MY NEXT GUEST IS AN OSCAR-NOMINATED WRITER AND
DIRECTOR YOU KNOW FROM "THE SIXTH SENSE," "THE VILLAGE," AND
"SPLIT."
HIS LATEST FILM IS "GLASS."
>> TODAY IS YOUR COMING OUT PARTY.
LEAST YOU KNOW WHAT TO WEAR.
I TURNED OFF THE WATER HOSES IN YOUR ROOM, DAVID.
THERE'S ONLY THE DOOR LEFT.
IT'S METAL.
YOU CAN'T GET THROUGH IT BECAUSE PEOPLE'S BONES BREAK AGAINST
METAL, AND YOU'RE NOTHING SPECIAL.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DIE, OVERSEAR, IF YOU DON'T GET
THROUGH THAT DOOR.
>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME, M.
NIGHT SHYAMALAN!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: HEY, NICE TO MEET YOU.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
>> WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PLACE.
>> Stephen: ISN'T IT LOVELY?
>> IT'S LIKE A CHURCH.
>> Stephen: WE SPRUCED IT UP A LITTLE BIT.
LAST NIGHT WE HAD JAMES McAVOY ON THE SHOW.
SHE'S IN "SPLIT," HE STARS IN "GLASS."
HE PLAYS 20 DIFFERENT CHARACTERS IN YOUR NEW MOVIE.
HE SAYS HE PLAYED 23 BUT YOU CUT THREE OF THEM.
>> I CUT THREE OF THEM OUT.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T GOOD GOOD?
>> NO THE MOVIE WAS THREE AND A HALF HOURS LONG AND I HAD TO
TRIM IT UP A LITTLE BIT BEFORE YOU GUYS SAW IT.
>> Stephen: THAT CAN'T BE EASY-- THAT CAN'T BE EASY TO
PLAY 20 CHARACTERS.
HOW DID YOU COME UPON HIM?
HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT'S THE GUY?
>> WELL I HAVE THIS THEORY ABOUT THE WAY THINGS WORK.
LIKE THE MORE SPECIFIC THAT WE THINK ABOUT THINGS, THAT COMES
BACK TO YOU.
AND -- >> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
>> LIKE THE UNIVERSE, IT PUTS IT OUT-- I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO
CRAZY.
>> Stephen: GO CRAZY, BABY, IT'S AFTER MIDNIGHT.
>> MOST OF US JUST PUT BLURRY OUT AND BLURRY COMES BACK AND
THERE'S NO SENSE OF AGENCY AT ANY TIME.
WHEN YOU'RE WRITING, YOU'RE HIEMP SPECIFIC AND I WRITE THIS
GUY WITH 2004 PERSONALITIES AND HE HAS TO BE THIS ANIMALISTIC
PERSON AND THIS CHILD AND THIS WOMAN AND YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT
THIS SPECIFIC PERSON.
WHO COULD POSSIBLY PLAY THIS PART?
AND IT'S A VERY, VERY HARD PART TO PLAY.
AND I GO TO COMIC-CON FOR A PROMOTION OF ANOTHER MOVIE.
AND JAMES McAVOY WALKS UP TO ME AND SAYS HELLO.
AND I GO, "HEY."
AND HIS HEAD IS SHAVED, AND IT'S GROWING BACK FROM "X-MEN," AND
IT'S, LIKE, THIS LONG.
AND HE'S TALKING TO ME AND HE'S SO SWEET.
AND I'M TALKING TO HIM AND I'M LIKE THIS IS GIET.
AND HE SHOULD LOOK EXACTLY LIKE THIS.
WE SHOULD DO NOT MAKEUP, NO NOTHING, AND HE SHOULD PERFORM
ALL THE PERSONALITIES.
HE TURNED OUT TO BE VERSED IN THIS DISORDER THAT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT.
AND, LITERALLY, WHEN YOU SEE THIS MOVIE, AND IF YOU'VE SEEN
"SPLIT," HE'S THE ONLY HUMAN BEING OUT OF SEVEN BILLION
PEOPLE THAT COULD HAVE PLAYED THIS PART.
AND HE WALKED UP TO ME AT COMIC-CON TO PLAY A COMIC BOOK
CHARACTER.
I MEAN, IT WAS JUST-- IT'S AMAZING.
>> Stephen: THE UNIVERSE CAME TO YOUR HELP.
>> I PERCEIVED THESE THINGS.
YOU CAN SAY HE'S AN ACTOR, YOU'RE A DIRECTOR, BUT I NEVER
MET HIM.
HE WALKED UP, HE BECAME AVAILABLE, HE WASN'T AVAILABLE,
AND ALL THOSE THINGS HAPPENED.
>> Stephen: I COMPLETELY AGREE, I THINK SOMETIMES THE
UNIVERSE CLUDES COLOSE TO HELP Y >> I KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO MAKE
FUN OF ME.
>> Stephen: NOT AT ALL.
>> I POURED MY HEART OUT.
>> Stephen: I 100% AGREE.
WHAT IS IT LIKE TO REUNITE WITH THE CAST FROM "UNBREAKABLE."
HOW MANY YEARS WAS "UNBREAKABLE"?
>> IT WAS 19 YEARS AGO.
IT WAS A LONG TIME.
I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD FINISH TACTUALLY.
BUT I OWE BRUCE WILLIS AND SAM JACKSON TON.
THEY'RE MY BIG BROTHERS.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN BE AN ARTIST AND DO SOMETHING WORTHWHILE, BUT
SOMEONE HAS TO GIVE YOU THEIR IMPRIMATUR, SOMEONE HAS TO
PROTECT YOU, AND THOSE TWO GUYS DID IT.
I HAVE NO CAREER WITHOUT THOSE TWO GUYS, AND TO GET A CHANCE
NOW WHEN I'M OLDER AND THEY'RE IN A CERTAIN PLACE IS JUST TO
HONOR THEM.
IT'S JUST A BIG DEAL.
TONIGHT IS THE PREMIERE AND VERY EMOTIONAL ABOUT IT ALL.
>> Stephen: CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANKS.
( APPLAUSE )
PROMINENT HOLLYWOOD DIRECTOR.
YOU'RE NOT A HOLLYWOOD GUY PUP LIVE IN PHILADELPHIA, I
UNDERSTAND.
>> I LIVE IN PHILADELPHIA.
>>
>> Stephen: GOOD FOR YOU.
>> EAST COAST!
>> Stephen: IS YOUR FAMILY FROM THERE?
>> WE'RE ALL FROM INDIA.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
WELL, I'M FROM IRELAND IF THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING.
>> I WAS BORN IN INDIA.
>> Stephen: HOW DID THE FAMILY GO FROM INDIA TO PHILADELPHIA?
>> MY DAD, WHEN HE DECIDED TO COME TO AMERICA-- FIRST OF ALL,
HE WANTED TO COME TO AMERICA AND IT WAS LITERALLY THE AMERICAN
DREAM.
HE WAS LIKE, "I WANT TO HAVE THE AMERICAN DREAM AND I WANT TO GO
TO PHILADELPHIA WHERE THE CONSTITUTION AND EVERYTHING,
WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE INDEPENDENCE, THE LIBERTY BELL,
THAT WAS HIS THING, HE WANTED TO GO DIRECTLY TO THE SOURCE OF
DREAM.
>> Stephen: WOW.
( APPLAUSE )
>> EVERYBODY'S A DOCTOR.
THE WHOLE FAMILY.
>> Stephen: HOW DID THEY FEEL ABOUT YOU GOING INTO THE CIRCUS?
BECAUSE SHOW BUSINESS IS JUST-- WHAT IS THAT?
>> YEAH, IT'S-- YEAH, I MEAN, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE EQUIVALENT
OF IF I SAID I WANTED TO START A GOTH ROCK BAND OR SOMETHING.
IT HAD THAT MUCH CURRENCY.
ALL MY UNCLES AND AUNTS AUNTS A DOCTORS.
MY PARENTS ARE DOCTORS.
>> Stephen: SO WERE THEY DISAPPOINTED?
>> YES.
AND HOW INDIANS SHOW THAT IS JUST SILENCE.
SEATS LIKE-- MY DAD WAS WATCHING A HOCKEY GAME, AND I SAID, "DAD,
I APPLIED TO N.Y.U. FILM SCHOOL.
I GOT IN.
IT'S A SCHOLARSHIP.
AND I'M GOING TO GO."
AND HE DIDN'T EVEN LOOK AT ME.
HE JUST KEPT WATCHING THE GAME.
AND I WAS LINING OKAY.
>> Stephen: WOW.
THEN YOU HAVE TO GROW A PAIR TO MAKE YOUR OWN CHOICES, THEN.
>> I WOULD HAVE SAID THE SAME THING IF I WAS HIM.
THAT'S INSANE.
>> Stephen: HOW ABOUT NOW?
HOW ABOUT NOW?
>> NOW IT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
MY DAD DOESN'T BUY A PACK OF GUM WITHOUT GIVING HIS CRED CARD SO
THEY SEE HIS LAST NAME.
AND THER THEY'RE LIKE, "ARE YOU...?"
>> Stephen: SO NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> A PLEASURE.
>> Stephen: "GLASS" OPENS IN THEATERS THIS FRIDAY.
M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.