"I Would Have To Set My Phone On Fire" - Adam Scott On Achieving Work-Life Balance

Adam Scott shares a preview of his new AppleTV+ show, "Severance," and fantasizes about a way to achieve the mythical goal of a balanced life. #Colbert #Severance #AdamScott
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[@survivalman6114]

Adam scott is one of the best actors working today, he is believable in every role he plays

[@pamelahofman1785]

I don't understand why more people aren't talking about, or seeing, Severance. It's an amazing show with a really original concept. I hope it gets more views and public attention.

[@mr.balloffur]

I just watched it.... AMAZING!

[@beyourself2444]

I love it

[@xK0VI]

Availability. It's only in Apple TV or ad-ridden sites. Half year ago I barely heard about Apple TV and found out about it because of Ted Lasso. But yeah - this is gem and should be more known.

[@ppppw2]

Apple TV, also its a slow burner some people just cant sit their for deep meaning shows.

[@mewsao]

because it’s on apple tv

[@wynonasbigbrowndragon6121]

"Weirdly intimate, like I'm seeing someone's genitals or something" I didn't know I needed that. Until now I really couldn't summarize the bizarre feeling that comes with seeing the bottom half of someone's face for the first time after knowing them for months but Adam Scott nailed it.

[@metroid1396]

I once said, while eating at the table, that masks were the new underwear and everybody looked at me weird wondering why I said underwear and not shirt. Glad to know I am not the only one thinking this

[@infamousElle]

Not mentioned was his part in BIG LITTLE LIES, which he was also great in. Love him.

[@prachim.7882]

Also briefly in "The Good Place"!

[@MyAfropuff]

Severance is a must see. Excellent television.

[@AV-db5fb]

His character was so good in Parks and Rec, he was so relatable!

[@kevinfager.]

Oh weird. I just recognized the song that plays during his 3 second claymation today when he’s jobless and in crisis. How can it be that short! He is The Architect.

[@dawnieb.7394]

@@kevinfager. R.E.M. is grateful for your memory 😄

[@misterderp4566]

I'm one of the few that actually caught Party Down the first time around and, ever since, anything Adam Scott is involved in, I'll watch.

[@csullivan626]

Me too!!

[@blakejohnson4713]

100%

[@francescaa8331]

Same! That's how I became aware of him. So happy to hear them talking about this.

[@poindexterjones206]

Me too. :)

[@heleneh.6055]

💯!

[@delrey874]

Severance is the best show of the year so far.

[@adematti]

Adam is such a beautiful man.

[@liquidsnakeckw]

It seems like Adam S. is realy enjoying this interview.

[@phriedokra6158]

Covid Classic!!! Adam Scott is adorable!!!

[@88happiness]

Oh, the guy from A Good Place!!

[@jeannefoster5594]

That mouth guard comment had me rofl. I cut my lip when my iPad rolled off its triangle pillow on my chest and slammed into my mouth. Ouch!

[@jennyonthespectrum4581]

Maybe Adam Scott gets as nervous as me in front of people. His hands are shaking. Or he caffeinates like me 😂

[@ohiocitydave]

Could also be neurological.

[@askawizard]

Could be the Copious amount of drugs he uses.Have you seen the truth about him yet? kzbin.info/www/bejne/rninY2aKbd5km7c

[@megankalbaugh997]

He shakes in other interviews too! Especially the one where he was surprised with Mark Hamill - so I think nerves!

[@Laurendezvous]

I just noticed this- I hope it’s nerves or caffeine and not something neurological

[@mr.balloffur]

He has tremors

[@elsiebartlett6808]

Caught Party Down in 2011 for the first time, and fell instantly in love. Brilliant writing and such a bittersweet story. Been waiting for the reboot forever!

[@humanpersonne]

I have such a huge crush on Adam😍

[@LincolnWorld]

I found out about Party Down just after the first season. I remember getting really angry they canceled it at the end of the second. I am so glad to hear it's coming back! If you haven't seen it, go watch the original 2 seasons. It's hilarious, clever, and at times hilariously stupid.

[@geoffreytudor5674]

Pre-vaccine Covid:"Covid Classic"; lmfao! 👍😂😂😂

[@cleverusername9369]

I'm still not convinced that Adam Scott and Anna Kendrick aren't the same person. We've never seen them together at the same time.

[@andrew66862]

But who is playing who? Is it possible for an actor to portray a better actor?

[@KyleHatch21]

I'm not convinced Adam Scott and Tig Notaro aren't the same person.

[@cleverusername9369]

@@KyleHatch21 perhaps all three. Hollywood can do some amazing things.

[@cleverusername9369]

@@andrew66862 who is playing who? Yes.

[@steveglover6411]

I’m not convinced he’s not a younger (recently decanted) clone of Jason Bateman. Imagine an alternate reality where Arrested Development was delayed ten years and Adam Scott is cast as Michael Bluth. I think it works

[@evegenesis6022]

I have a crush on Adam Scott. Shhh! Don’t tell nobody.

[@actualhumangirl]

Been an Adam Scott fan since Party down. I am so ready for more. Even if we're not getting Lizzy Caplan this time round (I think those of us who watched it when it was on are used to cast reboots due to availability anyway).

[@steveglover6411]

I will miss her dry wit though, but definitely excited to get it back in my life👍

[@alphanerd7221]

@@steveglover6411 Yeah. There won't be any dry wit without her.

[@dsddala467]

I loved Party Down, and was sad when it ended. I was one of the 13,000. Adam was the best in that show.

[@loisfolk5492]

Adam Scott is funny 😆

[@steveglover6411]

Yes

[@steveglover6411]

😏👍

[@Dominic201087]

Party Down is amazing. That needs a revival

[@sarcasmo57]

Are we having fun yet?

[@Dominic201087]

@@sarcasmo57 I typed my comment before realizing it has been revived. Best news.

[@andrew66862]

Party Down is one of few situations where I'm glad Netflix has a habit of buying shows nobody ever watched and presenting them in your feed like they're viable television. On rare occasion they are!

[@nokoye2009]

I saw Parks and Rec thanks to Netflix.

[@theheartofablackbird2109]

It's so amazing that they can actually bring back Party Down - so many great people in the original. And a precursor to about 10 other similar shows.

[@lisslisa4164]

I love the show! I hope Helly will still have a chance to meet Mark!

[@reneemb4319]

Love Adam Scott!

[@MS-ss1dv]

Man I’m excited for more Party Down. Adam Scott is a gem!

[@melektwelve6451]

I put it on my chest and watch until I fall asleep. Boy, can I relate to that!

[@trey3905]

love adam scott!

[@TopSecretInformations]

What an adorable little man

[@seaninness334]

Party Down was VERY funny. I've been following Adam Scott's career since the one season of (2007) HBO's Tell Me You Love Me. And enjoy seeing him pop up in older stuff here and there like the beginning of Star Trek: First Contact. Really good actor.

[@thiscatrblx9641]

That was a sweet clip at the beginning. I'll watch it.

[@alexandrahart2965]

Did you like it

[@babilabub]

Oh Ben ❤️💕

[@paulrodrigues1994]

Every time I see Adam Scott in something it's a pay-off for his Party Down character

[@poptart6662012]

working in event catering, i LOVED party down. its so much what its really like!

[@motopumpkin3129]

We just finished party down a month ago, I am so excited to hear they're coming back, what good timing, the algorithm knows all

[@missyook]

What, new seasons of Party Down?!? That's the best news I'd never think I'd hear!

[@NewMessage]

I'm sure Elon is working on said chip as we speak. If only we could forget who HE is.

[@marierocher4422]

That description of a movie is like creating a new kind of split personality without the genes.

[@JonnyDIY]

Its been sooo long I really cant remember literally anything about Party Down 😂🤦‍♂️

[@RadicalValkyrie]

Like everyone else here, I love Adam Scott and so happy Party Down is coming back.

[@itscalledlogic7]

I didn't know about the Party Down reboot! Hell yes.

[@kirill76kuzmin]

Why not having mentioned "The Good Place"!?... such a great one

[@roberttaylor3594]

Party down was great! I tripped over it in the before times and was pretty hasty with my find.

[@draxtv7907]

As someone who works in the film industry... and hit the ground running 6 months after "Covid Classic".... It's been SO weird on set working with other people and actors and like being covered up 99.9% of the time that when you actually see someone's face (at lunch or wherever there is a safe space to unmask) it's jarring. You have this like mental image of what the person looks like without PPE but then you see them without it and you're like WHAAAA that's what they really look like!?!? So kudos to Adam Scott for telling it like it really is on set lol

[@phriedokra6158]

Well unmasked faces were the norm for 2020 years dear....

[@baberebellion9531]

.... the sane ones who passed the IQ test

[@paulgilbert2506]

I work in health care so when I have gone to new facilities after COVID hit and have gotten to know people it is with the mask on. And then there comes that day when you first see them without it and I totally get it. It can be a little weird. This does not happen at all when you have gotten to know someone without the mask because you are used to the "whole face." What I have discovered is that the upper half of peoples faces are usually more attractive. When I finally see the lower half many times its like "Yikes!" Every once in a while I see someone with a nice lower face and I want to complement them on it. But that would just be weird to say "Wow... you have a really nice lower face!"

[@dawnieb.7394]

@@phriedokra6158 You don't always work with the same people on different sets, dear... the OP probably met a lot of people for the first time when they were wearing masks. No need to snark.

[@ammaleslie509]

I never heard of or saw this actor before, and think the Severance concept is weird, but this makes me want to see some of his work.

[@askawizard]

You should check out the truth about him then. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rninY2aKbd5km7c

[@rophel]

Watch Party Down.

[@LizzieDunlap]

He was in Parks and Recreation

[@andrew66862]

Parks and Recreation. Skip season 1

[@LizzieDunlap]

@@andrew66862 Season 1 is great! I enjoy it 😌

[@vandal280]

I loved Party Down back in the day. I watched it because I was such a huge Veronica Mars fan and like half the cast is in Party Down. Two shows with totally different vibes, and equally wonderful in their own ways

[@steveglover6411]

That show got a reboot too👍

[@vandal280]

@@steveglover6411 saw it! Loved it

[@BrandonStonerAEP]

Party Down is coming back? Hell yeah!

[@jmgauvre]

He was a Helmsman on Star Trek TNG. Pretty freaking awesome

[@NewMessage]

I swear I heard "Please don't come back to The Late Show... Adam Scott!"

[@simgem]

Party Down is hilarious, it's on Hulu!

[@85jamesr]

6:03 After this whole pandemic, I strangely agree with this analogy lol.

[@peachesandpoets]

I know him from the movie friends with kids! And stepdads! And that HBO sex therapy show. And so many more. He's incredible in every role I've seen him in

[@StrangeFractaLS4]

The scene in Friends With Kids where Adam tells off Jon Hamm's character was my favorite part. His passionate, rage-filled rant with undertones of his pain . . . truly a beautiful and impressive performance 👏 ❤️

[@delicedeluna1629]

whoo Party Down! This was great news to me!!

[@damaniqphillip2756]

Nice

[@TitoTimTravels]

Never heard of him... then he walks out and I am like 'oh, Trevor from the Good Place'. You should have led with that ha ha 😎

[@trinicarillo4179]

Woof 😍🥰🥰🥰

[@daem3n]

Severance is an amazing show.

[@senthil2sg]

How smooth was that iPad product placement from the actor shilling the apple tv series in the first place? Very! That was like double inception. Very smooth. I like it. I wish all ads became multilayer inceptions like this.

[@peachesandpoets]

What a charming man.

[@kaybirdstexas2501]

Seeing Adam makes me miss parks and rec

[@mistylee717]

OMG that’s exactly me every night. No joke.

[@Georges3DPrinters]

Has he played don Jr in a skit before because if not, he'd be the perfect guy for it 😆

[@lazyperfectionist1]

"There's like a _wet cave_ on your face." 😆😆😆

[@sheilamontoya2399]

i had no idea Adam Scott was so funny!

[@delta5297]

I thought I was the only person in the world who watched Party Down.

[@only1gameguru]

That show sounds like how Apple wants their underlings to work... Creepy

[@honuman39]

Party Down was unbelievably good with a killer cast.

[@dustinavant2003]

Party Down was the first show I saw on Netflix

[@cavesandraves5231]

Bring this man into the mcu or dceu already

[@misterderp4566]

Who does he play? A comment underneath suggests the person can't tell the difference between he and Anna Kendrick, so Squirrel Girl?

[@iCanbEYOURrUKIA]

He can be a scientist at Pym Industries!

[@firstfireofautumn]

People always say he seems just like Ben Wyatt in real life, but when I watch interviews with him, I see so many more parallels with Henry Pollard from Party Down.

[@ttacking_you]

The question is , when is he going to reprise the role of Griff from boy meets world

[@vandal280]

Favorite show as a kid. And it still holds up. So fucking wholesome

[@faitherific]

I found Party Down like 10 years ago!!!! OMG! YES!!!! YES!!!!!!!!! 😭

[@SpaceForceCommander]

It’s not easy to juggle an acting career and professional golf! (And yes, I know they are two different people.)

[@jesusx5258]

NEVER the twain shall meet, not NEITHER!

[@maryrosekent8223]

I’m now temporarily blind from those shoes!

[@ChicoCabra]

Wow. They didn't bleep "Jesus Christ" but they muted it. At 5:01

[@amybethlikesmusic]

I finally got around to watching Party Down a couple of years ago, it really should have done better in its day.

[@womanofsubstance8735]

If you slicked this guy's hair back, with his voice, he could do a very creditable impression of Donald Trump, Jr.

[@taylorbasford4542]

party down brilliant

[@ghassanayyad]

His personality literally screams Ben Wyatt

[@jackya]

WAIT WUT PARTY DOWN IS COMING BACK??? so excited

[@luciferangelica]

i thought "party down" was what homer taught those nerds in that ep in which he went to college

[@kso35]

Who else noticed his hands shaking??? I hope he was just nervous and not something worse.

[@hiraya5296]

he's just been like that with interviews. go watch the ones with conan over the years!

[@c23st7]

That is the future

[@SpookyBibi24]

Human Disaster Ben Wyatt?!? 😲😀

[@lh3540]

I need a mouth gaurd for dropping my ipad on my face

[@mikeharrison1868]

Adam Scott was also in The Good Life. Fun to see him playing a baddie. ;0)

[@debbyd5729]

Do you mean The Good Place? Where he played Trevor?

[@mikeharrison1868]

@@debbyd5729 Yep ;0)

[@cardarom]

Tig Notaro looking good!

[@Taricus]

0:26 Is that the lady from Queen's Gambit? Or am I confused?

[@yucaprieta7990]

PARTY DOWN!!!!!!!!!!

[@mzmendy]

Wait. Party down is coming back?

[@DerekHoscorner]

Stephen Colbert Adam Scott set my phone awesomeness job interview

[@MlleFunambuline]

The HUGE problem is that you present Adam Scott with the words "party down". So now we have to watch Party Down again. Wait, did I say it was a problem? Party Down for ever

[@vandal280]

Are we having fun yet??

[@YouB3anz]

Cones of Dunshire

[@TammyBundleballs]

Oh wow I just realized he could pull off Paul Dano's older brother based on his look in that clip.

[@macca3666]

Great head of hair.

[@peytongonavy]

It's a weird moment but I think he isn't getting boo'd for that awkwardness because some of us can relate to seeing somebody's mouth and feeling very intimate about it these days.

[@steveglover6411]

Wet cave on your face! I’m dumbstruck by how hilarious that was and how difficult it was to regain my composure and ability to breathe normally. Also I think they will be exchanging $20 bills (hopefully) because I will watch the S**t out of some more Party Down!