Into The Arena Of... Acting | BBC Archive

[@TheKievKen]

Fascinating little snippet. Some great quotes here.

[@Belloqs]

Orson Welles was so mischievous. That laugh at the end..

[@Jonathan-x7q]

simply wonderful

[@FlavourFool]

Love Arena.

[@NoosaHeads]

For aspects that can't be mathematically described, there is no such thing as "reality." You can say a man has two legs etc, but after that, it's all subjective. Jack Nicholson alluded to different realities. I may assess something as unambiguous and obvious. Someone else will view that same situation differently. We see this in all aspects of life; Food, acting, art, politics, beauty and skillsets. Actors portray their perceived reality and the audience either likes it or not. I thought these interviews were superb, enlightening and very thought provoking. I thank you most sincerely for presenting this set of interviews.

[@doannhat808]

That's a very modern menswear shirt Arnold is wearing

[@vinceely2906]

Where’s Steven Toast?

[@nocturnalstar1427]

Whatever happened to the arrogant chap with the muscles?

[@davidkmatthews]

Dunno where he went but his parting shot was "I'll be back!" ;-)

[@Feoktist.Ivanovich]

Interesting, young Schwarzenegger did not speak with such a heavy German accent as he did in the films.

[@djtomoy]

Subtitles were to fast on that guy speaking not English, I couldn’t read them.

[@NoosaHeads]

You mean The American Venus and The Canary Murder case? Is that really her? I thought of Joan Collins and Louise Brooks as true kindred spirits. Imagine what it must have been like to be a famous young Hollywood actor in the 1920s. I better get back to building that time machine.

[@Studeb]

Wonder what Shelley Duvall would say now, I doubt that that movie alone turned her into what she is today, but it didn't help either.

[@Bryan8329]

Shes working again

[@johnbarrert3732]

So pretentious it's hilarious

[@NoosaHeads]

I respectfully disagree. Most of those actors were honest, insightful, surprisingly humble, and introspective.