>> Jimmy: WE ARE BACK WITH SEAN 
PENN WHO, YOU GOT SOME VERY 
NOTABLE AUTHORS, SALMON RUSHDI.
THEY GAVE YOU GOOD REVIEWS.
THE CRITICS AGREER, HONESTLY, 
SHUT YOUR FACE, SEAN PENN.
YOU CAN SEE REPELLANT ON ONE 
LEVEL, STUPID ON SO MANY OTHERS.
YOU LOVE THIS KIND OF STUFF, 
DON'T YOU?
>> YEAH.
IF I'M HONEST, I WOULD HAVE 
SAID, IN ORDER, PULITZER PRIZE.
>> Jimmy: NUMBER ONE, YEAH.
>> SECOND BEST?
>> Jimmy: THIS.
>> AND WHAT I ANTICIPATED.
L
ALMOST TO THE WORDS.
>> Jimmy: YOU WROTE A GLOWING, 
LOVELY, NOT REVIEW, BUT 
TESTIMONIAL, TALKING ABOUT 
BRADLEY COOPER'S MOVIE "A STAR 
IS BORN."
YOU JUST DECIDE OUT OF THE BLUE,
I'M GOING TO WRITE SOMETHING 
BEFORE THE OSCARS AND TELL 
EVERYONE HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS 
MOVIE.
WHY DID YOU DO THAT?
>> WELL, BECAUSE I DID LOVE THAT
MOVIE LIKE THAT, AND I THOUGHT 
WHAT WAS PARTICULARLY REMARKABLE
ABOUT IT, WHEN YOU HAVE A MOVIE 
STAR, HE'S A MOVIE STAR, AND 
HE'S WRITING THIS THING.
HE'S MENTORING A BRILLIANTLY 
TALENTED BUT VERY INEXPERIENCED 
LEADING LADY.
>> Jimmy: LADY GAGA'S NEVER 
ACTED.
>> IN AN ASTONISHING 
PERFORMANCE.
HE'S PLAYING A VERY TORTURED 
CHARACTER WHO'S REALLY 
STRUGGLING, AND THAT'S 
CHALLENGING FOR AN ACTOR TO DO 
IT AND OWN IT ORGANICALLY WHILE 
DIRECTING A MOVIE AT SCALE LIKE 
THIS.
THAT'S ONE THING, BUT ALSO, JOHN
KESEVETES ONCE SAID THERE WAS 
ONE SUBJECT HE WAS INTERESTED 
IN, AND THAT WAS LOVE.
AND THE IDEA THAT TODAY, WITH 
ALL OF THE DIVISIVENESS, THE 
POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, THE 
POLITICAL INCORRECTNESS, THE 
FOCUS ON PLEASING THAT YOU CAN 
FIND TRENDING ON A GRAPH, THAT 
SOMEBODY WOULD MAKE A MOVIE NOW 
THAT HAS, IT'S NOT ABOUT ANY OF 
THAT.
IT'S NOT APPEALING TO A TREND.
IT'S APPEALING TO A HUMAN HUNGER
THAT'S SO BASIC.
AND I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST SAW 
THE CUT OF IT, THINKING YOU 
KNOW, THE RED COUCH WHERE I SIT.
>> Jimmy: MM-HM.
>> IF PEOPLE AT LARGE DON'T 
RESPOND TO THIS, I WILL REALIZE 
THAT I, I HAVE, I HAVE NO -- 
>> Jimmy: BAROMETER WHATSOEVER?
>> NO, THAT I'M OBSOLETE TO THE 
CULTURE.
>> Jimmy: MM-HM.
>> MY THINKING IS.
AND THEN IT DID.
>> Jimmy: AFTER YOU WROTE THAT, 
DID BRADLEY CALL YOU?
OR WHAT DID HE SAY?
OR DID HE SEND YOU A CAR OR 
ANYTHING LIKE THAT?
BECAUSE IT REALLY WAS 
REMARKABLE.
>> HE GOT ME A PHOTO SESSION ON 
A ROWING MACHINE.
>> Jimmy: THAT'S NICE.
THAT'S GOOD, TOO.
ARE YOU GOING TO WRITE ANOTHER 
BOOK?
DID YOU ENJOY IT ENOUGH TO DO IT
AGAIN?
>> I DID IT AGAIN.
>> Jimmy: OH, YOU DID IT AGAIN.
>> I DID IT AGAIN.
THIS IS, BECAUSE OF THE SCHOOL I
COME FROM, THIS IS BOB HONEY WHO
JUST DO STUFF.
AND IN SEPTEMBER U , THE PUBLIS,
RARE BIRD, IS PUTTING OUT MY 
NEXT BOOK.
JIMMY CRACK CORN.
SO THAT COMES OUT IN SEPTEMBER.
>> Jimmy: AND YOU'RE NOT KIDDING
ABOUT THAT.
>> NO.
>> Jimmy: I THINK SOME IN THE 
AUDIENCE THINKS YOU ARE.
YOU GUYS, WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU, THANKS 
FOR COMING
