NOTE: L represents Liam Aiken, J represents Jim Carrey, O represents Oprah Winfrey, and M represents Maryl Streep.
O: One of the talented young stars of Lemony Snicket is here. Please welcome Liam Aiken!
O: Hello Liam. Okay, so you had to deal with Jim everyday?
L: Yea.
O: And I hear you had to do all sorts of things to keep from laughing when you did scenes with Jim?
L: Yea, definitely, yea. It was so hard not to laugh, because it was a different take everytime.
O: You've never worked with anybody who was so out of their body?
L: Right.
O: So what is one of the funniest things that happened on set, that you can tell us about?
L: Well...[laughs]
J: Not the beating!
L: I gotcha.
J: There was this one time where I tried to motivate them by saying something really horrible and scary. And I don't remember what it is.
L: I do.
J: You do? What did I say? Well it was something about 'your dog is dead' or something like that.
L: Yea yea.
J: Like before a take I just threw that at them to see if I could get a reaction, because they were supposed to do like something "ehw ah!" or whatever it was. But I said some horrible thing about their dogs being dead. And then they were just like "heheheh."
O: Liam, do you think you'll go to the theater and watch the movie like a regular person?
L: Umm....yea, that's usually interesting to see. Just to see the crowd, and how they react. It's kinda fun.
J: Have you ever tried my segway?
L: No, but I've tried one before.
J: Yea but you weren't thrilled, right. No big deal?
L: [shrugs]
O: So haven't had an on screen kiss yet, right?
L: No.
J: Didn't you? No on screen kiss yet?
O: Ever, like in any acting role? No?
L: [shakes head]
O: I hear it takes a lot of preparation and stuff. And that it really isn't what it appears to be because the crew is there, and with the lights and blah, blah, blah. That's what they all say.
J: It's hard because girls are icky. They're just kinda icky.
L: [laughs]
O: Do you have a favorite Jim Carrey movie? Did you grow up watching him?
L: Umm....well yea. I remember seeing the mask, and that kinda stuff.
O: And that kinda stuff [laughs]. And you obviously knew who Maryl was, and she is the gold standard and stuff like that?
L: Yea.
O: So was there the least bit of intimidation on your part?
L: Well........ Okay, yea.
M: No...
L: Well, ummm, yea. I mean, until you got to meet them, it was completely different.
J: He's his own guy, too. He does his own thing, doesn't really care.
O: And how'd you get the part? Were there like lots of guys lined up your age? Or did they just call you and tell you, you have it? Or....
L: Well I had actually auditioned for it a while before, umm...like even before Brad (Siberling) was on it.
O: So you must've been 12 or something?
L: Yea, it was during Good Boy, so yea, when I was 12.
O: So you guys finished filming when?
L: Ah...we finished filming-...this one?
O: Yea.
L: We finished, was it May? June?
J: I don't know.
O: Do you like being known, famous?
L: To an extent. I mean, you know, it depends on who the person is. Like if they're kinda...you know-...
O: So you're gonna go to the movie premiere, and then there are going to be all these girls standing around the red carpet. And they're going to be like, "Liam, Liam, Liam, oh my god!" Okay, and is that going to make you feel comfortable, uncomfortable, are you going to think 'where are all the girls? I need more.' Or are you going to feel like, 'well I can't wait until I get inside and sit in the back.' Or are you going think 'I wish I had brought my guy friends.' What are you going to be thinking?
L: I'm not sure. I don't, I don't know. Umm, I mean, I'm just sort of gonna have to keep going, keep walking.
O: Yea, keep walking the red carpet.
J: Gettin' the numbers, get the numbers.
*ends with commercial*
Liam does not get another chance to speak during the two shows combined (Oprah, and Oprah After the Show).
