the lights went down after you say your final line, the lights came back up and suddenly you're brian cranstonlf lbj? >> are you like, are you like your posture is different, your face is different, are you acting? >>. >> yeah, i'm-- you know, over the course of rehearsal you take in his character. you see and you talk and you just absorb who this guy is. and you listen to the tapes that he made and you watch his mannerisms. and you don't want to do an impersonation but you want to get an essence of him, a flavor of him so i always know that when i'm ready to perform is when that character ceases to be outside of me and is welcomed inside, so to speak. you know what i mean? you act. >> stephen: no, i don't. >> yes. >> stephen: i don't understand. i don't understand at all. but this is pretty big this is a pretty big character. was lbj really, this larger-than-life figure that you are portraying him as because he was saying to the head of hanger black a zipper should always be at least an inch of away from the back of your -- >> he had a pet name for his johnson, his johnson's johnson. he calle

any more. >> the issue is race, the southerner is president lyndon baines johnson has played by brian cranstonafter five years as the chemistry teacher terned meth dealer on "breaking bad" cranston let his hair grow to aperture the ambition and tragedy than the larger than life texan. >> only thing that i really felt about lyndon johnson coming in to this production was, his -- vietnam. hey, hey, lbj, how many kids did you kill today. >> what cranston found out was very different. >> you call yourself the leader of the democratic party. >> this play all the way covers that first year and it is lyndon johnson really at his best. when he accomplished something that many people thought could never be accomplished. the civil rights act of 1964. >> do you see him as heroic figure? >> in many ways, yes. because he went against the norm in a time in the early '60s when he just as easily could have just let it be the status quo. >> what the hell is the point ever being president if you can't do what you know is right. >> the real lbj spoke toes words in the dark days after dallas rejecting the advice

i saw brian cranston in "all the way" about lbj that talks about negotiations and leading this countryo it. is this going to teach us how to negotiate a deal with the middle east peace with john kerry pushing it over there? >> both that play and our play are about getting things done, about people who know -- >> grown-ups. >> -- how to get things done. the idea you couldn't have two more entrenched opponents than in this story. but they did it. they made it work. >> would it have happened if it were on television? >> i think -- >> happened in secret? >> carter was very clear, i want to be isolated away from the world, surrounded by nature and just the three of us talking in the room. >> richard thomas, you're the perfect guy for jimmy. >> i love it. >> i'm going to say something after this about jimmy carter. e he ought to get credit for this. richard thomas. "camp david" debuts march 21st. mark that down. march 2 1st. this month, the arena stage here in washington. it's a great platform. we'll be right back after this. ♪ [ girl ] my mom, she makes underwater fans that are powered by t

i saw brian cranston in "all the way" about lbj that talks about negotiations and leading this countryave to do it. is this going to teach us how to negotiate a deal with the middle east peace with john kerry pushing it over there? >> both that play and our play are about getting things done, about people who know -- >> grown-ups. >> -- how to get things done. the idea you couldn't have two more entrenched opponents than in this story. but they did it. they made it work. >> would it have happened if it were on television? >> i think -- >> happened in secret? >> carter was very clear, i want to be isolated away from the world, surrounded by nature and just the three of us talking in the room. >> richard thomas, you're the perfect guy for jimmy. >> i love it. >> i'm going to say something after this about jimmy carter. he ought to get credit for this. richard thomas. "camp david" debuts march 21st. mark that down. march 21st. this month, the arena stage here in washington. it's a great platform. we'll be right back after this. this...is jane. her long day on set starts with shoulder pain

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