>> rose: jean pigozzi is here. johnny to his friends, he is a businessman, a photographer, an art collector and much more. born in paris, educated at harvard, he has been taking pictures for most of his life. he's just published his first book of photographs in some 19 years. it's called catalog." "vanity fair" has written of him "part 21st century renaissance man, pis pig goez zi is a living exexception to the proposed rule that they don't mike 'em like that anymore." i am pleased to have him here for the first time and it's about time: welcome. we've got a lot of life to talk about. here is the book we've been talk about. why do you call it that? >> well so being dyslexic i don't even know the alphabet from a to z. so i decided i have to come up with a name. so i said deraisonne means organized. and this is a catalog that's not organized. becae it's fun. it starts with dogs and ladies and food and travel all mixed up but i think the mixing is quite good. i didn't do the editing. i tried to do it for two years and

>> rose: welcome to our program. tonight, paul keating, the former prime minister of australia, takes a look at the rise of asia and what it means for rest of the world. >> we're moving to a much more representative world structure where half the world was once ridden with poverty, they're emerging from poverty. where-- we're coming into a much better world but a trickier one, one where we have these assortment of interests. in a sense, you can see this by the development of the g-20. we had-- you could run the world from the north atlantic through the g-7. that's now at least gone. >> rose: also this evening, the fabulous nora ephron. >> as you get older, you really do remember nothing. you really have entire sections of your life that have floated away in some sort of-- never to be retrieved way. and every so often-- you know your friends say to you, "you know what you always say any something," and they tell you something you never said, you're pretty sure you never said. >> rose: paul keating and nora ephron when

>> rose: alongside ma p.a. chino lily rabb bay has what may be a brilliant breakout performance. >> i may neither choose nor refuse. so is the will of a living daughter curved by the will of a dead father. is it not hard that i cannot choose one nor refuse none. >> your father was ever virtuous and have good inspiration. will no doubt never be chosen by any rightly but one who you shall rightly love. >> rose: lily rain joins with us the play's director daniel sullivan. i am pleased to have them at this table to talk about an extraordinary level of performance as well as direction which has been receiving extraordinary press: nice to see you. >> thank you. >> rose: tell me how you thought about mess. >> well, actually, that came about through conversations sand we read a bunch of plays and thought, you know, this is time. it hadn't been done at the de la court for 50 years. it was the first production with george c. scott and then they stayed away from that play for a long time. >> rose: why? >> well, i think th

>> rose: welcome to our program. tonight, rick stengel, the managing editor of "time" magazine who earlier today had a conversation with julian assange, the founder of wikileaks, about who he is and what he is about. >> he's a kind of anarchist but an anarchist who's also an idealist who believes that what he's doing rather than damaging world security or individuals is actually making the world more adjust. that he feels that there's an information disequilibrium in the world and he wants to rectify that. that's what he would say his philosophy is. >> rose: are you admiring him? >> um, i think what he's doing is extremely destructive. >> rose: and to put this story in perspective, a man who has operated at the top levels of the american government, admiral dennis blair. >> there is nothing in these documents that is providing ah-ha, they're doing something completely contrary to what they are. but it provides tactical detail that can be used by our enemies against us and sews distrust in our friends because some of

captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: we begin tonight with a wrap-up of an important week in politics. president obama announced a deal on tuesday that will extend all the bush tax cuts for two more years. in exchange the republican leadership agreed to continue unemployment benefits for 13 more months. some within the democratic party are criticizing the president for caving to republican demands. the republicans have critics within their own party as well. house democrats who still control the chamber until the end of the year rejected the framework of the compromise in a preliminary vote yesterday. earlier today the president met with former president bill clinton. president clinton held forth for nearly 30 minutes after his conversation with with the president and here's part of what he said to the press. >> just about every day this week i've been making an argument as to why the agreement that we've struck to provide billions of dollars in payroll tax cuts, that can immediately help rejuvenate the economy

>> rose: welcome to our program. tonight the actor javier bardem and the director alejandro gonzalez inarritu talking about their new movie called "biutiful". >> i am obsessed about portraying people that are loyal to to a very hard circumstance, struggling with themselves in order to become better and to do less harm to others. >> his nature, i think, there's a moment where the character javier's nature works, you know what i'm saying? so i saw that and i knew that he will be right for the part. and that was it and i was right. you can see, i think, his work is monumental. >> rose: bardem and ruth ruth ruth next. maybe you want to provide meals for the needy. or maybe you want to help when the unexpected happens. whatever you want to do, members project from american express can help you take the first step. vote, volunteer, or donate for the causes you believe in at membersproject.com. take charge of making a difference. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie

>> rose: welcome to our program. tonight we begin with the film people are talking about, it is "the fighter" directed by david o. russell starring christian bale and mark wahlberg who also produced it. >> you had a hard enough time being you when you had your chance and that's why you're in here. >> rose: and we continue with the movie "blue valentine" which stars ryan gosling and michelle williams and is directed by derek cianfrance. >> no, i mean, like, hi, bye, how are you? i'm fine." >> how are you? "the fighter" and "blue valentine" when we continue. maybe you want school kids to have more exposure to the arts. maybe you want to provide meals for the needy. or maybe you want to help when the unexpected happens. whatever you want to do, members project from american express can help you take the first step. vote, volunteer, or donate for the causes you believe in at membersproject.com. take charge of making a difference. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charl

>> yes. >> rose: so tell me. you've known a lot of foreign policy people, you are of that place. >> dick holbrooke and i met 44 years ago and have been fast friends, at each other's side in all our battles. foreign policy battles and our personal battles. you know, one thing you have to... we're all just terribly sad because he... we were such fast friends with this guy. but our relationships with him-- frank and dick and myself, a few others-- were constantly teasing fighting, cajoling, arguing about everything. nothing was sacred in these relationships. >> rose: were you in combat with him, an argument about the afghan/pakistan issue? >> sure, about that, no question about that. >> rose: in other words, where you stand? >> well, we used to argue for the fun of arguing anyway. in the case of afghanistan and pakistan, it was particularly difficult. >> rose: holbrook only won an argument with les when he wore him out and he had to leave the room because holbrooke was still going. >> i said i'd give up more hours o

our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. . >> rose: jon huntsman is here, as a u.s. ambassador to china he oversees one of the world's most important bilateral relationship. china's role in the world has grown since the economic crisis of 2008. this area it surpassed japan as the world's second largest economy. china's economic power makes it assertive, some say aggressive on the world stage. at the same time its leaders are preoccupied with the challenges of its internal growth and political stability. huntsman brings a lifetime of experience with asia to the job. he was previously ambassador to singapore and deputy trade representative, fluid in mandarin and once worked as a mormon missionary in taiwan. i am pleased to have him here with me in washington. welcome. >> thank you. >> rose: you speak mandarin and cantonese. >> i struggle with all the above. mandarin i use to some effect. and can get by with it pretty well. cantonese i studied for a year in college. >> rose: the chinese must like that though. >> they do because language allows one to crack the code on c

. >> rose: (laughs) >> just to see... >> rose: thank you. just to make it difficult for them to get there. >> exactly. a challenge. it's a reward when you get to the charlie rose page. >> i was looking here. that shows you can never think traditional. i'm looking here or here or here. that's not where it is. >> we did it because most people browse and look at this level but we have had a few complaints >> rose: what are the stills that a great editor brings to a project. let's assume you're that with this product. what is it? it's not what you know about business because i don't think that would have gotten you there. >> i think clearly it wouldn't have. it's tough because i don't have a whole lot of management experience. i'm a journalist. i tend to rely on people's expertise i think the only thing that i spring a sense of amazement. i find... a sense of story. >> rose: i know, is it something other than... it's just amazement? >> yeah, i like to be amazed. i like that when people are enthusiastic about the world we live in and don't cover

>> rose: welcome to our program. we but again this evening with a look at the bush tax cuts and the compromise between the president and the republicans. we continue with a conversation about literature with nicole krauss, author of "great house." we conclude with the director florian henckel von donnersmarck whose new film is called "the tourist" starring angelina jolie and johnny depp. an agreement on taxes, a conversation about novels, and how to put together a new movie, next. exposure to the arts. maybe you want to provide meals for the needy. or maybe you want to help when the unexpected happens. whatever you want to do, members project from american express can help you take the first step. vote, volunteer, or donate for the causes you believe in at membersproject.com. take charge of making a difference. additional funding provided by these funders: captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: we begin by looking at the tax support between the pr

captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. hugh shelton is here. he was chairman of the joint chiefs of staff from 1997 to 2001. he served under president bill clinton and george w. bush. he oversaw the military response to the attacks of september 11th. de two tours in vietnam and was assistant division commander of the 101s airborne in the persian gulf war. he was also command never chief of the special operation kos manned. his new memoir called without hesitation, the odyssey of an american warrior it chronicles his journey from a small farming community in north carolina to the high echelons of the u. milary. i'm pleased to have general shelton at this table. welcome. >> thank you, charlie. it's an honor to be here with you tonight. >> we are proud north carlinians and have great affection for our state. how is your health is the thing everybody wants to know. because you had this terrible fall off the roof. >> it was an incredible fall and an incredible journey coming back from it with the help of the great people at wal

>> rose: welcome to our r progr. i'm in san francisco and gordon brown, the former prime minister of great britain, is at my table in new york. we'll have a conversation about the economic collapse, economic recovery, and what he thinks should be next. >> i've always said the definition of courage is that you've got to have a strength of belief and you've got to have a strength of will power. and the greatest figures in history rf r those who've had both the strength of belief to do something and also the will power to see it through. and i think that's what leadership is about. and i think if you don't have the beliefs that make sense of the problems that people are facing at the time, if you can't interpret to people their problems and show them that there is a solution and then of course if you don't have the will power to see it through, you can't be labeled as a courageous leader and i think courageous leaders do both. >> rose: a program note. our conversation with ryan gosling, michelle williams will be seen at