war i. he spent the last several years trying to get a washington monument for his comrades. bernard madoff wants the world to know he is a good person and his epic ponzi scheme was not all his own fault. eye-opening statements phoned in from prison. >> reporter: in more than a dozen phone calls, bernie madoff opens up to new york magazine about his multi-billion dollar fraud, victims and the fallout for his family, but mostly madoff talks about him isself, the stress of running the fraud, and even insists he is quote a good person. >> it was a nightmare for me, yes of course, only for me. >> reporter: he says, quote, look, imagine going home every night not being able to tell your wife, living with an ax over your head, not being able to tell your sons, my brother, seeing them every day in the business and not being able to confide in them. he is serving a 150 year sentence in a federal prison but