jack nicholson. >> he's really sentimental. production, going into a rehearsal. we had our individual time with him. and jack was another gentleman. but i had a moment with him once, where we were sitting down. and he was going over the script. he had his bifocals on. and there was nothing in the room besides me, him and a stone bowl. >> jimmy: okay. >> it was sitting on the table. and he was going over the script. i noticed something very oddly familiar. like a piece of celluloid. that doesn't mean anything in this day and age. but back then, it did. i go, i know this from somewhere. i reach in and i pick it up. it's several frames of me coming out of a shower in "stakeout." my first film. i said, jack, what is this? right? and so, he looks up. and he kind of looked through his bifocals like this. and he looked down like nothing happened. what that meant is he went to somebody at disney and asked for those frames. >> jimmy: and cut it out. >> and cut it out. and saved it. and i don't know what it was he was trying to -- what do

anyway, so jack nicholson, that's who you want on the show the most. >> he's the holy grail. >> i think>> i keep saying on the show, hoping he's sitting there watching thinking, if i just do one interview with one guy on tv, it's going to be this guy. >> you think he'll want to do the one interview with you? what do you have to offer him that everybody else doesn't? >> i do interviews different than anyone else. you either like it or you don't. >> what if he doesn't like it? >> he will because he's my hero. if oprah is the biggest star in the world, jack is the most chaise mattic star in the world. he's a brilliant actor. every summer you see him on a boat surrounded by nubile young things, a big pack of beer and pizza. and he doesn't care about the paparazzi. >> is that the life you would like to lead? >> yes. i would like to be jack nicholson. >> okay, let's look at everybody kissing your ass for the end of the year. >> i love that idea. ♪ and they call it puppy love >> more people saw our interview than anything i did. >> you're good at this, you know? and you do it with such a heigh

i enjoyed the hell out of that working with anjelica huston and jack nicholson. tavis: that relationship seems to work. >> we worked very well together. we are very different kinds of actors. bill always likes to be much more methody and submerged into the character. i am talking on the phone are having fun with somebody and then based sayroll and i am in character. he would say, how do you do that? he would be suffering and i am having fun. i just do not believe in suffering, not if you can avoid it. tavis: how do you go about choosing the kinds of roles on the stage that you want to play and how has the way you choose changed in your career? >> as i am reading a script, and some point, if i am not acting head in my head and i am not saying how i would say this and do that and how this needs changing, it is not going to happen. if i do not get caught up in it right away and see how i would do this, i am not going to do it. there are certain definite values involved. i will not do any thing that has what i call kid jep, puts a child in jeopardy to at further the

. >> the next time i flew out to los angeles, suddenly i am getting calls from jack nicholson and warren beatty, and all these types. pretty crazy. but i learned very quickly to always drive myself every where, because to get stranded in l.a. was really, really -- tavis: [laughter] you left me speechless on that. when "body heat," comes out, did you ever have regrets about playing that part after it came out? >> no. in fact -- you see, to me, my greatest fear, when we were doing, "body heat," was that i would be sexy. i did not have this image of myself as this alluring, powerful, sexual female. i really thought that i would throw a smoldering glance at bill hurt and people in the audience would start to dig 0. -- to giggle. i was surprised when it was so effective. bill and larry kept saying, "truly, you are sexy. it is ok." i had this fear. i would come to work without makeup, and my hair in a cap. everybody thought i was a boy. to me, that was not really -- i was not very convincing. i just knew that i could never get on the new parts -- ingenue parts, because of my voice. that was al

. >> you know the movie with jack nicholson., if he could climb two flights upstairs he could have sex and hopefully for him a beautiful woman was waiting up there and american heart association came up with the fact that if you have a stable heart disease, you can go ahead and engage in sexual activity without jeopardizing your life, actually, sexual activity is responsible for less than 1% of heart attacks and doesn't put pressure on your heart and it was a big discussion between us doctors and the patients and we know it is safe. you need to speak to your doctor, if you are not taking nitroglycerine, take viagra or cialis and have a great sex life and that is big news. >> and to add to that you have to talk to your doctor, because you cannot know whether symptoms are stable or unstable. they can tell you and the jack nicholson movie is a perfect example. i'm not sure he should have been doing that. >> he had a good time. >> and for most people this is a very good thing and these guidelines from the american heart association

>> in that movie "the departed" jack nicholson played frank costello, based on mob boss whitey bulgere presentation. mark wahlberg made a lot of people upset when he revealed to radio that whitey bulger invited him to jail to talk about a movie. some of the victims' relatives told the "boston globe" they're worried bulger might be portrayed a hero. there's no deal on the table yet. >>> monday marks the birthday of martin luther king jr. the civil rights leader would have been 83 years old. to mark the day, crowds are expected at the mlk memorial in washington. the monument you see here started with a dream and a mission to honor the civil rights leader and inspire a nation to continue the mission. it took nearly 15 years and almost $120 million to make it a reality. but the massive monument now stands tall over the national mall. and joining me, one of the key figures who helped make this happen, harry johnson, president and ceo of the mlk national memorial project foundation. thanks so much for being with us on this historic day. first, what does it mean to you and the mlk family to

and jack nicholson and meryl streep played in that. >> how many movies have you made? e: and do those bring back memori? >> yes, absolutely, absolutely. i am looking at jack lemmon and he is so much a part of my life even today, you know,. >> why so? >> because sort of the foundation i started my own foundationast year because as i am looking down the road knowing i am going to leave the old vick in 20 15-all the work i have been doing there in education, working with emerging artists we have a great program called old vick, new voices about encouraging and giving a place for young actors, writers and producers to learn their craft,nd we had a remarkable sort of success record of people we have nurtured o have now gone zero on and joyce situate o'rourke is going to run the del mar and one of the young actors we supported so aot of people i want to continue that work, but once i lose the venue of the old vick i won't have a place the to do it and i d't want zero to run a new theatre so the foundation is the vehicle ian cocontinue to do that kind of stuff and a large reas

jack nicholson. sex, not an easy subject for many heart patients. >> clearly, jack is not ready.s morning, the american heart association has guidelines on when it's safe to have sex after a heart attack. medical correspondent, dr. john lapook is with us this morning to let us know exactly what that means. i'm curious if they felt the need to have guidelines for this. >> it's a subject that people have trouble talking about. more than a million people have heart attacks every year in america. almost 30 million americans living with heart disease. this is a big deal. yet, it's such a touchy subject for doctors. >> why? >> i think people have trouble talking about sex. when i was in medical school, there was a man who had a heart attack. as he was leaving the hospital, he said to the doctor, when can i resume activity? he meant sex. >> activity. >> he said activity. the doctor said cavalierly, take it easy. he didn't have sex for several years. >> wow. >> it's a big deal. >> so it's a big deal. we don't talk about it. what are the new guidelines then? >> keanu reeves was almost rig