Michael Shannon

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Armchair Umbrella

Tv & Film, Music, Comedy

4.6 • 68.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2023

⏱️ 115 minutes

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Michael Shannon (George and Tammy, Nocturnal Animals, Boardwalk Empire) is an Academy Award-nominated actor. Michael joins the Armchair Expert to discuss what he thinks about non-alcoholic beers, how theater became a refuge for him, and what shooting a movie in a real prison was like. Michael and Dax talk about who their favorite jazz musicians are, the dynamics of having a stepdad, and how they approach taking on different roles in movies. Michael discusses being fired from an acting job, how he feels about country music, and his experience raising daughters. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Welcome, welcome welcome to armchair expert. I'm Dan Shepard. I'm joined by
0:04.8	Lily Padman. Okay, I have to say something. Okay, an admission or a grievance?
0:10.0	Neither. Neither. In epiphany.
0:13.0	Oh my God.
0:14.0	When I edited this one, there is a story in this episode that I think is maybe the best story
0:22.0	we've ever heard on the show about his first day of acting or
0:26.5	yes yes impossible it's impossible and the way it's laid out I mean it was amazing when we heard it the first time but when I was listening back
0:36.8	My mouth was just I was on an airplane. I was laughing my mouth was a gape and it's it's really special. Well Michael Shannon is
0:46.2	our guest and he's just I mean he's probably the best living actor currently.
0:50.7	Why is he so good at it? He is an Academy Award nominated actor.
0:57.0	As you'll hear, I met him years ago, 18 years ago doing Let's Go to Prison.
1:01.6	He was the most convincing evil human being I'd ever seen
1:04.4	act. But he's also in Revolutionary Road, nocturnal animals, take shelter, boardwalk
1:08.7	Empire, The Flash, and he has a new mini-series out now on Showtime, which is my favorite of the year.
1:15.2	I've been trying to beg people to go check it out on Showtime called George and Tammy.
1:19.7	He is so off the charts, amazing in it. And it was just really fun to get to sit down and shoot
1:26.0	the shit with Michael Shannon.
1:27.0	Yeah, really cool day.
1:29.0	Yeah, so if you're brave enough, stick around for Michael Shannon.
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