>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY.
THAT'S TOM HAIFNGS.
WE HAVE A NEW BOCH HERE BY TOM HANKS CALLED "UNCOMMON TYPE."
SOME STORIES.
I DID NOT KNOW YOU SHORT STORIES.
>> I DID THERE.
>> Stephen: 17 SHORT STORIES.
>> I HAD-- I HAD A STORY PUBLISHED IN 2014, AND THEY
CALLED UP AND THEY SAID, "YOU GOT ANY MORE IN YET?"
AND I SAID, "WELL, HOW MANY?" THEY SAID MEEH, 15."
"15!
HOW LONG DO THEY HAVE TO BE?" "HOWEVER LONG THEY ARE."
AND MY QUESTION WAS, "IS THERE ANY MONEY TO BE MADE IN SHORT
STORIES?
AND THEY SAID, "YEAH, QUITE A BIT."
AND IT'S-- IT'S BEEN ON-- I MUST SAY, IT'S BEEN ON THE BESTSALER
LIST FOR A WHILE.
>> Stephen: VERY NICE.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
AND I HAVE MADE ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY A NEW SET OF SNOW TIRES.
>> Stephen: NOT BAD.
NOT BAD.
>> SO IT'S DAY JOB-- NO, IT WAS REALLY-- IT WAS WONDERFUL AND
FUN TO MAKE.
>> Stephen: THE DEDICATION, "FOR RITA AND ALL THE KIDS,
BECAUSE OF NORAH."
>> YES.
ON "SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE" I MET NORAH, AND I WAS-- I WAS-- I WAS
CLOCK A LOT OF THEM OVER THE LEFT FIELD FENCE THERE.
I WAS DOING PRETTY GOOD IN THE OLD CAREER-WISE THING.
>> Stephen: YOU GOT A NECKLACE.
>> DI.
I SAID I WAS A BIG SHOT AND PEOPLE SHOULD FEAR ME, EVEN
THOUGH THEY DIDN'T.
SO NORAH HAD DIRECTED ONE MOVIE THEY ACTUALLY LIKED, AND WE
WERE-- WE MET, YOU KNOW, AND I MET NORAH, AND SHE HAD WRITTEN
THE SCREEN PLAY WITH HER SISTER, DEALIA.
AND I SAID THINGS LIKE, IT'S CUTE.
IT'S A CUTE SCREEN PLAY.
I LIKE IT, I LIKE IT.
I COULD SEE-- I COULD SEE WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH THIS.
YEAH, I COULD SEE WHAT YOU'RE GOING FOR.
THERE ARE SOME PROBLEMS WITH IT."
AND SHE SAID, "WHAT ARE THE PROBLEMS WITH IT?"
AND I SAID, "I'LL SHARE THEM WITH YOU."
WE STARTED WORKING ON IT, AND SHE WAS A MAGNIFICENT
COLLABORATOR.
THERE WAS ONE-- THERE WAS ONE DAY WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A
THING FOR THE SCRIPT.
>> AND SAID, "DEALIA, NORAH, YOU DON'T KNOW SQUAT ABOUT BEING A
MAN!"
WHAT I MEANT WAS BEING A FATHER.
THEY HAD WRITTEN THIS SCENE WHERE THE FATHER WAS GOING TO GO
OFF FOR EYE WEEKEND WITH A LADY THAT HE MET.
AND THE SON DIDN'T WANT HIM TO GO BECAUSE HE WANTED HER-- HIM
TO STAY AND TALK TO THE LADY ON THE RADIO.
>> Stephen: WE'VE ALL SEEN THE MOVIE.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> ANYWAY.
SO, SO -- >> Stephen: IT'S ON RIGHT NOW
ON TBS.
>> MIGHT BE ON THE GRID.
SO I SAY THE, "LOOK, NO GUY'S-- GUYS, GUYS, GUYS NO MAN DOES
THAT!
NO FATHER DOES THAT!
NO WAY WOULD THEY DO THAT!
"WHAT WOULD A FATHER DO?" I SAID I'LL TELL YOU WHAT THE
FATHER WOULD DO.
YOU DON'T WANT ME TO GO AWAY FOR THE WEEKEND.
I'M GOING OUT WITH CARLA.
YOU KNOW WHY, BECAUSE I'M GOING TO GET LAID THIS WEEKEND YOU
SQUIRT.
I'VE ONLY BEEN LAID EIGHT TIMES."
AND THEY SAYS, "WELL, LET'S PUT THAT IN THE MOVIE."
AND THEY SORT OF DID.
WHEN IT ALL CAME OUT AND A FEW OTHER BEATS LIKE THAT.
AND I SAID TO NORAH, "THAT REALLY WORKED."
SHE SAID, "YOU WROTE THAT."
I SAID, "I COMPLAINED DURING REHEARSALS."
SHE SAID, "THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
YOU COME UP WITH THINGS, AND YOU DIDN'T TYPE IT BUT YOU ACTUALLY
WROTE IT."
>> Stephen: THAT'S WHERE IT AGAIN.
>> SHE AND I FROM THAT MOMENT ON, WE EXCHANGED EVERYTHING WE
WERE SORT OF WORKING ON AND GOING BACK AND FORTH SAYING THIS
IS A THING.
I SENT HER A PIECE I HAD WRITTEN ON MY MAKEUP MAN THAT RAN IN THE
"NEW YORK TIMES," AND I SAID, "IS THIS-- IS THIS ANYTHING?"
AND SHE SAID, "YES, IT IS, BUT REMEMBER, VOICE, VOICE, VOICE,
VOICE, VOICE."
WHICH MEANS-- SHE SAW WHAT I WAS GOING FOR.
IT WAS KIND THEREOF, BUT IT HAD NO VOICE.
AND SHE KNEW HOW-- THAT A WRITER NEEDS TO ESTABLISH SOMETHING
MORE THAN-- YOU GOTTA HAVE-- YOU GOTTA HAVE A CADENCE.
YOU GOTTA HAVE A PERCUSSION.
YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A MELODY TO YOUR VOICE THAT I DID NOT HAVE.
I WAS JUST WRITING DOWN SOME THINGS.
SO SHE-- SHE TOLD ME THAT I WAS A WRITER LONG BEFORE I THOUGHT
SUCH A THING WOULD BE POSSIBLE, SO THE BOOK IS FOR HER.
( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: GREAT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: WELL, I CAN KEEP THIS ONE?
LOVELY IT SEE YOU AGAIN.
"THE POST" OPENS NEXT FRIDAY.
TOM HANKS, EVERYBODY!