angelanted artists, bassett and antoine fuqua. joining us now is our director. this is the guy who has been calling the shots. i am honored to be your subject every night, sir. >> thank you, tavis. over the years, it has been wonderful to be part of so many conversations, even ones that challenge my belief system. this is the only position i have worked on where my i.q. has increased a few points. tavis: do you want to take it away? >> we are glad you could join us for our conversation with angela bassett and antoine fuqua, right now. >> there is a saying that dr. king had that said there is always the right time to do the right thing. i just try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only about halfway to completely eliminate hunger, and we have a lot of work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. angela bassett has played some icons, like coretta scott king. tackledfuqua has ."b

>> i'm antoine fuqua. >> you call action. >> i'm going to call action. >> but wait, go on. >> don't worrythe cigarette is lit. >> this is lit. do you know what to do? >> no. just sit here? >> you have to fight back. >> okay. >> so you karate chop me in the neck. when i flick the cigarette, okay? >> hoda, just remember -- i have to yell action. >> let's go. >> action. >> no, not yet. >> not yet. you have to get hit with something. all right? >> all right. >> action. >> remember that time in new york? >> ow! >> karate chop him, not correct him. >> that hurt. but, wait. when this lit cigarette really hit him, it did cause kind of a thing. >> he had glycerin on, because he was supposed to be sweaty. >> alcohol based. >> be careful. >> he went up in flames a little bit, but got me become a couple minutes later. and took me out. >> your role takes interesting twists. your role in this film. tell us what you can, without giving it away. >> it's hard to talk about it without giving it away, but basically i'm a secret service agent, and i'm sort of an attache for the koreans, and they bring me int

. >> back with me now, gerard butler, his co-star angela bassett and antoine fuqua.reat action-packed escapism from start to finish. just what i need on a wet tuesday afternoon as it was when i watched it. angela, what's it like working with this guy? in the movie your character is director of the cia and installed all her trust in gerard butler. >> yeah. i would agree with you. i go in there and i claim to be the woman for the job, thank you very much, but it was great. i think we shot it pretty much in order, the first scene, first scene was the first day. >> yeah, that's right. >> there has never been a female director of the cia. some would argue after all the problems general petraeus had and others it may be time. watching you, i could see you actually doing it. >> after watching her performance, you say she should be the next director. >> just knowing angela, absolutely. she's smart enough. why not. >> what did you feel about that? did you think it would be good to have more women in the top roles of government? >> i think absolutely. one of our co-stars actua