respect, now i have an oscar on one mantle in virginia and on the other side, i have a letter from marlon brando who was like our godfather. that's more important to me than the oscar. if brando thinks i'm okay, then other people you respect, then you think maybe i'm okay, i'm good at this. tavis: that's important to have people you admire and respect? >> that's true with any actor, i think. i think so. yeah. what's your process? how do you know when you have nailed what you intended to give in a particular performance? at the end of the day or scene, is there something that you could tell me that you tap into to know >> that's a good question. because you want to know between acts in a cut. that small lifetime between those two words. i guess, you know, if you why -- if you felt you did something truthful and didn't push something and came from you in a pure way. it could have gone differently. some directors that do 60, 70 takes. it is enough. when i did the "apostle" i said i would put up a mirror so i could yell at the director anytime i wanted to. i didn't do it. if there was a director the

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and what you've seen in the movie with marlon brando exists to some extent today. >> you take them heaters away from you and you're nog, you know that? >> you talk yourself in the river. >> reporter: in the film only those who kick back to the mob connected union gets precious work or promotions. today's indictment charges 14 people with extorting long shoremen to kick back their christmas bonuses. at a recent hearing, a shop steward was found pulling in more than $400,000 a year for a job that takes seven minutes a day. and the indictments allege there's plenty of money to be made in the strip club protection racket. and the mobster myth still has a powerful pull in big city nooks and krannys. >> they have to get back into proper perspectives. it's not dead now. it will never be dead. as long as there's people out there that gamble go to prostitutes, borrow money, there's always going to be somebody to cater to them. and that's the italian mafia. they've been saying italian mafia's dead, as far back as i can remember. you'll be dead and i'll be dead the italian mafia will still be here. >

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whitaker's wife's mother took pictures of him, and he said, you should see me, i look just like marlon brando and james dean. i don't know how much he did, but his attachment with movies and movie stars goes back to days when members of his family ran the local theater. so dylan's connection with movies, not just the movies he makes or has made, and this book includes a rousing defense of masked and anonymous. [applause] i can see i'm among the enlightened as well as among friends. [laughter] that year the critics seemed to prepare "my big fat greek wedding." that tells me a lot about movie critics and less about "masked and anonymous." it's a wonderful film. quite apart from all that, his connections to movies and shows comes through in his lyrics, and movie actors are very strong. and gregory peck was a great actor, so why not? okay. do we have time for, like, half a question? okay, half a question. you only can say half of it now. [laughter] >> you talked a little bit about some of the scoring. can you comment on your take with the audience, i've seen the college, he was playing, like, fou

and where marlon brando met his eventual bemise.h school when hollywood producers came knocking on his parents' door. his father's initial response was less welcoming than a dead fish in a newspaper. >> when he opened the door, they announced that they'd like to film a movie here. he quickly closed the door and wechbt back into the livinining room. >> reporter: that is until producers made the nortons an offer they couldn't refuse. >> today i settle all family business. >> reporter: johnny russo played corleone's son-in-law. >> at the time we did it, no one knew how big this film would be. it's been 40 years since i've been up here. it's very eerie to be here, actually. >> reporter: particularly eerie because russo's character, carlo, got whacked right here. unfortunately, his foot almost got whacked as well. >> francis wanted everything to be auththeentic. people don't realize, as my leg is going through, i'm getting all through the back of my leg. >> reporter: what happened to the beautiful wall that surrounded the property? >> it