. >> rose: are you also making a film with scorsese and daniel day lewis. se>> absolutely. >> rose: i see that kind of progression all the time. will you tell us about it or has it not started. >> no, no. it hasn't started. >> rose: it's about a dream idea. >> i hope so it's about a dream that can happen soon. >> rose: someone showed me a movie executive of daniel day lewis as lincoln and it's eerie how he looks like abraham lincoln. >> yes. >> rose: he knows how to use his character. >> he's in my top 20. [laughter] >> he's in your top 3. >> he's amazing. >> rose: what are you working on and where are you and what's happening? >> well, i'm about to start hours with mall walker. it's a post katrina piece. it's a drama thriller and it's like based on actual events but it's not a true story. it's going to hit close to home. i believe. >> rose: it's great to meet you. >> very nice meeting you. thank you for having me. >> rose: again, welcome back. and my friend as always. >> thanks charlie. >> rose: good to have you here. for me, just say it and think about it

daniel day lewis has it, christian bale has it. >> rose: define let gee for me. >> i actually read something in le piss mis is it's the awe bill a two to burn and fly. there are some actors who say well it's like beyond a tight rope without a net and there are some actors who go yes but there's no tight rope. >> rose: exactly. bill nye said to me once that acting is to deliver a line as if you just had the thought. that that's the secret to doing it. you read the script and you thought about the performance but you need to transcross the river where you are really incensed forgetting es preparation as if you just had that thought. that made sense to me. >> there are a lot of different ways of articulating it. i think spontaneity is the key. so if it's like you've just had that thought, you just have to forget that you know the lines. you have to, in my case, you know, it's a delicious thing when you're acting, you don't know what's coming next and you don't particularly care. >> rose: you don't particularly care? >> it's nice when you're working with actors who are of the same mind set becau

with daniel day-lewis as you've never seen him before-- as tyler perry... as george washington.n the true story of a down-and-out texas football team... (whistle blows) pushed to the brink by a millionaire oil tycoon... i don't care how much team spirit you got. i'm-a shut this program down! ee, hee hee hee hee! (slo-mo voice) ohh! face closed. (whirs) (romantic music playing) starring kate beckinsale... i needed that. now get out. (roars) chewbacca... (roars) danny devito... (growls) (hawk cries) don cheadle... academy award winner meryl streep in a mustache, academy award winner helen mirren in a hovercraft... get off my hovercraft! (bonnie tyler) ♪ i need a hero ♪ i'm holding out for a hero till the end of the night ♪ academy award winner christoph waltz... no one puts baby in the corner. academy award winner matt damon... (sweeping orchestral music playing) 'cause there's a star out there, becky, at the end of the rainbow, a big old shootin' star, and i'm gonna-- who we're going to cut out of the movie. (music stops) are you (bleep) kidding me? i will (bleep) kill you, kimme