Dermot, Russell and others in “23x10”

Russell once went for a jog with Dustin Hoffman around Central Park in New York.

Yeah, when I lived up in Upper West Side, he lived in this building called the San Reno, which is kinda rock-and-roll. I came out, and he was coming out of the San Reno building, and I kinda went over and I just said "Hey I saw the show last night". He said "What show's that?" I said "The History Boys", he said "Oh yeah, you had a funny line in it, you were the funniest guy in it", I said "Thank you very much!" And then we kind of went, like, running for a bit...

Hang on a minute, how did that happen?

He was in jogging attire, heading to Central Park...

Did you run after him? You were stalking him, and he went "oh, erm, look..."

Yeah, just hung outside!

Did you dress up as a dentist and just follow him, going "is it safe? Is it safe?" (makes a noise like a dentists drill)