Matt Leinart, Jerry Ferrara share football, acting, life stories in new Throwbacks podcast

>>LET'S GO BEYOND THE LOCKER ROOM. IT'S A NEW AGE OF SPORTS PODCASTING. A STAR QUARTERBACK IS JOINING FORCES WITH THE STAR ACTOR FOR THIS ONE. AND THEY'RE THROWING IT BACK TO THE GOOD OLD DAYS. >>GOT THAT RIGHT IN THE PODCAST IS LITERALLY CALLED THROWBACKS. AND IT'S ALL SET TO LAUNCH NEXT WEEK BY OUR PARENT COMPANY, SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP. SO GET THIS THE STAR HOSTS ARE TALKING TO US ALL ABOUT IT. BEFORE THE FIRST EPISODE NEXT THURSDAY, THE 5TH OF SEPTEMBER. >>AND THERE'S NEW EPISODES EVERY THURSDAY, SO YOU CAN SCAN THAT QR CODE TO WATCH THE SHOW ON YOUTUBE OR LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS SPOTIFY, OR WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS. BUT YOU GUYS SEE IF YOU KNOW THESE NAMES AND THESE FACES HERE, IT'S MATT LEINART ON THE LEFT. HE'S THE FORMER NFL QUARTERBACK COLLEGE FOOTBALL'S HEISMAN TROPHY WINNER IN 2004. HE'S TEAMING UP WITH THE GUY ON THE RIGHT THERE HOLDING THE BASKETBALL JERRY FERRARA. HE NEVER PLAYED BASKETBALL MUCH PROFESSIONALLY, BUT HE LOVES BASKETBALL BUT HE'S THE FILM AND TV. YOU KNOW HIS CREDITS ARE LONG FOR JERRY. YOU PROBABLY MOST KNOW HIM AS TURTLE ON HBO'S HIT SHOW ENTOURAGE. YOU KNOW, THAT ONE DEBUTED IN 2004. IF YOU WANT TO FEEL OLD HERE, THAT'S THE SAME YEAR LEINART WAS THE HEISMAN TROPHY WINNER SO THAT'S THE PODCAST IS CALLED THROWBACKS THEY SAT DOWN FOR THIS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW, AND I START BY ASKING THEM JUST SORT OF HOW THE NAME CAME ABOUT WITH THEIR HUGE SUCCESS 20 YEARS AGO IT CAME FROM A LONG LIST OF NAMES, BUT YOU KNOW, IT KIND OF JUST IT KIND OF PLAYS INTO TO JERRY AND I'S RELATIONSHIP KIND OF OUR LIVES AND KIND OF THROWING BACK TO YOU KNOW, THE LA DAYS WHEN, WHEN JERRY WAS ON ENTOURAGE AND I WAS AT USC AND KIND OF KIND OF PLAYING AROUND IN THE SAME CIRCLE AND THEN THROWING IT FORWARD TO NOW BEING PARENTS AND KIDS AND I, WE JUST WE LOVE THE NAME. IT WAS DEFINITELY A GROUP EFFORT. I JERRY WOULD AGREE. IT WAS DEFINITELY A GROUP EFFORT, BUT IT KIND OF JUST PLAYS INTO A LOT OF A LOT OF WHAT WE WANT TO DO AND WHAT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT. ON THE PODCAST. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE NAME AND WE'RE EXCITED TO TEAM UP TOGETHER. TAKE ME BACK A LITTLE BIT, JERRY, BECAUSE I SAW YOU WERE POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT ENTOURAGE, NOW 20 YEARS OLD SINCE THE DEBUT IN 2004, YOU GOT A FAVORITE THROWBACK MEMORY FROM FROM SHOOTING ON SET OR JUST THE SHOW IN GENERAL. I, YOU KNOW, I HAVE SO MANY AND IT'S FUNNY, IT'S ALMOST 21 YEARS OLD. IT'S ALMOST LEGAL AGE TO DRINK ENTOURAGE, WHICH IS FITTING, YOU KNOW, I JUST GO BACK TO THOSE EARLY YEARS, 20 YEARS AGO, 19 YEARS AGO, LIKE THOSE FIRST TWO SEASONS, BECAUSE WE REALLY DIDN'T QUITE KNOW WHAT WE WERE DOING. WE WERE ALL VERY ANXIOUS TO KEEP OUR JOBS AND HOPE THE SHOW WILL BE SUCCESSFUL. WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT LIED AHEAD >>AND THERE'S SOMETHING KIND OF NICE ABOUT THAT. >>YOU KNOW, THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE FUTURE IS A SCARY THING, BUT IT'S ALSO AN EXCITING THING. SO I GO BACK TO THOSE EARLY YEARS, US AND THE MANSION HANGING OUT, YOU KNOW, AS VINCE GOING TO DO THE MOVIE, IS HE NOT NOW IS MATT GOING TO DO THE PODCAST OR IS MATT NOT GOING TO DO THE PODCAST AND I GOT HIM TO DO THE PODCAST. YOU WERE SUCCESSFUL ALL RIGHT. WHEN PEOPLE SEE YOU OUT ON THE STREET, THOUGH, WHAT ARE THEY SHOUTING AT YOU AS YOU'RE WALKING BY IT'S IT'S MIXED. I GET YOU KNOW, I GET JERRY A LOT NOW AS AN OLDER GUY BUT TURTLE FOR SURE IS THE STAPLE. BUT THEN WE HAVE THIS WHOLE OTHER POWER AUDIENCE THAT ONLY KNOWS ME AS JOE PROCTOR, AND THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT YOUNGER, SO THEY MAY NOT HAVE WATCHED ENTOURAGE. SO I GET PROCTOR IN THE STREET. IT'S CALL ME WHATEVER YOU WANT AS LONG AS YOU'RE NICE AND COOL, I'LL BE COOL CALL ME WHATEVER YOU WANT. MATT. I SEE YOU'VE GOT SOME DECOR THERE, AND I WANT TO. I WANT TO TALK NEVADA LITTLE THROWBACK HERE. THE HEISMAN TROPHY THERE BEHIND YOU. THAT WAS. THAT WAS 20 YEARS AGO, TOO, MATT THAT WAS. YEAH. YOU KNOW, JERRY AND I ARE MIDDLE AGED, MIDDLE AGED GUYS NOW. WE'RE HUSBANDS WE'RE DADS. I GOT TO HOLD ON TO SOMETHING. YOU KNOW, JERRY'S GOT A BEAUTIFUL SETUP RIGHT THERE BEHIND HIM ON THE WALL. HE'S GOT MOVIE POSTERS KNICKS POSTERS. I HAVE A POSTER AND A HEISMAN TROPHY ON A WHITE WALL. THAT'S ABOUT ALL I GOT RIGHT NOW. BUT YEAH. LISTEN, I MEAN, IT IS A THROWBACK, IT'S ABOUT ALL I HAVE IN THE SPORTS WORLD NOW. SO I JUST, YOU KNOW WHAT? AND I LIKE TO STREAM. I LIKE TO PLAY VIDEO GAMES, AND I DO GET A LOT OF COMMENTS ON, LIKE, IT BEING A LITTLE BIT OF A FLEX. SO, YOU KNOW, I TRY IT'S A LOT. NO, THIS IS, THIS IS EXCITING, MAN. IT'S I'M SO FREAKING. I'M SO FREAKING EXCITED TO GET THIS GOING WITH JERRY TURTLE. I CALL HIM TURTLE, BUT BUT PLAYING OFF THE NAME YOU TWO, THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME HUGE PRIDE IN THE HUGE SUCCESS FROM YOUR YOUR THROWBACK DAYS. SO TO SPEAK. YOU TAKE PRIDE IN IT NOW OR ARE YOU SHYING AWAY FROM IT AT ALL I'LL START. YEAH. I MEAN, LOOK, I THINK TO JERRY'S POINT LIKE FOR ME, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN RETIRED FROM FOOTBALL FOR TEN, 11 YEARS, AND YOU KNOW, I HAVE A GREAT JOB ON FOX, AND I GET TO COVER COLLEGE FOOTBALL, WHICH IS WHICH IS AWESOME. BUT YOU KNOW, LIKE, YOU KNOW, I WORKED HARD ATHLETE. THERE'S A LOT OF THERE. AND IT LED ME TO THIS POINT TO TO DOING THIS POD WITH JERRY AND OTHER THINGS, WHICH HAS BEEN REALLY EXCITING. SO, YEAH, LIKE, I I TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN THAT. AND I ENJOY ENGAGING WITH THE FANS. I ENJOY ENGAGING WITH PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE JERRY AND I SPEAK FOR HIM. BUT WE'RE JUST LIKE NORMAL DUDES, LIKE, YEAH WE WE GET TO DO SOME COOL STUFF. BUT MAN, WE GOT KIDS. WE'RE DADS, WE'RE HUSBANDS. WE'RE JUST YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET BY DAY TO DAY LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. JERRY, I PROMISE I'M NOT THROWING SHADE HERE. I SWEAR TO YOU, YOU HAVE A FAVORITE, FAVORITE SPORTS MEMORY THERE THAT CAN COMPARE WITH MATT'S HEISMAN TROPHY? JUST THE BACKHANDED I MEAN, LET'S SEE, OTHER THAN MY DIRECT TV, WHATEVER, IT'S A BEACH BOWL MVP AWARD TEN YEARS AGO. NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY SPORTS ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT COULD COMPARE WITH MATT'S. YOU KNOW, DO YOU HAVE THEM ON YOUR. DO YOU HAVE THEM ON YOUR FANTASY FOOTBALL TEAM BACK IN THE DAY? I DEFINITELY HAD THEM ON MY. OH FOR SURE. AT SOME POINT YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S A COMBINATION OF YOU KNOW, STATS. BUT ALSO I, I WAS IN 19 FANTASY FOOTBALL LEAGUES. I HAD EVERY PLAYER AT SOME POINT. SO YEAH BUT NO OBVIOUSLY LIKE IT'S, IT'S REALLY INTERESTING FOR ME BECAUSE I ALSO LIKE TO ASK NOT TYPICAL QUESTIONS LIKE, MATT, WHAT WAS IT LIKE IN THAT GAME? LIKE, I, I WANT TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT LIKE, DUDE, WHEN YOU TRAVELED, WHAT DID YOU PACK? LIKE I HAVE ALL THESE INTERESTING QUESTIONS TO FOR ME THAT WE DON'T EVER THINK THAT THESE ATHLETES GO THROUGH. SO I'M GOING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF A LOT OF STUFF. YOU THINK THAT'S YOU THINK THAT'S BECAUSE WE'RE SO FOCUSED ON THE PLAY ON THE FIELD THAT WE FORGET ABOUT THE LIFE FROM YOU KNOW, GAME GAME ENDS ON SUNDAY MONDAY THROUGH THROUGH SATURDAY. WE FORGET ALL ABOUT THAT. OF COURSE. IT'S LIKE, DID THEY REALLY DO A BED CHECK AT TRAINING CAMP? I'VE NEVER HAD A BED CHECK SINCE I WAS LIKE 15 YEARS OLD. LIKE, DID THEY REALLY DO LIKE A, LIKE A CURFEW CHECK? MATT OH YEAH. I THINK THAT'S THE COOL THING ABOUT BOTH OUR WORLDS AND FOR SPORTS, THERE IS A LOT OF STUFF AND YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE MORE ACCESS WITH THINGS. AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO DO WITH THIS IS JUST GIVE MORE ACCESS TO TO WHAT IT'S LIKE IN A HUDDLE, WHAT IT'S LIKE IN A LOCKER ROOM, YOU KNOW, DO WE GET BED CHECKS WHEN YOU'RE 40 YEARS OLD? YOU ABSOLUTELY DO. IF YOU'RE A MINUTE LATE, YOU'RE FINE $10,000. LIKE LIKE IT'S IT'S IT'S REAL. SO THEY KEEP UP ON YOU. AND THEN AS FAR AS, LIKE THE ACTING WORLD TOO, I THINK THERE'S SO THERE'S SO MANY CORRELATIONS AND PARALLELS TO GET READY. AND WHEN YOU'RE ON A SHOW YOU'RE A PART OF A TEAM. EVERYBODY'S GOAL IS TO MAKE THE BEST SHOW POSSIBLE, YOU KNOW? SO LIKE THERE'S JUST A LOT OF SYNERGY AND SIMILARITIES THAT I THINK FOR ME TO PERSONALLY LIKE LIKE I'VE ACTED IN MY DAY, I AM NOT AN ACTOR, BUT I AM GENUINELY FASCINATED WITH THE LIFE OF AN ACTOR AND WHAT THAT GOES THROUGH ON SET AND THE LONG HOUR DAYS AND BEHIND THE SCENES. WOULD YOU SWITCH? IS THERE A DREAM SCENARIO WHERE EITHER TWO OF YOU WOULD SWITCH CAREERS HERE GOOD QUESTION. GOOD ALL EASY ANSWER FOR ME. GO AHEAD. GO. YEAH, WELL I'LL ANSWER SAYING MY DREAM IS TO BE, TO TO ROCK A STAGE BY MYSELF IN FRONT OF 100,000 PEOPLE. LIKE, I WANT TO BE A MUSICIAN. SO MUSICIAN WELL, LISTEN, I WOULD LOVE TO BE A MOVIE STAR. I THINK THAT WOULD BE PRETTY COOL. BUT TO BE ON STAGE WHERE EVERYBODY IS JUST, LIKE, WAITING FOR YOU, LIKE, TO ME, THAT'S THE ULTIMATE GOOSEBUMPS SO I'M PRETTY SURE JERRY WOULD LOVE TO SUIT UP FOR THE NBA OR FOR THE NEW YORK KNICKS. I'M A I'M I'LL SPEAK FOR HIM. I WOULD SWITCH FOR SURE, YOU KNOW BUT NOW I THINK MAYBE NOT FOOTBALL BECAUSE THAT JUST LOOKS LIKE IT HURTS. BUT LIKE YEAH, I MEAN I WANTED TO PLAY SPORTS. MY WHOLE LIFE SINCE I WAS A KID. I, WHEN I WAS A FRESHMAN IN HIGH SCHOOL AND I WAS FIVE SEVEN, I THOUGHT MAYBE I'D GROW MORE AND I GET A CHANCE AT THE NBA. I'M STILL FIVE SEVEN. EVAN. I HAVE NOT GROWN ONE INCH SINCE FRESHMAN YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL YOU TWO, YOU'VE HAD SO MUCH SUCCESS DATING BACK, AS WE MENTIONED. YOU KNOW 20 PLUS YEARS HERE, YOU HAVE A LOW POINT. YOU POINT TO ANY ANYTHING YOU'LL TALK ABOUT ON THE PODCAST THAT YOU COULD SAY, I GREW FROM THIS MOMENT FOR ME. YEAH, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WITH ACTING, IT IS SUCH A ROLLER COASTER. THAT'S SOMETHING WE TRY TO DEPICT IN ENTOURAGE, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, AND I EVEN SAY THIS ABOUT LA TOO, OR NOT EVEN JUST HOLLYWOOD, WHEN YOU'RE FLYING HIGH AND LIFE IS GOOD AND THE JOBS ARE COMING AND YOU'RE AND IT'S THE BEST PLACE IN THE WORLD WHEN YOU'RE A LITTLE LOW AND YOUR PHONE HASN'T RANG IN A BIT FOR A JOB AND YOUR LAST THING WASN'T SO GREAT. YOU KNOW, IT'S A TOUGH TOWN BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S SO COMPETITIVE. SO FOR ME, IT WAS A LOT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT AM I GOING TO DO AFTER ENTOURAGE AND IT TOOK A WHILE TO DEVELOP. I DIDN'T END THE ENTOURAGE AND WALK ONTO 15 PARTS. YEAH. AND I THINK FOR ME, JUST JUST IN THE NFL, I THINK THERE WERE THERE WERE THERE WERE SOME POINTS THERE WHERE, YOU KNOW, ADVERSITY HIT PRETTY HARD AND TO SAY LIKE ROCK BOTTOM NO. BUT LIKE, YOU KNOW, PERCEPTION IS REALITY AND I WAS PERCEIVED A CERTAIN WAY AND IT WAS REALLY HARD TO SORT OF CHANGE THAT PERCEPTION OF ME. IN THE NFL. AND THEN INJURIES AND THERE'S JUST THINGS THAT REALLY KIND OF DERAILED MY CAREER. I MEAN, I STILL PLAYED SEVEN YEARS. YOU KNOW, I'M FORTUNATE THAT LED ME INTO TO MY JOB ON TV AND ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT LED ME TO WHERE I AM TODAY. SO I'M EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR THAT. BUT I THINK OUR PODCAST IS AN OPEN BOOK. I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF LAUGHS. I THINK THERE'LL BE A LOT OF GREAT STORIES TOLD THAT I THINK WILL RESONATE WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE. AND, YEAH, I MEAN NOTHING'S OFF LIMITS. I THINK THE BEAUTY OF IT IS YOU CAN CONNECT WITH THOSE TO JUST SCAN THAT QR CODE RIGHT THERE. OH, BY THE WAY, THESE GUYS HAVE NEVER WORKED TOGETHER BEFORE,