I had the pleasure of meeting L.T. in 1975 ,and we sat a good hour and a half talking of films, Hollywood, and things in general. Mentioning I was from Brooklyn was a plus.Last thing he said to me was, I enjoy talking to you, and your a really nice kid. We ended with a hand shake.
Yes he was :) And his story that he "finally got to tell" never gets old and is both endearing to his admiration for a veteran actor and also entertaining too ;)
Ed Bunker is driving with a woman and he sees Lawrence Tierney beating up his brother and his first thought is to go over and try to knock him out lmfao. Legend.
Holy shit, this is hilarious. Had no idea Tierney was such a nutcase. lol "He'd take me into bars and introduce me to his friend who was the guy who invented the yo-yo that lights up." I fucking lost it at that part, just the look on Tim Roth's face as he describes it.
He played Elaine's father in "The Jacket" episode of Seinfeld. He stole a knife from the set, hid it under his coat and when Jerry confronted him, he pulled it out and mimicked the stabbing motion from Psycho. That's why he's only in that one episode.
I remember that episode, the one where George and Jerry get stuck having to talk to him while they're waiting for Elaine to show up. I didn't know about the behind-the-scenes stuff though, that's great lol.
I don't think it was that he was nuts, it's that he was a drunk. He knew people saw him as a heavy, so he would play up that image. But when he was drunk, it didn't come off as so funny as he meant. When I knew him, he would go into that character and I would start laughing. He loved when people didn't fall for his act.
I love that part of the 'Seinfeld' dvd where they all talk about Tierney. Dreyfus is appalled in her hoity toity (very similar to her attitude toward the 'Roseanne' gang actually). The director is terrified. Jerry is bemused and the only member if the crew who apparently isn't intimidated. "Hey, Lawrence. What are you hiding in your jacket there?" :D
The more I learn about tierney the more I love the man. My dad was of a similar mold, born in 1912. I tell ya thinks we’re way different back then. Things were hard as shit on some people. Tough times. Probably tougher as we look back further in time
"They don't make faces like that anymore." I first saw this in 2005 and I've never forgotten that quote because it's so true. How many older American unconventional looking actors show up in movies anymore? Who's a Lawrence Tierney in 2020? That's one reason I love Michael Shannon and JK Simmons
You should hear the Seinfeld DVD extras on Lawrence Tierney. He stole a butcher knife from the set and they never asked him back. He sounds like a real maniac.
Anyone remember Penn from Footloose (the skinny dancing cowboy kid"? ) i really enjoyed his work as an actor. He wasn't A-List like his brother but he was an incredible character actor..too bad the guy passed away i really think he could have been a big star
As difficult as he was to work with, Tierney was definitely worth it. He was unique and authentic seeming as Joe Cabot. No one else would have fit as well.
fricken Chris Penn tells a great story. Seems like a ball bust to be around. ' I finally have a story to tell instead of one being told about me' CLASSIC.
Tim Roth "He introduced me to the man who invented the yoyo that lights up. Those were his mates." Eddie Bunker [to female reporter] "You ever been in a fight?" Michael Madsen "I heard that he physically went through a wall at some friend of mine's house." Chris Penn "He said 'I have to take the Bus 5 to the Bus 96 to the Bus 77 to the Bus 367... *12 buses later* ...so I'll be there at about 12:16.'"
I just watched 27-year-old Tierney in the 1947 Robert Wise-directed flick "Born to Kill" and he was absolutely the most interesting thing about that melodrama. He was intense, uncomfortably so, and I don't think it was just the sinister character he was playing or that he was so physically imposing. There was something truly menacing about him. A most unusual leading man for that era, despite his good looks.
Tierney was considered a pretty boy in his youth and he hated that. He went out of his way to prove he was no pretty boy. He developed a serious drinking problem and was notorious for bar fights. The alcohol took its toll on him. His career suffered because of his boozing and fighting.
A great film noir. His brother Scott Brady went by a different name to disassociate cause Lawrrence developed an unsavory reputation because of the booze and fights and his career suffered severely. STILL a legend.
Los Angeles is wierd that way. It seems like such a big city... but when you live here for years it becomes small in a way. I was a waiter at Musso and Frank and a few other spots in LA. I've waited on some big names. They're just people...
@@roystonmason9125 Oh man, we should write a book about Larry! He got to be real good friends with my uncle because he was French and Larry spoke French fluently. The guy was full of surprises!
Eddie got beat up by Laurence Tierney in the 50's. Tierney was beating up his own brother behind a gas station and Bunker(whom to him saw too random strangers) jumped in defend the kid getting the bearing.
He stole the butcher knife from the Seinfeld set too. Guy was obviously a crazy hardcore alcoholic who essentially walked around dead drunk all the time.
I had no idea these stories existed about Lawrence. This is so bloody fascinating and fun delving into this man’s psyche by unraveling and then connecting his strange actions.
Just spent all morning trying to figure out how to upload this from the bonus dvd, i bought a converter I couldn't find this scene when i converted the dvd and i was about to use my camera to record it off my tv. But then i thought wait a minute maybe its already on youtube. so here i am thanks for uploading.
I saw more of Chris Penn's films than I did Sean Penn's. That and I didn't learn who Sean was until I Am Sam. Chris Penn was not only brilliant in RD, but also in True Romance (reciting Quentin Tarantino's dialogue like a pro lol)
I love the descriptions they give to each person there interviewing such as Eddie Bunker: Sparring partner, Micheal Madsen: Drinking Buddy, and especially Tim Roth: Close Friend, even though he hated him.
Wow. He was the perfect actor to portray Tube Bar's "Red." I had a bootleg cassette years ago...and when I saw Lawrence as him, he was what my mind's eye had pictured Red looking, acting, and sounding.
Lawrence Tierney wasn't always cast as the bad guy & gangster it seems his first movie in 1945 "Dillinger" marked him for his whole career. In "Step By Step" 1946 & "Kill Or Be Killed" 1950 Lawrence Tierney was the heroic good guy. He said in an interview he didn't play tough guys he played what they cast him in. All the stories about other actors being scared of him maybe he was misunderstood. Lawrence Tierney never stops acting even when the camera stops rolling. He took acting seriously & he was the consumate performer & he must give a performance whenever he has an audience. In any case Lawrence Tierney was fascinating & had a captivating electric screen presence.
People probably don't like him for his politics or because he's just being himself in the interview rather than putting on a fake tough guy act. I think he's one of the best actors of all time and could take Madsen or Penn to school any day of the week.
Try listening to the audio commentary from the Simpsons episode "Marge Be Not Proud", to see what it was like when Tierney hung around with nervous, awkward nerds. That was hilarious. I think Mike Reese calls him a "man-mountain".
I'm so in love with Tierney right now I can't see straight. One of my sisters watched Born To Kill with me and told me I must be out of my mind, I don't care.
i have a lawrence tierney story, i lived in Hollywood on Yucca and Whitley The Fontenoy . Lawrence lived a floor down from me on the 10 th floor , I had too much furniture to fit into my apt my friend asked Lawrence if he could use my rocking chair for a while maybe 3 months , he said yeah he would hold onto it , When I moved to an apt on the 7th floor with an ocean view i stopped by and asked for my chair back Lawrence gave it to me with the seat all blown out and the back all torn up . I am like 23 24 years old am like damn this rich actor bitch should pay for my brand new rocking chair but he was so grumpy and totally weird , Like everybody in the FONTENOY!
Does anyone else think that Lawrence Tierney had some lawn furniture which he didn't want anymore, and was just looking for the ideal opportunity to get rid?
Lawrence's family must have contributed something to the "insanity" of Lawrence Tierney! I have just started his biography and cannot believe the "insanity" of the man and the fact he remained "insane" his whole life. I could live with the intricacies of what made him the way he was, but there are altogether too many instances of just plain cruelty and abject meanness to the man.
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Chris Penn's got me cracking up with that story. "WELL WHAT THE FUCK'D YOU MAKE ME BRING IT DOWN HERE FOR!?"
"You could be a good guy with a good life, but then you bump into Lawrence Tierney." LOL
That always makes me laugh. It's a stand out line 😂
Chris was such a great story teller!
Anyone who ever worked with Lawrence deserves a bravery medal.
Amen to that !!
They chose him as Elaine's father. It explained a lot.
I had the pleasure of meeting L.T. in 1975 ,and we sat a good hour and a half talking of films,
Hollywood, and things in general. Mentioning I was from Brooklyn was a plus.Last thing he said to me was, I enjoy talking to you, and your a really nice kid. We ended with a hand shake.
Cool story.👍 The guy was a rocket but a good actor.
Kudos to Michael Madsen for managing to recount most of his stories with a straight face.
someone should animate these Tierney stories/flashbacks from Madsen, Tarantino, Bunker, Penn haha
What I would give to go to a bar with Tim Roth, Mike Madsen, and Lawrence Tierney.
Oh yeah me too🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Damn. I grew up on Tierney movies. Such a talent onscreen & a ruckus off screen. A friggin legend!
Sober or Drunk, Lawrence Tierney was a certified headcase. Chris Penn's description of him is hilarious. "He will call Alaska for three hours"
Chris penn was such a cool/nice dude
Yeah R.I.P.
+shinzantetsu Cant believe his brother is such an asshole
Yes he was :)
And his story that he "finally got to tell" never gets old and is both endearing to his admiration for a veteran actor and also entertaining too ;)
The good die young.
His story about Tierney is priceless and very well told.
Ed Bunker is driving with a woman and he sees Lawrence Tierney beating up his brother and his first thought is to go over and try to knock him out lmfao. Legend.
RIP Lawrence, Eddie, and Chris.
Holy shit, this is hilarious. Had no idea Tierney was such a nutcase. lol "He'd take me into bars and introduce me to his friend who was the guy who invented the yo-yo that lights up." I fucking lost it at that part, just the look on Tim Roth's face as he describes it.
He played Elaine's father in "The Jacket" episode of Seinfeld. He stole a knife from the set, hid it under his coat and when Jerry confronted him, he pulled it out and mimicked the stabbing motion from Psycho. That's why he's only in that one episode.
I remember that episode, the one where George and Jerry get stuck having to talk to him while they're waiting for Elaine to show up. I didn't know about the behind-the-scenes stuff though, that's great lol.
I don't think it was that he was nuts, it's that he was a drunk. He knew people saw him as a heavy, so he would play up that image. But when he was drunk, it didn't come off as so funny as he meant. When I knew him, he would go into that character and I would start laughing. He loved when people didn't fall for his act.
@S4MM-E He was neighbor, so I think I would know better than you
@S4MM-E I personally knew him and know you're wrong.
Acording to the WHOLE Seinfeld cast, the guy was nuts
I love that part of the 'Seinfeld' dvd where they all talk about Tierney. Dreyfus is appalled in her hoity toity (very similar to her attitude toward the 'Roseanne' gang actually). The director is terrified. Jerry is bemused and the only member if the crew who apparently isn't intimidated. "Hey, Lawrence. What are you hiding in your jacket there?" :D
But you're talking about an extremely entitled and passive aggressive group of people who instantly loathe anyone who won't lick their assholes.
The Simpsons people would literally hide from him under their desks. The driver who brought him there refused to drive him back.
@@DiabloSandwich59 Seriously dude? The guy sounds like a really scary dude to anyone.
Has to be up there with the best behind the scenes. Watched this so often unfailing laughs.
Chris is soo funny. God bless his soul.
The more I learn about tierney the more I love the man. My dad was of a similar mold, born in 1912. I tell ya thinks we’re way different back then. Things were hard as shit on some people. Tough times. Probably tougher as we look back further in time
My grandfather was born in 1912 and yeah, times were different. However, he became a wealthy man in the 1970s and kept wondering how he got there.
"They don't make faces like that anymore."
I first saw this in 2005 and I've never forgotten that quote because it's so true.
How many older American unconventional looking actors show up in movies anymore?
Who's a Lawrence Tierney in 2020?
That's one reason I love Michael Shannon and JK Simmons
You should hear the Seinfeld DVD extras on Lawrence Tierney. He stole a butcher knife from the set and they never asked him back. He sounds like a real maniac.
This was great. I haven't seen this in quite a few years. What a character he was and what a story by Penn. RIP both of em.
This is not on the Blu Ray, that's why I will keep the DVD forever. One of my favourite bonus features of all time.
Mine too. It was on the 10th anniversary DVD and I watched it countless times. Just found it on RUclips now.
@@adamgordon6435 two years after your reply I'm back watching it again! Lol
Mike Madsen has to be in the all time coolest guys hall of fame with Steve McQueen, Lee Marvin, and Robert Mitchum. Thumbs up anyone?
Fred B. When he was young yeah... as an old man he looks like hell
David Pfeifer nah, he's still a hunk. That voice 🤤
Add in Harvey Keitel to that list…that’s one cool dude
Eddie Bunker was cooler than all of em.
Thumbs down, that’s all Madsen does…imitates those guys!
I laughed my ass off at Chris Penns story
I didn't look away from the screen once, during that whole story! Can't believe I've never seen it before
Anyone remember Penn from Footloose (the skinny dancing cowboy kid"? ) i really enjoyed his work as an actor. He wasn't A-List like his brother but he was an incredible character actor..too bad the guy passed away i really think he could have been a big star
As difficult as he was to work with, Tierney was definitely worth it. He was unique and authentic seeming as Joe Cabot. No one else would have fit as well.
fricken Chris Penn tells a great story. Seems like a ball bust to be around. ' I finally have a story to tell instead of one being told about me' CLASSIC.
Haha you do hear a little spicoli in his cadence sometimes that makes him very likable.
Chris Penn tells a great story!
Tim Roth
"He introduced me to the man who invented the yoyo that lights up. Those were his mates."
Eddie Bunker
[to female reporter] "You ever been in a fight?"
Michael Madsen
"I heard that he physically went through a wall at some friend of mine's house."
Chris Penn
"He said 'I have to take the Bus 5 to the Bus 96 to the Bus 77 to the Bus 367... *12 buses later* ...so I'll be there at about 12:16.'"
I just watched 27-year-old Tierney in the 1947 Robert Wise-directed flick "Born to Kill" and he was absolutely the most interesting thing about that melodrama. He was intense, uncomfortably so, and I don't think it was just the sinister character he was playing or that he was so physically imposing. There was something truly menacing about him. A most unusual leading man for that era, despite his good looks.
Tierney was considered a pretty boy in his youth and he hated that. He went out of his way to prove he was no pretty boy. He developed a serious drinking problem and was notorious for bar fights. The alcohol took its toll on him. His career suffered because of his boozing and fighting.
A great film noir. His brother Scott Brady went by a different name to disassociate cause Lawrrence developed an unsavory reputation because of the booze and fights and his career suffered severely. STILL a legend.
Say what you want about him - he has amazing self-confidence and stoicism
Love how Michael acknowledges he annoyed Lawrence a tad bit more than everyone else lmao
Chris Penn's best performance EVER...
I totally agree !!
to this day, this is one of the best videos on youtube. this is what youtube was like in the beginning
Larry was my neighbor in Venice. He was everything they say about him, but he was a sweetheart if you weren't a phony.
That's very cool
he lived next door to me in hollywood in the fontenoy ! he was a trip
Los Angeles is wierd that way. It seems like such a big city... but when you live here for years it becomes small in a way. I was a waiter at Musso and Frank and a few other spots in LA. I've waited on some big names. They're just people...
@@roystonmason9125 Oh man, we should write a book about Larry! He got to be real good friends with my uncle because he was French and Larry spoke French fluently. The guy was full of surprises!
@@johnferris9526 I worked at Tower Video on Sunset... we've probably crossed paths.
Mr Blue [Eddie Bunker] was a real criminal in real life- fun fact.
Yes. He wrote the book Straight Time that became a Dustin Hoffman flick in the 70's. Pretty good too.
Eddie got beat up by Laurence Tierney in the 50's. Tierney was beating up his own brother behind a gas station and Bunker(whom to him saw too random strangers) jumped in defend the kid getting the bearing.
Love him. Rest in Peace. xo
He stole the butcher knife from the Seinfeld set too. Guy was obviously a crazy hardcore alcoholic who essentially walked around dead drunk all the time.
Tierny is a classic. Tough guy on the sets. Tough guy off at times.
So I heard from a sage.
Even in his late 70s, Tierney wouldve beat the crap outa Quentin....
You speak the truth, Kemo Sabe !!
@@jubalcalif9100 That geezer lost his job like a damn fool
@@sirmount2636 As I do when I take off my hat, you make a good point ! Thanks for your comment, Sir Mount !!
GETCHAH FUKKIN' HANDZ OFF ME, KID!!!!!
Master of the house!
"the guy eats all the bread" Chris Penn got me off. Rip my good man.
This is so funny- i didn't know that old guy from reservoir dogs was so crazy - funny funny shit lol
I had no idea these stories existed about Lawrence. This is so bloody fascinating and fun delving into this man’s psyche by unraveling and then connecting his strange actions.
Just spent all morning trying to figure out how to upload this from the bonus dvd, i bought a converter I couldn't find this scene when i converted the dvd and i was about to use my camera to record it off my tv. But then i thought wait a minute maybe its already on youtube. so here i am thanks for uploading.
I always watch this for Chris Penn's story.
Great stories and told well.
Dude that chris penn story reminds me of Tim dillons stories about crazy people he grew up around😂
Looks like Tim Roth never got over himself.
I would've been honored to had a gift from Tierney...even lawn furniture.
The bbq story with PENN was funking hilarious 😂 😃 😄 😁
And, and, and he was 7'6'' and weighed over 600 pounds, and could pick up a car with one hand. He breathed fire on command too
good upload ty. I fucking love this. Chris Penn giving a clinic on how to tell a great after dinner story. RIP
Lawrence Tierney was Incredibe..See Dillinger, Born to Killl Etc..Underrated as Hell.
I saw more of Chris Penn's films than I did Sean Penn's. That and I didn't learn who Sean was until I Am Sam. Chris Penn was not only brilliant in RD, but also in True Romance (reciting Quentin Tarantino's dialogue like a pro lol)
Funny how Eddie Bunker has more screen time here than he did in Reservoir Dogs
I love the descriptions they give to each person there interviewing such as Eddie Bunker: Sparring partner, Micheal Madsen: Drinking Buddy, and especially Tim Roth: Close Friend, even though he hated him.
How that man lived as long as he did, I'll never know
Wow. He was the perfect actor to portray Tube Bar's "Red." I had a bootleg cassette years ago...and when I saw Lawrence as him, he was what my mind's eye had pictured Red looking, acting, and sounding.
this is fun, keep posting old interviews, I'll watch Chris Penn's eventually - no harm; no foul.
Reservoir Dogs had the best DVD extras ever!
Lawrence Tierney wasn't always cast as the bad guy & gangster it seems his first
movie in 1945 "Dillinger" marked him for his whole career. In "Step By Step" 1946
& "Kill Or Be Killed" 1950 Lawrence Tierney was the heroic good guy. He said in an interview he didn't play tough guys he played what they cast him in.
All the stories about other actors being scared of him maybe he was misunderstood.
Lawrence Tierney never stops acting even when the camera stops rolling.
He took acting seriously & he was the consumate performer & he must give a performance whenever he has an audience.
In any case Lawrence Tierney was fascinating & had a captivating electric screen presence.
It's very sad that Chris Penn fell victim to his own addictions and died at age *_40._*
What's w all the Tim Roth shit-talking in this comment section? I love Tim Roth.
People probably don't like him for his politics or because he's just being himself in the interview rather than putting on a fake tough guy act. I think he's one of the best actors of all time and could take Madsen or Penn to school any day of the week.
Epic!!!!
Rip nice guy Eddie and big Joe.😔
Try listening to the audio commentary from the Simpsons episode "Marge Be Not Proud", to see what it was like when Tierney hung around with nervous, awkward nerds. That was hilarious. I think Mike Reese calls him a "man-mountain".
Thanks to this video I now know who Tor Johnson is(had to look it up to know his refrence).
This sounds like a great screenplay. lol
Does anyone else think that Michael Madsen should play Lawrence Tierney in a film?
Zach Jersey awesome idea
I can see him as The Thing from Fantastic Four and literally walking to adjoining rooms thru the walls in Michael Madsen's friend's house.
RD features the best ensemble cast ever put together... and yes, better then the Godfather
Chris Penn could be played by Jonah Hill
Chris was way too good a guy to have the likes of a Jonah Hill play him.
C Barbs no fucking way... looks kinda like him but Chris was an og
you need some more lawn furniture hahaha
“You need some lawn furniture. And there’s lawn furniture everywhere!”
He sounds like quite the character, to say the least.
commode story right there
The bus ride of therrence was sjooo fucking funny hahahahahaha
I'm so in love with Tierney right now I can't see straight. One of my sisters watched Born To Kill with me and told me I must be out of my mind, I don't care.
🐙💗thank God someone else says it too...my kinda guy! (a complete lunatic)
@@roringusanda2837 Watching this again and think I'm going to watch our guy do his thing. Cheers!
the first guy looks like chino Moreno
Tierney says "Come for a quiet drink after work... t'll just be me, you and we're gonna meet my mate... Sonny Landham 😳😳😳
Michael madsen: “we were all encouraged to not let him drink so naturally the first thing we did is take him out for drinks” 😂😂
Who would have think it: hot air through cellphone speakers!
He had never trouble with the police. Actually, it was the police that got in trouble.
What's the name of the jazzy song at 00:52?
There are people like this in every town in every country. Some strike it lucky. Its a lot to do with the face.
Read the book that just came out.
"Si ricordava di te?"
"No"
AHAHAHAH
i have a lawrence tierney story, i lived in Hollywood on Yucca and Whitley The Fontenoy . Lawrence lived a floor down from me on the 10 th floor , I had too much furniture to fit into my apt my friend asked Lawrence if he could use my rocking chair for a while maybe 3 months , he said yeah he would hold onto it , When I moved to an apt on the 7th floor with an ocean view i stopped by and asked for my chair back Lawrence gave it to me with the seat all blown out and the back all torn up . I am like 23 24 years old am like damn this rich actor bitch should pay for my brand new rocking chair but he was so grumpy and totally weird , Like everybody in the FONTENOY!
...is that Chino Moreno?
Does anyone else think that Lawrence Tierney had some lawn furniture which he didn't want anymore, and was just looking for the ideal opportunity to get rid?
I think I know what Tarantinos favourite word is by now
Is there any actor alive right now they could tell stories about like this?
You didn't talk about 'Sweet Dave' lol.
Lawrence's family must have contributed something to the "insanity" of Lawrence Tierney!
I have just started his biography and cannot believe the "insanity" of the man and the fact he remained "insane" his whole life.
I could live with the intricacies of what made him the way he was, but there are altogether too many instances of just plain cruelty and abject meanness to the man.
Tim Roth comes off like a wet sandwich.
untill this day i found him a wet sanwich
It seems like Lawrence Tierney HATED everyone...except Chris Penn. I think he saw a kindred soul.
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i would have loved to see him pull shit with sean penn. surprised madsen didn't knock him out
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