Sir Michael Parkinson CBE (born 28 March 1935) is an English broadcaster, journalist and author. He presented his television talk show, Parkinson, from 1971 to 1982 and from 1998 to 2007, as well as other talk shows and programmes both in the UK and internationally. He has worked in radio broadcasting. He has been described by The Guardian as "the great British talkshow host".
It's 40 years ago, he's playing to the audience at the time. He made a fortune, so he's not stupid and you have to see all his work to appreciate his appeal. She too is playing a part with her coquettish attitude. She later abandoned that and her hard nosed underbelly was exposed for all to see. Its just a game they're playing for the mugs who actually get star struck!
He explained that she was a serious actress, but the point of having to say the phrase 'serious actress' when describing an artist is cliché. The way he reacted to the bit about her playing the virgin Mary in school really shows how much he respects her.
He tried everything to try to get this beautiful super-intelligent lady to say something that would then have been "sensational" and would have made front pages on cheap tabloids. Dame Helen, even then, was so way above that. A model of patience and and example of how to deal with the modern world.
@@deezynar If you think "Does your physical attributes interfere with your good doing in acting? Cause many people think that if you are not pretty, you are not able to act." is not an insulting question, you have no brain.
she fucking owned him. and she got him on the dumb line of questioning... which didnt stop him from continuing. but she was graceful enough to respond in a nice way to save face for everyone lol.
Timothy, I'm unclear on who you're responding to. Are you responding to siR miLLs or Tom Arrow? Our interpretation of what your point of view is would hinge on this point, wouldn't it?
The most shocking part about the interview is that Parkinson is only 40 years old here, but looks like he's pushing 60. Hard to believe there is only a 10 years difference between them. As for Dame Helen, I am so glad she has finally found great professional success later in life after decades of fantastic work. One of the greatest actresses of your times.
Well I'm 52yo and the other day someone I've known for about 3 months said to me "I just found out that you're 52yo. Have you discovered the fountain of youth or some youth serum? I honestly thought you were in your late 30s or early 40's". So I'm not sure what Parkinson was doing with his life, but I'd say he was on the other end of the aging spectrum to me.
well, she really had the last laugh, didn't she? she has had a fabulous life, she has lived and lusted and loved and in the process become the magnificent icon of womanhood that she is.
@@steveeyre6975 Hope someone interviews a woman you hold dear, like a wife or daughter, about her merits, and asks questions about her breasts. - If you don't see the problem, you're part of the problem.
pinz2022 I don't think Parky is making her feel uncomfortable at all. Mirren knows exactly what she is doing (as did her agent I suspect). To get on Parky's show was a quite an event for up and coming actresses and actors. To be honest, why is it so wrong to acknowledge that a woman is intelligent, successful and attractive?
It's interesting: in her manner and delivery, Helen reminds me a lot of Princess Diana. The breathy voice that's at once reserved and yet steely. She was quite gorgeous at that time, although I gather she didn't like to be complimented.
she's incredible in that interview. My respect for her has shot through the roof and of course I love her acting. Amazing how patient she was with that misogynist, sexist idiot.
@@jonkennedy4846 Why would her breasts have anything to do with what people thought of her acting? She reminds me of my strong minded woman friends who I greatly respect. She was entirely right to describe questions about her breasts and focus on her breasts rather than the quality of her acting as 'boring'.
She was the one that started the slag talk as soon as she appeared and continued to be rude the whole interview if she didn’t want to answer the questions why did she take the money for interviews it was of it’s time parky was the best interviewer of his time, the questions would not be acceptable these days but it was of it’s time parky did nothing wrong and mirren is a pain in the arse still is up her own 🇬🇧
"I would hope that the performance and the play and the living relationship between all the people on the stage and all the people in the audience overcomes such boring questions, really." "Boring questions?" "Pretty boring in the end, yeah." God she is fantastic. She just ripped him to shreds,
Diana was a total construct probably the least ‘genuine’ person you could have named, she learned how to speak reasonably well but she was desperately unintelligent, though of course intelligence is an attribute not a virtue, (she WAS gorgeous though, again an attribute not a virtue).
@@gerardmackay8909. Diana was not very bright, but was duplicitous and scheming, not attractive attributes. She fooled a lot of people with that shy, demure look.
@@neilgordon8145 true to an extent but she did have a genuine side (she came back to the AIDS hospice dressed in tee shirt and jeans when the cameras weren’t rolling and helped out) but her personal relationships were a disaster and she ‘used’ the press just as much as they used her
Which kind of was the point of his question. Instead of seeing the entire her (which, at least, is being a smart and incredibly capable actress), people focus on superficial attributes like boobs. He could have worded the 1st question a bit better.
Some women are just like that. In their teens till their 30's they're ok. All the sudden they hit their 40s and up and are just smoking. Katie Sagal for example..
@@xerxesgoesbrr I'll repeat the question, what was sexist about it? Give one, or more, time periods in the video that show him being sexist. I'd love to know.
deezynar let’s entertain this idea that you have no clue what was sexist about this interview. Lets start with, would a man actor be asked if any part of his body is distracting to a performance? Would a man be viewed as a sex icon in the performance industry, and it be viewed as a negative thing?
deezynar would an actor as serious as she was, be questioned about the seriousness of her acting skills? Or would a man be questioned what kind of parenting he received to have become the kind of person he obviously viewed her as? Would a man be called a slut in that time period on television? Seriously, this entire clip is just fucking uncomfortable, and the fact that you, in modern times, can’t even look at it and understand even the smallest hints of the sexism going on, is disturbing.
There's nothing funny about the fact she played the virgin mary, but the way she sipped the water immediately after saying it, there is something physically funny about that action. Perhaps unintentionally.
After seeing this 1975 interview (if that is what it was) I have been anti Parkinson. I am very surprised Helen agreed to another interview in later years. I would have told him to get lost. It shows what a wonderful lady Helen Mirren is
Helen just seems really normal. In her youth, she flaunted her body and enjoyed herself... And when she got older, she settled down, grew up and calmed down. Seems completely normal.
Even then Helen's class, charm and intelligence were very evident. How she ignores his insulting sexist and stupid questions instead of lowering herself to his level with a (deservedly) rude reaction says volumes about her character. A real woman, beauty and talent hand in hand.
In 2016, this creep doubled down on his actions in in this creepy as hell bit of tv history. "She presented a provocative figure as she walked down the stairs carrying a feather boa, half dressed as I recall, with love and hate tattooed onto her knuckles. I would not have done my duty as a human being had I not reacted in a certain way." Somehow, he made it worse!!
Clearly he had no control over his mind, body or his ability to tell the truth. The description of how she was dressed and tattooed is fantasizing at it's most lurid.
When I heard about this interview being sexist, I was thinking, "I bet he says some short, snarky remark." But man, I'm caught off guard by how direct he was with it. She put up with him so patiently. Good for her.
@@-xirx- Give one specific statement he made that you are willing to testify was slow witted. But most of his critics are claiming his remarks were sexist. That is the bigger issue, and evidence for that claim is very sparse.
Attitudes towards women like this in the 70s/80s were so strong that I simply cannot enjoy anything from those periods anymore. I feel so bad as a guy who simply did not pay any attention to this stuff when I was younger. I was raised to believe treating women like this was actually PROPER. I always knew something felt off about it, but I was assured by all men I knew, in and out of family, even male high school teachers in an all male class, would demean women terribly. Well I'm not ok with it any more, and I don't care if "times were different" in the past. If you treated women like this, ever, you fucking suck and you are the definition of pathetic.
Thank you for saying this! It makes me feel better that nowadays there are more men with a different attitude. I suppose you are British....in my country, Argentina, although society is changing, there are still many men with this kind of sexist attitude to women...
He is so overwhelmed by her sexiness that there's this very uncomfortable tension between them. He makes her nervous with it, and himself more so. His words mean nothing because the palpable discomfort overrides them. There should be subtext subtitles along the bottom of the screen.
Brian Crawford U are absolutely right. 657BlueArmy is reading a bit too much into the proceedings. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. BlueArmy is doing the proverbial Freudian transference.
Brian Crawford His words were carefully chosen because he was skating on thin ice and knew it. She called him on it by forcing him to say what he meant.
thank god those days are gone, actresses today are only asked to show their manicure and do twirls and weather theyre wearing underwear under their gowns, they get asked if their freckles help them get better roles and if they had to diet to fit in the dress. Or they ask a grown ass woman if their parents saw the movie (cause theres sex scenes ya know!). My all time favourites are "who are you wearing and what did you have for breakfast"
Let's be honest. It was his clumsy attempt at flirting with her. And it backfired. And she got her own back by calling his questions boring. After which he wasn't happy. So she got her own back.
Hands down the sexiest woman I've ever seen. And I'm not just talking about her "physical attributes". When she speaks, you listen. Even then she had so much grace and class about her. And a genuineness that even these days is hard to come by.
Back then hosts felt the need to go against the grain and talk risks. All part of being noticed... Hence why he had such a incredible career. Helen also.
Oooh, yes....Exclibur!....She was immaculate in that film...playing remarkably at her young age opposite a seasoned actor such as Nicol Williamson....I was even younger than her, and was studying acting in high school and college, so I saw her as real icon and shinning example to emmulate in the field....I actually only tonight realized she was in O Lucky Man, even though technically I believe I did see that one first....I never knew who she was until Excalibur, rho...
@@kevinmilner7166 No, that is not the extent of my point at all. My point is that the questions were not inappropriate or condescending. In fact, they were tailored to her specific history which was well known to the British audience at the time. Prior to this interview, she had a solid theatre education and played serious roles, which Parkinson lead with. He also pointed out that more recently she had been offered, and she accepted, some roles which exploited, or should I say, 'highlighted', her sexual assets. The comments and questions that Parkinson offered were quite appropriate since they bore directly on her professional career. Not only were they appropriate, they were neither sexist nor insulting. To prove that, imagine that Parkinson had interviewed a male actor with the same history. The guy had a serious start and then a dodge into the lurid. You'd expect the interviewer to mention every significant aspect of the actor's career up to that point. And you'd recognize the appropriateness of the interviewer listing the reasons why the actor was qualified for those roles. And nobody would complain if the interview read published reviews of those performances, stating if they had performed them well or not. You could expect that a guy like Parkinson would be very pointed about whether a male actor had a well-developed physique or not. And he'd make a joke about whether the ladies in the audience would be excited to see him with his clothes off. And because he's a guy, Parkinson wouldn't fail to mention if a male actor was skinny and didn't have the goods that the role required. No interviewer would ever state in a public interview that a female actor wasn't physically attractive enough to excite the audience. The world is not ready for that level of honesty. And by all the complaints about this interview, they are still not ready for honesty when a woman is told that she really does have the physical qualifications to excite viewers. "That's sexist!" The difference between a male actor and a female actor, is that you can joke about his looks and whether his physical assets got the audience's engines running. If you do that with a female, loads of thick fools get upset. Parkinson gave a balanced interview that was tailored to her history. He mentioned all of it, the serious as well as the tawdry. But most of the people in this comment section are angered that Parkinson mentioned that she possessed the physical features which excited the paying audience. She's cashed many checks, and she's well aware that her good looks have been responsible for 80% of the money she got. Audiences pay much more money to see attractive people.
@@kevinmilner7166 You just had the most detailed explanation given to you, and you ignored it. It's not that you're stupid, and don't what's true. It's that you prefer to cover up reality instead of admitting it's reality. Modern society is doomed because we refuse to be honest. Our demise won't happen because we don't understand our problems, we understand them. We just refuse to admit that what we all know is actually true, because being honest would hurt the feelings of many people. But being honest about common human traits and behaviors isn't insulting. Miren is more than a sexy woman, but she has gotten as far as she has by taking advantage of the market for sexy women. I doubt that she would deny that. And is that an insult to her, or to the men who pay to see her?
What I find interesting is the audience reaction to her saying, as a child "I played the Virgin Mary". Like they're all saying "You, a virgin?" Parkinson and the audience were displaying attitudes of the time, attitudes that have not changed much in our time. To give Dame Helen her due, she ripped them all apart in the end. A true feminist, no bra burning, but a woman with an acute awareness of who she is, the public perception of her, her undeniable beauty, and razor sharp intelligence.
It was an absolutely horrific point in the interview, the way that the mocking laughter took away her great memory of playing the virgin mary. Nasty creatures in the audience, being led into a mindset by parky.
My two favorite films with her were when she portrayed Morgan Le Fay in Excalibur, and Tanya Kirbuk in 2010. Both demonstrated quite a range of acting ability.
+Diddy FitzGerald I didn't see him do anything creepy or sleazy? In places he seems noticeably uncomfortable/unsure in how he asks/phrases certain questions.
+spector969 well thats a difference of perception, isnt it? Your name and pic suggest that you are a man or a boy and that might contribute to that, mightnt it? Did that thought occur? That i am a woman - and you are possibly one of those men who look down on women. Why do you imagine Parky looks uncomfortable? Perception too. British men are usually comfortable with women - they like them. Whereas Australian men seem to look down on women. Aussies have different ideas to Brits and i am a Brit.
Diddy FitzGerald Of course people can perceive things differently, would you care to point out exactly what he says or does that is sleazy and creepy? "so why do you think the story is titled "The sexist Parkinson's interview". Do tell me that." Because that's what the uploader called it? But I don't get what your point is? I could upload a video and call it "Diddy Fitzgerald is Satan", that would in no way make it a fact though lol... "you are possibly one of those men who look down on women" Eh...OK? I guess you're possibly one of those women who hates men? "British men are usually comfortable with women - they like them. Whereas Australian men seem to look down on women." Erm, what? Apart from that being a huge generalization, I don't see how it's relevant to anything. Parkinson isn't Australian.
+spector969 Well i do appreciate the work you are putting in here. Carefully copying my sentences and adding your illogical and idiotic comments. I really dont care what you think. Get a life. How you arrived at that conclusion from my comment that i hate all men because Parky was a creep, thats one gigantic leap...Learn to think. Dont bother replying Take a course in logic. Yes yes, Parky's from the North of England. His father was a coal miner - there's another fact for you. I grew up in England, ducky, thats how i know.
He never relented, either. Years later he still couldn't see what was wrong with his questioning and simply described the whole interview as "perfectly good television". He was embarrassing.
@@upturnedblousecollar5811 I can't see it either. He asks perfectly reasonable questions, trying to understand her views. I don't think it is his fault that "the media", which he refers to, perceives her (or wants to perceive her) in a certain way.
@@qqyoung2899 Oh behave yourself. Do you think he would have interviewed Arnold Schwarzenegger and called him "a serious actor (in quotes)" and then asked him about his groin?
@@upturnedblousecollar5811 By "serious" actor, I believe he refers to theatre, shakespeare…Arnold Schwarzenegger is very clearly not a serious actor in this sense, nor was he ever trying to be. If however - for arguments sake - he suddenly would want to get into theatrical acting, then yes, I believe it would be a reasonable question to ask him. Can't see why not
@@qqyoung2899he didn't try to understand shit and you know it, he kept trying to make it about tawdry sex appeal Total agenda driven nonsense, the exact opposite of an interview
She’s astonishing. And not merely because of her beauty. She has such grace and authenticity, along with a quiet strength and explicit dignity. Not to mention the quick wit, and inquisitive mind. Amazing woman.
That "nervousness gauge" is also a gauge of her absolute professionalism. You wouldn't have known how uncomfortable and nervous she was without it. She was so composed and articulate. And very patient with this prat!!
Could have avoided that had he showed any regret or made even a token apology rather than standing by it and playing it off as a joke. He was a wanker.
She gives such articulate and insightful answers to his initial smut and innuendo that finally he is forced to treat her as an intelligent and enlightening guest. Bravo, Helen.
She is and has always been so enchanting. I would sell my soul to have a conversation with her. So eloquent and open-minded. And she has such a soothing voice!
A definite two thumbs up on this video because of Helen's intelligence, calm composure, being a good sport and not stooping to her enemy's level. She makes me very proud to be English. Oh and of course her beautiful English accent. The British are true class acts.
I already had such love and admiration for this woman before ever seeing this interview but now that I have seen it I must say that I am madly in love with her. She's so graceful, so free spirited, so open minded, so elevated above the limits that society tries desperately to trap us with. She handled Parkinson's chauvinistic and boorish questions with such charm that I hope she serves as an inspiration to all young women who wish to be an artist of integrity. Truly a magnificent individual.
Helen Mirren owns Parky in this interview. Helen went on to be one of the most celebrated and accomplished actors in British theatrical, TV and cinematic history. My favourite British actress bar none.
I saw her in Macbeth in 1974, and she was execllent. She has proven beyond a doubt that she is a truely talented actress, not the least by her performance as the queen.
Love the way Ms, Mirren says she thinks you go on living for the rest of your life with what happens to you early in your life. Couldn't agree with her more!
+Leaveitto Jeeves: actually I'd say most people fail to recognize that, to the extent I think it's true, and to the extent Helen Mirren means it. Also even when people recognize from time to time that something about the way they were raised has been a problem all their lives (and maybe they see it moving on through their children, grandchildren) they don't realize they might be able to stop that process by getting competent professional help! And even if they do get competent professional help often people are shocked by what hard, and sometimes painful work it can be to take on such a powerful force as one's early experiences.
Good lord, how embarrassing. The fact that Ms. Mirren came out and repeated those awful words under her breath that Parkinson happily used to describe her was telling. Almost 50 years later, she is so admired and loved by everyone. BEST. REVENGE. EVER.
I love her, he pissed her off in the beginning of the interview and she vowed to make the rest of it, a living nightmare for him . I don't think she cared at all about any question he asked and that answering the question became irrelevant for her, but making his question look stupid and him a s man look small and pathetic was all she had in mind and she succeed beautifully. Serves you right parky , she showed you some real acting there, next time you invite an actress make sure write the script , because there is nothing more powerful than an actor who also writes his own script
Noel Gallagher - sorry, Michael Parkinson (I mistook him for another craggy-faced Northern dullard) - is / was so overrated as an interviewer. He comes across as a total dick here, whereas Helen Mirren comes across as whip-smart, more than a match for him intellectually despite his continual attempts to objectify her, and unafraid to speak her mind - I loved what she said about the institutional nature of schools and how they repress liberty and individualism. When she said, entirely reasonably, that she didn't want to sit on a chat show and talk about her parents in terms of cold class labels because, like most people, she didn't see her parents in that way, 'Parky''s passive-aggressive, bruised-male-ego reaction: "Were they middle class, in your view?!" shows that he just wasn't listening
'Cold class labels' and you're dropping the old 'Northerner' dig. Very hypocritical for somebody speaking up against negative generalisation in the form of sexism.
Ian Wilson UK I’m Scottish and therefore a ‘Northerner’ myself, specifically mentioned Parky and Gallagher and I don’t believe in the class system and its cold labelling of people, so where’s the generalisation and hypocrisy?!
I don't understand what's SO sexist about it. My first Helen Mirren movie was The Queen, so it was no small wonder when I discovered that she appeared in the notorious Caligula. She also appeared in some edgy productions like The Cook, The Thief (etc.) and The Comfort of Strangers （both in the late 80s and early 90s）... and after I watched this interview, I searched online and found that she had appeared in racier films like The Extravaganza of Golgotha Smuts (can't even find a clip, just a one-line remark on IMDb, "The sexual fantasies of a young man.") and Hussy. I said all those, not to suggest that she, or any serious actress can't be sexy. BUT, as she joined the RSC in the 1960s, she was also playing to a more notably conservative audience. You can't just say I'm going to take on a sexy image while the majority of my exposure are in front of a group most likely to criticize that image AND EXPECT nobody to say anything! That's the height of contemporary hypocracy.
So intelligent. She is literally schooling the fool and he doesn't even know it. Quite literally why she is still to this day an incredible force in the acting world. Many many could learn from her how to survive. So many women have dissapeared from this plane of existence in acting or celebrity because of mistreatment by men or producers and she is shaming them right under there nose by playing the game better than they are.
This was actually a brilliant interview. I figured it was click bait, and it pretty much was, it wasn’t sexist at all. He was doing a wonderful job as a journalist interviewer and these were the questions on the people’s minds. She was well aware that, and came with her guns blazing in the women’s liberation movement.
@@Clanger652 Well, people were. She did a great deal of almost softcore films, which I thought was great, this was the era of sexual liberation so there was a lot more soft love scenes than now, and doing that while being a serious Shakespearean actress was (and is) rare. Name me six in today’s world. So it was a fair question for the public. Because her career is NOW so full of blessed, lengthy, worthy films, maybe this seems ridiculous. But at this time, she wasn’t the long reigning Shakespearean film actress to the entire planet.
@@ParadiseVids Claire foy, gugu mbatha-raw, eve Myles, Tilda Swinton, Emma Thompson, sure I can find more what does that change the fact she obviously didn't like it and has said as much since, besides it's not for us to decide it's for her and she has subsequently said she didn't like the question. The question wasn't at all necessary and the interview could have been perfectly pleasent without the question, it doesn't matter when it was it was still wrong to ask that doesn't change by how accepted it may have been it's just unfortunate that she had to come all guns blazing after the sexist introduction
@@ParadiseVids well at least three have done nude scenes and I'm not watching all there content just to see wether they take off there clothes why argue symantics, here's a challenge for ya, find me a clip of him asking a guy whether he finds that his dick gets in the way of getting parts
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She said a few years ago that the interview still makes her mad. She should be, that was the worst sexist interview I've ever seen.
I see things just as bad regularly on the news or on tv. Its bizarre.
Well it was the 70s.Different times.
It could have been worse. Let's say as a guest on the AliG Show
Somehow, I did automatically liked you without pressing the "like" buttons. So I am taking them back.
David Topchiev you sound angry. You need help troll.
She here appears a classy and intelligent woman. He is a dolt.
He is still going strong today So think again. Helen has been interviewed by him fairly recently and over the years. Helen is a great actress though.
I see the inverse.
Brooke Hanley who even is he?
Sir Michael Parkinson CBE (born 28 March 1935) is an English broadcaster, journalist and author. He presented his television talk show, Parkinson, from 1971 to 1982 and from 1998 to 2007, as well as other talk shows and programmes both in the UK and internationally. He has worked in radio broadcasting. He has been described by The Guardian as "the great British talkshow host".
MissFushi What is a dolt? Im assuming it's not a flattering term.
She is worlds more intelligent than him and it is so obvious. I am so proud of her for not stooping down to his level here.
It's 40 years ago, he's playing to the audience at the time. He made a fortune, so he's not stupid and you have to see all his work to appreciate his appeal. She too is playing a part with her coquettish attitude. She later abandoned that and her hard nosed underbelly was exposed for all to see.
Its just a game they're playing for the mugs who actually get star struck!
Look how many likes you had, and how many likes Isabel Gallegos had and realize how popular your opinion is
Very good analogy, but he's still a pig!
Absolutely
I wonder if another option is that it was just banter. ya think?
"You're a serious actress, in quotes."
"In quotes? How dare you."
LOL very prickly interview indeed.
He explained that she was a serious actress, but the point of having to say the phrase 'serious actress' when describing an artist is cliché. The way he reacted to the bit about her playing the virgin Mary in school really shows how much he respects her.
@@deezynarhe changed his approach when he realised she wasn't going to rise to it. She stayed classy and dignified.
He tried everything to try to get this beautiful super-intelligent lady to say something that would then have been "sensational" and would have made front pages on cheap tabloids. Dame Helen, even then, was so way above that. A model of patience and and example of how to deal with the modern world.
Completely overpowered him. I think he learned a lot from this interview.
Well, unfortunately he didn’t if you watch the interview of 2007 with Helen mirren
I could listen to her for hours. What an amazing woman.
I'm in love with her, despite the fact she's about 35 years older than me. Haha. She's mesmerizing!
@@chrisjohnson3121y es ultrasensual ❤. A mi me encanta!! ❤
She conducted herself superbly, and remained a complete lady despite the insulting questions.
What insulting questions?
@@deezynar If you think "Does your physical attributes interfere with your good doing in acting? Cause many people think that if you are not pretty, you are not able to act." is not an insulting question, you have no brain.
@@javiersamuel8172 I recommend that you listen to Parkinson's introduction right at the beginning.
Mirren’s the real deal
@@javiersamuel8172 I think it was tongue in cheek by Parkinson.
she fucking owned him. and she got him on the dumb line of questioning... which didnt stop him from continuing. but she was graceful enough to respond in a nice way to save face for everyone lol.
Thanks for your thought Douchebag!
Timothy, I'm unclear on who you're responding to. Are you responding to siR miLLs or Tom Arrow? Our interpretation of what your point of view is would hinge on this point, wouldn't it?
He's responding to Arrow; he made a comment in Part 2 that clarifies his position
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Thx Dain
I think if I'd have been a woman, and women called me a slut, I'd have to agree with them...that also goes for a lot of men I know.
That introduction was just...well unbelievable.
He introduced her that way because she was quite provocative woman those days. And nobody (of new fanbase) know about it today.
@@HISPEEDLEVELhe comes across as a complete letch. We can see exactly what he was doing. There be Hell to pay now.
She is so calm and intelligent. I would love to talk with her for hours.
I'd love to talk her for hours, and I'd LOVE to something else with her for hours!
Typical dumb ass replay! Thinking with the wrong head, are we?
Bro you didn’t even spell reply right while insulting someone
Me too
My god, I'd forgotten how dull and passively aggressive Parkinson was. What a creep.
Well put!
Bet there is a Jimmy Savile-like story in this guy's background. He is a standout creeper.
He was so boring as well.
Yes you have forgotten how he was a top presenter and how you watched and supported him for 40 years.
@@johnhagan-zr4pmI didn’t watch him. I’m in my twenties
She's cool as fuck.
+jim jimjim
she's old.
+Arak Seepoom
So what?
So is Barbara Eden, Christie Brinkley and many others.
All hotter than hell.
+Arak Seepoom you're young
+jim jimjim oh my goodness she so is!!!!!!
+Arak Seepoom She lived longer than whoever is still young. Simple as that.
The most shocking part about the interview is that Parkinson is only 40 years old here, but looks like he's pushing 60. Hard to believe there is only a 10 years difference between them.
As for Dame Helen, I am so glad she has finally found great professional success later in life after decades of fantastic work. One of the greatest actresses of your times.
Top Helen
Alcohol will age one also he took 300 milligrams of methadone daily for pain
Well I'm 52yo and the other day someone I've known for about 3 months said to me "I just found out that you're 52yo. Have you discovered the fountain of youth or some youth serum? I honestly thought you were in your late 30s or early 40's".
So I'm not sure what Parkinson was doing with his life, but I'd say he was on the other end of the aging spectrum to me.
He can't be 40 that's shocking.
i'm really shocked about this info. only 40 with that face? damn!
well, she really had the last laugh, didn't she?
she has had a fabulous life, she has lived and lusted and loved and in the process become the magnificent icon of womanhood that she is.
Karen Katz indeed, and even at her old age, she's still stunning.
No womanhood isn't about beauty it's about power, intelligent, bravery and love women forget their power because of the sexism all around them
30 seconds in and I’ve already had about three “how was he allowed to say that about someone” moments
Get over it
@@steveeyre6975 Or we can’t and put folks who act as such in their place.
@@steveeyre6975 Hope someone interviews a woman you hold dear, like a wife or daughter, about her merits, and asks questions about her breasts. - If you don't see the problem, you're part of the problem.
It was 1975 , this was how things were then.
@@lewisner Sorry saw it back in the day and even by 70's standards his attitude was lecherous
I love Helen Mirren for not revealing any of her family information. Her parents didn't decide to be in the public eye. She did.
Old Parky was passive aggressive here. He deserved a slap.
Probably enjoy it.
He was really going out of his way to make her uncomfortable. Unbelievably insulting. I think she handled him masterfully.
pinz2022 I don't think Parky is making her feel uncomfortable at all. Mirren knows exactly what she is doing (as did her agent I suspect). To get on Parky's show was a quite an event for up and coming actresses and actors. To be honest, why is it so wrong to acknowledge that a woman is intelligent, successful and attractive?
David Topchiev sure ok boomer
@@applecounty it isnt, but he was focusing only on her "attractiveness". Its the least interesting thing about a person.
It's interesting: in her manner and delivery, Helen reminds me a lot of Princess Diana. The breathy voice that's at once reserved and yet steely. She was quite gorgeous at that time, although I gather she didn't like to be complimented.
I thought the exact same thing
Yeah, because pointing out that a woman has large breasts while drooling like a sex offender is sooooo complimentary
I thought of Diana as well. She sounds so much like her.
@Will to Freedom Why all the slut comments.
bulldogproductions42 making sexist, leering comments about her body and putting “serious actress” in quotes was not a fucking compliment
she's incredible in that interview. My respect for her has shot through the roof and of course I love her acting. Amazing how patient she was with that misogynist, sexist idiot.
I'm amazed how patient he was with her...why on earth did he agree to interview her again? she was awful...
He is probably dead by now or a dry husk
Hindsight is a wonderful thing, isn't it. One day someone will be calling you an idiot for the views that you hold today.
@@jonkennedy4846 Why would her breasts have anything to do with what people thought of her acting? She reminds me of my strong minded woman friends who I greatly respect. She was entirely right to describe questions about her breasts and focus on her breasts rather than the quality of her acting as 'boring'.
She was the one that started the slag talk as soon as she appeared and continued to be rude the whole interview if she didn’t want to answer the questions why did she take the money for interviews it was of it’s time parky was the best interviewer of his time, the questions would not be acceptable these days but it was of it’s time parky did nothing wrong and mirren is a pain in the arse still is up her own 🇬🇧
Wow - she's wiping the floor with him within the first few minutes.
It's so creepy when he mentions "Your attributes" while practically licking his lips.
Seriously he might as well have said "you've got a hot set of tits honey"
"I would hope that the performance and the play and the living relationship between all the people on the stage and all the people in the audience overcomes such boring questions, really."
"Boring questions?"
"Pretty boring in the end, yeah."
God she is fantastic. She just ripped him to shreds,
She reminds me of Princess Diana. Both very genuine, articulate and gorgeous women.
Hi Sandy hope you're okay??
Diana was a total construct probably the least ‘genuine’ person you could have named, she learned how to speak reasonably well but she was desperately unintelligent, though of course intelligence is an attribute not a virtue, (she WAS gorgeous though, again an attribute not a virtue).
@@gerardmackay8909. Diana was not very bright, but was duplicitous and scheming, not attractive attributes. She fooled a lot of people with that shy, demure look.
@@neilgordon8145 true to an extent but she did have a genuine side (she came back to the AIDS hospice dressed in tee shirt and jeans when the cameras weren’t rolling and helped out) but her personal relationships were a disaster and she ‘used’ the press just as much as they used her
What a beautiful woman. I love her voice and the way she conveys words. Sad how sexualized she was, there’s so much to her.
agreed! she is beautiful both inside & out
Which kind of was the point of his question. Instead of seeing the entire her (which, at least, is being a smart and incredibly capable actress), people focus on superficial attributes like boobs. He could have worded the 1st question a bit better.
Oh yeah, tragic to be so sexual. I would kill to look like that. I feel sorry for her every day.
Ya like referring to her body as equipment . How vile ignorant and disgusting !? This interviewer is horrid can’t stand him and his smirky remarks .
am I the only one who thinks she looks much better now?!? she grew up pretty, but aged FUCKING GORGEOUS.
Of course not!
spot on, that's the spirit, looks as the only aspect that matters, even in old age....
............ and Sophia Loren
Some women are just like that. In their teens till their 30's they're ok. All the sudden they hit their 40s and up and are just smoking. Katie Sagal for example..
I agree. I don't think she's particularly pretty here. She looks better as an older woman.
She is getting awards for acting and continues to do so with dignity....he is doing adverts for over 50s life insurance ...
jesus... i didnt expect it to be that sexist
What was sexist about it?
@@deezynar the fact you didn't understand what was!
@@xerxesgoesbrr I'll repeat the question, what was sexist about it? Give one, or more, time periods in the video that show him being sexist. I'd love to know.
deezynar let’s entertain this idea that you have no clue what was sexist about this interview. Lets start with, would a man actor be asked if any part of his body is distracting to a performance? Would a man be viewed as a sex icon in the performance industry, and it be viewed as a negative thing?
deezynar would an actor as serious as she was, be questioned about the seriousness of her acting skills? Or would a man be questioned what kind of parenting he received to have become the kind of person he obviously viewed her as? Would a man be called a slut in that time period on television? Seriously, this entire clip is just fucking uncomfortable, and the fact that you, in modern times, can’t even look at it and understand even the smallest hints of the sexism going on, is disturbing.
I'm seriously feeling completely in love with her, after hearing her clarity, humility and wisdom. Positively inspiring.
6:13 I love how she acknowledged the audiences foolishness. she was so ahead of her time, and such a classy lady.
Ya feminism wasn’t around then
She invented it
Ruly Manatee, you spelled "Charles Fourier" incorrectly
There's nothing funny about the fact she played the virgin mary, but the way she sipped the water immediately after saying it, there is something physically funny about that action. Perhaps unintentionally.
After seeing this 1975 interview (if that is what it was) I have been anti Parkinson. I am very surprised Helen agreed to another interview in later years. I would have told him to get lost. It shows what a wonderful lady Helen Mirren is
no it's shows she didn't have any problem with Parkinson at all. otherwise how would you explain the later interviews?
What was wrong with that interview?
@@deezynar Really?
@@kevinmilner7166 Really.
Helen just seems really normal. In her youth, she flaunted her body and enjoyed herself... And when she got older, she settled down, grew up and calmed down. Seems completely normal.
this is painful to watch. Parkinson really?
Even then Helen's class, charm and intelligence were very evident. How she ignores his insulting sexist and stupid questions instead of lowering herself to his level with a (deservedly) rude reaction says volumes about her character. A real woman, beauty and talent hand in hand.
In 2016, this creep doubled down on his actions in in this creepy as hell bit of tv history. "She presented a provocative figure as she walked down the stairs carrying a feather boa, half dressed as I recall, with love and hate tattooed onto her knuckles. I would not have done my duty as a human being had I not reacted in a certain way." Somehow, he made it worse!!
Clearly he had no control over his mind, body or his ability to tell the truth. The description of how she was dressed and tattooed is fantasizing at it's most lurid.
She didn't carry a feather boa, and she wasn't half dressed.
When I heard about this interview being sexist, I was thinking, "I bet he says some short, snarky remark." But man, I'm caught off guard by how direct he was with it. She put up with him so patiently. Good for her.
Well to be fair, he wasn't the brightest bunny on the beach.
Helen is my hero! She didn't let her age or pompous hosts and producers get in the way of her passion.
What a perceptive person she is. And what a slow-witted man he is/was.
Where was he slow witted here?
@@deezynar from start to finish
@@-xirx-
Give one specific statement he made that you are willing to testify was slow witted. But most of his critics are claiming his remarks were sexist. That is the bigger issue, and evidence for that claim is very sparse.
She handled the interview extremely well.
Attitudes towards women like this in the 70s/80s were so strong that I simply cannot enjoy anything from those periods anymore. I feel so bad as a guy who simply did not pay any attention to this stuff when I was younger. I was raised to believe treating women like this was actually PROPER.
I always knew something felt off about it, but I was assured by all men I knew, in and out of family, even male high school teachers in an all male class, would demean women terribly. Well I'm not ok with it any more, and I don't care if "times were different" in the past. If you treated women like this, ever, you fucking suck and you are the definition of pathetic.
thank you so much
based
Thank you for saying this! It makes me feel better that nowadays there are more men with a different attitude. I suppose you are British....in my country, Argentina, although society is changing, there are still many men with this kind of sexist attitude to women...
Did that get you laid, white knight?
Amen!
He is so overwhelmed by her sexiness that there's this very uncomfortable tension between them. He makes her nervous with it, and himself more so. His words mean nothing because the palpable discomfort overrides them. There should be subtext subtitles along the bottom of the screen.
very concise and accurate
U summed it up nicely
No. His words are carefully chosen. You're choosing not to pay attention.
Brian Crawford U are absolutely right. 657BlueArmy is reading a bit too much into the proceedings. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. BlueArmy is doing the proverbial Freudian transference.
Brian Crawford
His words were carefully chosen because he was skating on thin ice and knew it. She called him on it by forcing him to say what he meant.
thank god those days are gone, actresses today are only asked to show their manicure and do twirls and weather theyre wearing underwear under their gowns, they get asked if their freckles help them get better roles and if they had to diet to fit in the dress. Or they ask a grown ass woman if their parents saw the movie (cause theres sex scenes ya know!). My all time favourites are "who are you wearing and what did you have for breakfast"
danax2007 whether*
HAHAHA i love you for this
I think she is actually one of the few women that has got better looking with age.
+valensmann should have gone to Specsavers
@ I beg to differ. She did, & so did Jeff Goldblum. It happens, sometimes you need to marinate before you look your best 😂.
Let's be honest. It was his clumsy attempt at flirting with her. And it backfired. And she got her own back by calling his questions boring. After which he wasn't happy. So she got her own back.
I've never known why he's so respected as an interviewer
I agree 👍💯
because there are hundreds of great interviews he gave, but this is very 1970s and dated, although you see much worse on tv these days
Bet there's a Savile-like explanation for that.
Does anyone else think that Helen has a really soothing & relaxing voice? I dream of an ASMR video with her.
Oh she's so wry, I love that she keeps pulling him up and making him clarify his chauvinist points.
She made him look stupid.
"I played the virgin Mary"
*public laugh*
WTF? i don't like that people either
6:12
Ugh!!! I love her!!! Confidence, wholeness, and much more! Such a QUEEN! 🙏🏼❤️👑👑
My first time seeing this - Helen is an absolute class act. I love how she handled this!
Hands down the sexiest woman I've ever seen. And I'm not just talking about her "physical attributes". When she speaks, you listen. Even then she had so much grace and class about her. And a genuineness that even these days is hard to come by.
very true! she is gorgeous & intelligent.
Helen Mirren’s class, confidence and coolness is timeless. Nobody can dominate her.
I think Parkinson overstepped the mark. His questions are insensitive.
+quentin brewer Overstepped the mark??? How so dunce?
Back then hosts felt the need to go against the grain and talk risks. All part of being noticed... Hence why he had such a incredible career. Helen also.
I love Helen! The first film of hers I ever saw was Excalibur.
00Mindi00 For me it was "O Lucky Man".
Oooh, yes....Exclibur!....She was immaculate in that film...playing remarkably at her young age opposite a seasoned actor such as Nicol Williamson....I was even younger than her, and was studying acting in high school and college, so I saw her as real icon and shinning example to emmulate in the field....I actually only tonight realized she was in O Lucky Man, even though technically I believe I did see that one first....I never knew who she was until Excalibur, rho...
One thing I always said about Parky is that he was no good at interviewing women, anyone agree?
I think he felt intimidated by women. 😊
I adore her attitude towards schools in general, but I cannot help but love the fact that she is very well spoken, and has an excellent vocabulary.
Convent grammar school girls were like that. It was a good education
She was so ahead of her time. I’m glad she’s still with us.
Parkinson should've been fired for this. Disgraceful man.
Why? He asked the questions his staff and producers wanted him to ask.
@@deezynar Ah the old "just following orders" defence!
@@kevinmilner7166
No, that is not the extent of my point at all. My point is that the questions were not inappropriate or condescending. In fact, they were tailored to her specific history which was well known to the British audience at the time.
Prior to this interview, she had a solid theatre education and played serious roles, which Parkinson lead with. He also pointed out that more recently she had been offered, and she accepted, some roles which exploited, or should I say, 'highlighted', her sexual assets.
The comments and questions that Parkinson offered were quite appropriate since they bore directly on her professional career. Not only were they appropriate, they were neither sexist nor insulting.
To prove that, imagine that Parkinson had interviewed a male actor with the same history. The guy had a serious start and then a dodge into the lurid. You'd expect the interviewer to mention every significant aspect of the actor's career up to that point. And you'd recognize the appropriateness of the interviewer listing the reasons why the actor was qualified for those roles. And nobody would complain if the interview read published reviews of those performances, stating if they had performed them well or not. You could expect that a guy like Parkinson would be very pointed about whether a male actor had a well-developed physique or not. And he'd make a joke about whether the ladies in the audience would be excited to see him with his clothes off. And because he's a guy, Parkinson wouldn't fail to mention if a male actor was skinny and didn't have the goods that the role required. No interviewer would ever state in a public interview that a female actor wasn't physically attractive enough to excite the audience. The world is not ready for that level of honesty. And by all the complaints about this interview, they are still not ready for honesty when a woman is told that she really does have the physical qualifications to excite viewers. "That's sexist!" The difference between a male actor and a female actor, is that you can joke about his looks and whether his physical assets got the audience's engines running. If you do that with a female, loads of thick fools get upset.
Parkinson gave a balanced interview that was tailored to her history. He mentioned all of it, the serious as well as the tawdry. But most of the people in this comment section are angered that Parkinson mentioned that she possessed the physical features which excited the paying audience. She's cashed many checks, and she's well aware that her good looks have been responsible for 80% of the money she got. Audiences pay much more money to see attractive people.
@@deezynar Ask your girlfriend she will explain it all
@@kevinmilner7166
You just had the most detailed explanation given to you, and you ignored it.
It's not that you're stupid, and don't what's true. It's that you prefer to cover up reality instead of admitting it's reality.
Modern society is doomed because we refuse to be honest. Our demise won't happen because we don't understand our problems, we understand them. We just refuse to admit that what we all know is actually true, because being honest would hurt the feelings of many people.
But being honest about common human traits and behaviors isn't insulting. Miren is more than a sexy woman, but she has gotten as far as she has by taking advantage of the market for sexy women. I doubt that she would deny that. And is that an insult to her, or to the men who pay to see her?
"The feeling of being good at something.. and people recognizing it" she is a very wise woman
Oh my god, what an intelligent being... I love listening to her talk
What I find interesting is the audience reaction to her saying, as a child "I played the Virgin Mary". Like they're all saying "You, a virgin?" Parkinson and the audience were displaying attitudes of the time, attitudes that have not changed much in our time. To give Dame Helen her due, she ripped them all apart in the end. A true feminist, no bra burning, but a woman with an acute awareness of who she is, the public perception of her, her undeniable beauty, and razor sharp intelligence.
It was an absolutely horrific point in the interview, the way that the mocking laughter took away her great memory of playing the virgin mary. Nasty creatures in the audience, being led into a mindset by parky.
What a dignified and intelligent woman, Helen Mirren is. Her dignity made Parkinson look pathetic.
Hi Kathi hope you're okay??
My two favorite films with her were when she portrayed Morgan Le Fay in Excalibur, and Tanya Kirbuk in 2010. Both demonstrated quite a range of acting ability.
I never knew Parky was such a creep! How sleazy.
+Diddy FitzGerald I didn't see him do anything creepy or sleazy? In places he seems noticeably uncomfortable/unsure in how he asks/phrases certain questions.
+spector969 well thats a difference of perception, isnt it? Your name and pic suggest that you are a man or a boy and that might contribute to that, mightnt it? Did that thought occur? That i am a woman - and you are possibly one of those men who look down on women. Why do you imagine Parky looks uncomfortable? Perception too. British men are usually comfortable with women - they like them. Whereas Australian men seem to look down on women. Aussies have different ideas to Brits and i am a Brit.
+spector969 so why do you think the story is titled "The sexist Parkinson's interview". Do tell me that.
Diddy FitzGerald
Of course people can perceive things differently, would you care to point out exactly what he says or does that is sleazy and creepy?
"so why do you think the story is titled "The sexist Parkinson's interview". Do tell me that."
Because that's what the uploader called it? But I don't get what your point is? I could upload a video and call it "Diddy Fitzgerald is Satan", that would in no way make it a fact though lol...
"you are possibly one of those men who look down on women"
Eh...OK? I guess you're possibly one of those women who hates men?
"British men are usually comfortable with women - they like them. Whereas Australian men seem to look down on women."
Erm, what? Apart from that being a huge generalization, I don't see how it's relevant to anything. Parkinson isn't Australian.
+spector969 Well i do appreciate the work you are putting in here. Carefully copying my sentences and adding your illogical and idiotic comments. I really dont care what you think. Get a life. How you arrived at that conclusion from my comment that i hate all men because Parky was a creep, thats one gigantic leap...Learn to think. Dont bother replying Take a course in logic. Yes yes, Parky's from the North of England. His father was a coal miner - there's another fact for you. I grew up in England, ducky, thats how i know.
After all these years, this is still the saddest thing I've ever seen. Godspeed, Mirren. You are a bright beacon of light in this stupid world.
'saddest thing you've ever seen'. you need to get out more, you wet blanket.
Try reading a news[a[er any day of the week: there are plenty of sadder stories out there.
My jaw dropped at the utter disrespect shown to Helen Mirren in this “interview.” How gracefully she handled this.
He never relented, either. Years later he still couldn't see what was wrong with his questioning and simply described the whole interview as "perfectly good television". He was embarrassing.
@@upturnedblousecollar5811 I can't see it either. He asks perfectly reasonable questions, trying to understand her views. I don't think it is his fault that "the media", which he refers to, perceives her (or wants to perceive her) in a certain way.
@@qqyoung2899 Oh behave yourself. Do you think he would have interviewed Arnold Schwarzenegger and called him "a serious actor (in quotes)" and then asked him about his groin?
@@upturnedblousecollar5811 By "serious" actor, I believe he refers to theatre, shakespeare…Arnold Schwarzenegger is very clearly not a serious actor in this sense, nor was he ever trying to be. If however - for arguments sake - he suddenly would want to get into theatrical acting, then yes, I believe it would be a reasonable question to ask him. Can't see why not
@@qqyoung2899he didn't try to understand shit and you know it, he kept trying to make it about tawdry sex appeal
Total agenda driven nonsense, the exact opposite of an interview
She’s astonishing. And not merely because of her beauty. She has such grace and authenticity, along with a quiet strength and explicit dignity. Not to mention the quick wit, and inquisitive mind. Amazing woman.
"my fingers?......go on then spit it out!" I LOVE her!!! Way to go!
Her voice is so relaxing and charming oh god
That "nervousness gauge" is also a gauge of her absolute professionalism. You wouldn't have known how uncomfortable and nervous she was without it. She was so composed and articulate. And very patient with this prat!!
RIP Parky. This is probably not the interview he wants to be remembered for.
Could have avoided that had he showed any regret or made even a token apology rather than standing by it and playing it off as a joke. He was a wanker.
Wow! Helen handled this so well. I can only imagine how uncomfortable she must have felt being asked such a ridiculous question.
She gives such articulate and insightful answers to his initial smut and innuendo that finally he is forced to treat her as an intelligent and enlightening guest. Bravo, Helen.
Parkinson's disease isnt funny.
She handled this so well. Poised. Calm. I adore her casual remark, "boring questions."
Hi Leslie hope you're okay??
She is and has always been so enchanting. I would sell my soul to have a conversation with her. So eloquent and open-minded. And she has such a soothing voice!
A definite two thumbs up on this video because of Helen's intelligence, calm composure, being a good sport and not stooping to her enemy's level. She makes me very proud to be English. Oh and of course her beautiful English accent. The British are true class acts.
Helen is...he ain't.
Except when they are shooting large quantities of unarmed indigenous ethics at well known massacres. And I don't mean filming.
"Come on. Spit it out" ❤
I already had such love and admiration for this woman before ever seeing this interview but now that I have seen it I must say that I am madly in love with her. She's so graceful, so free spirited, so open minded, so elevated above the limits that society tries desperately to trap us with. She handled Parkinson's chauvinistic and boorish questions with such charm that I hope she serves as an inspiration to all young women who wish to be an artist of integrity. Truly a magnificent individual.
Helen Mirren owns Parky in this interview. Helen went on to be one of the most celebrated and accomplished actors in British theatrical, TV and cinematic history. My favourite British actress bar none.
Her gentleness kind of reminds me of Princess Diana
What makes her so attractive isn't her chest but the intelligence and poise pouring out of her.
She had all the control. His questions were pretty inane.
Hi Mary hope you're okay??
There's a look in his eyes that reveals sincere surprise and then serious fascination at her depth.
I saw her in Macbeth in 1974, and she was execllent. She has proven beyond a doubt that she is a truely talented actress, not the least by her performance as the queen.
Love the way Ms, Mirren says she thinks you go on living for the rest of your life with what happens to you early in your life. Couldn't agree with her more!
+Leaveitto Jeeves: actually I'd say most people fail to recognize that, to the extent I think it's true, and to the extent Helen Mirren means it. Also even when people recognize from time to time that something about the way they were raised has been a problem all their lives (and maybe they see it moving on through their children, grandchildren) they don't realize they might be able to stop that process by getting competent professional help!
And even if they do get competent professional help often people are shocked by what hard, and sometimes painful work it can be to take on such a powerful force as one's early experiences.
Good lord, how embarrassing. The fact that Ms. Mirren came out and repeated those awful words under her breath that Parkinson happily used to describe her was telling. Almost 50 years later, she is so admired and loved by everyone. BEST. REVENGE. EVER.
Sorry sir do you find your tiny equipment hinders your pursuit of being a bad interviewer?
A very beautiful woman, then and now
"you are what people think you are" hit it right on the head. she is glorious.
I love her, he pissed her off in the beginning of the interview and she vowed to make the rest of it, a living nightmare for him . I don't think she cared at all about any question he asked and that answering the question became irrelevant for her, but making his question look stupid and him a s man look small and pathetic was all she had in mind and she succeed beautifully.
Serves you right parky , she showed you some real acting there, next time you invite an actress make sure write the script , because there is nothing more powerful than an actor who also writes his own script
You mean my fingers? Hahhahah. Yes Dame Helen!
Dirty BBC creepy interview.
Calm, cool, collected and classy. Very admirable. Michael Parkinson is a boor.
Noel Gallagher - sorry, Michael Parkinson (I mistook him for another craggy-faced Northern dullard) - is / was so overrated as an interviewer. He comes across as a total dick here, whereas Helen Mirren comes across as whip-smart, more than a match for him intellectually despite his continual attempts to objectify her, and unafraid to speak her mind - I loved what she said about the institutional nature of schools and how they repress liberty and individualism. When she said, entirely reasonably, that she didn't want to sit on a chat show and talk about her parents in terms of cold class labels because, like most people, she didn't see her parents in that way, 'Parky''s passive-aggressive, bruised-male-ego reaction: "Were they middle class, in your view?!" shows that he just wasn't listening
Northern Dullard all Northerners or just those two?
'Cold class labels' and you're dropping the old 'Northerner' dig. Very hypocritical for somebody speaking up against negative generalisation in the form of sexism.
Ian Wilson UK I’m Scottish and therefore a ‘Northerner’ myself, specifically mentioned Parky and Gallagher and I don’t believe in the class system and its cold labelling of people, so where’s
the generalisation and hypocrisy?!
S Smith hahaha when English ppl call someone a " Northerner" they are reffering to ppl from North England , not Scotland.
***** please don't bring common sense to RUclips, it upsets the natives ;)
I don't understand what's SO sexist about it. My first Helen Mirren movie was The Queen, so it was no small wonder when I discovered that she appeared in the notorious Caligula. She also appeared in some edgy productions like The Cook, The Thief (etc.) and The Comfort of Strangers （both in the late 80s and early 90s）... and after I watched this interview, I searched online and found that she had appeared in racier films like The Extravaganza of Golgotha Smuts (can't even find a clip, just a one-line remark on IMDb, "The sexual fantasies of a young man.") and Hussy.
I said all those, not to suggest that she, or any serious actress can't be sexy. BUT, as she joined the RSC in the 1960s, she was also playing to a more notably conservative audience. You can't just say I'm going to take on a sexy image while the majority of my exposure are in front of a group most likely to criticize that image AND EXPECT nobody to say anything! That's the height of contemporary hypocracy.
So intelligent. She is literally schooling the fool and he doesn't even know it. Quite literally why she is still to this day an incredible force in the acting world. Many many could learn from her how to survive. So many women have dissapeared from this plane of existence in acting or celebrity because of mistreatment by men or producers and she is shaming them right under there nose by playing the game better than they are.
This was actually a brilliant interview. I figured it was click bait, and it pretty much was, it wasn’t sexist at all. He was doing a wonderful job as a journalist interviewer and these were the questions on the people’s minds. She was well aware that, and came with her guns blazing in the women’s liberation movement.
I don't no what questions your refering to I certainly wasn't wondering whether her boobs get in the way of her job
@@Clanger652 Well, people were. She did a great deal of almost softcore films, which I thought was great, this was the era of sexual liberation so there was a lot more soft love scenes than now, and doing that while being a serious Shakespearean actress was (and is) rare. Name me six in today’s world. So it was a fair question for the public. Because her career is NOW so full of blessed, lengthy, worthy films, maybe this seems ridiculous. But at this time, she wasn’t the long reigning Shakespearean film actress to the entire planet.
@@ParadiseVids Claire foy, gugu mbatha-raw, eve Myles, Tilda Swinton, Emma Thompson, sure I can find more what does that change the fact she obviously didn't like it and has said as much since, besides it's not for us to decide it's for her and she has subsequently said she didn't like the question. The question wasn't at all necessary and the interview could have been perfectly pleasent without the question, it doesn't matter when it was it was still wrong to ask that doesn't change by how accepted it may have been it's just unfortunate that she had to come all guns blazing after the sexist introduction
@@Clanger652 Those are Shakespearean actresses. Not Shakespearean actresses who also do softcore love scenes. That was the question.
@@ParadiseVids well at least three have done nude scenes and I'm not watching all there content just to see wether they take off there clothes why argue symantics, here's a challenge for ya, find me a clip of him asking a guy whether he finds that his dick gets in the way of getting parts
His questions are terrible, but she, she is brilliant, and very deep, she was definitely too great for that interview.
she is even more stunning 50 years later