>> i would say there's three -- >> rose: alexander payne for sure. >> kazan, hitchcock, alexander payne. the others quentin i would think would be there but i worked for three hours for him on django so i didn't have much to see. jack as a director was absolutely fabulous. >> rose: what is jack going to do? will he continue to act? >> he's sharp as a tack! he gets it. who could sit through this pathetic laker team this year and he's there every night and they play in the gym, that's all. that was the wonderful thing about cannes. when we went to cannes i'd never been in a gym as big as cannes. that's 2,000 plus people watching a movie that you're in. >> rose: you've never been in a gym that big? >> i call them gyms. movie theaters, palaces. i just -- the wonderful thing about cannes for me was the explosiveness of the reaction the minute the movie start and alexander and i were next to each other and we looked at each other and we said "they got it and they're reading subtitles." so we said maybe at home they'll even get it more but they got it over there which made paramount realize th

alexander payne was a fabulous director. i got a work -- i got to work with my old pal bruce dern. it is very hard for actors to make value judgments when they play characters. findlways have to something to love about the worst character, including iago. what was that in this particular character? >> he felt that he was maligned. bruce dern and i owned a barrage together 40 years ago. family.with his he receives something in the mail that tells him he has won a million dollars. a magazine subscription. it is a scam. he takes his son and he travels back to nebraska to collect his money. i want my piece of it. he really thinks he was done bad. i got a chance to sing, i get a chance for some karaoke. ghetto" and hee feels like he is that boy that was maligned by life. tavis: what do you make of all of the buzz? the awards season is always exciting and it is wonderful to get respect from your peers, that i think it is dangerous when that becomes the measure of success beyond the box office. it is wonderful to be recognized, but he deserves it. bruce has had a wonderful career. this is

now the kids want to work for alexander payne. or quentin tarantino. it's the same kind of a feeling as i had with mr. kazan. and it's very challenging. but at the same time he gives you fabulous teammates. it works on the paper when he gave me the script. there's, i've invented a lot of stuff to keep characters alive in my career. embroidered, if you will. i didn't have to do any of that in this movie. it was all on the script. when we go in the house and there's a scene where i say, this is my room and my old house. and the wife says you know this is where woody's little brother david died and will my son says to me do you remember that, dad? and the line that's written is i was there. i was there. who says stuff like that? but this guy has it in his script already. you don't have to come up with that stuff. and that's just, my daughter laura, did a series called "enlightened." that's enlightenment. you know? it's been wonderful so far. it feels good that people the biggest thing is i'm trying to get people to go out and see the movie. because we're

he's currently starring in critically acclaimed new film by alexander payne called "nebraska" which is in select theaters nationwide. say hello to our buddy, will forte, everybody. ♪ [ applause ] >> jimmy: orville willis forte iv welcome back to our show. >> that's right. i got to say, i'm so happy for you and congrats on this new movie "nebraska" that you're in. you're amazing in it, dude. >> thank you very much. >> jimmy: you know we're fans of you here -- [ applause ] >> thank you. >> jimmy: you killed it. you killed it. so good, the critics are loving it. it's -- it's a family story. >> yes. >> jimmy: "nebraska." you're very close with your family. >> yes. >> jimmy: you've brought out pictures of your family before. >> yeah. >> jimmy: and tonight you brought -- you said that you -- back stage your mom is very close to you, your mom googles you all the time. >> she loves checking -- like on an hourly basis she will check in on what is out there about me. >> jimmy: yeah. she will google anything. >> yeah. >> jimmy: about you. and she left you a voicemail and you brought the voicema

payne or quinton tarrantino, the kazan/payne similarity is there. one made movies about the human condition. the other makes movies about the human condition. >> jimmy: as far as trying to get to work with alexander payne, will you seek him out? you tell him, i am -- i like your work, i would love to work with you? or does he call you? how does that work? >> well my daughter laura starred in alexander's first movie "citizen ruth" i met him then for about an hour. ten years ago last week i got the script of "nebraska" sent to me by him. with no offer. just -- what you do you think of this material? i loved it. the next morning as soon as it opened at 9:00, went to toys "r" us, bought a red truck, left a note i think i am woody, left it with the secretary. make sure she would deliver and not go home and give it to her kid. i never heard back from him. laura ran into him a month later. he said, tell your dad, i really appreciated the little truck and the note. the next thing i knew he was off making "sideways." and, nothing happened after that. and the

alexander payne, "nebraska." david o'russell, "american hustle." best motion picture drama. "12 years a slave." "captain phillips." "gravity,", "philomena." >> congratulations. >> they've got the nominees for the golden globes coming up in hollywood. >> kind of a solemn moment for something that should be celebratory. >> 'cause they are still up too early. they were probably at a laker game last night. >> you think so? >> not to stereotype. >> 16 minutes before the top of the hour. >> i'll take it from here. we're talking about people seeking unemployment benefits. we will analyze the numbers right after this break >>> we've got quick headlines for you now. the fcc is holding a vote today on whether air passengers should be allowed to talk on their cell phones while on the airplane. according to a new quinnipiac poll, 60% of americans don't want that to happen. they would fly in peace -- they would like. and thousands of people don't have mail. yahoo mail down since monday night. the company blames the problem on hardware. it's always something. >>

payne. it's a good holiday movie because it's about a family coming together in this little town in nebraska. kind of reluctantly. also a father-son story with a terrific performance by bruce dern as this guy starting to lose it a little bit. an aging nebraskaen who lives in montana who thinks he won one of those sweepstakes. he got one of those letters that says you may have won a million dollars. he persuades his son to drive him to pick up the money, and they stop in his hometown along the way where memories and faces from the past pop up. >> we have a clip, where bruce dern is going to claim the money that he insists he won. >> listen to me, you didn't win anything. it's a complete scam. you have to stop this, okay? >> i'm running out of time. >> you don't even have a suitcase. >> i'm not staying there. >> dad, i can't let you go. >> none of your business. >> yes, it is. i'm your son. >> then why don't you take me? >> i can't just drop everything and drive to lincoln, nebraska. >> what e