BOOK "MANAGIND EXPECTATIONS." IT'S A TELL SOME, INSTEAD OF A
TELL ALL. HOW DID YOU PICK WHICH STORIES
TO INCLUDE IN THE BOOK? >> YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE
WANDERING THROUGH YOUR LIFE WITH NO PARTICULAR DIRECTION TELLING
STORIES. >> James: I'M AWARE OF IT.
YOU KNO THE STORIES THAT CONNECT WITH PEOPLE IN THE SAME
WAY THAT MAYBE YOU'RE ON STAGE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE IN THE
AUDIENCE IS IN THE RIGHT POCKET, I'VE ALWAYS SEEN THE STORIES
THAT PEOPLE LIKED WHEN I TOLD THEM.
SO I STARTED THERE. AND THEN IT SORT OF BECAME
CHRONOLOGICAL, LIKE STORIES FROM CHILDHOOD, PRE-FAME, GOT FAMOUS,
HAD A BABY BY MYSELF, AND MY MOTHER DIED AND SHE WAS A HUGE
FIGURE ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE BOOK.
SO THE STORIES ARE STORIES ABOUT HOW STUFF NOT WORKING OUT IN
YOUR LIFE ISER VARIABLY OTHER STUFF WORKING OUT.
>> James: YEAH. SO IT'S NOT -- AND IN 199 #
7, I SNAGGED MATT DAMON. >> James: HMM!
EVEN THOUGH I DID, IT'S NOT THAT.
IF YOU WANT THAT BOOK, DON'T BUY THIS BOOK.
BUT DO BUY THIS BOOK IF YOU WAN- >> James: IT'S STORIES ABOUT
SOMEONE WHO'S DONE THAT, BUT OTHER STUFF SHE WOULD LIKE TO
TALK ABOUT. >> I THINK THERE'S STUFF THAT IS
RELATABLE. THERE'S NO THERE IN LIFE, THE
IDEA OF AN ARRIVAL POINT, WHETHER THAT'S MONEY, LOVE, YOUR
WORK, IT'S A CONSTANT PROCESS. >> James: YOU ARE A NATURAL
STORYTELLER. I CAN'T WAIT TO READ THIS.
WHEN ARE WE GETTING THE MARSDEN MEMOIR?
>> I'M JUST STARTING IT NOW. HOW DO YOU REMEMBER?
I COULDN'T WRITE FOUR PAGES OF A MEMOIR FROM MY LIFE.
>> James: REALLY? NOBODY WOULD THINK IT'S
INTERESTING EITHER. >> James: WHEN YOU WERE A KID.
YOU'VE HAD SUCH AN AMAZING CAREER.
DID YOU IMAGINE YOUR CAREER WOULD TURN OUT HOW IT HAS.
>> NO. >> James: WHAT WAS THE TURNING
POINT WHERE YOU THOUGHT, OH, I CAN DO THIS?
>> IT'S STILL TO COME, I THINK. >> James: NO.
I HOPED THAT IT ENDED UP THE WAY THAT IT HAS, BUT I DON'T
THINK ANYBODY PREPARES THEMSELVES FOR A GUARANTEED
SUCCESS OR KNOWS EVEN WHAT THE DEFINITION OF THAT IS.
IT'S SORT OF A JOURNEY. I WAS JUST A KID FROM OKLAHOMA
WHO DID IMPRESSIONS OF WHAT I SAW ON SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE AND
MADE PEOPLE LAUGH IN SCHOOL. I WAS, LIKE, I'M GOING TO MOVE
TO L.A. AND BE A BIG ACTOR. I WAS YOUNG AND DUMB ENOUGH TO
BOOKWORK. I HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR 29
YEARS NOW AND IT WAS, LIKE, YOU ALWAYS FEEL LIKE YOUR LAST JOB
IS YOUR LAST JOB. >> A HUNDRED PERCENT.
>> James: YOUR LAST BOOK IS ABOUT HOW YOU GOT YOUR FIRST
BREAK IN AMERICA BECAUSE YOU WERE WORKING IN BRITAIN.
TELLS ABOUT IT. >> I CAME TO NEW YORK FOR A
WEEKEND AND MET WITH A CASTING DIRECTOR WHO'S A LEGEND,
AMAZING. SHE WAS BEING VERY NICE, AND I
WAS SITTING IN HER OFFICE, SUDDENLY THE NEXT DOOR, THESE
TWO GUYS STARTED HAVING THE MOST MASSIVE ROW, PROPER SCREAMING AT
EACH OTHER. SHE'S IGNORING IT, AND SHE SAYS,
EXCUSE ME FOR ONE SECOND, AND SHE LEAVES.
I'M THINKING THIS IS JUST WHAT HAPPENS IN AMERICA, LIKE
EVERYBODY SHOUTS ALL THE TIME! IT'S JOUST CRAZY ALL THE TIME!
I'M SITTING THERE HAPPY THINKING THIS IS AMERICA AND I'M A PART
OF A MASSIVE ROW! SHE COMES BACK IN AND SAID DO
YOU WANT TO MEET A COUPLE OF DIRECTOR?
I HAVE SAID, YEAH. I SAID, THE SHOUTERS NEXT DOOR?
SHE SAYS, YEAH. I WAS TERRIFIED.
IT WAS STANLEY AND CAMPBELL, AND THEY WERE ABOUT TO DIRECT A
BEAUTIFUL NEW FILM CALLED BIG NIGHT AND THE ACTRESS DROPPED
OUT AND THEY WERE HAVING A HUGE FIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING, ABOUT
PANICKING ABOUT THEIR FILM. THEY GAVE ME THE JOB THERE.
I HAD COME FOR A WEEKEND AND I DIDN'T GO HOME FOR PROBABLY TWO
AND A HALF YEARS. I JUST STAYED.
>> James: WOW, THAT'S A GREAT STORY.
>> THAT'S WHY YOU WRITE A MEMOIR.
BEAUTIFUL. >> James: REGGIE, DO YOU HAVE
A QUESTION FOR OUR GUESTS THIS EVENING?
>> Reggie: I DO. TONIGHT'S QUESTION GOES TO,
AGAIN, AS USUAL, THIS WILL BE FOR THE ENTIRE COUCH, INCLUDING
THE PERSON IN THE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT DIMENSION WHO'S
SITTING NEXT TO YOU. I WILL ADDRESS THE FIRST
QUESTION TO THE INTERDIMENSIONLE BEING -- ZEPPLINS MIGHT MAKE A
COMEBACK. ARE YOU INTERESTED IN RIDING ON
A ZEPPLIN IF IT HAD ENOUGH AMENITIES?
>> YEAH, I'D RIDE A ZEPPLIN. I WOULD HAVE TO SEE MINNIE
RIDE A ZEPPLIN FIRST. >> THIS -- THIS SOUNDS RIGHT.
>> James: IT'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!
PLEASE THANK OUR WONDERFUL GUESTS "MI MINNIE DRIVER H JAMES
MARSDEN. GAYLE WILL BE HERE WHEN WE COME