-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> there their killers thought no one would care. these are not the faces of the forgotten. >> larry: tonight, janet jackson is here with a new look. >> shedding all the old skin. >> larry: a new book and a challenging new film role. >> if you call to say you're sorry, you call somebody else. >> larry: has she abandoned singing for acting? >> i'm finally getting around to doing something that i have wanted to do since i was a kid.

>> larry: janet jackson for the hour next on "larry king live." janet jackson returns to "larry king live." ms. jackson if you're nasty. she's a grammy winning singer, author of a forthcoming book "true you." her new movie is "for colored girls." she stars in the tyler perry film which opens in theaters tomorrow, november 5th. it's her third collaboration with perry. watch. >> just last week my ex-old man came in saying, baby, i don't know how she got your number, i'm sorry. >> no, no, this is it. oh, baby, you know i was high, i'm sorry. >> i'm only human. if we were perfect, we wouldn't have nothing to strive for, so you might as well go on and

forgive me because i'm sorry. >> this one is it. i do you like i do you because i thought you could take it. no? i'm sorry. >> now i know you know i love you. but i ain't going to love you the way you want me to love you. >> larry: it opens tomorrow "for colored girls." how did this movie come about? >> i like that giggle that you just did. >> larry: you like my giggle? kind of a turn-on, huh? >> you've got a lot of nerve. how did this come about for me? >> larry: yeah. >> when i was shooting "why did i get married 2" we were at the tail end of shooting it and there was a production of "for colored girls" in atlanta and tyler wanted me to see the play with him. we went to the play and i really enjoyed it and he said, you know, they want me -- they have asked me to direct and write

this for the big screen. i said, oh, that's awesome, are you going to do it? he said, i'm thinking about it. he said, i brought you, because i'm thinking of -- i would like for you to be a part of this. and i said oh, this is why we came? he said why else would you think i wanted you to see this play with me? i said i thought two friends hanging out, having a good time. that's how it actually came about. >> larry: by the way, janet jackson has a hit album out called "the best of." you can get that anywhere. you play joe, tell me about her. >> jo, joanna bradshaw, she's a very, very successful woman. she comes from the ghetto where the rest of the girls reside. she has worked really hard to make her way out of that. she's very shrewd. >> larry: she's the most successful of the group? >> she is the most successful and will do anything to stay out of that life, she wants no part

of it whatsoever. she's really shrewd, bold, her color is red. she's very fierce and she has no room for niceties. she's kind of a bitch. >> larry: you like her or not like her? >> i like her very much. >> larry: is this a comedy? >> no, everyone's been talking about how intense it is. >> larry: when you saw the play, did you think of yourself as jo? >> no, i was just enjoying watching these women in this play who did an incredible job. no, i didn't at all. i didn't see my -- >> larry: so when he said he wanted you for it, did you think jo would be the part? >> well, i didn't know what he -- what part he wanted me to

play, so when he actually called me up and said the script is coming along, and told me a little bit about my character, i thought, this is really interesting. this is really different from anything that i've ever done. and i thought, wow, this is going to be a challenge. and when i actually read the script, i thought, wow, this is really cool. so i was up for the challenge. >> larry: what was it like doing it? >> i loved it. it was intense. it was very intense on a daily basis. like i said, she's no b.s., she has no room for niceties, so every single day of shooting was tough. it was really tough and especially what she's going through with her husband, her home life and as well as her relationship with herself. >> larry: it's interesting because you were born janet demita jo jackson. so now you're jo again? >> actually her original name in the script, tyler called her

carmen. and i wanted to change her name to jo. i thought carmen was a little too sweet. and her full name, joanna, but just to call her jo, that toughness, that little tough edge. >> larry: when you say you're red in this, what do you mean you're red? >> each woman has a color. for each color, each color represents a personality, a character. my color happens to be red which gives a little insight into who i am. loretta divine, her color is green. all of the women are wonderful, absolutely wonderful in this film. so every woman has their color that represents to a certain degree who they are. >> larry: what's tyler perry like to work for? he's a great guest. >> you've had him on the show.

>> larry: yes. >> he's wonderful. i -- i enjoy working with tyler. there's a sense of family. that togetherness, that bond, that closeness, which i love coming from a big family. his sets are always fun, always very enjoyable. even though with this, it was a little different, because it was so intense on a daily basis. but still i enjoyed being there every single day coming to work. >> larry: how do you think it will do commercially? >> well, i hope. >> larry: it's getting great word of mouth. >> yes, it's getting a great word of mouth. and i hope it does well. i think it will do well. i think this movie's not just for colored -- women of color. it's for all women, all walks of life. i think you will find as a woman a part of yourself or someone you used to be or someone you know in one of these women.

there's a couple of women that i see the old me in. >> larry: how about men, will men like it? >> i think they will for sure, i think there's a lot for them to learn. it's not just about the women, but it's about their relationships, whether it's their husbands, boyfriends, men that they're -- >> larry: somebody they're involved with. >> exactly. there's a lot. it's really a great story in the way tyler has infused his words with the poet, with her work. because this was an award-winning broadway play back in the '70s. >> larry: janet jackson is our special guest. the movie opens tomorrow. it's entitled "for colored girls." what are you looking at? logistics. ben? the ups guy? no, you see ben, i see logistics.

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>> larry: let's take another look at janet jackson in the new film which opens tomorrow "for colored girls." >> i'm sorry. >> save your sorry. one thing i don't need are any more apologies. you will always be inconsistent. beating your heart to death talking about you're sorry. i'm going to put a sign on the door, better yet, i'm going to leave a voicemail, a message on my voicemail, if you're calling to say you're sorry, then call somebody else. i've got sorry greeting me at the front door. you can keep yours. >> larry: heavy. >> it's a really intense film. and omari plays my husband in this film.

>> kerry washington is in it, felicia rashad is in it. our friend whoopi goldberg. but you said you didn't interact with them a lot off the set. why not? >> staying in character. >> larry: you did that? >> really wanting to stay in character during the duration, every moment even. like i said, she wants nothing to do with the ghetto and her past life. she worked too hard to get out of that. and keeping these balls up. so i would hear the girls, you know, cackling and talking. and a part of me wanted to be a part of that. but to remain true to the character, i stayed away. >> larry: so when you stay in character, as many great actors have told me they do that, did you also bring it home? >> there are times when you do, you don't just walk away from it. every time one of my friends

would say, you know, there's something different about you, the tone in your voice. tyler actually wanted to play it with my tone in post and make it a little lower tone. and i told him, let me try it first on my own and see what happens. so he liked what i did so he just left it at that. >> larry: you like acting? >> i love it. >> larry: why? >> this is my first passion. >> larry: more than singing? >> this is what i signed up to when i was a kid. this was my first job, when i was 10 years old. singing is my second job. >> larry: dancing is third, we were a great couple. >> we've got our moves. >>. >> larry: acting's first? >> well, this is what i originally did. and i just knew for sure i wanted to grow up and go to school, study business law, study acting, and become an actress.

>> larry: so what veered off, how did the singing come? >> my father. and you know, it's the family business, he told me that he wanted me to sing, so -- >> larry: so he said it and you had to do it? >> for the most part. i'm not complaining, it's been wonderful for me and i really enjoy it. i love performing. >> larry: you still sing? >> yes, it's in my blood. but this is -- i'm finally getting around to doing something that i've wanted to do since i was a kid, making films. >> larry: so you want to do more of this? >> of course. >> larry: you want to do a play? >> that's been another dream of mine, to do a broadway play. an award-winning broadway play. >> larry: are you still touring? >> at the moment, no. i may do a little private thing here, a little private thing there. but as of going on a tour, no. >> larry: what about with your brothers? your sister? >> no. no.

>> larry: so janet goes her own way. can i say that? >> i guess so. >> larry: all right. in a recent jet magazine article, you said that in the past, you have not had a lot of friends. is that a correct quote? >> i don't have a lot of friends. >> larry: why? >> it's not easy in this industry. and i'm glad i don't have a lot of friends. >> larry: is that a trust issue? >> it's very much so a trust issue. i'm happy with the people that i have around me. and they've been friends of mine since i was young. for a very long time. >> larry: new people don't come into janet jackson's life easily? >> not really. it's definitely a trust issue for myself. >> larry: we'll be back with more of janet's got a new book coming, too. we'll talk about that ahead.

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it ain't just sex, honey, it all has a root. and you've got to find that root to pluck it. >> damn you, hearing all my business through this wall. >> i used to be you. >> larry: we're back with janet jackson, "for colored girls" opens as they say wide tomorrow. major broadway hit, could be a major vehicle as a film as well. with all your talents, your achievements, your celebrity, the fact that it's hard for you to make new friends, do you think you intimidate people? >> you know, there's a line in the song "all for you" that talks about intimidation, and when i was at the time dating guys, really wanting to approach

me but not approach me, but inviting them to approach me, but it's that intimidation that will always get in the way. i have been told that a lot. >> larry: do you date now? >> i'm actually seeing someone. >> larry: can you tell us about it? >> no. he's a very private man. so i respect -- >> larry: we respect that, too. is he in the business? >> no. >> larry: is it any easier, the fact that he's not? >> easier? >> larry: the fact that you're not clashing. >> i'm enjoying the fact that he's not in the business. but i don't know if it makes things easier. >> larry: okay, going back to music, some of your fans and i have heard this, ask me today in fact, have you abandoned music? >> no, not at all. >> larry: let's straighten this out. you will sing? >> yes, just because i've made a few films back-to-back, as i

said before, it's always been a dream of mine to do something like this. so i kind of put music on the back burner for a second to do this. and i will continue to do most of them, but definitely, i can't give up music, it's in my blood so i will make more music. i think i'll -- i've thought to go into the studio, and just take my time, fool around. next year. >> larry: how about a musical film? >> i would love to do that. >> larry: combine both. >> i would love to do that. there's a lot of things that i want to do, and that i'm going to do. >> larry: i bet when you saw "dream girls" you thought, i could have played in that. >> i enjoyed that a great deal. never saw it on broadway, but i saw the film. >> larry: you've written a book called "true you." it's due out in january. >> yes. >> larry: the title. explain that. >> "true you." people have asked me about the

weight loss, the weight gain. the workout regimen, the nutrition. and just writing about that. i wanted to take it at the very beginning that brought all of that on. so that took me back to my childhood. and i had self-esteem issues. and it's not an autobiography, but there are little anecdotes throughout my life, beginning from my childhood up until now, and it allows you to see what may have caused -- telling my little stories. you know, my dream is to really not appeal to adults, but to appeal to children as well as teens. and hopefully they will relate to one of my stories, or i have stories as well of fans that have written to me. so i've put some of those stories in. and hopefully they can relate to one of those stories and it will

be able to help them in some sort of way. it's a self-help book, about being who you are and loving yourself as the true you. >> larry: you had an early weight problem? >> yes, i did. it was a body image issue. i was so self-conscious at a very -- >> larry: you didn't like yourself? >> i was told certain things, that i'm too this, i'm too that, i should be more like this, more like that, at a very, very young age. when i did "good times" i was just 10 years old. and they never discussed with me ahead of time. but i remember my first episode, one of the wardrobe women, she bound my chest, because i was developing at a very young age. and i thought, i guess a little too big for my age. so that immediately translated to me that i wasn't good enough, the way that i was.

so little things like that. >> larry: did you have it all through your teenage years? >> for sure, i did. i was the kind of person that internalized everything. i held everything in. and it wasn't until i opened up and spoke to someone who i really felt i could communicate with, who would not judge me, who i could truly trust, that my life began to change. and that was much later on in my life. >> larry: was that a doctor? >> no, he -- i -- he wants to remain anonymous. but i've spoken about him before. i call him the cowboy. he's actually a cowboy that i know. >> larry: still in your life? >> yeah, we still talk. >> larry: janet is involved also in the new anti-bullying campaign. she'll tell us why she supports the cause. stick around. don't go away.

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who have you been sleeping with? >> you have no idea how much i hate coming up into this house sometimes. >> you're saying a lot, carl, you're saying a lot without saying nothing at all. >> larry: janet jackson, what a performer, what a star. her new movie "for colored girls" opens tomorrow all across the united states. her book will be out in january. lots of things happening, as always, in her life. there's always something happening in janet jackson's life. how do you feel about your body, now, by the way, when you look at yourself in the mirror? are you happy with janet? >> i'm the happiest i've ever been in my life at this very moment. i still have my days. i'm a work in progress. i still have my days where they're not the greatest. and i have my moments of where i feel really, really good. so it's still a work in progress for me. >> larry: you don't feel overweight, do you?

>> no, i don't. but i can definitely tighten things up for sure. >> larry: you describe your new short hairstyle as liberating. i like it. but why is it liberating? >> just like shedding, shedding all the old skin. it's not the first time i've cut all of my hair off. i've done it several times before. but it's the first time that i've done it since the whole internet craze, so everyone made a big to-do really about me cutting my hair. but it was liberating. it was freeing. and it's easy. >> larry: you did it yourself? >> oh, did someone tell me to do it? no, i've been wanting to do it for a while. i always get bored with my hair. that's why i always changed it throughout my career. and i guess people thought, it's just for this project or that project. it was really me being very bored. when i was a kid, i would get bored with my hair and walk around with pink hair one moment, and blue hair another moment. >> larry: boy, you are an

interesting person. >> just being a kid. >> larry: would you say of all the jacksons, you're the most complicated? >> the most rebellious, myself and my brother randy. the babies of the family. >> larry: the two babies. >> yeah. >> larry: are the most rebellious. >> i would say so. >> larry: does the family accept this? your dad and your mom, they all accept this? your brothers? >> you have nine kids. by the time the babies come around, it's like, go ahead. >> larry: is "true you" an honest book? >> yes. >> larry: was it hard sometimes to write? >> there were a lot of things that i actually dealt with already, and i thought, okay -- >> larry: let it out. >> i'm over that. it's easy to talk about. it's easy to write about. but when i started to write about certain things, that i hadn't spoken about in a while, feelings started to resurface and i said to myself, oh, there's still something there

that is connecting very deeply with me. and emotions started to flow a little bit. so it was very therapeutic. >> larry: a catharsis. >> yes. >> larry: do you keep a diary? >> no. >> larry: personal journal? no? >> no, my albums have been my diaries. >> larry: we know that in the world of show business, sometimes too much, too soon has a long-lasting effect on a lot of kid stars, they're never heard from again. how do you think you avoided that? because when you get a lot of attention as a kid, it's got to play something with your head. >> i was really, really fortunate. i think it has a lot to do with who you surround yourself with, your upbringing, how grounded your parents make sure you continue to be, or are, from day one, and continuing that all the way up into your adulthood. and that goes a long way. and your faith in god. that is a foundation as well.

i think all of that is the reason why i didn't get into any drama. and i'm thankful. i'm very fortunate. >> larry: were you ever tempted? >> no. >> larry: never did, never got into that scene? >> huh-uh. >> larry: more with miss jackson after this. here are your headlines this hour. president barack obama was in india today. he announced $10 billion in new contracts to india. the move he says will deliver jobs back home. and while in mumbai, he honored the victims of the attacks there two years ago. streets are quiet in oakland, california, following friday night's violent protests over the sentencing of a police officer. police say a peaceful march to remember the victim of a shooting turned unruly at nightfall when a small number of

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well, maybe you shouldn't drink tonight. >> you saying i got a problem? >> i'm saying you need to take your meds. >> now you're telling me what i should do. >> i'm not accusing you of anything. >> i'm trying. i'm trying. >> i know. >> larry: tell me about the "it gets better" campaign which i understand is supporting gay youth. what got you involved? >> i first heard about the trevor project years ago from a

makeup artist who became a wonderful friend of mine. he's no longer around me, rest in peace, kevin. and he supported them. and he would always talk to me about this organization. and i wanted to get involved. being one of those kids who could truly relate, holding everything inside, like i was telling you, internalizing everything. and that really can affect you, and feeling helpless and hopeless. and finding that person that you can trust, that adult -- like i did later on in life, that i felt comfortable and safe to tell my issues, my worries, my pains, my aches to. this is what the trevor project is really all about. and they have a 24-hour hotline. >> larry: it's for bullying, right? >> yes. definitely. especially with what's been going on just recently, what has happened. and it's sad. they have a 24-hour hotline.

the number is 866-4utrevor. they have a website the trevorproject.org. there is someone there that you can speak with 24 hours, that will be there for you. >> larry: we did a whole program about bullying, about the trevor project. i know you've studied it. you've looked into it. were you ever bullied? >> no. >> larry: do you understand why people bully? >> i think it really says more about themselves. how they feel about themselves. there's something about themselves, i feel, that doesn't set right. something whether they hate, dislike, something that may be going on. issues at home with their parents. who knows what it is. but it's something going on inside of them. and i think that's them lashing out. >> larry: it must be terrible to have a gay -- be gay, and hold

it in, be afraid. >> not be able to be you. no, really, to be proud of who you are. everyone should be. you should never hide your true self. >> larry: but it comes from teaching, doesn't it? we're taught to hate. >> yes. we're not born that way. and that's so unfortunate, that adults teach us to hate. it's sad. >> larry: that's the trevor project, right? >> yes, the trevor project. >> larry: give me the -- >> 866-4utrevor. 24-hour hotline. there will always be someone for you to talk to. >> larry: if you're being bullied or -- >> yes. just someone to open up -- just everything you can pour out to. >> larry: by the way, if you're a bully, or have those tendencies, you can call, too.

>> of course. >> larry: they will try to help you in any way. >> of course. >> larry: you have a greatest hit cd out called "janet jackson number one icon." how do you feel about that title? it's a little self-crediting, isn't it? did you title that? >> no, i didn't title that. no, i didn't title that. there was one before this that was just called janet jackson number one, and it had 33 of -- all 33 number ones. and the new single, a bonus track, that wound up becoming a number one. so it was 34 in all. >> larry: you've had 34 number ones? >> yeah. >> larry: 34 number ones? >> yes. >> larry: we'll be back with janet jackson, who on this show i predict tonight will make it, remember the name. don't go away.

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one of the number-one hits on janet jackson icon is "nothing" from tyler perry's film "why did i get married" in which she starred. watch. ♪ ♪ ♪ the truth is that i realize

love is fading from your eyes ♪ ♪ it's nothing ♪ nothing ♪ nothing is worth losing you >> larry: this could be oscar, huh? >> it would be nice. >> larry: would you sing it on the award show? >> i don't think they do that anymore. >> larry: oh, they don't, that's right. they don't do the song. you wrote that song. >> i wrote that, yes. >> larry: does writing come easily to you? >> for the most part, yes. it's so funny, because i remember when i was a kid, i started writing when i was 9 years old. i wrote my very first song when i was 9. >> larry: what was the song? >> "fantasy" is the title. i remember being a kid, and my brother randy, my brother mike and myself, we would have our chores to do after dinner. especially one night i remember in particular, i was doing dishes. i think mike was sweeping the

floor. and randy was cleaning off the table. and all the countertops. that's how we would always create music. we would come up with melodies. then we would add lyrics to them and sing a three-part harmony. we were very young. it's good practice. >> larry: where did this new song come from? >> "nothing"? >> larry: yeah. >> from the movie. i had asked tyler if he had a theme song for the film, and he said no. and i told him i would love to give it a go if he wouldn't mind. and i viewed the movie twice with jermaine. and then jermaine and i just went into his studio, and we created this. and presented it to tyler. i didn't know if he would like it or not. i was hoping he would. and he loved it. so it was really from the characters in the film. >> larry: it fits the film. >> perfectly. >> larry: sometimes you'll see songs that don't even pay attention -- >> no, no, this was written for the film.

in watching those characters. >> larry: we're not going to dwell on this. because it's too much part of a sad mess. but you said you learned about michael's death while filming in atlanta with tyler perry's other movie. you said you focused on work and work helped you through grief. how? >> actually, i -- they were already shooting. i hadn't started shooting just yet. but i was supposed to start in a few days. and i was at home in new york when i learned of my brother's passing. >> larry: how did you learn? >> i got a call. and there was something on tv. on cnn. >> larry: you never get through that. >> no. >> larry: you said in a recent interview, you spent a lot of time feeling lonely, even when you have people around you all the time. can you explain that? lonely in a crowd.

>> yes. that was the worst for me. there's nothing worse than being lonely, and having people around you. especially people that you love, people that you may be involved with. that was very, very sad for me. and i'm not going to say anything more about that, larry, than that. >> larry: no, i'm not going to go -- you work hard, don't you. i mean, you're working like all the time. >> i enjoy working. i love to work. i love to keep busy. don't get me wrong, i love my little down time, too. i love being on an island, and a getaway, or being with my family, or being with that person that i spend my life with, and just relaxing by an ocean, by the beach. >> larry: do you miss marriage? you were married once. >> i was married twice. >> larry: twice? do you miss it? >> are you getting around to something? is there something you want to ask me? >> larry: no.

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my favorite is what i grew up on is jazz. and brazilian. that was my love. >> larry: boss nova? >> yes. maria bethania. >> larry: a lot of them up there. the girl from ipanima. stan goetz? >> i love his version. yeah. >> larry: what do you think of lady gaga? >> i love her. >> larry: because? >> i enjoy her music. i feel that she came along and she introduced something a little bit different for the people of today. for myself, it's -- and i don't mean this in a negative way at

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>> larry: you were on the finale of "american idol." >> yes. >> larry: earlier this year, with my dear friend ryan seacrest. >> yes. >> larry: what do you think of that show? and the impact it's had on the industry? >> isn't that something? >> larry: it's amazing. >> i think it's a wonderful outlet of finding fresh talent,

new talent. and it's fun to watch. because i work like crazy, i mean, i watch it here and there, but i enjoy it. when i do watch it, i always enjoy it. >> larry: i was told, i knew this lady, that you'd like to do a film, the life of eartha kitt. there was no one like her. >> i had the opportunity of getting to know her. just before she passed, we were getting to know one another. and i was fortunate enough to spend some time with her, and i saw her at carnegie. she had a performance in september of that year that she wanted me to come and see her. and it just so happens that something came up and i had to work and i couldn't make it. and i absolutely -- i still love her. >> larry: she remains sexy late

in life. >> and how -- the way she performed that night when i saw her, she blew me away. >> larry: "santa baby". >> in all the different languages. what was it, like eight? i love "santa baby." >> larry: put this under the tree for me." you say you remain true to yourself. but that self also changes. have you been true to every change? >> i've tried to be. i mean, we evolve as life goes on, and as we get older. and i've tried to keep that truth within me always. >> larry: do you think there's something hard about being a jackson? >> it has its pros and its cons. and i think that's with anything. with anyone. >> larry: yeah, but it's a label, too, right?