand it.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
Early on, when you had these parts, you would add
if they didn't cut the camera off because you wanted
to stand.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
Out, and you did. Every movie you were in early on,
you stood out.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
It's not about standing out, it's about making the most
of the moment. It's like every role is the leading
role in my mind. So even though my character in
Rush Hour had one line, may I help you, and
the character was saleswoman. Literally that's the name of the character, saleswoman.
I was the wrong gender and I had a half
(05:36):
a line. So but it's but like you're in the game.
You're in the game, you're you know you're gonna get
a rep. So why not just have as much fun
as you can, you know, the character, play the character
like it's the lead, and just start swinging for the fences.
And then I was kind of used as this guy where,
you know, if Cameron Crowe and singles or say anything
(05:58):
or any of these you know movies that you met
with John Cusack, if they needed some comedy, they would
just call me and just throw me in there and
just have me improvise. And so I was that guy
for forty movies and then I got Entourage, and then
at forty years old, I was voted the fresh face
of the year, and I was like, there's nothing fresh
about my face, but thank you.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Hey, so you were born here, you moved to Chicago.
Are you a Yankees fan a Cubs fan?
Speaker 3 (06:26):
Well, look at look at God bless the Yankees and
and God bless the Chicago Cubs. I don't want to
jump on the bandwagon for the Yankees yet I love
them and I'm happy they're winning. I'm a Chicago guy.
I'm from the North Side of Chicago, so you know,
I would love to It wouldn't be great if we
both made it to the next round.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
Yeah, it's not gonna happen this year, but well let's.
Speaker 3 (06:46):
Let's have a laugh at on the nineteenth together and
we'll we'll raise an adult beverage and celebrate either way.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
I would love that.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
Jerey M. Piven is going to be performing at Sony
Hall on October nineteenth, and get your tickets at Jeremy
DASHPIVN dot com.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
It was really an honor to meet you. Thanks, thank
you as well. Thank you for the time
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