Claire Danes Used To Throw The Best NYC Costume Parties | Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend

I've heard that you like a good party. you like to throw a costume party I you. know I had this which terrifies me by. the way also I do not like we're uh I. had the best Bachelorette pad for for a. while. um I had a loft on Worcester because I. went to LA for about four years and. always knew I wanted to come back to New. York my parents stayed in L.A but I I. came back and it didn't occur to me that. I could live anywhere other than where I. had lived as a kid so I was just kind of. recreating that and and bought this Loft.

on uh Worcester Street and it was kind. it was just it's open space and it was a. great place to throw costume parties at. a swing. um oh my parents had a swing they had a. swing at a trampoline they had a trapeze. I mean my mom also ran a toddler school. but this was even before she had this I. think they just like they're not circus. people. recreational yeah they're very playful. people I guess so I was.

um you know kind of appropriating that. and it was effective now of course we. became you know you and I got married. and we were gonna have kids so we we now. live in a you know a very sensible. family home with it's the total inverse. like it's this kind of long and narrow. townhouse with it's very with many. stairs and stuff but there isn't this. like it's not a you know what happened. it's a dance party venue everything. changes when you have to Baby proof yes. yes the stairs are lethal so we made a.

mistake there my wife and I have this. little house in the country that I got. in another lifetime years ago that I've. hung on to and I remember when our first. when our daughter was born Nev. screwing in the the brackets for the. baby gates on an iconic moment what that. was for me in my life and then I. remembered a couple of years ago. noticing they were still there and that. both our kids are kind of grown and. unscrewing them and I got weepy.

yeah I'm headed to my grave I mean I got. very Irish dark right no Fade to Black. real that stuff is real the one. consolation is that when I get very old. I know my wife's gonna have to put in. gates for me. to keep me in place yes they will come. back in a slightly different context. um but yeah no I I had a lot of great. parties and I miss them and Easter. sometimes falls on my birthday and my. 30th birthday happened to be uh one of.

those years and um. Q went as a severed ear there's some he. went to like boarding school and I guess. it was just you know inhaled these. biblical stories I mean you know it was. just like swimming in the water so he. was a severed not a man with a severity. or he was a severed ear it was very. impressive and that's when you knew you. were in love kind of. um yes uh and he convinced me that I.

should go as the 30 coins of silver that. Judas was paid to betray Jesus God um. but it was really fun it was my brother. went as the Black Jelly Bean that nobody. wants. [Laughter]. um I don't know it was great there were. a lot of Playboy bunnies you could it. was secular and religious yes but people. are you know once you the great thing. about a costume party in New York too is. that they're stuck there because people. party hop in New York especially in. their 20s and you you once they're there.

you know they're they're once you're a. severed ear you're not going in you're. not going anywhere so it the the the. numbers build and uh it starts to come. to a boil and people you know they're. not they're a little. um you know they're in this like they're. a little unhinged you know they do. things they're they're they can. they're not themselves exactly well I. will tell you this just as I only know. this from being a sketch player again. not an actor but when I am when I do put.

on a costume for work whenever I've. I do. become that whatever that is I want to. be that and it's such a funny power it. has a childish thing but I was in a. sketch once and we were shooting it. outside and I'm dressed as a policeman. and then I wandered away as the. policeman and I was telling people to. move it along and then suddenly I have. like a 19th century Irish accent.

power of. you know um I had to do something. recently I think we're in Norway and. they dressed me up in a ridiculous. Fisherman's costume and I asked for a. hook because and I have a pipe and the. minute you give me a pipe it's bits left. and right and um but it's it's just. childish it's child support but it's. really fun it's the best it's what I do. um professionally yeah so it's what we. do it is a whole other level with you as.

is clear. um I can't say it enough uh just I'm. again I'm just going to say it as you're. as your old Uncle who had you on the. show years and years and years ago. um you were you've always been very. funny and classy and polite and then. crazy talented so I'm just very uh. um it's not you know it's not earned but. I'm proud of you oh no that's I am I am.

just like I'm like I knew her when she. was a child yeah and people say sit down. old man but uh it is uh it's a thrill to. see you and. um damn it if you haven't seen it's on. Hulu fleischman's in trouble you have to. see it because. um the whole cast is great the story is. great and then uh I think you kill it. and it's not obviously just me everybody. lost their minds with that performance. and that's so good for you oh that well.

um I'm uh sweating but uh thank you it's. very hard to receive that level of uh uh. appreciation but I'm grateful for it so. thank you okay well if I can make you. sweat or in any way uncomfortable yeah. um a little pinned here Claire uh such a. joy to have you here and see you again. it was really nice to see you too very. cool thank you out thank you.