var aboutlked to lab this. he was not intimidated, or how he dealt with intimidation. you spoke of your intimidation and how you thought steve mcqueen may fire you. how did you come to term with the intimidation? >> that is why the training at yale prepared me for. i had felt those feeling senate three years to deal with this -- do withn and those feelings and i had three years to deal with that intimidation. i remember having a classmate crying because they felt like a failure and in the evening, there was a production and my how fabulous they were. that is comfort and that self- doubt, that fear, that is what keeps us curious, and it keeps us searching for truth and with integrity. as actors. remembering that was helpful. then i have experienced those feelings. and then i get on the set and i get to louisiana and i have my first rehearsal with michael. michael turned to me after our first reading and said, you are my peer. that was so relieving, to come from his mouth. and yeah, you know. [laughter] tavis: you knew him well. >> and those things. the confidence of ste