WELCOME BACK TO THE LATE SHOW, WE'RE HERE WITH MATT DPAM DAMON,
STAR OF DOWNSIZING.
NOW MATT T IS NOW THE 209 ANNIVERSARY OF GOOD WILL
HUNTING.
YOU WON THE OSCAR-- OSCAR FOR WRITING THAT.
I REMEMBER SEEING IT 20 YEARS AGO.
AND I WAS TELLING YOUR FRIEND BEN THERE, I WAS WATCHING THIS
SAYING I DON'T WORK HARD ENOUGH, THESE ARE YOUNG GUYS WHO ARE IN
IT, THEY WROTE IT, GOT IT MADE.
THAT IS REALLY PEOPLE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THEIR
OPPORTUNITIES.
DO YOU LOOK BACK AT IT AND SAY THAT SCRIPT IS, THAT DESERVED AN
OSCAR OR NOW DO YOU GO I COULD HAVE WRITTEN THAT LATER, 20
YEARS LATER I COULD HAVE WRITTEN A BETTER SCRIPT.
>> NO, WE PUT ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING WE HAD AND WE WERE
INTO THAT SCRIPT.
AND I-- I HAVE NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT REWRITING IT.
>> Stephen: I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD BUT YOU ARE THE ARTIST.
>> NO I HOPE NOT.
I THINK THAT WAS THAT TIME IN OUR LIVES.
IT REALLY WAS THE-- I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE STARTED WRITING THAT,
BEN WAS 20 AND I WAS 22.
>> Stephen: FIRST OF ALL, YOU GO TO HELL.
>> WELL, BUT IT WAS FIVE YEARS, IT CAME OUT WHEN I WAS 27 AND HE
WAS 25 AND SO IT REALLY JUST DOMINATED OUR WHOLE KIND OF, THE
BEGINNING OF OUR ADULT LIVES WERE COMPLETELY DOMINATED BY
TRYING TO GET THAT MOVIE MADE.
>> Stephen: WHAT DOES THAT FILM MEAN TO YOU NOW?
>> IT MEANS, IT'S A VERY-- IT'S DEEPLY PERSONAL.
CUZ IT'S ALL TIED IN WITH HOW OUR LIVES, THE TRAJECTORY OF OUR
CAREERS COMPLETELY CHANGED.
YOU KNOW, AND NOW, YOU KNOW, 20 YEARS LATER, IT WAS SUCH A
POSITIVE THING.
AND NOW TO LOOK BACK AND KNOW THAT ROBYN GOT THIS HORRIFIC
DEGENERATIVE BRAIN DISEASE AND LOST HIS LIFE, ELLIOTT SMITH WHO
WROTE THAT BEAUTIFUL MUSIC AND THOSE SONGS IS GONE AS WELL.
AND NOW WITH THE REVELATIONS ABOUT HARVEY, YOU KNOW, AND
KNOWING THAT THERE WERE WOMEN WHO WERE REALLY BEING
TRAUMATIZED, YOU KNOW, BY THE PERSON WHO FINANCED THE MOVIE,
ITS' WEIRD.
CUZ IT COLLIDES WITH ALL THESE INCREDIBLY POSITIVE FEELINGS
LIKE BEN AND I HAVE THESE CAREERS 20 YEARS LATER THAT
WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR.
AND OUR PRIVILEGE, AS YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT, YOU GOT TO KEEP
WORKING AT IT, YOU KNOW.
IF PEOPLE STOP GOING TO THE MOVIE I'M OUT OF A JOB AND IT'S
REALLY THAT SIMPLE.
AND SO IT'S ALL JUST TIED UP, IN ALL THESE KIND OF HEAVY FEELINGS
KIND OF COLLIDE WITH EACH OTHER.
AT THE SAME TIME I REMEMBER GOING BACK TO BOSTON A FEW YEARS
AGO FOR MY DAD'S BIRTHDAY AND WE TOOK A PICTURE ON THE PARK
BENCH.
I WALKED INTO THE BOSTON COMMON WITH MY KIDS AND WE FOUND THE
BENCH THAT ROBIN AND I DID THAT SCENE, YOU KNOW, WHERE HE-- IT
IS A LONG MONOLOGUE FOR ROBIN AND I BARELY SAY ANYTHING.
BUT WE WROTE, WE WERE REALLY PROUD OF THAT SCENE AND IT WAS
KIND OF A BIG MOMENT IN THE MOVIE.
AND I HADN'T BEEN THERE SINCE ROBIN HAD PASSED AWAY.
AND WE WENT AND TOOK A PICTURE SITTING ON THE BENCH WITH MY
KIDS.
THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF IT, MY WIFE DID
AND MY FATHER WAS WITH US SO YOU KNOW, SO IT'S VERY, VERY
POWERFUL FEELINGS, KIND OF, YOU KNOW, CONFLICTING, YOU KNOW,
CONFLICTING AND COLLIDING WITH EACH OTHER.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU FOR THAT MOVIE, IT WAS ABSOLUTELY
BEAUTIFUL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: IT MOVED ME THEN AND IT IS STILL BEAUTIFUL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: WELL, IT WAS ALL DOWN HILL FROM THERE.
YOU PLAYED THE KRILL.
>> I DID PLAY THE KRI WILL, L.
>> Stephen: THE NEW MOVIE IS CALLED DOWNSIZING T IS AN
UNUSUAL PREMISE, TELL THE PEOPLE THE UNUSUAL PREMISE OF THIS
MOVIE.
>> IT ST ALEXANDER PAYNE WHO IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE DIRECTORS AND
HAVE I BEEN DESPERATE TO WORK WITH HIM.
>> Stephen: THE DESCENDANTS, SIDEWAYS, ELECTION.
>> ABOUT SCHMILT, HE HAS JUST-- HE NEVER MADE A MOVIE
THAT WASN'T FANTASTIC.
AND SO HE CAME TO ME WITH THIS IDEA B OKAY, SO NORWEGIAN
SCIENTISTS FOUND A WAY TO SHRINK HUMANS DOWN TO FIVE INCHES IN
HEIGHT AND SIX PERCENT OF THE GLOBAL POPULATION DECIDES TO DO
THIS AS A WAY TO OFFSET CLIMATE CHANGE AND I JUST LOOKED AT HIM
AND I JUST DIDN'T THINK HE WAS BEING SERIOUS WITH ME.
I THOUGHT HE WAS-- IT WAS LAKE A TEST.
BUT THEN HE GAVE ME THIS SCRIPT THAT HE AND JIM TAYLOR, HIS
COWRITER HAD BEEN WORKING ON.
AND THEY HAD IT FOR TEN YEARS.
AND IT WAS FANTASTIC.
AND HE DESCRIBED IT TO ME AS HE WANTED IT TO BE A HAL ASHBY
MOVIE WITH GREAT SPECIAL EFFECTS AND THAT IS REALLY-- HAL ASHBY
WAS A BRILLIANT FILM MAKER WHO MADE IN THE 1970S KIND OF IN THE
WHEELHOUSE OF AMERICAN CINEMA MADE SOME INCREDIBLE MOVIES AND
THIS MOVIE TO ME FEELS LIKE IT IS A GIANT SATTIRE, FEELS LIKE
IT COULD HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE '70S.
I AM ENORMOUSLY PROUD OF IT AND WOULDN'T CHANGE A FRAME OF IT
AND EXACTLY WHAT ALEXANDER SAID IT WOULD BE.
>> Stephen: FOR PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE LESS OF AN
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT SO IT LITERALLY REDUCES THEIR
FOOTPRINT.
THEY ARE ONLY ABOUT THIS TALL.
>> YEAH.
BECAUSE, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE START TO GO FOR T THEY SAY IT IS
BECAUSE THEY WANT TO DO THEIR PART, YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S
ACTUALLY CUZ THEY REALIZE THEY CAN CONSUME MORE, RIGHT.
>> Stephen: FOR LESS.
>> SO YOU IF YOU ARE FIVE INCHES YOU CAN HAVE THE EQUIVALENT OF A
6,000 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE AND TWO ACRES FOR THE SIZE OF YOUR DESK.
>> Stephen: IF YOU HAVE 50,000 IN SAVINGS YOU HAVE $10 MILLION.
>> EXACTLY.
SO PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY CAN HAVE THIS AMERICAN DREAM THAT
THEY CAN'T QUITE ATTAIN IN THE BIG WORLD AND SO THEY DOWNSIZE.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP HERE WITH YOU AND I THINK IT IS
SAY JOHN SEDAKIS AND IS HE EXPLAIN TOWG.
>> HE HAS DOWNSIZED WE ARE HIGH SCHOOL BUDDIES AND HE HAS GONE
THROUGH THE PROCESS AND HE HAS COME TO A REUNION AS A SMALL
PERSON.
AND WE'RE CATCHING UP.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
>> Stephen: JIM.
>> SO THE DECISION TO.
>> WELL, THAT'S THE THING.
DOWN SIEZING TAKES PRESSURE RIGHT OFF, ESPECIALLY MONEY
PRESSURE.
>> PLUS IT MUST FEEL GOOD TO KNOW YOU ARE REALLY MAKING A
DIFFERENCE.
>> YOU MEAN ALL THAT CRAP ABOUT SAVING THE PLANET?
>> YEAH.
>> DOWN SIEZING IS ABOUT SAVING YOURSELF.
NOW CAROLINE, WE LIVE LIKE KINGS.
>> I'M STILL LIVING IN THE SAME HOUSE I GREW UP IN.
AUDREY IS DYING FOR US TO MOVE BUT WE ARE REALLY STRAPPED.
>> LISTEN, THERE ARE A LOT OF SMALL COMMUNITIES CROPPING UP
BUT DON'T MESS AROUND.
LEISURE LAND IS WHERE YOU WANT TO BE.
BEST HOUSES, BEST APPLIANCES, BEST DOCTORS, ALL THE GREAT
RESTAURANTS.
ITS KIDS LOVE CHEESE CAKE FACTORY AND LEISURE LAND HAS
THREE OF THEM.
>> SORRY, MAYBE BACK UP A LITTLE.
THINK THERE MIGHT BE TOO MUCH GARLIC IN THE SALSA HERE.
>> OH, YEAH, RIGHT.
(APPLAUSE).
>> Stephen: WELL, THANKS FOR BEING HERE, MATT, IT WAS GREAT
TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> HOPE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> I HOPE SO TOO.
>> Stephen: DOWN SIEZING IS IN THEATERS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2
2-7BD.
MATT DAMON, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.