when people are complaining about racism and white supremacy and your karic has a quiet 4&p how importantotect that image? >> i've been researching the tuskegee airman from the late '90s and the one figure that stood out that i drew inspiration was general davis, jr., and not just his quiet dignity, but the fact that he had the command of the entire 332nd fighter group in africa as well as the air base in italy, came back to the united states and testified in front of congress and showed that these men were actually helping the war efforts, you know? and i found a lot of inspiration through that, and like i say, a gravit gravitas, and just an ease to stand in front of these men and say what i had to say to get them to do what they needed to do to overcome these situations in the sky, you know, and these war machines. >> in the film there are two generations of black actors as well. what was it like being on a set like that where there seemed to be a lot of mentoring, teaching, opportunities to learn, pick people's brains. what was it like? >> i'd say in the same way with the tuskegee airm