actually the person who coined that phrase for me was robert duval. >> was it really? >> yeah. so i think she picked up on that from him. but, sure, i'd rather be called that than a lot of other things. >> she says that she went to a theater alone full of strangers, engrossed in sling blade. i just want to play a clip from that movie and say what she said about it because it was really interesting. >> my mother, she jumped up and hollered what did you kill j.c. for, what did you kill j.c. for? i don't rec on my mother minded what jesse was doing to her. i reckon that made me madder than what jesse made it. some folks call it a sling blade, i call it a kaiser blade. then i hit my mother upside the head with it. killed her. >> utterly compelling performance there. i remember watching it. but she watched it alone, like i say, in a theater full of strangers. she said engrossed in the film. every nuance, every facial gesture. the sound of the chairs on the floor, the characters, each one completely original. you watch as a filmmaker helps you to understand a place in time and people

so we got her and robert duvall and dwight yocum, people i am close to. tavis: for something you did not want to do, did you find it at all cathartic or therapeutic? >> i did. it was nice. and also, there were a couple of chapters where i talk about the social network and how it is kind of dehumanizing us. tavis: i will get to that, i promise you. i am fascinated by that. i would like to your thoughts about the decay of our civilization and the evolution of our culture. we will talk about that in a second. let's start at the beginning. i am always fascinated by people's parents. there is so much to learn about our starts. we are who we are because somebody loved us, and the older i get, i'd add to that, or did not. somebody either loved us or did not love us, and that is why we fascinating relationship with both your mother and your father. let's start with your mother first. your mother was a psychic, a pretty well known. she started out, trying to figure this stuff out, but you were teased about your mother and this gift that she had. >> when you grow u

in some ways, if you've been around long enough, you know, you blow a little horn, and robert duvall shows up, or tony chalub, or brook adams-- and i've worked with walter merch over many, many years. >> rose: your editor. >> my editor here. and many of the people on the movie. jeffrey kirkland designed "the right stuff." >> rose: at least tell me this, is there a movie you have want to do make but have not yet made? >> i've got, hmm, you know, i have a pile of things. when i've-- the scripts i've written. i've written them. i know every shot. i know how to do them. i sometimes take years writing them and then they don't get made. i don't want to mention any of the names but there were things i've been very passionate about. and, you know, i feel badly that i was not able to make those things. but them you find-- you go to bed, a new dream comes to you, and that's what i'm looking for, you know, new things. you know, it's-- life is full-- at the time, it's disappointing. but know-- i guess that's why i'm drawn to people, you know, whether it's hemingway or henry miller. when i was pr

i asked robert duval and angie and dwight yocum -- >> you've got interesting friends. >> yeah.ople who have known me for a long time intimately to just say a few words. she was one of them. it was actually the book company's idea to have that be the foreword. >> that's a good idea. that's a really good idea. >> to quote gayle, she said some people walk through life able to quiet the vois in their head. he can't. i and everyone else who knows him well, we love him for it. i know one thing, the world would have a lot more dull if that man wasn't in it. if you could dial it back to "slingblade" and where you were then, which we were all marveling at acting, directing, all that you could do, would you do it differently since then? or do you just have to live it? >> yeah, you know, my great grandmother used to say, honey, you have to leave everything up to providence, you know. and i think -- i don't have many regrets, frankly. i think i did it the way i would have done it. i had no idea it was going to turn out the way it has. i mean, when i did "slingblade" i thought maybe a few p

duvall. >> and drew ferris. >> daniel thomas. >> messy james lee. -- matthew james lee. >> brian christopher lutz. >> sean patrick magee. >> kenneth arthur. >> jonathan k. c. newman. >> samantha. >> benjamin looped. -- luke. >> brandon lois roberts. >> jamilla. >> michael. >> david hall. >> brian christopher. >> vincent nicholas boss does. -- vasquez. >> tyler daniel. >> west and emerson. -- westin emerson. >> alex michael. >> tibet squadron 6. >> russell -- cadet squadron 6. >> rice -- russell's tyler. >> david. >> christopher james brown. >> vincent james capra. >> colby. >> ted morgan elizabeth england. -- ted morgan elizabeth england. >> harrison gibbs. >> henry keyes. >> aaron jonathan. >> william joseph lawrence. >> daniel alexander nelson. >> sarah. >> paulina kim rudolph. >> daniel keith. >> benjamin david. >> andrew james. >> brian gregory stegall. >> nicole marie. >> susan rachel. >> jon david chase welch. >> cadet squadron 7. erin taylor ashley. >> michael patrick. >> diana nicole bennett. >> matthew blessing. >> patrick kenneth burke. >> josh gallu james burton. >> stephen -- joshua was james burton. >> steven garrett >> caroline hyde >> patrick joseph. -- stephen. >> carolyn. >> joseph. >> philip jeffrey. >> joseph