Frank Langella talks about 'Robot & Frank'

Frank Langella has been acting in movies for more than 40 years, but career-wise things haven't been better. His poignant work as a lonely author in "Starting out in the Evening" (2007) earned him considerable acclaim and "Frost/Nixon" (2008) got him an Oscar nomination to go with the Tony he won for playing Richard Nixon on stage.

The hot streak continues with "Robot and Frank," a gentle futuristic comedy-drama that opens on Friday. Langella plays aging ex-con Frank, who plots a heist with the robot caretaker assigned to him by his children (James Marsden and Liv Tyler).

amNewYork spoke with Langella about the film from first-time director Jack Schreier.