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michael douglas is liberace, matt damon is his boyfriend.rg is the director. >> larry: who is the brother? >> i don't know. >> larry: george. >> george liberace. >> larry: great casting. who is going to sing? >> that's another story. i don't know. michael. >> larry: are you going to let him lip sync? >> we could do that. the piano playing was -- people don't realize that liberace was a great musician. not a good musician. he was a great pianist. that's what it's really about. >> larry: nothing slows you down, right? >> no, i don't ever want to slow down. >> larry: you never think not working? >> work to me is a vacation. i call my own shots. i do what i want to do. i have a great time every day. i enjoy -- i had a tough year last year. 2009 was not a good year for me. i almost died. i had an infection. i was laying in bed and i thought i died. i saw that light and i floated out the window, the whole deal. >> larry: you did? >> yeah, i did. i really did. and i was always afraid of death until that happened. when it happened, my doctor said to