i remember a conversation with donnie walsh barrett in our first night -- wahlberg in our first night, he said, i was in this block any shouted through the night in the darkness, he said, and don't worry about anything, whatever you are feeling, we respect you for the fact that you landed this role. if you landed this role, we are going to assume you're not a doofus. tavis: no pressure. >> time will tell. [laughter] we figure you have some smarts about 2 so you have our respect. go and do your thing. i was aware of a possible resentment. tavis: to your point, for those who do not know you're acting, gimme the thumbnail sketch of damian lewis before we get to know him in "band of brothers." >> i grew up in london, abbey road, a few hundred meters down from the crossing. i used to sing near my studios and then a guy would come along and painted. it looked before three months. i used a spray can. else, is somewhere under the railway bridges and london. i had a private education, private schooling, boarding school. i did not go to university, where it would have been expected of me to go.