John Schlesinger Talks About Laurence Olivier & Dustin Hoffman

[@hellenicsouliote2700]

Mr. Schlesinger thank you for Marathon Man !!!

[@MontecristotoValjean]

Masterpiece

[@jubalcalif9100]

Indubitably !!

[@DJ-bj8ku]

@@MontecristotoValjeanIt’s a confusing movie.

[@johndeagle4389]

Wuthering Heights: Sir Laurence Olivier admitted his first takes were full of overacting and "extravagant gestures". Director William Wyler stopped him: "Do you think you're at the Opera House in Manchester?" Olivier answered with all of his disdain for movies: "I suppose this anemic little medium can't take great acting." He was humbled when the entire cast and crew, including Wyler, burst out laughing.

[@bull419]

Lawrence Oliver "Dustin you don't have to stay up for three days to look tired you just have to act like you've been up for three days." hahaha.

[@jdsantibanez]

I have read both "Marathon Man" and it's sequel "Brothers." Excellent novels. Also William Goldman's "Control" and "Heat." He was an excellent writer. One of my favorites.

[@lynnturman8157]

Love William Goldman. He's written several of my favorite movies. And I've read his non-fiction books on screenwriting. But I've never read any of his novels.

[@michelez715]

Why does Rose interrupt Schlesinger just as he was about to tell a story, just so Rose can ask about an anecdote about Hoffman, which on his own admission, has been told many times before. We might have learnt something new, but Rose has to shove his oar in. One of the worst interviewers, imo. Their job shd be to ask a question that unlocks the guest's particular opinions, insights , stories or whatever, and then just sit back, shut up, and let his guest speak. Some of these hosts have the biggest egos going, and actually believe the show is about them, and not about their distinguished guests.

[@brettbarber5630]

This is a wonderful criticism of Rose and entirely accurate. I can't tell you how many times I longed for more from one of his guests, but he kept getting in the way.

[@carolejander]

Thankyou for voicing this Rose is a terrible interviewer interrupting his guests continually

[@cmoran9103]

He always repeats what people say in a more pompous and idiotic way.

[@jimlechuga3193]

Charlie Rose was too busy thinking about how he’s going to take a female intern home for then walk all around his house in an open robe. Worst interviewer ever.

[@SpicyTexan64]

Inept and oblivious. Cavett and Carson, on the other hand, asked just enough to bring out the most from their guests.

[@DiarmuidJason01]

The late John Schlesinger (RIP).

[@ianbauer4703]

fantastic director of Marathon Man and Midnight Cowboy.

[@Smudgeroon74]

​@@ianbauer4703 have you seen Pacific Heights?

[@haineshisway]

I hate interviewers who interrupts someone in mid-story.

[@darinsingleton3553]

Then you may want to avoid any of Rose's other interviews - because that's all he does without fail. He was never half as charming or insightful as he obviously thought he was.

[@gandhiangles3213]

Great movie.

[@tothelighthouse9843]

By the time Charlie Rose interrupts Schlesinger for the FOURTH time in only 2 minutes, I stopped watching. I don't know how Rose got the reputation of being a good interviewer.

[@JordanLage]

Rose ALWAYS did that. Annoying as hell. But at least he had great guests.

[@troygaspard6732]

Funny , I am reading Laura Dern & Diane Ladd's book. And it explores if acting is the best medicine for an aging thespian.

[@jubalcalif9100]

I highly recommend that book too! A wonderful read!

[@jdsantibanez]

@@troygaspard6732 What book is that?

[@eileenhetherington3704]

Charlie Rose has a terrible habit of interrupting guests. Terrible host. I would love to have heard Schlesinger share his stories.

[@irish66]

Interesting. So If Schlesinger is correct, Olivier didn't direct the acting query to Hoffman, but to the director.

[@farrellmcnulty909]

I've always wanted to see Marathon Man, but too scared - I hate dentists.

[@jubalcalif9100]

The problem with dentists is that they're always "down in the mouth". I have a lawyer friend who had to go in for an extraction. He asked his dentist, "Do you promise to pull the tooth, the whole tooth & nothing but the tooth?" 😆

[@sedekiman824]

For me the greatest protrayal of a charcter was Olivier's Richard 111. A truly mezmerising portrayal.

[@sleepswithnopillow8413]

did Hoffman improvise him sparking a smoke off a taxi, in Midnight Cowboy

[@HomeAtLast501]

Olivier's American accent was FLAWLESS in "Marathon Man".

[@marknewbold2583]

He didn't play an American

[@ianbauer4703]

He was a Nazi German in Marathon Man

[@truthof7382]

German accent.

[@jubalcalif9100]

American accent? He was playing a Nazi war criminal. It would have been a German accent. He used the same accent in "The Boys from Brazil".

[@user-ht8pn6dv9j]

I'd say it's an 'Allo 'Allo-esquely sounding American-influenced German accent there in 'Marathon Man' and 'The Boys from Brazil' - I'd seriously doubt when a native German speaker claims he/she studied English by mimicking the lines of Hugh Dowding ('Battle of Britain') or Andrew Wyke ('Sleuth') with the result like that.

[@user-rz6bc2cl3c]

Charlie's concept of 'interviewing' was having a conversation. And. yes, I do miss him and his 'conversation's'.

[@user-rz6bc2cl3c]

Some people's criticism of Mr. Rose's concept of 'interviewing' was not the traditional question-answer, question and answer, format. They were annoyed as Rose entered into conversation with his guest, all the while extracting the needed information require d. To Charlie a great 'interview' was always a splendid conversation! Thank you Mr. Rose, since you left PBS & CBS, we have be starving for decent 'conversations'.

[@eddiemcgrath8536]

all these years ive seen his films and had no idea Schlesinger was English.

[@barryobee1544]

Canarsie Rose was a great interviewer. I miss seeing him on tv!

[@LannieLord]

I did not know he was so attractive ! (I like older men)

[@zuckerinternational7087]

Not a great film, but, like many pre-special effects 70’s films, featured iconic scenes. Good acting for the most part.

[@garymazeffa1442]

Always interrupting. RIP

[@Reaper1947]

Oliver IMO was a very good actor but the GREATEST EVER again IMO is a stretch. That said, I think he got better in his later years in parts like Marathon Man, The Betsy and The Boys From Brazil. Personally, I think it would be better to discuss best performances by an actor than the best actor. TheReaper!

[@johndeagle4389]

Anthony Hopkins has both of them beat.

[@johndeagle4389]

@@yahopostinguy429 Have you ever seen Olivier on stage?

[@johndeagle4389]

@@yahopostinguy429 You are saying that theater was his strong point yet you have never seen him act on stage.

[@johndeagle4389]

@@yahopostinguy429 You said that film was not his strong point. You are comparing his film acting to his stage acting yet you have only seen him on film. He was nominated 9 times for Best Actor and once for best supporting actor. Are you sure that theater was his strong point?

[@johndeagle4389]

@@yahopostinguy429 How in the hell do you know that Olivier was better on stage than on film? You don't know.

[@juanaltredo2974]

Olivier was by all accounts one of the greatest theater actors, but I don't think he understood the camera and its unique attraction. Orson welles always said there were theater and film actors, and how a russian actor, I think was Feodor Chalyapin, was the biggest and greatest, yet he didn't project the same power on films. The camera is a strange animal, possibly a female animal that you have to win, and perhaps you're born with that or you aren't. Pick james cagney for instance, you can't take away your eyes from him, the camera adores him, was he the greatest actor in the world? no, he wasn't. having said that, olivier was terrifying in marathon man, one of the scariest characters in movies, is it safe?

[@josephromance3908]

Interesting clip. Once again I am reminded just how infuriating an interviewer Rose is. Just as a person starts to say something interesting, there is Rose to cut him off. Sometimes the sheer interest ing qualities of the person make the interview work. But it is almost always inspire of Rose.

[@kuziokundera]

I believe everyone considers Brando the Greatest Actor... where Olivier was, as Schlesinger said, too theatrical.

[@ianbauer4703]

Two different schools of acting...British theatrical (Shakespeare) and American Method.

[@manco828]

Is it safe?

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

Not true, maybe you and Americans. I don't.

[@Smudgeroon74]

​@@ianbauer4703 Lee Strasberg method..

[@ianbauer4703]

@@Smudgeroon74 3 in the Method actually. The other two being Stella Adler and Sanford Meisner...all out of NYC.

[@tessamoonproductions8743]

Why isn't this interviewer in prison with Weinstein? And these interviews can be editied to just show the answer and leave out the "******."

[@YouzTube99]

I do not miss Charlie Rose.

[@YouzTube99]

@@bt10ant Agreed. Especially aggravating because his producers would book interesting guests but Rose's ego was such that he couldn't bring himself to ask provocative questions and simply shut up.

[@brucef310]

You must hate women too.

[@brucef310]

@@bt10ant If he was a woman hater he would have sex with women. Common sense.

[@brucef310]

@@bt10ant Much better. Thank you.

[@JohnMcDonnell]

@@YouzTube99 Yes. Charlie always got at least as much screen time as his guests. He didn't seem to realize the audience was there to hear what the interviewee had to say, not him.

[@ildertonmann4086]

Compared to Olivier, Dustmann is a pygmy!

[@farrellmcnulty909]

Well, you could say that about any modern actor - ESPECIALLY now.

[@fokionbogris]

Dustin is a cinema actor, unlike Olivier who does Shakespeare.

[@pippipster6767]

He’s such a terrible interviewer. Interrupts all the time. Perhaps he should give listening a go.

[@christiaandefranco3653]

Not a good movie.

[@TheConchologist]

Nobody was better than Bogart...nobody

[@lauralins5468]

hahahahahahahaha

[@gjsykes7924]

Yeah, sure 😂

[@bull419]

Bogart for certain roles was great but Lawrence Oliver had tremendous range but for my money Marlon Brando numero uno.

[@ianbauer4703]

Bogart is cool and great in many roles including The Big Sleep, African Queen and Treasure of the Sierra Madre.

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

@@bull419 Olivier had tremendous range. You couldn't even recognize him, he had taken on the character to such an extent. Not at all true of Brando. Olivier is the GOAT, to borrow a leaf from football, the Greatest of All Time, for me. One is classical actor, the other is method. I couldn't always understand what Brando was saying, he mumbled so. Great actor though.