YOURSELF
YOURSELF IS NOT A GOOD IDEA. MEET YOUR NEW LAWYER MICHAEL TRAYNOR GOT HURT. HAS ALREADY
RECEIVED 16 AWARDS AND IT'S NOW
STREAMING FOR A WIDER AUDIENCE
TO SEE IT. SHAQUILLE O'NEAL IS
THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF
THE MOVIE CALLED FOSTER BOY.
BASED ON THE REAL LIFE EVENTS,
IT TELLS THE STORY OF A YOUNG
MAN WHO TAKES ON A CORPORATE
GIANT, THE FOR PROFIT FOSTER
AGENCY WHO PLACED HIM WITH A
KNOWN ABUSER. ACTOR MATTHEW
MODINE WHO YOU WILL KNOW FROM
FILMS INCLUDING FULL METAL
JACKET PORTRAYS THE ATTORNEY IN
THE FILM AND ACADEMY AWARD
WINNER LEWIS GOSSETT JUNIOR
PLAYS THE JUDGE BOTH GENTLEMEN
ARE JOINING US LIVE THIS
AFTERNOON FIRST OF ALL. GOOD
AFTERNOON. GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
MATTHEW, I'M GOING TO START
WITH YOU ON THIS QUESTION. THIS
MOVIE IS A HEAVY ONE AND IT'S A
VERY SERIOUS TOPIC BUT VERY
IMPORTANT. WHY DID YOU DECIDE
TO JUMP IN AND TAKE THE ROLE?
WELL, I'D NEVER HEARD A STORY
LIKE THIS. I NEVER KNEW THAT
THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM. WELL,
NOT ALL OF IT. BUT A LARGE
PORTION OF THE FOSTER CARE
SYSTEM IN AMERICA WAS
PRIVATIZED AND I'D SEEN THAT
POWERFUL DOCUMENTARY ABOUT
THE PRIVATIZATION OF OF
THE PRISON SYSTEM AND THERE
SEEMED TO BE A GREAT
CORRELATION BETWEEN
THE INCARCERATION OF PEOPLE AND
AND HOW THE PRIVATIZATION OF
PRISONS IS SO SIMILAR TO WHAT
WE'RE DOING TO THESE THESE
YOUNG BOYS AND GIRLS AND WE ALL
KNOW THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT
INVESTMENT THAT WE CAN MAKE IN
OUR FUTURE IS EDUCATING AND
LOVING AND NURTURING OUR
CHILDREN SO THAT THAT'S WHY I
CAME ON BOARD. AND LEWIS, YOU
ARE I DON'T USUALLY GIVE AWAY
PEOPLE'S AGE ON TV BUT 84 YEARS
YOUNG. I WILL SAY YOU HAVE
EVERY EXCUSE TO SIT BACK AND
JUST ENJOY LIFE AS IT IS. BUT
YOU ARE NOT STOPPING. THIS IS
ONE OF A NUMBER OF ROLES YOU'VE
DONE FOR THIS YEAR. WHAT ABOUT
PLAYING THE JUDGE IN THIS? DID
YOU SAY I'M JUMPING IN TWO
FEET? WELL, IT'S IT'S IT'S PART
OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE OLD
THINGS THAT I LEARNED FROM MY
ELDERS AND IT PROBABLY STARTED
WAY BACK IN AFRICA THAT WHAT
YOU DO IS FOR THE BENEFIT OF
THE WHOLE FAMILY. YOU SAY
YOU'RE ALIVE. YOU'RE PART OF
THE FAMILY IS OF THE EXPECTED
OF YOU. WHAT'S EXPECTED OF ME
TODAY I'M THE ELDER I SPEAK
WISDOM BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ON A
PLANET LONG ENOUGH FOR WHAT
IT'S WORTH. DO NOT YOU NEED TO
GO BEYOND MY FAMILY AND WE
THINK WE NEED TO REDIRECT OUR
LOVE, OUR ATTENTION NOT TO
THE MAKING OF MONEY BUT TAKE
CARE OF ONE ANOTHER REPRESENTS
A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH FOR
THE BENEFIT LAWYER WOULDN'T
DRUG OF CHOICE. NOW AS MONEY
AND POWER AND YOU SEE WE'RE
GOING LEFT WE'RE GOING TO. WE
NEED TO TAKE BETTER CARE OF ONE
ANOTHER. AND THIS MAN FOSTER
THING IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IN
THAT NOT FOR THE MONEY BUT FOR
THE BENEFIT CHILDREN. YES, I
WAS VETTED IN FIRST PLACE.
LEWIS, YOU SAID SOMETHING ELSE
DURING AN INTERVIEW THAT I
WATCHED OF YOURS RECENTLY WHERE
YOU TOLD THE STORY OF THE TIME
THAT YOU MOVED TO LOS ANGELES
AS A YOUNG MAN TO PURSUE BEING
AN ACTOR. YOU WERE DRIVING DOWN
THE STREET MUSIC BLARING IN
YOUR CAR. YOU WERE PULLED OVER
BY POLICE AND DETAINED FOR
QUITE SOME TIME AT THE END OF
THAT INTERVIEW AND YOU WERE
TELLING THE STORY YOU SAID ALL
LIVES MATTER. WHY DO YOU FEEL
THAT WAY? BECAUSE WE'RE AT A
PLACE NOW. THERE'S ONLY ONE
ANSWER. WE'RE A SURVIVAL OF
MANKIND. IT'S GOING TO TAKE
MANKIND TOGETHER TO SAVE
MANKIND. GOD DOES THAT IF YOU
BELIEVE IN HIM. HE POINTED HIS
BAITED US INTO A CORNER TO MAKE
THAT UNILATERAL DECISION NOT
ABOUT WHO'S GOT THE MOST MONEY,
THE MOST WEAPONS, THE MOST
PROPERTY OR ANYTHING ELSE WE
HAVE TO GIVE AWAY FIRST. IN TO
GET TO KEEP OUR PEACE WE HAVE
TO GIVE PEACE AWAY TO GIVE LOVE
AWAY OUR LIVES DEPEND UPON IT.
SO NOW IT'S OUR LESSON. WE'RE A
YOUNG CULTURE. WE'RE DOING VERY
WELL BY THE WAY. I'M NOT GOING
TO DEPRESS YOU WHEN YOU TURN ON
THE TV AND LOOK AT SPORTS AS
THE EVERYBODY'S ON A BANDWAGON
MAGICALLY SOME VERY LATE ARE
PLEASED THAT WE HAVE A FILM
LIKE THE LOST ABOARD TO TAKE
ANOTHER ONE OF OUR CANCERS AND
GET RID OF IT CALLED STAR
DISCOVER AND UNCOVER DISCARD
AND JUST DISCOVERING DIED
ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE CANCERS
THAT WE DON'T NEED MORE. WE
NEED TO CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE PROGRAM WAS
BEGINNING TO DO FOR FOSTER
CHILDREN TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE
CHILDREN, NOT TO MAKE MONEY.
MATTHEW MODINE I MEAN I'LL END
THE INTERVIEW WITH THIS. I READ
THAT YOU LIVED IN IMPERIAL
BEACH AS A YOUNG MAN WENT TO
MAR VISTA HIGH SCHOOL. WAS YOUR
DAD INVOLVED IN THE DRIVE IN
THEATER? THAT'S DOWN IN IVY. I
READ THAT HE WAS INVOLVED IN
DRIVE INS. YEAH THE SOUTH BAY
DRIVE AND RIGHT THERE ON PALM
AVENUE. I ACTUALLY WENT TO HIGH
SCHOOL. I WENT TO SW SOUTHWEST
HIGH SCHOOL, MAR VISTA AND AND
MARION HIGH SCHOOL. I GRADUATED
FROM MY VISTA BUT BUT I LOVE
SAN DIEGO. I LOVE IMPERIAL
BEACH AND AND YOU KNOW, MY MY
HEART WILL ALWAYS BE DOWN THERE
AND THAT'S WHERE MY ACTING
CAREER BEGAN. GENTLEMEN, THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS
AFTERNOON. MATTHEW, NEXT TIME
YOU COME DOWN TO SAN DIEGO,
STOP BY OUR STUDIO. WE'D LOVE
TO SEE BOTH OF