-Let's talk about this new
limited series,
"I Know This Much is True."
I know that it's
a Wally Lamb book
that, yeah, you said Oprah --
it was one of her
first ones, right?
-Yes, that's right.
And it became this
kind of sensation at the time.
Everyone that I knew and loved
was reading it.
And...and...yeah.
And so --
-Are you producing it
as well?
-I produced it --
executive produced it
with Gregg Fienberg
and FilmNation,
Ben Browning at FilmNation,
and Derek Cianfrance,
the director
who wrote all the scripts,
who made really
a television masterpiece.
And it's this great story about
these identical twin brothers,
one of them schizophrenic.
They don't know
who their father is,
and it's really them
trying to find out,
you know, one brother --
I play both parts,
and one -- it's my brother's
keeper, you know?
One brother's really trying
to save the other brother
while trying to find out
who they are,
who their father was,
where they are
in the American story.
You know, I've been working
on it with Derek
for seven years...
-Wow!
...and it's just --
He's made the most beautiful,
cathartic family,
you know, story.
It's just -- it's --
I'm so proud of it,
and I really hope
people watch it.
You know, it's --
-Well, we need it right now,
and that's gonna be
on HBO, right?
-That's right.
-We ask everyone
who comes on the show --
and again, thank you
so much for coming on.
It really means a lot to me
and all the fans of yours --
...to maybe spotlight
or highlight a charity.
And I know you do a lot of
stuff with charity work.
We've talked throughout
the years.
You've done crazy stuff,
by the way, amazing stuff.
I admire you for that.
-Thank you.
-But this one is
protectthesacred.care.
And I'd never heard of this.
-Yeah, Protect the Sacred
basically is
many Navajo Nation women
who came together
as COVID was starting
to land there
and break out there
to protect their --
the elders,
who carry all of their
traditions and stories,
and they're living in these
intergenerational homes.
And so they're very at risk.
People don't know this,
but Navajo Nation
is the third most brutal
hot spot
in the United States right now
behind New York and New Jersey.
And they have no --
they've had almost no
federal help whatsoever.
And so Protect the Sacred
kind of popped out
to educate the youth,
to educate the elders,
to create essential runners
who would go out
and get essentials
and take care of the elders
and protect all of their
sacred knowledge
and stories and tradition.
And it's just exploded.
We've been working
with President Nez
and Allie Young
and [indistinct] Johns,
and Julia Walsh,
and we brought Sean Penn's
group in, CORE.
It looks like José Andrés
is going to be heading there.
And finally, finally
we got Trump to give them
some of the stimulus money
that they were promised
but had never materialized.
But they were sending them,
like, the crappy tests.
They were sending them,
instead of ventilators,
body bags.
I mean, these people
have been treated so poorly.
And the beautiful thing
about this is
the world's starting
to see them now,
and people are taking notice
and seeing how beautiful
their culture is,
and that's what Protect
the Sacred's really all about.
-Well, I mean, my wife and I,
we'll definitely donate to
protectthesacred.care.
But everyone who's watching,
protectthesacred.care.
Anything you can give
goes a long way.
You just heard.
It's an amazing thing.
And you're an amazing person
to be on the show
and for bringing that up
and for doing all this.
You got to hug your family
for me, please.
-Yeah.
-You know I love you, man.
-I love you.
-I can't wait to see you
in person.
-Thanks, Jimmy.
-It means a lot.
Thank you for coming on, pal.
-Mwah. Mwah.
-Bye, Mark.
-Love to all.
-Bye, buddy.
-Be safe.
