[laughter] four taking acting tips from harrison ford and his book that we are here to talk about it is "horse soldiers" with the opening days of the war in afghanistan and the era after 9/11 we have been living with for a better part of a decade. please join me in welcoming doug. [applause] and we are excited to hear about doug stanton but also want to hear about george clooney and harrison ford. [laughter] >> i'm giving a talk later today how to -- make a live-in by being a writer which may be the oxymoron been doing that you travel around the world you have celebrity profiles oil 12 have something to do with the people on the magazine cover that they have never done before but i think i may have reached the apex one i asked harrison ford to teach me how to be angry on-screen he said that want to teach you that in the process in telling me that he got very angry on purpose and it is quite amazing someone who is so in control of their own facilities and voice but how did i get from that to afghanistan is a thing i am trying to figure out. but i always wanted to with the famous peopl

done things like playing basketball with george clooney for a story or taking act and tips from harrison fordcourse his boat they were here to talk about is "horse soldiers," about the

usually -- well, they just had a movie on health care come out recently with harrison ford, i think.usually they don't do so well. they have gone way of westerns, it seems. i think with documentaries and stories of real people, that really has the greatest impact. >> when you say that you haven't played a doctor on tv or screen, yet having noted your doc holiday presence, is that because you don't consider doc holiday a traditional doctor character? >> i know this is going to offend some people but he was actually a dentist. [laughter] >> among your historical figures or current events actually, roles that you have played, president clinton and the special relationship and you played a character in the film "american dreams". the it was a thinly veiled take on president bush. what were the challenges of playing those two different characters and did they teach you anything about them as people as you were learning that role? >> well, i learned that i never really want to get into politics. let's put it that way. no, it was really actually a great challenge just recently playing presi

usually, well, they just any movie on health care, and recently with harrison ford, i think it usually't do so well. they have gone the ways of westerns, it seems. but i think with documentaries and stories of real people, i think that really has the greatest impact. >> when you say that you haven't played a doctor on tv or screen, yet having noted your dock or the present, is that because you don't consider doc out of a traditional doctor character or because you're denying wider? >> i don't think that's what he was a dentist. [laughter] >> among your historical figures, or current events actually, the roles are played, where president clinton and the special relation and you also played a character in an american dream. so if you -- so of those of you who have seen or not you, it was a take on president bush. what were the challenges of playing those two different characters? did they teach you anything about them as people as you are learning and studying the role of? >> i learned that i never really want to get into politics, put it that way. but that was actually a great challenge