you're playing ldj, lyndon baines johnson on broadway at the neil simon theatre, all the way. >> yeahid you think. >> stephen: tremendous. no roller disco. >> i was pitching for that, they said no. >> stephen: why do a play after being a huge tv star? >> it's all about the writing and the character. this character is shakespearian, he's like king lear, he's huge. >> stephen: he's president. >> he's president lear. he's like the "godzilla" of presidents. >> stephen: right. i really believed you at lbj. when you came out for your curtain calls, you know, the lights went down after you say your final line, the lights came back up and suddenly you're brian cranston. what are you doing to yourself on stage to make yourself lbj? >> are you like, are you like your posture is different, your face is different, are you acting? >>. >> yeah, i'm-- you know, over the course of rehearsal you take in his character. you see and you talk and you just absorb who this guy is. and you listen to the tapes that he made and you watch his mannerisms. and you don't want to do an impersonation but you want to