he said i basit on what gets me going. what scares me. i never forgot that. so i followed that advice. i think playing a woman, i play women who are very strong and successful and courageous in their own way and this was a woman without hope. and dependent really know how i could -- didn't really know how i could access that. then i thought about a woman fighting for the custody of her child. i think most women can get behind that. also she is marginalized. she has been a huge snar the 1970's. a huge -- star in the 1970's. a huge porn star and then a stripper and she had a baby and now she could get any job. she went from being marginalized to being an outcast. i feel as a woman in my 50's that can happen as an actress in in your mid 30's you have like anics operation date that can happen. i was so fortunate that at age 41 to star in "sex and the city." it opened up a lot of doors. i wanted to fight for this role and i did. tavis: i think i know what you meant by this. i want to make sure they understand it. the one thing about humanity that always encourages