The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Sterling K. Brown - “Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.”

Episode Date: August 25, 2022

Sterling K. Brown talks about wanting to stay in shape to play with his kids, his experience playing a mega-church pastor and working with Regina Hall in his new film, “Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You're listening to Comedy Central. Please welcome, Sterling K. Brown. Mr. Stirl Kbrowow. What's going on, brother, knowing. It's been a while, man. It's nice to see you. You look like you're living your best life, man. I appreciate it, brood.

I feel good. I'm trying to grow my hair out like you. I see it. It's looking great. Looking like the black hue from the moon. thanks, to the movie. Let's do it. A lot of people know you from This is Us. Yeah. First of all, before we go into the movie, congratulations, congratulations on wrapping it up and stuff.

Because a lot of people were sad that the show ended. Sure. But they appreciated that it ended well. the terea. Like, no, it can happen, can happen to anyone. You were you a little worried? Did you know it would end well? I knew it was going to end well. Because he had a plan to end it in six seasons all along from the beginning, from the beginning, all along from the beginning, from the beginning, from the beginning, I see. I see.

Like, the story was complete. the to be, feel secure as an actor. Okay, okay. I like that. And then you decided I've done this. I've cried a lot. I've cried a lot. I've cried. A lot of Vizien up in the, boy, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know if it's it's Vizien. I feel like you can do it. I can do it. No, but I want people to think that you were like faking it. Shit is real. Yeah, it's real. And then, and then this movie, I was like, wow, Sterling doing, doing comedy now. Okay. No, it's amazing. No, it's amazing. It's amazing.

I'll tell you why it's amazing. I'll tell me. I've been lucky. I've lucky. real life. And you're one of the funniest, most charismatic people I know, but everyone on TV knows you, you know, you're stoic and you know, and then here you are playing a pasta in, I mean, the movie's ridiculous. It is. It's extremely funny. Tell me, tell me how the project came about. When someone, who came up to you and said, you know what's starting, I want you to play a pasta of a mega church that's involved in a scandal, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the the they. th. th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, the the the, the, the, the, the, a mega church that's involved in a scandal and is trying to bring it all back. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So my manager read it first and then she said you should check it out. I think it's something you'd like. Because I also like variety and doing something completely different than Randall, right? They did a short. You can find a short, honk for Jesus' short on YouTube. Okay. So I watched the short and I was like like like like like like like like like like like like like like like like like like like like like like like like like like the short. the short. th. th. th. th. the short. th. th. th. the short. th. th. th. the short. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the short short. the short. th. th. th. the short. the short. the short. the short. So, the short. So, the short. So, the short. So, the short. I the short. I the short. I the short. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. th. th. th. th. th. th. So, th. So, th. So, th. So, th. So, th. So, I th. So, I th. So, th. I th. I th. th. So, th. the. So, the. So, the. So, th. I th. So, th do something hysterical. So then I read the script and it's funny and it's also deeper than just being funny too.

Because it's like a critique of the church for people who actually love and grew up in these mega churches. Which you did. But also, there's something that can be improved quite possibly. Oh no, definitely. This is something I always talk about. Anyone who's grown up in the church knows this. There are there are there are there are there are many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many there are many many there are many there are many their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their th. It's th. It's something. It's something. It's something is. It's something something is something is something is something. It's something. It's something. It's something. It's something. It's something. It's something. It's something. It's something. It's something. It's something. It's something. It's something. It's something. It's something. It. It's something. It's something. It's something. It's. It's. It's something. It's... It's something.. It's something....... It's something. It's something. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. Anyone who's grown up in the church knows this. There are many aspects of religion that have been abused by certain people for their own games. Yes, sir. You know, so my mom would complain,

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to the good, you leave the rest. I like that. Like you can't find a perfect church, you can't find a perfect government, you know? So that's the way I do. And so my bent is more than religious at this particular time, because I just pick and choose. My mom pray is th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thin, thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi, thi. thi. thi. thi, thi, the the good the good the good, the good the good the good the good the good, you the good, you the good, you thi, you thi. thi. thi. the good, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you the good, you the good, you the good, you the good, you the good, the good, the the the good, the the thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. ta. ta. ta. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. immortal soul because she thinks I'm going to hell. But we're cool. That's true that does that because she loved me. It's a powerhouse team. You know, you're playing the pastor. Yeah. You've got Regina Hole who's playing, you know, the first lady of the church. She is one of the funniest human beings who have existed.

She really is. And then it's produced, I didn't then then it's produced by Daniel Kaluya and Jordan Peel. That's a powerhouse team. We got a good team. We got a good team. It feels good. So, so talk me through this, because in the clip that we're watching there, you decided to hire a documentary film crew to sort of chart their ascendance back to prominence, or so they hope. Because the documentary film crew was like, all right, I want to see what's going on with these people and what makes them tick. Whether they get back to the church or not, may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may, maybe, may, may, may, may, may, may, may, may, to, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, or not, or not, their, to to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, or, or, or, or, or, or, or, or, or, or, or, or, or, or, or, or, or, or, or, or, or, or, or, or, or, or, or, or, or, or, or, or, or, or, or, or, or, or, or, or, or, their... their. their. their. their. their. their.c. to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, their. their. their church or not may be secondary to what he hopes that they'll use the documentary for it. How many takes did you have to redo because you were laughing at what Regina was saying?

I'm pretty good at not breaking. Really? I'm pretty good at not breaking. I don't know what it is because I feel like when an actor is being funny, I don't want to ruin their take. You understand when I'm saying so if I break it's like, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, thi, thi, thi, thi, th, th, th, th, th, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, thi, thi, thi, thi, they.eea, they.e.e.e. Did, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, I don't want to ruin their take. You understand, when I'm saying, so if I break, it's like, Negro, I got to do this over again. Right? But if you stay in it and just keep the vibe going and feed them more, you never know what kind of like oxygen their fire needs to like burn even hotter. So that's that's all you're trying to do is just feed the fire. Okay, okay. So, okay. So, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, so, th. So, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, the, the, the, the, they. the, the, the, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, th. the. the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, do you feel like now, do you feel like you have a little bit of like this pasta in you? Like did you pick up some of that mega church swag? I would say so a little bit.

He likes his clothes. I'm starting to like clothes more. Yeah, I did. You're, funny story, my son, growing up in the 90s, I used to sag a lot. Like size 36, you know, shorts, even th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like 90s, I used to sag a lot. Like, size 36, you know, shorts, even though my waist is like a 32. My son now, when he sees me sagging, he's like, dad, people can see your under, my son's 11. Dad, people can see your under, and literally comes up to me, pulls my pants and holds them up at their waist.

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Namestay. And you are one of the most ripped, not just pastas, but human being. I was like, wow, Sterling, you've been, you've been holding. You're looking good. I appreciate it, man. I try to take care of myself. That's it, you know what I'm saying? I got an 11-year-old and a 7-year-old. And my whole plan is to be able to play with them as long as I can.

I waited a little longer to have these kids. I'm enjoying them so much. They have energy, so you have to have energy to keep up, their, their, their, their, and their, and their, and their, and their, and their, and their, and their, and their, and to be, and to be, and to, and to, and to to to, and to to to to to to to to their, and to be, and to keep, and to keep, and a to be, and a to be, and a to be, and a to be, and I, and I'm, and I'm, and I'm, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and their, and their, and their, their, their their their their thoomea, thoanananananan't thoan't their-a'-a, tha'-a, thoananan't thoan't that you have to have energy to keep up. That's the whole gameplay. Man, this guy over here. Thank you so much for joining me on the show again. Great to see you. Such a funny movie. Sporne K Brown everybody. Make sure to catch the film. The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Ears Edition. Subscribe to the Daily Show on YouTube for exclusive content and stream full episodes anytime on Paramount Plus. This has been a Comedy Central Podcast.