Jason Priestley

0:06I watched the first episode of season 4 last night. I don't want to give too much away, obviously. But there's a great scene of you wiping the baby's bottom. I don't know what I can say really. I'll say ask. Why not? You can say it. With the windshield wiper. How about that? Yes. Well, Fitz, of course, is a very unfit parent and really has no idea what it is to take care of a baby. And he's just doing the best he can. He doesn't have any baby wipes or anything because why would he carry a diaper bag? So he uses what he has at hand. And the windshield wiper washer thing is what he uses. Genius. To clean. Why not? I think it's genius. I would do that. I think it's a great parenting tip for parents on the go. And this busy must have now.

0:51No, no, no. The other great scene is so you sell this card as a lady. And then you're counting a roll a stack of 20s. Yeah. Because people pay for cars in 20s. Well, did you see that car that car was only worth a few hundred bucks? I was there enough. It's just like, I don't think I've ever seen anything that gave for a car in 20s. That's amazing. So what else can we expect in season four? Did you see that prison crank that Josh came up? It was all yellowy. How do you just say there's a crank on the rear seat? Do you get a say, and these are the two I want to do this season? How does that happen? You know what, it just sort of, my episodes just sort of fall wherever they fall. Trust me, I wouldn't have picked the episode with the baboons if I would have had a choice.

1:36That's a challenge, that was a director? Yeah, it was a challenge. That was a big challenge. I think, you know, children and animals, right? Isn't that what they say? Now you got the children. Oh, I've had them all. Trust me. But yeah, I definitely wouldn't have picked that episode. That was definitely a challenge. How did directing, when you did direct that 902 and 0 episode way back when, how did it change your? Which one? I didn't know that. OK, so the first one. Yeah. And I guess getting into it and doing the first few. How does it change the way you view acting? Do you approach it from a different perspective now that you've been on the other side of the camera? Yeah, definitely. You definitely do. You're definitely on time after that. And you definitely get through the hair and makeup trailer a little faster. And you always make sure that you know your lines. And you're just a little more on top of it

2:24because you know what it's like being on the other side of the camera. And when guys are messing around, when guys are not on top of their game, you know how much time it costs you when you're on the other side of the camera. So I think that it's a great lesson for every actor and for every young actor to spend a little time behind the camera and see exactly what is required and see how just messing around for 20 minutes, how it can really snowballs and can affect the rest of your day. I've had a blast at Fan Expo a weekend. What were some of your highlights? My highlights. My highlights was hanging out with Joe Montana.

3:10Oh, there you go. Football hero? You big football fan? I know you're a big race car fan. Yep, you know, a big football fan. I had big San Francisco 49ers fan. OK. Now how did that happen? Coming from? I'm a big night. Just down the coast. Yeah, just down the coast. And I used to, back when I was working for Fox, Fox got NFL football. I used to fly up San Francisco all the time and stand on the field at Candlestick Park and watch the Niners play. And so the Niners kind of became my team. Did you still drive? I used to do a little bit of racing, but not like I used to. You know, insurance is a show. No, no, not that. It's just I got two little kids. And I don't want to lose 35 weekends a year at a race course. I want to watch my kids grow up. How does being a father, playing the father now on the show,

3:59how does that correlate? Well, it was, yeah, not so much at all. Because I consider myself a pretty good parent. It fits as a really bad parent. It was a challenge, because I had to, I had this really cute little baby that was playing, fits his baby. And I had to treat this baby like I didn't, I just had this baby and didn't care. And that was really hard for me, because every instinct in my body was to be taking care of this baby and treating it well. And I had to pretend like I wasn't treating it well, but be treated, but I was taking care of it at the same time. So that was so it was tough. It was really hard. But I think I did it pretty effectively.

4:44I got sort of just carrying it around like a little. And I noticed, yeah, just told you sideways. And the little baby like bouncing around. But I was being very careful with the baby at the same time. That was the actual baby when I started. Oh, no, that was the real baby. I figured this out. Oh, no, it was the baby. It was really funny. I like how you're dropping F-bombs every second word too. That's why you'd be like, man, that's all right. Yeah, yeah, that was all right. That was good. And in the second episode, I've got the baby in a Bjorn, and I'm smoking the whole time. And it was really funny. We do something called five questions. Five quick questions, one more answers. Script or improv? Improv. Acting or directing? Directing. Leonard or McCartney? Ooh. That's a tough one. Yeah, that's a tough one for everybody, isn't it? Ooh.

5:31McCartney. Hero or anti-hero? Anti-hero. In one word, call me Fitz. Fitz. That's nice. Thanks, man. Appreciate it. You got it. I want to talk about Cass and Dylan just real quick before. But just tell me, because Tat is an amazing actress. And how do you direct someone like Richard Dreyfus who you could learn so much from at the same time? Yes. Dreyfus has, even now, you know, but he's in his mid-60s, you know, and the guy's been around forever. He comes to the set every day with endless ideas. And for me, it was really about corralling him, because he was always, you know, well, let's try this,

6:18and let's try this, and let's do this. And you know, I'm trying to make a little independent movie. And I was like, I was like, look, Richard, I'd love to try all those things, but I don't have time. So why don't we let him? So I was always just trying to, like, guide him and get him to, you know, and bring him and just, you know, just get his enthusiasm and corrall his enthusiasm. And of course, Tatiana, who is game for anything, she was like, yeah, let's try that. Well, let's try that. Let's do this. You know, I love her. She is so fantastic. Tatiana's an incredibly talented actress. And so the two of them together would go out,

7:03you know, would start improving things and doing things. And so for me, as the director, you know, a lot of times I would sit back and just let them go. And then I'd be sitting there looking at my watch going, oh, OK, guys, so look, we're going to have to hone this down. Let's start getting this back on track. But we really had a great time making that movie. And I think, you know, it's a beautiful little movie and a great little story and a great little love story between the two of them, you know. And it's a beautiful little character study. And they both did such beautiful work in the movie. I think it's really a nice little movie. Sounds like directing is a lot of being a dad. You're just keeping people in line. Keeping people in line, you're always kind of on suicide watch. That's how it works. Thanks, man. Appreciate it. You got it, my pleasure. Beauty. Thank you. Right, you got it. Yeah.