." >> actress alfre woodard plays mistress shaw, a former slave now living a comfortable life as a freest -- you have one of the most beautiful faces anyways, but when you're acting, i don't see anybody else on that screen. you have one of the most expressive faces i have ever seen. you're darn good, girl. >> yes. you are. >> thank you. >> let me just say you pick movies always that are winners. and this one was in a bunch of film festivals. what was about that film that made you -- >> okay, honestly, i was told that steve mcqueen wanted me to be in the film, and i said, okay, i'm in it. they said, no, we have to send you the script. >> steve mcqueen we know him as the actor that died many years ago. tell us why you needed to be in his film? >> because he's a glorious, black british filmmaker. >> i never heard of him. >> he's only 40. he lives in the netherlands. and i think he's one of those filmmakers, very rare, but he is a master. he's a masterful filmmaker. we'll be talking about the film 50 years from now. so i have seen "hunger" that he did and i had seen "shamed." >> yeah. >> br