those things don't come as givens just because you've got the physique. an actor, the same thing. you need various things. you need to have a head for choosing the roles. you have to be, hopefully, easy to work with so people enjoy working with you. you have to have a good head for choice because every performance is a group of tiny little choices for how you play every line and that builds up a performance. you have to deal with missing roles, with not being asked to work, with doing good work and then being castigated by the critics for it. you have to have a skin that can deal with all of that. i, fortunately, seem to have the makeup which allows me to deal with the business. i mean, not as everybody. i find what i call the [bleep] side of the industry very difficult. you won't see me at other peoples' premiers. i mean, i go to my own premiers because i have to help my film, but i don't enjoy that whole side of it. i don't enjoy celebrityhood. i love getting a seat in a restaurant. i love it when people say hi when i don't know them. [laughter] i mean,

. >> you seem to have regained the physique and weight i'm used to seeing you at. lot of weight to play jean valjean in the beginning. >> yes. one thing with film you can show that time that you can't show on stage. my wife gripped my hand, she was sort of worried for me. he wanted me to be unrecognizable in the beginning, which i did. but from the beginning to the end i had to put 30 pounds on. it was about a three to four-month shoot. it was the role of a lifetime. >> i was try iing to think, as was watching -- i know there are all kinds of beautiful trailers just out of camera's shot and you've got catering and all that stuff but it has an incredibly gritty feel to it. >> yes. >> the finished product. i wanted to purell throughout the entire movie. what was it like shooting in those scenes? >> it was cold. it was wet. tom is a stickler for reality, unfortunately. we pretty much lived it. unlike the characters, we had hot showers and where's my evian. because it's a french story. >> that's right. you got very emotional at a certain stage of an interview when talk

it's not about that but being a female with this physique, the strength, the power that comes with itaction. i've said, no, to people. like, i'm sorry, i'm busy. if i don't feel comfortable or don't like the way they sound or what they want, asking for something weird i never heard of, hello, no thank you. wrong girl. >> that's just awesome that you have a business sense and you created this whole thing for yourself. >> that's right. yeah, because i don't have a husband and no one to look after me so i had to. there are men all over the world that are into this. it's allowed me great freedom, financial independence. i don't burn out on it because i only do it when i want to. >> with an instinct for one of the latest pop culture trends lauren has literally taken a step in a new direction. >> from the bodybuilding scene i'm kind of crossed over to being a dancer. >> i am amazed how she takes the pressure. because when i met her, i was very sorry for her because everybody thought, oh, my god, she looks like a man. she's not like a woman at all. maybe she was a man. >> i get sensitive and

the family's honor was at stake. jara's appearance had changed greatly after three years of intensive training. >> translator: he must have been obsessed because his physique had completely changed in three years. i remember him flexing his shoulder muscles. >> reporter: the two fought a close bout which ended in a draw. but after the final round, inoki walked up to jara and lifted his arm, admitting defeat. >> translator: we were exulted. inoki admitted defeat and we got our revenge. we also witnessed inoki's spirit of sportsmanship. >> translator: both of them have died since the memorable bout, and wrestling is no longer so popular in pakistan. during this visit, they offered a prayer. he told him he would like his son to do blood wrestling in japan. the pakistani and japanese wrestler fought a legendary bout that ruined 85 friendships between families and between countries. they are now handing down their robe to the next generation. nhk world. >>> for people who run japan's amusement arcades, life is anything but fun and games. some operators are adapting by targeting the older player. >> more than half the people who visit this arcade on weekdays are

the family's honorable estate, chara's appearance changed greatly after three years of intensive training. >> translator: he must have been obsessed because his physique had completely changed in three years. i remember him flexing his shoulders. >> reporter: it was a close bout which ended in a draw but after the final round, inoki walked up to chara and lifted his arm conceding defeat. >> translator: we were exalted. inoki admitted defeat and we got our revenge. we also witnessed inoki's spirit and sportsmanship. >> reporter: they have died since the memorable bout and wrestling is no longer so popular in pakistan. during this visit, inoki visited the graves of his former rife als to offer a prayer. he also made abe who told him that he would like his son to be an apprentice to inoki and learn wrestling in japan. the pakistani and japanese wrestlers are legendary bouts that solidified friendships between families and between countries. they are now handing down their roles to the next generation. nhk world. >>> and that wraps up our bulletin for today. we're reporting from bangkok. >>> with christmas just around the corner, illuminations are brighte

the family's honorable estate, chara's appearance changed greatly after three years of intensive training. >> translator: he must have been obsessed because his physique had completely changed in three years. i remember him flexing his shoulders. >> reporter: it was a close bout which ended in a draw but after the final round, inoki walked up to chara and lifted his arm conceding defeat. >> translator: we were exalted. inoki admitted defeat and we got our revenge. we also witnessed inoki's spirit and sportsmanship. >> reporter: they have died since the memorable bout and wrestling is no longer so popular in pakistan. during this visit, inoki visited the graves of his formal rivals to offer a prayer. he also made abe who told him that he would like his son to be an apprentice to inoki and learn wrestling in japan. the pakistani and japanese wrestlers are legendary bouts that solidified friendships between families and between countries. they are now handing down their roles to the next generation. nhk world. >>> and that wraps up our bulletin for today. we're reporting from bangkok. >>> with christmas just around the corner, illuminations are brighteni

the governor casts a pretty sizable shadow. here's barbara walters engaging him in a touchy matter of his physique. >> you are a little overweight> why? >> stay with me. we will give you his answer in a moment. just to be sure, chris christie's weight, whatever it is, he doesn't say. that's his business, but when your name is bandied about as being presidential timber, people want to know about your health. a presidential historian joins me now from new orleans. welcome back. before we talk, i want to play the answer to barbara walters's question as to why he is so ro tund. >> why? >> if i could figure it out i would fix it. >> do you try to diet? >> i had more diets and lost and gained back more weight in my time than i care to count. >> people say that you couldn't be president because you are so heavy. what do i say to that? >> that's ridiculous. >> do you think so? >> i agree with him 100%. he has a problem with his weight, but we all have ailments. the american spirit is one of not holding something like that against a candidate. franklin roosevelt had polio and was in a wheelchair. jfk had a disease and we can go on and on