>> Jimmy: I LIKE THIS JACKET YOU
HAVE ON. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>> Jimmy: THAT'S A GOOD JACKET, 
IT REALLY IS. 
>> THANK YOU.
IT'S A MAGIC JACKET. 
>> Jimmy: IT'S A MAGIC JOHNSON 
JACKET, OR HAS MAGIC POWERS?
>> IT BRINGS THINGS INTO THIRD 
DIMENSIONAL SPACE THAT WEREN'T 
THERE BEFORE. 
>> Jimmy: IT DOES. 
>> YES, LIKE FLOWERS, FOR 
INSTANCE.
>> Jimmy: ARE YOU GOING TO DO A 
MAGIC TRICK?
WOW.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
THANK YOU.
DOES IT HAVE $500,000 IN THERE?
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> IT WOULD NEED THAT ON THE 
PRINT, SO MAYBE NEXT TIME. 
>> Jimmy: YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS 
REALLY HAPPENS TO ME, I 
APPRECIATE IT.
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
HOW'S EVERYTHING IN YOUR LIFE?
>> OH, MAN, I'M GREAT.
I'M REALLY EXCITED.
THE FILM'S OUT.
IT'S DOING WELL. 
>> Jimmy: THE FILM'S REALLY 
GOOD.
DESCRIBE THE MOVIE, BECAUSE IT 
SEEMS LIKE IT'S ONE THING, THEN 
IT IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
>> I GUESS THE BEST WAY TO 
DESCRIBE IT WOULD BE THAT IT'S 
ABSURD, IT'S A COMEDY, AND IT'S 
ALSO DEALING IN SCI-FI, AND RUPP
RUPP RUPP!
>> Jimmy: I NEVER KNOW WHAT TO 
SAY, I LIVE IN FEAR OF RUINING 
SOMEBODY'S MOVIE BY SAYING 
WHAT'S IN IT.
IT TAKES A SCI-FI TURN FOR SURE.
>> THE BEST WAY TO UNDERSTAND IS
GO SEE IT, IT IS WILD. 
>> Jimmy: THEY SAY THAT IS THE 
BEST WAY TO DO IT, IT REALLY IS.
[ LAUGHTER ]
I READ SOMEWHERE THAT -- I THINK
IN THE "NEW YORK TIMES," YOU 
WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A NUDE 
SCENE IN THIS FILM.
THE DIRECTOR, BOOTS RILEY, HE 
WANTED YOU TO DO A NUDE SCENE?
>> WELL, I THINK -- HE HAD IT 
ORIGINALLY IN THE STORY.
I WANTED TO DO THE NUDE SCENE. 
>> Jimmy: YOU WANTED TO DO IT. 
>> THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS 
WHY I TOOK THE ROLE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
BUT ULTIMATELY, FOR REASONS I 
DON'T KNOW, IT ENDED UP NOT 
MAKING IT. 
>> Jimmy: IS IT BECAUSE THERE 
WAS SOMETHING PARTICULARLY 
SPECIAL ABOUT THE NUDE SCENE?
OR YOU JUST WANT TO DO A NUDE 
SCENE?
>> I JUST WANT TO DO A NUDE 
SCENE.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Jimmy: I'M SURE -- I BET 
THERE ARE NUDE SCENES -- LISTEN,
YOU KNOW.
I'M SURE THERE ARE PLENTY OF 
PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE 
YOU DO A NUDE SCENE. 
>> IT'S FUN TO BE NUDE. 
>> Jimmy: IT IS FUN TO BE NUDE.
LITTLE KIDS GET TO RUN AROUND 
NUDE ALL THE TIME. 
>> IT'S NOT FAIR. 
>> Jimmy: NOBODY SEEMS TO MIND, 
YEAH. 
>> KIDS.
>> Jimmy: YEAH.
[ LAUGHTER ]
HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU 
STARTED ACTING?
>> I GUESS I CAME OUT OF THE 
WOMB WANTING TO PERFORM.
ALSO I WAS NAKED THEN.
ARE 
[ LAUGHTER ]
WANTED TO PERFORM.
I THINK IN HIGH SCHOOL I REALLY 
REALIZED IT'S SOMETHING I COULD 
ACTUALLY DO?
>> Jimmy: SCHOOL THEATER?
DID YOU DO SCHOOL PLAYS?
>> YEAH, SO ONE OF MY FIRST 
ROLES, I WAS A FROG.
I WAS KIND OF IN A FAT SUIT AT 
THE TIME.
I WAS MAYBE 90 POUNDS OR 
SOMETHING.
THEY PUT ME IN A FAT SUIT.
I GOT TO PLAY A FAT, CUTE FROG. 
>> Jimmy: WHAT WAS THE PLAY?
>> IT'S CALLED "HONK."
IT WAS A MUSICAL. 
>> Jimmy: DID THE FROG SING?
>> YES. 
>> Jimmy: THE FROG SANG.
I HEARD YOU WORKED AT A 
MARIJUANA FARM OR SOMETHING LIKE
THAT?
IS THAT TRUE?
YEAH, OKAY. 
>> YEAH, IT WAS -- IT WAS 
BASICALLY AN IMPROMPTU CENTER 
FOR MEDICAL EXPERIENCES. 
>> Jimmy: I SEE.
THIS WAS BEFORE IT WAS LEGAL FOR
RECREATIONAL USE?
>> YEAH.
>> Jimmy: WERE YOU GROWING IT 
FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA USE?
>> YES, THAT'S WHAT I SAY.
WE WOULD GIVE IT TO THE -- 
ACTUALLY SUPPLY IT TO THE 
MEDICAL MARIJUANA PLACES THAT 
WOULD THEN SELL IT.
BUT WE GREW IT. 
>> Jimmy: WHERE DID YOU GROW IT?
>> BASICALLY IN A GUY'S HOUSE 
WHO KNOCKED OUT ALL THE WALLS.
IT WAS JUST LIKE, ALL RIGHT, 
THIS IS THE PLACE WE'RE GOING TO
DO THIS, MAN.
I'M LIKE, ALL RIGHT, COOL. 
>> Jimmy: DID THE NEIGHBORS KNOW
WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THAT HOUSE?
>> THERE WERE NO NEIGHBORS.
>> Jimmy: REALLY?
>> NO, IT WAS A VERY SECLUDED 
AREA, IT WAS ITS OWN THING KIND 
OF. 
>> Jimmy: I SEE.
OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT 
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
>> UH-HUH. 
>> Jimmy: THEN -- HOW LONG DID 
YOU WORK THERE?
>> ABOUT THREE -- TWO AND A 
HALF, THREE YEARS. 
>> Jimmy: YOUR JOB WAS TO CARE 
FOR?
>> CARE FOR. 
>> Jimmy: AND CULTIVATE THE 
PLANTS?
>> YES, YES.
I REALIZE THAT PLANTS ARE JUST 
ACTUALLY BEINGS.
THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL.
>> Jimmy: SO YOU'RE SMOKING THEM
TOO?
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> YES, YES.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Jimmy: THAT'S WHEN YOU HAVE 
THOUGHTS LIKE THAT.
>> YEAH.
IF IT BRINGS YOU CLOSER. 
>> Jimmy: TERRY CREWS WA WAS 
HERE.
HE PLAYS YOUR UNCLE IN THE 
MOVIE.
HE SAID HE LOVED THE SCRIPT FOR 
THE MOVIE SO MUCH THAT HE WOULD 
PAY THEM TO BE IN IT.
DID YOU HAVE A SIMILAR FEELING 
ABOUT -- 
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> IT AIN'T THAT DEEP, TERRY.
[ LAUGHTER ]
NO, NO -- I MEAN, TERRY CAN TO 
THAT, HE DID THE COMMERCIALS, HE
GOT THE OLD SPICE THING. 
>> Jimmy: I SEE, HE'S GOT THE 
OLD SPICE MONEY. 
>> HE CAN AFFORD IT, MAYBE.
I DON'T KNOW. 
>> Jimmy: WHEN YOU PLAY -- NOW 
I'M THINKING ABOUT YOUR WORKING 
IN THE -- AT THAT MARIJUANA 
PLACE.
THEN YOU PLAYED SNOOP DOGG.
IT'S LIKE REALLY LIKE YOU WERE 
PREPARING FOR THAT ROLE.
>> YEAH.
[ LAUGHTER ]
NOT EVEN KNOWING.
>> Jimmy: WHEN YOU PLAYED SNOOP 
IN "STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON," DID
YOU MEET WITH HIM, STUDY HIM?
>> NO, I MET HIM AT THE 
PREMIERE. 
>> Jimmy: OH, REALLY?
>> I HAD TO GET PAST A WALL OF 
SECURITY.
THEN A SECONDARY WALL OF 
SECURITY WHICH WAS JUST 
MARIJUANA SMOKE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
TO GET AROUND THAT AND FIND HIM.
>> Jimmy: WHERE IS HE?
>> YEAH.
I MET HIM.
HE WAS SUPER, SUPER SWEET AND 
TALL AND AWESOME.
>> Jimmy: AND HE WAS HAPPY WITH 
YOUR PERFORMANCE?
WITH YOUR PORTRAYAL?
>> YEAH, YEAH.
"GREAT JOB, MATTHEW."
I'VE NEVER BEEN ANYONE'S NEPHEW 
BEFORE.
>> Jimmy: YOU KNOW WHAT, HE 
CALLED ME NEPHEW ONCE, AND I 
HAVE TO SAY I WAS QUITE TOUCHED 
BY IT. 
>> YEAH, YEAH. 
>> Jimmy: YES, YES.
IT'S A LONG STORY BUT IT'S A 
GOOD ONE.
>> SHOUT-OUT TO SNOOP.
>> Jimmy: SHOUT-OUT TO UNCLE 
SNOOP.
ARE YOU HAVING FUN WITH THIS?
YOU'RE BASICALLY DOING WHAT YOU 
WANTED TO DO, I ASSUME THIS IS 
YOUR DREAM AND IT'S HAPPENING 
FOR YOU.
ARE YOU ENJOYING YOURSELF?
>> YEAH, YEAH.
I'M FINDING WAYS TO BALANCE IT 
ALL OUT. 
>> Jimmy: YOU ARE. 
>> IT'S A LOT OF WORK AND IT'S 
NEW, STRANGE, WEIRD WORLD.
IT IS STRANGE TO SIT HERE AND BE
LOOKING AT PEOPLE. 
>> Jimmy: IT'S A LITTLE WEIRD TO
HAVE A CONVERSATION IN FRONT OF 
AN AUDIENCE, YEAH, RIGHT. 
>> YEAH, JUST FINDING WAYS TO 
BALANCE IT, HAVE FUN WITH IT, 
AND BE GRATEFUL THAT I'M IN A 
POSITION THAT I'VE ALWAYS WANTED
TO BE IN. 
>> Jimmy: THE MOVIE'S REALLY 
GOOD.
AND YOU DID A GREAT JOB IN IT.
LAKEITH STANFIELD, EVERYBODY
