>> HI, GOOD!

>> Jimmy: LOOK AT YOU.

I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE I SHOULD

FRISK YOU, TO MAKE SURE YOU

DIDN'T BRING ANYBODY STUPID WITH

YOU.

>> THAT'S A BAD HABIT I'M TRYING

TO KICK.

>> Jimmy: YOU'VE BEEN IN FRANCE.

>> I HAVE.

>> Jimmy: WITH THE ONE WHO WILL

NOT BE NAMED.

>> THE ONE WHO WILL NOT BE

NAMED.

MATT AND I ARE DOING A MOVIE IN

FRANCE WITH ADAM DRIVER.

THEY'RE AMAZING.

>> Jimmy: THEY'RE TERRIFIC.

>> MATT AND I WROTE, IT'S

EXCITING, A DRAMA, TENSE,

HISTORICAL.

>> Jimmy: YOU HAD TO WRITE IT

WITH HIM, TOO.

>> I DID.

>> Jimmy: OH, GOD.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU KNOWN MATT

DAMON?

>> AH, ALMOST 40 YEARS.

>> Jimmy: ALMOST 40 YEARS.

>> AND I'M 32, SO.

>> Jimmy: AND IN ALL THOSE

YEARS, OF ALL THE MANY, MANY

THINGS, STUPID THINGS HE'S DONE,

WHAT'S THE DUMBEST THING HE'S

EVER DONE, IN YOUR PRESENCE?

>> HOW MANY CUBIC FEET IS IN THE

OCEAN?

YOU KNOW?

>> Jimmy: HE WOULDN'T KNOW, I

KNOW THAT.

>> THOSE THINGS CAN'T BE

MEASURED.

YOU KNOW, HE'S, HE'S A GOOD GUY.

IN MY OPINION, AND, BUT THERE

WAS A, THERE IS A MOMENT THAT

STANDS OUT.

>> Jimmy: OH, GOOD, OKAY.

GREAT.

SHOULD I LAY DOWN FOR THIS?

>> YOU SHOULD GET COMFORTABLE.

>> Jimmy: LET ME UNBUTTON MY

PANTS.

[ LAUGHTER ]

>> I WAS, I KNEW MATT WHEN I WAS

8, 39 YEARS, OR, YEAH.

I'M 47.

ANYWAY.

AND I MET HIM WHEN HE WAS 10.

HE WAS A LITTLE OLDER.

HE WAS A LOT BIGGER THAN ME.

HE WAS ALWAYS A BIT BIGGER THAN

ME.

WE LIVED DOWN THE STREET FROM

EACH OTHER, HE WAS ONE OF THE

OLDER, BIGGER KIDS, BUT THEN I

GOT LIKE THIS JOB, I GOT A JOB

ON TV, LIKE A PBS, CHEESY

EDUCATIONAL SHOW FOR KIDS, WHICH

I THOUGHT WAS KIND OF LAME, BUT

IT WAS ENOUGH TO MAKE MATT LIKE

BOIL WITH ENVY.

>> Jimmy: OH, REALLY?

>> JUST LIKE BURN WITH RAGE.

>> Jimmy: SO HE WAS ALREADY --

>> I JUST CAME FROM THE SET!

>> Jimmy: HE WAS AN ACTOR BOY AT

THIS TIME.

>> HE TOOK IT VERY SERIOUSLY.

WHEN WE GOT TO HIGH SCHOOL.

IT WAS A PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL IN

CAMBRIDGE, AND I WENT OUT FOR

THE FALL PLAY.

I WENT TO AUDITION FOR THE PLAY,

AND I SAW MATT THERE.

>> Jimmy: UH-HUH.

>> AND HE KIND OF EYED ME, YEAH,

UH-UH.

>> Jimmy: SO WERE YOU A

FRESHMAN?

>> I WAS A FRESHMAN, PROBABLY

SIX INCHES SMALLER THAN HIM.

>> Jimmy: OKAY.

>> BECAUSE HE WAS TWO INCHES

TALLER THAN HE IS NOW.

[ LAUGHTER ]

>> I SWEAR TO GOD, THIS IS A

TRUE STORY.

HE WALKED UP TO ME.

HE SAID LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE

ADVICE.

I SAID OKAY, GREAT, THANKS.

WHAT'S UP?

HE SAID THIS ISN'T TV, WHERE YOU

GET BY ON YOUR LOOKS AND YOUR

HAIRCUT.

THIS IS ABOUT TALENT.

THIS IS THE THEATER.

TURNED AROUND AND WALKED AWAY.

STONE-COLD.

[ LAUGHTER ]

>> ICE.

LIKE HE WAS THE LAWRENCE

OLIVIER.

>> Jimmy: AND JUST OUT OF

CURIOSITY, HOW MUCH THEATER DID

LAWRENCE OLIVIER END UP DOING

AFTER HIGH SCHOOL?

>> IT'S BEEN 30 YEARS.

ONE PLAY.

>> Jimmy: ONE PLAY.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

WOW!

I KNEW I WAS RIGHT ABOUT HIM THE

WHOLE TIME.

BY THE WAY, ANOTHER FELLOW

BOSTONIAN, MARK WAHLBERG WAS

HERE, AND HE TENDS TO THINK THAT

WHEN THIS COMES TO TOM BRADY'S

FAVORITE ACTOR PAL, HE'S NUMBER

ONE ON THE LIST.

>> I NEVER FELT COMPETITIVE WITH

MARK BEFORE, BUT.

SO THAT'S INTERESTING.

MAYBE HE IS.

I DON'T WANT TO STEP ON ANY

TOES.

I MET TOM, TO BRAG, THE YEAR

THAT, YOU KNOW, HE REPLACED DREW

BLEDSOE, AND I WAS AT THIS

RANDOM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT I

THOUGHT THINGS LIKE THIS WERE

FUN, THE WHITE HOUSE

CORRESPONDENTS DINNER.

>> Jimmy: MM-HM.

>> I WENT TO A PARTY AND SAW

HIM.

HE HAD JUST WON THE SUPER BOWL

AND OF COURSE HE WAS 22 AND I

WAS 27 OR SOMETHING, SO I WAS

LIKE OLDER THAN HIM.

>> Jimmy: YEAH.

>> AND I WAS LIKE, OH, MY GOD,

MAN, SO GREAT, DUDE, YOU'RE LIKE

THE KING OF BOSTON.

AND HE GOES, WAY, YOU'RE THE

KING OF BOSTON.

HE THINKS I'M THE KING OF

BOSTON?

THE KING THINKS I'M THE KING.

>> Jimmy: YOU WERE SMITTEN WITH

HIM IMMEDIATELY.

>> I REALIZED THEN THAT I LOVED

>> I REALIZED THEN THAT I LOVED

A MAN.

[ APPLAUSE ]

I REALLY DO LOVE HIM.

THAT'S NOT A LOT I WOULDN'T DO

FOR TOMMY.

I DON'T WANT TO GO TO THE DARKS

OF THE INTERNET OR THE BLEEPS.

>> Jimmy: WHEN YOU SAY THERE

ISN'T A LOT YOU WOULDN'T DO FOR

TOMMY, AND YOU CALL HIM TOMMY.

WHAT IF HE SAID LIKE I'D LOVE US

JUST TO LIVE TOGETHER?

>> I'D LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT I

MEAN, IF IT WILL HELP YOU, LET'S

WARM UP.

YOU WANT TO LUBE UP?

[ LAUGHTER ]

>> Jimmy: WHATEVER.

>> WHATEVER IT TAKES, NYOU KNOW