. >> i'm joined right now by the filmmaker behind "the humbling," barry levinson.ad that al pacino almost didn't get the part for "the godfather" because he had to do the restaurant scene before he nailed the part and that young woman there pops in -- >> greta. fantastic. >> so you're talking about in this movie how -- it seems to me it's about what life and acting does to you. it exhausts your very being so you have a guy like al pacino -- it's about an actor who is just at the end of the line. >> well, i mean, it take as toll physically and mentally. i mean, mentally there is a point you begin to forget lines, you can't remember certain things and then just the pure beaten up in a sense, you've done all this work, you get attacked, you get praised or whatever. i mean, it just plays games with your head. >> well, let's take a look. it's hard to pick a single best performer, including steve carell, bradley cooper, benedict cumberbatch. i always thought the guy who gets the nominee and woman who gets the best actress, they have a nominee already and who wins the fin