Hoffman tells the true story of the Olivier incident in his interview at the Actors Theatre. It seems there was a lot of respect between the two of them.
I never witnessed an actor, other than Laughton, who seemed to enjoy acting so much. He reveled in the process and execution. The characters he portrayed just oozed out of his pores and shined through his face. He was completely absorbed and present in the moment. Such a wonderful treat to behold.
I'll always love Dustin for being honest & unpretentious enough to clarify this: he had indeed been awake two days but not doing anything so noble as trying to "live the part". He'd simply been partying too hard at Studio 54 , probably doing coke (it was the 1970s , after all). Olivier was being almost paternal, not critical .
Daniel Day-Lewis is unfair to Olivier here and doesn’t seem to know the whole story. Hoffman later said that after he asked him the famous question, Olivier said the following: “He laughed, because he said, you know, 'I'm one to talk.' And then he was actually the first one that told me about risking his life every night jumping whatever it was 20 feet in the last act of Hamlet. And the truth of it is I didn't just stay up three days and three nights for the scene; it was a good excuse, because these were the days of wine and roses in Studio 54”
I was in a film (The Hanoi Hilton) working a scene with David Soul and Paul Le Matt and the scene took place after we (prisoners) were running-so we were supposed to be out of breath. The guy I was teamed up with and I decided to do fast push ups and jumping jacks-to get out of breath...Soul and La Matt walked over, asked what we were doing-we told them and (I forget which one) said, (those exact same words) "Why don't you try 'acting."
Interestingly enough, his role of Szell the Nazi dentist was his last role for which he got an Oscar nod, whatever your like or disdain of the Oscars might be. Both he and Hoffman were fantastic in those roles, no matter what their methods.
Lewis and the interviewer both got the story wrong. Listen to the real story in Dustin Hoffman's real story. Never accept a hearsay version of anyone's statement.
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Ian McKellan's process is that he pretends to be the person he's portraying in the film or play. He played Gandalf in Lord of the Rings WITHOUT BEING A WIZARD AT ALL - he made this clear to Peter Jackson. ruclips.net/video/m5CX00i4uZE/видео.html
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It´s rare to see Day-Lewis giving an interview and talking about his craft. He is amazing.
@@MouthBreatherGaming My former high school teacher had a non-speaking role in Lincoln - but he was on the set a lot - and he had nothing good to say about the way Day-Lewis treated everybody. Not to spread gossip - but my teacher is the last person to say something negative about someone and it was that bad.
@@mdarrenu My response was crude but I think we give the actors far too much credit, and have always appreciated great writing and directing, and sadly writing is almost non-existent these days. I raved about his performance in 'Lincoln' but I separate the performance from the person and watching this interview I was honestly surprised just how full of himself he seems, start to finish. My gut tells me he had to restrain from taking a shot at Brando in the end. Something about the way it came off.
William Goldman who wrote the film remembered Olivier suffering from cancer and Hoffman demanding take after take in a terribly cold and damp location. So much for his method.
@@garyspence2128 Told it how it was; which contradicts the confusion caused by how it's usually portrayed by those who didn't get it from the horse's mouth, like this feller.
people seem so mad at Daniel here. He responded to the story as presented to him & it wasn't mentioned that Oliver was joking or not. In another interview he said things better. It doesn't matter who is doing what. If it works for Oliver, great. If method works for Daniel & Dustin so be it.
I'm not mad, but I am surprised. DL made a very strong judgment about an actor widely considered the greatest to ever do his craft; maybe on film it might be DL or Brando etc.. But that comment would have been better answered as a proposed question to Olivier posthumously..."If he were here right now, I'd ask him if maybe ....." etc.. IMO, DL was disrespectful, and I am actually quite surprised.
At first glance I did think that was David Byrne 😂… The story about Hoffman staying up for 48 hrs was that he was actually partying at Studio 54 - unfortunately Studio didn’t open until April 1977 and MM wrapped in 1976 but to be fair Hoffman could’ve easily been thinking of another of the many NYC nightclubs of that era.
I've probably seen every one of DDL's films but if I passed him on the street I probably wouldn't recognize him. He begins his characters and his own self becomes invisible
I like Daniel Day-Lewis, but he conveys here as being a bit arrogant and unable to accept someone else's opinion and/or criticism, and Laurence Olivier was one of the greats in acting. Lighten up, Daniel.
I've only seen Olivier in a few films (Spartacus, Boys from Brazil, Clash of the Titans) but I always thought he was excellent. I'm sure there are lots of method actors that stink and lots who aren't method that also stink. I have the sneaky suspicion that there a few different paths to being a good actor but to be a star requires something innate.
Olivier was only a fair film actor, are you kidding me? 10 Oscar nominations says that was just an ignorant statement. Olivier, pound for pound the best actor ever.
i wish more people understood that Day-Lewis' enigmatic 'retirement' was an act of grace from possibly the last truly graceful actor (by this I mean an actor with global fame): art is an action not an activity and when one senses that one no longer has - or for the time being is eluded by - an inherent sense of action, then one must stop. We delude ourselves that forms of artistry are infinite - in scope and in length. Whether or not Day Lewis will return is irrelevant: he has already completed the final journey.
For any Actors Dustin Hoffman himself on the JAMES LIPTON interview, said that this story is false. He was "Up for 3 days" preparing for the role wink wink. What he meant was he was partying at Studio 54 and the Times article took liberties to pretend like he meant "Method Acting". Method acting is a myth. Do the work and enjoy the art
I think the story about Olivier and Hoffman is wrong. The story I heard was that Hoffman was trying to get into character and kept running around the block to look sweaty, look tired from running, etc... You kept telling the director that he needed to do another lap around the block, and this happened multiple times. In the meantime, Olivier was waiting for Hoffman to do the scene. Olivier got tired of hearing Hoffman say that he needed to run just one more lap because he didn't feel in character yet, to which Olivier famously said: "My boy, have you ever tried acting?"
Hoffman and Olivier were undoubtably good friends throughout 'Marathon Man' you can see clearly in the documentary....The famous 'Why don't you just try acting' quote I believe was more banter between the two that was a usual part of their relationship than serious...Olivier often had a twinkle in his eye in the documentary
Trying to rank actors can be fun but never really conclusive. In any case, I think that one may argue about other actors possibly being as good as Daniel Day-Lewis, but I don't think there is any actor better.
If Olivier is "acting" the stress felt by Dr. Szell it is even more amazing ruclips.net/video/07IEVbjHIrE/видео.html Olivier sent his children, Richard and Tamsin at least, to Daniel Day Lewis' school.
Day-Lewis should have known that Olivier was kidding Hoffman AND he was fully aware of the things he did in the name of acting on stage that were of the same kind. It says more about Day-Lewis that his response takes the story at face value. Charles Laughton was okay but not in Olivier's class.
Don't you think he was joking? At least a bit? He must have know something about 'becoming the character' himself, but was a little more professional about terminating it as well. Daniel Day Lewis sounds as if reinventing the wheel.
Laurence Olivier was an overrated h.a.m. DDL is correct, particularly concernin Charles Laughton. Check his background & upbringing. Grandfather produced classics of British cinema & mother an actress. His father? The Queen's Poet Laureate. I believe he knows wha he's talking about.
Olivier's method was much more may I say scientific, he emphasized on both total physical and mental transformation, applying a lot of make-up and changes in walking style, accent etc. What people like Hoffman or Lewis, or all other method actors do is purely unnecessary. Infact, acting in films is vastly overrated in my view, a film is only as good as the director is, actors are simply puppets, there are 1000 retakes to get that one perfect shot that the director wishes to put.
Hoffman did a run of stunning films back then, while Olivier was at his light-touch best in 'The Entertainer', (1960). In contrast Day-Lewis doing his big forehead vein acting has unbalanced many a half decent film.
1.29- This is fascinating . Out of all those actors , DDL picks out Charles Laughton who was not a method actor . He’s clearly Ddl’s biggest inspiration and he could be talking about himself in a way . And talks about him in a interesting way ‘ He didn’t make a besutiful sound , he certainly didn’t make a beautful picture ‘ I’m not sure I understood . His speaking voice was on par with anyone. Laughton was the blueprint . Doing so much understated work in the 30’s/40’s way before Brando etc
The story is mistold. Get it from the director, John Schlesinger. ruclips.net/video/itz5kArG538/видео.html It's not simply about method acting. Dustin exhausted himself to the point he could not emote. There was nothing left to bring out the character; nothing in his eyes. They had to reshoot. This is different from method actors being difficult to work with-that's seems not to be rare. There are many odd situations where "Just try acting" might improve the experience though one might question if the method improves the product. Jodi Foster didn't speak to Anthony Hopkins outside of the takes. Meryl Streep felt obligated to distance herself from the cast of The Devil Wears Prada. That had a negative impact on her experience. Could Andy be intimidated by Miranda without Anne being intimidated by Meryl? Meryl says she feels she missed out on the fun.
Michael Caine, while working with Olivier told a story between takes, Michael was in his trailer watching Wimbledon Olivier knocked on the door and said how can you do that Michael between takes I have to remain in the character Michael then said I know my lines I’m just relaxing and Olivier found this very difficult to accept but from then on joined him in his trailer, relaxing and watching the tennis?
Method acting is stupid. The whole point of acting is to pretend. You don't have to become a pilot in order to play on screen. So all these actors like Dustin Hoffman and Daniel Day Lewis are full of it. Not denying that it works for them. But I am pretty sure they would have the same performance without that whole process they go through.
A comment taken out of context and then pontificated on. Actors. They're all such pompous narcissists, this guy included. We're the fools for giving them far too much sway.
Both left out the most important part of the story. Olivier said what he said because Hoffman couldn't remember any of his lines. He was too tired and foggy headed. Method acting is stupid and unprofessional. Olivier is right.
Today the director has all his supporting cast go to ''boot camp'' if they're making a war film. They seem to think acting is a thing of the past. When they made The Longest Day, or A Bridge Too Far, they sure as hell didn't make those guys go to some pretend actor's basic training. For one thing MOST of the cast had already served in the military and some even fought in the battle they were pretending to fight on screen. But the idea that an actor today has to spend a week or a month living in a hooch just to seem like he's in Vietnam is ridiculous. The Tropic Thunder cast didn't do this, and that was as good a war flick as has been made by anyone else.
Sorry, I can't stand this guy or any actors who do what he does. And Clift never did what this guy does, nor did Brando. He is a completely selfish actor, is the bottom line. And the bottom line for me is I can't stand watching him.
I disagree with Daniel Day Lewis about his take on what Lawrence Olivier said. I get more as much out of Bogart and Cagney as I do the method actors like Deniro. Making things as real as possible to me is a stylistic choice not a superior one.
When you make a film about Abraham Lincoln, play the title role, and the thing that people most seem to talk about is what you did while the cameras weren't rolling, what does that say?
I think the comment section who is missing the point, Daniel responded from the information he was given, in addition to responding in a way that made sense of what happened earlier and after that excerpt in the interview, which was about whether he "He exaggerated in his method"
I remember this quote verbatum from my theatre 101 class about 20 years ago. Always stuck with me and I've been a bit prejudice against method acting ever since
Came here for an anecdote and instead I am treated to pompous, dreary, egotistical personal theories about “the process”. Day-Lewis is a serviceable actor. However, I am bored hearing so many gush over someone worshipped for the hammiest over acting
I agree with Day-Lewis about Charles Laughton. Olivier was of course great in many roles but could also be a bit hammy at times. Laughton was the supreme professional, unlike today's "stars" who rely more on looks than talent, what Laughton lacked in looks he more than made up with a talent which for sure has been equaled but probably never surpassed.
Olivier created way more truthful profound mesmerizing timeless moments in his acting and more organic vital stunning moving characters than all these self-indulgent self-important fragile pretentious actors combined..
"American" approach to acting, established by a Russian acting methodology, based on Indian Vedic acting principles.... But eternal Ego always sees Himself as a source of creation...
Dustin Hoffman has himself told the story many times, and it's obvious that he was impressed and amused by the comment "why don't you try acting?"
Dustin Hoffman tells the story
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Olivier then added, "I'm one to talk"
Olivier said it with tongue firmly in cheek.....he had great respect of actors like Hoffman...and other American actors...
@@jlim003 BS..he loved Hoffman like a son...learn your history
This whole bit here is ridiculous.
Hoffman tells the true story of the Olivier incident in his interview at the Actors Theatre. It seems there was a lot of respect between the two of them.
Barry Hopwood poor cover job on his part
Hoffman worshipped him. Look at the clip where Olivier received his AFI award. Hoffman was watching him adoringly from behind the curtain.
Olivier once said that Charles Laughton was a genius of an actor. That is one tip of the hat in respect
Rumor are Charles Laughton was a feces eater. He liked sh!t sandwiches.
Laughton was, yes. But the grandaddy of them all is Brando. The line before and the line after is drawn by Brando.
I never witnessed an actor, other than Laughton, who seemed to enjoy acting so much. He reveled in the process and execution. The characters he portrayed just oozed out of his pores and shined through his face. He was completely absorbed and present in the moment. Such a wonderful treat to behold.
I'll always love Dustin for being honest & unpretentious enough to clarify this: he had indeed been awake two days but not doing anything so noble as trying to "live the part". He'd simply been partying too hard at Studio 54 , probably doing coke (it was the 1970s , after all). Olivier was being almost paternal, not critical .
Hoffman? Unpretentious? Olivier was deriding exactly that, Hoffman's pretentiousness.
I don't believe Hoffman.
I think he's just trying to make out that the exchange with Olivier had nothing to do with acting technique.
@@NormBaI pity your ignorance about acting.
Studio 74 wasn't a nightclub yet
I never heard him say this. Where is your proof of what you said- Mark-Smeaton?
Daniel Day-Lewis is unfair to Olivier here and doesn’t seem to know the whole story.
Hoffman later said that after he asked him the famous question, Olivier said the following: “He laughed, because he said, you know, 'I'm one to talk.' And then he was actually the first one that told me about risking his life every night jumping whatever it was 20 feet in the last act of Hamlet. And the truth of it is I didn't just stay up three days and three nights for the scene; it was a good excuse, because these were the days of wine and roses in Studio 54”
ddl was not unfair ... he replied with the information he was given, if anyone was unfair it was the interviewer who made this argument and anecdote
Jessica It’s a pretty famous story. And he made similar comments re Olivier on the Parkinson show. But I still think DDL is a great actor
“Wine and roses in Studio 54” is that slang for quaaludes and cocaine?
Don't be snitching, now. Wine coolers, margaritas, and nose candy. It was the 80's after all...
@@garyspence2128 Sorry Gal, my bad 😂
"My dear boy why don't you just try acting?"
Jared Leto: "What?"
Joaquin Phoenix: "Huh?"
@@PakRT48 Spot on to both!
I was in a film (The Hanoi Hilton) working a scene with David Soul and Paul Le Matt and the scene took place after we (prisoners) were running-so we were supposed to be out of breath. The guy I was teamed up with and I decided to do fast push ups and jumping jacks-to get out of breath...Soul and La Matt walked over, asked what we were doing-we told them and (I forget which one) said, (those exact same words) "Why don't you try 'acting."
Interestingly enough, his role of Szell the Nazi dentist was his last role for which he got an Oscar nod, whatever your like or disdain of the Oscars might be. Both he and Hoffman were fantastic in those roles, no matter what their methods.
He was nominated for best actor in The Boys from Brazil. Which was made after Marathon Man.
@@daljeetnagra3716Yes, quite right.
Olivier and Hoffman had great respect for one another.
Daniel Day Lewis just spoke for five minutes without making a point.
Totally agree about everything he said about Laughton and his approach to acting- and his brilliance at doing this.
couldn't agree with him more about Laughton. Hands down my favorite film actor.
Incredible in Mutiny on the Bounty. Incredible.
Every time I think of that movie, I remember I'm running short on Sensodyne.
DDL is just sticking up for his method acting approach. There are many ways to skin a cat.
Exactly.
Lewis and the interviewer both got the story wrong. Listen to the real story in Dustin Hoffman's real story. Never accept a hearsay version of anyone's statement.
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Can you tell us where the real story is... I'm not going to ask you to send a link because on another Channel today the owner of that channel said that he had to personally go in and unblock someone because when people send links they automatically are coming up as spam
@@gardensofthegods inside the actors studio and also his masterclass.
@@sukhdeepbutty2399 thank you so much... I did finally get to see that.
Hoffman's story is just as well false.
@@TheBigMclargehuge Could be.
Ian McKellan's process is that he pretends to be the person he's portraying in the film or play. He played Gandalf in Lord of the Rings WITHOUT BEING A WIZARD AT ALL - he made this clear to Peter Jackson.
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It´s rare to see Day-Lewis giving an interview and talking about his craft. He is amazing.
He's a vacuous narcissist like most in Hollywood.
@@MouthBreatherGaming My former high school teacher had a non-speaking role in Lincoln - but he was on the set a lot - and he had nothing good to say about the way Day-Lewis treated everybody. Not to spread gossip - but my teacher is the last person to say something negative about someone and it was that bad.
@@mdarrenu My response was crude but I think we give the actors far too much credit, and have always appreciated great writing and directing, and sadly writing is almost non-existent these days.
I raved about his performance in 'Lincoln' but I separate the performance from the person and watching this interview I was honestly surprised just how full of himself he seems, start to finish.
My gut tells me he had to restrain from taking a shot at Brando in the end. Something about the way it came off.
William Goldman who wrote the film remembered Olivier suffering from cancer and Hoffman demanding take after take in a terribly cold and damp location. So much for his method.
Ive watched quite a few Laughton performances lately and i agree with DDL. U cant take your eyes off the guy. He was a genius
Olivier was the greatest ever
Witness for the prosecution, can't look away lol
I don’t know if he was the best actor of that time
Alec Guinness was pretty great
Definitely see the only film Laughton has directed called The Night of the Hunter, if you have not already done so.
@@ohen i have. Brilliant
Olivier was probably the greatest stage actor of his generation…but film acting is quite a lot different…🤗
Olivier of course had his own 'method'. Archie Rice and Szell are jaw-dropping performances.
He says Olivier didn't get the point... But he doesn't explain the point.
This bothers me quite a bit. LOL
Yes, he did. Go back and listen.
The point is that he didn’t understand the method of totally involving oneself in the character.
Doesn’t have to.
He also said Laughton was remarkable but could remark on him
I've seen a video where Hoffman says the story is untrue.
Confirmed the incident, but put a different spin on it. Don't add to any confusion, sir.
@@garyspence2128 Told it how it was; which contradicts the confusion caused by how it's usually portrayed by those who didn't get it from the horse's mouth, like this feller.
people seem so mad at Daniel here. He responded to the story as presented to him & it wasn't mentioned that Oliver was joking or not. In another interview he said things better. It doesn't matter who is doing what. If it works for Oliver, great. If method works for Daniel & Dustin so be it.
Stop worshipping these tarts and you'll see them for what they are.
Was Olivier really a joking kind of guy?
I think we all know the method works for Daniel. To me, Daniel and Christian Bale are two of the greatest actors of all time.
I'm not mad, but I am surprised. DL made a very strong judgment about an actor widely considered the greatest to ever do his craft; maybe on film it might be DL or Brando etc.. But that comment would have been better answered as a proposed question to Olivier posthumously..."If he were here right now, I'd ask him if maybe ....." etc.. IMO, DL was disrespectful, and I am actually quite surprised.
Film lasts forever. You can’t ‘live’ a character for a months-long theatre run, you go crazy. But for a movie? Why not?
he just stands up for method actors...
At first glance I did think that was David Byrne 😂… The story about Hoffman staying up for 48 hrs was that he was actually partying at Studio 54 - unfortunately Studio didn’t open until April 1977 and MM wrapped in 1976 but to be fair Hoffman could’ve easily been thinking of another of the many NYC nightclubs of that era.
DDL: "Brando, the God of all of them....R.I.P."
Oliver said it as a joke. It's a myth.
Very conceited individual. Olivier is probably the greatest actor of our time.
Loughton was known as an incredibly insecure and sensitive man.
perhaps the source of his talent?
Extremely - and I think it did fuel his art.
Daniel day Lewis looks way too young here
I've probably seen every one of DDL's films but if I passed him on the street I probably wouldn't recognize him. He begins his characters and his own self becomes invisible
It was an Olivier joke. Relax
Day-Lewis is insufferably pretentious
I like Daniel Day-Lewis, but he conveys here as being a bit arrogant and unable to accept someone else's opinion and/or criticism, and Laurence Olivier was one of the greats in acting. Lighten up, Daniel.
I've only seen Olivier in a few films (Spartacus, Boys from Brazil, Clash of the Titans) but I always thought he was excellent. I'm sure there are lots of method actors that stink and lots who aren't method that also stink. I have the sneaky suspicion that there a few different paths to being a good actor but to be a star requires something innate.
disagree
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Olivier was only a fair film actor, are you kidding me? 10 Oscar nominations says that was just an ignorant statement. Olivier, pound for pound the best actor ever.
Olivier's film acting did not do him justice, he was not well suited to the medium. What do you think "Method Acting" is?
i wish more people understood that Day-Lewis' enigmatic 'retirement' was an act of grace from possibly the last truly graceful actor (by this I mean an actor with global fame): art is an action not an activity and when one senses that one no longer has - or for the time being is eluded by - an inherent sense of action, then one must stop. We delude ourselves that forms of artistry are infinite - in scope and in length. Whether or not Day Lewis will return is irrelevant: he has already completed the final journey.
For any Actors Dustin Hoffman himself on the JAMES LIPTON interview, said that this story is false. He was "Up for 3 days" preparing for the role wink wink. What he meant was he was partying at Studio 54 and the Times article took liberties to pretend like he meant "Method Acting". Method acting is a myth. Do the work and enjoy the art
I think the story about Olivier and Hoffman is wrong. The story I heard was that Hoffman was trying to get into character and kept running around the block to look sweaty, look tired from running, etc... You kept telling the director that he needed to do another lap around the block, and this happened multiple times. In the meantime, Olivier was waiting for Hoffman to do the scene. Olivier got tired of hearing Hoffman say that he needed to run just one more lap because he didn't feel in character yet, to which Olivier famously said: "My boy, have you ever tried acting?"
love those "new york ethnic actors"
Hoffman and Olivier were undoubtably good friends throughout 'Marathon Man' you can see clearly in the documentary....The famous 'Why don't you just try acting' quote I believe was more banter between the two that was a usual part of their relationship than serious...Olivier often had a twinkle in his eye in the documentary
Trying to rank actors can be fun but never really conclusive. In any case, I think that one may argue about other actors possibly being as good as Daniel Day-Lewis, but I don't think there is any actor better.
No way is this man trying to say what Laurence Olivier understands...
DDL is a better film actor than Olivier.
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Undoubtedly. But overall Olivier was much better as an actor than Daniel .
@@JM-fs3cg No.
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By far. Olivier was the greatest theatrical actor ever, and he was also amazing in the cinema without even big try.
@@JM-fs3cg Olivier was an awful cinematic actor and the theatre left him behind by the 1970s. His performances have aged horribly.
If Olivier is "acting" the stress felt by Dr. Szell it is even more amazing
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Olivier sent his children, Richard and Tamsin at least, to Daniel Day Lewis' school.
Day-Lewis should have known that Olivier was kidding Hoffman AND he was fully aware of the things he did in the name of acting on stage that were of the same kind. It says more about Day-Lewis that his response takes the story at face value. Charles Laughton was okay but not in Olivier's class.
Acting is work?
How many films have you acted in or film sets have you worked on? It’s physically and emotionally demanding with brutal hours. So yeah.
Don't you think he was joking? At least a bit? He must have know something about 'becoming the character' himself, but was a little more professional about terminating it as well. Daniel Day Lewis sounds as if reinventing the wheel.
Laurence Olivier was an overrated h.a.m. DDL is correct, particularly concernin Charles Laughton. Check his background & upbringing. Grandfather produced classics of British cinema & mother an actress. His father? The Queen's Poet Laureate. I believe he knows wha he's talking about.
Olivier's method was much more may I say scientific, he emphasized on both total physical and mental transformation, applying a lot of make-up and changes in walking style, accent etc. What people like Hoffman or Lewis, or all other method actors do is purely unnecessary.
Infact, acting in films is vastly overrated in my view, a film is only as good as the director is, actors are simply puppets, there are 1000 retakes to get that one perfect shot that the director wishes to put.
Hoffman did a run of stunning films back then, while Olivier was at his light-touch best in 'The Entertainer', (1960). In contrast Day-Lewis doing his big forehead vein acting has unbalanced many a half decent film.
1.29- This is fascinating . Out of all
those actors , DDL picks out Charles Laughton who was not a method actor .
He’s clearly Ddl’s biggest inspiration and he could be talking about himself in a way . And talks about him in a interesting way ‘ He didn’t make a besutiful sound , he certainly didn’t make a beautful picture ‘
I’m not sure I understood . His speaking voice was on par with anyone.
Laughton was the blueprint . Doing so much understated work in the 30’s/40’s way before Brando etc
The story is mistold. Get it from the director, John Schlesinger. ruclips.net/video/itz5kArG538/видео.html
It's not simply about method acting. Dustin exhausted himself to the point he could not emote. There was nothing left to bring out the character; nothing in his eyes. They had to reshoot.
This is different from method actors being difficult to work with-that's seems not to be rare.
There are many odd situations where "Just try acting" might improve the experience though one might question if the method improves the product. Jodi Foster didn't speak to Anthony Hopkins outside of the takes. Meryl Streep felt obligated to distance herself from the cast of The Devil Wears Prada. That had a negative impact on her experience. Could Andy be intimidated by Miranda without Anne being intimidated by Meryl? Meryl says she feels she missed out on the fun.
Acting is just cosplaying and reading out loud. There's nothing impressive or special about actors.
Michael Caine, while working with Olivier told a story between takes, Michael was in his trailer watching Wimbledon Olivier knocked on the door and said how can you do that Michael between takes I have to remain in the character Michael then said I know my lines I’m just relaxing and Olivier found this very difficult to accept but from then on joined him in his trailer, relaxing and watching the tennis?
Charles Laurghton was limited to overweight character roles....so, I disagree with DD Lewis
Method acting is stupid. The whole point of acting is to pretend. You don't have to become a pilot in order to play on screen. So all these actors like Dustin Hoffman and Daniel Day Lewis are full of it. Not denying that it works for them. But I am pretty sure they would have the same performance without that whole process they go through.
I bumped into Hoffman one day in London, in Kensington. Vile little turd, although perhaps he was getting into character of someone who could act.
A comment taken out of context and then pontificated on. Actors. They're all such pompous narcissists, this guy included. We're the fools for giving them far too much sway.
Both left out the most important part of the story. Olivier said what he said because Hoffman couldn't remember any of his lines. He was too tired and foggy headed. Method acting is stupid and unprofessional. Olivier is right.
Today the director has all his supporting cast go to ''boot camp'' if they're making a war film. They seem to think acting is a thing of the past.
When they made The Longest Day, or A Bridge Too Far, they sure as hell didn't make those guys go to some pretend actor's basic training. For one thing MOST of the cast had already served in the military and some even fought in the battle they were pretending to fight on screen.
But the idea that an actor today has to spend a week or a month living in a hooch just to seem like he's in Vietnam is ridiculous.
The Tropic Thunder cast didn't do this, and that was as good a war flick as has been made by anyone else.
Sorry, I can't stand this guy or any actors who do what he does. And Clift never did what this guy does, nor did Brando. He is a completely selfish actor, is the bottom line. And the bottom line for me is I can't stand watching him.
DDL missed the point here. Great actor, no question about that, but evidently somewhat devoid of sense of humour.
I disagree with Daniel Day Lewis about his take on what Lawrence Olivier said. I get more as much out of Bogart and Cagney as I do the method actors like Deniro. Making things as real as possible to me is a stylistic choice not a superior one.
Brando the God of all of them! I don’t think so. Massively overrated as was Olivier.
Maybe Olivier was just taking the piss eh? Nothing deep.
When you make a film about Abraham Lincoln, play the title role, and the thing that people most seem to talk about is what you did while the cameras weren't rolling, what does that say?
Different strokes. Not every actor approaches acting the same. I mean come on. Basic.
Day-lewisis a classic case of having to many yes people around him...
Our culture does tend to glorify actors; which is really quite strange….😮
That story is complete b.s. misquoted out of context by the press. (What a shock)
Hoffman debunked this clearly himself, he loved olivier and they had a ball making the film
Hoffman loved Olivier and has always told this story in a jokey way.
I think the comment section who is missing the point, Daniel responded from the information he was given, in addition to responding in a way that made sense of what happened earlier and after that excerpt in the interview, which was about whether he "He exaggerated in his method"
Oh my goodness?!.. It was a joke, people!.. And a good one..
Try comedy Lewis,let’s see if you can do more than live the part
Hoffman tells the same story but explains that it was all a bit of an in-joke between him and Olivier.
I'm sure Oliver was half joking.
To show how pretentious pretending for a living can be.
Here we have a pretentious actor that cannot accept other styles or opinions about acting.
That's what happens, when you take art to seriously.
Hey, Dannie!!! Why don't you try "acting"?!?
Are you serious?
Laurence Oliver said this si not what happened
I remember this quote verbatum from my theatre 101 class about 20 years ago. Always stuck with me and I've been a bit prejudice against method acting ever since
Method acting seems to mess actors' heads up.
Came here for an anecdote and instead I am treated to pompous, dreary, egotistical personal theories about “the process”. Day-Lewis is a serviceable actor. However, I am bored hearing so many gush over someone worshipped for the hammiest over acting
Method acting is mimicry, not acting.
He's right about Laughton
uhhhh so Daniel doesn't own a comb?
Olivier was on the record saying that he thought Marlon Brando was an incredible talent, a star if there was ever one(Dick Cabot show)
Cabbage
Anyway that "anecdote" is just a myth
I agree with Day-Lewis about Charles Laughton. Olivier was of course great in many roles but could also be a bit hammy at times. Laughton was the supreme professional, unlike today's "stars" who rely more on looks than talent, what Laughton lacked in looks he more than made up with a talent which for sure has been equaled but probably never surpassed.
Marilyn Monroe called Laughton the "sexiest man [she] had ever seen".
Who the hell is Laurence *_Oliver?_*
Olivier created way more truthful profound mesmerizing timeless moments in his acting and more organic vital stunning moving characters than all these self-indulgent self-important fragile pretentious actors combined..
No, he didn't.
@@dsbnh and you are clueless
@@MahmoudIsmail1988. Shut up you philistine.
@@dsbnh Thank you Canaanite!!
@@MahmoudIsmail1988. Simpleton.
"American" approach to acting, established by a Russian acting methodology, based on Indian Vedic acting principles.... But eternal Ego always sees Himself as a source of creation...
Ummmm it Oliver , so he wins hands down
Actors like Olivier know how to most of their acting with their voice. It’s efficient and effective.
De Nero - an f’ing bore now
Get over yourself already
It's a craft and talent that many take to seriously.
This is one of those sentences where it very much matters whether you meant to write “to” or “too.”