teeth through entourage, wasn t maybe quite what she had in mind for her great thespian son who is now the masterpiece, has finally arrived. can i tell a story? yes. okay. so by the way, my mother, who just came out with a book, her name is joyce piven, it s a book on acting, her first book on acting, in the studio with joyce piven. she s been my teacher since i was 8 years old. i would run lines with her for entourage so you can only imagine, you know, some of the things that were you know, i would have to yell at her as lloyd, if you can imagine. the reality is that we re artists and this is a character that exists, and so you have to play him authentically. let s take a break, come back and talk more about mr. selfridge. also i want to hear your british accent. i ve heard it s quite good. did you see the end of the funny or die clip? i did. that s why i m asking. zap technology.
that the customer s always right, you treat them like guests, so he was so kind and he would always, almost like obama, when obama s in the middle of a speech and someone yells you re a liar, he smiles and he defuses all of that by taking the high road. that s kind of very much the way mr. selfridge is. but he has his own demons and he s a risk junkie and he loves to gamble and he loves women, and he fancies himself a performer. you had a great line that your mother sort of gritted her teeth through entourage, wasn t maybe quite what she had in mind for her great thespian son who is now the masterpiece, has finally arrived. can i tell a story? yes. okay. so by the way, my mother, who just came out with a book, her name is joyce piven, it s a book on acting, her first book on acting, in the studio with joyce piven. she s been my teacher since i was 8 years old. i would run lines with her for entourage so you can only
yes indeed. you ve met a lot of agents. i know it s based predominantly around ari emanuel, who is a bit like i met ari a few times. he really is a bit like that. have you met him? i have met him, yes. i have indeed met him. was he flattered or enraged? no, he certainly was not enraged. i think that he enjoys it. he enjoys the attention. he s a hard-working guy who is incredibly successful and his brothers are rahm is the mayor of chicago, was obama s chief of staff and ezequiel i just interviewed ezequiel. probably the smartest of all three of them. yes indeed. you can imagine that passover table. ari getting the least respect of these brilliant prolific guys which is an idea i would pitch all the time to everyone and anyone that would listen on entourage. mr. selfridge is, in my opinion, ultimately the antithesis of ari in the way that he is a master of the high road. he came up with with the credo
mr. selfridge. you re lucky i m actually looking you in the eye. no, as you know, back in your former life, in the uk, it s much to my surprise was, you know, i thought they do period dramas better than anyone in the world. here s some random american coming into their backyard and doing a period piece, they re going to crush me and send me packing. and for whatever reason, we were averaging about 8.5 million. amazing. it was seen by many as the kind of, this is what to watch because downton abbey s not on at the moment. i read a very good analysis that said the difference was bite and bark. the bark of mr. selfridge was nowhere near as bad as his bite. but with ari, it was the other way around. the bark was much worse than the bite. yes. i actually came up with that. i swear to god. i knew it was somebody really smart that had done that. exactly. yeah, you have to understand, ari ruled with an iron fist and
i want to move perfume out of the pharmacy and give it its own department. in plain sight? perfume s a lady s secret, mr. selfridge. not in france, it isn t. all the stores give it prominence. where will it be, mr. selfridge? right in the front of the store. the smell of the street is dreadful. we disguise the godawful horse manure and sell at the same time. not on the ground floor, surely, among accessories and fashion. doesn t seem right somehow. i was thinking of selling beauty products right next to the perfume. beauty products on display? clip from mr. selfridge which made its debut last sunday. some are calling it the new downton abbey which is quite a coup. jeremy piven is with me now. i ve heard you do a little accent. you know what, i really don t. come on, have a go. no, here s the thing. at the end of the funny or die video, it just said do a british accent. you know. so i basically just imitated at