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I went home that night. on the way home i said to myself im done with this life. im done living like this. im finished. i tell people all the time if you have addiction or a serious problem in your life, it begins in your head. youre the one that has to make up your mind and say im finished and walking away from this. >> mike: how hard was it for you to see scenes in this film knowing they were about you and a lot of them about the you before helping kids in sudan? >> ive seen the movie now eigh...

Platform i get to speak on to let the world know that this is still going on in darfur. theres still fighting in south sudan, fiewting in the mountains -- fighting in the mountains. theres genocide caused by the president of northern sudan. this is a serious problem. this man is the only president in all of history to have war crime charges put on him and hes still in office, so i use every opportunity to speak out what the true problem is. its still going on, not just in sudan but also inside t...

Him tick. one of the things i really picked up on was knowing that he has been through all this, how he feels when he talks about it. there was an awful lot of humor in his eyes generally when it came to his talks. he likes to test you, the way he looks at you, and yet at the same time, when he talks about his past and his drug days and those that got sick or died as a result of being involved with him, he just -- tears pour down his face. he has so much sadness in him as well and pain. that was...

Interview that you didnt save the children in sudan, they saved you. what do you mean by that, sam? >> absolutely. ill tell you what. i was a messed up person a long time ago, and even after i walked away from the drugs and the alcohol just giving the opportunity in order to save some children ended up actually doing something good in my life because i wake up with a purpose. i go to sleep with a purpose, and its not just about children in sudan any more. its approximat about children e world no...

You been changed by what you have learned? >> you know, i was aware of the situation like anybody else. you come across an article about the large resistance army, about the civil war, but you know, not that i knew in any greater detail than that, and it was just -- the thing is, this is why i love the movie. the statistics. 5 million deaths in a siferl war or half a million deaths at the hands of the resistance arm, 50,000 abductions. ithis movie was an education for me, and i knew that it woul...

An addict and violent who then finds way to turn around his life with god, and i just think those ories are inexpiring. its a true story as well. he finds purpose in his life, and the idea that when you find that purpose and that belief that it is incredible where that can take you, how far you can go with that. its the power of belief in itself. i just felt like it was an interesting chear character thai could get my teeth into. its such an adventure. hes a colorful guy, a dangerous guy, a huma...

Platform i get to speak on to let the world know that this is still going on in darfur. theres still fighting in south sudan, fiewting in the mountains -- fighting in the mountains. theres genocide caused by the president of northern sudan. this is a serious problem. this man is the only president in all of history to have war crime charges put on him and hes still in office, so i use every opportunity to speak out what the true problem is. its still going on, not just in sudan but also inside t...

Get off your butt and build it again. you hear me? >> we do not need more guns. >> why dont you fight the evil in your way and ill fight it in mine. >> mike: please welcome the star of "machine gun preacher" gerard butler. the role is intense. the opening scenes in the movie are stunning. people are rocked back in the chair from the opening scenes. you play a guy, a bad guy, who turns his life around. what attracted you to the role of sam childers. what made you say i want to do that movie? >> i...

You been changed by what you have learned? >> you know, i was aware of the situation like anybody else. you come across an article about the large resistance army, about the civil war, but you know, not that i knew in any greater detail than that, and it was just -- the thing is, this is why i love the movie. the statistics. 5 million deaths in a siferl war or half a million deaths at the hands of the resistance arm, 50,000 abductions. ithis movie was an education for me, and i knew that it woul...

Get off your butt and build it again. you hear me? >> we do not need more guns. >> why dont you fight the evil in your way and ill fight it in mine. >> mike: please welcome the star of "machine gun preacher" gerard butler. the role is intense. the opening scenes in the movie are stunning. people are rocked back in the chair from the opening scenes. you play a guy, a bad guy, who turns his life around. what attracted you to the role of sam childers. what made you say i want to do that movie? >> i...