Jeremy Piven, born in New York City, is an acclaimed actor and comedian known for his energetic style. He won a Golden Globe and three Emmys for his role as Ari Gold on the HBO series Entourage. Piven also starred in the drama Mr Selfridge and appeared in films like Grosse Pointe Blank and Serendipity. Piven is also an accomplished stand-up comedian and is embarking on the Jeremy Piven tour, a series of live stand-up shows, starting in Australia in August 2025.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is a podcast from dou Wor Back now to
the Doubor Saturday Morning Show with Larry Minty. Welcome back.
Actor Jeremy Piven, who is best known as Arie Gold
and Entourage, is a very funny man who steals a
scene in every movie he's been in, and now you
can see him live. His stand up act is coming
(00:21):
to New York City. It's a different kind of audience
in New.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
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,
(00:45):
and 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 intimate, 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
(01:06):
me playing our Gold or any of these characters, they
assume that I'm improvising 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 1 (01:23):
How many shows have you done so far? Are you
on the tour?
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Now, I'm on the tour. Now. You know I do
a couple hundred shows a year.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
I do.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
I do like 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. And you know
you can get four five spots in a night here
in New York because you know, New Yorkers love their
(01:52):
comedy and You've got the Comedy Seller and all the
iconic spots in the world. So I love it.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
Well, if you want to get tickets, and I'm definitely
gonna go. I love this guy, Jeremy dashpivn dot com.
That's Jeremy dashpivin gut come. Yeah, that's how you can
get some tickets for the show and.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
You and you caught me stretching and I apologize. 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. Good
night everyone, Thank you for coming. Yes, enjoy the veal.
Yes she is cold.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
Can we tell you?
Speaker 2 (02:26):
I had sorry, 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 (02:37):
Ari.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
Are you funny? Yes, I'm funny, sir.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
No.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
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, Mammy,
my girl love rush hour that scene and I go, oh, thanks, man.
(03:04):
He was sitting down I go, thanks, man. He goes, yo, man,
do that scene for me. I swear to God. I
was like, I'm sorry. He goes due the 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. He stood up.
He was six foot seven. I looked at him. I said, so,
you've got the mokeijina skin and the big broad shoulders.
(03:24):
Let's put a dead animal on you. Butter cream. Butter
cream cracks again, butter cream. What's by the way, it's
the mystery means. I was like, can I do it again?
And he's like, no, no, you only get one take.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
Bitch. Now, I heard you do interviews about this, about
that very scene.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
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 who stand up comedy because I'm improvising in
(04:02):
real time.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
Now.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
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 1 (04:14):
Now I understand it. Early on, when you had these parts,
you would add lib if they didn't cut the camera
off because you wanted to stand out, and you did
every movie you were in early on, you stood out.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
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
(04:46):
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 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
(05:07):
anything or any of these you know movies that you
mentioned 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 (05:29):
Hey, so you were born here, you moved to Chicago.
Are you a Yankees fan a Cubs fan?
Speaker 2 (05:36):
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 1 (05:54):
Yeah, it's not gonna happen this year, but well, let's.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
Let's have a laugh at on the nineteenth together and
we'll we'll raise an adult beverage and celebrate. Either way,
I would love that.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
Jeremy Piven is going to be performing at Sony Hall
on October nineteenth. You can get your tickets at Jeremy
Dashpiven dot com. It was really an honor to meet you.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
Thanks, thank you as well. Thank you for the time.
This has been a podcast from woor
This is a podcast from dou Wor Back now to
the Doubor Saturday Morning Show with Larry Minty. Welcome back.
Actor Jeremy Piven, who is best known as Arie Gold
and Entourage, is a very funny man who steals a
scene in every movie he's been in, and now you
can see him live. His stand up act is coming
(00:21):
to New York City. It's a different kind of audience
in New.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
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,
(00:45):
and 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 intimate, 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
(01:06):
me playing our Gold or any of these characters, they
assume that I'm improvising 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 1 (01:23):
How many shows have you done so far? Are you
on the tour?
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Now, I'm on the tour. Now. You know I do
a couple hundred shows a year.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
I do.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
I do like 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. And you know
you can get four five spots in a night here
in New York because you know, New Yorkers love their
(01:52):
comedy and You've got the Comedy Seller and all the
iconic spots in the world. So I love it.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
Well, if you want to get tickets, and I'm definitely
gonna go. I love this guy, Jeremy dashpivn dot com.
That's Jeremy dashpivin gut come. Yeah, that's how you can
get some tickets for the show and.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
You and you caught me stretching and I apologize. 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. Good
night everyone, Thank you for coming. Yes, enjoy the veal.
Yes she is cold.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
Can we tell you?
Speaker 2 (02:26):
I had sorry, 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 (02:37):
Ari.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
Are you funny? Yes, I'm funny, sir.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
No.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
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, Mammy,
my girl love rush hour that scene and I go, oh, thanks, man.
(03:04):
He was sitting down I go, thanks, man. He goes, yo, man,
do that scene for me. I swear to God. I
was like, I'm sorry. He goes due the 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. He stood up.
He was six foot seven. I looked at him. I said, so,
you've got the mokeijina skin and the big broad shoulders.
(03:24):
Let's put a dead animal on you. Butter cream. Butter
cream cracks again, butter cream. What's by the way, it's
the mystery means. I was like, can I do it again?
And he's like, no, no, you only get one take.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
Bitch. Now, I heard you do interviews about this, about
that very scene.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
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 who stand up comedy because I'm improvising in
(04:02):
real time.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
Now.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
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 1 (04:14):
Now I understand it. Early on, when you had these parts,
you would add lib if they didn't cut the camera
off because you wanted to stand out, and you did
every movie you were in early on, you stood out.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
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
(04:46):
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 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
(05:07):
anything or any of these you know movies that you
mentioned 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 (05:29):
Hey, so you were born here, you moved to Chicago.
Are you a Yankees fan a Cubs fan?
Speaker 2 (05:36):
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 1 (05:54):
Yeah, it's not gonna happen this year, but well, let's.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
Let's have a laugh at on the nineteenth together and
we'll we'll raise an adult beverage and celebrate. Either way,
I would love that.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
Jeremy Piven is going to be performing at Sony Hall
on October nineteenth. You can get your tickets at Jeremy
Dashpiven dot com. It was really an honor to meet you.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
Thanks, thank you as well. Thank you for the time.
This has been a podcast from woor
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