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Was -- the film we just saw had a say, she was never afraid of the truth. >> that's certainly true. kenneth, that was a great driving thing about elizabeth taylor was she didn't care really what people thought. she was doing what she thought was the right thing. >> she had a genuine sense of social justice and appropriateness, and she was undeterred, and she had -- could not understand why everybody didn't realize how -- how critical the need was for appropriate funding and resources to address this critical aids crisis, and this was in 1985 when she and dr. krim founded amfar, and it wasn't u...

And it had lived a lot and suffered a lot. >> carole, what do you think would be the way that she would like to be remembered? what was most important to elizabeth, do you think? >> most important to elizabeth were her family, her friends, her care about aids research, standing up before anyone that we knew of in hollywood, stood up after her friend rock hudson died a terrible death from aids. she came out and supported amfar and later her own foundation. she came to the studio with me when burt bacharach and i were putting stevie wonder on "that's what friends are for" with gladys knight, and...

Skipper is dead, and i'm alive. >> maggie. >> maggie the cat is alive. i'm alive. why are you afraid of the truth? >> truth! >> that was elizabeth taylor in one of her greatest ever roles, "cat on a hot tin roof." i want to talk about her legacy, the cause closest to elizabeth taylor's heart, her work in the fight against hiv and aids. here with me now is mathilde krim and kenneth cole, chairmen of amfar. >> mathilde, let me start with you. when she got involved with aids, it was incredibly unfashionable for her to do that. it was a huge risk for her as a big star to do this, wasn't it? >> now...

Skipper is dead, and i'm alive. >> maggie. >> maggie the cat is alive. i'm alive. why are you afraid of the truth? >> truth! >> that was elizabeth taylor in one of her greatest ever roles, "cat on a hot tin roof." i want to talk about her legacy, the cause closest to elizabeth taylor's heart, her work in the fight against hiv and aids. here with me now is mathilde krim, and kenneth cole, fashion designer and chairman of amfar. >> mathilde, let me start with you. when she got involved with aids, it was incredibly unfashionable for her to do that. it was a huge risk for her as a big star to do t...

She had all these movie stars to join with her. she urged the president to pay more attention to it. she was in it, before rock hudson acquired it, she was into aids. in the early '80s, when we first became aware of the term, and when she fought for something she fought for it vigorously. she fought for it with all she had. the word that felts her, passion. she was passionate about everything. she soaked it up, she soaked up the room. she changed the room when she walked in it. we'll never see her likes again. never. >> i think the world is going to miss elizabeth taylor, aren't they, larry? >...