Jimmy Kimmel Radio

David Duchovny on People Asking Him About Aliens

David talks about creating his own graphic novel named Kepler, people asking him about aliens because of The X Files, being on our show back in 2004, racing Jimmy and Jeff Gordon on rascal scooters, being in Mel Brooks’ upcoming Hulu series “History of the World Part II,” playing Howard Cosell and being coached by his grandson, his new movie You People, the first time he met Jonah Hill, spending time with Eddie Murphy on set, shooting a singing/piano scene in the height of COVID, and directing a movie based on a book he wrote.

Reese Witherspoon on Auditioning for DeNiro

Reese talks about getting her start in acting, an interview she did at fourteen years old for The Man in the Moon, auditioning for Robert DeNiro and Martin Scorsese for Cape Fear, interning on Devil in a Blue Dress with Denzel Washington, having to park Denzel’s Porsche, meeting Ashton Kutcher for the first time, and prepping for their Netflix movie “Your Place or Mine” with him.

Billy Crudup Performs a Scene Written by ChatGPT A.I. Software

Billy Crudup talks about his mom’s birthday, his new show “Hello Tomorrow” on Apple TV+, his dad being a hustler, doing his one man show, and he performs a scene written by the A.I. software ChatGPT using the prompt “Write a dramatic scene for actor Billy Crudup about Billy Crudup.”

Nick Offerman on His Episode of The Last Of Us

Nick talks about his widely loved episode of “The Last of Us,” TikTok reactions to the episode, Jeff Bezos tweeting about his performance, how he would do in a post-apocalyptic world, working with Murray Bartlett, singing “Long, Long Time” by Linda Ronstadt in the episode, doing three comedy tours, going around to various college campuses, and people thinking they were seeing Ron Swanson and treating him like a rockstar.

Brendan Fraser on The Whale, Being Favored to Win an Oscar

Brendan talks about his new movie The Whale, the six minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival being very overwhelming, getting a lot of enjoyment from meeting fans, working with Adam Sandler on Airheads in the 90s and doing their own stunts, discovering he wanted to be an actor as a kid, playing a baseball player in The Scout and getting screamed at by George Steinbrenner, all of the amazing prosthetics in The Whale, being favored to win the Oscar for Best Actor, and being there for the opening the Mummy ride at Universal Studios.

Sigourney Weaver on Avatar

Sigourney talks about the Avatar premiere, Arnold Schwarzenegger sitting in front of Jimmy during the movie, the amazing visual effects and motion capture technology, working with perfectionist James Cameron on this film and on Aliens, preparing to play a fourteen-year-old in the movie, and getting in trouble a lot as a kid because she was the tallest.

Quentin Tarantino on Kanye Saying Django Was His Idea

Quentin talks about loving parenthood, his son Leo being the greatest audience member, his hit song “Dinosaur Walk,” his collection of essays about movies called Cinema Speculation, his mom dating Wilt Chamberlain, going to the movies as a kid, dedicating an entire chapter to film critics, which movies he thinks are perfect, Kanye suggesting that Quentin and Jamie Foxx got the idea for Django Unchained from him, and the one classic movie he has never seen.

Keanu Reeves on Creating a Comic Book, His Marvel Dream Role

Keanu talks about being a comic book nerd, his new comic book BRZRKR, what Marvel character his ten-year-old self would most want to play, an old TV interview he did in Canada, and since he has never attempted to become a U.S. citizen but would like to -Jimmy gives him everything he needs to get the ball rolling.

Nicolas Cage on Urban Legends About Him

Nicolas talks about this being his first talk show appearance in 14 years, choosing his outfit for the show, living in Las Vegas, turning $20 into $20,000 in under 30 minutes while he was gambling in the Bahamas, buying a two-headed snake, having a pet crow, his new movie The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, the director Tom Gormican being obsessed with him, and Jimmy asks him whether some legendary Nicolas Cage myths are true or not.

Jimmy Kimmel’s 20th Anniversary Monologue

20 years ago, on January 26th, 2003, our show premiered live after the Super Bowl on ABC. Jimmy talks about reviews of our first show, his mom making 400 cookies with his face on them to commemorate the occasion, celebrations in our honor around the globe, all of the things that have happened over the last 20 years, all of the great people who work on the show and helped get the show on the air, Guillermo’s security guard shack after we discovered him in the parking lot in 2004 vs his dressing room now, some of our most notable guest lineups from our first year. Thank you to everyone who has stuck with us from the beginning and those who have joined along the way! #KIMMELx20