So we're going to talk about L.A. What do you think? Well, if seven years ago you had told me I was going to be doing an "I Love L.A." piece, I would not have believed you. I think back then I would have said it is not a real city, first of all. But just because you can't go get a bagel at the corner deli at three in the morning doesn't mean it's not a city.

Is there an equivalent of the corner deli in L.A.? There's Canter's, Nate 'n Al's, and Jerry's Deli - the one on Beverly. I go there a lot.

You were born and raised in Manhattan. Do L.A. delis get it the same way? It's very close. I love the matzo-ball soup at Jerry's. It's not oily or greasy; everyone's always ­really friendly there, and it's really easy to get to. They always put a lot of matzo balls in the soup. I don't see that many Hollywood people when I'm there, but I don't know … I don't know if they are there. But we did go to Nate 'n Al's on Christmas, and we saw quite a few Hollywood people.

Whom did you see? Just heads of studios, you know. I think I saw a couple of other actors, and we ran into a lot of people - ­before going to a two o'clock movie.

That's Christmas in Los Angeles? Yeah.

So tell me about your arrival there. I came here having a very Hollywood experience. I left for the studio at six in the morning, and I got home at eight o'clock at night. So the only people I saw were the people on the Warner Brothers lot in Burbank. It was a lot of just driving. I definitely started to feel like I was, I don't know, a robot.