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Terry Crews on "World's Funniest Fails" & Why It's Good to Make Mistakes

Terry Crews on "World's Funniest Fails" & Why It's Good to Make Mistakes

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It's impossible NOT to have a good time when Terry Crews is in the house! The football player turned actor turned greatest human in the world pays a visit to the YH Studio to give us the scoop on why he chose to host the Fox clip show "World's Funniest Fails" and even recounts for us one of his own memorable fails! He also does a quick sketch of our host and shows us how to do his signature red carpet leap! "World's Funniest Fails" premieres Friday, January 16, at 8pm on FOX!

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Young Hollywood

I couldn't be more excited. Terry Crews in the house. You walk in the room and there's and I don't even have to ask for it.

Terry Crews

Hey, you don't have to ask. No, no. It's what I do. It's what I do.

Young Hollywood

I don't even have to ask. It's just what you do. Thank you for doing that. It's become like a right of passage.

Terry Crews

It it is. I mean, you're not truly a man until you can do that. You know what? What's so crazy? I've seen actors, and they literally don't like things they've done in the past, and I don't understand it. Right. I love everything I've ever done. There's nothing that I like So, is there one role you really regret? I'm like, no, not at all. No, it's all been good. Right? If I didn't if I didn't love it, I wouldn't do it.

Young Hollywood

Actually, there's I I'm going to quote you because you said, "I exist to show you what's possible."

Terry Crews

That's it. I exist. Terry Crews exist to show you what's possible.

Young Hollywood

Explain that.

Terry Crews

And you know what? Look, you got to know where I come from. I come from Flint, Michigan. It's the toughest people in the world. Yeah. have come up in Michigan. When it's cold, it's cold. When it's hot, you're really hot. You know? And when you're broke coming up in Flint, Michigan. I I know listen, I have friends who are no longer here. I have friends that have, you know, went the wrong route in life. I have friends that are living a lot less than what they were supposed to do. And me, I was I wasn't supposed to be where I'm at right now. I know and I'm so thankful for just being here. People tend to think everything's special. They tend to say like you have it or you don't. Well, I'm here to say that that's a lie. Because I had to learn what I had to do. It's a skill. It's something that you really just keep practicing, keep practicing. And this is why I decided to host World's Funniest Fails. All right, now, I'll present the ill-advised coffee delivery and over-reaction of the week. Oh my God! Oh! Oh! They it's not nice. The reason I took the show was to show that failure is necessary. It is absolutely imperative that you make mistakes. Because you know the mistake everybody makes? They're trying to be perfect. Yeah. And perfect is impossible. Yeah.

Young Hollywood

So, let's talk about your fails.

Terry Crews

Oh.

Young Hollywood

Let's talk about your fails.

Terry Crews

There was a Monday Night Football. I was knocked out on Monday Night Football. I knocked myself out. It was all my fault because you you in football, you're never supposed to drop your head. Well, I'm just running. And all of a sudden, I just fly in there with my head first. And boom. And all of a sudden, I'm face down. And I was playing with the Chargers at the time. And we were playing the Colts. But I see the horseshoe on the helmet and I'm like, "Guys, what does the U mean? What what is the U all about? Are we in you are you?" And they're like, "Uh-oh. Uh-oh. He got hit." And all of a sudden, they start yelling things about football. And I know I'm a football player, but I don't know what they mean. So, I'm literally I'm I'm I'm about to cry because I know I'm about to lose my job. But they're like, "Okay, we got to punt team punt." I'm going to punt. I know I punt. But what do you do? What's a punt? What's a punt? And I knew I was on that team. And I was freaking out.

Young Hollywood

Wow.

Terry Crews

But it was it was that was a fail. It was and it was funny.

Young Hollywood

Wow. Um, I have a little tiny request for you. I know back in the day, you used to do portraits. Yes. In the NFL.

Terry Crews

Yes, I did.

Young Hollywood

You're a great drawer.

Terry Crews

I paint and draw. What would you like?

Young Hollywood

Oh, just sketch something.

Terry Crews

What do you want me to sketch? Yourself? Maybe.

Young Hollywood

You know what? I'm gonna try. I'm going to draw

Terry Crews

I mean, if you insist.

Young Hollywood

I know. I'm gonna try. I if you beg, okay.

Terry Crews

It's gonna be quick. It's gonna be quick.

Young Hollywood

You know what? It's fine. I'll see that there. All right. You got a pose for. Oh, I like this already. Oh, yeah. I see it right there. It's gonna be big hair. Uh-huh. Hair's looking good. Go. The flow is going. Oh, yeah. Got to get the eyes because they they really are fake eyelashes. Get the fake eyelashes. The windows to the soul are the eyes. Let's see. What So what about you? How is everything going with you?

Terry Crews

Uh, you know what? Everything's been going great. You know, it's been really busy. Life's been good. We're heading to the Super Bowl soon. Do you ever go to the do you hang out at the Super Bowl?

Young Hollywood

Uh, you know what? Actually, I've been to so many Super Bowls. Uh, it depends because I I have the NAACP Awards. I was nominated for that this year, which was really awesome. And we got the SAG Awards coming because Brooklyn Nine-Nine was nominated for a SAG Award. So, it feels good. You know what? Can you draw and talk at the same time? Uh-huh. And I'm I'm going to just show you this just to see if it works out. It's really quick. What? Stop it now. Wow.

Terry Crews

I know it. I love it. I hope you like it.

Young Hollywood

That's fantastic. It's really fast. You really did get the fake eyelashes.

Terry Crews

You said it. I did it.

Young Hollywood

You really did. That's as fast as it can go. I'm going to give you a little gift. I am an artist all the way. Hold on. It's all good. It's all good. Let me take the plastic out because, you know, and the security tag and things. Okay. We made sure we took that out for you. I just make sure we got that. And you know, I got a really big head. So, I need the last two probably maybe. And I got a little ash thing going on. Please don't leave. Just stay. No. I'm good. I'm good. I'm sorry. I got too many jobs. I got to go. Oh, no, wait. I've got one more thing. I've got one more thing. You always are in the red carpet. I notice you're leaping. You do the leaping thing.

Terry Crews

Yes. I do. Uh, because for me, it's really about showing the zest for life. To me, it's not about being cool. Cool is the is the quickest way to mediocrity. Trying to be slick and whatever. I like to let it all hang out. I like to get make my mistakes in front of everybody and show you that it's no big deal. It's really not that big a deal. So, then it's just sure that I can do it. And I love that. So, we do it. Shall we do it? I'll jump in the middle. You can do the leap. I can breathe. I just don't want to kick you in the head.

Young Hollywood

No, no. No, no. We're going to move. We're moving. Just go in the middle. Let's move the furniture. Okay, here we go. Here we go. All right. Moving furniture. And ignore the phone. Watch your head. Watch your head. Yes. And that's okay. We take the hat off. And are you ready? One, two, three.

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FAQ

What show does Terry Crews host?+
Terry Crews hosts the Fox clip show "World's Funniest Fails."
When does "World's Funniest Fails" premiere?+
"World's Funniest Fails" premieres Friday, January 16, at 8pm on FOX.
Where is Terry Crews from?+
Terry Crews is from Flint, Michigan.
Has Terry Crews been nominated for any awards recently?+
Yes, Terry Crews was nominated for an NAACP Award and "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" was nominated for a SAG Award.
What is Terry Crews's philosophy on mistakes?+
Terry Crews believes that failure is necessary and it is imperative to make mistakes because trying to be perfect is impossible.
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