♪ LOOK AT JODIE FOSTER.

>> ISN'T THIS FUN.

>> James: I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU.

THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SEE US.

>> I KNOW, ME TOO.

LOOK AT US, WE'RE ONLY SIX FEET APART BUT WE ARE TOGETHER.

>> James: WE'RE HERE, WE'RE DOING IT.

>> YES.

>> James: ARE YOU HAPPY TO BE OUT OF THE HOUSE, TO NOT BE ON A

ZOOM RIGHT NOW.

>> I'M SO HAPPY TO BE OUT OF THE HOUSE, ALTHOUGH I'M KIND OF

GETTING USED TO IT, READ AND HANG OUT AND NOT NECESSARILY GO

OUT IT DINNER, SO IT HAS BEEN OKAY.

>> James: I AM WITH YOU ON THAT, I JUST CAN'T BEAR THE-- I

DON'T UNDERSTAND, PEOPLE CAN'T TALK ON THE PHONE ANY MORE,

EVERYONE WANTS TO SEE YOUR FACE, HOP ON THE FACETIME, ON THE

ZOOM.

NO, CALL ME.

I DON'T WANT YOU SEEING ME LOOKING LIKE THIS.

I AM EMBARRASSED YOU ARE SEEING ME LOOKING LAKE THIS, AN THIS

TOOK AN HOUR.

>> IT IS THE TECHNOLOGY, TOO, THE TECHNOLOGY, HAVE I TO SAY.

>> James: ARE YOU TECH SAVVY.

>> NOT REALLY, BUT I DON'T REALLY HAVE MUCH OF A TEMPER,

EXCEPT WHEN IT HAS TO DO WITH TECH, SO I START THROWING

THINGS, TERRIBLE.

>> James: BUT I.

>> THE MUTE BUTTON PROBLEM IF YOU ARE OVER 40, ARE YOU ALWAYS

ON MUTE IF YOU ARE OVER 40.

>> James: I WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN I FIND OUT.

I WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN I GET THERE.

NOW YOU GREW UP CLOSE BY THIS AREA.

>> I DID.

>> James: THIS IS YOUR OLD STOMPING GROUND.

HAS IT CHANGED A LOT SINCE YOU LIVED AROUND HERE.

>> WELL YEAH, WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IS RIGHT NEXT TO FARMER'S

MARKET, RIGHT NEXT TO THE PARK WHICH USED TO BE A DRIVE-IN,

THAT USED TO BE A DRIVE-IN THAT WE USED TO GO TO.

>> James: REALLY.

>> IT WAS.

>> James: I HAVE NEVER BEEN TOY DRIVE-IN MOVIE.

>> YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN TO A DRIVE-IN MOVIE.

>> James: WHAT IS THE POINT, REALLY.

>> WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN LIVING, ENG LAN.

>> James: WHAT IS THE POINT, HOW MUCH MONEY CAN IT BE TO BE

IN YOUR CAR WATCHING A FILM.

>> EVERYTHING IS BETTER IN YOUR CAR, EVERYTHING IS BET ARER IN

YOUR CAR, WHEN I WAS A KID WE HAD A STATION WAGON.

BUT MY MOM USED TO PUT US IN THE TRUNK, AT LEAST THREE OF US IN

THE TRUNK AND ONLY PAY FOR WHOEVER WAS SITTING IN THE

FRONT.

>> James: THAT IS SO SMART.

>> BECAUSE IN THE DRIVEIN YOU HAD TO PAY FOR EVERYBODY.

AND THEN SHE DIDN'T WANT US BUGGING HER DURING THE MOVIE SO

SHE WOULD PUT US ON THE TOP OF THE CAR WHERE THE LUGGAGE RACKS

ARE, AND SLEEPING BAGS AND WE WOULD BE UP THERE, BUT YOU

COULDN'T HEAR ANYTHING BECAUSE THE-- THE SPEAKER WAS FOR MY

MOM.

>> James: IN THE CAR.

>> SO WE WHAT JUST WATCH, SAW THESE MOVIES AND HAD ABSOLUTELY

NO IDEA WHAT WAS GOING ON.

>> James: YOU JUST THOUGHT THAT LOADS OF FILMS WERE SILENT

MOVIES AT THAT POINT.

>> YEAH, WE WOULD GET OFF TRACK, START YELLING AT EACH OTHER AND

WE WOULD HEAR THAT BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM ON TOP OF THE-- .

>> James: BUT I KNOW PEOPLE WERE TAKING CADES IT THE TO THE

DRIVE-IN MOVIES WITH.

>> HE NEED TO GO TOGETHER, HAVE I TO PICK YOU UP.

>> James: I WOULD HAPPILY GO WITH YOU.

THE PROSPECT OF SITTING WITH MY CHILDREN TRYING, WHAT ARE WE

WATCHING, FINDING DORY AGAIN.

FIND HER ALREADY.

YOU KNOW, LIKE LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.

THAT JUST TO ME, THE ONLY THING I WANT TO DO IN MY CAR IS EAT

CHOCOLATE IN A CARWASH.

>> OKAY.

>> James: THAT IS REALLY THE ONLY, THAT IS THE ONLY GOOD.

>> WE DO HAVE A CARWASH WHERE YOU CAN SIT INSIDE THE CAR.

>> James: THAT IS WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT, DO THAT, HAVE A

GOOD CRY, LEAVE NO ONE SEES YOU.

>> YEAH, YEAH.

>> James: NOW MY KIDS, ABOUT AS YOUNG AS YOURS, YOU HAVE JUST

GONE THROUGH SOMETHING WHICH I DREAD DAILY, YOUR TWO SONS HAVE

BOTH GONE AWAY TO COLLEGE RIGHT NOW.

>> THEY HAVE.

>> James: HOW HAS IT BEEN?

WHAT IS IT LIKE IN YOUR HOUSE AND WHAT DID IT FEEL LIKE WHEN

THEY LEFT THE NEST.

>> IT IS A LOT CLEANER AND IT SMELLS BETTER, I TELL YOU THAT.

>> James: RIGHT.

>> THE EMPTY, NOW IT IS THE EMPTY NEST, LIKE THE EMPTY KID,

I DON'T KNOW WHAT,-- CESSPOOL, INFECTION T IS SAD, I MISS THEM,

I TRY TO KEEP IN CONTACT WITH THEM BUT I DON'T WANT TO BUG

THEM.

SO I HAVE THIS WHOLE RUSE WHERE I SEND A LITTLE MESSAGE THAT

SAYS HEY, DO YOU HAVE TIME TO FACETIME, I NEED TO HE SHOW YOU

SOMETHING.

AND THEN I COME UP WITH ONE LITTLE THING I HAVE TO TELL

THEM.

AND THEN I MAKE SURE, I SORT OF SET AN EGG TIMER THAT I GET OFF

THE PHONE QUICK ENOUGH BECAUSE MY MOM USED TO SIT ON THE PHONE

WITH ME AND KEEP GOING AND GOING AND GOING AND I REMEMBER.

I DON'T WANT TO BE THAT GUY.

>> James: NO ONE DOES.

>> IN ONE DOES I KEEP GOING, OKAY I'VE GOT IT.

>> AND OTHER THING, THAT IS WHEN IT IS THE WORST.

>> ST ALWAYS WHO DIED, THAT IS WHAT PARENTS DO.

>> James: MY DAD DOES THAT ALL THE TIME.

ABOUT ANYONE, I WILL MENTION SOMEONE AND WILL GO DEAD NOW.

NOW JODIE, WE ARE ALL, I HAVE TO TILL, NOT JUST BECAUSE ARE YOU

HERE IN PERSON, YOU HAVE CAUSED QUITE THE BUZZ.

>> IS THAT RIGHT.

>> James: EVERYONE HERE.

>> WHY IS THAT.

>> James: I WOULD SAY THE REASON WE ARE SO EXCITED, WHEN I

LOOK AT YOUR CAREER, I REALLY CAN'T THINK OF ANOTHER CAREER

LIKE IT, IT IS SO EXTRAORDINARY, WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AS AN ACTOR,

YOUR DIRECTING CAREER, YOUR WORK IS INCREDIBLE.

BUT THEN I READ THAT YOU, YOU HAVE CONSIDERED QUITTING

MULTIPLE TIMES.

>> LIKE EVERY MONTH, YEAH, I THINK ABOUT IT.

>> James: REALLY?

>> UH-HUH, DON'T YOU, DON'T YOU THINK ABOUT WHO YOU MIGHT BE,

WHAT OTHER JOB.

HAVE I BEEN DOING THIS FOR 55 YEARS THARK IS A PRETTY LONG

TIME, SO OCCASIONALLY I HAVE THESE LITTLE FANTASIES ABOUT

WHAT I MIGHT DO.

>> James: LIKE WHAT, WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

>> I WOULD WANT TO DO SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY CUT AND DRY, YOU

KNOW, LIKE BE A BARISTA OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, WHERE IT IS

JUST LIKE-- .

>> James: THAT'S IT.

>> FOAM OR NOT FOAM, NOTHING IN BETWEEN, NO LIKE WELL, IT COULD

BE BUT KIND OF LIKEK AND SORT OF LIKE THIS, AND NOT EXACTLY THAT

WAY, NONE OF THE GRAY AREA.

>> James: FOSTER'S FOAM CAFE.

>> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.

>> James: HONESTLY, I THINK IT WOULD WORK.

>> OKAY.

>> James: IN A SHOP, I COULD SEE YOU DOING IT MOBILE.

>> YOU KNOW, I COULD COME TO THE DRIVE-INS AND FEED THE KIDS.

KIDS ON THE ROOF.

>> James: THAT IS A DRIVE-IN I WOULD HAPPILY GO TO, BUT I'M SO

THRILLED THAT YOU HAVEN'T STOPPED ON YOUR KA RATHER AND

CONTINUE TO DO EXTRAORDINARY WORK, AND YOUR NEW FILM, FALLS

UNDER THAT CATEGORY, THE MAURITANIAN, FOR ANYONE WHO

HASN'T SEEN IT OR FOE ABOUT IT, EXPLAIN WHAT IT IS ABOUT AND WHO

YOU PLAY.

>> WELL TRK IS THE TRUE STORY OF-- WHO WAS ABDUCTED FROM HIS

HOME IN MAWR-- MAURITANIAN, PICKED UP BY A FOREIGN

GOVERNMENT AND THE AMERICANS TOOK HIM TO CUBA, DETAINED THERE

FOR ALMOST 15 YEARS WITHOUT EVER CHARGING HIM.

HE WENT THROUGH TORTURE, ALL KINDS OF TORTURE, AND HE IS AN

EXTRAORDINARY HUMAN BEING, IS HE FUNNY.

IS HE AFFECTIONATE AND LOVING AND JOYFUL, AN AMAZING GUY, I

PLAY HIS ATTORNEY, THE REAL NANCY HOLLANDER WHO IS A HEROIC

INTERNATIONAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY WHO DEFENDS A LOT OF GILLEE

PEOPLE BUT IN THIS CASE SHE REALLY GREW AN CHANGED AND

REALLY LOVED MOHAMMED, HE WAS LIKE A SON TO HER.

THAT IS THE STORY.

>> James: AND I HAVE TO MENTION TAHAR RAHIM WHO IS

EXTRAORDINARY IN THIS FILM, AND THE TWO OF YOU ARE BOTH

NOMINATED FOR THE GOLDEN GLOBES ON SUNDAY.

THE FIRST TIME YOU WON A GOLDEN GLOBE WAS A THREE WAY TIE

BETWEEN YOU, SIGOURNEY WEAVER AND SHIRLEY MacLEAN.

>> THAT'S TRUE.

>> James: WHAT WAS THAT LIKE.

>> IT WAS GOOD BECAUSE SHIRLEY MacLEAN DIDN'T SHOW UP, SO IT

WAS REALLY ONLY TWO OF US.

>> James: RIGHT.

>> THE BEST THING WAS WE STOPPED MERYL STREEP, THE THREE OF US,

THAT.

>> James: THAT IS WHAT IT TAKES.

>> IT TOOK THREE OF US TO TAKE HER DOWN BUT WE GOT HER, YOU

KNOW.

>> James: AND THANK GOD YOU DID.

>> THANK GOD.

>> James: BECAUSE SHE IS THE WORST.

>> THE WORST!

>> James: IT IS THE ONLY THING, THE ONLY THING TRUMP EVER

GOT RIGHT.

>> THAT IS WHAT YOU SAID.

>> James: AND I WILL TELL HER THAT TO HER FACE, YOU KNOW.

>> I MEAN SHE, SHE HAS HAD SOME GEMS OVER THE YEARS, WELL, YOU

WILL KNOW, I WILL PASS ON THE GEM THAT I GOT FROM MERYL

STREEP, FROM THE GREAT MERYL STREEP, FOR SUNDAY WHICH IS THAT

PRETTY SURE ARE YOU GOING TO LOSE AND YOU SHOULDN'T WEAR

THE-- I THINK YOU SHOULD TAKE THAT.

>> James: I WILL BE WEARING SPANX.

IT IS A DEEPLY HUMILIATING EXPERIENCE IN MY HOUSE WHEN HAVE

I TO TAKE THE SUIT OFF AND I LIE DOWN AND MY WIFE ROLLS ME LIKE A

SAUSAGE AND IT IS SORT OF MAKES ITS WAY UP AND THEN IT JUST --

OFF THE HEAD, SHE LOOKS AT ME, I APOLOGIZE, SHE ACCEPTS MY

APOLOGY AND WE MOVE ON, AND THAT IS REALLY HOW IT WORKS.

>> YOU REALIZE IT IS ONLY FROM THE WAIST UP THIS YEAR.

>> James: IT IS, BUT THAT IS THE WORST BIT.

I WOULD BE HAPPY IF IT WAS FROM THE KNEE DOWN, THAT WOULD BE

GREAT.

>> THE KNEE DOWN GLOBES, THE NEW TREND.

>> James: CONGRATULATIONS.

>> O ON THE FILM.

>> THANK YOU.