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jon favreau has been a big name in hollywood.ears, he has been directing blockbusters like "iron man" on his latest "chef" reveals the ups and downs of social media. he talks about everything from drones to a friendship with elon musk. asked how his own experiences with tech factored into the new film. >> is our generation is the one that remembers life before twitter and now sees the world and what has changed after it, we have seen a lot of good things happened and a lot of people make their lives very complicated. i have been on twitter for about five years. i'm very careful every time i get on their. there are many cautionary tales about happens if you're too emotional or have had too much to drink or think you're being funny or sarcastic. it is a whole different language that our kids generation understands better than we do. >> you sometimes pay the price for a tweet. for "chef" there have been a lot of shout outs. the list goes on. what does that do for a small film like this? >> this is a bit of an experiment to see if so

actor and director jon favreau joins us next. ♪ >> welcome back to "bloomberg west." has been a big in hollywood since the 1996 hit "swingers." he has directed "iron man" but his latest film export the ups and downs of social media. jon erlichman spoke with him about everything from drones to his friendship with elon musk brits started by asking about his own expresses with technology. generation is the generation that remembers life before twitter. it now sees the world and what's changed after it and we have seen a lot of good things happen and we have seen a lot of people make their lives very complicated. i have been on twitter for about five years. i am very careful every time i get on their. there is often cautionary tales about what happens if you are too emotional or have had too much to drink, think you're being funny or sarcastic. there is a whole different language that her kids generation understands better than we do. >> you sometimes pay the price for a negative tweets. in the case of your film "chef" there has been a lot of positive tweets and momentum

jon erlichman sat down with the actor. what does john favreauut his time on the street? >> it is a great story. he has a lot of storage because of his career in hollywood. this predates his hollywood career -- career. he spent some time at bear stearns. he was there during the transition from a downtown-based firm to the location they moved to on park. he was focused on derivatives or fixed income. here is his explanation of what he was doing. >> i was facilities planning. i was not running around with my yellow tie yelling by buy, sell sell. if your air conditioner wasn't working i would come over and tell everybody it is going to get fixed immediately. >> i will say that he was there for the 87 crash. he said it was weird to be on the set of the wolf of wall street. he was reliving that whole experience after his stint at bears stearns. >> did he remember at all what it was like being around jimmy ace or a screen burn -- green burn? >> i don't think he was there long enough to fully soak in all .f the he could have had a career on wall street.

oliver finds himself in a twitter war with jon favreau's character, who he tears to shreds in a harsh be here, thank you. >> so you're a chef and jon favreau's character in the movie has a food truck with these cabano sandwiches, and so that's what we have here. >> you guys actually paid in cubanos. >> are you a fan of the cubano? >> i am a fan of the cubano. >> you said you're a fan of street food. i asked you what your favorite, your answer was -- >> i grew up all over the world. my mom and dad, they were very aggressive about getting us out into whatever culture we were in. the most efficient way to figure out where you are is go out and find a food truck. eat the street food. it's one way. one way. >> and food trucks are everywhere now, by the way. every american city you're starting to see those. talk a little bit about your character. you play a food critic, which is a little justice here because your brother is a food critic for "new york" magazine. >> right. john is a smart guy. a little two for one deal, you know i mean? listen, the interesting thing for me, i'm usually ident