he d give you anything. plus, we ll go on a tour of his private office, memorabilia and his paintings. it s all ahead on this larry king special: johnny depp. we re sitting here in johnny depp s office, an office like none i have ever seen. later we ll get a chance to explore it a little. lease one of most celebrated and versatile actors of his generation. his new movie rum diary will open october 28th, the only novel written by hunter s. thompson. you don t do many things like this. do you not like to be interviewed? no, i m just not very good at it, you know. never have been very good at it. why not? i don t know. you know, there s a strange thing, i m okay when i m a character, if i m playing a character, i can do virtually anything in front of a camera. but if i m just me, i feel, you know, exposed and it feels awkward. we won t expose you. okay. do you like being other people? yeah, i do. i do because i m fascinated with people. i mean, i m fascinated
dad. and his famous friends. brando had that big an effect on you? he was a wonderful man. he d give you anything. plus a tour of his private office full of personal memorabilia and his paintings. it s all ahead on this larry king special, johnny depp. we re sitting here in johnny depp s office. an office like none i have ever seen. later, we ll get a chance to explore it is a little. he, of course, one of the most celebrated and versatile actors of his generation. he s also director, producer, accomplished musician. his new movie rum diary will open october 28th. the only novel ever written by hunter s. thompson. we ll talk about that a little later. you don t do many things like this. do you not like to be interviewed or? no. i m just not very good at it, you know. never have been very good at it. why not? i don t know. there s a you know, there s a strange thing, you know. i m okay when i m a character. if i m playing a character, i can do, you know, virt
kelsey grammer is one of the most talked about, one of the most famous, one of the most beloved faces in american television history. he joins me now. you are, aren t you? you ve been part of the american television consciousness for so long. you must walk around the street and everyone goes hey, kelsey. everyone must think they know you. well, those things do happen. those events do take place. sometimes it s hey, frasier, but more often than not, it s hey, kelsey. do you like the kind of mass attention you still get? or i ve done it, i just want to just go and it s always pleasant. it s always flatter. it s always meant in an optimistic kind of affectionate way. so i take it that way and return the compliment actually. you enjoy the status of television icon? sure. i ve be a fool to say i didn t. i would. let s be honest with you. odd thing about you and i mean this in the best sense i don t think i ve ever had an american television star sit here who open
when daniel day-lewis came on stage that my name was in that envelope. a passion of politics. that s what i d like to say to my president whom i m so proud of, but i want him to stand up on his hind legs and fight these rat bastards. and what happened in that hot tub with jack nicholson. he was still in the tub and i climbed down and he reached up and shook my hand and looked right in my eyes, nowhere else and he said that was beautiful, honey. this is piers morgan tonight. juan williams made headlines when he was fired from national public radio after making controversy comments about muslims. now he s written a book called muzzled and he joins me to have an honest debate. good to be here. you feel you ve been muzzled? once they fire you piers. you ve gone on to bigger and better things. i agree. fabulously successful, rich, writing best selling books. you know, it hasn t gone too badly. you haven t exactly been gagged. well, when they take the
this week as 16 million americans are out of work, the economy is struggling to grow and the housing market remains a mess, we learn that total student loan debt now topping $1 trillion for the first time. at the same time, 15% of 20 to 24-year-old americans do not have jobs. student loan delinquencies have jumped to more than 11% doubling just over the past few years. nicholas kristof is a columnist for the new york times, moody s expects student loan problems to only get worse. this is a really tough situation for young people. no jobs, tons of debt, an economy that s not favoring the things it used to. that s right. and i fear that the result may be, you know, more people having trouble getting into college and one of the long-term problems affecting our long-term competitive is the proportion of americans going to college has flattened since the 1970s, i fear we re kind of digging ourselves into a hole. the thing is even if you get a college degree and you get the d