There is no tough sells anymore, it’s just timing, i think they used to be apprehensive. I think genuinely a lot of people used to turn up going ‘What am I doing? And what is this?’ And now I think it’s a thing where people call us, and it's become a part of record company strategy for launching an album, singer or artist. In many ways that has become a lot easier.

James Corden

James Kimberley Corden, OBE is an English actor, comedian, singer, writer, producer, and television host. On 8 September 2014, Corden was chosen to succeed Craig Ferguson as the host of the The Late Late Show on CBS after Ferguson's decade-long tenure on the show ended in December 2014. His biggest early success was as co-creator, co-writer and star of the BBC sitcom Gavin & Stacey, for which he won the BAFTA Television Award for Best Comedy Performance. He was also featured on the No.1 single "Shout" along with British grime artist Dizzee Rascal an unofficial anthem of the England football team for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa in 2010. In 2011 he attracted international attention as the lead in the comedy play One Man, Two Guvnors, which transferred from the National Theatre to the West End and then to Broadway, and was also cinecast worldwide via National Theatre Live. For his performance in the Broadway run of the play, Corden won the 2012 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play.

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