. >> john hughes said, "let's do that on-camera." and then i did it on-camera, and the student extras were just laughing their heads off. and john said, "why don't you -- do you have a scene that you could improvise right now that you could just do off the top of your head?" >> ben did his voodoo economics speech, which was a true speech from the nixon years. >> something-d-o-o economics. voodoo economics. >> actually, that to me was a surprise, 'cause i thought that was an extremely interesting lecture, but apparently it's considered a model of boredom. >> narrator: as the film rolled behind schoolhouse walls and into ferris' perfect day, hughes reached into his own life for inspiration for a pivotal character, which he would develop with the actor. >> i found it interesting that john identified as ferris and not as cameron. he said he was always the one -- he and his girlfriend were doing something. there was always some doofus in the backseat. >> they always had some friend of his hanging around who was always envious of their rela

also with john hughes was able to do.ough to be the principal, is it gen x? >> aren't we on y or z or something? i think everything is different now, for me the internet just changed everything, particularly as an actor, if i had to go through what younger actors are doing toda i can't say i would have chosen that career. you're not judged on your work, you're really judged on your lifestyle. you're held up to a standard that most people aren't held up to. >> you were able to do the films, right? it wasn't sort of u.s. weekly, if you're walking to the grocery store, we loved you because you made some great movies. >> i can't say that the paparazzi didn't exist when i started. >> we got our fair amount of attention. the brat pack existed because i think it was a new york magazine piece, that i wasn't even in. but it is different, i think it's a lot harder now and i think, like i said, i don't know that i would have chosen the same career. if it was that way. >> we were just talking, you're a mother of three. has being a mo

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john: some people sailboat for it johnson takes away mitt romney's chances. you ran the campaign of ralph nader baker hughes you because of bush. do you feel bad? >> not at all. [applause] that is the job. like removal from afghanistan raising the minimum wage adjusted for inflation go after corporate crime fraud and abuse when you look at all of the hurdles third-party candidates have to go through. besides signatures, lack of media coverage. to get the cartel of commission on presidential debates keeps a third parties since ross perot. john: you have to have 15% of the popular vote. that seems reasonable. we are a two-party country we saw the republican side with 10 candidate. >> ralph nader got 2.7% all these journalists are subsidizes at $100 million. of those 15,000 journalist how many covered the candidate that receive 2.7%? it was called working for change dot com. it is amazing the status quo that exist that people have. it gets them out of position who can come in. john: did make a good decision. it is the independent coission. i guess they said to the rules. [laughter] >> absolutely. we have not h