Bruce is one of the most underrated actors, probably because he took so many acting jobs early in his career. I remember him in a lot of westerns like Gunsmoke. I always liked him, even as a bad guy, probably because he was so convincing in the role.
Besides being humble, he is also very intelligent and insightful. He also knew how to send himself up. One of my favorite Bruce Dern roles was a parody of his Western villain in "Support Your Local Sheriff" starring James Garner.
I'm 75 years-old now and I've seen many of Bruce Dern's movies and t.v. appearances. He is one of the finest actors I have ever seen. The guy makes any part a must see.
Dern's enthusiastic summation of how he psyches himself up to do the best job in a scene is more informative than 10 episodes of 'Inside the Actor's Studio.' Masterful.
@@franksmith7247 Laura has always been a naturally talented actor even in her earliest roles. Both her parents are as well but actually rare that all 3 would be!
Amazing interview, thank you for posting. What I very much admire about Bruce Dern is that he is honest. In interviews he will talk freely with no pretence.. and say it like it is with passion. What a great guy!
i concur whole heartedly........i don't care for these kind of shows simply for the fact that no one is ever really honest.........this guy dern just changed my mind, but only because of his honesty..........i really didn't like him in the COWBOYS and thought i didn't like him, but i was wrong,,,,,,,it's just that he did such a good job of being evil, i fell for it, but he seems like a real guy.........
Dick Cavett, one of the most amazing talkshows ever. So intelligent and so interesting. It was a show that was canceled at it’s peak as it was deemed too intelligent for the average audience.
Always liked Cavett as an interviewer going back to the 70's. He brings out the best in his guests. Good interview. The one with Richard Burton was the best interview with an actor ever.
Cavett's wife for decades (till her death) was Carrie Nye who was an excellent staple actor in many Broadway shows. Cavett's interest in actors and acting was very personal, though he never brought it up.
I also liked when Dick got in jokes at his own expense. Such as here when he says that Jon Voight got the lead in 'Midnight Cowboy' and 'Deliverance' only because he (Dick) had 'turned those parts down.' 😊
Interesting. I just watched him do an interview with Rex Stout, the author of the Nero Wolfe books. The great TV series of Nero Wolfe (A Nero Wolfe Mystery) was cancelled after only two years and 27 episodes for the same reason.
Finally an a great actor who can articulate beautifully. He makes absolute sense about the business aspects and the artistic situations and so forth. Others may have thought he wasn’t lead material but whenever I saw him he was the lead to me. It’s a lot more interesting to see a character go through other things rather then just trying to get the girl.
Bruce’s daughter said she worshipped her father. She wanted to play crazy evil women and she was so feminine and smart they cast her in very interesting rolls.
@@gracieg7601 With Bruce as her dad and Diane Ladd as her mom, Laura Dern definitely had that great head start. Of course, she evolved into a terrific actor, with her own hard work and dedication. I've been a big fan of Bruce Dern, since I was a kid. No matter the size of the roll, he always 'brought the goods'. 👍 Also, he should've won the damn award for Nebraska!
I've always loved Bruce Dern. I think he's great and to me he's always seemed like he just stepped out of 1870's old west. He plays one heckuva cowboy but his presence in any movie makes it that much better.
Just seen him in 1968’s Hang Em High with Clint Eastwood and also he did a Land Of The Giants episode from 1970, he costarred in the episode with Yvonne Craig who was Batgirl! Bruce Dern is a gem!
•••• _IT IS BECAUSE OF_ ... "Silent Running' (1971 - dir. Douglas Trumbull and starring Bruce Dern) that I knew my life, my career was to be as a screenwriter, a director in the movies, TV & commercials. In the mid-80's I was truly fortunate in my journey to work for Doug Trumbull at ShowScan as an assistant editor. There's more, but I won't bore you with them. In short, follow what you love. Dreams do come true if you fight for them. D.A. ps" 'D.B. COOPER' oddly enough is the nom de plume I use sometimes as a cinematographer when I don't my 'thunder' as a commercial director to knock that person off their chance as a director.
DB Cooper- CONCIOUS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES?!! LMAO!!! So, you've given up using fossil fuels, living off grid and traded your car for a horse? Because otherwise.....you're just another left wing phony.
I admire actors who are considered " character actors " simply because they are better and more flexible actors than leading men who rely too much on their looks. Bruce Dern is a great actor and has great range. I saw most of his movies and always admired his work. He's an unsung hero of Hollywood, and a great artist.
I'm a late to appreciate Bruce Dern fan. I first really became a fan watching him on Big Love. Now I watch every interview I can find of him! He's so good and interesting to hear him talk
I've never seen this interview and found it fascinating. Initially it's easy to think Bruce Dern seems to spend a lot of time feeling sorry for himself and harbouring grudges, but watching the interview all the way through, he really is a totally straight up guy who explains things as they are and leaves you the viewer to decide what they think. He educates us outsiders into the way the movie industry really does work, about how lots of people like him were young idealists who acted and performed out of principles they strongly believed in, but later, as he said, you realize it's just as much a business. Fascinating guy, excellent interview.
Absolutely. It is a business; the art is the stuff they feed us outsiders. This is a corporate, cold, cutthroat business that pretends to be something else.
One of my favorite interviews here at YT ! THANKS so much for uploading ! Mr Dern has been one of my fave actors for many many years. Grew up watching him in films & TV in the 60's. I don't think I've ever seen him interviewed at such length before. A very intelligent, perceptive & articulate fellow ! And of course one helluva actor !! :-)
Bruce Dern is one of the best actors in both t.v. and movies. The man is a class act. I'm a disabled Vietnam Veteran, having served there with the army in 1969. The part Bruce played in 'Coming Home' was special to many of us. He hit it out of the park.
I guess he’s always been a refreshingly honest guy. And it’s really interesting to hear an established movie actor talk in detail about the importance of agents.
Dern's type of observations and confessions rarely get aired. It takes nerve to admit to bitterness and envy. His lesson is important to ponder. You need the right people pushing for you. He admits he was too idealistic but he did eventually understand it IS showbusiness.
Bruce's characters stay in my memory more than any of those Stars he was envious of and his daughter Laura is testament that she came from wonderful parents.Whuch says even more about his character.
Finally, how refreshing to hear an "A" List movie star tell it like it is. Bruce Dern doesn't hold anything back, he doesn't speak in platitudes or cryptic messages.
As a boy, I remembered Bruce typecast in smart-ass/ Jackass type characters (Hang Em High, Support Your Local Sheriff) + psychos but Bruce Dern was memorable and he made you smile. The sixties were unstable times and he ended up as a 'Wild Angel' and in psychedelia genre films back then totally missing 'leading man' roles. Daughter, Laura rekindled her dad later. Great interview, Kudos Dick Cavett!
Fantastic interview! One of the best I've seen on the craft (and business) of acting and the Hollywood system. Dern calls it as he sees it, and it's fascinating to listen to.
I always thought he was a great actor, any time I saw him I love way he worked , always liked the way, when you think got away with it, this man would call to remind you of your shit.. he is very truthful. A brilliant actor.
He used to do a lot of westerns, both TV and film, and they'd always have him say "Boy" condescendingly to someone. Something like, "Now you do what I tell ya boy" Nobody could call someone 'boy' like Bruce Dern.
I remember seeing "Silent Running" in my late teens and was astonished by my immediate reaction seeing Bruce Dern as the lead. Sitting in the darkened theater watching the opening credits, I realized for the first time how much over the years I had subconsciously wanted to see Dern as Commander-in-Chief of a feature-length movie, and was so excited he would be with me for the next hour-and-a-half.
Great interview - Bruce Dern is a Legend and always has been a great actor. Any western from the 1960's he was in . The fugitive was another show that he was in. Family Plot gave him his leading role and boy did he do great in that film.One of my favorites was The Two Headed ? Something Brain or Monster , he was with Pat Priest ( The Munsters TV show ). This guy was always working and did a great job in all his roles. Thanks Bruce. And your Daughter is a wonderful Actress as well.
Totally absorbing interview. Scintillatingly honest by Bruce Dern....I remember him from Silent Running especially. His desire to become an artist true to his inner self and the art form he had chosen is very touching....perhaps he was naïve but probably more just beautifully innocent and full of a wholesome desire to surrender himself to the art form. I like people like that. People that have no agenda...but who may in time see that their integrity for the art form hasn't actually worked for them when others have achieved greater 'success' by being less concerned in being true to their craft. Such is the way of the world. Sometimes the world appears to be a practical joke made at the expense of well meaning people.
I've always liked Bruce Dern, and try not to miss any of his performances. This was an intense and very interesting discussion. I particularly enjoyed what he said about John Wayne.
Wow. Never seen a sit down, serious interview with Bruce Dern. Love him. Two things came up: Shooting John Wayne in The Cowboys. Unforgettable. The nerd in Silent Running. Pushed my emotions into a new place.
The Dick Cavett Show was and still is the BEST TALK SHOW ever on television. In this interview imagine the actor who is incredibly articulate, straightforward and honest. The fastest 20 minutes you will ever see.
This is a great interview (and I'm not too big on Cavett's interviewing style), but getting to know Bruce here is great. This should be a "must see" for all aspiring actors! .
First saw him in "The Wild Angels" with Peter Fonda. Good acting as a badass biker. Excellent acting in "The Cowboys". He has a way of putting himself in character that few actors can. A top notch superb actor!
Bruce Dern was a marvelous actor. You " believed " who he was in his various parts. As the villian you hated him, as the ordinary joe you related to him, but I will say at the end of the movie Coming Home I shed tears for him when after the full knowledge of the affair between his wife and the person she was involved with { portrayed by John Voigt } as he was coming home from the war in Vietnam, he ran off into the Pacific Ocean to commit suicide......over the loss of love and fidelity from his wife.......OH MAN what a poignant scene, and very well acted by Bruce !!!!
I just found out that he grew up in Winnetka and graduated from New Trier. His family owned a very well-to-do store called Carson Pirie Scott. That’s where I grew up many decades later but that’s so cool cuz he’s so cool!!
This guy is an amazing actor. All the other stars he mentioned that got the lead roles before him couldn’t hold a candle to him when it comes to acting. A lead man to me is someone that holds your attention for 2 hours and Bruce sticks to my eyes like glue. I never saw him acting is an understatement when it comes to Bruce.
As a professional actor myself, I feel that you can be the lead without being the lead, per se. He was the lead in my opinion, in "Coming Home", though it wasn't considered the leading role. And in "The Great Gatsby", he shared the lead with Redford. Just saying.
Very emotionally and mentally in tune Bruce is . Just saw him a couple of days ago at a film festival Dallas Texas west village I was not a part of it and did not even know about it . I researched Bruce , Incredible man, wished I would have had a chance to sit down and talk to him about his life and his wisdom. His knowledge is really impeccable and creativity is really in depth.
I have a newfound respect for Bruce Durn. I always loved his acting, but now I know how hard he worked to get where he is now! I take back all the bad things I have said about him!
The fine actor A, Martinez from the movie The Cowboys sent me here. Bruce always worked with such an honesty that you didn't believe he was acting the part. That is true craft and art.
Excellent conversation. Dern really has earned his chops. A library of great parts. Great that Tarantino still uses him, but give him some better parts, man! Dern always raises every project a few notches. A true American original.
Bruce is one of the most underrated actors, probably because he took so many acting jobs early in his career. I remember him in a lot of westerns like Gunsmoke. I always liked him, even as a bad guy, probably because he was so convincing in the role.
He is also humble. Says he doesn't ride horseback well. I disagree as I grew up on a ranch have ridden horses all my life.
I read Kirk Douglas' autobiography and that's what he said about him as well.
Besides being humble, he is also very intelligent and insightful. He also knew how to send himself up. One of my favorite Bruce Dern roles was a parody of his Western villain in "Support Your Local Sheriff" starring James Garner.
Played the best bad guy in the Cowboys…
I'm 75 years-old now and I've seen many of Bruce Dern's movies and t.v. appearances. He is one of the finest actors I have ever seen. The guy makes any part a must see.
Indeed. Much respect. I forgot that he was in the Actors Studio…
Bruce Dean is a legend and one of the last living legends connected to legends of the past
Dern's enthusiastic summation of how he psyches himself up to do the best job in a scene is more informative than 10 episodes of 'Inside the Actor's Studio.' Masterful.
Pure respect. I met this talented actor at a screening of Nebraska. We shook hands. Always admired his dedication.
Thank you Bruce, for all the great parts you did.
Whatever movie Dern is in, it is better for having him in it. One of the most revealing and interesting interviews ever done with an actor.
I so so agree with that.
The Driver. One of his most underrated performances.
A timeless actor, nailed every role.
I love this guy. I am so happy that I found this. I saw Black Sunday and The Cowboys. Dern was magnificent!
He was so brilliantly evil in The Cowboys.
@@franksmith7247 Lol! Yup he was scary!🥺
@@franksmith7247 Laura has always been a naturally talented actor even in her earliest roles. Both her parents are as well but actually rare that all 3 would be!
Mr. Dern is a CLASS act. Such an underrated actor. The parts that he has played. A great Method actor.
Simply Brilliant in "The Cowboys" with John Wayne.
He was great in The Cowboys. But also very funny in Support Your Local Sherriff
Poor bloke had death threats for that portrayal
Love the behind the scenes and stories. That’s one of them.
Amazing interview, thank you for posting. What I very much admire about Bruce Dern is that he is honest. In interviews he will talk freely with no pretence.. and say it like it is with passion. What a great guy!
So true. Great comment.
i concur whole heartedly........i don't care for these kind of shows simply for the fact that no one is ever really honest.........this guy dern just changed my mind, but only because of his honesty..........i really didn't like him in the COWBOYS and thought i didn't like him, but i was wrong,,,,,,,it's just that he did such a good job of being evil, i fell for it, but he seems like a real guy.........
Can be seen in so many westerns tv or big screen for years before he killed Duke
And I am being honest and saying: he is repellent. Any woman who spoke like that, would be excoriated as a "Karen!"
Absolutely, unlike the lot now, who's every word is being checked if it is Woke and will please the audience.
Dern is still doing excellent work and Dick is my favourite interviewer.
THis is a great interview. I have never seen such an self reveling, honest response from an actor in an interview. Thank you!!
Dick Cavett, one of the most amazing talkshows ever. So intelligent and so interesting. It was a show that was canceled at it’s peak as it was deemed too intelligent for the average audience.
Always liked Cavett as an interviewer going back to the 70's. He brings out the best in his guests. Good interview. The one with Richard Burton was the best interview with an actor ever.
Cavett's wife for decades (till her death) was Carrie Nye who was an excellent staple actor in many Broadway shows. Cavett's interest in actors and acting was
very personal, though he never brought it up.
I also liked when Dick got in jokes at his own expense. Such as here when he says that Jon Voight got the lead in 'Midnight Cowboy' and 'Deliverance' only because he (Dick) had 'turned those parts down.' 😊
Interesting. I just watched him do an interview with Rex Stout, the author of the Nero Wolfe books. The great TV series of Nero Wolfe (A Nero Wolfe Mystery) was cancelled after only two years and 27 episodes for the same reason.
Yeah I liked Dick Cavett. It was always fun and informative of the people she had on. Durns voice is so perfect for the evil guy.
Finally an a great actor who can articulate beautifully. He makes absolute sense about the business aspects and the artistic situations and so forth. Others may have thought he wasn’t lead material but whenever I saw him he was the lead to me. It’s a lot more interesting to see a character go through other things rather then just trying to get the girl.
Or as Tony Montana said, "first you get the money, then you get the power, then you get the woman."
Bruce’s daughter said she worshipped her father. She wanted to play crazy evil women and she was so feminine and smart they cast her in very interesting rolls.
@@gracieg7601 With Bruce as her dad and Diane Ladd as her mom, Laura Dern definitely had that great head start. Of course,
she evolved into a terrific actor, with her own hard work and dedication.
I've been a big fan of Bruce Dern, since I was a kid. No matter the size of the roll, he always 'brought the goods'. 👍
Also, he should've won the damn award for Nebraska!
@@waynej2608 All 3 are very talented actors.
He's a great intellect! His autobiography is a terrific read.
I've always loved Bruce Dern. I think he's great and to me he's always seemed like he just stepped out of 1870's old west.
He plays one heckuva cowboy but his presence in any movie makes it that much better.
This guy was always a star to me.
Just stumbled on to this, what a great interview, love the total honesty. Cavett was the best, now with youtube you can see his best interviews
Just seen him in 1968’s Hang Em High with Clint Eastwood and also he did a Land Of The Giants episode from 1970, he costarred in the episode with Yvonne Craig who was Batgirl! Bruce Dern is a gem!
Dern influence my life seeing him when I was a kid in the film Silent Running. The movie broke my heart and made me conscious of environmental issues.
D.B. Cooper Absolutely. Me too.
•••• _IT IS BECAUSE OF_ ... "Silent Running' (1971 - dir. Douglas Trumbull and starring Bruce Dern) that I knew my life, my career was to be as a screenwriter, a director in the movies, TV & commercials.
In the mid-80's I was truly fortunate in my journey to work for Doug Trumbull at ShowScan as an assistant editor.
There's more, but I won't bore you with them. In short, follow what you love. Dreams do come true if you fight for them.
D.A.
ps" 'D.B. COOPER' oddly enough is the nom de plume I use sometimes as a cinematographer when I don't my 'thunder' as a commercial director to knock that person off their chance as a director.
Hue, Due and Louie.
Me too...
So true, and its what is wrong with the world right now, even more so during the corona virus pandemic.
DB Cooper- CONCIOUS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES?!! LMAO!!! So, you've given up using fossil fuels, living off grid and traded your car for a horse? Because otherwise.....you're just another left wing phony.
I admire actors who are considered " character actors " simply because they are better and more flexible actors than leading men who rely too much on their looks. Bruce Dern is a great actor and has great range. I saw most of his movies and always admired his work. He's an unsung hero of Hollywood, and a great artist.
I'm a late to appreciate Bruce Dern fan. I first really became a fan watching him on Big Love. Now I watch every interview I can find of him! He's so good and interesting to hear him talk
Bruce Dern's is still around. Lol. 2020 still going strong and doing lots of movies.
Where else would he be?
@@kfrerix9777 chilling at home
@@kfrerix9777 most men born in 1936 are already on cemeteries
I've never seen this interview and found it fascinating. Initially it's easy to think Bruce Dern seems to spend a lot of time feeling sorry for himself and harbouring grudges, but watching the interview all the way through, he really is a totally straight up guy who explains things as they are and leaves you the viewer to decide what they think. He educates us outsiders into the way the movie industry really does work, about how lots of people like him were young idealists who acted and performed out of principles they strongly believed in, but later, as he said, you realize it's just as much a business. Fascinating guy, excellent interview.
Absolutely. It is a business; the art is the stuff they feed us outsiders. This is a corporate, cold, cutthroat business that pretends to be something else.
Your initial impression was correct. A relentless self pitying crybaby.
I love inside the actors studio! I loved the interview with Jamie Fox. And the Clint Eastwood one with two parts. Just excellent.
One of my favorite interviews here at YT ! THANKS so much for uploading ! Mr Dern has been one of my fave actors for many many years. Grew up watching him in films & TV in the 60's. I don't think I've ever seen him interviewed at such length before. A very intelligent, perceptive & articulate fellow ! And of course one helluva actor !! :-)
What an honest & intelligent man Dern is, & what a really enjoyable interview.
Best bad guy of all time. My favorite.
Definitely! Black Sunday is still one of my favorite movies! Such a complex villain.
Between him and Scorpio from the Clint Eastwood movie.
Bruce Dern is one of the best actors in both t.v. and movies. The man is a class act. I'm a disabled Vietnam Veteran, having served there with the army in 1969. The part Bruce played in 'Coming Home' was special to many of us. He hit it out of the park.
My favorite part he played was Mr. Rumsfield from The Burbs
Dude-- I swear to God I was just about to say the same exact thing but seen your comment first! I freaking LOVE that movie!
His wife was so hot as a kid... I was messed up over her. Lol
Absolutely member THERE GO THE DAMM BROWNIES
How bout diggstown?he was great on that one
LOVE that movie, him, too!
Bruce Dern... one of my all time favourite actors
No one else in history of Hollywood looks or sounds like Bruce.
My dad adored Bruce Dern and I think nobody does the characters he has done as awesome as he has.
John Wayne: “America will hate you for shooting me.”
Bruce Dern: “But Berkeley will love me.”
And the Duke laughed loudly. Bruce said they got along very well.
Bruce Dern had a lot of respect for John Wayne
I’ve heard of that …. That is too funny! Great comeback by Mr. Dern. They love me at Berkeley 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I come back to this interview because this man is honest about what succeeds and totally honest about jealousy and envy. Good for you, Bruce Dern!!
One of my favorite actors of all time.
I always thought he was a very underestimated actor!
The best interview I have ever heard.
The only man that can make crazy likable.
I abhor Jane Fonda the baby murderer
And that entire ungodly anti American counterfeit family
Always watched his movies,a great actor
What a fascinating interview. Real substance. Two very intelligent and interesting men.
I guess he’s always been a refreshingly honest guy.
And it’s really interesting to hear an established movie actor talk in detail about the importance of agents.
A fascinating man and probably the most honest actor interview I've seen. Excellent.
What a great honest interview.
Riveting and or Kind of, Good.
Cavett had the good sense to let him speak
Dern's type of observations and confessions rarely get aired. It takes nerve to admit to bitterness and envy. His lesson is important to ponder. You need the right people pushing for you. He admits he was too idealistic but he did eventually understand it IS showbusiness.
Bruce's characters stay in my memory more than any of those Stars he was envious of and his daughter Laura is testament that she came from wonderful parents.Whuch says even more about his character.
I've watched and admired Bruce all my life. While he has been in many great films, one of my favorite roles of his was "Silent Running".
Bruce has been such a wonderful actor his entire career, he’s a natural.
Finally, how refreshing to hear an "A" List movie star tell it like it is. Bruce Dern doesn't hold anything back, he doesn't speak in platitudes or cryptic messages.
Wow!!! What a great in-depth interview. Always like Mr. Dern. Would like to see the entire interview.
He is a great actor that I hated in almost every film he did. That's what makes him good.
Exactly! He made me love Westerns!
As a boy, I remembered Bruce typecast in smart-ass/ Jackass type characters (Hang Em High, Support Your Local Sheriff) + psychos but Bruce Dern was memorable and he made you smile. The sixties were unstable times and he ended up as a 'Wild Angel' and in psychedelia genre films back then totally missing 'leading man' roles. Daughter, Laura rekindled her dad later. Great interview, Kudos Dick Cavett!
Wow..THE most interesting show/interview I've ever seen..Love Bruce..Truly insightful...
Fantastic interview! One of the best I've seen on the craft (and business) of acting and the Hollywood system. Dern calls it as he sees it, and it's fascinating to listen to.
I always thought he was a great actor, any time I saw him I love way he worked , always liked the way, when you think got away with it, this man would call to remind you of your shit.. he is very truthful. A brilliant actor.
Wow! FANTASTIC interview.
Enjoyed this interview very much. I always liked Bruce Dern.
He used to do a lot of westerns, both TV and film, and they'd always have him say "Boy" condescendingly to someone. Something like, "Now you do what I tell ya boy"
Nobody could call someone 'boy' like Bruce Dern.
I remember seeing "Silent Running" in my late teens and was astonished by my immediate reaction seeing Bruce Dern as the lead. Sitting in the darkened theater watching the opening credits, I realized for the first time how much over the years I had subconsciously wanted to see Dern as Commander-in-Chief of a feature-length movie, and was so excited he would be with me for the next hour-and-a-half.
Great actor and he did so many remarkable performances.
One of my favorites. A great actor. Love this interview.
He should have gotten the Academy Award for Best Actor in "Coming Home". No doubt about it.
true but at least he got one for Nebraska! better late than never
He should have won but he was up against stiff competition with Christopher Walken for the Deer Hunter.
One of my favorite actors. He made some of the most memorable iconic movies.
Great interview - Bruce Dern is a Legend and always has been a great actor. Any western from the 1960's he was in . The fugitive was another show that he was in. Family Plot gave him his leading role and boy did he do great in that film.One of my favorites was The Two Headed ? Something Brain or Monster , he was with Pat Priest ( The Munsters TV show ). This guy was always working and did a great job in all his roles. Thanks Bruce. And your Daughter is a wonderful Actress as well.
He was great in a few episodes of the fugitive with David Janssen
Great interview! I love how Bruce is so honest and direct about what he thinks!
Love this guy superb actor and i believe never really received the acclaim he deserved .
A classy , respectable American chat show host ?
I genuinely didn't realise they existed 👍
Yes indeed. Mr. Cavett was a great interviewer.
@@Crazeyfor67 It was a bit of a break-though. We used to watch it in the late '60's!
He was always able to convince people that the character he was playing was real. Virtually impossible to find one like that nowadays.
Totally absorbing interview. Scintillatingly honest by Bruce Dern....I remember him from Silent Running especially. His desire to become an artist true to his inner self and the art form he had chosen is very touching....perhaps he was naïve but probably more just beautifully innocent and full of a wholesome desire to surrender himself to the art form. I like people like that. People that have no agenda...but who may in time see that their integrity for the art form hasn't actually worked for them when others have achieved greater 'success' by being less concerned in being true to their craft. Such is the way of the world. Sometimes the world appears to be a practical joke made at the expense of well meaning people.
He was fantastic in the Cowboy’s! What a great actor!
Dern deserves more credit.
Tarantino knows his brilliance, casted him in 3 of his movies.
Have always been a Bruce Dern fan, great interview with DC!
I've always liked Bruce Dern, and try not to miss any of his performances. This was an intense and very interesting discussion. I particularly enjoyed what he said about John Wayne.
Wow. Never seen a sit down, serious interview with Bruce Dern. Love him.
Two things came up: Shooting John Wayne in The Cowboys. Unforgettable.
The nerd in Silent Running. Pushed my emotions into a new place.
The Dick Cavett Show was and still is the BEST TALK SHOW ever on television. In this interview imagine the actor who is incredibly articulate, straightforward and honest. The fastest 20 minutes you will ever see.
This is a great interview (and I'm not too big on Cavett's interviewing style), but getting to know Bruce here is great. This should be a "must see" for all aspiring actors! .
First saw him in "The Wild Angels" with Peter Fonda. Good acting as a badass biker. Excellent acting in "The Cowboys". He has a way of putting himself in character that few actors can. A top notch superb actor!
Bruce Dern a great actor, I truly enjoyed everything he was in, from his small bit parts to his great roles.
Bruce Dern was a marvelous actor. You " believed " who he was in his various parts. As the villian you hated him, as the ordinary joe you related to him, but I will say at the end of the movie Coming Home I shed tears for him when after the full knowledge of the affair between his wife and the person she was involved with { portrayed by John Voigt } as he was coming home from the war in Vietnam, he ran off into the Pacific Ocean to commit suicide......over the loss of love and fidelity from his wife.......OH MAN what a poignant scene, and very well acted by Bruce !!!!
Isn't he still acting? I saw him an independent film called "Freaks" and he in "Cut Bank" with Billy Bob Thornton and one of Helmsworths.
Love Bruce Dern.
I knew it
He really does make it personal with the actors he works with. I always have thought they really hated him and they do
Brilliant
Bruce puts his heart in any part he plays.❤
When people could have considerable differences in socio-political ideas and yet still admire one another and even be friends...
I just found out that he grew up in Winnetka and graduated from New Trier. His family owned a very well-to-do store called Carson Pirie Scott. That’s where I grew up many decades later but that’s so cool cuz he’s so cool!!
I’am enjoying this because I’ve been a Bruce Dern fan for a long time.
Dern was so great in Biker films and also Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Great to see him in the movie Freaks. Some casting director had a brilliant idea
Always loved Mr. Bruce Dern
This guy is an amazing actor. All the other stars he mentioned that got the lead roles before him couldn’t hold a candle to him when it comes to acting. A lead man to me is someone that holds your attention for 2 hours and Bruce sticks to my eyes like glue. I never saw him acting is an understatement when it comes to Bruce.
As a professional actor myself, I feel that you can be the lead without being the lead, per se. He was the lead in my opinion, in "Coming Home", though it wasn't considered the leading role. And in "The Great Gatsby", he shared the lead with Redford. Just saying.
I knew he was a runner and that impressed me. I always noticed him when he was on the screen, even back in his TV days.
He did Ultras for a long time.
Very emotionally and mentally in tune Bruce is . Just saw him a couple of days ago at a film festival Dallas Texas west village I was not a part of it and did not even know about it . I researched Bruce , Incredible man, wished I would have had a chance to sit down and talk to him about his life and his wisdom.
His knowledge is really impeccable and creativity is really in depth.
I have a newfound respect for Bruce Durn. I always loved his acting, but now I know how hard he worked to get where he is now! I take back all the bad things I have said about him!
Bruce Dern should have won an Oscar; he has never given anything less than excellent performances.
I loved Coming Home, particularly at the time of its release. I love hearing how he worked it. I liked him in it because he didn't play crazy.
Wow! Hes so articulate! One of my faves.
Saw him most recently in Nebraska. Loved his role - and the movie!
I have always loved this.
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The fine actor A, Martinez from the movie The Cowboys sent me here. Bruce always worked with such an honesty that you didn't believe he was acting the part. That is true craft and art.
Bruce did an amazing job on an on Alfred Hitchcock episode (circa early 1960s) where he played a psycho farm hand.
absolutely chilling.
Excellent conversation. Dern really has earned his chops. A library of great parts. Great that Tarantino still uses him, but give him some better parts, man! Dern always raises every project a few notches. A true American original.
Bruce played the best bad guy on Gunsmoke several times, great actor in my mind!
If you are going to be an actor listen to Dern, it is not the work, the effort, it is the agent and how they promote you.
That was a good interview. Especially if you seen the movie called "The Cowboys".
Yes indeed.
My favorite western.
@@thomassoue2332 that is a good one.