Josh Duhamel (2015)

A quick ending to the show VEGAS?

I would say that it ended with Danny and Delinda had a little baby named Eddie. And moved in with her father, Big Ed Deline, and still live in his basement!

Wait, his wife wants to marry me?

Haha!

Tell her sorry, I'm taken.

Transformative.

No, that was an absolute coincidence. And we both laughed about that. Because it was literally my first day on the set of ALL MY CHILDREN, and she was just starting out herself - I still remember her name was Rosalee, and I was trying to scam her into giving me a free lunch! And then all those years later, you know, she's become wildly successful and an amazing actress and I'm really really proud of her. And we have a laugh about that every time we see each other.

Hahaha!

Yes, we do still go to Taco Bell. We're very glamorous. My favorite song by hers is one that I think she's about to release. She's keeping it very secret, even from me! I think it's going to be her best one yet.

You know, I don't remember, but I do remember there being a lot of ducks. I think it was just a little quirky thing that Greg had as a running theme. I can understand it because we have ducks all over our house too - for whatever reason, when you have a kid, people think they need to buy you rubber ducks.

What surprised me the most about being a father... I would say just the fact that - how quickly they actually develop, and become walking, talking little human beings that are suddenly living with you until they're at least 18!

Favorite place that I've traveled to? I love Brazil... I was in the Italian Riviera one time, that was really cool...one of my favorite places in the world is Pebble Beach, California, Monterrey, Carmel, and I would say my favorite movies... gosh! Let's see: ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST... I would say STAR WARS... I would say DUMB AND DUMBER... and WIN A DATE WITH TAD HAMILTON!

Well, I got my start - it was a long and bumpy road, but you know, ALL MY CHILDREN really gave me my start in the business. I'd been floundering, trying to get work as an actor for quite a while in LA, and then after I got ALL MY CHILDREN, I got more and more confidence, I ended up landing VEGAS and everything else has sort've happened since then. It started with TV commercials and things like that. It look a lot of convincing to get my agent to send me out to actual acting gigs.

As far as someone that I would want to work with... I wish I could've worked with Jack Lemmon! He's one of my all-time favorites.

He was great. Topher and I are still friends. He's a really talented dude, and very specific, you know? He comes ready to go, you know? He thinks a lot about his work. And I love that. Because whenever you've got someone who comes in with as many ideas as he does, it only makes it that much better.

It was amazing.

Working with Michael was something I'll never forget. He's like a big kid with a giant playbox of the coolest toys. Some of the stuff that you see on that set - you just don't see! It's such a massive production - whether it's jets flying over, or giant explosions, or guys flying out of the sky in suits - all that stuff, you feel like a tiny cog in a giant machine on his set, but it's fun to sit back and watch it all.

In fact, I remember one day when we'd been working all day, on Michigan avenue in Chicago, it looked like Armageddon, and I was exhausted, and I went up to my room, and down below you could see where the set was - my hotel room faced Michigan Avenue. And I started watching from up there, because they were still working and people were watching from the buildings all around - people would bring coolers, and lawn chairs, and sit and watch the fireworks. It was truly a sight to see.

My eyebrows?! That's hilarious. I've never heard that, but I'll take it, thank you.

Let's see... well, a lot of it depends on how much time you have to spare. But that to me is one of the most fun parts of what I get to do -preparation, getting ready, why it is that this character does and says the things they do and say. So a lot of it, like I said, depends on the time you have. I'm about to start this character that I've been working on quite a bit, the character of Bill "Spaceman" Lee, that I'm starting on Sunday, so I feel ready because I've had a lot of time to get ready for it, but then I jump right into another one after that, so I have to prepare for that one while I'm working on this other one. So...

You know, I think it just depends on the character and the story, you know? The better the writing, the easier it is to sort've become that character. It isn't necessarily a comedy or a drama. It's how well it's written. That's why I think I have so much fun on BATTLE CREEK, because this character is so hard to pin down - there's something mysterious about him. Is he this character that he's perpetrating to be, or is he pretending? They do a really good job writing, so that the viewer can't really tell, so that makes Milton really fun to play. He's really fun to play, because he is so undefinable - it leaves it wide-open for me, so there isn't a specific way I have to play anything.

Where do I see myself in 10 years? Coaching baseball...and hopefully making great movies or great TV. Happily married, coaching baseball, and making great movies or TV.

I've been to Peru. Accidentally. I was flying out to Brazil, to surprise my wife, and my flight to - where was it - my flight to Sao Paolo was re-routed to Peru, so I had to go LA ->SF-> Peru -> Sao Paolo.

I wanna go back. Isn't Machu Picchu in Peru? That's one of the places that, before I die, I will see Machu Picchu.

My favorite color...I'd say green.

I don't really take fame that seriously, to be honest? I don't feel it's that real. I don't do it for that reason. There are some great benefits to it, but at the end of the day, I'm truly no different than I was when I got into this business.

My favorite kind of pie?

I would say... my grandma's pumpkin pie.

Haha!

Oh man... he's doing funny things, every day he's doing something funny.

Let me think... what did he do that's funny? He just does so much. It's hard to pick just one.

I think the other day I accidentally said a swear word- and he looked up at me and said it with those big innocent eyes and I was thinking Woops! guess I can't say that around him anymore. Oh yeah, what a great father.

I had a lot of fun doing that. It would depend on what he was doing. It would depend on the character, really. But I would love to work with Michael again.

Any funny moments from the Transformers set...? Let's see... well, working with Shia is awesome. He's a really smart, talented kid. I would say one of the things that he did one time that I thought was pretty funny was Michael didn't want us eating sunflower seeds on the set, since they got all over the place, so Shia went and poured an entire bag of seeds into Michael's cooler. I thought Michael was gonna be pissed, but he actually laughed about it!

I'm coming back to Minot very soon. Depends on when I get a break from work. I miss my mom's cooking.

First of all, good luck on your test!

And you should be in bed, getting rest!

Hopefully you're up studying. And what do I like more? You know, I don't know. I had a really good time shooting BATTLE CREEK, I really did, and i like the idea of getting to be home, it feels a little bit more stable, you go to the same place to work every day. But movies are like adventures, every day is an adventure. So if I could keep doing both, that would be ideal.

My favorite song to crank up and sing in the car?

Uh... I would say... "Here I go Again" by Whitesnake. But I like all kinds of music.

I would tattoo the... yellow one. Because it wouldn't stand out so much, hahahaha!

Yes, but I'm afraid I might end up with a horse head in my bed if I tell you.

Who's better looking?

Adam Sandler.

DUMB AND DUMBER, hahaha! I just love that movie. It's probably not what you wanna hear, but...

Whew! Last time I was on a snowboard? It's been a while. I used to go skiing ever year, in Montana, but I haven't been skiing for years. I plan to start again, when my boy is old enough to go. But I'll wait until then.

HAVE GLOVE, WILL TRAVEL. I'm about to start the movie based on that book on Sunday.

My favorite part about BATTLE CREEK was I got to meet the undercover cops unit there, the guys that work the streets there, and I got to meet the police chief. It reminded me of home a lot. It's just a really cool group of people that live there. I wasn't there long enough to see that much, but one of my favorite things while I was there was that there's an actual BEACH there, on this lake. So I had some time to kill, so I went out to the beach with my towel.

I got into the tournament several years ago, when I got the invite to play. And I've played I think 5 times since? It truly is one of my favorite things to do every year, just because it's so beautiful. And is it my favorite hobby? It probably used to be, because I played a lot more before I had a kid. But now I'd rather spend 5 hours of time with him than playing golf, to be honest.

My favorite car?

Uh... a Corvette. Is it the '64 or '66 split window? The '64 Split Window Corvette. Black.

First of all, thank you for the prayers.

My favorite food... my mom makes meatballs, mashed potatoes and gravy that's just unbelievable.

Thank you!

Let's see... where would I live, if I wasn't living in LA?

Maybe Northern California, or Central California. Either Solvang, or San Francisco, or Carmel. I would love to live in Carmel. It's a great town.

We actually shoot the show in Los Angeles, which is difficult because there are a lot of palm trees in California. I'm hoping, if the show's successful, that we do get to go to Battle Creek and shoot, because I think that would make the show that much more rich. My favorite thing about Michigan is -- the air is really clean there. I like that a lot.

My best round of golf EVER was the 4th round at the AT&T Pebble Beach tournament several years ago - I think I shot a 77, which is one of my best rounds. And no, I've never had a hole in one.

I've been close though.

The biggest difference, I would say, is - BATTLE CREEK is a much more offbeat, quirky - I hate to use the word "quirky" but there's something strange about the way the crimes that these guys solve happen. BATTLE CREEK is more of a procedural, while BREAKING BAD was more of a drama. There's a lot of intensity at times in BATTLE CREEK, and it's unpredictable. I think those are similarities.

I think tonally, it's different - because BATTLE CREEK is funnier. It's a funny show. If anything, because these crimes happen in a town like Battle Creek as opposed to a big city, there's something more personal about it. Even the criminals are 3-dimensional.

Did you ever see TWIN PEAKS?

It's got a strange - there's something strange about these people. Not that the people of Battle Creek are strange, but there's something strange about the tone of the show that makes it the most interesting.

I'm not going to push it on them. And if he does, I'd rather he go through school and live a regular life before he gets into it. He'll know that when he gets a little bit older, but for now, I just want him to be a regular kid.

I always miss Minot. And yes, I did lifeguard at Oak Park Pool!

My favorite animal?

The 3-toed sloth.

My favorite type of cheese?

Monterey Jack.

It would've had to have been something creative, because I wasn't very good at crunching numbers. I would say... an artist of some sort, like a cartoonist or something along those lines. Probably a cartoonist.

My favorite episode is the last one, number 13, called "Sympathy for the Devil," because you finally get to see who Milt really is, and why he ended up in Battle Creek. I'd been anxiously awaiting the reveal of who this guy really was, and you get a good idea of who he is in the last episode. The hardest episode to film was also the last one, because it was really intense. It's a really - there's a lot of very complex dialogue in the show, so it's a lot of work - you really got to be on point, because the writing is so good, you have to give it your best shot.

Yeah, yeah I was bullied when I was a kid. There wasn't an awareness about it back then like there is now. So I really like the fact that there's a lot more attention put on anti-bullying campaigns and things like that, because it really does affect kids and how they grow up.