Steven Spielberg:
Well, I was thrilled that
Lincoln was a success,
and as I was thinking
about what to do next,
it -- in the middle of the night
I woke up and it hit me, Obama.
I mean, the guy's already
a lame duck, so why wait?
Picking the right actor to play
Obama, that was the challenge.
I mean, who is Obama really?
We don't know.
We never got his transcripts
and they say he's kind of aloof.
So I needed someone who
could dive in and really
become Barack Obama.
And as it turns out, the
answer was right in front
of me all along.
Daniel Day-Lewis.
He becomes his characters.
Hawkeye, from "Last
of the Mohicans,"
and Bill the Butcher
from "Gangs in New York,"
and Abraham Lincoln
in "Lincoln."
And you know what?
He nailed it.
The President:
Was it hard playing Obama?
I'll be honest, yeah, it was.
This accent took a while.
Hello, Ohio. Hello, Ohio.
I love you back.
Look, look, let me
be clear about this.
The cosmetics were challenging.
I mean, you wouldn't believe how
long it takes to put these ears
on in the morning.
I don't know how he walks
around with these things.
Steven Spielberg:
Once we had Daniel
to play Obama,
we had to cast the
rest of his team,
and I think we've got some
pretty terrific performances.
Tracy Morgan:
Working with a legend
like Daniel is intimidating,
but he makes everyone
better, you know.
Without him I never could have
played Joe Biden, literally.
Hi, I'm Joe Biden.
The President:
The hardest part, trying to
understand his motivations.
Why did he pursue
health care first?
What makes him tick?
Why doesn't he get mad?
If I were him, I'd
be mad all the time.
But I'm not him, I'm
Daniel Day-Lewis.
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