THEY HAD ONLY WON 19 OR SOMETHING UP UNTIL THEN. >> Jimmy: YOU REALLY WON THE WORLD SERIES OF MOVIES WITH THIS "QUIET PLACE." >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> Jimmy: IT'S A GREAT MOVIE AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER BUT WHEN YOU MADE THE MOVIE, I WAS LIKE, OH, NO, I DON'T LIKE TO WATCH SCARY MOVIES BECAUSE I GET SCARED BY THEM. >> BY EVERYTHING. >> Jimmy: AND IT IS A SCARY MOVIE, BUT IT'S MORE THAN A SCARY MOVIE, BECAUSE IT'S GOT A LOT OF -- IT'S REALLY LIKE -- >> IT SOUNDS PSYCHOTIC BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE POSTER, IT SOUNDS PSYCHOTIC BUT IT'S A LOVE LETTER TO MY KIDS. IT TRULY IS. >> Jimmy: A PARENT -- >> I WROTE THE MOVIE FOR MY DAUGHTERS. >> Jimmy: PARENTS PROTECTING THEIR CHILDREN FROM ALL THE TERRIFYING PEOPLE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. >> OR FUNNY GUYS. >> Jimmy: BUT IT'S -- I THINK IT'S TOP TEN OF THE YEAR IN BOTH BOX OFFICE AND CRITICAL ACCLAIM ON ROTTEN TOMATOES. >> WOW. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> Jimmy: WHICH IS REMARKABLE. >> YEAH. >> Jimmy: USUALLY YOU GET ONE OR THE OTHER. WHAT -- >> NOT USUALLY. USUALLY YOU GET NEITHER. >> Jimmy: YOU'RE RIGHT. SO, I WONDER WHAT IT WAS LIKE THAT MONDAY BECAUSE YOU MADE THIS MOVIE FOR, LIKE, $40,000. LIKE, THE MONSTERS, YOU BROKE INTO A COSTUME SHOP AND STOLE -- >> I JUST WAITED UNTIL HALLOWEEN IN BROOKLYN AND, LIKE, PULLED DOWN, YOU'RE IN THE MOVIE. >> Jimmy: AND THEN IT OPENS HUGE, IT'S A HUGE FINANCIAL OPENING. >> YEAH, IT WAS INSANE. >> Jimmy: WHAT WAS IT LIKE ON THAT MONDAY WHEN YOU ADDED IT ALL UP AND SAID, OH MY GOD, WE HAVE THE NUMBER ONE MOVIE. >> I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE I BLACKED OUT. I WAS BASICALLY BLACKED OUT FOR THREE MONTHS. >> Jimmy: NOBODY BELIEVES BLACKOUT STORIES SO DON'T SAY YOU BLACKED OUT. YOU DID NOT BLACK OUT. >> THAT WAS GOOD. IT WAS -- IT WAS MONDAY MORNING. EMILY AND I WERE WALKING HAZEL TO SCHOOL AND WE WERE TRULY IN JUST A WEIRD HAZE STATE. WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS GOING ON OR HOW THAT HAPPENED AND WE WERE SO EXCITED BUT COULDN'T REALLY PROCESS IT, AND THEN HILARIOUSLY, ANOTHER GARBAGE TRUCK -- IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE SAME GUY. HE FLIES AROUND THE CORNER AND IN THIS, LIKE, BALLET VERSION OF A GARBAGEMAN JUST SORT OF FLINGS OFF THE BACK OF IT, MIDSTREAM, GRABS THE CANS THROWS IT IN, AND AS HE'S PUTTING IT DOWN, HE GOES, SAW IT SUNDAY. AWESOME. AND I WAS LIKE, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THEN HE GOES, SCARIEST [ BLEEP ] I EVER SEEN AND GOT ON THE BACK. AND GOT ON THE TRUCK AND DROVE AWAY. IT WAS AMAZING. >> Jimmy: THIS IS A GUY WHO SEES SCARY STUFF. >> YEAH, YEAH. >> Jimmy: HIS COWORKERS ARE RATS. >> AND EMILY SAID, ONLY IN BROOKLYN WILL THAT HAPPEN. >> Jimmy: HOW DOES IT WORK JUST FROM AFTER YOU'VE HAD -- AND I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I'VE NOT BEEN IN THIS SITUATION, BUT AFTER YOU'VE HAD A HUGE SUCCESS. >> YOU'VE HAD NO SUCCESS. >> Jimmy: AFTER YOU'VE HAD AN UNQUESTIONABLE, HUGE SUCCESS, WHAT HAPPENS, LIKE, THE NEXT WE? DO YOU GET CALLS FROM ALL THE STUDIOS SAYING, HEY, DOES JOHN WANT TO DIRECT FOR US? PEOPLE THAT YOU MAYBE MET WITH PREVIOUSLY? >> YEAH, YOU KNOW, TO BE REALLY HONEST, IT WAS GETTING CALLS FROM THE PEOPLE I HAVE ADMIRED THROUGH MY WHOLE CAREER WAS MIND-BLOWING. SO, YES, THIS THING OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES HE WANT TO DO NEXT KIND OF HAPPENS BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY FOR ME, IT WAS GETTING CALLS FROM PEOPLE I WANTED TO WORK WITH AND GETTING ACKNOWLEDGED LIKE GUILLERMO DEL TORO WROTE THIS THING ON TWITTER THAT BROUGHT ME TO TEARS. HE WAS LIKE, THE NICEST THINGS ABOUT THE MOVIE. >> Jimmy: DIDN'T STEVEN KING WRITE SOMETHING GREAT. >> YES. OFFERED ME HIS RED SOX TICKETS AND I WAS LIKE, WHAT'S HAPPENING? I TOOK THEM. >> Jimmy: THAT'S PRETTY GREAT. I SAW LeBRON JAMES TWEETED ABOUT IT. AND YOU DIDN'T JUST CO-WRITE AND COSTAR AND DIRECT THE MOVIE. YOU ALSO PLAYED TWO ROLES. DOES ANYBODY KNOW THIS? >> DON'T DO IT. >> Jimmy: THIS IS -- WELL, IT'S NOT A JOKE. >> I'VE KEPT IT -- >> Jimmy: SO, YOU PLAYED THE MONSTER IN THE MOVIE. >> YES. >> Jimmy: YES. >> I DID. >> Jimmy: YOU WERE IN A MOTION CAPTURE SUIT. I'M LOOKING AT A PHOTOGRAPH OF YOU RIGHT NOW. >> THIS IS GOING TO END MY CAREER. >> Jimmy: NO, THIS IS GOOD. IT'S LIKE -- >> MY COMMITMENT -- THE COMMITMENT LEVEL WAS VERY HIGH. >> Jimmy: THIS IS YOU PLAYING YOUR OWN MONSTER IN YOUR MOVIE. >> YEAH. THAT'S EMBARRASSING. >> Jimmy: YEAH. WELL. >> YEAH, THE AMAZING PEOPLE AT ILM SAID, HOW DOES THE CREATURE MOVE? AND I SAID, THIS IS HOW I THINK HE'S GOING TO CRAWL AND THEY SAID, WELL, WHY DON'T YOU THROW ON THE SUIT AND I WAS LIKE, TOTALLY. AND THEN THEY TOOK THAT PICTURE AND I THOUGHT I WAS AUDITIONING FOR LION KING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THAT. I WAS THERE, THOUGH. JUST DIALED IN. >> Jimmy: DID YOU HAVE ANY, LIKE, DID YOU WORRY AT ALL ABOUT -- >> THAT THIS WOULD COME OUT? NO, NOT UNTIL NOW. >> Jimmy: ABOUT CASTING YOUR WIFE, ABOUT CASTING EMILY BLUNT, YOUR WIFE, AS THE LEAD IN THE MOVIE BECAUSE, I MEAN, SOME PEOPLE GET -- SOME PEOPLE SPLIT UP OVER, LIKE, THE CHRISTMAS PHOTO -- THE CARD THEY TAKE. I MEAN, TO DIRECT YOUR WIFE IN A MOVIE, IT'S A RISKY THING TO DO. >> YEAH, THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T ASK HER TO DO IT. IT'S TRUE. I NEVER ASKED HER TO DO THE ROLE. I WROTE THE MOVIE WITH HER IN MIND. I WROTE HER PART WITH HER IN MIND BUT I GOT SO SCARED, FIRST, THAT SHE WOULD SAY NO BECAUSE THAT'S AN AWKWARD DINNER. AFTER THAT, IT'S LIKE, OH. BUT I WAS ACTUALLY MORE AFRAID THAT SHE'D SAY, YES, I'LL DO IT FOR YOU BECAUSE I'VE BEEN NEXT TO HER WHEN SHE'S MADE ALL THESE AMAZING DECISIONS AND SHE'S WITHOUT A DOUBT THE CLASSIEST, SMARTEST, MOST DEDICATED ACTRESS I'VE EVER KNOWN AND I DIDN'T WANT HER TO -- [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> Jimmy: IT'S VERY TRUE. >> AND WHEN YOU SEE HOW MUCH SHE PUTS INTO EVERY SINGLE ROLE, I DIDN'T WANT HER TO COME TO SET JUST FOR ME. SO I DIDN'T ASK HER AND THEN SHE READ IT ON A PLANE ONE DAY. SHE SAID, CAN I READ THE SCRIPT? I SAID, YEAH, SURE. AND I WENT BACK TO WATCHING "AVENGERS 6." AND -- WHICH I LOVED. AND THEN SHE GENUINELY LOOKED SICK AND I WAS REACHING FOR A BARF BAG, THINKING THAT SHE WAS GOING TO THROW UP AND SHE SAID, YOU CAN'T LET ANYONE DO THIS MOVIE. AND I SAID, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? AND IT WAS LIKE A ROMANTIC COMEDY WHERE SHE WAS PROPOSING TO ME. SHE WAS LIKE, YOU HAVE TO LET ME PLAY THIS PART AND I THINK I JUST SCREAMED "YES" ON A FLIGHT. THEY LANDED IN TEXAS, AND THEN -- NO. IT WAS -- IT WAS THE BEST. IT WAS REALLY -- IT WAS THE REASON WHY THE MOVIE WAS SO SPECIAL BECAUSE WE BOTH CAME TO IT ORGANICALLY. >> Jimmy: WELL, THE MOVIE'S GREAT AND IT'S ON BLU-RAY AND DIGITAL AND DVD AND ALL THAT
