Dermot Mulroney Talks His Longevity In Hollywood: 'I Work My Tail Off, I Love It' | The View

IT YET, BUT WE KNOW THEY'RE OLD FRIENDS. AND THE FACT I CAN'T REACH AGENT HILL NOR AGENT FURY, THEY'RE EFFECTIVELY AWOL. >> DEAL WITH IT. >> YES, SIR. >> Joy: PLEASE WELCOME DERMOT MULRONEY. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> HELLO. HOW ARE YOU? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. HI, GUYS. OH MY GOODNESS. >> Ana: A LOT OF FRIENDS IN THIS AUDIENCE. >> Sunny: THEY

DON'T STAND LIKE THAT FOR EVERYONE, YOU KNOW. >> SO TOUCHED AND A LITTLE NERVOUS. >> Ana: DON'T BITE. YOU HAVEN'T BEEN HERE SINCE 2005. YOU WERE HERE BACK THEN -- >> Joy: WOW. >> Ma >> Ana: -- FOR "THE WEDDING DATE." >> I REMEMBER THAT MOVIE. >> Ana: A LITTLE WHILE AGO. >> WHOSE FAULT IS THAT, MINE? >> Ana: PROBABLY YES, BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE

YOU HERE. YOU HAVE DONE SO MUCH WORK BETWEEN THEN AND NOW. YOU HAVE BEEN ON TV AND FILMS "AUGUST,"" ZODIAC," ZODIAC," "SCREAM SIX," "SHOOTING STAR." THE LeBRON JAMES STORY. YOU'RE IN AN INDUSTRY WHERE STAYING RELEVANT IS DIFFICULT. WHAT IS THE LONGEVITY? >> I DON'T KNOW WHY I THOUGHT OF IT AT 22 WHEN I WAS STARTING IN LOS ANGELES, BUT I JUST THOUGHT, DO WHATEVER TAKE ITS

TO STAY IN THE GAME. SO I WOULD SAY THAT WORKED OUT REALLY WELL FOR ME. I'LL ALSO ATTRIBUTE MY WORK ETHIC TO MY DAD. SO THAT WAS A HEREDITARY OR AT LEAST BY EXAMPLE. >> Joy: MEANING WHAT? WHAT'S YOUR WORK ETHIC? >> I WORK MY TAIL OFF. I LOVE IT. WHO WOULDN'T WANT TO WHEN YOU HAVE A JOB LIKE I HAVE? >> Joy: THAT'S TRUE. >>

THERE'S SO MUCH VARIETY, AND I HAVE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE EXTEND THEMSELVES FOR ME AND GIVE ME OPPORTUNITIES THAT I NEVER DREAMED OF. SO IT IS TO ALL THOSE PEOPLE THAT I OWE THIS, AND AS I WILL CLAIM FOR MYSELF HOW HARD I'VE WORKED. THAT'S STARTING TO SHOW. >> Sara: YOU GREW UP IN A BIG FAMILY. I DID AS WELL. >> YEAH. >> Sara: MORE IMPORTANTLY,

YOU LOVE CHIHUAHUAS. I DO AS WELL. YOU HAVE THREE KIDS, I HAVE THREE KIDS. >> Ana: OH MY GOSH. >> Sara: WE'RE PRACTICALLY THE SAME PERSON. SO WHAT IS IT LOOIKE RIGHT NOW BE A DAD TO TEENAGERS? >> THANK YOU. I'M HAVING A WONDERFUL TIME. BOY, IS IT INTERESTING. >> Sunny: IT IS. >> MAN, MAKEY I MAKE A NOTE TO E CHIHU CHIHUAHUAS. >> Sara: YOU

BETTER NOT BACKTRACK OR YOU'RE DONE. >> I HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH CHIHUAHUAS, BUT I WASN'T ORIGINALLY A CHIHUAHUA PERSON. >> Sara: WE TAKE CONVERTS, IT'S FINE. >> Ana: WHAT WERE YOU ORIGINALLY? >> WE GREW UP WITH HOUNDS. BIG DOGS. >> Sara: I DON'T EVEN SEE THE DIFFERENCE, YOU GUYS. >> CORRECT. >> Sara: WHAT DID UH-YOU DO? FATHER'S DAY JUST PASSED. >> I'M ON THE BEST

TOUR WITH MY TEENAGER. I SPENT -- I WAS IN NEW JERSEY AND THEN I TRAVELED TO VIRGINIA WHERE I MET WITH MY HIGH SCHOOL FRIENDS. SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE OF US AND ALL PEOPLE, 40, 50 PEOPLE IN THE WOODS OF VIRGINIA AND HAD THE MOST INCREDIBLE REUNION, AND CAMPING ON MY FRIEND'S PROPERTY. >> Sara: WAS LIGHKE A CORE GROU? PEOPLE YOU KEEP IN TOUCH WITH? >> JOHN

QUINN, I'VE KNOWN SINCE WE WERE IN PRESCHOOL, SO WE ALL GOT TO RE-LOVE ON EACH OTHER AND CAMPING IN MY CAMP'S YARD. ALLISON, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HOSPITALITY. THAT'S OUTSIDE OF COLPEPPER, VIRGINIA. I THINK THAT'S THE LONG ANSWER AND I HAD AN AMAZING TIME WITH MY KIDS. >> Sunny: THAT'S COOL. I'M RAISING A TEENAGE DAUGHTER AND A YOUNG ADULT SON, AND SO MY HAT'S OFF TO

YOU. I HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE. >> I CAN SEE IT IN YOUR EYES. >> Sunny: YOU'RE FEELING MY -- YEP. WELL, AFTER A LOT OF SPECULATING -- A LOT OF SPECULATION, AS MARVEL FANS ARE PRONE TO DO, I AM ONE OF THEM. IT WAS FINALLY REVEALED THAT YOU WERE GOING TO PLAY PRESIDENT RITSON ON THE SHOW "SECRET INVASION." I'VE SEEN TWO EPISODES. SO GOOD. >> IT'S SO

GOOD. >> Sunny: FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET, TELL EVERYONE WHAT IT'S ABOUT. >> WELL, IT'S PRETTY CLEAR IN THE TITLE. THERE'S AN INVASION. THE SCROLLS -- >> Sunny: THE SCROLLS. >> THEY'RE A SHAPE-HISHIFTING ALIENS TAKING OVER THE EARTH, AND DOINK G IT BY TAKING OVER T BODIES OF PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT. >> Sunny: SECRET UNDER LOCK AND KEY. >> THERE ARE ACTORS LIKE MYSELF IN

"SECRET INVASION" WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS IN THE STORY BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T TELL ME. THEY ONLY ACCEPTABSENT ME PAGESD THE WORDS PRESIDENT RITSON ON IT. THOSE ALSO INCLUDED NICK FURY SO I GOT TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH SAMUEL L. JACKSON AND IT INCLUDED WHERE MOST OF MY SCENES ARE WITH SAMUEL AND DON CHEADLE. >> Alyssa: I WAS GOING TO MENTION. THIS SHOW IS JUST STAR-STUDDED. SAMUEL L.

JACKSON, OLIVIA COLMAN, AND DON CHEADLE. IT'S NOT YOUR FIRST TIME. YOU WERE BOTH IN AN EPISODE OF "FAME" 37 YEARS AGO. THAT DOESN'T SOUND CORRECT. >> Joy: REALLY? >> Alyssa: THAT WAS IN 1976. >> Joy: I'M GOING TO LIVE FOREVER >> Alyssa: WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER FROM IT? >> I REMEMBER DON CHEADLE IN MIDAIR IN A MANEUVER. HE'LL BE SO HAPPY I BROUGHT THIS UP. I

GOT A TEXT FROM DON LAST NIGHT WITH A PICTURE OF AN ARTICLE WHERE I MENTION THIS "FAME" EPISODE SO EVEN HE FINALLY KNOWS I'M ONTO HIM, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE THE FIND THE FOOTAGE. MGM OWNS IT, BUT WE COULDN'T USE IT TODAY. THANKFULLY BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO FIND ALL THE OTHER ACTORS AND CLEAR IT WITH THEM AND SO FORTH. I HAVE GREAT

MEMORIES FROM THAT, AND DON HAS BEEN AN AMAZING STAR AND TALENT EVER SINCE. THAT WAS DAY ONE, HIS FIRST JOB, FIRST DAY ON SET, AND I WAS THERE WITH HIM. I'VE SHARED AWE IN HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND GOT TO RE-GROUP WITH HIM IN THIS CAST WITH "SECRET INVASION." >> Sara: I HAVE TO ASK YOU TO CLEAR SOMETHING UP. OUR OFFICE GOT INTO QUITE A BACK AND FORTH

WHEN IT CAME TO SOME OF THE ROM-COMS YOU HAVE BEEN IN. THERE WAS A SERIOUS DEBATE BECAUSE THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SHOW ABOUT WHETHER "MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING" OR "THE WEDDING DATE" WAS A BETTER MOVIE. >> Sara: "BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING." DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE? >> MY GOD, NO. HOW COULD I POSSIBLY -- NO. MY FAVORITE IS THAT EPISODE OF "FAME" WITH DON CHEADLE. SUPER

ROMANTIC AND SUPER FUNNY. "THE WEDDING DATE" WAS NOT EXPECTED TO DO THAT KIND OF BUSINESS. IT WAS MADE AS AN INDEPENDENT FILM, AND IT WAS UNIVERSAL BOUGHT IT AND PUT IT OUT AS "MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING" WHICH WAS MADE AS A BIGGER BUDGET AND HOOPLA. >> Sara: WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IS "THE WEDDING DATE" MIGHT HAVE -- THANK YOU. GO TO BREAK. GO TO BREAK. >>

Ana: WHO'S HERE FOR "THE WEDDING DATE"? [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] WHO'S HERE FOR "MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING"? [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> ARE WE GOING TO BREAK? >> Joy: WE ARE. >> FIRST I WANT TO DO THIS IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE WRITERS. I'M GOING TO WALK OFF YOUR SHOW. I'LL SEE YOU ON THE PICKETT LINES. LOVE YOU. THANK YO