BACK.
LOOK WHO IT IS, IT'S WILL SMITH, EVERYBODY.
>> YES!
YES!
>> Stephen: YES.
I AGREE COMPLETELY, WILL SMITH.
>> YES!
YES!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
GLI JUST-- I JUST WISH YOU BROUGHT MORE GAME TO THESE
INTERVIEWS.
IF YOU COULD GO BACK TO YOUR YOUNGER SELF-- LIKE, THIS
CHARACTER IS 23, I THINK.
>> 23.
>> Stephen: IF YOU GO BACK TO 23-YEAR-OLD WILL SMITH, WHAT
ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE HIM?
>> YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY INTERESTING, BECAUSE I'M
THINKING ABOUT THAT.
I FEEL LIKE THAT YOUNGER VERSION OF ME-- AND THERE'S A CERTAIN
NAIVETE TO YOUTH THAT IS POWERFUL, RIGHT.
WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW SOMETHING, LIKE, NOT KNOWING CAN BE A REAL
POWER BECAUSE YOU'LL BE-- YOU'RE AGGRESSIVE, YOU KNOW.
SO I FEEL LIKE I WOULD ASK MY YOUNG SELF FOR ADVICE, YOU KNOW.
I WOULD WANT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW-- PROBABLY THE LAST TWO YEARS,
I'VE REALLY IN MY LIFE BEEN TRYING TO RECAPTURE THAT
YOUTHFUL FEARLESSNESS.
>> Stephen: WELL, YOU'VE DONE SOME CRAZY STUFF.
WE HAVE A CLIP HERE-- I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT.
WE HAVE THIS CLIP-- JIM, DO YOU HAVE THIS CLIP-- IT'S YOU BUNGEE
JUMPING OUT OF A HELICOPTER.
>> THAT'S SORT OF WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.
>> Stephen: FOR YOUR 50th BIRTHDAY JIM SHOW HIM DOING
THIS.
>> THREE, TWO, ONE!
>> YEAH, YEAH.
>> Stephen: NO, NO.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: NO.
NO.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: WHY?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: WHY?
WHOSE IDEA WAS THAT?
WAS THAT YOUR IDEA?
>> THESE GUYS ARE CALLED "YES THEORY."
I'VE BEEN ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND I'M REALLY LOVING SOCIAL MEDIA,
AND I GOT CHALLENGED.
THEY SAY, "WILL SMITH, WE CHALLENGE YOU TO BUNGEE
JUMPING."
ME, I GOT CHALLENGED.
I'M LIKE, "I AIN'T SCARED.
I AIN'T SCARED."
I NOT ONLY-- I'LL CALL YOUR BUNGEE JUMP AND WE'LL DO IT OVER
THE GRAND CANYON!
AND I WAS LIKE, YEAH.
I TOWED THEM.
AND THEN, LIKE, THE DATE CAME.
( LAUGHTER )
I WAS LIKE-- IT ACTUALLY WAS-- WAS PROBABLY THE SCARIEST THING
I'VE DONE IN, LIKE, 25 YEARS.
THE-- I WANTED TO NOT KNOW ANYTHING, RIGHT.
I WANTED TO DO IT AND I WANTED TO DO IT LIVE.
SO I DIDN'T DO REHEARSALS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
>> Stephen: YOU HAD NEVER BUNGEE JUMPED BEFORE?
>> I HAD NEVER BUNGEE JUMPED.
I WANTED TO GO AND LET IT HAPPEN.
AND I WALKED OUT THERE AND GOT ON THE HELICOPTER AND I THOUGHT
I WAS GOG GET IN.
AND THEY SAID, "NO, NO, YOU CAN'T GET IN.
YOU HAVE TO STAND ON THE OUTSIDE WHEN IT TAKES OFF."
THAT WAS THE FIRST THING.
I SHOULD HAVE CALLED IT THEN.
WE GOT UP AND THE GUY LOOKS AT ME AND SAYS, "HEY, LISTEN, THE
ONLY WAY YOU CAN GET HURT, YOU SEE THIS BUNGEE CORD?"
AND ALL THE GUYS WERE HOLDING THE BUNGEE CORD, AND THE BUNGEE
CORD WEIGHED OVER 200 POUNDS.
AND HE SAID, I'M GOING TO COUNT BACKWARDS FROM FIVE, AND THE
ONLY WAY YOU WILL GET HURT IF YOU DON'T GET AWAY FROM THE
CHOPPER.
THEY'RE LETTING THAT BUNGEE CORD GO, AND YOU'RE GOING DOWN, AND
THE ONLY WAY YOU DON'T GET HURT IS IF YOU DON'T GET AWAY.
AND I WAS LIKE OH, NO.
AND I SEE THEM GO...
( LAUGHTER )
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
MAN THAN I.
A BETTER MAN THAN I.
>> I JUST THOUGHT OF SOMETHING I WOULD TELL MY YOUNGER SELF.
>> Stephen: WHAT?
>> I WOULD GO BACK AND SAY HEY, MAN, DON'T DO WILD, WILD WEST.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> I WOULD SAY, "DUDE, DO NEO."
I GOT OFFERED -- >> Stephen: "THE MATRIX."
>> Audience: OOH!
>> RELAX!
RELAX.
HOW DO YOU THINK I FEEL!
>> IS THIS WHAT THIS IS?
THEY SENT ME THIS.
>> OH, YES.
>> Stephen: IS THIS FROM INSTAGRAM.
>> THAT'S FROM MY INSTAGRAM.
>> Stephen: THIS IS YOU.
WHO DID THIS?
>> THERE ARE YOUNG CREATORS WHO SEND ME A LOT OF STUFF --
>> Stephen: THIS IS YOU MIXED WITH KEANU.
AS NEO.
>> AS NEO, YEAH.
>> Stephen: YOU KIND OF LOOK LIKE-- YOU WOULD ALSO MAKE A
VERY GOOD-- JIM, I CAN SEE THIS AGAIN-- A VERY GOOD YOUNG EDDIE
MURPHY, I THINK.
( LAUGHTER )
>> YEAH.
YEAH, THEY DID THE BLEND OF-- I'VE TOLD THAT STORY A COUPLE OF
TIMES.
I THINK I WOULD DEFINITELY SAY THAT TO MY YOUNGER SELF.
>> Stephen: I DON'T THINK YOU NEED TO BE NEO, BECAUSE, WILL,
YOU ARE THE ONE.
>> OOOO!
YOU JUST PENETRATED MY SOUL.
( LAUGHTER )
WILL, SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> APPRECIATE IT.
>> Stephen: "GEMINI MAN" IS IN THEATERS THIS FRIDAY.
WILL SMITH, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.