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>> THIS MAN HAS HAD A BREAST
REDUCTION, CAN I TELL RIGHT
AWAY.
>> IS IT TRUE YOUR DAD WAS A
STOWAWAY, A NATURAL STOWAWAY?
>> WHEN HE WAS 17 HE LEFT
NORTHERN IRELAND.
THIS WAS 1926, AND HE HAD UNCLES
THAT LIVED IN TEXAS.
I LATER FOUND OUT HE HAD A
TICKET.
IT WAS BUY THE TICKET OR BUY THE
TWO NEW SUITS, AND HE BOUGHT THE
SUITS AND STOWED AWAY, AND THEN
THEY CAUGHT HIM IN TEXAS, AND HE
WAS DEPORTED, AND THEN AT 21 HE
CAME OVER LEGALLY TO CANADA.
>> HOW DIFFERENT WOULD YOUR LIFE
HAVE BEEN IF HE DIDN'T GET
DEPORTED?
>> WELL, I WOULD HAVE BEEN
SUPPORTING GEORGE W. BUSH AND
RICK PERRY, AND I WOULD HAVE
BEEN ONE OF THOSE TEXAN BOYS.
>> YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF
THOSE GUYS?
>> WHEN I WAS 16 I USED TO TAPE
EVERYTHING, REEL-TO-REEL TAPE
RECORDER, AND I ONCE TAPED A
CHRISTMAS PRESENT OPENING IN
1966, AND ONE POINT MY FATHER IS
SAYING WOULD YOU PICK UP THAT
RECORD, PLEASE, AND THERE'S A
RECORD I'VE OPENED ON THE
GROUND.
HE STILL THINKS IT'S A 78, THAT
IF YOU STEP ON IT YOU'LL BREAK
IT.
I DON'T MOVE IT.
TWO MINUTES LATER.
MARTY, WOULD YOU PICK UP THOSE
RECORDS, PLEASE.
FOUR MINUTES LATER, MARTY, WOULD
YOU PICK UP THE RECORDS.
AND I'M THINKING AT THE TIME
WHAT IS WITH HIM?
AND NOW I'M LISTENING TO HIM
WOULD YOU PICK UP THE RECORDS,
YOU IDIOTS?
WHY WON'T YOU PICK UP THE
RECORDS.
>> WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO HEAR HIS
VOICE IN THAT CONTEXT?
>> I NEVER LET GO OF THESE.
MARTY, GET DOWN HERE.
HE'S IRISH AND HAD TO GO TO MASS
EVERY MORNING.
ONCE A YEAR HE'D SLEEP IN.
>> THAT'S IT.
>> YEAH.
YOU'RE ALWAYS LYING IN BED COULD
THIS BE THE MORNING.
MARTY, DO YOU NOT LOVE CHRIST?
COMING DAD, ON MY WAY.
COMING DOWN THE STAIRS, DEAR.
>> THE EVOLUTION OF YOU AS A
PERFORMER HAS BEEN FUN.
DO YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT NOT
DIFFERENT THINGS TO BE
CHALLENGED, BUT DO YOU LOOK AT
DIFFERENT THINGS TO MAKE YOU
HAPPY?
DOES THE STUFF THAT MADE YOU
HAPPY STILL HOLD?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
I ALWAYS THINK YOU HAVE AN
OPTION OF TWO WORDS TO PUT ON MY
GRAVESTONE.
ONE IS ALMOST AND -- BUT I WOULD
SAY PERFORMER, AND SO I LOVE
PERFORMING, SO SOME PEOPLE, LIKE
I COULD DO, WHEN I'VE DONE
BROADWAY SHOWS AND I'LL DO EIGHT
SHOWS A WEEK, I LOVE DOING EIGHT
SHOWS A WEEK AND SOME PEOPLE
JUST GO NUTS BECAUSE THEY
COULDN'T STAND REPEATING THE
SAME MATERIAL OR NOT CREATING
NEW MATERIAL IF THEY ARE A
WRITER, BUT FOR ME I JUST --
IT'S THE EXECUTION OF IT THAT'S