John Malkovich on politics, COVID, and Zelensky's acting background

Today’s "After Tomorrow" interview is with actor, director and producer John Malkovich. We talked about politics, the experience of playing villains, Ukrainian President’s Volodymyr Zelensky acting background, and the COVID-19 pandemic.
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00:00 John Malkovich, American actor, director and producer, Emmy Award winner, Oscar and Golden Globe nominee. Right now, John Malkovich is playing in "The Loneliness of Cotton Countryside" staged by Timofey Kulyabin in Riga, along with actress Ingeborga Dapkunaite.
01:21 Did the war affect the attitude towards the performance and the play?
02:20 Why did John Malkovich receiv the award of Ukrainian Order of merit, the show on the Maidan Square with conductor Riccardo Muti based on Aaron Copland’s piece about Abraham Lincoln.
03:30 What is happening now in Ukraine is a tragedy. “ I come from a country that gives us a war just about every year”.
04:15 Why John Malkovich considers himself not political
05:17 Can the acting skills of President Zelensky help during the war
07:07 Roles of villains like Harvey Weinstein. Would John Malkovich play Vladimir Putin or Stalin?
00:11 Russians are either villains, or gangsters, or oligarchs. The role in the “Billions” drama series
12:51 “Russian culture is made up of many things. And most of them don’t particularly have a lot to do with the political leadership at this point in time.”
14:28 “History is the sum total of all the things they’re not telling us”
15:57 “Burn after reading”: the world is ruled mostly by chaos, and a lot of stupidity and greed. And a lot of incompetence.
18:18 Will the ongoing war change art and cinema? The West is too self-contained.
19:24 How the media work so that something else can replace COVID.
22:25 The pranksters called George Bush the other day, and he said, “we weren’t going to ask the Ukraine to be NATO, but things changed”
23:12 What becomes history: what happened at Katyn Forest.
24:20 The quality of information as a big problem for today's world is a consequence of social networks
25:12 How eight people next to Stalin disappeared from the photo
27:12 Can people's values ​​change? Values ​​are influenced by jokes: humor helps us deal with tragedy
30:45 Should theater be bold and provocative? Should artists provoke and should they offend some part of the audience? How a play about the meeting between Freud and Dali can be both an investigation of sexual abuse and a trigger for people.
33:32 Theater is something that should upset you rather.
35:14 Project with Robert Rodriguez: a film that will be released in a hundred years

[@evilsister]

Спасибо, что выкладываете оригинальные версии интервью!

[@calokraine5901]

22:26 His reaction LOL

[@owjanshahmiri7038]

There is such beautiful carelessness in his voice that I always loved about John Malkovich.

[@StephenGrew]

I like Monsieur Malkovich.... he's a real person.

[@EvacuationRoute101]

"jokes help to minimize the tragedy of the situation" - rephrased, but perfectly said.

[@lianaaxx]

John Malkovich is great! He answered provocative questions very wisely and philosophically. Michael seems to be disappointed

[@calokraine5901]

🌈misha wanted to hear and record for his lefty audience a totally different narrative -100%

[@Gerlad970]

I didnt like the iпterviewer as he was only interested in himself, and he was allowed to be seen more than John M

[@stevencoardvenice]

The interviewer is a typical brainwashed 21st century European, who grew up without a 1st amendment, and without the capacity to originate any thoughts or opinions of his own. A paradigmatic "NPC." Tragic. His intellect is dwarfed by Malkovich's to such a degree that you have to feel sorry for him.

[@brycewilson5886]

@@calokraine5901 Correct! He really wanted different answers out of John and seemed disappointed that he didn't get Lefty Woke talking points regurgitated back to him.

[@alenkadvorsak4674]

At certain parts of the interview, the interviewer doesn't follow what Malkovich is saying....because - yes what is the truth?! Unfortunately, the truth is in the perception and more dangerous - in the hands of the power. Incredible mind and a wisdom, Mr. Malkovich.

[@nathaliet197]

Always been a big fan of Mr. Malkovich work....and just as in this interview his presence is transcending...great interview ...Thank you 😌🙏

[@unik428]

Нужна полная цитата в заголовке - миром правят хаос, жадность и некомпетентность. В точку

[@user-xy2ou6hz5v]

Не нужна) Жадность и некомпетентность - отрицательные понятия)

[@sgtpprrus]

The only way for real democracy is non-stop hard work of society. It's looks hard, sometimes silly but no other way, democracy always degrade if it's taken for granted. I mean, you don't have to say I don't believe to politicians, you just let them to corrupt, make them to be believed

[@studiodevis]

True ! Of course, nobody is perfect and the power corrupts.

[@cattyds3090]

Great interview with one of my favorite actors! Thank you

[@Alisa-utube]

Not only smart, but an educated person.

[@ascensiondoorway]

Wonderful to see that John is canny enough to see through big lies & is willing to call them out - an inspiring actor & an inspiring person as well 😀💖

[@perun814]

dostoyewski told you this 200 years ago

[@Muydeandarporcasa]

Great interview. I agree an many things mister malkovich said. Wise gentleman wonderfull actor.

[@polinac8774]

Thank you for posting your interview on English too 🙏🇺🇦🙏

[@mayaromanchuk4538]

Great interview. Malkovich is deep, wise, great mind. "Journalism is the draft of history and will wait for the tenth draft" 👏 Watched the premier in Riga and could not stop admiring both Malkovich and Dapkunaite.

[@eugenehalak]

Thank you, Mikhail!

[@thomasthimble1909]

I love how John Malkovich is so honest and sincere in this interview. I have always acknowledged him as a brilliant Actor. But I’ve never seen this side of him before. keep on, keeping on John.

[@stevencoardvenice]

I had no idea how intelligent this guy actually was. Far more than I even imagined.

[@john.premose]

People who pretend to not care about politics, and then proceed to pontificate on it for 30 minutes, are tiresome. He sounds like a crypto right winger.

[@stevencoardvenice]

@@john.premose Lol. How old are u? He doesn't participate anymore. He's a smart guy. So he can still observe Nothing right wing about him. And his commentary was clever and insightful. You're a crypto partisan hack maybe?

[@john.premose]

@@stevencoardvenice why is “how old are you” an opener? What the has that got to do with anything?

[@john.premose]

@@stevencoardvenice talk about a hack. Starting out with “how old are you” as some kind of discrediting tactic, or an attempt at one

[@MeridiusMaximus]

Magnificent interview. Thank you!

[@ellenvalli5892]

Brilliant

[@thedodobirdisextinct]

Sapolsky AND then I see Malkovich as well....Yes I subscribe to your channel now. good work on both interviews. You have a knack for this stuff.

[@missjammehvishishdoll5907]

🤓🤳 I've hugged John Malkovich before in real life! 💜

[@embodie_breaks7089]

One of the only actors I truly respect

[@romanvaizert]

It is interesting

[@adrianjohnson7920]

Looking back, I can see what genius it was to cast Malkovich, an intellectual philosophically interested in geopolitics, as master politician / pragmatic statesman Prince Talleyrand in that brilliant mini-series "Napoleon" .

[@dariakuznetsova6743]

"we don't know anything"...

[@john.premose]

But yet he still pontificates about it for an hour.

[@svetlanav607]

Malkovich is great!

[@jamesrclandi]

I had no idea he was so awesome! He seems to be well aware that all the media hypes are BS

[@maramukhina9578]

Pls, tell me what “BS” mean

[@axxeny]

@@maramukhina9578 BS means bullshit

[@orsolyanemeth2790]

@@maramukhina9578 bullshit

[@sallybags9090]

@@maramukhina9578 It means Bullshit.

[@thomasthimble1909]

@@maramukhina9578 BS = Bull Shit

[@cameronidk2]

Holy Shit ... under 9000 views in 4 months.... So the first time i watched this channel was yesterday. Iy was the interview with Robert Sapolsky. I have huge Respect for What Sapolksy has done both as a researcher and professor. I've literally watched about a dozen of his ""Stanford" lectures and i'm certainly smart for it. He has always shown his left leaning bias's. That being said he never seemed to let it dictate his science or scholarship. but in the interview he talks ABOUT STUDY'S BUT DOESN'T CITE A SINGE ONE. That's a real problem. there is a reproduction problem in science. Many of these peer reviewed white papers that have been published are shit. upto 50 percent of them are shit. Do i trust his science, absolutely. Do I trust the science he says other people have issued not at all.. Now From just the intro i think i'm really going to love this interview .. I don't give a fuck what actor think... I love their art.. not their scholarship.. But hey nothing like having respect for the actor and the mind of the actor .. I doubt John Malkovich cares what people think about his opinion's .. maybe about his art.. we will see ..as a fan i'm still interested in his thoughts

[@eltesgunesi]

The world is ruled by stupidity, chaos, and incompetence said the sexiest man alive.

[@SeanLTobin-qr8bm]

Actors can, of course, contribute. John Paul II had been an actor and it certainly showed during his many public appearances. Mr. Zelensky is, of course, an actor who was forced to play an exceptional role as the war leader of Ukraine.

[@TheHeesom]

@@leoa1893I know right…oh well perception can be deceptive.

[@Pete-hm5gw]

Excellent interview. Honest and open, like most great artists are. Though it must be nice to have the luxury of not believing in politics.

[@machoboyrandyandsavage3439]

You talk as though your forced into believing in politics?

[@luke2470]

John is awake. Love the guy. He is correct

[@stevencoardvenice]

This dude is a beast

[@frieda3569]

Loved “ J M As the pope, making the very small remark about Meghan,s dress problems

[@YA-fc6pc]

great actor and person!

[@redskyatnight123]

I like john malkovich

[@raleighsmalls4653]

True West !

[@nataliaulanova587]

Great guest! Thank you for the interview!

[@user-cj1xe6lm7r]

just keep wondering... would Mikhail Zygar ever interviewed John Malkovich if it were not for war in Ukrane? well, glad it actually happened, like/subscribe)

[@icp9405]

Best actors and hottest too

[@pico2260]

"I don't know" is a typical John Malkovich phrase that he always repeats in an interview; he knows but he doesn't care about asserting his knowledge.

[@calokraine5901]

19:58 Key moment of the interview and It really penetrated almost crushed 🏳‍🌈misha deep inside IMHO

[@blakbeerd12]

love him but he is wacked out, weaves in and out of different accents, i know he speaks french but seems like he cant decide what to make his voice sound like, sounds completely normal at times then sounds like the interviewer as well

[@gailalbers1430]

did John have a stroke ?

[@zeitgeist5134]

A very interesting man. Can't help but find him engaging. It appears, however, that his position in life as a much-revered actor of the edgy-arty sort has insulated him from the fearful, dire political straits that we are in. He has an Olympian detachment, conveniently taking his ease in Olympian cloud-cuckoo-land. From the comments, it appears that many dare not apply critical thinking to what he says, lest they appear uncool.

[@Growzy101]

Never been like full fanboy, to anyone. But older i age ,could be interesting have a chat with Malkovich. Like his Con Air-R.E.D between style. But not for that, guy is smart. That's why.

[@cameronidk2]

Half way through ... Man i just dig John a whole butch more... to have a beer with the man would be a honor

[@angusp5178]

Blimey, Malcovich comes across as utterly morally vacuous and as low on insight as he is high in self-regard... ...which surprises me, but I guess I too was taken in by the PR...

[@john.premose]

He uses the terms 'woke', 'trigger', talks about covid conspiratorially, talks disproportionately about Stalin. I mean, he claims to not care about politics but he's got a lot of right wing takes for someone who doesn't care, apparently.

[@zztopz7090]

What an awkward interview, not for John's fault.

[@vanbraxton8422]

This was a very stiff interview, the host is an Amateur

[@a.meykov6081]

Did not know that Malkovich is such a conspiracy theorist... I am quite shocked - also about his ignorance towards the war against Ukraine.

[@ashamer7776]

I dont see him ignorant towards the war. He is pretty aware of it.

[@vikingstorm32]

Call it Conspiracy Realist, because 99% of conspiracy theorists end up coming true. It's just that people dont read the governments articals and plans. The government puts their plans into plain view. 10, 20, 30, years before it happens sometimes.

[@machoboyrandyandsavage3439]

I don’t think he shared any conspiracy theories here. More logical explanations for the craziness among us I feel.

[@stevencoardvenice]

He's smarter than you. And more informed. Go back to the kids table. Watch your TV. Adults are talking

[@sashaz7693]

Was painful to watch the host speaking English…

[@ongvalcot6873]

Egocentric narcissist and nihilist. Not very smart. He should stick to reciting texts smarter people wrote.

[@ashamer7776]

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[@calokraine5901]

I agree misha is a pathetic interviewer 4 sure.. cannot handle the truth

[@gabrielchircu422]

Says who?

[@stevencoardvenice]

​@leoa1893neocons are insufferable

[@stevencoardvenice]

He's actually quite intelligent. For an actor, he is completely off the charts as far as his intellect goes. If you were yourself an intelligent person, you would easily recognize this. And there's nothing narcissistic about anything he says here. Maybe you don't even know what the word means lol.