well, john gotti sr. into the black and into profit so nobody ever went out of business. >> do you think that his father would have been comfortable today looking down at how he was able to disassociate himself from the mob and walk away from that life? >> i'm taking a guess, but yes, because of the following, i don't think it was the same game that john sr. grew up with. i don't think la cosa nostra existed anymore. and he observed that whatever the success was of that life was no longer as valid as it was in his day. so my feeling is that john jr. got out at the right time. john had a very sincere and honest care and concern about his family. more than whether the mob was going to work anymore or not. dad would be saying, you know what, that wasn't bad timing, you know? got out of dodge at the right time because could have gotten into more trouble. >> do you worry that this all glamorizes the life? >> i don't actually at all. because how glamorous is it to be dying of stage four cancer in prison and you

john gotti sr.sympathy has anything to do with this. >> how did you approach the due diligence? i know from john junior that you went into the house. you wanted to see the clothes and get the whole vibe, but i'd rather hear it from you. >> well, all of that helps you build a character. that's my technique from day one. my mother was an acting teacher. i grew up knowing how to built a character. so you take all the elements and you only use what's necessary for the piece you're doing. but every single thing that -- i would listen to everything john said because only through john's observation and john's mother's observation, victoria, could you absorb the detail that you need to understand the characters. so how he felt, how victoria felt, what i saw on video itself or the familiar family footage,e elements added. john junior and victoria were kind enough to allow me to wear the personal effects. so there was even the cologne scent from the overcoat, the tweed and velour overcoat from senior. that he