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00:00I don't mind if there's a mariachi band on the subway with us, or a clown juggling, or a comedian
00:06dressed up as a hot dog.
00:08I just put them in episodes, but those things really happened.
00:10Hi, I'm Kareem Rahma, and I'm going to take 10 with Deadline.
00:20There is no such thing as your favorite Beatle.
00:24100% disagree.
00:25Disagree?
00:25Yeah, dude, Lennon's the best Beatle.
00:27You've never heard of John Lennon without Paul McCartney.
00:30The magic of the Beatles, the reason why you care about John Lennon, the reason why I care about John
00:35Lennon, is because of the chemistry.
00:37It's the combination that created the greatest rock band in the history of the world.
00:41It is undeniable that what they did together, they were the sum of all parts.
00:45And to say I have a favorite Beatle, it's like saying I have a favorite ventricle of my heart.
00:50You've interviewed everyone from regular New Yorkers to Cate Blanchett, Jane Goodall, and Jason Bateman.
00:55Which celebrity guest surprised you the most?
00:57I would have to say I have a deep affection and love for Austin Butler.
01:02He came into this thing.
01:04I literally fell in love with him.
01:05I'm still thinking about him.
01:06I want him to be my best friend.
01:08He has not become my best friend, but I'm sure he does think about me as much as I think
01:13about him.
01:14You think I look fun.
01:15You look really fun.
01:16You wear your sunglasses on the subway.
01:19I miss you, Austin.
01:20Was there an interview where things went weirdly sideways?
01:23What happened?
01:24Most of the time, things don't go sideways because in New York, it's always kind of sideways.
01:32So from a production standpoint, I don't mind if there's a mariachi band on the subway with us or a
01:37clown juggling or a comedian dressed up as a hot dog telling jokes on the train.
01:43I think that those are potentially things that are going sideways, but I just put them in the episode, so
01:47I don't know.
01:49It kind of props the show up, but those things really happened.
01:52Who would be your dream guest, either living or dead?
01:54My dream guest would be Ben Affleck, living.
01:57I think he's the most underrated actor, writer, producer, and director of all time.
02:01I think that he doesn't get enough credit, and he deserves the credit where it's due.
02:05I think we need to celebrate Ben Affleck more before we regret it.
02:08I think dead, bring out the waterworks.
02:11My dad, that'd be nice to see that guy one more time.
02:14He probably has a horrible take.
02:16Is there a specific topic or take you can't wait to debate?
02:20I like the mundane.
02:21I like the most mundane takes in the world.
02:24You know what my take is?
02:25We should be laying down more.
02:27Humans don't lay down.
02:28Why am I sitting?
02:29Seriously, why am I sitting?
02:31You guys are standing.
02:32I'm sitting.
02:33No one's laying.
02:34Something to think about.
02:36Has there been a time when a stranger on the subway made things interesting or tricky?
02:39Yes.
02:40I remember an episode about how we don't talk about dinosaurs enough.
02:45It was with my friend Jack Coyne.
02:47100% agree.
02:48We don't talk about dinosaurs enough.
02:50I think it's, we talk about them when we're young, when we're little babies.
02:54And then for some reason, we just stop.
02:58And when we were discussing dinosaurs and such, this person on the train literally happened
03:04to be a dinosaur expert and knew so many facts.
03:07And he, it was crazy.
03:09You should have seen this person.
03:10He was telling us the truth about dinosaurs.
03:13And we kept the whole cut in the episode.
03:15We kept his whole monologue in the episode.
03:17And it was a really good learning experience for me.
03:19Can you still ride the subway incognito?
03:22No, no, I can't.
03:24And fun fact, I actually put on the sunglasses as a disguise originally.
03:28I was like, oh, if I wear these sunglasses, I can be a civilian when I feel like it.
03:32But I think the hair gives it away.
03:35And maybe the boys, maybe the weird, I have flat feet and I walk kind of weird.
03:38Don't know if you've noticed that because I'm sitting down all the time, but people definitely
03:41know who I am on the subway.
03:42And honestly, I don't mind.
03:44But I, I take bikes a lot.
03:47No one knows that.
03:48I'm on a bike most of the time.
03:50I've been taking the subway for a month and a half.
03:54Only for work.
03:55I've been taking it leisurely for a month and a half.
03:58I only take the subway for work.
03:59The best advice you've ever received.
04:01I have advice from a really long time ago.
04:04I learned it the first year I graduated college at my first job.
04:08And I was working for this kind of kooky guy.
04:10He was a little kooky.
04:11He ran an advertising agency.
04:13And he had a sign in his office that said, shoot first, aim later.
04:17And I took it to heart.
04:18And a lot of what I do now is I go out and make it and then I fix it
04:22later.
04:23And 95% of the time, it works out better than overproducing something.
04:29So my whole philosophy is like, get an idea to 80% of where it's supposed to be.
04:34And then the 20% that's missing will reveal itself in making it.
04:38But it's not like filmmaking in that regard.
04:41I think what we do is a little different and it's kind of on the fly and it's in motion.
04:45And a lot of the magic happens in the shoot.
04:49And I think a lot of great movies are actually made that way too.
04:52What are the things you're currently into watching?
04:54I watch a lot of movies.
04:56I'm a movie theater person.
04:58I love the movie theater.
04:59So I recently watched The Invite.
05:03I recently watched The Odyssey.
05:05I recently watched One Night Only.
05:09But I'm mostly a movie person.
05:12I watch, if I get time, I watch a movie.
05:14I'm watching Keep the Meter Running on YouTube.
05:16That's my other show.
05:18What films or old shows do you always go back to as a comfort watch?
05:22I think Mad Men.
05:24I could watch Mad Men.
05:26Literally, if I had to choose one TV show, I'd just watch that over and over again.
05:29I think it's the best show ever made.
05:31Sopranos is also incredible and maybe a tie with Mad Men.
05:35But I think if given the opportunity, I would watch Mad Men every fall, which I do.
05:40I start watching it.
05:41It takes me through the whole winter.
05:43And I encourage you to do this.
05:45Start it like on Thanksgiving Day and just go until like April.
05:50And you get through winter.
05:51It's so nice.
05:52Maybe start at Halloween.
05:54I started too late last year and I was watching it into the spring.
05:57Who has been your biggest supporter?
05:58My wife, Karina, is my biggest supporter.
06:01Every single time I have doubts or have had doubts in the past about any of my projects,
06:07she has always encouraged me to do them.
06:09And I genuinely don't think I would be where I am today without her because she's like,
06:13go do it.
06:14And I'm like, oh, I don't want to do it.
06:18But I do it because she tells me to.
06:20And then my manager, Michael Green at Underscore Talent, he's been a mentor to me.
06:25And I really appreciate his support and working with him.
06:27My wife calls him your dad.
06:30She's like, your dad's calling.
06:32Sorry, Michael.
06:34What is the most unexpectedly profound thing someone has said to you on the subway?
06:39I unfortunately have to go back to Austin Butler.
06:41But when he talked about how embarrassment is the most underexplored emotion, I really connected with that.
06:47And that part of the clip wasn't even in the short form of the episode.
06:52But it ended up getting clipped from the YouTube long form of the episode and became a huge viral piece
06:58of content on its own.
07:00So I think it resonated with a lot of people.
07:02I think a lot of people needed to hear that.
07:04And I think if you watch Subway Takes closely enough, there are some lessons.
07:08What's been the best fan reaction you've ever had in person or in YouTube comments?
07:12I think people love the show.
07:16I don't know if they love me, but they definitely love the show.
07:18And they're always asking for selfies.
07:20They're always hugging.
07:21They're always wanting to pitch their takes.
07:23They're just engaged.
07:24It just feels like a hyper-engaged audience on every video.
07:28There are thousands of comments.
07:29And the videos reach millions of people every single month.
07:33I think 100 million views a month across platforms, which is really insane and incredible.
07:38So it's just been, honestly, the reception to the show has been more than I ever expected.
07:42And I would like to thank my amazing team for making it happen.
07:46Because I'm just one part of it, which is the guy that sits on the subway.
07:49But the editors, the shooters, the producers, the sound mixers, the colorists, everything else.
07:56That's what makes the show great.
07:57And I'd like to thank New York City.
07:59I can't forget to thank New York City.
08:01Because without New York City, the show wouldn't exist.
08:03Thanks for watching Take 10 with Deadline.
08:05Yay!
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