With gladiator, the producer said, listen, i want you to look at this first before you even read anything. And he showed me this painting. It was the corner of clearly the coliseum, so you have him standing over a slave who is about to get killed. Hes looking up for permission at the guy who is clearly nero who is doing that, in other words, kill him. And i said, ill do it. He read the script and said, i dont care, i think we can get this right, lets do it. Are you not entertained . Are you not entertained . Isnt that why you are here . I must have had half a dozen phone calls with ridley about russell. I think he was a really raw talent who was just discovering the power he had. Slave. Remove your helmet and tell me your name. Hes marvelous. Russells big thing is that heart he has in his voice. My name is maximus meridius, commander of the armys of the north, loyal servant to the true emperor, marcus aurelius, father to a murdered son, husband to a murder wife. And i will have my vengeance in this life or the next. Hes a character actor. Thats what he loves, is to fully create a character. Worthless, discarded. Theres no mission. While you drool, the world will burn down. You are not real. You are not real. Youre still talking to me, soldier. He finds himself within those characters and he embodies them in ways that make you lose yourself in that world. So hes really helping the director to create and transport beyond his own status and presence. Theres two things that aggravate me, mr. Mazri. Being ignored and being lied to. I never lied. You told me things would be fine. Theyre not. I trusted you. Sorry about that. I dont need pity. I need a paycheck. And ive looked. When you spend the last six years raising babies are you getting this down, honey, or am i talking too fast for you . A paralegal who files a Class Action Lawsuit against a company that has poisoned the community and then lied about it. To get to be in the orbit of Steven Soderbergh and feeling like you had found your person, like we just came together at the right time with the right material, and one of his great talents is casting people. Aaron eckhart and albert finney. Youre eratic, anything that comes into your head, you make this personal. My time away from my kids, if thats not personal, i dont know what is. A complex, layered performance. You have got all of Julia Roberts in this film. And the oscar goes to Julia Roberts. The oscars. What does it mean . I dont know. Do we want them . Of course we do. Its this great piece of recognition that will stand the test of time and its a really special moment. Ha ha, i love it up here Steven Soderbergh and George Clooney sent me the script for oceans 11 with a 20 bill, and it said, we hear you get 20 a picture. They were paying me in advance. Youre not wearing your ring. I sold it. I dont have a husband. Or didnt you get the papers . My last day inside. I told you i would write. George clooney is the one that convinced his friends to be his fellow cast members. And it was just fun. Theres something very special about seeing this kind of star power, this charisma onscreen. Did you guys get a group rate or something . Stars become for a while the most dependable elements in movies which is why their salary goes up. The power balance in movies changes. It changes from an industry that at first was studio driven, and then was director driven, to an industry that is star driven. I have made fire by changing the balance, it changes the kind of movies we get, ones that ultimately centralize the star. Today is training day. Ill show you around, give you a taste of the business. I supervise five officers, thats five different personalities, five sets of problems. You could be number six if you act right. Training day is an otherwise small film without denzels presence. 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