>>> SHE'S ONE OF HOLLYWOOD'S MOST SOUGHT AFTER LEADING
LADIES. ACTRESS BRIE LARSON WON AN
ACADEMY WARD FOR "ROOM". >> NOW STARRING IN A NEWFILM
"THE GLASS CASTLE" PLAYING A SUCCESSFUL GOSSIP WRITER WHO
TRIES TO HIDE HER POVERTY STRICKEN --
>> WHY WERE YOU LAUGHING? >> BECAUSE THE --
>> IT'S A -- >> POPPED UP BEHIND.
I DON'T KNOW. GET OVER HERE.
>> OH, YOU BETTER RUN! YOU BETTER RUN!
[ LAUGHTER ] >> IT'S BASED ON BEST-SELLING
MEMOIR BY JENNETTE AND I CAUGHT UP WITH HER AND JEANETTE TO TALK
ABOUT THE MOVIE YESTERDAY. >> YOUR DAD SAID HE SAW YOU PASS
BY IN A CAB THE OTHER NIGHT. ACTED LIKE WE WEREN'T EVEN
THERE. SHOULDN'T BE ASHAMED OF US JUST
BECAUSE WE CHOSE A DIFFERENT LIFESTYLE THAN YOU.
>> BEING HOMELESS IN NEW YORK CITY DOES NOT HEARD LIKE A
LIFESTYLE -- >> IF YOU HEARD FROM YOU, YOU'D
KNOW WE FOUND A PLACE ON THE EAST SIDE.
>> SQUATTING IN AN ABANDONED BUILD SDG NOT SOUND SAFE, MOM.
>> WHEN DID YOU LOSE YOUR SENSE OF ADVENTURE?
>> I HAVE A LITTLE MONEY. I CAN HELP YOU NOW.
>> HUH-UH. WE'RE FINE.
YOU'RE THE ONE WHO NEEDS HELP. >> WOW.
I LOVE IT ALREADY. WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR YOU TO
WRITE, FIRST OF ALL, THIS PAINFUL MEMORY, A LOT OF PAINFUL
MEMORIES AND YET A LOT OF FAMILIES ARE IN THAT SITUATION.
>> I THOUGHT I WOULD BECOME A PEORIA AND HOPE I'VE LEARNED A
LOT SINCE HAVING TOLD ME STORY. I LEARNED PEOPLE ARE GOOD,
COMPASSIONATE AND UNDERSTAND, IF YOU'RE WILLING TO BE HONEST.
>> THEY WERE DOING THE BEST THEY COULD GIVE YOU.
>> YOU ACCEPTED. >> YEAH, UH-HUH.
>> WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR YOU TO PLAY THIS WOMAN YOU KNOW NOW AND
BE TRUE TO -- HER CHARACTERIZATION IN THE NOVEL
WHICH I GUESS 3 MILLION PEOPLE ENJOYED VERY MUCH.
RIGHT? >> YEAH.
IT'S -- IT'S LIKE A VERY BELOVED STORY.
YOUR STORY, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY INSPIRED SO MANY PEOPLE
TO -- TO LOOK AT THEIR PART AND ACCEPT IT AND KIND OF SHARE
THEIR STORY NOW. LIKE A HUGE PART OF, OF THE
MOTTO OF THIS JOURNEY. >> YES.
>> SO THAT'S ALL SHE WANTED. JUST FOR SOMEONE WHO, YOU KNOW,
IS TRUSTING US WITH HER STORY, SHE WAS VERY -- VERY ALLOWING US
TO KIND OF DO WHATEVER WE WANTED AS LONG AS WE TOLD THE TRUTH.
>> YES, YES. >> IT HELPS TO HAVE SO MANY
ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS PORTRAYING YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
YOU KNOW THAT THE SCRIPT IN THEIR HANDS AND A GOOD DIRECTOR.
>> IT CAN'T GO WRONG. PEOPLE ASK ME, IS THIS A DREAM
COME TRUE. I WOULD HAVE TO BE INSANE TO
THINK AN ACADEMY AWARD ACTRESS, TO BE UNDERSTOOD ON A DEEP LEVEL
AND STORYTELLING OF OTHER PEOPLE TO CONFRONT THEIR OWN PAST AFTER
SEEING MY OWN STORY. >> EVERYBODY, IF THEY'RE HONEST,
WOULD SAY TO THEMSELVES, I DON'T THINK I'D WANT MY FAMILY SECRETS
OUT THERE. BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE CRAZY
FAMILIES. RIGHT?
>> IT'S IN THE STORY. >> CRAZY IN THEIR OWN WAYS.
I LOVE THE IDEA THIS WAS A LOVING COUPLE.
JUST DOING -- THE BEST THEY COULD DO.
>> ABSOLUTELY. >> AND POVERTY STRICKEN.
SO MUCH OF IT IS OUT THERE. MY HUSBAND'S FAMILY WAS LIKE
THAT, AND -- IT WAS -- LIKE GRAPES OF WRATH KIND OF STUFF,
BUT THEY DID THE BEST THEY COULD DO, AND -- WE FIND SO MUCH FAULT
WITH PEOPLE. WE JUDGE SO MUCH.
>> YES, YES. >> WAS THAT WHAT YOU WERE MOST
AFRAID OF? WHICH FEEL POUND OUT YOU HAD
GROWN UP THAT WAY? >> YES.
FUNNY, A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO READ THE BOOK, SEEN THE MOVIE,
THE DETAILS OF THE STORY OF DIFFERENT BUT YOU AND I HAVE A
LOT IN COMMON. THEY CONFESS THEIR STORIES.
I HEAR STORIES OF TRIUMPH AND BEAUTY.
WHY WOULD YOU BE ASHAMED, AND THEN, OH, YEAH, I WAS ASHAMED,
TOO. I'M HOPING THE STORY TAKES AWAY
THE BARRIERS. WE'RE JUST ISOLATING OURSELVES.
>> MOST WILL HAVE SOMEONE IN COMMON SHARING THE STORY.
>> YES, EXACTLY. >> WHAT WAS THE HARDEST PART,
PLAYING THIS? >> ANY FILM.
THE STAMINA TO KEEP GOING. THIS FILM TAKES PLACE OVER THE
COURSE OF LIKE 30 YEARS. SO BY THE TIME I'M IN THE FILM,
I'M KIND OF JUST FINISHING ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT STORIES.
I HAVE TO DO THE CONCLUSION, WHICH IS A LOT OF TEARS AND A
LOT OF CONFRONTATION AND SO WHEN EVERY DAY IS THAT, IT'S -- YOU
KNOW, YOU GOT TO DRINK A LOT OF WATER.
MAKE SURE YOU TAKE A BATH END OF THE DAY.
>> INTERESTING. BEING ON THE SET, THESE PEOPLE
ARE NOT GOING IT FOR EGO. THEY REALLY BECOME THESE OTHER
PEOPLE AND NOW THINKING HOW IS THIS GOING TO PLAY?
SO INTO THE CHARACTERS. >> THE BEST DON'T.
SO IMMERSED IN IT. SO NICE TO SEE YOU.
CONGRATULATIONS AND AND ESPECIALLY TO YOU.
WELL DONE. >> THANK YOU.
LIFE IS GOOD. >> LIFE IT GOOD.
IT'S GOOD TO BE JEANETTE WALLS NOW.
>> IT IS. >> WHAT A GREAT INTERVIEW.