Painted on the script so that you can be a part of them. And i wanted to take that tapestry and put it together. Because its also for me a love story. A love story through the eyes of this man and one of the reasons i said yes to lee after he was relentless in asking know do it is because i wanted the tapestry the depth, the broadness of that communication between a husband and a wife and particularly a middleclass black family to be seenbly the progressive world. Its something we dont see very often. Women have been the backbone regardless of race for a number of reasons and i wanted to show that level of character. Rose lee daniels the butler for the hour. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Rose eugene allen was born on a virginia plantation in 1919. He worked as a wait in a country club until 1952. He found a new job as a butler in the white house. He spent 34 years there. He served under eight president s from harry
Important role in our history. Something special is going on here. Mr. President . I know your son is a freedom rider. Turn the bus i never understood what you all really went through. Youve changed my heart. This theres this whole black Power Movement going on. I give you the green light to gut those sons of bitches. Theyre going to kill you. You need to go. What . Get the hell out of my house. Sorry, mr. Butler, i didnt mean to make fun of your hero. Everything you are and everything sufficient because of that butler. Rose joining me now is lee daniels who directed the movie, danny strong who wrote the script and two of the films stars, Forest Whitaker who plays the butler and Oprah Winfrey who plays his wife gloria. Welcome one and all. Thank you. Rose im pleased to have you here. You, sir, are at your creative best. Congratulations. Thank you. Rose you, magnificent. Thank you, sir. Rose but you, sir, are just brilliant. This is an extraordinary performance over a span of years to c
That that was really real because in order to have the ability to not to fight back and not to just go against your because somebody spits on you theres a visceral reaction that you have that you want to knock that person out now go through the nonviolence training, to take it because we had the conversation this morning with the girls about what would have happened had one of those people hit a white person or spit at them back. Holy cow. Holy cow. I mean, all would have broken loose. It would have been a bloodbath for sure. Thats whats so extraordinary about it. Rose it reminds me of a scene in 42 about Jackie Robinson in which branch ricky is talking to the actor who played Jackie Robinson and he, the actor, says to Harrison Ford who plays branch richie you need somebody here whos tough enough to fight back. And branch ricky says i need somebody whos tough enough not to fight back. And thats the point. Rose that is the point. That is the point. As we watched history go forward where
Tapestry and put it together. Because its also for me a love story. A love story through the eyes of this man and one of the reasons i said yes to lee after he was relentless in asking know do it is because i wanted the tapestry the depth, the broadness of that communication between a husband and a wife and particularly a middleclass black family to be seenbly the progressive world. Its something we dont see very often. Women have been the backbone regardless of race for a number of reasons and i wanted to show that level of character. Rose lee daniels the butler for the hour. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Rose eugene allen was born on a virginia plantation in 1919. He worked as a wait in a country club until 1952. He found a new job as a butler in the white house. He spent 34 years there. He served under eight president s from harry truman to ronald reagan. He saw some of the pivotal events in u. S. History. The cu
Tapestry and put it together. Because its also for me a love story. A love story through the eyes of this man and one of the reasons i said yes to lee after he was relentless in asking know do it is because i wanted the tapestry the depth, the broadness of that communication between a husband and a wife and particularly a middleclass black family to be seenbly the progressive world. Its something we dont see very often. Women have been the backbone regardless of race for a number of reasons and i wanted to show that level of character. Rose lee daniels the butler for the hour. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Rose eugene allen was born on a virginia plantation in 1919. He worked as a wait in a country club until 1952. He found a new job as a butler in the white house. He spent 34 years there. He served under eight president s from harry truman to ronald reagan. He saw some of the pivotal events in u. S. History. The cu