this elks had, for example, was a prop in woody allen's first feature film in 1965. peter o'toole brought it here. the famous irish actor is a regular guest, like many other international celebrities. many of them have signed the guest book, which dates back to 1880. >> we have a few just up the road here. and we also have friel jordan who brings everybody from the film studios in, all of the famous people. and bonnell's -- bono's house is just around the corner. we even have a little ride up in one of -- in a, famous poets home. >> who has also served as a post office and a funeral home. the owners have changed in men -- many times. and in 1930, the old tool family bought a bar. it has been in the family ever since. >> we get along with all our customers. we know them by first name. we enjoy their company and they enjoy hours. a devoted just keeps coming back all the time. if we have generations -- they just keep coming back all the time. we have generations from grandparents to the grandkids. >> on thursdays and weekends when there is live music, it caters to of to

he thought of george constanza and woody allen. he thought of philip and alexander's father yelling and screaming telling his son he was the son of the family shames. you don't be deserved to be called a view. you, alexander are being embarrassed by the surface of the mirror. you don't deserve to be a mexican. nor the fact that mexicans are the hardest working people and came here to work and give their children a better future. there is no mexican who tried to justify with arguments like a fantasy to celebrate cinco de mayo. you, my friend are the self hating [inaudible] of all mexicans. you are nothing but a big master baeter. foolish man who hides from the rest of the world and sees his shame in order to dream a man can exist without a pas port or green card and labels him as what he is. remember the ones who tried to pass as something else? remember the [inaudible] of life. the [inaudible] of the nation of the [inaudible]. remember the guy from tijuana you met years ago and is proclaimed he was italian because he would and peop

. >> woody allen knows it. i brought a lot of terrorism ask -- i thought a lot of tourism after that movie. i don't think that that will happen after this movie. [laughter] this is los angeles, london, berlin, greece, this is about a city where having people from other parts of the world that are trying to survive and the struggle for a dignified life and honor for their kids. how we deal with that because this is about immigration. this is like a background story. the real story is about the relationship of this man with his kids. tavis: you suggested that we mentioned that you are pretty clear about what you want to play and what you don't want to play. you don't see yourself as a guide with superpowers and flying to the air, etc. have you always known that? have you always been so clear about that? does this come with experience and time? >> i have always known which is one of the great things that i know for sure. tavis: that is not a bad thing to be certain of if you are an actor. >> i knew that because my

i sat with woody allen and bill cosby and me and dick kaf cavet >> but you look at betty white. >> don't talk about betty white! >> why snot. >> why? >> that old bitch. from the dead, taken all my jokes. taken everything. >> your jokes or parts? >> both. >> anderson, that's a trigger for joan. >> i see that. >> little bit of a sticking point there. >> you know how she got it? >> how. >> slept around. >> slept with everybody. >> she's -- >> right to the middle. >> biggest ho in television. >> i go along with that. >> oh, yeah. >> no, i like betty white. >> no. seriously -- >> it means more parts for us going into the dotage, right? >> say it again. >> forget it. >> you say kathy's taking some of your gigs. >> no. oh kathy's taking all my gigs but she is my friend. well, here's the -- they call up and say who would you rather have? kathy griffin, brand new, hot, terrific or joan's still around. and we get the same agent and he says to me, look at her booking sheet. well, you want to go -- >> kathy, is this true? >> i love the last name is still around. kathy's still around. look, these lad

so i feel that i'm still, i'm still at a place where, you know, i look at woody allen. and the real film maker to me is a filmmaker who writes his own things. he's the author of his own, he is the artuer filmmaker. he writes his stuff and does it and i did that with easy rider and with the last movie. but, but after that, i was like not allowed to really do any of the projects that i wrote and coy never get financing for them. so i feel, i feel a little uneasy about that. i feel like i'm just not really, not really, i haven't really finished the work. >> but you feel ready to do it. >> oh, yeah, ready to do it. >> you're 58 i think, 136, you're 58 years old. you feel like that the muscles are strong and the brain and everything is ready to do it. do you think you'll get it. do you think you do. >> yeah, absolutely. >> yeah, i got to think that. >> that's right t wouldn't be worth it hanging around. you could just act but you are so motivated to be -- >> to make a difference. >> i want to do it and like you know, it's-- it's funny because i'm at a place now where the suc

. >> reporter: he played the heart throb before in woody allen's vicki christina barcelona.ou have three beautiful women falling for you. how is it to.... >> this is exciting. that's why, i mean.... >> reporter: you don't see yourself as the handsome leading man? >> no, because you don't see yourself like that. you want to do it. i want to portray it. >> i would like to invite you both to come with me. >> to come where? for the weekend. >> reporter: that's not something the real javier bardem would do. >> of course not. >> reporter: never. >> of course not. >> reporter: so who is the real javier bardem? and how would you describe yourself? >> we should talk to my therapist to help us with that. i don't know. >> reporter: though he grew up in a family full of actors including his mother, bardem didn't see himself going into the family business. on a visit to the hammer museum in los angeles, he explained that painting was his first love. >> yes, it was a way for me to try to express things, how i felt. i guess through painting i tried to achieve it but it was a very bad paint