LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY FIRST GUEST IS AN ACTOR YOU KNOW FROM
"HOUSE," "DRINKING BUDDIES," AND "VINYL."
SHE'S MAKING HER FEATURE DIRECTORIAL DEBUT WITH
"BOOKSMART."
PLEASE WELCOME OLIVIA WILDE!
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( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: HELLO!
>> HI.
>> Stephen: SO LOVELY TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> IT'S SO GOOD TO BE HERE.
>> Stephen: HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?
>> I'M GREAT.
>> Stephen: HOW IS YOUR LOVELY FAMILY.
>> THEY'RE GOOD.
>> Stephen: YOUR PARTNER, JASON SEDAIKIS AND THE TWO KIDS.
>> OTIS AND DAISY.
THEY'RE GOOD.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY AND MADE A HUGE SPLASH WITH
YOUR DIRECTORIAL DEBUT WITH THE MOVIE "BOOKSMART."
CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.
PEOPLE ARE LOVING THIS MOVIE.
>> I'M VERY EXCITED!
( APPLAUSE )
SOME SHORTS BEFORE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
>> I HAD DONE SHORTS AND MUSIC VIDEOS.
>> Stephen: WHAT WAS THAT LIKE TO GET BEHIND THE CAMERA FOR A
FEATURE-LENGTH FILM?
DID THAT FEEL NATURAL TO YOU OR DAUNTING?
>> DAUNTING IN SOME WAYS, BUT IN A LOT OF WAYS, I'VE BEEN
TRAINING FOR THIS MY WHOLE CAREER BECAUSE I'VE BEEN AN
ACTRESS SINCE I WAS 18.
I'VE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO WORK FOR SOME AMAZING DIRECTORS, SO I
KIND OF HAD A CHANCE TO SHADOW SOME GREAT PEOPLE AND STEAL ALL
THEIR IDEAS.
( LAUGHTER )
>> Stephen: WELL, THERE'S A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY.
EVERYTHING GOES THROUGH THE DIRECTOR'S MIND.
>> YEAH, YEAH.
>> Stephen: ALL THE DEPARTMENTS ARE ALL CAPABLE
PEOPLE AND THEY'RE ARTISTS IN THEIR OWN RIGHT.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: BUT THE DIRECTOR IS THE FINAL SAY.
>> IT'S THE COACH, IT'S THE COACH OR THE GENERAL.
AND IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT THE DIRECTOR, BUT IT'S THE
DIRECTOR'S RESPONSIBILITY TO HIRE GREAT PEOPLE AND TO CREATE
AN ENVIRONMENT CONDUCIVE TO THEIR BEST WORK.
>> Stephen: THERE'S, LIKE, PROBLEM SOLVING INVOLVED IN IT,
TOO.
>> LOTS OF PROBLEM SOLVE GRG BECAUSE EVERY SCRIPT IS AN
OPPORTUNITY.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: BUT IT'S ALSO A PROBLEM.
>> IT'S TRUE.
IF A MOVIE IS BAD, IT IS THE DIRECTOR'S FAULT.
>> Stephen: THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
"WHY DIDN'T YOU GET A BETTER PERFORMANCE OUT OF THAT ACTOR?"
>> IT TRULY IS.
IT IS THE DIRECTOR'S FAULT.
IT'S CONVENIENT FOR THE ACTORS.
"THIS GIRL, THIS GUY."
IT'S GREAT WHEN YOU'RE THE DIRECTOR AND YOU CAN SAY I LOVE
THIS MOVIE AND AM PROUD OF THE ACTORS.
WE HAVE THIS CAST THAT IS BONKERS.
THEY'RE SO AGREEMENT.
>> Stephen: WHAT IS YOUR DAY LIKE?
AS YOU'RE GETTING UP TO GO DO THE SHOOT DAY-- IT DOESN'T HAVE
TO BE THE FIRST DAY-- AN AVERAGE SHOOT DAY FOR YOU.
ARE YOU HIGHLY PLANNED.
HAVE YOU STORYBOARDED EVERYTHING LIKE HITCHCOCK OR DISOFERLG AS
YOU GO?
>> I HAVE AN IDEA, I PREPPED VERY CAREFULLY, BUT IT'S
DISCOVERY.
I WANT TO LET THE ACTORS SHOW ME THEIR IDEA POSITIVE.
I DID HAVE A STRICT RULE OF NO SCRIPT ON SET WHICH I DID STEAL
FROM SCORSESE.
>> Stephen: A GOOD GUY IT STEAL FROM.
>> THERE ARE NO SCRIPTS ON SET.
THEY HAVE TO BE OFF BOOK.
AND THESE ARE ALL YOUNG ACTORS, BUT THEY ARE SO GOOD, THEY'RE
LIKE, "NO PROBLEM."
>> Stephen: HAVE YOU EVER SHOWN UP NOT OFF BOOK?
>> YES.
I SAID DON'T BE LIKE ME.
BE BETTER THAN ME.
>> Stephen: DO YOU THINK YOU'LL APPROACH THE JOB AS AN
ACTOR IN A DIFFERENT WAY?
>> YES, BECAUSE ACTORS HAVE THE EASIEST JOB IN THE WORLD.
AND NOW I'LL JUST SHOW UP AND SAY, "THANK YOU.
WHAT A DREAM.
I'M JUST HERE TO FEEL AND GO HOME."
>> Stephen: I ALWAYS SAID THAT--
>> IT'S A LOVELY JOB.
>> I ALWAYS SAID TO MY LIFE, NO MATTER WHAT I DO IN MY CAREER
BECAUSE I LIKE TO WRITE AND I LIKE TO PRODUCE, BUT I ALWAYS
WANT TO BE IN THE FRONT OF THE CAMERA, EVEN FOR FIVE SECONDS,
BECAUSE IF YOU'RE IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA FOR FIVE SECONDS, YOU
GET FLOWERS.
>> YOU GET FLOWERS.
>> Stephen: EVERYBODY WANTS TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE OKAY.
>> PEOPLE BRING YOU TEA.
THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE WARM ALL THE TIME.
IT'S TRUE.
ACTORS DO EXTRAORDINARY THINGS.
I LOVE ACTORS VERY DEEPLY.
BUT I DID REALIZE, "OH, WOW, THAT'S NICE.
THEY SHOW UP AND FEEL THINGS AND THEN THEY GO HOME."
BUT I LOVE THEM ALL SO MUCH, AND YOU HAD BEANIE FELLEDSTEEN HERE,
DANCING WITH KAREN O., THAT SPIKE JOANLZ DIRECTED, AND THE
MOST EXTRAORDINARY THING I HAVE EVER SEEN.
AND KAITLYN IS COMING NEXT WEEK, SO YOU'RE VERY LUCKY.
>> Stephen: I'M VERY EXCITED.
WE HAVE A CLIP HERE OF KAITLYN AND BEANIE.
YOU CAN TELL US WHAT'S GOING-- IN THE SCRIPT?
>> YES.
IT'S THEIR LAST DAY OF SCHOOL, OF HIGH SCHOOL, AND THIS IS JUST
A SCENE THAT SHOWS A LITTLE BIT OF THEIR DIME AND I CAN
RELATIONSHIP TO THE OTHER STUDENTS.
>> Stephen: AM I GIVING ANYTHING AWAY WHEN I SAID THAT
THEY'RE VERY GOOD, DISCIPLINED STUDENTS.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> Stephen: WHO HAVE NOT HAD A TON OF FUN IN HIGH SCHOOL.
>> THEY HAVE DONE EVERYTHING EXCEPT HAVE FUN, YES.
>> Stephen: AND THEY COME TO-- CAN WE EXPLAIN WHAT THE CRISIS
POINT IS FOR THEM WHAT, THEY REALIZE?
>> THEY REALIZE THEY'VE GOTTEN TO THE END OF SCHOOL AND THEY
HAVE GOTTEN INTO THEIR DREAM COLLEGES AND THEN THEY REALIZE
ALL THE KIDS WHO HAD TONS OF FUN ALWAYS AUSTRALIA GOT INTO THEIR
DREAM COLLEGES AND SOMEHOW EVERYONE ELSE FIGURED OUT HOW TO
HAVE FUN AND STUDIED AND THEY'RE PANICKED ABOUT THIS.
>> Stephen: THEY HAVE TO CRAM IT IN.
>> THEY HAVE TO CRAM IT ALL IN ONE NIGHT.
>> Stephen: JIM.
>> THIS LOOKS FUN, BUT I'M NOT GONNA-- I'M NOT GONNA BE HERE.
>> YEAH, AIM SESPENDING THE SUMMER IN BOTSWANA HELPING WOMEN
MAKE THEIR OWN TAMPONS.
>> GROSS.
>> BLOOD ATTRACTS LIONS.
I'M SAVING LIVES.
>> OKAY, THAT'S ACTUALLY, NOBLE.
I, TOO, HAVE A FEAR OF BIG CATS.
>> AND I CAN'T BECAUSE I'M WORKING ALL SUMMER, AND ALSO I
DON'T WANT TO WHY WOULD DO YOU THEATER WHEN YOU CAN DO DEBATE?
>> BECAUSE SOME OF US ENJOY WORKING WITH OTHERS.
>> AND SOME OF US KNOW HOW TO WIN.
>> NOBODY IS WINNING IN THAT OUTFIT.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
>> THAT IS THE GREAT NOAH GALVIN.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
>> HE IS FANTASTIC.
>> Stephen: YOUR PARTNER, JASON SEDAIKIS HAS A SMALL PART
IN THIS?
>> HE PLAYS THE PRINCIPAL.
>> Stephen: WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO DIRECT HIM?
>> HE WAS GREAT.
HE'S ONE OF THE BEST IMPROVISERS IN THE WORLD AND IT WAS-- GLFS
HE OFF BOOK?
>> HE WAS COMPLETELY OFF BOOK.
AND IT WAS EXCITING TO JUST WATCH HIM WORK.
SO OFTEN, WHEN YOU ARE WITH SOMEONE, YOU DON'T GET TO SEE
THEIR SPECIAL, MAGICAL SKILLS, BECAUSE YOU COME HOME, AND
YOU'RE COPARENTING AND YOU KIND OF LEAVE YOUR JOB AT WORK.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE USEED TO THE PERSON.
>> YOU'RE USED TO-- THEY SAY YOU'RE NEVER A GENNUOUS IN YOUR
OWN HOUSE.
>> Stephen: EXACTLY.
>> BUT TO BE ON SET WITH HIM AND BE LIKE, WOW, HE'S REALLY,
REALLY GOOD AT THIS.
IT'S LIKE SPINNING A TOP.
>> Stephen: DID YOU EVER HAVE TO GIVE HIM NOTES?
LIKE "I SEE WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND STOP."
>> STOP.
NO, HE HAD A LOT OF GREAT IDEAS AND WE GAVE HIM A LITTLE BIT OF
INFORMATION AND HE TOOK IT AND RAN WITH IT.
IT WAS COOL.
>> Stephen: HOW ABOUT YOUR KIDS?
DID THEY COME TO SET?
>> DAYS SETWO AND A HALF AND SHE'S NOT GOOD AT BEING QUIET SO
SHE COULDN'T COME.
OTIS IS FIVE AND HE CAME, BUT HE QUICKLY FIGURED OUT WHEN YOU
SAY, "CUT," IS WHEN THINGS GET FUN AND PEOPLE START TALK AGAIN.
SO YOU'D WEED BE DOING AN INTENSE SCENE AND YOU'D HEAR,
"CUT, CUT."
AND THE CAMERAS WOULD COME DOWN AND SAY, "CUT?"
I SAID, "THAT WAS NOT ME!
I DON'T SOUND LIKE THAT!
THAT WAS CLEARLY A SMALL CHILD."
>> Stephen: YOU RECENTLY CELEBRATED-- WHAT DID YOU
CELEBRATE?
IS THIS OTIS' BIRTHDAY?
>> THAT WAS OTIS' BIRTHDAY.
WE WENT TO LEGOLAND.
IT WAS HARROWING?
>> ONE THING I LIKE ABOUT THIS PHOTO, YOU LOOK LIKE A NORMAL
FAMILY THERE.
>> WE ARE A NORMAL FAMILY.
>> Stephen: I KNOW, BUT YOU ALSO LOOK LIKE IT.
NOT EVERYBODY IN HOLLYWOOD LOOKS LIKE A NORMAL FAMILY.
>> WE HAD FUN.
>> Stephen: WHAT DID DO YOU?
>> WE BUILT THINGS.
WE GOT TO GO INTO THE MASTER BUILD WORKSHOP.
>> Stephen: WOW.
>> AND WE GOT TO BUILD THE REPLICAS OF OUR FAMILY.
THE THING THEY HAVE THERE THAT I LOVE IS THEY HAVE A SMALL-SCALE
LEGO REPLICA OF EVERY CITY.
THEY HAD, LIKE, WASHINGTON, D.C., IN LEGO, WHICH I LOVE,
BECAUSE I LOVE MINIATURES, LIKE, PASSIONATELY.
>> Stephen: I HEARD THIS.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU-- WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT-- WHAT DO YOU
MEAN BY "MINIATURES?" MINIATURE SOLDIERS?
>> NO, MINIATURES-- OBJECTS THAT YOU WOULDN'T TYPICALLY THINK OF
AS A MINIATURE OBJECT.
SOMEONE GAVE ME THE BEST GIFT OF MY LIFE WHICH WAS, LIKE, A TINY,
TINY, EXTENSION CORD.
IT HAS NO PURPOSE, AND IT JUST BRINGS ME SO MUCH JOY.
( LAUGHTER )
WHAT WE CALL A CHEAP DATE.
>> I AM.
YOU'VE HEARD.
>> Stephen: IS IT MINIATURE-- IS IT PRACTICAL?
>> NO, NO, IT DOES NOTHING.
WE'RE CALLED MINI-ACES.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE CALLED MINI-ACES?
>> YES, THERE MIGHT BE MORE OF YOU OUT THERE.
JUST KNOW YOU'RE NOT ALONE.
>> Stephen: DOES ANYONE ELSE LIKE MINIATURE THINGS.
>> I HEARD ONE.
>> Stephen: YOU JUST DIDN'T WANT TO FEEL LONELY.
HOW DID YOU GET STARTED.
>> IT WAS FROM BIRTH.
I WAS BORN WITH IT.
AND I -- >> Stephen: I HEAR YOU WERE
VERY SMALL WHEN YOU WERE BORN.
>> IT'S TRUE.
>> Stephen: THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN PART OF IT.
>> THAT'S WHERE IF CAME FROM.
NO, THAT'S MY THING.
>> Stephen: WELL, WE DID HEAR ABOUT THIS, SO TO COMMEMORATE
YOUR DIRECTORIAL DEBUT, WE GOT YOU--
( APPLAUSE )
♪ ♪ ♪ >> SO TINY!
>> Stephen: ENJOY, ENJOY.
>> I LOVE IT.
I LOVE IT.
>> Stephen: IT'S VERY DELICATE.
>> I'M SO GRATEFUL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE HOLDING THAT LIKE AT AN OSCAR.
>> IT'S BETTER THAN ANY OSCAR ANYONE COULD EVER RECEIVE.
>> Stephen: WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
IT WAS LOVELY TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> THANK YOU.
>> "BOOKSMART" IS IN THEATERS NEXT FRIDAY.
OLIVIA WILDE, EVERYBODY.
DIRECTOR.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MR. SCOTT PELLEY, MY FRIENDS AT
CBS.