>> Jimmy: HOW YOU DOIN'?
>> HI, GOOD!
>> Jimmy: LOOK AT YOU.
I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE I SHOULD
FRISK YOU, TO MAKE SURE YOU
DIDN'T BRING ANYBODY STUPID WITH
YOU.
>> THAT'S A BAD HABIT I'M TRYING
TO KICK.
>> Jimmy: YOU'VE BEEN IN FRANCE.
>> I HAVE.
>> Jimmy: WITH THE ONE WHO WILL
NOT BE NAMED.
>> THE ONE WHO WILL NOT BE
NAMED.
MATT AND I ARE DOING A MOVIE IN
FRANCE WITH ADAM DRIVER.
THEY'RE AMAZING.
>> Jimmy: THEY'RE TERRIFIC.
>> MATT AND I WROTE, IT'S
EXCITING, A DRAMA, TENSE,
HISTORICAL.
>> Jimmy: YOU HAD TO WRITE IT
WITH HIM, TOO.
>> I DID.
>> Jimmy: OH, GOD.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU KNOWN MATT
DAMON?
>> AH, ALMOST 40 YEARS.
>> Jimmy: ALMOST 40 YEARS.
>> AND I'M 32, SO.
>> Jimmy: AND IN ALL THOSE
YEARS, OF ALL THE MANY, MANY
THINGS, STUPID THINGS HE'S DONE,
WHAT'S THE DUMBEST THING HE'S
EVER DONE, IN YOUR PRESENCE?
>> HOW MANY CUBIC FEET IS IN THE
OCEAN?
YOU KNOW?
>> Jimmy: HE WOULDN'T KNOW, I
KNOW THAT.
>> THOSE THINGS CAN'T BE
MEASURED.
YOU KNOW, HE'S, HE'S A GOOD GUY.
IN MY OPINION, AND, BUT THERE
WAS A, THERE IS A MOMENT THAT
STANDS OUT.
>> Jimmy: OH, GOOD, OKAY.
GREAT.
SHOULD I LAY DOWN FOR THIS?
>> YOU SHOULD GET COMFORTABLE.
>> Jimmy: LET ME UNBUTTON MY
PANTS.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> I WAS, I KNEW MATT WHEN I WAS
8, 39 YEARS, OR, YEAH.
I'M 47.
ANYWAY.
AND I MET HIM WHEN HE WAS 10.
HE WAS A LITTLE OLDER.
HE WAS A LOT BIGGER THAN ME.
HE WAS ALWAYS A BIT BIGGER THAN
ME.
WE LIVED DOWN THE STREET FROM
EACH OTHER, HE WAS ONE OF THE
OLDER, BIGGER KIDS, BUT THEN I
GOT LIKE THIS JOB, I GOT A JOB
ON TV, LIKE A PBS, CHEESY
EDUCATIONAL SHOW FOR KIDS, WHICH
I THOUGHT WAS KIND OF LAME, BUT
IT WAS ENOUGH TO MAKE MATT LIKE
BOIL WITH ENVY.
>> Jimmy: OH, REALLY?
>> JUST LIKE BURN WITH RAGE.
>> Jimmy: SO HE WAS ALREADY --
>> I JUST CAME FROM THE SET!
>> Jimmy: HE WAS AN ACTOR BOY AT
THIS TIME.
>> HE TOOK IT VERY SERIOUSLY.
WHEN WE GOT TO HIGH SCHOOL.
IT WAS A PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL IN
CAMBRIDGE, AND I WENT OUT FOR
THE FALL PLAY.
I WENT TO AUDITION FOR THE PLAY,
AND I SAW MATT THERE.
>> Jimmy: UH-HUH.
>> AND HE KIND OF EYED ME, YEAH,
UH-UH.
>> Jimmy: SO WERE YOU A
FRESHMAN?
>> I WAS A FRESHMAN, PROBABLY
SIX INCHES SMALLER THAN HIM.
>> Jimmy: OKAY.
>> BECAUSE HE WAS TWO INCHES
TALLER THAN HE IS NOW.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> I SWEAR TO GOD, THIS IS A
TRUE STORY.
HE WALKED UP TO ME.
HE SAID LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE
ADVICE.
I SAID OKAY, GREAT, THANKS.
WHAT'S UP?
HE SAID THIS ISN'T TV, WHERE YOU
GET BY ON YOUR LOOKS AND YOUR
HAIRCUT.
THIS IS ABOUT TALENT.
THIS IS THE THEATER.
TURNED AROUND AND WALKED AWAY.
STONE-COLD.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> ICE.
LIKE HE WAS THE LAWRENCE
OLIVIER.
>> Jimmy: AND JUST OUT OF
CURIOSITY, HOW MUCH THEATER DID
LAWRENCE OLIVIER END UP DOING
AFTER HIGH SCHOOL?
>> IT'S BEEN 30 YEARS.
ONE PLAY.
>> Jimmy: ONE PLAY.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
WOW!
I KNEW I WAS RIGHT ABOUT HIM THE
WHOLE TIME.
BY THE WAY, ANOTHER FELLOW
BOSTONIAN, MARK WAHLBERG WAS
HERE, AND HE TENDS TO THINK THAT
WHEN THIS COMES TO TOM BRADY'S
FAVORITE ACTOR PAL, HE'S NUMBER
ONE ON THE LIST.
>> I NEVER FELT COMPETITIVE WITH
MARK BEFORE, BUT.
SO THAT'S INTERESTING.
MAYBE HE IS.
I DON'T WANT TO STEP ON ANY
TOES.
I MET TOM, TO BRAG, THE YEAR
THAT, YOU KNOW, HE REPLACED DREW
BLEDSOE, AND I WAS AT THIS
RANDOM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT I
THOUGHT THINGS LIKE THIS WERE
FUN, THE WHITE HOUSE
CORRESPONDENTS DINNER.
>> Jimmy: MM-HM.
>> I WENT TO A PARTY AND SAW
HIM.
HE HAD JUST WON THE SUPER BOWL
AND OF COURSE HE WAS 22 AND I
WAS 27 OR SOMETHING, SO I WAS
LIKE OLDER THAN HIM.
>> Jimmy: YEAH.
>> AND I WAS LIKE, OH, MY GOD,
MAN, SO GREAT, DUDE, YOU'RE LIKE
THE KING OF BOSTON.
AND HE GOES, WAY, YOU'RE THE
KING OF BOSTON.
HE THINKS I'M THE KING OF
BOSTON?
THE KING THINKS I'M THE KING.
>> Jimmy: YOU WERE SMITTEN WITH
HIM IMMEDIATELY.
>> I REALIZED THEN THAT I LOVED
A MAN.
[ APPLAUSE ]
I REALLY DO LOVE HIM.
THAT'S NOT A LOT I WOULDN'T DO
FOR TOMMY.
I DON'T WANT TO GO TO THE DARKS
OF THE INTERNET OR THE BLEEPS.
>> Jimmy: WHEN YOU SAY THERE
ISN'T A LOT YOU WOULDN'T DO FOR
TOMMY, AND YOU CALL HIM TOMMY.
WHAT IF HE SAID LIKE I'D LOVE US
JUST TO LIVE TOGETHER?
>> I'D LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT I
MEAN, IF IT WILL HELP YOU, LET'S
WARM UP.
YOU WANT TO LUBE UP?
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> Jimmy: WHATEVER.
>> WHATEVER IT TAKES, NYOU KNOW
WHAT I MEAN?
>> Jimmy: IS HE AWARE OF THIS?
EVERY TIME HIS NAME COMES UP, I
P
LAUGH, BECAUSE YOU ALMOST BLUSH
AND ARE CHILD LIKE.
>> I AM CHILD LIKE.
AND I REALLY DO LOVE HIM.
I LOOK UP TO HIM SO MUCH THAT IT
MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I'M 10 YEARS
OLD, AND IT MAKES HIM REALLY
UNCOMFORTABLE.
HEY, TOM, YOU'RE THE BEST.
I GOT IT, DUDE.
>> Jimmy: THE LAST TIME YOU WERE
HERE, YOU BROUGHT PICTURES OF
YOUR SON'S ROOM, AND YOUR SON
WHO IS HOW OLD NOW?
>> MY SON IS 8.
>> Jimmy: YOU'VE BUILT THIS
DEMENTED SHRINE TO TOM BRADY IN
YOUR SON'S ROOM.
>> YEAH, IN THE PATRIOT'S ROOM.
>> Jimmy: I WAS WONDERING IF
YOUR SON IS, DOES HE LIKE THIS
STUFF?
I THINK YOU HAD A RUG MADE OUT
OF TOM'S BODY HAIR OR SOMETHING
LIKE THAT?
>> YEAH, IT WAS, YES, I DID, I
DID THOSE THINGS.
AND I WOULD HAVE DONE A REMODEL
IF I KNEW WHAT TEAM TO PUT OUT
THERE.
BUT I'M HOPING TO STICK WITH THE
ONE WE GOT, YOU KNOW.
BUT.
>> Jimmy: YOU KNOW ABOUT A HALF
HOUR AGO TOM SAID HE'S GOING TO
TENNESSEE.
WILL YOU STICK --
>> NOT --
>> Jimmy: MAYBE I'LL GET TO YOU
FISH A LITTLE BIT.
>> I'VE DONE THIS A FEW TIMES.
>> Jimmy: SO HE SAID HE'S NOT
GOING TO TENNESSEE?
>> TOM HAS TOLD ME, PERSONALLY,
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'S SAID TO
MARK, BUT HE'S TOLD ME WHERE
HE'S GOING.
HE CALLED MY AND SAID DON'T TELL
WAHLBERG.
>> Jimmy: SO HE IS GOING
SOMEWHERE.
>> THAT I MIGHT BE GOING BACK TO
FOXBOROUGH.
>> Jimmy: INTERESTING.
I THINK TOM IS DELETING YOUR
PHONE NUMBER FROM HIS CONTACTS.
>> HE GAVE ME HIS E-MAIL BACK AT
THE WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT,
YOU KNOW WHEN YOU HAD THE
BLACKBERRY, FOLD OVER THING.
>> Jimmy: AND YOU RAN THAT
THROUGH A WOOD CHIPPER, DIDN'T
HE?
>> I REMEMBER I WOULD WATCH THE
GAME AND TEXT HIM, GREAT, FOURTH
AND ONE, THAT WAS REALLY GREAT.
AND ONE TIME I WAS LIKE TEXTING
HIM AND THE GAPEME WAS OVER, AN
LIKE, BOOP, HE TEXTED ME BACK!
I'M HAVING A HEART ATTACK.
HE'S IN THE LOCKER ROOM WITH THE
GUYS.
>> Jimmy: YOU HAVE TWO OSCARS,
THIS IS RIDICULOUS.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
SO --
>> MY SON --
>> Jimmy: GO AHEAD.
>> IT WAS AN INTERESTING THING.
I'VE BEEN DOING THIS MOVIE IN
FRANCE, AS I SAID.
BUT LIKE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME IS,
YOU KNOW, I'M IN A SPLIT, A
DIVORCED DAD, I GET CERTAIN, YOU
KNOW, HALF THE TIME WITH MY SON,
AND I REALLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S HIS
BIRTHDAY, HIS EIGHTH BIRTHDAY, I
SAY TO THEM, I'LL DO WHATEVER
THE SCHEDULE NEEDS, BUT THE 27th
I'VE GOT TO BE IN L.A.
I HAD TO SCRAMBLE AND DRIVE AND
BOOM AND LAND AND I WAS GOING TO
LAND RIGHT IN TIME FOR HIS
BIRTHDAY, AND WE HAD THIS
PRESENT SET UP.
AND EVERYTHING WAS GETTING
SHIPPED AND SENT AND I WAS GOING
TO PICK IT UP AND GO TO HIS
SURPRISE PARTY.
AND SO I GOT REALLY, YOU KNOW,
AND I GOT MY SON, MY SON KNOWS
THAT I DO MOVIES THAT ARE KIND
OF FAKE AND HIS MOM DOES MOVIES
AND THAT'S ALL PRETEND, BUT HE
ALSO KNOWS THAT "STAR WARS" IS
REAL.
THERE'S GUYS OUT THERE FIGHTING
THE EMPEROR, AND THAT JOB NEEDS
TO GET DONE AND I CAN DO MY FAKE
[ BLEEP ] AND SOMEONE CAN DO AN
IMPORTANT JOB.
AND I SAID I'M ACTUAL LALY IN T
MOVIE WITH KYLO REN.
AND HE'S LIKE, BUT, DAD, HOW?
ARE YOU GOING TO SPACE?
WILL HE HAVE HIS LIGHTSABER?
YOU AND KYLO REN?
YES, THE GOOD KYLO REN, NOT THE
BAD KYLO REN.
I TOLD ADAM THAT, AND I SAID
WOULD YOU TAPE A BIRTHDAY VIDEO
TO MY SON.
HE DID.
IT WAS KIND.
I TOOK OFF TO THE AIRPORT, FLY
TO LONDON FROM L.A., IT'S A
LITTLE DELAYED.
I GOT TO STOP BY MY HOUSE AND
WE'RE GOING TO GO TO HIS
SURPRISE PARTY.
I GET TO MY HOUSE AND YOU SEE
THE LOOK ON THE FACE OF THE GUY
WHO WORKS WITH ME, AND HE WAS
LIKE, I SAID, WHERE ARE THE
PRESENTS?
AND HE WAS, LIKE, THEY DIDN'T
GET HERE.
>> Jimmy: OH!
>> SO I HAD TO SHOW UP TO, YOU
KNOW, MY SON'S PARTY --
>> Jimmy: WITH NO PRESENTS.
>> WITH NO GIFT FOR HIM.
>> Jimmy: THAT'S BAD.
>> AND IT WAS LIKE THE
SURF-SINKING AWFUL FEELING.
AND THEN, HE GOES, BUT THERE IS,
WELL, ADAM HEARD YOU SAY IT WAS
YOUR SON'S BIRTHDAY, AND SO HE
CALLED YOUR ASSISTANT, GOT YOUR
ADDRESS, AND SENT SOME PRESENTS,
AND SIGNED A CARD AND A PICTURE
FROM KYLO REN.
>> Jimmy: OH.
>> AND I TOOK THOSE PRESENTS.
[ LAUGHTER ]
[ APPLAUSE ]
AND WENT AND I SAID THAT
SURPRISE PARTY, WATCHED HIM OPEN
ALL HIS OTHER PRESENTS, AND I
SAID, SON, MY PRESENTS DIDN'T
GET HERE ON TIME.
AND I SAID, BUT I DID GET A
PRESENT FROM SOMEBODY WHO REALLY
WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU HAD A
GIFT.
HE WAS LIKE, WHO?
AND I WAS LIKE, KYLO REN.
I WAS LIKE, AND IT WAS, HE
OPENED THE PRESENTS, I PLAYED
HIM THE VIDEO OF KYLO REN AND
ME, AND IT WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW,
DESH.
>> Jimmy: WHAT'S BETTER THAN
THAT?
>> ADAM MADE ME A HERO TO MY
KID, AND I WILL NEVER, EVER,
EVER FORGET IT.
>> Jimmy: HOW DO YOU REPAY THAT?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> I TELL YOU WHAT.
I KNOW THIS KIND OF MAUDLIN
SACCHARIN SENTIMENT DOESN'T FIT
WITH YOUR SHOW, BUT, IT'S A
REALLY GOOD LESSON IN DOING
THOSE SMALL GESTURES OF
KINDNESS, BECAUSE YOU HAVE NO
IDEA.
FOR HIM, YEAH, THE KYLO REN DOLL
AND THE KYLO REN LEGO AND
PICTURE OF KYLO REN, AND IT
MEANT THE [ BLEEP ] WORLD TO
HIM.
>> Jimmy: I BET.
>> IT WAS SO NICE.
>> Jimmy: YOU KNOW WHAT I HOPE?
I HAVE TO SAY, I HOPE THAT YOU
GET THAT SAME THING FROM TOM
BRADY NEXT TIME YOU SEE HIM.
HE IS YOUR KYLO REN.
BEN AFFLECK IS HERE.
HIS MOVIE IS CALLED "THE WAY
BACK", WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
>>> ALL RIGHT, COME ON, GUYS,
WE'VE GOT 15 SECONDS LEFT.
BRANDON, 20'S GOING TO PICK YOU
UP FULL COURT.
FRISE, YOU'RE GOING TO SET UP
FOR BRANDON.
GARCIA, COME UP, SET A BACK
SCREEN FOR KENNY, KENNY, COME
OUT TO THE WING FOR THE THREE.
WE GOT THREE OPTIONS.
BRANDON ATTACKING RIGHT.
WE'LL LOOK FOR FRISE COMING OFF
THE SCREEN.
IF NEITHER ARE THERE, GO TO
KENNY FOR THE THREE IN THE
CORNER.
YOU GOT THIS, OKAY?
DON'T JUST NOD.
I WANT TO HEAR YOUR VOICE.
YES, NO.
>> Jimmy: THAT IS BEN AFFLECK.
IT OPENS IN THAT'S RIGHTS ON
FRIDAY.
IT'S FUNNY, BECAUSE WE HAD THE
SCREENING OF THE MOVIE HERE, AND
SOME OF THE PEOPLE ARE HERE
LIKE, OH, IT'S GOING TO BE ONE
OF THOSE BASKETBALL MOVIES WHERE
WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENS.
FIRST OF ALL, IT'S A GREAT
MOVIE, I THINK THIS IS MAYBE
YOUR BEST PERFORMANCE OF ALL THE
MOVIES YOU'VE BEEN IN.
>> THANK YOU.
I AGREE.
FOR ONCE, WE'RE ON THE SAME
PAGE.
>> Jimmy: TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THE STORY.
>> WE START OUT THE MOVIE.
THIS GUY'S FALLEN ON HARD TIMES,
DRINKING A CASE OF BEER EVERY
DAY, WORKS CONSTRUCTION, DINGY
HOUSE.
BUT HE GETS OFFERED A CHANCE.
HE WAS A HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
SDAR A
STAR AND WASHED OUT A LITTLE BIT
AND MADE NOTHING OF THAT.
THEY OFFERED FOR HIM TO GO BACK
AND COACH HIS HIGH SCHOOL
BASKETBALL TEAM WHICH HAS ALSO
FALLEN ON HARD TIMES, THEY'RE
1-9.
IT FEELS LIKE THE CHEESY, SPORTS
MOVIE CLICHE THING, BUT IT'S
NOT.
IT'S ABOUT HOW HE KIND OF
REENGAGES IN HIS LIFE AND WHAT
HE GETS FROM THESE YOUNG GUYS.
IT'S ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BUT IT
REALLY IS ABOUT AN INSPIRING,
CATHAT I
CATHARTIC MOVIE, YOU'RE GOING TO
HAVE DIFFICULT THINGS IN LIFE,
BUT HOW YOU OVERCOME IT.
AND THE SCRIPT WAS REALLY SMART.
IT DOESN'T SET IT UP IN AN EASY
WAY OR PULL ANY PUNCHES OF THE
AWFUL THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN TO
YOU, NO FAULT OF YOUR OWN,
FAMILY MEMBERS AND STUFF.
IT DOESN'T PULL ANY PUNCHES IN
SAYING IT GETS BETTER, YOU CAN
GET BETTER, AND I LOVE IT.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL STORY.
THE GUYS WHO PLAYED THE BALL
PLAYERS ARE AMAZING.
>> Jimmy: THOSE KIDS WERE GREAT.
WAS THAT CATHARTIC FOR YOU,
GOING THROUGH THAT SAME THING,
BEING ABLE TO PLAY BASKETBALL
WITH THESE KIDS AND COACH THEM?
>> IT REALLY WAS.
IT REMINDED ME OF WHEN I STARTED
OUT I DID THIS MOVIE, I HAD LIKE
NINE LINES.
I WAS AN EXTRA.
AND I LOVED IT.
I LOVE BEING PART OF IT.
I LOVE SHOWING UP, LOOK, I'M ON
CAMERA, WAY IN THE BACK OUT OF
FOCUS, AND THESE YOUNG MEN WERE
SO DEDICATED AND MADE IT SO REAL
AND SO GOOD, I LOVED COMING TO
WORK EVERY DAY, AND I KNEW I
KIND OF HAD TO FORM A REAL
RELATIONSHIP WITH THESE GUYS AND
GET THEM TO ME AND EARN THEIR
TRUST AND RESPECT.
IT WAS A JOY EVERY DAY, THE KIND
OF MOVIE.
>> Jimmy: IT'S TERRIFIC AND
YOU'RE FANTASTIC IN IT.
I WANT TO ASK BUT ONE OTHER
THING.
>> SURE.
>> Jimmy: I GOT THIS MAGAZINE
TODAY, SITTING ON MY DESK.
THIS IS THE MOVIE THAT YOU GUYS
ARE SHOOTING OVER THERE?
>> YES.
>> Jimmy: AND WHAT'S --
>> THAT'S THE MOVIE.
THAT'S MATT.
>> Jimmy: IS THAT A COSTUME OR
JUST HIS NEW LOOK?
>> NO, THAT'S JUST THE WAY HE
DRESSES.
>> Jimmy: DRESSES AS SOME KIND
OF WIZARD?
>> A MEDIEVAL DRAMA, AND HE
PLAYS A KNIGHT.
>> Jimmy: AND I HAVE A PHOTO OF
YOU FROM THE SET AS WELL.
>> THAT'S MY -- THAT'S, I PLAY A
FRENCH COUNT, AND ADAM AND MATT
ARE KIND OF COMPETING TO BE IN
MY GOOD GRACES, AND I'M GOING TO
DECIDE WHO GETS MORE LAND OR
WHATEVER.
>> Jimmy: PICK ADAM FOR SURE.
I MEAN.
>> I DO.
>> Jimmy: YEAH, OF COURSE, AFTER
WHAT HE'S DONE.
>> YOU CAN SEE THE RINGS.
APPARENTLY NOBILITY WERE QUITE
FOND OF JEWELRY.
THEY ARE LIKE THE EARLY RAP
STARS.
>> Jimmy: BE HONEST, ARE YOU
MAKING A SIEGFRIED & ROY PIC?
IS THIS A RUSE?
>> IT'S ROY.
>> Jimmy: IF YOU ARE, I HOPE HE
GETS EATEN BY THE TIGER.
THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING.
>> I HAVE NO PART OF THAT JOKE,
O MY GOD.
>> Jimmy: DON'T WORRY, HE'S IN
FRANCE, WE'LL NEVER SEE HIM
AGAIN.
"THE WAY BACK" OPENS IN THEATERS
FRIDAY.