>> where do you begin with an epic like lawrence? >> a blank sheet of paper as with everything. you know, you read everything you can get your hands on, talk to people who knew this particular character. then i think the only thing to do is to throw it all away and do him as you see him. >> who are you? >> who are you? that is the central question of the whole movie, and lawrence does not know the answer to that question. >> here's o'toole who is given this opportunity, and he just -- he goes all the way. and the way he played it, you know, with his physicality, he gives one of the greatest performances i've ever seen by an actor in my life. >> kennington, the sculptor who sculpted him, said lawrence reminded him of a middleweight boxer. and at that moment, something