WEBVTT 00:01.033 --> 00:02.566 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - What's your next movie gonna be? 00:02.566 --> 00:04.600 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - It's a great question, and I don't know. 00:06.166 --> 00:08.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% It's the first time for me, frankly, that I don't know. 00:08.700 --> 00:10.033 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I'm always writing my next thing, 00:10.033 --> 00:12.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% but right now I'm working on "Ghostbusters." 00:12.666 --> 00:15.200 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% And I also, you know, I spoke earlier 00:15.200 --> 00:18.366 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% about how important movie theaters are to me, 00:18.366 --> 00:20.533 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and I bought a movie theater in Los Angeles. 00:20.533 --> 00:21.966 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - Say more about that. 00:21.966 --> 00:25.533 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - Yeah, this is a, it's a gem, it's a palace. 00:25.533 --> 00:28.066 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% It's similar to the Paramount Theater here in Austin. 00:28.066 --> 00:31.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% It's something, you know, it was built 100 years ago 00:31.100 --> 00:33.100 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% which, for Los Angeles, is ancient. 00:33.100 --> 00:37.433 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And it's the home of more movie premieres 00:37.433 --> 00:39.566 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% than any other theater in Los Angeles. 00:39.566 --> 00:42.066 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And I put together a group of 30 directors. 00:42.066 --> 00:44.500 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - Oh wow. You all went in together on this? 00:44.500 --> 00:47.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% - Christopher Nolan, Steven Spielberg, Guillermo Del Toro, 00:47.033 --> 00:49.366 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Alfonso Cuaron, some of the greatest directors alive. 00:49.366 --> 00:50.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% We all bought it together 00:50.866 --> 00:52.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and we're gonna reopen it hopefully in about a year. 00:52.700 --> 00:54.466 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - What's the name of it? - It's called The Village 00:54.466 --> 00:55.900 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% in Westwood. 00:55.900 --> 00:56.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% There used to be 10 movie theaters in Westwood, 00:56.866 --> 00:58.133 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% there's three now. 00:58.133 --> 00:59.733 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% - This is the one near UCLA. - Exactly. 00:59.733 --> 01:01.200 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - I know that theater extremely well. 01:01.200 --> 01:03.600 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% - It's an iconic theater. - That's such a great, 01:03.600 --> 01:06.166 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and it was up until my daughter went to UCLA, 01:06.166 --> 01:09.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% so I actually have been to the movies at that theater. 01:09.100 --> 01:12.000 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - It's a stunner. - It's a stunning theater. 01:12.000 --> 01:13.733 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% - Yeah. - Oh my gosh. 01:13.733 --> 01:15.266 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% - It went for sale 01:15.266 --> 01:18.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and I had this nightmare of them tearing it down, you know? 01:18.966 --> 01:20.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Or that the next time I would show up it'd be a Target, 01:20.966 --> 01:22.366 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% or a Zak's. - Or a Chipotle, right? 01:22.366 --> 01:24.900 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - Yeah, I mean the movie theater I saw "Pulp Fiction" at 01:24.900 --> 01:26.233 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% is now a CVS, you know? 01:26.233 --> 01:30.000 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And the National, which was down the street, 01:30.000 --> 01:31.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% is now an apartment complex. 01:31.333 --> 01:32.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% And I just couldn't bear it 01:32.533 --> 01:34.433 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% if that happened. - Good for y'all. 01:34.433 --> 01:35.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% So you said it opens in a year? 01:35.766 --> 01:37.000 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% - Yeah. - That's amazing. Thank you. 01:37.000 --> 01:38.400 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% - Thank you. - Sir. 01:39.633 --> 01:41.533 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Well, I'm happy to kind of go back and forth. 01:41.533 --> 01:43.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% So we'll get to you next. Sir? 01:43.066 --> 01:44.733 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% - Hi there. I wanted to ask you about "Up in the Air." 01:44.733 --> 01:47.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% It made a huge impression on me and it felt so sincere. 01:47.966 --> 01:50.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% And my question to you is, 01:50.433 --> 01:52.833 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% how did you approach working with specific actors? 01:52.833 --> 01:54.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% 'Cause I think Anna Kendrick, 01:54.100 --> 01:55.633 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% that was one of her first major roles, 01:55.633 --> 01:58.233 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and so how did you approach directing her 01:58.233 --> 02:00.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% as opposed to Vera Farmiga and George Clooney, 02:00.866 --> 02:03.200 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and how do you look back on that project? 02:03.200 --> 02:04.500 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - Oh, I mean, well, "Up in the Air" 02:04.500 --> 02:05.733 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% was extraordinarily meaningful to me. 02:05.733 --> 02:07.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% It was really personal project. 02:07.133 --> 02:08.966 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I was trying to answer questions that, you know, 02:08.966 --> 02:10.066 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% were haunting me. 02:10.066 --> 02:11.333 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I think that's the best work comes 02:11.333 --> 02:12.466 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% when you're trying to answer something 02:12.466 --> 02:14.400 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% you really don't know the answer to. 02:14.400 --> 02:18.333 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And on that film, on any film, you know, 02:20.633 --> 02:23.333 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% you brought up that idea that Lorne Michaels is dad. 02:23.333 --> 02:24.600 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% And I think as a director 02:24.600 --> 02:27.233 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% you always feel like everybody's dad on set. 02:27.233 --> 02:30.600 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% And like anyone who has, you know, more than one child, 02:30.600 --> 02:33.466 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% you're trying to understand each child's personality 02:33.466 --> 02:35.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and what will inspire them. 02:35.766 --> 02:37.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% One person needs a monologue, 02:37.666 --> 02:40.166 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% another person just needs one word or just a look. 02:40.166 --> 02:43.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% And one person needs physicality 02:43.100 --> 02:44.233 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% to understand what they're doing, 02:44.233 --> 02:46.700 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% another person needs to be inspired. 02:46.700 --> 02:49.100 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% And I find often 02:49.100 --> 02:53.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% you want two actors in a scene together, dance partners, 02:53.033 --> 02:55.366 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and George and Vera are very good examples of this, 02:55.366 --> 03:00.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% where George, George is almost like a puppeteer of himself. 03:00.100 --> 03:03.366 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% He so understands where his body is 03:03.366 --> 03:04.600 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% in three dimensional space 03:04.600 --> 03:06.900 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% and understands exactly what he's doing 03:06.900 --> 03:08.700 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% and how it will appear on camera. 03:08.700 --> 03:10.300 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% Vera is the opposite. 03:10.300 --> 03:12.033 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Vera has no sense of how she's gonna 03:12.033 --> 03:12.866 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% appear on camera. - That was one 03:12.866 --> 03:13.800 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% of her first films. 03:13.800 --> 03:14.900 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Was "The Departed" before that? 03:14.900 --> 03:16.100 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% - "Departed" was before that, yeah. 03:16.100 --> 03:17.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% - But still, this is a fairly 03:17.466 --> 03:18.200 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% early film for her. - Yeah, it's pretty early 03:18.200 --> 03:19.733 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% for her. - Yeah. 03:19.733 --> 03:21.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% - And the best thing is to have two people in the scene, 03:21.300 --> 03:23.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% one is wild, one is controlled 03:23.100 --> 03:24.500 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% and to let them be dance partners 03:24.500 --> 03:26.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and kind of pull each other in different directions. 03:26.300 --> 03:27.933 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% - Yeah. Great. - Thank you so much. 03:27.933 --> 03:29.600 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% - Thank you. Yeah, I mean I was wondering that's, 03:29.600 --> 03:30.900 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% I think it's an excellent question 03:30.900 --> 03:32.566 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% 'cause George Clooney seems to direct himself, 03:32.566 --> 03:34.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% but of course he doesn't. 03:34.000 --> 03:36.900 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - Yeah, but he knows. He knows exactly what he's doing. 03:36.900 --> 03:40.233 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% He knows once he's in frame, what angle the lens. 03:40.233 --> 03:41.400 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% - Right. - But then 03:41.400 --> 03:42.833 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% I've worked with actors who don't know 03:42.833 --> 03:44.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% when they're standing right in front of the camera 03:44.133 --> 03:46.133 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and say, "You can't stand there, that's." 03:46.133 --> 03:47.400 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% - Sir. Hi. 03:47.400 --> 03:49.800 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - I really enjoyed that Nicholas Braun 03:49.800 --> 03:53.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% played both Jim Henson and Andy Kaufman in "Saturday Night." 03:53.233 --> 03:56.066 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I was wondering if you could talk about how that came about. 03:56.066 --> 03:58.100 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% - Didn't, Benny Safdie. 03:58.100 --> 04:01.433 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I've read that he was supposed to play Andy Kaufman. 04:01.433 --> 04:03.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% - Benny Safdie was originally gonna play Andy Kaufman. 04:03.200 --> 04:04.733 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% He's a huge Andy Kaufman fan. 04:04.733 --> 04:06.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Benny Safdie, if you know, was one of the Safdie brothers 04:06.200 --> 04:07.600 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% who made a film called "Uncut Gems." 04:07.600 --> 04:08.666 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - "Uncut Gems" yeah. - If you haven't seen it, 04:08.666 --> 04:10.866 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% it's fantastic. - Adam Sandler. 04:10.866 --> 04:12.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Is that the Adam Sandler? - Adam Sandler. Exactly. 04:12.000 --> 04:13.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% - Adam Sandler movie. Yeah. 04:13.766 --> 04:16.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% - And Benny became unavailable 04:16.200 --> 04:17.766 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% 'cause he went off to direct another movie, 04:17.766 --> 04:19.733 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and we already had Nicholas Braun, 04:19.733 --> 04:20.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% who you know from "Succession." 04:20.933 --> 04:23.100 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% He's cousin Greg. 04:23.100 --> 04:25.033 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% He was already gonna play Jim Henson, 04:25.033 --> 04:26.933 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% which I thought that's gonna be great. 04:26.933 --> 04:30.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% And when we started looking for an Andy Kaufman, 04:30.133 --> 04:31.600 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% we kept on thinking, 04:31.600 --> 04:33.133 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% you know who'd be great is cousin Greg. 04:33.133 --> 04:35.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% You know, I mean Nicholas Braun would be fantastic. 04:35.700 --> 04:37.366 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% And then we thought, 04:37.366 --> 04:39.033 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% you can play more than one character on SNL. 04:39.033 --> 04:40.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Why can't you play more than one character in the movie? 04:40.766 --> 04:41.900 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% And that was it. 04:41.900 --> 04:43.000 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% - Right. - I love that you're wearing 04:43.000 --> 04:44.700 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% a "Puffy Chair" shirt, by the way. 04:44.700 --> 04:46.500 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Love that movie. Love the Duplass Brothers. 04:46.500 --> 04:47.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I got to actually make a movie 04:47.766 --> 04:48.900 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% with the Duplass Brothers. - Yeah, I love 04:48.900 --> 04:50.233 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% "Jeff Who Live at Home." - Yeah, exactly. 04:50.233 --> 04:51.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% All right, cool. Thank you. 04:51.266 --> 04:52.766 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% - Thank you. - Thank you. Hi. 04:54.233 --> 04:57.600 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - Hi. I'm a stand in for my 15-year-old son 04:57.600 --> 04:59.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% who's a playwright in his home 04:59.166 --> 05:01.733 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% filming his documentary project that's due on Monday. 05:01.733 --> 05:03.233 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - Oh, no kidding. - But he really wanted 05:03.233 --> 05:04.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% to be here, but he's busy. - Oh, amazing. 05:04.766 --> 05:06.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% - So he sent me with a question. 05:06.033 --> 05:07.866 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% - Okay. - He is also a Canadian 05:09.066 --> 05:11.900 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and he is approaching. - A proud Canadian 05:11.900 --> 05:12.900 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% probably, right? - He's so proud. 05:12.900 --> 05:14.166 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% - Really proud. - So proud. 05:14.166 --> 05:15.733 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Especially in Texas, very proud Canadian. 05:17.000 --> 05:18.633 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And he is approaching the point in his life 05:18.633 --> 05:22.333 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% where he is making decisions about college or just going 05:22.333 --> 05:23.433 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and making movies. - Yeah. 05:23.433 --> 05:24.900 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% - Yeah. - Great. 05:24.900 --> 05:28.166 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% - And I wonder what advice you have for young people 05:28.166 --> 05:30.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% who wanna work in this industry 05:30.700 --> 05:34.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% but don't wanna spend $300,000 on a college education 05:34.033 --> 05:36.033 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% to go learn something 05:36.033 --> 05:39.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% that you can't carry that kind of debt into a career 05:39.933 --> 05:41.333 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% to learn it. - Do you need a degree? 05:41.333 --> 05:42.800 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% - So what would you tell him? - Or a film degree 05:42.800 --> 05:44.600 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% specifically, you think these days? 05:44.600 --> 05:47.500 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - It's a great question. - I'll tell him you said that. 05:47.500 --> 05:49.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% - And more now than ever. 05:49.033 --> 05:51.500 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% And I think a lot of young people are facing that decision 05:51.500 --> 05:54.300 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% of whether they should invest in college 05:54.300 --> 05:55.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and what do you really get 05:55.733 --> 05:58.700 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% for that $300,000, you know, anymore. 05:58.700 --> 06:00.233 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% This is what I'll say about film. 06:00.233 --> 06:03.033 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I can't make that, you know, decision for him 06:03.033 --> 06:04.000 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% or for your family. 06:05.466 --> 06:07.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I'll say this, I think this is the most important thing 06:07.000 --> 06:09.300 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% that he needs to do over the next five, 10 years, 06:09.300 --> 06:12.300 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% whether he's on his own or whether he's in school. 06:12.300 --> 06:14.433 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% The most important thing you do as a storyteller 06:14.433 --> 06:16.900 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and maybe in life is find your own voice. 06:17.966 --> 06:20.233 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And I mean that in a very real way. 06:20.233 --> 06:22.733 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% When we all attempt to do something for the first time, 06:22.733 --> 06:26.100 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% whether that's write a movie or play a guitar, 06:26.100 --> 06:30.333 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% you at first try to emulate the people that you love. 06:30.333 --> 06:31.866 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% You pick up a guitar 'cause you wanna sound 06:31.866 --> 06:33.800 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% like Jimi Hendrix or Stevie Ray Vaughan, whoever it is. 06:33.800 --> 06:35.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% And you learn one of their songs 06:35.000 --> 06:36.566 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and you start playing like them. 06:36.566 --> 06:38.500 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% You start to write, you write like the people you admire. 06:38.500 --> 06:42.500 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% If you read my early stuff, you'd go, I get it. 06:42.500 --> 06:44.233 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% You really like Quentin Tarantino. 06:44.233 --> 06:46.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Like, you like him a lot. - Yes, I'm raising that child 06:46.233 --> 06:47.466 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% right now. - Exactly. 06:48.433 --> 06:49.700 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% And what happens is, 06:49.700 --> 06:51.300 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% as you're doing that, as you're writing, 06:51.300 --> 06:53.666 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% there's a nagging voice in the back of your head 06:53.666 --> 06:57.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% that wants to write like you, but you're embarrassed of it. 06:57.000 --> 06:59.133 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Because we're all embarrassed of our own voice. 06:59.133 --> 07:00.500 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And in the same way 07:00.500 --> 07:01.800 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% that it's very hard to look in the mirror 07:01.800 --> 07:03.066 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and look at the person across from yourself 07:03.066 --> 07:04.400 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and say, I love you. 07:05.533 --> 07:06.433 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% It's very hard to look in the mirror 07:06.433 --> 07:07.600 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and go, you're beautiful. 07:07.600 --> 07:11.700 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% It's almost impossible but you have to. 07:11.700 --> 07:13.533 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% You spend your lifetime trying to say, I love you 07:13.533 --> 07:14.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% to the person in the mirror. 07:14.933 --> 07:16.866 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And you have to do the same thing for your voice. 07:16.866 --> 07:19.233 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% You have to learn that that voice 07:19.233 --> 07:20.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% nagging in the back of your head 07:20.700 --> 07:22.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% that wants to be on the page. 07:22.166 --> 07:24.166 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% It's not something to be ashamed of. 07:24.166 --> 07:26.900 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And you have to start practicing writing in that voice 07:26.900 --> 07:29.100 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and come to say, I love you to your voice 07:29.100 --> 07:30.600 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% the way that you need to say, I love you 07:30.600 --> 07:32.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% to the person in the mirror. 07:32.466 --> 07:33.766 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% Because the truth is 07:33.766 --> 07:35.333 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% that's what the rest of us are waiting for. 07:35.333 --> 07:36.800 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% We don't need another Quentin Tarantino. 07:36.800 --> 07:40.566 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% We already have him. What we need is your son. 07:40.566 --> 07:42.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% - Oh, thanks, I'll tell him. - Yeah. 07:42.266 --> 07:43.133 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% - Thank you. 07:43.133 --> 07:44.133 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% - Yeah. - That's great. 07:44.133 --> 07:47.433 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% (audience applauds) 07:47.433 --> 07:49.600 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% All right, you're gonna, this is our last one. 07:49.600 --> 07:52.466 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% You're gonna have to top that answer, just saying, 07:52.466 --> 07:53.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% 'cause that was a pretty. - Good night. 07:53.433 --> 07:54.900 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% - That was like, 07:54.900 --> 07:57.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% that was literally like a roll to credit moment, so. 07:57.433 --> 07:58.400 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% Okay. Yes sir. 07:58.400 --> 07:59.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% - Yeah, as a young film student, 07:59.500 --> 08:00.800 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% that was really inspiring to hear. 08:00.800 --> 08:02.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% So thank you for saying that. 08:02.200 --> 08:05.700 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% But when, before you had made "Afterlife" 08:05.700 --> 08:07.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% the third "Ghostbusters" movie, 08:07.166 --> 08:09.600 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% you had said that you thought it would be too boring 08:09.600 --> 08:10.866 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% if you had made a "Ghostbusters" movie 08:10.866 --> 08:12.533 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% by looking at your first two films. 08:12.533 --> 08:14.966 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Are you happy with the outcome of the third movie? 08:14.966 --> 08:17.033 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Do you think that you did it justice? 08:17.033 --> 08:18.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% - I'm really proud of it. 08:18.800 --> 08:23.800 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% You know, I had a moment I was in editing on another movie 08:24.666 --> 08:25.966 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% and my editor said, 08:25.966 --> 08:27.600 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% "You really gotta make a 'Ghostbusters' movie." 08:27.600 --> 08:30.333 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And I was screwing around joking with him. 08:30.333 --> 08:32.466 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And he goes, "No, you're almost running out of time." 08:32.466 --> 08:33.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% And I said, "What do you mean?" 08:33.733 --> 08:35.600 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And he goes, "Well, your daughter's 12, 08:35.600 --> 08:38.566 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% if you keep on waiting, she's not gonna care anymore." 08:38.566 --> 08:40.200 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% - Make it for her. 08:40.200 --> 08:41.500 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% - And he was right. 08:41.500 --> 08:44.466 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% That was the last age for her to be on set 08:44.466 --> 08:48.166 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and really love the process of that film. 08:49.633 --> 08:51.600 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And it was in that moment that I realized 08:51.600 --> 08:53.666 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I'd been running away from it my entire life. 08:53.666 --> 08:55.500 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% It was just something that scared me. 08:56.966 --> 09:00.500 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And I had always had this idea of, you know, 09:01.933 --> 09:05.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% a 12-year-old girl who finds a proton pack in a barn. 09:05.433 --> 09:06.833 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And I didn't even know who she was 09:06.833 --> 09:08.600 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% or why I thought that was a good idea, 09:08.600 --> 09:10.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% but she had always been there. 09:10.533 --> 09:13.200 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% And eventually I learned who she was. 09:13.200 --> 09:15.466 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% This was gonna be Egon Spengler's granddaughter, 09:15.466 --> 09:18.266 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and she had to pick up the proton pack. 09:20.400 --> 09:23.566 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And I realized, oh, the person who's been scared 09:23.566 --> 09:26.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% to pick up the proton pack the whole time has been me. 09:26.100 --> 09:28.100 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And so that's what I wrote a movie about. 09:28.100 --> 09:30.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I wrote about three generations of a ghostbusting family 09:31.866 --> 09:33.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% who live out in Oklahoma. 09:33.766 --> 09:35.300 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% You know, not the place you expect 09:35.300 --> 09:37.533 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% a "Ghostbusters" move to take place. 09:37.533 --> 09:40.800 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And we wrote this, my writing partner and I 09:40.800 --> 09:42.966 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% wrote this movie about a family on a farm 09:42.966 --> 09:45.500 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% who find Ecto-1 in a barn and find a proton pack, 09:45.500 --> 09:46.633 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% you know, underground. 09:49.700 --> 09:51.100 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% And, you know, it's like anything, 09:51.100 --> 09:52.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% it's only once you get deep inside it, you realize, 09:52.666 --> 09:54.933 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% oh, you're just telling your own story. 09:54.933 --> 09:57.366 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And as a result, I'm really proud of it. 09:57.366 --> 09:58.900 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I'm really proud that I got to sit with my father 09:58.900 --> 10:00.166 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% every single day on set. 10:01.433 --> 10:04.600 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I'm proud that I got to watch that film 10:04.600 --> 10:05.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% around the world with him 10:05.933 --> 10:07.800 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and experience that thing together. 10:07.800 --> 10:08.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Because what I also didn't know 10:08.933 --> 10:10.100 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% while I was making that movie, 10:10.100 --> 10:12.066 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% was that I was about to lose him. 10:12.066 --> 10:14.000 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% 'Cause we never know when that's gonna happen. 10:14.000 --> 10:16.533 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And it was only after that I lost him, 10:16.533 --> 10:20.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% that I realized had I waited, it would've been too late. 10:20.100 --> 10:22.100 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% - Right. - And so 10:24.266 --> 10:26.266 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% that movie happened at the perfect time. 10:27.333 --> 10:29.900 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - Good. You did give a better answer. 10:29.900 --> 10:33.000 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% (Jason laughing) (audience applauds) 10:33.000 --> 10:34.233 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% It turned out. 10:34.233 --> 10:35.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Give Jason Reitman a big hand. 10:35.766 --> 10:37.300 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Thank you all very much for coming. 10:37.300 --> 10:39.400 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% Thank you. - Thank you very much.