- Jiminy Glick: What was "The Lion King"? Everyone talked about it. I never saw it. What was that about?
- Nathan Lane: Well, it was an animated film.
- Jiminy Glick: An animated film.
- Nathan Lane: For Disney, that did play well.
- Jiminy Glick: And you played a king?
- Nathan Lane: No, I played a meerkat.
- Jiminy Glick: [delighted] A meerkat!
- Nathan Lane: Yeah.
- Jiminy Glick: Is it a method approach, is it like a Bobby DeNiro where you're, the whole day, a meerkat, or are you just, when they rattle the money in front of you?
- Nathan Lane: [laughs] Well, I never saw Disney rattling any money.
- Jiminy Glick: Oh, because they're cheap!
- Nathan Lane: Yeah. You got it.
- Jiminy Glick: What about, you worked with that one famous drunk...
- Nathan Lane: You're sweating a little. Is that sweat?
- Jiminy Glick: [touches face with hand] No no, oh yeah... no, that's not sweat.
- Nathan Lane: [laughs] Okay.
- Jiminy Glick: You worked with that one famous drunk actor, with the three, with the initials. What's his name? I'm always forgetting his name. Drunky.
- Nathan Lane: Uh, there's been so many.
- Jiminy Glick: Oh, George C. Scott. That's it.
- Nathan Lane: Oh! Pfft... Well he was...
- [laughs hard]
- Jiminy Glick: Was he swerving on the stage all the time?
- Nathan Lane: [still laughing] No.
- Jiminy Glick: Spewin' old booze from his breath?
- Nathan Lane: He was...
- [laughs even more]
- Jiminy Glick: What was that like?
- Nathan Lane: He was very kind to me.
- Jiminy Glick: Very kind to you.
- Nathan Lane: He did occasionally have a drink, but not ON stage.
- Jiminy Glick: I bet he had it in a little flask he hid. How come we don't hear from him so much?
- Nathan Lane: Well, he, unfortunately, he passed away.
- Jiminy Glick: [surprised] No!
- Nathan Lane: You didn't get the memo?
- Jiminy Glick: I didn't get the memo!