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Conan:
My next guest shot to stardom playing a 244-year-old vampire
on Buffy
the Vampire Slayer. Now he has his own spin-off series,
Angel, on the WB. Please welcome David Boreanaz.
Thanks
for coming, David.
David:
Thanks for having me, Conan, I appreciate it.
Conan:
Now you just...you film the show in LA, you just blew into...
David:
Well I was in London.
Conan:
You were in London?
David:
I was in London. I just got back to Los Angeles then I
just got to New York so the time difference is really freaky.
Conan:
Freaking you out?
David:
Eight hours, five hours, three hours, so it's a little confusing.
Conan:
Have you had any fun here yet in the city since you got here?
David:
I had a good time last night. I went and saw the Village
People play. I will admit that, saw the Village People.
Conan:
Seriously? The Village People. I didn't even know
they were still together.
David:
They're still playing, too.
Conan:
And where does one go see them?
David:
It was at a dot com, computer dot com party. I can't remember
the name of the party but it was funny 'cos we'd left the party
and we were going to our next destination and we couldn't find
a cab...
Conan:
Right.
David:
...and you can't find cabs in New York, it's impossible at the
late hour. So we jumped into the Village People's van.
There was like nine of us...
Conan:
They live in a van?
David:
They live in a van. Down by the river.
Conan:
I picture them all in like bunk beds, like the Three Stooges.
David:
So the guy came, he kicked us out.
Conan:
What guy? The fire chief?
David:
It was like the road manager of the Village People, right?
Conan:
Oh right.
David:
So we proceeded to go down and try to find a cab and I looked
behind me and my friend Gerard tracked down the rider truck,
where they put all the band equipment in the back...sixteen-foot
rider truck...so we paid the guy twenty bucks to take us to
our next destination. It was beautiful.
Conan:
So you used the Village People's van?
David:
To get to our next destination.
Conan:
I'm just curious - what are they like now? Are they like
fat?
David:
They're eating a lot.
Conan:
Yeah. They're eating during the songs.
David:
They're continuously eating while they keep going.
Conan:
They're, like, "YMCA" and just chew away. Now
Angel has been on for how long? Is it one season?
David:
One season, yeah, we just finished our first season.
Conan:
And before that you did Buffy for how long?
David:
I did Buffy for three seasons.
Conan:
Are you starting to get to get used to... [someone in the audience
claps]
David:
Wow, there's a big fan in the audience.
Conan:
Please, settle down, everybody.
David:
Thank you.
Conan:
We're going to have to clear out this space.
David:
Oh last time I was in, I told you my friend Glenn Quinn said
"hello" and he says "hello" again - and
he's Irish.
Conan:
Wow! What a horrible use of national television.
Just have him call me.
David:
Did I say he's Irish?
Conan:
Oh that's great. Yeah, I get excited when I see Irish
people. There aren't enough of us in Boston and New York.
You've been doing this TV thing for a while, are you getting
used to getting recognised and having people...
David:
It's a bit odd. People and fans they act very strangely
when you play this type of character that saves demons and other
stuff...but the first time I got recognised was Good Friday
and I went to the bathroom in the back by the sacristy and...
Conan:
You were at church?
David:
Yeah.
Conan:
Yeah.
David:
It was a church, and I was praying.
Conan:
Right.
David:
I think that's what you do.
Conan:
You didn't mention that, you just said it was Good Friday, you
didn't mention you were at a...so you went to church...
David:
I went to church, went to the backroom, at the bathroom and
the priest, you know, they deliver the bible and whatever they
need to put on the altar, and I came out and he said "that's
Angel". So that was a bit odd, having a priest recognise
you by the sacristy, and there I am, killing demons...
Conan:
You were lucky he didn't go like [makes a sort of branding iron
noise], you know. That could've been very frightening
for you.
David:
It was kinda bizarre.
Conan:
Yeah, 'cos people would have weird associations with your character.
David:
Yeah, but it was odd having a priest associate that while he
was carrying a cross. Very weird, man.
Conan:
You'll get over that when you play your next character...
David:
I've grown...
Conan:
...a serial killer.
David:
As long as it doesn't include chickens, because I got a big
fear of chickens.
Conan:
What's that? Pardon? You have a fear of chickens?
David:
Yeah, birds. Birds are just...they're freaky, man.
They cluck and they've got feathers...they're weird, you know.
I don't understand why people...
Conan:
Where does this come from? This isn't therapy!
David:
I just never understood why people have birds as pets, you know.
It just doesn't make sense. And chickens, they've got
this cluck thing going on, you know.
Conan:
Chickens have been around for a long time and people...actually
when Molly was talking earlier about them. She likes them,
she enjoys them.
David:
Well, she can hang out with the chickens, but I ain't going
by the chickens. They can stay away. No chickens,
no birds, no chickens. [To Andy] How're you doing?
Conan:
Anything else you want to get off your chest here? Anything
else really bothering you?
David:
Now that you mention it, no.
Conan:
I understand we're going to have to run but I understand, birthday,
next week. Is that right?
David:
Next week, yeah, yeah. So it's a good time. Actually
last time I was in New York City I spent my birthday, I painted
my face like a clown.
Conan:
What's that?
David:
I painted my face.
Conan:
You always say these crazy things and then act stunned when
I'm, like, "what are you talking about?"
David:
I painted my...
Conan:
You know, birthday, you paint your face like a clown.
David:
I ran around Central Park last year for my birthday, painted
my face like a clown and you just freak people out.
Conan:
As just like a fun way to celebrate your birthday?
David:
Yeah.
Conan:
[Bursts out laughing] Stop doing that attitude - "yeah,
yeah". Let me tell you something about Central Park,
it's not a good idea to randomly jump out and freak people out
in Central Park.
David:
Yeah, that was...
Conan:
Dressed as a clown! No-one's going to feel bad when you're
murdered for that. Well, Angel, of course, on Tuesdays
at nine on the WB, so continued success for that. Thanks
for stopping by, thanks for making time for us.
David:
I appreciate it.
Conan:
Thanks for making time for us. David Boreanaz, everybody!
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