From the 60 Minutes archives: J.K. Rowling

[@milagroslinares7428]

She's an example of how you can succeed if you stay true to yourself and to your story. I believe it was also right that success came at age 34 when she could make the right choices. Also, a brilliant, brilliant, brilliant mind

[@lindazhang8004]

yes!!!

[@RareSeldas]

No. That's just propaganda.

[@glenfleetham3239]

I know I got to meet her I live in Edinburgh and she came into the store I work in she is so kind and humble 😁

[@jethalaalchampaklaalgada7927]

@@glenfleetham3239 wait really? Is it true??

[@kratosw271]

Can’t agree more 🙌🏻

[@TheSunUpInTheSky]

I think the most amazing thing about this woman is how she is still able to function in reality and practicality while carrying around such an out-of-this-world, fantastical imagination.

[@lindazhang8004]

true , she is one of a kind !

[@jesipohl6717]

His name is Robert

[@greyLeicester]

I cant believe this woman's imagination, talent and creativity! The drawings are amazing

[@federico_morilla]

Indeed

[@jesipohl6717]

Mr Galbraith hates women unfortunately

[@elainagilbert7663]

If you like this you'll like The Worst Witch and anything by Neil Geiman and Terry Pratchett.

[@aninjaguardian]

Got nothing bad to say about J.K Rowling. The HP books were essential to my childhood and I'm forever grateful to her for creating such an amazing world.

[@jesipohl6717]

Mr Galbraith appreciates your basicness

[@Rihcterwilker]

​@@jesipohl6717who is Mr Galbraith?

[@FarhanAmin1994]

Her pen name. Richard Galbraith iirc.

[@Daniel-Davies-Gonstead-Student]

9:03 - "It's almost like watching the book instead of reading it" High praise. Every writer aims for this but few achieve it. I literally teared up multiple times I was moved so much watching this... Thank you for putting this video out for us to enjoy :)

[@701Builder]

That one got me too

[@Mr.Neocortex]

The boy said it all. Jk's writing is so tangible, we feel like we are in the story. Just amazing.

[@dadiscoverychannel]

You seem stupid

[@SomethingSomethingg]

I feel horrible that this amazing person, a symbol of success, compassion, and the power of imagination, is now vilified so horribly for simply saying that women menstruate.

[@tnndll4294]

Some liberals do go by the science. So her non-hypocritical adherance to biology and science is why she can't give in to the woke cancel cult.

[@Aphorism89]

Nah, she is not. It is just an insignificant number of small people who happen to believe that only their beliefs matter(even if going against logic and proven science) and, anyone against them, is set a target. They are modern times nazis and we just have to ignore them.

[@-_YouMayFind_-]

And she is right even.

[@todddickinson3262]

Amen… She’s strong enough to stand her ground, and her stance on this issue is as admirable to me as her amazing talents.

[@jesipohl6717]

His name is Mr. Galbraith and he hates women and is a massive hypocrit.

[@mycenth22]

her drawings are exquisite

[@akayrk]

9:09 the way this kid explained how the book reads gave me goosebumps

[@LuckyCrixon]

Same here, was looking for that comment, if I woudnt be me, I woud say he has an old soul

[@myuhh8]

That’s my big brother! Hahaha

[@surenoespacial4936]

@@myuhh8 how old was he in that moment??? the girl behind him is beatiful.

[@myuhh8]

@@surenoespacial4936 9years old!

[@Mr.Neocortex]

Mo too!

[@Andy-Christian]

4:10 That is good. That dude with the perfect accent: "Like 8 million today, but if you wait until later on today, it'll be more like 9". So good. No actor could have said it better.

[@MightyLeviathan]

Hey 60minutes, just wanted to say I really enjoy these throwbacks into the past. It is very interesting to see what things have been like years ago. I have a different view now than I had 20 years ago and it helps to understand a lot of our world with these old videos. Thumbs up. This channel became precious to me :)

[@Faerygodessmrb]

I love how awkardly shy she gets as she speaks her mind and then covers her face. She is adorable. Love you J.K. Rowling. You have been such a great inspiration for me and my children. I love hearing about your struggles and life story. As well as her beginnings with the writing of the book. It never gets old.

[@jesipohl6717]

Mr Galbraith

[@artificialfreedom]

@@jesipohl6717 What is this disorder you have?

[@meaganhartman4304]

I still love her. She is amazing.

[@aananhenderson2689]

Literally the first billionaire to drop below $1 billion net worth bc she gave so much to charity, the GOAT

[@sharonjo7630]

She said she was never a billionaire. In theory, she should've still been considered a billionaire despite her philanthropy because the Harry Potter empire was still worth billions, and she owns a percentage of every aspect that makes money.

[@justayoutuber1906]

There have been a few of them.

[@johnpowers2837]

WOW! And to think of her humble beginnings... God Bless J.K. Rowling for her absolute masterpiece - Harry Potter !!!

[@justayoutuber1906]

Churches didn't "Bless" it. They said it was satanic writing for MANY years

[@rachell452]

2:18 Mcgonagall is the transfiguration professor not potions!!!!!!!

[@ic1013]

I miss the name Regina Phalange!!

[@estherhinds6314]

I know I nearly died when she said that

[@AlexisLynn10]

I remember watching this episode with my grandma when I was a child. I loved everything Harry Potter and 60 Minutes ❤

[@LittleJimmie1999]

She is a genius. I did a bunch of school papers on her when i was a kid. i mean the woman created a sport, a language, and a world 🪄✨!

[@org6760]

*She didn't create a language, though - that was Tolkien.*

[@LittleJimmie1999]

@@org6760 parstlemouth. Hello????

[@Monkonmunky]

@@LittleJimmie1999 That's not creating a language genius. I can't believe you're trying to argue this lmao. And I'm a fan of Rowling myself but I'm not so delusional to think that making up a type of language is creating a language. Creating a language means more than just making up the name of a fictional language and a couple 'words' in that language, which is indisputably as far as she went with Parseltongue. And while her creation of Quidditch was indeed impressive, her greatest accomplishment is getting millions of children like myself and others into reading and writing.

[@LittleJimmie1999]

@@Monkonmunky i can't believe you are ridiculous enough to seriously argue about a fictional children's book. I read a little bit of your posts but I literally don't have time to read all of it and don't care. It's not that serious. Jesus! Rowling is a genius. Bye.

[@coolboyfire5279]

@@LittleJimmie1999Bah! Humbug!

[@roydmmkw1692]

Jk Rowling planned the entire story of Harry Potter 5:44. The Star Wars sequel trilogy - Make things up as they go along, and no point in it to exist.

[@indedgames4359]

The fantastic päbeast plot Was also largly already writen when she wrote the books

[@Sarah_unicorn_33]

I am a huge fan of the Harry Potter series I haven’t read the books but I’ve listened to it audio and it is fantastic J.K. Rowling you were such a inspiration and I am so inspired by your writing

[@Daniel-Davies-Gonstead-Student]

Nowadays I basically only listen to books as audiobooks (and have re-listened to Harry Potter as an audiobook multiple times) but honestly, I highly recommend reading the physical Harry Potter books. I may be biased because I first read Harry Potter as physical books but it's an entirely different experience actually reading, or as one kid in this video said "watching", the words flow from the pages into your imagination!

[@estherhinds6314]

​@@Daniel-Davies-Gonstead-StudentI agree. Reading them is such a wonderful experience. There's something so special about holding a fantastic story in your hands

[@generichuman2044]

I love how she always sticks up for her younger readers and talks about how they're underestimated. I wasn't much of a reader as a child but I'd fly through Harry Potter books. Children are not completely incapable. I have a 15 year old family member who is always reading something different. Some of the books are easily 700-800 pages long. Make something as engaging as Rowling did and kids will read

[@MrParkerman6]

I have been reading novels since I am two years old.

[@bryllejustinreforma9878]

She's a talented beautiful writer. I love her. Take it one day at a time.

[@inyourgenes]

Funny how the agent says (excitedly) we are about to sell 9 million books.......she has (2021) sold 400 million and then at 12:55 she might make £100milllion (as of 2021 she is worth $1 billion). Even in 1999 they still underestimated how big JK Rowling was to become!

[@ddwalker3744]

Im glad shes not afraid 2 stand up for whats right

[@5MadMovieMakers]

The margarine tie-in could have totally worked. "I can't believe it's not Potter!"

[@shakeemwinn3647]

She is an incredible artist

[@catherinerobilliard7662]

I enjoyed the brief interview with J K Rowling by Stephen Fry last week, talking about fantastic beasts. J K Rowling was radiant and easily on an intellectual par with Stephen.

[@thewaythetruththelif]

This one? Or another? kzbin.info/www/bejne/fnrGgqWLjdyrhZI

[@DDMCPHEE]

She really is a fantastic example of following a creative need and seeing it through

[@TheCarlScharnberg]

I love this. She's a very impressive woman.

[@kaechan9590]

She's marvelous.

[@redluv123]

The fact that she chose to go by “J.K.” and not Joanne so to dodge sexism by concealing her identity as a woman makes me feel so many emotions. I’m sad because it’s true. I’m also impressed by her because instead of feeling defeatist, she got strategic. And it worked. But in the paraphrased words of Professor McGonagall in HBP, Rowling’s actions were “heroic, but why were they necessary?”

[@staralioflundnv]

J.K.RowIing truIy exempIifies how many of us reaI, true women have had to survive the seemingIy endIess years of "sexism" and discrimination. Now women are being attacked on whoIe new IeveIs by men appropriating our femininity and womanhood.

[@benhallo1553]

Because the publishers didn’t think young boys would choose a book written by a woman. I don’t think it’s as deep as ‘sexism’ in the way that word usually hits

[@treytilley333]

@@benhallo1553that’s exactly right. When I was a little boy 😅I would always search for male authors because school had a lot of women author’s… as silly as that is that’s just how kids think.

[@InterstellarDreams]

@@benhallo1553 That is literally the textbook definition of sexism! Seriously. What's up with so many people, and especially men, being so invested in denying that sexism is real? Is it perhaps because you benefit from it? I'm not saying you're a bad person, plus we all have unconscious biases, and have been shaped and socialized by the culture that we live in. But I do hope you'll give it some thought, at least. If you ever read this comment. (Written by a woman, so maybe you won't. :P) Anyway.. I was always open to reading both female AND male authors, as a child! As were all the other girls in my class! Funny how that works. While boys seemingly try to avoid female authors. It is indeed sexism, and it makes women's lives harder. Ever considered why male authors so often get FAR more recognition and fame than their equally skilled, or perhaps even MORE skilled, female counterparts..? This is why. (Although JKR is one notable exception, thank heavens.

[@benhallo1553]

@@InterstellarDreams my girlfriend definitely reads more books by women than men. I think each sex write about what they find interesting. Generally then, boys tend to like books by make authors because they are about topics boys find interesting (war, heroes, technology ect)

[@LuxVi7]

I will always admire JK Rowling, she’s self made, talented and brought millions of kids into reading! The way she’s being treated these days is disgusting.

[@ThatCoalSoul]

Yes yes, the way Hitler treated the Jewish was not at all problematic.

[@_Professor_Oak]

@@ThatCoalSoul that comparison shows how ignorant you really are, stop embarrassing yourself.

[@JoanneRowling.official]

Hi.. Greetings dear Glad to hear from you. I appreciate your love, care and support Where are you watching from?

[@jesipohl6717]

Hi Mr Galbraith, do you sell more books under that name? What a misogynistic decision to make, you must really undervalue other women, no? What's it like living in hypocrisy?

[@Overseer2579]

Nah, she’s getting exactly what she deserves. And she’s the only one at fault for it

[@eskilate7223]

5:20 so awkward how the interviewer keeps tryna grab the papers off JK

[@zackmckenzie3582]

Didn’t notice that at first

[@lukeshoo]

She is my favorite human being.

[@JoanneRowling.official]

Hi.. Greetings dear Glad to hear from you. I appreciate your love, care and support Where are you watching from?

[@lukeshoo]

@@JoanneRowling.official my pc

[@blindboygrunt7711]

9:02 what a well spoken and sharp kid

[@rainbow1851]

A legend ❤️

[@akayrk]

6:21 beauty and magic of serendipity!!!!!!!!!!!

[@stephenmurphy2212]

I want a J.K Rowling biopic!

[@tahsintabassums]

There's one "magic beyond words: the JK Rowling story"

[@lindazhang8004]

@@tahsintabassums YES !!

[@Batnano]

lol there's already one and it's really bad

[@DanTheMan33088]

She doesn't deserve all the crap and hate she's getting now. She said NOTHING wrong

[@LorraineHatrix]

I agree with her entirely, Just as thousands of others do. I can't believe how the press is doing it's best to bring her down. I will not be told what to believe in nor think. We are free and that is the way it should be for us all.

[@Paradox-dy3ve]

Glad to see another sane person 🙏

[@mathiaslibby6445]

thank God people like you and a lot of the other commenters exist cause recently i feel like it's hard to even mention her without being scandalized in some way IMO she is an amazing writer who deserves a lot more respect than she's getting right now

[@Chief]

Agree with all these comments, JK has done so much for me, as a writer, as a fan, and I will always support her

[@cerambyx-8]

​@@LorraineHatrix The press and social media used cancel culture to destroy her reputation and even removed her from the legacy of the series she wrote. She actually empathised with trans people in her tweets, but took issue with the term people who menstruate and the implications of such terminology. Rowling was a victim of domestic abuse so has a vested interest in the welfare of vulnerable women particularly as a philanthropist. The majority of people agree with JK on this.

[@ElizabethHowardBunnyBaby86]

Not the fact that we take notes the same way. My room is 10% space that I live in and 90% boxes where I keep notes of all the stories I've tried to write. 😅 Goodness, I love her so much. 🥰

[@jlrob85]

Surreal to think I was the same age as those school kids when this aired in 1999. I’m 37 and paying my taxes now

[@waftsofpetrichor]

“Potions Professor McGonagall” Snape: What am I to you? First Defense against the dark arts, now this?

[@Silversorcerer]

What's even worse is the same journalist then goes onto read the passage about McGonagall OBVIOUSLY teaching Transfiguration!

[@Tommyttm]

JK Rowling happy 😊 you made it successfully ♥️your a good inspiration to make me wanna write!

[@lindazhang8004]

Yes keep going !

[@Angel-oj4zs]

I was little when the I first hear about the movies coming out. My brother who is 2 years older came into the room screaming "wait is that harry potter?? omg its harry potter" while pointing at the tv. I was born an raised in Puerto Rico, the books were an ENOURMOUS success!!!!!!!!

[@JackTavern629]

I don't think any author has accomplished as much as she has with books and movies.

[@justayoutuber1906]

Dr Seuss?

[@JackTavern629]

@@justayoutuber1906 wow!!!! Ding ding ding. Never thought of that. That's one of the best examples I've heard to date

[@Albatros-q8u]

I love you J.K.Rowling. Thank you so much for all you do and I can't imagine my life without you as an author and all the universes you've created.

[@104ist]

5:50 that shows the timeline of Goblet of Fire, which wasn't published till July of the next year!

[@mrs.847]

Lucky lady to get so much help and support from family and friends!

[@mzbxbooyah1326]

Jk Rowling saved my life as a child

[@bush-b5330]

How did she do that?

[@nathanpilgrim-howe3238]

@@bush-b5330 Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. 😂😂😂

[@helenw5135]

Mine too ❤️

[@videogamecin]

​@@bush-b5330 by giving them a mental refuge through art and storytelling and a group of fictional characters to relate to

[@emmaphilo4049]

That's what good art does! She helped so many.

[@duderRechthat]

How she could focus on writing this story in a busy cafe i will never understand

[@Dzanarika1]

Do not believe everything people say.

[@slsthewriter1299]

1:33 I mean yeah, lotta whacky names, but Hermione was a legit name before. xD Rare, but not a name Rowling conjured up.

[@futurez12]

Honestly, I was like, "wait, that's just a name, isn't it?" I can only guess it's not used in the US.

[@slsthewriter1299]

@@futurez12 No, it's definitely not an American name. From what I remember, it is very, very British. Lol

[@marsyaasya9208]

More full videos please, 60 mins!!

[@virginiabotha3545]

So thrilled for JK Rowling's awesome success.❤❤❤

[@brenthelton]

Harry Potter will go down in history as the best fictional books ever written. Well done J.K. Rowling! My favorite!

[@JoanneRowling.official]

Hi.. Greetings dear Glad to hear from you. I appreciate your love, care and support Where are you watching from?

[@lilchaos4792]

What an inspiration and legend.

[@JoanneRowling.official]

Hi.. Greetings dear Glad to hear from you. I appreciate your love, care and support Where are you watching from?

[@llehsir]

“She could make 100Million” try 1 Billion 😂

[@virginiabotha3545]

To think that she took the Harry Potter manuscript to Penguin Publishers and they turned her down! They must be kicking themselves EVERY SINGLE DAY!😂😂😂😂

[@emmaphilo4049]

I am trying to write these days. It's not easy. JK Rowling's life story sounds like a fairytale powered by imagination, coffee and rigourous work. I pray I can achieve something. It's one of my biggest dream.

[@newworldastrology1102]

Jill Murphy created The Worst Witch series that had unmistakeable parallels to the Potter series but Rowling never mentioned her as a source of inspiration but it had to be an influence if you research the similarities.

[@Sinoochka]

I had read the second book 27 times before highschool :D We were all addicted to it.

[@jojomojo6569]

My mum was smart, they came out in English before they were released in my native language so she got them for me in English. I read them several times at a very young age 🙂

[@Carpenterdane]

She so got kids to reading and loving it!

[@GFCpresentations]

Mad respect!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@JoanneRowling.official]

Hi.. Greetings dear Glad to hear from you. I appreciate your love, care and support Where are you watching from?

[@jomoturay9633]

She went so far

[@ashleyr7221]

Being Scottish and hearing it pronounced ‘Edinborough’ hurts me deep inside.

[@greyLeicester]

How do you think I feel when you English speakers pronounce words like Jalapeño, chorizo and paella... 🤣🤣🤣

[@user-gq1sh4kf4w]

@@greyLeicester I think Ashley is Scottish.

[@Silversorcerer]

how is it supposed to be said?

[@thomascrowley9122]

Next year will be ten years since the last movie came out, hard to believe

[@lindazhang8004]

u meant this year right ? haha

[@thomascrowley9122]

@@lindazhang8004 Nope this was from a year ago

[@kellysouter4381]

Sad, I wish there were more.

[@catgirl7765]

Happy Birthday, J.K Rowling!

[@kevinfrazier1271]

100 million dollars lmaoooo she got a billion now

[@wilderenss24]

"sorry Warner" at the end..:D so adorable

[@shugorchoudhury5376]

Joanne is responsible for the younger end of my generation picking up books (outside of a school environment) and reading them. This kind of cultural change cannot be understated and I’m so in awe of her unwavering grit and perseverance ❤️👏🏽

[@e.k.8835]

5:13 wow…… that is so wrong, what the interviewer was doing right there

[@veronicanovela7816]

Big fan of J.K. Rowling.

[@ОльгаБуравко-з4к]

I Love J. K. Rowling and Harry Potter))!!!!!

[@futurez12]

The more I watch JK Rowling, the more I think she might be on the spectrum. Something about her manner, and her obsessiveness; the way she shows and tells, and her little giggles after saying something quite ordinary. I'm not in any way saying it's a bad thing, it's just an observation.

[@THEORDEROFSTARS]

That might actually be true. A lot of women are on the spectrum but can hide it well from an early age. And so I can also tell perhaps aspergers. She is a genius.

[@indedgames4359]

@@THEORDEROFSTARS or she is just very smart

[@moreissuesthanvogue1]

first time i've seen someone mention it but I instantly thought the same.

[@tuma0000]

Wow❤

[@kidnplay3978]

The way she describes her book to Leslie. But I guess it's necessary when you're doing a big interview like this. But I hate when people ask me what my book is about and I hate describing my book - mostly cause I suck at it. At a point where I just tell them the genre and give them my website so they can find out for themselves.

[@5MadMovieMakers]

Books are meant to be read!

[@catgirl7765]

Happy Birthday, J.K Rowling! I know its late, but I have just ben behind-it has been a big and complicated year for me so far but I am still reading Harry Potter-and thinking of you-and I would love to have you as a pen pal! You are my favorite author in the world!

[@spacedoge6540]

The way she says Edinburgh 😂

[@levimacdonald5188]

Jk Rowling Is brilliant 📚📖✔💯❤.. And how beautiful is she

[@Kb0montty2]

It's wild in retrospective. Tolkein sought out to make a mythology for England and ended up making something entirely original. Then there is a J.K. Rowling who made something entirely original. Yet somehow, created a real, palpable, mythology for England.

[@VarghesEo-g6u]

Gorgeous lady J K

[@_Singularity_]

5:51 Is there a legible picture of this outline somewhere?

[@Vityk.4W]

#JoanneRowlingComeBack

[@Frey_2026]

5:55 "Compulsively organized" These guys have no idea of what it takes to write a cohesive novel.

[@JoanneRowling.official]

Hi.. Greetings dear Glad to hear from you. I appreciate your love, care and support Where are you watching from?

[@melissajohnson9254]

I can tell she wasn’t in a good place. You can tell depression is getting too much for her. I’m not sure she’s drinking drinking or on drugs but she is Slurring in her words. I’m happy the pressure is off her shoulders now.

[@tnndll4294]

I'm glad too. But lately the pressure is coming from the far-left who have been trying to cancel and boycott her products.

[@freemagicfun]

I knew her hair color changed, but I did not realize she got rid of so many freckles (or just wears lot more makeup?). 😎

[@tsilva2183]

I swear in parts of this it's Anne Rice talking/narrarating about J.K.

[@ivoneray1472]

OVer 20 years! wow! Is it me or she looked older back than than she does today? lol!

[@theotron84]

Money=youth 😆

[@КатяХименко]

I gueess it is not about surgery mostly.She had depression and no money even to care a good care of skin ,hairs etc.and it made a big print on her personality. It is ok now she feels much better and can care and love her body ,organism.but the main thing i m sure it is her emotional condition and outside world's Relationships.

[@ivoneray1472]

@@КатяХименко well put!

[@flugsven]

I say a mix of surgery and happiness! Her eyes are larger.

[@kejiri3593]

being under heavy pressure does more to you. She is probably happy now with what she achieved.

[@Miadabratt7]

Professor McGonagall does not teach potions!!! She teaches Transfiguration!

[@virginiabotha3545]

Can you believe that she started writing Harry Potter 10 years ago?❤❤❤

[@willcarr2436]

Wow the book must have scored high in back alley playgrounds!!

[@jean-pierremartinez1234]

❤️❤️❤️

[@CatherineKarena]

Today the Harry Potter range of books is STILL on the children's best sellers list in June 2020

[@Vmtdj6848]

mcgonagall aint the potions professor. I know its a old clip

[@theycallmejodamo]

Ah, yes. My favorite character. McGonagall, the potions professor.

[@antonypost19]

Anyone else notice how the over voice said "potions professor McGonagall"

[@henribg1]

J.K.Rowling i send you only the best! The rest you can imagine :) I love you my hero, my mom also loved your books :)

[@superinnovated]

+++Hello shes amazing whats the name of the book shes holding 1:45

[@winmine0327]

I like how they say "Hermione" is a silly made-up name.

[@OppositeOfNinja]

Pls recommend Cecilia Dart-Thornton's Bitterbynde series