mr. gilbert, good morning to you. president biden will be in the motor city today as he continues this tour, the one point $2 trillion infrastructure law. where is he headed in detroit. who is he talking to? guest: they are going to the gm factory that they have renamed factory zero. this particular factory has been around for over 30 years, and straddles the border of the city of detroit. it had once made big cars, it made a number of different kinds of vehicles over the years. it was on the closing list until gm worked out a deal to reopen it, spent over $2 billion and refurbished it for a new generation of electric vehicle. today was to be the official grand opening of that plant. having a vip certainly brings a lot of attention to what gm is doing. host: the president wants to call attention to infrastructure laws. can you run through what is in there for ev? guest: the biggest thing is the amount of funding for charging stations. there are a number of charging stations being put out by independent commercial vent

mr. gober? -- gilbert? guest: i am not going to touch the oil issue.died the audio industry, but this is a new technology. if you can accept the issues that go along with new technology, perhaps an ev is right for you. if you want the best convenience, gasoline-powered vehicles are probably right for you. that is how the situation stands right now, but the world is not a static place. things are going to change. the reason i like covering the audio auto industry is because it is like reading a great novel. every time you turn the page, there is an interesting twist. host: a busy day ahead for jeff gilbert. up next. we are going to turn the phone lines over to you. open forum. give us a call on any issue. phone lines, democrats (202) 748-8000. republicans, (202) 748-8001. independents, (202) 748-8002. start calling right now. we will be right back. ♪ host: it is time for our open forum. phone lines split as usual. democrats, (202) 748-8000. republicans, (202) 748-8001. independents, (202) 748-8002. let's us know what is on your mind. president biden hea

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— and that includes films like mr turner about turner the painter, or the first period film we made called topsy turvy about the theatrical world in the 1880s of gilbertluding the films about working—class life, we spend a very long time — and i say "we" — myself the actors, and everybody else involved researching and understanding, so we know exactly what we're dealing with. i want to talk about the way you work with actors. your films are driven by the degree to which your actors can make believable their characters. how deep they can immerse themselves in character. how do you get them to that level of immersion? the first thing to be said about that is that i work with what we would call character actors, which is to say people that don't just play themselves, actors who not motivated by ego or narcissism. you mean they're not hollywood stars? that's also true. no disrespect to all hollywood stars. but british character actors who really are good at, brilliant at, want to play and portray real people out there in the street. are you saying that the star names, the hollywood stars, aren't capable of doing that. i didn't say that. that's why i immed