(martin scorsese) and the remarkable ending with montgomery clift pounding on the door. atherine... katherine! katherine! (narrator) in scorsese's costume drama "the age of innocence" the director draws heavily on a tradition he inherited from previous hollywood films. his approach reflects his own identity as a filmmaker. pretty close. i'm an american, i've been brought up on films, i was raised on american films, meaning story and narrative. and in most cases, everything is at the service of the narrative of the story. he walks out here, great. (narrator) each directorial decision on "the age of innocence" is based on how to efficiently and expressively drive the story forward for an audience. if it's no looser than this they can't go ... (playing "strauss waltz") (narrator) how the camera moves, what it sees, the actors' expressions. it is all designed to sweep an audience into the drama. a grand style of storytelling developed from the early days. (martin scorsese) i still watch old films i would love to direct like the old directors did. (waltz music playing) (narrat

. >> jimmy: you worked with martin scorsese. what did you learn from him as a director?s of -- you have to be very focused. and it's al cl conducive to betr performances. his whole ship is designed to make the actors better. so it's silent. it's amazing. you can't even text, not even on an iphone, because he can feel it. >> jimmy: really? can he really? >> it's great, though, because it means everyone's really focused. and there's no scripts allowed. no little sides, little scripts on set, which i had in my set too. and it was kind of hardcore but all the actors were off book the whole time. >> jimmy: so does that mean you can improvise or does that mean you better remember your lines? >> you have to know your lines. if you want to call line that's fine, you can be that [ bleep ]. but i don't think you really want -- you can swear on this show, right? >> jimmy: no. not really. [ laughter ] but what lu going to do? >> i forgot. it's been a long time. >> jimmy: we're going to take a break. when we come back, a clip from the movie "life itself." olivia wilde is here with us