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This week on The Moment, Brian Koppelman talks to actor James Le Gros, known for film roles in Drugstore Cowboy and Living in Oblivion and his recent turn on the FX drama Justified. James talks about the freedom of not knowing what’s next and why it’s important, even after being credited on over 100 TV shows and films, that he still gets nervous. The two also share some of their best stories, including Brian’s first meeting with Pat Riley and the night James attended a dinner party with Werner Herzog. Plus, we run James’ name through the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon generator, discuss why bitterness is the enemy as an artist, and talk about why it’s important to never face the facts.

Topics this week:

• Drugstore Cowboy
• Living in Oblivion
• Justified
• Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon
• The People Vs. Larry Flynt
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
• Amadeus
• Citizen Kane
• The Seventh Seal
• Diner
• The Last Winter
• Harold and Maude
• WNYC’s Here’s the Thing with guest Julianne Moore
• Barry Lyndon
• Leather Jackets
• The Winter of Frankie Machine, a novel by Don Winslow
• She Needed Me, a novel by Walter Kirn
• Blood Will Out: The True Story of a Murder, a Mystery, and a Masquerade, by Walter Kirn
• Eyes Wide Shut
• Grizzly Man
• The White Diamond
• The Street Lawyer
• South Coast Repertory
• A Beautiful Mind
• Frost/Nixon
• Ally McBeal
• Safe
• Mildred Pierce
• Girls
• Tiny Furniture
• Where the Day Takes You
• Gun Crazy
• Johnny Suede
• The People Garden
• Scotland, PA

People this week:

• Milos Forman
• Ruth Gordon
• Ralph Moratz
• Mario Van Peebles
• Cary Elwes
• Gus Van Sant
• Brad Pitt
• Martin Scorsese
• Robert De Niro
• Timothy Treadwell
• Russell Crowe
• Kerry Bishé
• George Clooney
• Pat Riley
• Tony Robbins
• Ron Perlman
• Todd Haynes
• Kathryn Bigelow
• Lena Dunham
• Will Smith
• Drew Barrymore
• Catherine Keener

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