t. bone burnett. i was anxious. i did not want to drop the ball. it was such a great opportunity. it created a different kind of difficulty for me. >> what kind of resource did you do for "crazy heart." >> the boozing -- we had something called cents-a memory. it is a job same, i think i will get a little drop. it does not work because you get the rest of the day. what we did, when i first got the script i turned it down because there's no music attach to it. if this movie did not have good music, it will not be any good. when i found out that my dear friends t. bone burnett was in charge of the music, i knew we were in good hands. we did not have any songs. the preparation for that was writing the songs and working with a wonderful band that t. bone put together. >> if had been known as a prolific actor in hollywood. you are we making a famous film. how does one prepared to beat -- to be in a remake of a film like "true grit?" >> when i got a call from the coen brothers to do "true grit,"-- they are masters. let's hear it for the brothers. [applause] i said, why are you doing "tr

>> well, i get to work with my buddy t bone burnett. omorrow i leave here, go to texas where t bone will receive the steven brutin award, he's our friend who died shortly after "crazy heart" was completed and was my music hero, and will be playing there a bit. and then we're going to zip back to l.a. for maybe six days we're going to go in the recording studio with this incredible band that he's put together and as far as the songs go, we don't really know what they're going to be. t bone came up the other day and we went through a bunch of my songs and a bunch of john goodwin songs, probably my oldest friend, we go back to the fourth grade and have been painting together and doing creative things together so probably will be some of his songs on there and maybe some greg brown tunes. you guys know who greg brown is? anybody know who greg brown is? yeah, man. check him out. he's good. >> one question that you're much less likely to be asked once you leave washington, d.c., but it's pretty common to ask when you're here, you've been an ac

my friend t-bone burnett produced this, and we went and -- 11 days. >> jimmy: is that right? >> yeah, and they're great players, and they just -- they just knew what to do. is there a favorite genre that you like? >> genre, i don't know. i don't understand why everybody wants to be so french. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: "genre." >> "genre." [ laughter ] to me, it's just all music. i mean, it's all the kinds of music i like, from the rock and roll must about this picture, with this guy here with a wolf running off with a bag of burning money. well, it's not hard to understand what that is about. to some little, you know, stories about people just trying to make their way through life. some love songs. we just had a ball doing it. and we went to los angeles and mixed it, and had a little time off. >> jimmy: what do you do you in your time off? >> go to the roller derby. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that's what elvis costello does in his time off? he goes to the roller derby? >> my pal rang me up and said, "you've got to go to this." and honestly, if you ever get a

t. bone burnett was going to be involved in the music, that was good. but we did not have many songs. so the preparation as far as being a musician and so forth was writing those songs and working with a wonderful band that t-bone put together. getting the guitar and being the guy as soon as i could. >> you are a prolific actor, and there always seems to be other projects coming up, and one of those is a remake of a famous film. how does one prepare to be in a remake of a film such as "true grit," with so many know as an iconic performance? >> when i got the call from the coen brothers to do true grit, and the coen brothers are -- c'mon, "lebowski," and i said why are you guys doing that? and they said we are not really referencing the film, we are referencing the charles portis book. and i read the book and i said that now i see why. it is a wonderful book. >> if there were any film that could be remade, what would you want to act in and what role would you play? >> that is interesting. what pops into my mind is " sea hunt." and the role i would play with the producer. i do not think

t. bone burnett was going to be involved in the music, that was good. but we did not have many songs. so the preparation as far as being a musician and so forth was writing those songs and working with a wonderful band that t-bone put together. getting the guitar and being the guy as soon as i could. >> you are a prolific actor, and there always seems to be other projects coming up, and one of those is a remake of a famous film. how does one prepare to be in a remake of a film such as "true grit," with so many know as an iconic performance? >> when i got the call from the coen brothers to do true grit, and the coen brothers are -- c'mon, "lebowski," and i said why are you guys doing that? and they said we are not really referencing the film, we are referencing the charles portis book. and i read the book and i said that now i see why. it is a wonderful book. >> if there were any film that could be remade, what would you want to act in and what role would you play? >> that is interesting. what pops into my mind is "sea hunt." and the role i would play with the producer. i do not think