James Marsden prepares for the 2023 Emmy Awards where he was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his role on Jury Duty. Watch as James loosens up while he gets ready for his big night, discusses his pre-show rituals, and takes a call from Ronald from Jury Duty.
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00:00 [ Knock on door ]
00:01 -Oh, hey, hey. I'm just going to pee.
00:04 Give me a second.
00:06 Hi, everyone. I'm Chris Pine.
00:08 I'm getting ready for the Emmys.
00:09 [ Laughter ]
00:11 James Marsden. Come on in.
00:12 Hands are clean. Hands are clean.
00:13 ♪♪
00:20 I guess you guys are gonna watch me
00:22 get all ready today.
00:25 I'm not sure I want to give away my secrets.
00:28 Sorry, I'm just looking at photos from this past week.
00:31 Oh, that's a good one. I'm gonna post that one.
00:33 Sorry. How am I feeling today?
00:37 Feeling pretty good.
00:38 It feels like it's the last leg of the race
00:42 coming down to the Emmys, which is the big one for me.
00:45 I think, you know,
00:48 pretending like the nerves aren't there
00:50 doesn't always work, but I'm good.
00:52 I usually try and stick with the healthy stuff, you know,
00:55 like get a little exercise in, and thank you.
00:58 There we go.
00:59 You know, water, some oatmeal, go for a walk, sleep.
01:05 You know, you just want to be fresh on the day.
01:07 You want to have your wits about you,
01:08 so I just want to be as clear as possible.
01:10 I don't want anything kind of clouding my thoughts.
01:15 I mean, honestly, pre-show rituals,
01:18 I feel like it's always a good idea
01:19 to just do something normal,
01:22 like go to the grocery store and get some milk,
01:25 pick the dog up from grooming,
01:27 just to remind yourself that it's like, you know,
01:29 get your mind off of everything.
01:30 The nerves don't really kick in until you get there
01:32 and you see everybody.
01:33 Keep it clean, stay hydrated, have a good time.
01:38 -What are your thoughts on the viral text message?
01:41 -Well, I didn't see that coming, I'll be honest, nor did she.
01:45 I had to explain to her what viral meant.
01:46 She was like, "Do I need to go to the doctor?"
01:48 Turns out everybody was way more interested in my mom
01:51 than all my other photos of me on the carpet
01:54 and my hair and my suits.
01:56 Nobody really cared.
01:57 They just wanted to hear about my mom.
01:58 It was just such a sweet text that she sent during the Globes
02:02 and it was just, I don't know, so pure and sweet
02:05 and just a nice little wholesome moment.
02:07 The whole "Jury Duty" family is such a great, tight-knit family
02:10 and I get to celebrate all of that with them,
02:12 which is really special.
02:14 I think all of us are so blown away
02:16 by the fact that we're here talking about it.
02:18 That tequila's starting to kick in.
02:20 -Oh, Ronald "Jury Duty" is calling.
02:25 This was actually organic.
02:26 Like, we did not -- Hold on.
02:28 Ronald "The Guy from 'Jury Duty'"
02:30 is who he is in my contact.
02:32 I'm kidding, I'm kidding.
02:33 Oh, you have a bottle in your hand, too.
02:35 Look at this. -Dude, hey!
02:37 -I'm not in my tux yet because I've decided not to go.
02:41 -Please, dude, you just didn't want to distract from everybody
02:42 'cause you're gonna win. You know this, right?
02:44 -Oh, man. You're the best.
02:48 I'm still trying to find a chink in the armor.
02:50 Like, where's your flaw?
02:51 Oh.
02:53 -What's -- You're not this, like, super sweet, perfect guy.
02:56 Everyone's like, "Oh, Ronald, it's humanity.
02:59 He's so kind. He's so decent."
03:02 I see. I'm on to you.
03:04 All right, man, let's have a good time.
03:05 And congrats on all this.
03:07 I just -- There's no one else I'd want to share it with
03:09 than you, pal.
03:10 -Dude, it's so good to meet you, man.
03:11 I'm excited to see you tonight. -All right.
03:13 All right. See you soon. Bye.
03:15 Now's that time I'm gonna start getting dressed, getting ready.
03:20 There's a free-to-watch if you want.
03:24 Um...
03:26 Join me in watching me get dressed.
03:30 Our secrets. -Mine?
03:36 -Peek behind the curtain. What is this?
03:38 -Lose some cream to make you look young and beautiful.
03:41 -To make me look young and beautiful?
03:43 -Yes.
03:46 -Can it make me young and beautiful?
03:48 -It is. -Yeah.
03:49 -Perfect.
03:51 -Up until a few weeks ago, I was using jergens on my face.
03:55 But I will say, nothing beats, you know, like, washing your face?
03:59 -Oh, good cream. Good cleansers.
04:01 -Oh, no, I was gonna say a bar of Irish Spring.
04:03 -Oh, yeah. Absolutely. Just rip this thing off.
04:07 -Well, it just gets the dirt out.
04:08 I mean, I would go home from set with makeup on my face
04:11 and just fall asleep.
04:13 And it wasn't until recently when people say
04:15 that you shouldn't do that.
04:18 But maybe that's my secret.
04:22 Maybe makeup is a really good moisturizer.
04:26 And people just don't know 'cause they've been taking it
04:27 off their face for so long.
04:29 It's not a, you know, action-cut kind of show.
04:33 We were all nervous that, you know,
04:36 if he discovered what we were doing, you know,
04:40 we got to get him to the finish line.
04:41 It's three weeks of shooting.
04:43 The closer you got him to the end, the higher the stakes.
04:47 So I think all of us were just, you know --
04:50 It was like live theater. You just couldn't screw up.
04:53 Everyone was scared to be the one to blow it.
04:55 It was fun for me to be that character
04:58 and mess around with the other actors.
04:59 I always like making fun of myself.
05:01 I like making fun of -- I mean, I love what I do,
05:03 and I take it very seriously.
05:04 But I like to keep it in check and sort of, I don't know,
05:09 find ways to playfully make fun of it
05:11 without, like, discounting or discrediting
05:15 what we do for a living, you know?
05:16 I love it. I've been doing it for 30 years.
05:18 All right.
05:19 Hair check, makeup check, ready to get dressed.
05:23 Gonna get ready for this thing.
05:25 Okay.
05:30 I'm sober again.
05:33 -What are you wearing? -Huh?
05:35 -What are you wearing?
05:36 -Oh, I thought you said, "Who are you marrying?"
05:40 The Academy.
05:43 I'm wearing Kenali.
05:46 Double-breasted, just classic.
05:50 Tux, no tie.
05:53 Oh, that's supposed to be undone, right?
05:55 Yeah.
05:56 Gotta let that beast breathe.
05:58 You can dress me up and try to make me classy,
06:00 but then I open my mouth.
06:02 Oh, open, open.
06:03 Oh, because of the cummerbund.
06:05 See, I'm such a child when I get dressed.
06:07 If it wasn't for David, Hilaria, Savannah,
06:10 I would be going to the Emmys in a T-shirt and jeans.
06:13 All right, I feel like a million bucks.
06:15 Got some lovely Omega watch here.
06:18 Classic, non-date, formal watch.
06:20 You didn't know that?
06:21 That's technically a formal watch.
06:22 Has no date.
06:24 Okay, all right.
06:28 So, I guess we're heading to the Emmys now.
06:31 Here we go.
06:33 Okay, off we go.
06:35 Which way is the elevator?
06:36 This way. This is it.
06:37 Now I start to feel all the real nerves start to kick in.
06:40 Oh, the door's already open.
06:44 There we go.
06:46 It's been real.
06:48 See you at the Emmys, guys.
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