>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> Jimmy: I SAW JOKER LAST NIGHT

AND I'M NOW SCARE OF YOU.

I HAVE TO SAY.

IT REALLY WAS AN AMAZING,

INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE.

ARE YOU PROUD OF IT?

ARE YOU AWARE OF HOW GOOD IT IS?

>> UM.

>> Jimmy: THAT'S A TOUGH

QUESTION, RIGHT?

>> THAT IS A TOUGH QUESTION.

>> Jimmy: YOU LOOK LIKE A JERK

IF YOU SAY YES, BUT YOU'RE LYING

IF YOU SAY NO.

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T GET IT.

>> Jimmy: YOU WERE GREAT.

I'LL JUST SAY THAT.

>> THANK YOU.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> Jimmy: YOU LOOK NOW VERY

MUSCULAR.

YOU WERE SO SKINNY IN THE MOVIE,

AND REALLY LOOKED SICKLY.

DID YOU, HOW MUCH WEIGHT DID YOU

LOSE FOR THAT?

>> OH, I DON'T KNOW.

>> Jimmy: A LOT, THOUGH, RIGHT?

>> A LITTLE BIT.

>> Jimmy: YEAH, A LITTLE BIT.

AND IS THAT AS TERRIBLE AS I

WOULD IMAGINE IT TO BE?

HAVING A FINITE AMOUNT OF TIME

AND PEOPLE COUNTING ON YOU TO

LOSE WEIGHT FOR A MOVIE?

>> IT IS DIFFICULT AT TIMES.

>> Jimmy: UH-HUH.

>> BUT THEN THERE'S SOMETHING

VERY EMPOWERING ABOUT IT AS

WELL.

>> Jimmy: IS THERE?

>> YEAH.

>> Jimmy: WHAT?

>> YEAH.

I THINK JUST HAVING THAT LEVEL

OF CONTROL OF YOURSELF.

>> Jimmy: UH-HUH.

>> IN THE BEGINNING, YOU'RE

EXHAUSTED.

>> Jimmy: UH-HUH.

>> YOU LOOK AT A FLIGHT OF

STAIRS AND IT TAKES 30 SECONDS,

YOU HAVE TO TALK YOURSELF INTO

IT.

I CAN DO THIS, I KNOW I CAN DO

THIS.

BUT THEN ONCE YOU'VE REACHED

YOUR TARGET WEIGHT, I DON'T KNOW

WHAT HAPPENS.

IT'S INCREDIBLE.

YOU SUDDENLY FEEL ENERGIZED AND

EXCITED.

>> Jimmy: MAYBE YOUR STOMACH

SHRIVELS UP TO THE SIZE OF A

RAISIN AND YOU DON'T WANT ANY

MORE FOOD.

>> NO, YOU WANT FOOD.

>> Jimmy: SOMETIMES I WILL FAST

FOR THE DAY AND LOOK AT RECIPES

ONLINE.

AND I'LL SAY I NEED TO SAVE

THAT, I NEED TO MAKE THAT

CHEESEBURGER, I GOT TO DO THIS.

>> IT'S TOUGH.

BECAUSE YOU CAN'T WATCH TV.

A COMMERCIAL COMES ON FOR FOOD

AND [ BLEEP ].

>> Jimmy: YOU START THINKING,

I'M GOIN' TO THE SIZZLER.

>> I'M VEGAN.

SO I DON'T DO THAT.

>> Jimmy: THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF

CHICKPEAS.

>> YEAH, IT REARS ITS HEAD IN

WEIRD WAYS, IN DREAMS.

>> Jimmy: DO YOU GO OUT TO

DINNER WITH PEOPLE AND DON'T

EAT?

>> NO, YOU DON'T SOCIALIZE.

>> Jimmy: YOU DO NOT SOCIALIZE?

>> NO, NOT AT ALL.

PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE, OUR

ACTIVITIES REVOLVE AROUND FOOD

AND DRINK.

[ BLEEP ].

>> Jimmy: AND EXPLAINING TO THE

WAITER, I'M NOT EATING, I'M PART

OF A MOVIE, OH, WHAT MOVIE ARE

YOU DOING?

I'M DOING "JOKER."

AND YOU CAN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT

THE MOVIE, RIGHT?

IT'S STILL PRETTY SECRET.

>> I CAN.

>> Jimmy: BUT YOU PROBABLY

SHOULDN'T.

>> SHOULD WE TEST IT?

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

SEE HOW FAR WE CAN GO?

>> Jimmy: THE FUNNY THING IS

THESE PEOPLE CHEERING RIGHT NOW

WOULD BE THE MADDEST PEOPLE.

IF JOAQUIN WERE TO TELL YOU WHAT

HAPPENS IN THE MOVIE RIGHT NOW,

PEOPLE WOULD WALK OUT OF HERE

PISSED

>> MAYBE NOT.

>> Jimmy: GIVE IT A GO.

LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> THE VERY LAST SCENE.

[ LAUGHTER ]

NO, WHAT'S FUN ABOUT THIS MOVIE

IS IT REALLY KEEPS YOU GUESSING.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.

>> Jimmy: YEAH.

>> AND SO I WOULDN'T WANT TO

RUIN THAT FOR ANYBODY.

LIKE I THINK IT'S FUN.

MY SISTERS, MY WHOLE FAMILY CAME

TO THE PREMIERE.

>> Jimmy: UH-HUH.

>> AFTERWARD, WE WENT TO MY

PLACE AND MY SISTERS GOT INTO A

HEATED DECISION ABOUT WHAT THE

MOVIE WAS ABOUT, WHAT IT MEANT.

THEY WERE REALLY ENGAGED IN A

WAY THAT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN WITH

OTHER MOVIES OF MINE.

THEY HAVEN'T SEEN MY OTHER

MOVIES, BUT --

[ LAUGHTER ]

BUT THEY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN AS

ENGAGED.

>> Jimmy: DO YOU ANSWER ANY OF

THE QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAVE?

OR YOU STAY OUT OF IT.

>> NO, IT'S GREAT.

>> Jimmy: YOU JUST LIKE TO SEE

IT HAPPEN.

EVEN THOUGH I HAD NO ROLE IN THE

MOVIE, I EXPLAINED IT TO

EVERYONE AT WORK.

WE HAD A SCREENING AND WE WERE

DISCUSSING IT AND I ACT AS IF I

AM THE AUTHORITY.

I DO HAVE A THEORY ABOUT THE

END.

I CAN'T SAY BECAUSE IT WOULD

RUIN IT, BUT I'LL TELL YOU

DURING THE COMMERCIAL BREAK MY

THEORY.

ARE YOU A MYSTERIOUS MAN, WOULD

PEOPLE FIND YOU TO BE MYSTERE

US.

>> >> WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

>> Jimmy: I FEEL THAT WE DON'T

KNOW A TON ABOUT YOU PERSONALLY.

IS THAT INTENTIONAL?

>> I DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT YOU.

>> Jimmy: THAT'S JUST BECAUSE

YOU DON'T WATCH THE SHOW.

MOST PEOPLE TELL ME THEY KNOW

FAR TOO MUCH ABOUT ME.

THEY WOULD PREFER TO KNOW A

LITTLE BIT LESS ABOUT ME.

BUT I WOULD ASK YOU A COUPLE OF

VERY RANDOM QUESTIONS, OKAY?

I THINK THIS WILL BE FUN FOR

YOU.

>> OKAY, I'M EXCITED.

>> Jimmy: OKAY.

FIRST MOVIE YOU EVER SAW IN A

THEATER?

>> I DON'T REMEMBER.

>> Jimmy: YOU DON'T REMEMBER?

WOW.

>> HOLD ON.

I GOT IT.

IT'S RIGHT THERE, IT'S RIGHT

THERE, HOLD ON.

NO, I HAVE NO IDEA.

>> Jimmy: REALLY?

THIS WAS A BAD EXPERIMENT.

WHY DON'T WE TAKE A BREAK.

AND THIS IS A WEIRD THING TO

SAY, MAYBE, BUT YOUR DANCING IN

THE MOVIE IS VERY GOOD.

YOU'RE GOOD DANCER.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> [ BLEEP ].

>> Jimmy: TRAINING FOR THE

DANCING?

OR WAS THAT ALL JUST COMING FROM

INSIDE?

>> YEAH, THERE WERE TWO

SEQUENCES.

I WORKED WITH THIS CHOREOGRAPHER

NAMED MICHAEL ARNOLD WHO WORKED

ON THE SEQUENCE WITH THE STEPS

AND THE SEQUENCE WHERE I'M THE

CLOWN, WE WORKED ON THOSE, BUT

THAT PIECE WAS SOMETHING THAT

REALLY WAS A REACTION TO THE

SCORE TODD HAD JUST RECEIVED

THAT BIT OF SCORE FROM THE

COMPOSER.

AND WE WERE JUST TRYING TO

FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH THAT

SCENE, AND HE STARTED PLAYING ME

THAT MUSIC, AND WE JUST DECIDED

THAT IT, WE WANTED SOMETHING

THAT WAS JUST UM, ILLUSTRATED

THIS TRANSFORMATION INTO JOKER

THAT WAS NONVERBAL, AND THAT'S

WHAT WE CAME UP WITH.

>> Jimmy: IS THAT TYPICALLY HOW

IT GOES?

YOU HAVE THE SCORE BEFORE YOU'RE

FINISHED SHOOTING THE FILM?

>> NO.

I THINK SOMETIMES -- I DON'T

REALLY KNOW, BUT THAT WAS THE

FIRST TIME I THINK THAT I'M

AWARE OF WHERE I WAS SO

INFLUENCED BIT SCORE.

>> Jimmy: DID YOU DANCE AS A

KID?

DO YOU HAVE ANY DANCE

BACKGROUND?

>> YEAH.

I DON'T WANT TO BRAG, BUT, I WAS

REALLY GOOD.

>> Jimmy: WERE YOU A GOOD

DANCER?

WERE YOU KNOWN AS A GOOD DANCER?

>> NOT NATIONALLY.

[ LAUGHTER ]

>> SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

>> Jimmy: AMONG YOUR CIRCLE,

WHAT KIND OF DANCING DID YOU DO?

>> YOU NAME IT.

>> Jimmy: REALLY?

>> YEAH, BUT I MEAN, PROBABLY MY

FORTE WAS BREAK DANCING.

>> Jimmy: BREAK DANCING, REALLY?

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

ARE YOU TALKING POPPING AND

LOCKING, SPINNING?

>> YEAH.

>> Jimmy: EVERYTHING?

WOULD YOU DO IT OUT ON THE

STREET FOR PEOPLE TO SEE?

>> SOMETIMES, BUT IT WAS MORE

PERSONAL.

>> Jimmy: IT WAS?

>> YEAH, I LIKE TO KEEP IT FOR

MYSELF AS A PERSONAL.

SOMETHING INSIDE.

>> Jimmy: YOU AND A PIECE OF

CARDBOARD IN YOUR ROOM.

>> YOU'RE MAKING FUN OF IT, BUT

IT WAS SERIOUS FOR ME.

>> Jimmy: THIS MOVIE, IS IT A,

IT SEEMED GRUELING IN SOME WAYS.

JOKER'S LAUGHING A LOT.

AND NOT IN A FUN WAY.

MORE LIKE IN A ROBERT DE NIRO IN

"CAPE FEAR" KIND OF WAY.

DID IT JUST SEEM UNPLEASANT TO

DO?

WAS THAT THE CASE?

>> NO.

>> Jimmy: YOU HAD FUN MAKING THE

MOVIE?

>> YEAH.

I DID.

IT WAS A LIGHT SET, YOU KNOW.

TODD, YOU KNOW TODD.

>> Jimmy: TODD PHILLIPS IS THE

DIRECTOR.

>> REALLY FUNNY, AND, YEAH, I

FEEL ALMOST GUILTY, BUT WE HAD A

REA

REALLY GOOD TIME.

>> Jimmy: IT'S INTERESTING THAT

YOU SAY THAT, BECAUSE TODD

SEPTSENT

ME AN OUTTAKE REEL.

TELL ME WHAT WAS HAPPENING HERE.

>> THE CONSTANT WHISPERING, JUST

SHUT THE [ BLEEP ] UP.

I'M TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING

REAL.

[ BLEEP ].