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Director David Fincher's latest film, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," tells the story of a life lived while aging backwards. The tale, adapted from F. Scott Fitzgerald's short story of the same name, begins with a baby born with all of the wrinkles and arthritis of an 80-year-old man and follows his life as he grows into a semi-mobile senior, a middle-aged man and a strapping young adult. Brad Pitt plays Benjamin from the cradle to the grave – with more than a little help from some remarkable technology. Tonight on the Evening News, Katie Couric takes a behind-the-scenes look at how Pitt – er, at least Pitt from the neck up – went from elderly to infant … and everything in-between. Check out the clip after the jump to see Pitt demonstrating some of his, well, acting technique – and read on for an extended portion of our interview.

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Brad Pitt: This, you know … before, if you were attempting a film like this, you would have to plug in different actors or different ages … to … just to perform the thing. And … it always, I mean, becomes disjointed. Sometimes it connects, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes the actors kinda look alike. But they seldom have the same kind of personality, or verve, or even dignity.

And in this … we, for the first time, got an opportunity to play the character from childhood to death, from birth to old age, or, in my case, from old age, which was still young, to birth. And, we got to drive the performance all the way. It was an … incredible luxury. It'll become the norm. Right now, it's a luxury.

CBS News: But I understand you're saying that now, but I understand when you read the script, you said, "That's what I want. I want to play it all." And how did you?

Pitt: Well, you have to ...

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Hey, guys! As you know, in addition to anchoring the CBS Evening News, I also report stories for other CBS programs like 60 Minutes, or in this case, CBS Sunday Morning. I had a chance to interview Sarah Silverman who is very much the comedienne of the moment. Her irreverent, and maybe even demented, sense of humor might repel as many fans as it attracts. A friend described her humor as "just wrong." Maybe that's why it's so funny – because it's so outrageous.

We had so much good material that I didn't want to see go to waste, so here's an extended play remix! We talked about her troubled adolescence, how she developed that offbeat sense of humor, and, of course, Jimmy Kimmel ... even though I know she did not want me to go there.

Oh, well. What's a girl to do?

Enjoy!