look like where's rene russo. you've taken a couple years off. there moments you look back and go "i was on my game in this period"? >> i think it sort of depends on the film. like "the thomas crowne affair" i was on my game. >> yes, you were. yes, you were. >> thank you. >> that was a good time. that was of great. he was amazinamazing, john of py the best director i've worked with because he constantly busted me when he wasn't getting what he wanted. he would come up and say, no, you're using humor. i don't want that. he was on me all the time and got me through the role. "tin cup" was great because i loved the comedy aspect of it. that was good. there were other films that i was of pretty much cut out of so that was not fun. back to you -- so i guess you have high moments in certain scenes that you love and others that maybe not so much because you shoot out of sequence. and sometimes you just want to go back and reshoot a scene. >> right. >> but yeah. >> i think where i'm going with this eventually is to get to what it's like to be directed by

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people saying rene russo is back. up? is. >> so i would watch for half an hour and tape the rest. but yeah. way too early? >> i almost broke into tears when you said that. >> no, i love every minute of it. >> were you going to open a dairy? >> yeah. i have a handful of cows outside of buffalo. and i did. i thought, well, you know, at 50, i said, i have to try something else. or otherwise i was never going to do it. so i partnered with a guy, pat lango. he's -- he is, like -- an amazing chef. and a dairy farmer. and we make yogurt, the official snack of -- of new york now. >> wow. >> new york state. it is the official snack. but -- and it's the best. so i mean, i'm like hogging my ---it like, white cow dairy. >> go for it. >> why not? >> i didn't expect to do that, but -- >> so this movie is really a family affair. your husband co wrote and directed it. that's got to be fun working together. >> no, no. it was good. yeah. we had a good time. for the most part. no, no. we had a great -- he's a wonderful director. of and

he got jake gyllenhaal and his wife renee russo to seen up. i read it.was so fascinating to get into these night crawlers, these guys who drive around with police scanners, emergency scanners, trying to get some, any kind of grizzly footage they can sell. >> it is the under belly of reporting in l.a. and all across the country. >> dan said the guy that inspired him, he grew up in new york, luig i, the famous photographer, he installed a police scan tore get to the scene. >> beat them there. >> absolutely. >> what was it about the film role that drew you in. obviously, for jake gyllenhaal, we break reports of extreme weight loss and things he did for method acting. what was it to you? >> this movie was made for all the right reasons, it's a passion project for the writer and director. nobody got paid a big salary. but it attracted top talent, robert elsworth the great cinematographer, we all said we got to be in this. it's original. this movie becomes an intense thriller. but you won't see it coming. you cannot guess what's going to happen. >> we connecte