susan sarandon, and you, like so many of us, was raised to be polite, that she gave you permission thatt have to be that all the time? >> she showed it. she never talked about it. just in the way she moved through the world. i never really spent time with a woman like that, who is not apologetic about what she's saying. you know what, i kind of like to say what i think. or, maybe let's do this. she just says, "let's do this." "this is what i think." >> and it changed? >> yeah. i really -- it was like, a revelation to me to watch her interact with people and see that nobody was freaking out. but she just says what she thinks. she's lovely. she was perfectly wonderful to work with. but -- so it changed. i had a lot of regression, you know. but i built back up again, yeah. >> she helped you get in touch, as you write in the book, your inner bad-ass? >> yeah, yeah, exactly. >> oscar winner, world-class archer. fair? >> yeah. >> nearly made the olympic team. fair? author, mother. what's next? >> my goal is to just get more great parts and act. i mean, acting is my thing. i have a lot of othe