>>> WE ARE BACK AT 8:44 THEROUX. JUSTIN JOINING THE CAST AT WINONA RIDER'S BOYFRIEND. >> I WAS GETTING BOXES IN TOWN WHEN I HEARD YOU SCREAMING. ARE YOU ALL RIGHT? >> IT WAS DELIA. >> OH, DELIA IN. >> I'M GOOD. >> WE SHOULD POINT OUT THAT THIS BEAUTIFUL PUPPY YOU HAVE IS YOUR RESCUE DOG NAMED KUMA. TRAVELS EVERYWHERE WITH YOU JUST BECAUSE? >> ALMOST EVERYWHERE. I HAVE BEEN OUT OF TOWN FOR A WHILE. >> BUT YOU LOVE JUST HAVING HER AROUND. >> I LOVE HAVING HER AROUND. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE VENICE FILM FESTIVAL WHERE YOU GOT A THREE-MINUTE STANDING OVATION. >> YEAH. >> I MEAN, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT ONE, ONE THOUSAND, TWO ONE THOUSAND, TELL US WHAT THAT FEELS LIKE. >> IT FEELS WONDERFUL TO HAVE THE FILM HAVE SUCH AN INCREDIBLE RECEPTION. >> WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER, I MEAN, YOUR CHARACTER IS OUTRAGEOUS AND AMAZING. BUT WAS THERE SOMEBODY FROM YOUR LIFE YOU PULLED FROM AND SAID, I'M GETTING INSPO. >> I PLAYED A LOVE INTEREST OF WINONA. IT IS A COMBINATION OF EVERY HORRIBLE AGENT MANAGER THAT YOU HAVE EVER MET. AND THEN ALSO LIKE MY MOM, WHO WAS A SINGLE MOM, OCCASIONALLY, NOT OFTEN WOULD BRING BACK A BOYFRIEND THAT WAS ALWAYS LIKE TOO FAMILIAR, YOU KNOW, LIKE COME HERE. >> YOU WERE LIKE, NO, NO, NO. >> LIKE WHAT'S UP, BRO. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BEGINNING WHEN YOU WERE GETTING STARTED IN THIS INDUSTRY. I HEARD SOMEONE GAVE YOU GOOD ADVICE. THEY SAID YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN NEW YORK AND L.A. THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE DECIDING, WHERE AM I GOING TO GO. AND THEY TOLD YOU NEW YORK WAS THE PLACE TO BEGIN. THEY GAVE YOU A GOOD REASON. >> IT WAS JAMES L. BROOKS, A WONDERFUL DIRECTOR AND WRITER. I WAS PAING FOR HIM. HE SAID GO TO NEW YORK FIRST BECAUSE YOU WILL KNOW WHETHER YOU ARE GOOD OR BAD. BUT YOU WILL FIND OUT QUICKER IN NEW YORK. >> WHY IS THAT? >> I THINK THE COMPETITION IS A LITTLE FIERCER. HE SAID YOU CAN WASTE A LOT OF TIME IN L.A. BEFORE YOU -- YOU DON'T WANT TO WASTE TEN YEARS OF YOUR LIFE FIGURING IT OUT. GO TRY AND DO THEATER, WHICH I DID. AND THE OTHER PIECE OF ADVICE HE GAVE ME WAS, DON'T COME TO L.A. UNTIL SOMEONE FLIES YOU HERE. >> DID YOU MAKE IT RIGHT AWAY? >> NO, NO. >> IT TOOK A LOT. >> NO, IT TAKES TIME, YOU KNOW. LIKE THE SLOW ROAD I THINK IS A GOOD ROAD, IN MY CASE AT LEAST. AND, YEAH, I THINK IT IS INCREMENTAL. IT IS PUTTING CHIPS BEHIND YOU TO GET IT DONE. >> YEAH. I THINK WHAT'S COOL ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING TO YOU RIGHT NOW IN THIS MOMENT IS YOU ARE HAVING GREAT SUCCESS OBVIOUSLY PROFESSIONALLY. AND USUALLY YOU EITHER GET ONE OR THE OTHER. YOU GET GOOD PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS AND A CRUMMY PERSONAL LIFE OR A GREAT PERSONAL LIFE AND CRUMMY PROFESSIONAL LIFE. YOU HAVE KIND OF EXCITING NEWS. I KNOW YOU LIKE TO KEEP THINGS TIGHT, CLOSE TO THE VEST. BUT THIS IS KIND OF EXCITING. >> YEAH. I RECENTLY BECAME ENGAGED, WHICH IS SPECIAL. >> THE REASON WE FEEL EXTRA SPECIAL TO IS BECAUSE THE YOUNG LADY YOU ARE ENGAGED TO HAPPENS TO BE THE CHILD OF A MAN WHO WORKED HERE DAVID BLOOM MANY YEARS AGO. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT IT? >> I FEEL FANTASTIC. IT'S BEEN A WHIRLWIND COUPLE OF WEEKS. >> THAT WAS HER WHEN WE KNEW HER WAY, WAY BACK IN THE DAY. >> YEAH, PART OF THE NBC FAMILY. >> WELL, WE'RE REALLY, REALLY HAPPY FOR YOU, JUSTIN. >> THANK YOU. >> WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS MOVIE. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WONDERING HOW DOES THE SEQUEL HOLD UP AGAINST THE ORIGINAL? AND I HEARD RAVES. >> I ALWAYS SOUND LIKE I'M BEING BIASSED, BUT THIS MOVIE IS FANTASTIC. MICHAEL KEATON SAID IT IS BETTER THAN THE FIRST ONE. I THINK IT'S BECAUSE IT KEPT THE INTEGRITY OF THE FIRST ONE. IT WAS MADE PRACTICALLY, NO CGI. THERE IS CLAYMATION. AND IT FELT LIKE THIS TIGHT, INDEPENDENT FILM WE'RE MAKING AND IT TRANSLATES. I THINK AUDIENCES WILL LOVE IT. >> WELL, WE'RE VERY HAPPY FOR YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> BY THE WAY, COULD WE GET A TIGHT SHOT OF KUMA. >> HE'S ON TELEVISION JUST ASLEEP. >> HE'S LIKE, THIS IS NOT ABOUT ME. IT'S A SHAME. >> SWEET. >> CONGRATULATIONS ON THE