scott roouden, one of the producers asked me seven years ago. >> yeah. >> and i read the screen play realized i hadn't read the play. i read the play and said troy, 53. well, i was 55 when i read it. and i'm thinking, because when i saw it in the '80s, i'm looking at it through cory's eyes because i was younger. i'm thinking i was too young for troy, but when i read it and said 53, oh, i better hurry up. so i called scott and said, i want to do the play. >> how much thought time you put into, how much time you had to wrestle with it on film. >> well, you know film-making is the collaborative process. you put some of the best people around you, editor, and you all work together, and you want to inspire them and so, i don't think -- i know enough i've been around long enough to know that i don't think i know everything. so i put the best around me, let them do what they do. ultimately i have to make the final decision, let the best do what they do. let viola go. i'm going start directing now. >> well you are the director. >> and i did direct. you know, but the smartest thing i did as a