>> Jimmy: HOW ARE YOU? VERY NICE TO MEET YOU. >> VERY NICE TO MEET YOU TOO. >> Jimmy: YOU'RE 7 YEARS OLD. >> YES, I AM. >> Jimmy: WHAT GRADE ARE YOU IN? >> I AM IN SECOND GRADE. >> Jimmy: SECOND GRADE. DO YOU GO TO REGULAR SCHOOL? >> I GO TO HOME -- WELL, I'M HOME SCHOOLED. BUT WHEN I GET A CHANCE, I GO TO REGULAR SCHOOL. BECAUSE ON THURSDAYS THEY HAVE REGULAR SCHOOL. >> Jimmy: OH, THAT'S NICE. BE ABLE TO GO TO SCHOOL ONCE A WEEK IS REALLY A DREAM COME TRUE, ISN'T IT. >> YEAH, YEAH. BECAUSE -- DOING HOME SCHOOL IS KIND OF -- BORING. >> Jimmy: IS IT FUN OR -- IT'S BORING? YEAH. >> YEAH, IT'S BORING. >> Jimmy: SO WHO TEACHES YOU? YOUR MOM, YOUR DAD? >> MY -- MY MOMMY AND MY DADDY. >> Jimmy: YOUR MOMMY AND YOUR DADDY. WHO IS THE BETTER TEACHER? >> MY MOMMY DOESN'T -- OH, OKAY. PROBABLY BOTH OF THEM. >> Jimmy: OH, VERY DIPLOMATIC. >> THEY'RE SO GOOD. MY DADDY'S SMART -- WELL, MY DADDY DOES MATH AND SCIENCE. >> Jimmy: I SEE. DO YOU LIKE SCIENCE? >> OH, I LOVE SCIENCE. I'M GOING TO MAKE A SEA MONKEY. >> Jimmy: WHAT? >> UH-HUH. >> Jimmy: IN A LABORATORY? >> I HEARD THAT YOU LIKE SEA MONKEYS. >> I DO, I LOVE SEA MONKEYS, AS A MATTER OF FACT. I HAD SEA MONKEYS AT ONE TIME IN MY LIFE. I HAD A WHOLE FAMILY OF THEM. >> WHAT? >> Jimmy: YEAH. AS A MATTER OF FACT, THIS IS KIND OF A SAD STORY, BUT I HAD -- THEY WERE ON THE SINK IN MY BATHROOM AND I WAS BRUSHING MY TEETH AND I KNOCKED THEM OVER. AND THEY ALL WENT INTO THE SINK. IT WAS LIKE A LITTLE SEA MONKEY HOLOCA HOLOCAUST, IT WAS TERRIBLE. >> AW! DID YOU HAVE A FUNERAL FOR THEM? >> Jimmy: NO, WE JUST FLUSHED. THAT WAS REALLY ALL WE DID, YEAH. IT WAS TERRIBLE. BUT THE MORAL TO THE STORY IS, DON'T EVER BRUSH YOUR TEETH. >> HA HA! YEAH, I'M NOT GOING TO PUT THEM NEAR MY SINK, I'M GOING TO PUT THEM IN MY ROOM. >> Jimmy: THAT'S THE PLACE TO DO IT. THAT'S EXCITING. DO YOU LIKE SEEING YOURSELF IN MOVIES? >> SEEING MYSELF ON SCREEN MAKES ME GO -- WHAT? IS THAT WHAT I LOOK LIKE FROM THAT ANGLE? IS THAT REALLY THE THING I WAS WEARING? IT WAS LIKE -- IT'S REALLY, REALLY CRAZY. >> Jimmy: YOU DON'T LIKE IT, HUH? >> I LIKE IT. >> Jimmy: YOU DO LIKE IT. >> BUT IT'S KIND OF WEIRD. >> Jimmy: IT'S A LITTLE BIT WEIRD. ALSO, SOME OF THE STUFF THAT YOU DID IN THE MOVIE, AND YOU DID A GREAT JOB IN THE MOVIE. BUT SOME OF THE STUFF, LIKE YOU HAD TO USE CURSE WORDS IN THE MOVIE. >> OH, YEAH. >> Jimmy: YEAH. [ LAUGHTER ] DID YOU KNOW THOSE WORDS BEFORE? OR DID YOU LEARN THEM? FROM THE SCRIPT? I LEARNED THEM. >> Jimmy: YOU LEARNED THEM FROM THE SCRIPT. >> WHEN WE WERE REHEARSING MY LINES, WE WOULD EITHER GO BEEP! OR JUST WOULDN'T SAY THEM. >> Jimmy: WHEN YOU WERE REHEA REHEARSING. WHEN YOU HAD TO SAY IT FOR REAL, WAS THAT EXCITING? >> YES. [ LAUGHTER ] YES, YES. >> Jimmy: VERY EXCITING. NOW THAT YOU'VE SAID THEM IN THE MOVIE, DO YOU CONTINUE SAYING THOSE WORDS IN REAL LIFE? >> UH-UH. >> Jimmy: YOU DO NOT. NEVER? NOT EVEN WITH YOUR FRIENDS? >> THAT DOOR IS CLOSED. [ LAUGHTER ] [ APPLAUSE ] >> Jimmy: THAT'S GOOD. YOU ALSO HAD TO GIVE THE FINGER IN THE MOVIE, RIGHT? OR WAS THAT SOMETHING -- WAS THAT AN ACTOR'S CHOICE THAT YOU MADE? >> I -- I DID. AT THE HELICOPTER. I WAS USING THE WRONG FINGER. I WAS USING THIS FINGER. I WAS LIKE -- >> Jimmy: YEAH, NO, THAT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING. >> NO, NO. >> Jimmy: CAN I GET ANOTHER ICED TEA? >> CAN I GET ANOTHER ICE CREAM, PLEASE? >> Jimmy: SOMEBODY SAID YOU NEED TO USE THE OTHER FINGER? >> OH, YEAH. MY MOM TAUGHT ME. [ LAUGHTER ] AND MY MOM'S LIKE, OKAY, IT'S YOUR MIDDLE FINGER. >> Jimmy: RIGHT. >> AND SO THEN SHE WOULDN'T HOLD IT UP. BUT -- AND SO LIKE SHE WAS LIKE, JUST HOLD UP YOUR MIDDLE FINGER. >> Jimmy: ASK YOU DID. >> YES. >> Jimmy: SHOW US HOW YOU DID THAT EXACTLY. [ LAUGHTER ] >> YOU WANT ME TO REALLY DO IT? >> Jimmy: YOU'RE ALLOWED TO IF YOU WANT TO, YES. YES, I THINK IT'S OKAY. ON TELEVISION. >> YOU WANT ME TO? >> Jimmy: YES. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> DO YOU GUYS WANT ME TO? [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] OKAY. ONE, TWO, THREE! [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> Jimmy: CONGRATULATIONS, EVERYONE. WE'VE REACHED A NEW LOW. [ LAUGHTER ] A ROOM FULL OF ADULTS ENCOURAGING A CHILD. NOW YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO EVER DO THAT AGAIN, ALL RIGHT? >> UH-UH. >> Jimmy: UNLESS YOU'RE IN TRAFFIC AND YOU'RE REALLY MAD. >> ALL I SAY IS, I'M WALKING HERE, I'M WALKING! [ LAUGHTER ] >> Jimmy: WELL, YOU DID A GREAT JOB. DO YOU THINK YOU WANT TO BE AN ACTOR AS WELL WHEN YOU GROW UP? KEEP DOING THIS? >> I WANT TO BE LIKE LOLA SMITH. I WANT TO KEEP ACTING. LIKE WHEN SHE STARTED ACTING SHE NEVER STOPPED. >> Jimmy: SHE NEVER STOPPED, YEAH. THAT'S FUN. AS LONG AS YOU'RE HAVING FUN WITH IT, IT'S GREAT. AS LONG AS YOU'RE LEARNING NEW FINGERS AND NEW CURSE WORDS TOO. "THE FLORIDA PROJECT" IS IN
