>> most of us don't want to believe that. >> rose: frank langella for the hour. next. >> funding for charlie rose was provided by the following. >> additiona l funding provided by these funders. and by bloomberg, a provider of m ultimedia news and information services worldwide. >> captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> it would be so good to go back. the hunger in my belly is so -- i guess it all boils down to -- >> rose: frank langella is here, he once said i like monsters, i like mystery men, langella made a habit of playing both n 1979 he appeared as a seductive count dracula opposite lawrence olivier, 30 years later he portrayed an aging richard nixon in frost nixon and now takes on the play that has been called too huge for the stage. king lear. >> he appeared in the title role of shakespeare's epic tragedy at the brooklyn school of music through february 9th. i am pleased to call him a friend and pleased to have him back at this table. >> the good to be here. >> rose: good to see you and havi

langella made a habit of playing both.n 1979, he appeared as a seductive count dracula opposite lawrence olivier, 30 years later he portrayed an aging richard nixon in frost/nixon and now takes on the play that has been called too huge for the stage. "king lear." he appeared in the title role of shakespeare's epic tragedy at the brooklyn school of music through february 9th. i am pleased to call him a friend and pleased to have him back at this table. >> good to be here. >> good to see you and having seen the performance i agree with all of those critics who are raving about what you brought to it. so i want to know, what have you brought to this role and what has this role brought to you? >> well, i think one of the first things i brought to it is fear of death which i never had before in any, in any of the decades of my life and at 76 if you don't begin to think about it, you are nuts. so when i read the play, i thought, okay, i am closer to the end than to the beginning, what is it about this man i most want to investig

legendary stage and screen actor langella gala -- frank has played count dracula, richard nixon, andow playing king lear. >> most of us live behind a mask of a persona that is not really just a poor naked wretch as shakespeare would say. we walk around carrying this persona. that happens when you are a king. you're carrying a crown and it is easier to see. >> you can catch him at the brooklyn academy of music through february 9. but is only a bloomberg television, so tune in. >> kevin hart's police comedy "ride along" was a win. "i, frankenstein" was a total flop. it was the only wide release debut over the weekend. do you ever wonder how movies control the weather, like how you get a blizzard going during a scene? here is the man who makes the snow. >> mother nature is pretty unpredictable. a lot of times when they think they're going to have snow, all of a sudden she does not come through. we are standing by to make sure it happens. we built a truck all the snow maker truck. we chip and shape block ice at a rate of 800 pounds a minute. it comes blasting out of this hose. and then w