                                
>>> HE'S THE DEEP VOICE HUNK WHO
APPEARED IN OVER 95 FILMS AND   
TELEVISION SHOWS.               
WE ARE TAKING ABOUT THE ICONIC  
SAM ELLIOTT.                    
>> IN THE WESTERN "TOMBSTONE."  
WHO CAN FORGET HIM.             
>> "THE BIG LEBOWSKI."          
>> HE'S ON "THE HERO", WESTERN  
ACTOR WHO'S FORCED TO REFLECT   
BACK ON HIS CAREER AND HE'S HERE
WITH US TODAY.                  
>> NOTHING BETTER THAN A HUG    
FROM SAM ELLIOTT.               
>> AND THEN WHEN HE SAYS YOUR   
NAME.                           
>> I JUST LOVE IT.              
HE KIND OF SAYS IT SOFTLY IN    
YOUR EAR.                       
SO WORTH IT.                    
>> WHATEVER IT IS, YOU HAVE IT  
IN SPADES, SIR.                 
>> YOU DEFINITELY HAVE IT.      
>> FEELING A LITTLE FUZZY AT THE
MOMENT.                         
>> IS THAT RIGHT?               
SO THIS WAS WRITTEN FOR YOU?    
>>> IT WAS, YEAH.               
>> HOW DID THAT COME ABOUT?     
>> IT CAME FROM ABOUT ANOTHER   
FILM THAT I DID WITH THE SAME   
GUY THAT WROTE WITH HIS WRITING 
PARTNER MARK BASS.              
I PLAYED A LITTLE BIT IN IT.    
>> THAT WAS THAT LOVELY LITTLE  
ROMANCE.                        
>> YEAH.                        
WE WENT ON THE ROAD AND DID     
PROMOTION AND GOT TO KNOW EACH  
OTHER AND BRETT AND MARK WROTE  
THE SCRIPT FOR ME.              
>> YOU READ THE SCRIPT.         
>> I HAD NEVER HAD ANYBODY WRITE
A SCREEN PLAY FOR ME BEFORE.    
I'VE HAD PARTS WRITTEN FOR ME   
OVER THE YEARS, BUT NEVER AN    
ENTIRE SCRIPT I WAS ON EVERY    
PAGE.                           
>> THEN DO YOU FEEL COMPELLED   
THAT YOU ALMOST HAVE TO SAY YES?
>> THERE'S NO WAY NOT TO.       
>> WHAT IF IT STUNK?            
>> YEAH, BUT IT DIDN'T.         
THESE GUYS ARE GREAT WRITERS.   
>> TELL US ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER 
IN THIS.                        
>> HE'S MUCH LIKE ME IN MANY    
RESPECTS.                       
IN THAT HE'S AN ACTOR.          
HE DOES VOICE OVERS.            
HE'S KNOWN FOR A WESTERN THAT HE
DID IN THE PAST.                
THAT SAID, THERE'S A LOT OF     
ELEMENTS THAT ARE NOTHING LIKE  
ME.                             
>> ALSO WOULDN'T BE MUCH FUN TO 
PLAY.                           
>> TRUE.                        
MY WIFE PLAYS MY EX-WIFE.       
KATHERINE AND I HAD BEEN        
TOGETHER FOR 33 YEARS.          
>> YOU WERE NOT EXES AT ALL.    
STILL VERY MUCH TOGETHER.       
>> NO.                          
AND HE GETS A CANCER DIAGNOSIS  
EARLY ON, SO I DON'T HAVE       
CANCER.                         
HE SMOKES DOPE ALL DAY LONG.    
I DON'T SMOKE DOPE ALL DAY LONG.
>> JUST HALF THE DAY.           
>> ALL DAY LONG HE SAID.        
>> AND HE'S ON THE OUTS WITH HIS
DAUGHTER AS WELL AND I HAPPEN TO
LOVE MY DAUGHTER DEEPLY.        
>> SO LET'S NOT CONFUSE THIS    
CHARACTER WITH THE REAL YOU.    
>> YEAH.                        
>> AND YOU CHANGE.              
WHEN YOU FIRST GET THE DIAGNOSIS
IN THIS MOVIE, YOU ALMOST DON'T 
CARE.                           
YOU'RE SMOKING.                 
>> I THINK HE DOESN'T CARE      
MAYBE, BUT I THINK THAT IT JUST 
TAKES HIM ON THIS WHOLE THING   
ABOUT REALLY THINKING ABOUT WHAT
HE'S DONE WITH HIS LIFE.        
AND TRYING TO REALLY MOP UP THE 
MESS HE'S MADE OF IT OVER THE   
YEARS.                          
AS HE REALLY DID MAKE PRETTY    
MUCH OF A MESS OVER IT IN       
PURSUIT OF HIS CAREER, I GUESS. 
>> DOESN'T HE HAVE GREAT HAIR?  
>> I'M WONDERING WHY HE KEEPS   
SCRATCHING HIS RIGHT EAR.       
>> IT'S THESE GLASSES.          
I HAVE THESE GLASSES WITH THESE 
WRAPAROUND --                   
>> WE'LL HELP YOU SCRATCH IT.   
>> WE'LL HELP YOU DO ANYTHING.  
>> WHAT'S NEXT?                 
>> GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.    
MAYBE IF I DO THE OTHER EAR.    
>> WE ARE SLAP HAPPY TIRED.     
WE APOLOGIZE.                   
>> WE ARE.                      
SAM, THANK YOU.                 
THIS MOVIE IS CALLED "THE       
