everything just crumbled like a glass house you know i do is just throw one rock or should what a b.b. gun and then we'll just shatter. if you don't care about yourself it doesn't matter it does not matter anymore it doesn't matter why are you here why are you living you don't want to live anymore you don't have self-love you know you don't want to live you know that's why women commit suicide you know that's why women you know people are going to drug abuse and alcohol abuse it's all about self-love any type of use is about self-love not having self love it's important because that's the only thing that's going to get the situation is learning to love yourself again people think she should have been able to get out of it why couldn't she get out of it i would never let that. happened to me i'd just leave those are sort of those famous last words kind of statements because this is an extraordinarily complex issue there is nothing simple about being a victim of domestic violence i will take your children away oh make sure that no one ever speaks to you again oh ruin your reputation i will m

it's a 1983 film that centered on a young boy that only wanted a b.b. gunnsky found out, that young boy has not stayed the same. >> ho, ho, ho. >> reporter: whether you celebrate christmas or not, there are a few movies that celebrate it during the holidays, as this one. >> what do you want for christmas, little boy? >> reporter: "a christmas story" has become the eggnog of cinema. >> no. i want the red ryder air rifle. >> you'll shoot your eye out, kid. ho, ho, ho. >> no. >> reporter: today, ralphie is all grown up. his name is peter billingsley. are you surprised that people still recognize you and come up to you, for that role? >> no. i'm not surprised because it happens a lot. i guess i look somewhat the same. >> reporter: but over the years, he's moved behind the camera. from "couples retreat," with his friend, vince vaughn, to "the breakup." billingsley has become a successful hollywood producer and director. but after all this time, he's never spoken in detail about the childhood role that followed him his entire life, until now. he agreed to speak a