WE HAVE NEVER MET EACH OTHER
BEFORE.
>> I'M REALLY-- I'M A BIG, BIG
FAN OF YOURS.
I'M REALLY EXCITED TO MEET YOU.
>> Stephen: I'M EXCITED TO
MEET YOU, TOO.
I'M ALSO A BIG, BIG FAN, FROM
THE VERY BEGINNING "RESERVOIR
DOGS" YOUR FIRST MOVIE.
THOUGH I HAVE A BONE TO PICK
WITH YOU.
I HAVE A BIT OF A BEEF.
BECAUSE I USED TO REALLY LIKE
THE SONG "STUCK IN THE MIDDLE
WITH YOU."
AND NOW I CAN'T DO--
>> YOU ALWAYS SEE MICHAEL MATSON
--
>> DANCING AROUND WITH A MAN'S
EAR IN HIS HAND.
DO YOU WRITE-- DO YOU WRITE TO
MUSIC?
I HEARD DO YOU THAT.
>> YEAH, I DO, ACTUALLY.
OFTENTIMES, WHAT I'LL DO IS WHEN
I AM THINKING ABOUT WHAT THE
NEXT STORY COULD POSSIBLY BE,
I'LL GO INTO MY RECORD
COLLECTION, AND I GO THROUGH
THEM ALL, AND THEN I START
PLAYING DIFFERENT SONGS --
>> THIS IS VINYL.
>> YEAH.
I MEAN.
>> CAN DO CDs, BUT MOSTLY IT'S
VINYL.
EITHER I'M LOOKING FOR SOME POP
SONGS OR I'M LOOKING FOR SOME
SOUNDTRACKS, AND THAT'S GOING TO
GIVE ME, LIKE, THE BEAT OF THE
MOVIE, THE RHYTHM OF THE MOVIE.
SAY IN SOMETHING LIKE "JACKIE
BROWN."
OH, THANKS.
I STARTED DIVING THROUGH MY SOUL
MUSIC COLLECTION, AND THEN JUST
FOUND WHAT WAS EXACTLY-- YOU
KNOW KIND OF WHAT WOULD BE--
THIS IS THE BEAT OF THE MOVIE.
THIS IS THE SOUL OF THE MOVIE
THAT I'M USING.
AND THAT ACTUALLY HELPS ME
ACTUALLY INSPIRES ME TO KIND OF
CONDITION FORWARD.
AND ANY TIME I'M WRITING AND I
NEED A PICK-ME-UP OR NEED TO GET
PLUGGED IN AGAIN I'LL PLAY SOME
OF THE PIECE OF MUSIC THAT I'M
THINKING OF USING IN THE MOVIE
AND I'M LITERALLY IN A MOVIE
THEATER IN MY HEAD AND I'M
SEEING IT ON SCREEN AND I'M
SEEING THE SCENES PLAY OUT.
>> Stephen: THAT'S ONE OF THE
THINGS I REALLY LOVE ABOUT YOUR
MOVIES IS WE MIGHT BE ACTUALLY
SEEING THE WAY YOU SEE IT IN
YOUR HEAD.
IT MIGHT BE SELF-EVIDENT, BUT
WHAT I MEAN, THAT CLIP RIGHT
NOW, AND WHEN I WATCH YOUR
MOVIES, IT SEEMS LIKE I'M SEEING
SOMETHING CREATED BY SOMEBODY
WHO LOVES MOVIES, AND AT NO
POINT DOESN'T WANT US TO KNOW
THAT IT'S A MOVIE.
>> YEAH, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH
THAT.
THE THING ABOUT IT IS SOME
PEOPLE, LIKE, DISCUSS THAT OR
TALK ABOUT THAT.
I MEAN, I HAVE NEVER WATCHED A
MOVIE I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS
WATCHING A MOVIE.
( LAUGHTER )
I'VE NEVER READ A BOOK WHERE I
DIDN'T KNOW I WAS READING A
BOOK.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: BUT SOME THINGS
ARE LIKE, THEY'RE SO MUCH--
THEY'RE SO TRUE, THAT YOU'RE
TRYING TO WIPE AWAY THE EDGES OF
THE FRAME SO YOU DON'T GET A
SENSE THAT-- BUT THE STYLISTIC
CHOICES YOU MAKE THAT DEFINITELY
SAY, "BY THE WAY, LET'S NOT
FORGET, WE'RE IN A MOVIE."
>> THE INTERESTING THING, THERE
IS THIS THING YOU GET CAUGHT UP
IN TTHAT'S A THEOR I I DON'T
THINK IS ACTUALLY A PRACTICE.
I ALWAYS KNOW I'M WATCHING A
MOVIE.
WHEN BRUCE WILLIS ALMOST FALLS
DOWN THE AIR SHAFT IN "DIE
HARD," FOR A SECOND-- OEVMENT!
I WAS LIKE THAT.
BUT FOR THE MOST PART I KNEW I
WAS WATCHING A MOVIE!
( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: OKAY, FAIR ENOUGH,
FAIR ENOUGH.
DO YOU LIKE ALL KINDS OF MOVIES?
OR ARE THERE SOME STYLES YOU
DON'T LIKE?
DO YOU WOWCH ROM-COMss?
>> ODDLY ENOUGH, I GUESS THIS
MIGHT BE CONFESSIONAL TIME HERE,
ROM-COMS ARE KIND OF A GUILTY
PLEASURE OF MINE.
ESPECIALLY ON AIRPLANES,
ESPECIALLY ON AIRPLANES.
>> Stephen: OKAY, ALL RIGHT.
>> KATE HUDSON IS THE QUEEN OF
THE SKIES, AS FAR AS I'M
CONCERNED.
( APPLAUSE )
BUT THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT
WATCHING A ROM-COMMON AN
AIRPLANE FLIGHT THAT I THINK
THERE IS SOMETHING TO THE FACT
THAT I THINK YOU BECOME MORE
EMOTIONAL WHEN YOU'RE, LIKE,
THREE MILES HIGH IN THE AIR.
>> Stephen: I THINK IT'S THE
LACK OF OXYGEN.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> I HAVE FOUND MYSELF CRYING,
LITERALLY WEEPING AT-- LIKE, THE
ONLY-- LIKE EMBARRASSING
CONFESSION MOVIES.
FOR INSTANCE, I SAW-- I WAS
COMING BACK ON A FLIGHT AND I
WATCHED THAT MOVIE WITH MATTHEW
McCONAUGHEY AND JENNIFER
CONNOLLY --
>> "GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST."
>> JEFFREY GARDNER.
IN THAT MOVIE, HE'S, LIKE, THIS
SEXY, FASHION PHOTOGRAPHER,
FAMOUS FASHION PHOTOGRAPHER, HAS
A TON OF GIRLFRIENDS.
HE'S A REAL JERK, AND HE MEETS--
HE'S KNOWN HER FOR A WHILE.
BUT THEN IT GOES TO A FLASHBACK
WHEN THEY KNEW EACH OTHER WHEN
THEY WERE CHILDREN, AND THEY'RE
SWAY SWING AND IT'S SNOWING AND
A PARK.
AND SHE GIVES HIM A BIRTHDAY
GIFT.
AND HE OPENS IT UP, AND IT'S A
CAMERA.
AND IT ACTUALLY IS LIKE THE
EXACT KIND OF THE FIRST CAMERA I
WAS EVER GIVEN WHEN I WAS A
LITTLE KID, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN
I JUST START CRYING.
SHE GAVE HIM HIS FIRST CAMERA!
( LAUGHTER )
( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: NOW, IS IT THAT
MAKE YOU-- DOES THAT MAKE YOU
MAD?
OR ARE YOU HAPPY?
SOMETIMES I'LL FEEL MAD TO BE
SUCCESSFULLY MANIPULATED LIKE
THAT.
>> I AM SUCH A FAN OF AUDIENCE
MANIPULATION BY FILM MAKERS THAT
THAT-- I MEAN, I FEEL THAT'S
HALF OF MY JOB AS A DIRECTOR.
SO WHILE I MIGHT BE A LITTLE
EMBARRASSED ABOUT MENTIONING IT,
AT THAT MOMENT, I WAS GENUINELY
TOUCHED, AND I WAS HAVING A GOOD
TIME SITTING IN A-1 OF FIRST
CLASS.
>> Stephen: I WEPT THROUGH
THE--
( LAUGHTER )
I WEPT THROUGH THE ENTIRETY OF
"YOU'VE GOT MAIL."
THAT'S MY CONFESSION.
>> I ACTUALLY ONCE HAD, WITH
THESE REALLY SERIOUS FILM
CRITICS WHO WERE POOH-POOHING
"YOU GOT MAIL."
AND I HAD A REAL SERIOUS
DISCUSSION WITH THEM ABOUT IT
BECAUSE I THOUGHT THE FILM HAD
SOME REAL VERMISSITUDE, EVEN
ABOVE THE WHOLE MEG RYAN-TOM
HANKS THING.
I THOUGHT THE MOVIE DID A REALLY
GOOD JOB OF HOW BIG CHAIN STORES
KILL THE LITTLE STORES.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
AND I ACTUALLY THOUGHT IT WAS
ONE OF THE ONLY HOLLYWOOD MOVIES
TO ACTUALLY DEAL WITH THAT ISN'T
A SERIOUS WAY.
>> Stephen: AT THE END SHE
FORGIVES HIM AND ENDS UP BEING
RICH WITH THE CHAIN STORE GUY.
>> THAT'S EXACTLY TROUPE I NEVER
THOUGHT ABOUT THAT ASPECT OF IT.
>> Stephen: SHE TOTALLY SELLS
OUT.
SHE TOTALLY SELLS OUT AT THE
END.
