>>> YOU DON'T WANT TO BE GOOD.
YOU WANT TO BE GREAT.
>> OKAY, I HAVE ONE 
ANNOUNCEMENT.
THIS IS BATHROOM.
I SPEND MANY DOLLARS ON THIS.
IT'S FOR ME ONLY.
DIRECTOR ONLY, OKAY?
>> THERE'S A REAL BATHROOM WITH 
DOORS AND EVERYTHING RIGHT 
THERE. 
>> THIS REAL MOVIE SET HERE, 
REAL MOVIE SET.
NO MICKEY MOUSE STUFF. 
>> COPY THAT.
>> Jimmy: THAT'S FROM "THE 
DISASTER ARTIST."
JAMES FRANCO IS THE DIRECTOR, 
WRITER, AND STAR OF THAT MOVIE.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO MEET THE 
WRITER, DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, AND 
STAR OF ONE OF THE STRANGEST 
CULT MOVIES OF ALL-TIME, IT'S 
CALLED "THE ROOM."
PLEASE WELCOME TOMMY WISEAU!
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
♪
>> Jimmy: WELCOME.
FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS.
JAMES FRANCO MADE A MOVIE ABOUT 
YOUR MOVIE.
THAT'S GOT TO BE EXCITING FOR 
YOU. 
>> IT IS. 
>> Jimmy: YOU ARE WHAT, 36, 37 
YEARS OLD?
>> WHATEVER IT IS. 
>> Jimmy: WHATEVER IT IS, IT 
DOESN'T MATTER. 
>> YEAH.
>> Jimmy: YOU WILL NOT SAY WHERE
YOU'RE FROM?
>> NO, I CAN TELL YOU. 
>> Jimmy: TELL ME. 
>> I'M ORIGINALLY FROM RIO.
RIGHT NOW I'M AMERICAN.
LONG STORY SHORT, I'M FROM NEW 
ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.
PEOPLE ASK ME WHERE YOU COME 
FROM, RIGHT?
WHAT YOU WANT TO DO -- WHICH 
COUNTRY I PICK?
WELL, I PICK NEW ORLEANS. 
>> S>> Jimmy: I SEE. 
>> WAIT, THIS IS NEW. 
>> Jimmy: THIS IS BIG. 
>> HE HAS NEVER SAID THIS 
BEFORE.
JIMMY, THIS IS NEW. 
>> Jimmy: WHAT STREET DID YOU 
LIVE ON IN NEW ORLEANS?
>> CHALEMS.
IT'S A CITY AND A STREET. 
>> Jimmy: A CITY AND A STREET 
ALL IN ONE LITTLE AREA?
>> TOMMY, ALL THIS TIME I 
THOUGHT THIS WAS A NEW ORLEANS 
ACCENT.
>> Jimmy: WE KNOW YOU'RE FROM 
EUROPE.
WE KNOW YOU LIVED IN NEW 
ORLEANS.
YOU'RE AN AMERICAN NOW.
YOU'VE COME TO THIS COUNTRY -- 
>> I THOUGHT YOU WERE AN 
ALL-AMERICAN GUY.
>> I AM NOW.
>> Jimmy: TOMMY -- 
>> YOU HAVE TO SEE "THE ROOM."
I KNOW YOU SAW "THE ROOM."
>> Jimmy: I HAVE THE DVD OF "THE
ROOM."
FIRST OF ALL, I DON'T THINK YOU 
NEED TO HAVE SEEN "THE ROOM" TO 
ENJOY THE MOVIE BUT IT HELPS.
IT'S A FUN MOVIE TO SEE.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF MOVIES ARE 
BAD BUT NOT FUN.
YOUR MOVIE IS FUN.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I ALWAYS SAY, YOU CAN LAUGH, YOU
CAN CRY, YOU CAN EXPRESS 
YOURSELF, BUT PLEASE DON'T HURT 
YOURSELF. 
>> Jimmy: DO YOU LIKE JAMES' 
IMITATION OF YOU?
>> I LOVE IT.
HE DOES GREAT ACCENT.
MY ACCENT ALWAYS CHANGE.
HE HAS TO KEEP GOING, YOU KNOW. 
>> NOW TOMMY, YOU TOLD ME THE 
OTHER DAY THAT YOU LIKED MY 
MOVIE.
>> YOUR MOVIE?
WHICH ONE?
>> "THE DISASTER ARTIST."
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> OKAY.
I THOUGHT "SONNY."
>> I STAGE DIRECTED AND PLAYED A
GIGOLO IN NEW ORLEANS. 
>> Jimmy: SO YOU WERE CONFUSED. 
>> I'M NOT CONFUSED AT ALL, I 
LIKE THAT MOVIE.
"DISASTER ARTIST," DEFINITELY I 
SAW THREE TIMES, I THINK 
EVERYONE IN AMERICA SHOULD SEE 
IT.
>> Jimmy: YES.
HOW CLOSELY DO YOU THINK JAMES 
AND THE STORY CAPTURED YOUR 
ESSENCE?
>> I WOULD SAY 99.9%. 
>> Jimmy: WHAT WAS THE POINT 
OF -- 
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A LITTLE 
BIT OF AN ARGUMENT ABOUT -- HE'S
TOLD ME THAT BEFORE.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS GOING 
TO THINK OF IT THE FIRST TIME HE
SAW IT.
BECAUSE HE SAID OF THE BOOK, 
ONLY 40% TRUE.
>> THAT'S CORRECT, YES.
>> OKAY, SO WE BASED IT ON THAT 
BOOK.
I THOUGHT HE WOULD MAYBE NOT 
LIKE IT.
NO, HE SAID I APPROVE 99.9%.
I SAID, TOMMY, WHAT'S THE .1%?
NO, HE SAID -- HE SAID, "JAMES, 
I THINK YOU SHOULD LOOK AT 
LIGHTING IN THE BEGINNING OF 
FILM."
LIKE YOU'D THINK HE WAS GOING TO
SAY, NO, THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN, 
WHATEVER.
HE'S LIKE, LOOK AT LIGHTING IN 
BEGINNING OF THE FILM, I THINK A
LITTLE OFF.
WHAT I REALIZED IS HE WAS 
WEARING THE GLASSES.
HE WEARS THOSE WHEN HE WATCHES 
MOVIES.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Jimmy: SO THAT WILL THROW THE
LIGHTING OFF, YEAH.
>> NO, NOW HE DENIES IT, LIKE 
JAMES, I NEVER SAY THAT.
>> WAIT A MINUTE, WAIT A MINUTE.
>> Jimmy: THERE'S SO MANY 
MYSTERIES.
>> YOU KNOW, I HOPE YOU WRITE A 
BOOK ABOUT IT TO GET ALL THE 
DETAILS. 
>> Jimmy: ANOTHER BOOK, WHO 
KNOWS, MAYBE ANOTHER MOVIE.
THAT'S TOMMY WISEAU.
THIS IS JAMES FRANCO.
THEY MADE A COUPLE OF MOVIES 
TOGETHER.
IT'S CALLED "THE DISASTER 
ARTIST
