Considering you replied to comments that were made a week to near on two weeks ago, I would assume we have gotten on and done something. Additionally. Seeing as your comment is highlighted, I would wager that your effort took longer to complete than ours. You still cocked up your punctuation on this attempt as well. Hahahahaha!!! Up the revolution and Happy New Year :):):):) .@@bolshevikproductions
I love how he looked into the camera at the beginning. So quintessentially Jack. He’s so relaxed like he knows something you don’t. He’s always been “the man” to me. Completely unique.
Very interesting interview and yes, he seems completely at ease with the situation. My late mother was a big fan of Nicholson, having first seen him in Cuckoo's Nest and later in several mob dramas. :)
@@louise_rose I have to admit that the first time I saw him was a motorcycle flick at a drive-in in the mid to late 60’s. I had no idea who he was but you couldn’t take your eyes off him. No actor I ever saw before spoke like him either. After I wrote this I had to look it up. It was Hells Angels on Wheels 1967.
@@MundiaKamau I realised that afterwards but couldn’t be bothered to edit. I also realised that it would draw in a pedant also, so thank you for the evaluation of my prognosis 😀.
@@jamesball5743 it was his big screen debut. He just had bit parts and extra work in TV movies and various shows before then. If I recall, in Easy Rider, it says "and introducing Jack Nicholson".
@@jamesball5743 it was his debut of the " Jack Nicholson personality". In previous film , like for Roger Corman, he had no personality and was nothing like the Jack we all know.
Well, looking at this certainly makes me realize that 1979-1980 was a long time ago. I miss seeing and hearing Jack Nicholson. I hope he is doing okay, wherever he lives now, Mulholland or Malibu? We miss you, Jack. Your like will not be seen again. Thank you so much for this clip!
The story about the two readings hit home for me. Him being a huge fan of the art & seeing that the gap between those he admired wasn't as great as he thought. Saying that gave him a lil more confidence that he could do it. I remember gushing about a drummer I got to play with years ogo. I gushed for a month about how great he was. My friend had recorded both of us, unbeknownst to me. I didn't initially know which was which. I loved both thinking it was just him. It motivated me.
Anjelica Houston on the other end of the phone (they were together for 17 years between 1973 until 1990).. Very understated, contained and honest interview.
LOL when the phone rings and Jack starts answering questions about dinner plans. What a great interview. He's very measured - it's interesting to hear his take on roles in The Godfather and The Sting too.
This was great to see. For all his quirks, Jack seems like a really genuine guy. I can tell when it comes to acting, he's not about vanity and ego; just doing the work.
So happy to have seen this, thank you! Anjelica Huston on the phone, whoa..! I’ve seen the clip where he talks about Chinatown and the irony of working with Huston, apparently only at that time, having begun a ‘relationship’ with his daughter. True Hollywood Gold!
@@willsingourd2523 The ironic aspect was because there's a scene in Chinatown where John Huston's character literally says to Nicholson's character, "Are you sleeping with my daughter?" At that time Nicholson, in real life, was indeed sleeping with John Huston's daughter, but John Huston didn't know about their relationship yet. So it definitely does add a level of irony to the situation. Nicholson said it was a very surreal moment lol.
I went into Tootsie Playhound, a shoe store in Tribeca during a snowstorm. I was the only customer in the store, until Mr. Nicholson walked in. He had a walk around and left but not before turning his head round to me and the shopkeeper and giving the most outrageous grin/smile I have ever seen. The shopkeeper and myself didn't acknowledge him but respected his privacy. This was around 84/85. The bloke simply oozes charisma. Hope I got the name of the store correct.
Incredible actor and that phone call through the interview was unique. It's interesting to be thrown back in time, a bit like watching a Columbo TV drama.
Man now that i think about it. Marlon Brando was like the Stanley Kubrick to acting, and Stanley was the Brando of Directing. That would've been crazy if Stanley would've ever directed Marlon Brando.
I knew Polly Platt who was buddies with Nicholson and described him as one of the nicest people on the planet. She isn't alone - others have said the same. I get the sense that he's a genuinely kind guy.
The genius of Jack was to have a phone placed right next to him and have Anjelica call to interrupt the interview. The man always seemed to know what it took to be memorable and unique
Interviewer: “Who's Toots?” Jack: “Angelica” Me: The beautiful Angelica Houston. She was so beautiful at that age/era. I had forgotten that they were together for a while.🥂
Crazy just how intelligent and honest questions and answers were back then between the host and the guest. Today a film star is told 50 times how epic they are, asked about their favourite taylor swift song, and plugging their social media account.
This is so great. We're seeing Jack at the height of his powers. It's hard to now see him in THE GODFATHER but only he could play Jake Gittes in CHINATOWN, a perfect film in my mind. And while he missed out on making a movie with Francis Ford Coppola, he did get to make a movie with both Roman Polanski and John Huston who was wonderful as Noah Cross in CHINATOWN, and he also got to act with Polanski too because he played a gangster in a couple of cameo scenes with Jack. That's unusual that he got to act with two great directors as actors. What's great about Nicholson in this interview is how reflective and intellectual he is, someone you could really sit down with and from whom you could learn a lot about acting and filmmaking. As most people know, Jack learned the craft in Roger Corman films but he never stopped learning, and that's what makes him so good an actor. Corman was responsible for employing many now-famous names in the business but Jack is one of his proteges that he is most proud of, and we see why here.
“Viv” is probably Vivian Kubrick, Stanley’s daughter who directed the behind the scene of the Shining which uses clips from the interview. I always thought she had directed these interviews since bits appear in the her film, but I guess someone at the bbc did them.
Great interview and actor but that abrupt phone call threw me off guard. Didn't know someone would call him on a telephone in a room while he's being interviewed lol
For some reason, people are intimidated by Jack. I got to meet him on the golf course in LA, the Riviera CC. I was playing with Robby Krieger and we were coming up to a tee box and Robby casually said, "Oh, there's Jack". Well, in my mind, when you say Jack, it's no one else but Nicholson. He pulls up and says "Hello boys, mind if we play through?". Someone in the group said sure go ahead. I think it was Skip Taylor, the guy who signed the Doors. I simply couldn't believe one of my, if not my favorite actor was standing right next to me! I had my camera with me, a digital one with the floppy drive I took everywhere. My cell phone, at the time didnt have a camera. I had to ask him for a photo! So, I waited until he hit, and he got into his cart and I made my move. Knowing he is a huge Laker fan, and the Lakers were in the playoffs, "I said, Lakers all the way!", he smiled and I said I was a big fan and could I take a photo? I had my camera in hand already to go, so as to not waste time. He said sure and I handed it to his playing partner, I think Rudy Duvall, and he put his arm on my shoulder and I leaned into the cart and that was it! He actually smiled! After they pulled away, the marshal, said that usually he doesn't do that, but he must have liked that you were a Laker fan too and seemed genuinely thrilled. It was a moment I will never forget. Even Robby was impressed how I got perhaps the biggest star in the world, to take a pic with me. He said he wouldn't even ask for one! I will admit, that I was lucky.
1982? The set-up for this interview, as well as the clothes Nicholson is wearing, is identical to his interview in Vivian Kubrick's documentary 'The Making of 'The Shining'', indeed, I suspect the off-camera "Viv" that Nicholson confers with during the phone call interruption, is Vivian Kubrick! This would date the interview around 1980 (the time of 'The Shining''s release) or earlier. In 1982, Nicholson would have been shooting/preparing to shoot 'Terms of Endearment' (1983).
One of the few actors that both man and women are at owe with. The guys life and work are a single great class act!! As a heterosexual man I find myself going - “what a man!!”
Yeah, he's one of those guys where you watch how he talks and moves and just how he is overall, and you're like, "Damn dude, save some pussy for the rest of us" lol very charismatic and compelling guy.
If he chose Chinatown over Godfather or The Sting, it sure was the right choice, I think I actually prefer it to those two movies and he was also right about the Italian part.
When Jack was discussing the dinner arrangements with Anjelica I'm sure the other lady in the studio said "tell them to keep it in the oven". How wonderfully domestic.
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Articulate, confident, charismatic, engaging and certainly not aloof. Gotta love Jack Nicholson.
Very much well explained best batman nemesis 😊
You've said it all. Jack in his prime.
Prime Nicholson, the most suave mofo on the planet?
Well said, perfect assessment 🙂
Among the very best films of that very productive period of the seventies.
After the call, seamlessly back into giving the intelligent answer he had started with. Class act.
Yes. And that look to camera, around 6:34 is pure Shining.
I liked that too, the way Nicholson went on with the interview as if they had not been interrupted by the telephone call🙂
He’s an actor. Nothing else 😂😂. Get a life and do something.
Considering you replied to comments that were made a week to near on two weeks ago, I would assume we have gotten on and done something.
Additionally. Seeing as your comment is highlighted, I would wager that your effort took longer to complete than ours. You still cocked up your punctuation on this attempt as well. Hahahahaha!!!
Up the revolution and Happy New Year :):):):) .@@bolshevikproductions
@@johnsimpson6670 are you actually acting too ? 🤣🤣🤣
I love how he looked into the camera at the beginning. So quintessentially Jack. He’s so relaxed like he knows something you don’t. He’s always been “the man” to me. Completely unique.
Very interesting interview and yes, he seems completely at ease with the situation. My late mother was a big fan of Nicholson, having first seen him in Cuckoo's Nest and later in several mob dramas. :)
@@louise_rose
I have to admit that the first time I saw him was a motorcycle flick at a drive-in in the mid to late 60’s. I had no idea who he was but you couldn’t take your eyes off him.
No actor I ever saw before spoke like him either. After I wrote this I had to look it up. It was Hells Angels on Wheels 1967.
@@robertacolarette1594 Haha , I've got that one on DVD! Bought it secondhand last year - haven't watched it yet for lack of time but I'm going to! :)
He has a unique voice. No one sounds like Jack.
The smoking helps
Christian Slater kinda does...
Slater deliberately attempted to imitate Jack@@T-roc57
@@djsamplesimon2971-Yes I know but it was still pretty good.
John Malkovich sounds very similar
The phone interruption was amazing...
@@IsaacS2010 ..🎈🤷🎈 ..That was Angeilca Huston , John
Huston's daughter, on the phone.
..They were an "Item" at the time.
He's so comfortable w/ himself; naturally charismatic.
Just as charismatic off-screen as he was on. A unique character.
he's racyst. he called me the n-word in March, 2017, when I was working in the restaurant
@@OtaBengaBokongo great
Yeah why you think Jack got so much 🐈
This is just like his interview in the Shining
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He went right back to into his answer after the phone call...pretty impressive
He said he had devices for dealing with lack of privacy lol
That first little gesture to the camera 0:17 - pure Nicholson 😂
Indeed🙂 It's actually at 0:14 though.
@@MundiaKamau I realised that afterwards but couldn’t be bothered to edit. I also realised that it would draw in a pedant also, so thank you for the evaluation of my prognosis 😀.
@@ieuancilgwri3230 I hear you🙂
@@MundiaKamau 🙏
Wasn’t it though - I loved it.
One of Jack’s best interviews, and a bonus of a private conversation with Ms Huston!
Check out the story with Kevin pollack about Jack lol.
The guy is legendary. Great interview.
When you see the few scenes on his big screen debut in Easy Rider, you can tell he was special. He stole the screen every time. Naturally charismatic
Right, but if you watch him in early Roger Corman films, he has no charisma at all...NONE!
@@Valkonnenhe grew as an actor
Easy Rider was not even close to his debut
@@jamesball5743 it was his big screen debut. He just had bit parts and extra work in TV movies and various shows before then. If I recall, in Easy Rider, it says "and introducing Jack Nicholson".
@@jamesball5743 it was his debut of the " Jack Nicholson personality". In previous film , like for Roger Corman, he had no personality and was nothing like the Jack we all know.
How lucky we have been to watch him during all those years. Legend.
I could listen to him talk for ages.
@@chimitrey08 ..🎈🎈🎈..Yes me too.
Probably has the coolest voice of any actor.
Nicholson did some stunning early films, and 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' is the big one.
Intelligent, relaxedly pleasant and unadorned. My type of man. Good on you jack.
The moment he takes that phone call, you can just see why this guy became an actor. So captivating, especially his voice.
Well, looking at this certainly makes me realize that 1979-1980 was a long time ago. I miss seeing and hearing Jack Nicholson. I hope he is doing okay, wherever he lives now, Mulholland or Malibu? We miss you, Jack. Your like will not be seen again. Thank you so much for this clip!
Great interview. No really stupid question and Jack is allowed to talk.
Interviews back then...
He never really gave/gives interviews. This is class, especially since this during the 80’s Nicholson haha
The story about the two readings hit home for me. Him being a huge fan of the art & seeing that the gap between those he admired wasn't as great as he thought. Saying that gave him a lil more confidence that he could do it. I remember gushing about a drummer I got to play with years ogo. I gushed for a month about how great he was. My friend had recorded both of us, unbeknownst to me. I didn't initially know which was which. I loved both thinking it was just him. It motivated me.
Jack Nicholson will always be one of the greatest actors America ever produced.
Takes call with no apology or explanation, then continues answer without missing a beat. What a boss.
One of the best actors of all time.
Through the whole clip, I thought I was watching 'The inteview' scene from the Shining!!! 😁😁😁
The Last Detail is a film I have watched over and over again.
Omg when he called her darling lucky woman 😭😭
It's always neat to see Nicholson on the two episodes of 'The Andy Griffith Show' he did back in the 60s.
We love everything Jack N. Acts in, he is a superior scene stealer! Love his voice as so many state.
What a good interview this was. He is really open and honest and articulate.
I LOVE the Last Detail! So underrated.
yes
Among the very best films of that most productive period of the seventies.
Don’t forget - Five Easy Pieces (1970)
Yes, but there wasn't enough cussing in it
Anjelica Houston on the other end of the phone (they were together for 17 years between 1973 until 1990)..
Very understated, contained and honest interview.
LOL when the phone rings and Jack starts answering questions about dinner plans. What a great interview. He's very measured - it's interesting to hear his take on roles in The Godfather and The Sting too.
Pure gold! what wonderful archive footage.
Its almost incredible how much i resonate with him. Its almost unbelievable.
"Angelia" and that smile
This was great to see. For all his quirks, Jack seems like a really genuine guy. I can tell when it comes to acting, he's not about vanity and ego; just doing the work.
Taking a phone call in the middle of interview! Never heard of such a thing, and this in the days before cell phones.
So happy to have seen this, thank you! Anjelica Huston on the phone, whoa..! I’ve seen the clip where he talks about Chinatown and the irony of working with Huston, apparently only at that time, having begun a ‘relationship’ with his daughter. True Hollywood Gold!
Um, there was nothing ironic about that, it was merely coincidental. They are not the same.
@@willsingourd2523
The ironic aspect was because there's a scene in Chinatown where John Huston's character literally says to Nicholson's character, "Are you sleeping with my daughter?" At that time Nicholson, in real life, was indeed sleeping with John Huston's daughter, but John Huston didn't know about their relationship yet. So it definitely does add a level of irony to the situation. Nicholson said it was a very surreal moment lol.
At the start when he looks mischievously at the camera - what a humble guy - to have it all yet to truly understand how lucky he is.
My favorite actor. Great and intelligent interview!
The shining is my favourite movie of all time. I watch it probably on average every couple of months and theres no way I'll ever get bored of it.
Who else jumped when the phone rang,? 😅.
I could listen to Jack talk for hours.
RE China town Awesome movie
Witches of Eastwick?
I would love to speak with him at this age, as I am the same age. He seems like the type of person I would enjoy talking wuth a hearing from. ❤
Casually taking a phone call from Angelica Huston mid interview. Classic Jack.
The way he smiles saying Anjelica.. I want that 😭
I went into Tootsie Playhound, a shoe store in Tribeca during a snowstorm. I was the only customer in the store, until Mr. Nicholson walked in. He had a walk around and left but not before turning his head round to me and the shopkeeper and giving the most outrageous grin/smile I have ever seen. The shopkeeper and myself didn't acknowledge him but respected his privacy. This was around 84/85. The bloke simply oozes charisma. Hope I got the name of the store correct.
Otto Tootsi Plohound
Are you sure that wasn't Robert Pine, the actor father of Chis Pine?
Positive. I remember it well. Believe me, when you see the bold Jack in a shoe store there is no mistaking him.@@jamesanthony5681
That amazing voice and the sudden phone call....surreal...
Incredible actor and that phone call through the interview was unique. It's interesting to be thrown back in time, a bit like watching a Columbo TV drama.
A truly fascinating clip.
I LOVE & MISS HIM TERRIBLY!
Totally golden standard interviewer and guest 🎉
Solid, engaging with a great delivery.
Man now that i think about it. Marlon Brando was like the Stanley Kubrick to acting, and Stanley was the Brando of Directing. That would've been crazy if Stanley would've ever directed Marlon Brando.
The guy is incredible. Beautiful
I knew Polly Platt who was buddies with Nicholson and described him as one of the nicest people on the planet. She isn't alone - others have said the same. I get the sense that he's a genuinely kind guy.
One of the very, very, greats.
The genius of Jack was to have a phone placed right next to him and have Anjelica call to interrupt the interview. The man always seemed to know what it took to be memorable and unique
A lot of people don't know about The Last Detail, great movie I think it came out in 1972
Interviewer: “Who's Toots?”
Jack: “Angelica”
Me: The beautiful Angelica Houston. She was so beautiful at that age/era. I had forgotten that they were together for a while.🥂
I know, blasphemy, but anyone not pondered Jack as Gomez Addams?
@@scotsbillhicks hahaha yeah, I can see that. He had a way about him for sure. Not evil but not entirely good either💀
The good old days, when Jack was 45 !
0:14 - That look at the camera was devilish lol
Crazy just how intelligent and honest questions and answers were back then between the host and the guest.
Today a film star is told 50 times how epic they are, asked about their favourite taylor swift song, and plugging their social media account.
This is so great. We're seeing Jack at the height of his powers. It's hard to now see him in THE GODFATHER but only he could play Jake Gittes in CHINATOWN, a perfect film in my mind. And while he missed out on making a movie with Francis Ford Coppola, he did get to make a movie with both Roman Polanski and John Huston who was wonderful as Noah Cross in CHINATOWN, and he also got to act with Polanski too because he played a gangster in a couple of cameo scenes with Jack. That's unusual that he got to act with two great directors as actors. What's great about Nicholson in this interview is how reflective and intellectual he is, someone you could really sit down with and from whom you could learn a lot about acting and filmmaking. As most people know, Jack learned the craft in Roger Corman films but he never stopped learning, and that's what makes him so good an actor. Corman was responsible for employing many now-famous names in the business but Jack is one of his proteges that he is most proud of, and we see why here.
Jack is one of the all-time greats defo top 20 of all time actors.
"who's Toots?" 😅
I would have replied..."Eric Morecombe"!
“Viv” is probably Vivian Kubrick, Stanley’s daughter who directed the behind the scene of the Shining which uses clips from the interview. I always thought she had directed these interviews since bits appear in the her film, but I guess someone at the bbc did them.
That’s what I was thinking. Maybe she was just the camera-woman here
An interview with Jack Nicholson, including an improvisation by Angelica Houston as "Toots".
The part when he takes the call his just insane. Doing this during an interview.
A great experience to watch this.Keep thinking of his performance in The Shining!!!!
this piece of film is now in the category of myth and legend.
The phone call is the best part of this whole clip!
great interview
Jack Nicholson beherrscht hervorragende Schauspiel Kunst. Jack Nicholson ist, ganz einfach, eine Klasse für sich 💎.
He's an absolute master. The best.
Seeing a private moment with Jack taking a call was as interesting as the rest of the interview.
Great interview and actor but that abrupt phone call threw me off guard. Didn't know someone would call him on a telephone in a room while he's being interviewed lol
For some reason, people are intimidated by Jack. I got to meet him on the golf course in LA, the Riviera CC. I was playing with Robby Krieger and we were coming up to a tee box and Robby casually said, "Oh, there's Jack". Well, in my mind, when you say Jack, it's no one else but Nicholson. He pulls up and says "Hello boys, mind if we play through?". Someone in the group said sure go ahead. I think it was Skip Taylor, the guy who signed the Doors. I simply couldn't believe one of my, if not my favorite actor was standing right next to me! I had my camera with me, a digital one with the floppy drive I took everywhere. My cell phone, at the time didnt have a camera. I had to ask him for a photo! So, I waited until he hit, and he got into his cart and I made my move. Knowing he is a huge Laker fan, and the Lakers were in the playoffs, "I said, Lakers all the way!", he smiled and I said I was a big fan and could I take a photo? I had my camera in hand already to go, so as to not waste time. He said sure and I handed it to his playing partner, I think Rudy Duvall, and he put his arm on my shoulder and I leaned into the cart and that was it! He actually smiled! After they pulled away, the marshal, said that usually he doesn't do that, but he must have liked that you were a Laker fan too and seemed genuinely thrilled. It was a moment I will never forget. Even Robby was impressed how I got perhaps the biggest star in the world, to take a pic with me. He said he wouldn't even ask for one! I will admit, that I was lucky.
Thanks for sharing that!
The way he says Angelica, that's love 🥰🥰🥰🥰
A Brilliant Man and Thespian. 🤩
1982? The set-up for this interview, as well as the clothes Nicholson is wearing, is identical to his interview in Vivian Kubrick's documentary 'The Making of 'The Shining'', indeed, I suspect the off-camera "Viv" that Nicholson confers with during the phone call interruption, is Vivian Kubrick! This would date the interview around 1980 (the time of 'The Shining''s release) or earlier. In 1982, Nicholson would have been shooting/preparing to shoot 'Terms of Endearment' (1983).
It is Vivian Kubrick
One of the few actors that both man and women are at owe with. The guys life and work are a single great class act!! As a heterosexual man I find myself going - “what a man!!”
Yeah, he's one of those guys where you watch how he talks and moves and just how he is overall, and you're like, "Damn dude, save some pussy for the rest of us" lol very charismatic and compelling guy.
His pace of talking is same as John malkovich. Both legends
Bad-ass, hipnotic, enchanting, edgy… his acting has always been gold
The greatest male actor of all time 💯🐐
What a guy.
I like the interview.
He’s fkng acting already in this interview all the way
Excellent interview! Jack explain everything perfectly.
It’s great that interviews are going back to this sensible format like Michael Rosenbaum’s YT channel
He was brilliant and the first movie I remember is an old horror flick with Boris Karloff and the next Easy Rider and One Flew Over The CooCoo's Nest.
One of the coolest guys ever
If he chose Chinatown over Godfather or The Sting, it sure was the right choice, I think I actually prefer it to those two movies and he was also right about the Italian part.
I can’t imagine Chinatown w/o him? It’s almost creepy how much on-point he was with choosing that over The GodFather?
The Last Detail is such a great movie! Love Hal Ashby!
classic! Getting phone call from gf about dinner and “what time are u coming home?” Jack!
When Jack was discussing the dinner arrangements with Anjelica I'm sure the other lady in the studio said "tell them to keep it in the oven". How wonderfully domestic.
Lol the “other lady” was Stanley Kubrick daughter Vivian Kubrick.
Love this man. God bless you Jack Nicholson.
The call about dinner lmaoo, "keep it in the oven" pure gold.
Lol what’s the time stamp on that? I don’t recall him saying that over the phone
@@allys744 6:19 I guess it was the lady that said it but the fact that he even took the phone call was funny to me 😂