>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY.
THAT'S TOM HAIFNGS.
WE HAVE A NEW BOCH HERE BY TOM
HANKS CALLED "UNCOMMON TYPE."
SOME STORIES.
I DID NOT KNOW YOU SHORT
STORIES.
>> I DID THERE.
>> Stephen: 17 SHORT STORIES.
>> I HAD-- I HAD A STORY
PUBLISHED IN 2014, AND THEY
CALLED UP AND THEY SAID, "YOU
GOT ANY MORE IN YET?"
AND I SAID, "WELL, HOW MANY?"
THEY SAID MEEH, 15."
"15!
HOW LONG DO THEY HAVE TO BE?"
"HOWEVER LONG THEY ARE."
AND MY QUESTION WAS, "IS THERE
ANY MONEY TO BE MADE IN SHORT
STORIES?
AND THEY SAID, "YEAH, QUITE A
BIT."
AND IT'S-- IT'S BEEN ON-- I MUST
SAY, IT'S BEEN ON THE BESTSALER
LIST FOR A WHILE.
>> Stephen: VERY NICE.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU, THANK
YOU.
AND I HAVE MADE ENOUGH MONEY TO
BUY A NEW SET OF SNOW TIRES.
>> Stephen: NOT BAD.
NOT BAD.
>> SO IT'S DAY JOB-- NO, IT WAS
REALLY-- IT WAS WONDERFUL AND
FUN TO MAKE.
>> Stephen: THE DEDICATION,
"FOR RITA AND ALL THE KIDS,
BECAUSE OF NORAH."
>> YES.
ON "SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE" I MET
NORAH, AND I WAS-- I WAS-- I WAS
CLOCK A LOT OF THEM OVER THE
LEFT FIELD FENCE THERE.
I WAS DOING PRETTY GOOD IN THE
OLD CAREER-WISE THING.
>> Stephen: YOU GOT A
NECKLACE.
>> DI.
I SAID I WAS A BIG SHOT AND
PEOPLE SHOULD FEAR ME, EVEN
THOUGH THEY DIDN'T.
SO NORAH HAD DIRECTED ONE MOVIE
THEY ACTUALLY LIKED, AND WE
WERE-- WE MET, YOU KNOW, AND I
MET NORAH, AND SHE HAD WRITTEN
THE SCREEN PLAY WITH HER SISTER,
DEALIA.
AND I SAID THINGS LIKE, IT'S
CUTE.
IT'S A CUTE SCREEN PLAY.
I LIKE IT, I LIKE IT.
I COULD SEE-- I COULD SEE WHAT
YOU'RE DOING WITH THIS.
YEAH, I COULD SEE WHAT YOU'RE
GOING FOR.
THERE ARE SOME PROBLEMS WITH
IT."
AND SHE SAID, "WHAT ARE THE
PROBLEMS WITH IT?"
AND I SAID, "I'LL SHARE THEM
WITH YOU."
WE STARTED WORKING ON IT, AND
SHE WAS A MAGNIFICENT
COLLABORATOR.
THERE WAS ONE-- THERE WAS ONE
DAY WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A
THING FOR THE SCRIPT.
>> AND SAID, "DEALIA, NORAH, YOU
DON'T KNOW SQUAT ABOUT BEING A
MAN!"
( LAUGHTER )
WHAT I MEANT WAS BEING A FATHER.
THEY HAD WRITTEN THIS SCENE
WHERE THE FATHER WAS GOING TO GO
OFF FOR EYE WEEKEND WITH A LADY
THAT HE MET.
AND THE SON DIDN'T WANT HIM TO
GO BECAUSE HE WANTED HER-- HIM
TO STAY AND TALK TO THE LADY ON
THE RADIO.
>> Stephen: WE'VE ALL SEEN THE
MOVIE.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> ANYWAY.
SO, SO --
>> Stephen: IT'S ON RIGHT NOW
ON TBS.
>> MIGHT BE ON THE GRID.
SO I SAY THE, "LOOK, NO GUY'S--
GUYS, GUYS, GUYS NO MAN DOES
THAT!
NO FATHER DOES THAT!
NO WAY WOULD THEY DO THAT!
"WHAT WOULD A FATHER DO?"
I SAID I'LL TELL YOU WHAT THE
FATHER WOULD DO.
YOU DON'T WANT ME TO GO AWAY FOR
THE WEEKEND.
I'M GOING OUT WITH CARLA.
YOU KNOW WHY, BECAUSE I'M GOING
TO GET LAID THIS WEEKEND YOU
SQUIRT.
I'VE ONLY BEEN LAID EIGHT
TIMES."
AND THEY SAYS, "WELL, LET'S PUT
THAT IN THE MOVIE."
AND THEY SORT OF DID.
WHEN IT ALL CAME OUT AND A FEW
OTHER BEATS LIKE THAT.
AND I SAID TO NORAH, "THAT
REALLY WORKED."
SHE SAID, "YOU WROTE THAT."
I SAID, "I COMPLAINED DURING
REHEARSALS."
SHE SAID, "THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
YOU COME UP WITH THINGS, AND YOU
DIDN'T TYPE IT BUT YOU ACTUALLY
WROTE IT."
>> Stephen: THAT'S WHERE IT
AGAIN.
>> SHE AND I FROM THAT MOMENT
ON, WE EXCHANGED EVERYTHING WE
WERE SORT OF WORKING ON AND
GOING BACK AND FORTH SAYING THIS
IS A THING.
I SENT HER A PIECE I HAD WRITTEN
ON MY MAKEUP MAN THAT RAN IN THE
"NEW YORK TIMES," AND I SAID,
"IS THIS-- IS THIS ANYTHING?"
AND SHE SAID, "YES, IT IS, BUT
REMEMBER, VOICE, VOICE, VOICE,
VOICE, VOICE."
WHICH MEANS-- SHE SAW WHAT I WAS
GOING FOR.
IT WAS KIND THEREOF, BUT IT HAD
NO VOICE.
AND SHE KNEW HOW-- THAT A WRITER
NEEDS TO ESTABLISH SOMETHING
MORE THAN-- YOU GOTTA HAVE-- YOU
GOTTA HAVE A CADENCE.
YOU GOTTA HAVE A PERCUSSION.
YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A MELODY TO
YOUR VOICE THAT I DID NOT HAVE.
I WAS JUST WRITING DOWN SOME
THINGS.
SO SHE-- SHE TOLD ME THAT I WAS
A WRITER LONG BEFORE I THOUGHT
SUCH A THING WOULD BE POSSIBLE,
SO THE BOOK IS FOR HER.
( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: GREAT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: WELL, I CAN KEEP
THIS ONE?
LOVELY IT SEE YOU AGAIN.
"THE POST" OPENS NEXT FRIDAY.
TOM HANKS, EVERYBODY!
