Dennis Hopper's Memorable Encounter with John Wayne | Insights into Acting | The Dick Cavett Show

Dennis Hopper shares a memorable encounter with John Wayne during a movie shoot in Mexico and later shares his valuable insights into acting, directorial styles, and the unconventional methods of a Hollywood legend. Explore the significance of understanding a director's vision and learn about Wayne's unique approach to acting, offering valuable advice for aspiring actors.
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Dick Cavett has been nominated for eleven Emmy awards (the most recent in 2012 for the HBO special, Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again), and won three. Spanning five decades, Dick Cavett’s television career has defined excellence in the interview format. He started at ABC in 1968, and also enjoyed success on PBS, USA, and CNBC.
His most recent television successes were the September 2014 PBS special, Dick Cavett’s Watergate, followed April 2015 by Dick Cavett’s Vietnam. He has appeared in movies, tv specials, tv commercials, and several Broadway plays. He starred in an off-Broadway production ofHellman v. McCarthy in 2014 and reprised the role at Theatre 40 in LA February 2015.
Cavett has published four books beginning with Cavett (1974) and Eye on Cavett (1983), co-authored with Christopher Porterfield. His two recent books -- Talk Show: Confrontations, Pointed Commentary, and Off-Screen Secrets (2010) and Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic moments, and Assorted Hijinks(October 2014) are both collections of his online opinion column, written for The New York Times since 2007. Additionally, he has written for The New Yorker, TV Guide, Vanity Fair, and elsewhere.
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[@TheDickCavettShow]

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[@9Ballr]

God, I wish they had talk shows like this today.

[@Swalker20659]

Video podcasts somewhat fill the void but you have to sift through a lot of crap to find good ones.

[@seancromwell327]

No kidding!

[@shanemichael3925]

Yeah it’s kinda like the show Inside the Actors Studio

[@user-xj8sp1er4n]

Seth Myers and Leslie Jones complaining about Trump doesn't do anything for ya?

[@zerocool1344]

Don't have actors like this anymore.

[@MA_808]

Dennis Hipper's exuberance for his work is wonderful.

[@clinthowe7629]

Hipper 😂 sorry Hopper.

[@timford3599]

@@clinthowe7629 You're not far off. Dennis Hopper was always "Hipper" than his peers.

[@zekelucente9702]

Dick Cavett was the best interviewer of his day or any day for that matter. He was especially well prepared when it came to interviewing musicians especially jazz musicians.

[@colinglen4505]

I find him extremely irritating.

[@steveconkey7362]

Nobody beats Johnny, sorry.

[@timford3599]

@@steveconkey7362 Johnny Carson was and, always will be "The King of Late Night" but Dick Cavett's show and the "Tonight Show" were two totally different animals. Johnny was all about entertainment and short form "chat style" interviews. While Dick Cavett's show was more long form interviews which were usually very relaxed, allowing the guest to feel at ease and therefore "bare their souls."

[@brendanmorrissey2104]

@@timford3599 l think that you are quite correct as l really enjoyed his interviews with actors such as Richard Burton / Burt Lancaster to name but a few.

[@harry2928]

He was more candid than Carson, etc., and far more intelligent. and old school Northeastern class. (I hate saying "ivy league").

[@Skoora]

Love the old school interviewing style. Knowing the audience wants to hear the guest, not the host and allowing the guest to relax and actually talk. They want to see lions, not the lion tamer.

[@harry2928]

thank you

[@jamesdrynan]

God bless Cavett for interviewing so many stars, actors, writers, directors, comedians and icons of film and stage.

[@lostagain7292]

God bless him? Its not like he was feeding starving children in India night after night. He was getting paid HANDSOMELY to interview his pals and wealthy peers to further their careers. Get a grip pal jeez… 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@zekelucente9702]

And maybe in my opinion especially musicians.

[@bobdavidsonm.d.7214]

​@@lostagain7292 I see you are lost again.

[@roberthuber3518]

@@lostagain7292Sound a little jealous there!!! In life everybody has a part to play, And Dick Cavett did his very well!!👍🏻

[@zekelucente9702]

When I was kid my dad came home one day and had been behind John Wayne at the grocery store in Newport Beach and it was clear even as a kid how much that meant to my dad. Years we were having lunch at Hamburger Hamlet in Palm Springs and my dad was so excited because the famous director Stanley Kramer was in the booth next to us. My love of the movies and music came from my dad God rest his soul.

[@elissasangi-hd9om]

Yes! Same here. My love of films and silent films and the names of those actors comes straight from my dad. We would watch the old movies on TV and he'd call out the actors names and now I know what it's like to forget those names you used to rattle off 😅 He bought a paper book long vertically not horizontally with all the names of the silent era actors. Boy, that book was on the windowsill and was a go to! In fact, he'd tell me of the movie actress whose name I shared, "Elissa" Landi, pronounced El-Lisa. It was not a popular name when I was growing up but weren't our dads were the BEST ❤️❤️❤️

[@user-cg7dg7uv8f]

I love that Cavett loved John Wayne. I do too. Wayne is like comfort food.

[@Por2ugal]

I love Dennis Hopper

[@markallen8226]

Great character Dennis Hopper and a fine director. Loved his 1990 film, 'The Hot Spot.'

[@giorgiopalmas7934]

Virginia Madsen. Hubba hubba. 💗💗 Jennifer Connelly too.

[@leespiderpod]

@@giorgiopalmas7934yes sir

[@jorgefiguerola1239]

Recall when Hot Spot came out and the rumor that Don Johnson and Virginia Madsen had sex on camera, for real ..

[@user-uq6sz6po3d]

Jennifer Connelly was at her best in the Hot Spot. Oh my!

[@markallen8226]

@@user-uq6sz6po3d And the lovely Virginia Madsen.

[@DougPalumbo]

Dick was THE BEST there ever will be at the chat show game!

[@svenhaheim]

Only one that comes close today is Graham Norton, a lot of it is down to format as well. These long conversations are gone in favor of short 3-5 minute bits.

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@@svenhaheim letterman

[@svenhaheim]

@@user-eu8pe5jy2t Not even close.

[@BC99]

A compelling storyteller for sure.

[@svenhaheim]

He was such an amazing actor one that I really miss seeing on the big screen.

[@perrymiddlemist9969]

Loved Cavett. He had very interesting guests and he was also a great interviewer.

[@kenhaines5318]

Some actors you miss the second you lose them, like Robin Williams. Other actors, like Dennis Hopper, you go years without thinking about them and then you see them on something like this and you think, "Goddamn, I MISS that guy!"

[@julesgosnell9791]

I've enjoyed Dennis Hopper as an actor but never seen him as a person before this interview - blown away - what an intelligent, compelling character he is...

[@shadenfreude11]

Dennis was ‘crazy great!’

[@stringlarson1247]

Great stuff, this. I loved this show when I was a kid. Speaking of John Wayne, the movie Red River is worth (re)watching. Epic film.

[@stephenmccollum1391]

Dennis was a legend

[@lynnturman8157]

I remember seeing True Grit as a little kid at the drive-In with my folks. Dennis Hopper's scene where he gets (SPOILER ALERT) his fingers cut off just really got my attention. I had no idea who he was but he just jumped off the screen. Amazingly powerful actor.

[@ricardocantoral7672]

I highly recommend the book.

[@lynnturman8157]

@@ricardocantoral7672 Thanks. Never read the book. Love the movie though (the original).

[@ricardocantoral7672]

@@lynnturman8157 There were some changes but the 2010 film is closer to how the characters were in the book.

[@lynnturman8157]

@@ricardocantoral7672 That can be a good or a bad thing.

[@D-FensDogG]

@@ricardocantoral7672 So, in other words, if you take ALL of the humor and ALL of the charm out of the original 'True Grit' starring John Wayne, you get a remake that's closer to the book. What a wonderful recommendation!

[@myronlarimer1943]

Today’s talk show hosts are comedians who can’t take attention off themselves, aren’t really interested in their guests and are most interested in a political agenda. Thank God for the likes of Dick Cavett, Johnny Carson, Jack Park, Merv Griffin and Mike Douglas. They knew how to conduct an interview, allow their guests to tell a story, had a great sense of humor with timing and wit and didn’t grind political axes…. Today’s talk show hosts need to immerse themselves in videos of the guys from the golden age of talk shows to learn how to do it.

[@granthurlburt4062]

Audiences too are impatient, & have short attention spans, and often didnt grow up reading so not very knowledgeable. But I wish Cavett was still around. Not many actors are that interesting either. Some British interviewers are better.

[@zappasmoustache23]

Being from the uk I only discovered the Dick Cavett show through KZbin. Seriously the best, most engaging chat show I have ever seen. It helps that celebs were of a different calibre back then but I think what really makes it work is the open setting. All the current chat show hosts seem to want to imitate the Johnny Carson format which means having the desk. The Desk shifts unwarranted attention towards the host making it more about them interviewing the person (which they barely do) rather than the person being interviewed. And there was no pandering to audience tastes or dumbing down. Can’t think of an interview on this show that hasn’t been utterly fascinating.

[@steveconkey7362]

I disagree, Johnny was the master of allowing his guests to talk. He would also ask leading questions of the guest, meaning he did his homework to create a more interesting interaction.

[@user-zd9yn5mz1f]

Civil conservsation. Interesting takes. NO politics. Really listening. We need these kind of shows more than ever. Give Bonnie Hunt a late night talk show. Give Dennis Miller a late show. No audience. Just intelligent, respectful conversation.

[@CailenCambeul]

A Catcher! I need one of those. From South Australia.

[@willminkorea2010]

Great stories

[@elissasangi-hd9om]

Gotta give KZbin credit for having ALL these older shoes and to binge watch?! Binge watch Soupy Sales I'm dying!!!

[@michaelwalsh2498]

Dennis Hopper as turf accountant, like it.

[@ilikethisnamebetter]

I think my favourite Dennis Hopper performance was as the compere of The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club.

[@ilonabaier6042]

Dennis Hopper of Easy Rider, a known hippie works with and admires his polar opposite: John Wayne. Very interesting.

[@LANDSEAAIRCANADA]

Classic Thank you

[@Tav57]

How I miss Dick Cavett. And Dennis Hopper.

[@aleccullen2696]

Well, aim better.

[@fermisparadox01]

And William Hopper

[@RON-nw9si]

The best ever

[@TheBCSandman]

the real star of easy rider

[@joemurdoch4138]

What I liked about Cavett, and Tom Schneider, was that their questions showed a genuine interest and curiosity. Conan O'Brian had a bit of this quality as well. He would sometimes bring people onto his show that didn't have anything to plug, he was just a fan.

[@hardrock1826]

@joemurdoch4138 I liked Cavett as well. But thanks for mentioning Tom Snyder he was my true favorite. His interview with MeatLoaf had me laughing for a long time. My other two favorite interviewers were Dr. Morton Shulman and Brian Linehan. There isn't anyone that compares to these individuals today.

[@joemurdoch4138]

@@hardrock1826 I've never heard of the other two. The other thing I liked about Snyder was his ability to make fun of himself. He didn't have the charm of Carson, but I think he had the ability to see his interviews from the audience's point of view and ask the questions that a normal person might ask in conversation.

[@hardrock1826]

@@joemurdoch4138 I agree, Snyder to me was just a regular guy. I found him to be funny and an uncomplicated interviewer. You are right on, he did ask the kind of questions that I would ask. You haven't heard of the other two I listed because they are Canadian. Linehan was the most researched interviewer I have ever seen. He knew everything you could know about those he interviewed. When he interviewed Burt Reynolds he thought Linehan was truly great. He was surprised as to how much personal information he knew about Burt. He dazzled others with his research capabilities. Dr. Shulman did really tough interviews. So much that organized crime threatened his life. The police gave him a gun permit to carry a firearm. Something they never allow here in Canada. He did a lot of investigative reporting and held people's feet to the fire. He reported the grisly truth with his interviews and exposed the corruption. Both are gone now years ago. I think Linehan died from AIDS related illness. And Shulman died from the Parkinson's like I have. He tried for years to bring in a drug from the USA that helped people with Parkinson's but was unable to make it happen. His Daughter picked up the cause. All these guys were good Men, I miss seeing and hearing them. I think I mentioned Snyder's MeatLoaf interview. It was one of the funniest things I have seen in an interview. Snyder got his wires crossed in this interview and kept referring to MeatLoaf as MeatHead. I was in tears it was too funny.

[@leespiderpod]

He looks great in British tweed

[@hugh-johnfleming289]

I had the chance to spend some time with Hopper and you'd be hard pressed to find a sweeter individual...

[@MusicLand53]

He looks like Paul's grandfather in A Hard Days Night. Lol

[@ianaspinall7948]

wonderful episode of the Adam Freidland show

[@kenhurley4441]

Dennis Hopper, my wife and I all have 1 thing in common. All 3 of us were born in the same hospital in Dodge City Kansas.

[@chrisekstrom4614]

He told a story about where his Frank character in TWIN PEAKS came from; he said his Uncles in Dodge City Kansas were the craziest SOB’s I ever met.

[@russbolinger1648]

Oh yeah! Well, me and a guy named Spanky were born in the same hospital one year apart on the exact same day in Wichita, Kansas. The name of the hospital was the Wesley hospital. 18 years later, we're on the exact same football team at the University of California Riverside. Spooky huh?

[@citadelo5ricks]

Interesting, Hopper talks in a very modern way. Very stream of conscious, very loose, interesting. Sounds like a person of today.

[@ConradSpoke]

What are the exact dates of this interview and broadcast?

[@captaincrunch8333]

Dick, who was quite baked here and trying not to appear like it really enjoying interviewing EZ Rider Hopper.

[@tomloft2000]

I just saw Dennis today in Giant, which I hadn't seen in a long time.

[@artfuldodger8147]

I saw him last week in Kroger's.

[@XXthekingofyouXX]

@@artfuldodger8147 - Took me a minute but I got it. Good one.

[@user-ib2kt4oo7i]

I saw him last month in Costco

[@dave9351]

Doug Stanhope (Dark Comedian that is incredible) has as part of his act a time when he was appearing at a club in Hollywood and John Wayne pulled up in a limo and was extremely rude to him... now ya gotta google his great comedy and hear what he said...

[@harry2928]

I wish I wasn't immature & so restless as a teen in the mid '70s. I knew Cavett was really really big talent and sharper than a razor, but I almost never took the time to watch because I craved more superficially sensational escapist stuff to watch on tv. I liked and even loved a lot of the stars he had on then but was too mentally lazy to sit and absorb it. Damn am I sorry now. 48 yrs. later Everything and Everybody is gone. Oh well some of us grow into things way too late. I'm glad there's a lot of old recorded content.

[@torgman]

Did Dennis arrive from the pub in his Triumph TR?🎉

[@nickk5948]

Uncle Junior?

[@FenderGreg]

Whenever I see Dennis Hopper, I think about his Blue Velvet character.

[@timford3599]

I totally agree. I read in a Vanity Fair interview , that when he auditioned for the antagonist role in "Blue Velvet" Dennis told director David Lynch. "You have to cast me in this role, I AM Frank Booth." I've always been a huge fan of Dennis Hopper in all of his movie roles. Both the "A List" movies and the "B List" performances as well. He was very versatile!

[@joewhite6421]

Dick Cavett did an interview of A B B A in Germany and thought they were an English group with two nice ladies who couldnt sing ... what a goof ball .

[@a34rwl]

Dennis looks like he arrived on an omnibus from Bradford with a Whippet in tow.

[@XavierKatzone]

Hopper never was "method" -he just let out the crazy and if was for the right character, he nailed it. But he has no range or flexibility to become "someone else".

[@bert0522]

Thought he was Pauls grandpa on Hard Days Night. Jim

[@user-nx6qr1mt6f]

“Wrong! Wrong!, man!”

[@chasvonplatten1298]

"The man is a genius."

[@user-nx6qr1mt6f]

@@chasvonplatten1298 “Was he a kind man? A wise man? Wrong!”

[@augustseptember3503]

Dick was the best! Today's hosts grovel & fawn around celebrities with their shallow compliments & fake laughter, it really makes me cringe!

[@zarmindrow5831]

Suave. That guy is so fucking suave.

[@flynnlizzy5469]

LOL, good one !

[@timleopardxolo]

He's disguised as a Well-Dressed Man.

[@JStevenSanders]

Ask Dennis about Barney’s Beanery in Hollywood.

[@crimedramadvdhotspot7720]

Colors 🤟🤒

[@pgs1796]

Not sure why Dennis decided to dress like he should be off shooting pheasants on some damp misty moor.

[@user-dr4mv9wm9r]

Hopper was really scary in BLUE VELVET……

[@rsgabrys----]

-------------------‐------ why..... your a couple of pilgrims sit'n there.....that's not really true .....thx

[@alivesadpeople]

hoPpers

[@billthecat666]

Why is he dressed like the murderer in Columbo?

[@snarflatful]

DH was more interesting from afar.

[@stormgrid]

Cocaine :)

[@jeshkam]

Yeah, he's a bit too merry lol.

[@chasvonplatten1298]

@@jeshkam Hmm... that's a disappointing thought.

[@brianz7917]

The flat Cap doesn't suit.

[@tyronejoihnson7046]

Cavett is always out of step. Guests have to re-explain simple stories.

[@lobstermash]

Cavett's as sharp as a knife. If he thinks the guest has garbled something he'll get clarification for the audience.

[@bobtaylor170]

Tyrone, you don't know what you're talking about. Cavett was probably the best TV talk show host ever.

[@foxgun100]

What? No fn political bias?

[@PacoOtis]

John Wayne was a terrible actor and you saw the same person in every and the movie was just oriented around him. He could not have done Shakespeare, for instance. Try to imagine that! LOL

[@thedolt9215]

I’m still waiting for Dick Cavett to make fun of Donald Trump! What gives?

[@dougdownunder5622]

The lead up wasn't worth it. I'm out

[@mikebrooks3468]

There was nothing nice about this guy

[@jhonyermo]

Now Hopper is a Trumpanzee

[@user-uq6sz6po3d]

He died in 2010...

[@SumStupidPunk]

Nobody like The Duke.