James Franco & Dustin Hoffman | Actors on Actors - Full Conversation

James Franco ("The Room") and Dustin Hoffman ("The Meyerowitz Stories") discussed the inspiration for "Why Him" and early jobs before their big breaks during Variety's "Actors on Actors" series.
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[@cacacalr]

When James Franco makes an interview he becomes Dave Skylark from The Interview.

[@spookyencounters9392]

Çağlar Keser. I noticed that too! xD

[@keithreynolds6444]

I was thinking that too. Nice!

[@pennylane0083]

Jajajaa Is so truth!! I thought that I was watching the interview movie

[@spreadlove7761]

I love this side of KZbin

[@nick_decastro]

Spread Love it makes it worth it, y‘ know?

[@toluiykon]

Me too!! ♥️ Fun, intelligent conversations.

[@shabanamrohit9476]

James Franco is owning this..gosh what a confident lad. He is sitting next to a legend and interviewing him like a pro...I loved this conversation

[@elijah.j3288]

This man uses a variety of body movements to convey his message with every sentence lol. That’s kind of talented no lie

[@MichaelHolmgaard]

I grew up watching James Franco as Harry Osborn in the original Spider-Man trilogy. The key part of why those movies are still the best movie adaption of Spider-Man, was the huge amount of talent which was present in the main cast. Toby Maguire was amazing as Peter Parker, and James Franco was a truly great Harry Osborn. He brought so much emotion and feeling to the character, and ever since I've thought Franco to be one of our finest actors :)

[@aslan9334]

Oh my God i had forgotten he was in that movie! Its been a looong time

[@unicornzalltheway8064]

James Franco - that body language , confidence sitting across from Dustin Hoffman !

[@bevrosity]

Unicornz AlltheWay well when you're already that accomplished, that kind of cocky swagger comes with territory.

[@sadhanayogaayurveda]

Franco is the whole time interrupting Hoffmann. He is in love with himself. He should breath a bit and have some more respect for a legend.

[@housebaelishgaming]

@@sadhanayogaayurveda it was quite literally dustin doesnt like to lead in situations like this. He allowed him to interrupt and approves of those whom exert the confidence to lead because he can shut him down at any time

[@BunnyMan456]

Franco should teach a Masterclass on how to be Franco.

[@neonerfilms]

BunnyMan456 lol so true

[@iansnyder274]

Lol

[@Mrneonsean]

ikr he's the most charasmatic guy Iv'e ever seen

[@Nobodysurvivesevenonebit]

Love this. Its all natural. More actors please.

[@Sergio-fu7mv]

There is such a great connection between them. I wish this was longer.

[@vincentknight27]

James Franco was so good at playing Tommy Wiseau, the editors of this video literally thought he was Tommy Wiseau and credited him as the star of "The Room"

[@selenavelez9041]

He looks damn good for being 80 yrs old.

[@aslan9334]

What - 80!?

[@flanplan5903]

I thought he was in his 60’s!

[@Tojoj22]

80 no way!!

[@Historyrhymezz]

I'm starting to appreciate more and more James Franco

[@annamb95]

It was clear James had prepared the interview in advance because his questions were so spot on, but Dustin was like "uh, funnies experience on set?" buzzfeed type of question lol

[@EsmagaSapos]

Dustin Hoffman is so underrated as an actor. It's shocking.

[@cr-it5lh]

what?

[@flor.stardust.94]

James Franco ("The Room")??? It wasn't the disaster artist???

[@leonthesleepy]

His performance was so good that they forgot it wasnt Tommy

[@flor.stardust.94]

go home Variety!! You're drunk!!

[@david-ix7si]

Hahaha. Exactly. Is the disaster artist

[@AngelicaFalco]

The Disaster Artist is based on The Room

[@CarboViolet]

I adore Franco but he has no filter. Which makes me like him even more.

[@joydavis4087]

Dustin Hoffman is amazing. Such talent. Franco is lucky to be sitting across from him.

[@jayvee4020]

I just want to see The Disaster Artist already

[@Truthshallsety0ufree]

James Franco is so awesome! Dustin too, but how generous is James in this duo, he acts like an interviewer.

[@theunconditionedwoman]

Loving these interviews, nice change having people with mutual interests talk about their experiences!

[@SergeyShmidt]

James Franco ("The Disaster Artist") He didn't play in The Room, guys :)

[@n.ee.h]

I really enjoyed this interview. Such great energy and questions ☺️

[@Dargyful]

Dustin Hoffman has aged so well . Love his authenticity . Fabulous actor too .

[@invidioustv8890]

A walking legend and a future legend both in the same room

[@willperron]

Best one yet!

[@pam0626]

Franco is basically interviewing himself.

[@SirRichieSan]

Franco's so loud haha

[@teeniebeenie8774]

his voice blown out as usual... sad. pitiful when actors cant kick cigs...

[@boogiewoogiebearboy]

teenie beenie I think more of the fact that he’s been on a long press tour for his new movie and he’s full of energy.

[@sahalanimation]

he's enthusiastic

[@annawho3985]

great interview

[@SDADanCars]

Amazing actors ! Very cool

[@ruthdittmann9716]

James, be kind, do not interrupt people you admire! Good talk, by the way!👌🏻🙏🏻👍🏻

[@notsahsoj5155]

I felt like I was watching David Skylark

[@thetruthexperiment]

I'm 41 and I will never give up.

[@NatalieAmor]

I love James, so good! I mean god knows what they were talking about for half of that haha

[@MonicaIvette]

I literally love hearing James talk about The Room and Tommy. I love his perspective.

[@WISDOMvsKnowledge22]

These two were paired for no other reason that they were both me tooed!!

[@macfonty]

OH MY GOD YES! I saw Meyorwitz last night and the disaster artist a couple days before!!! Love this

[@keithreynolds6444]

Dustin still has it. He looks great!

[@HerHomeschoolHomestead]

Captain James Hook 🥰 Franco needs his own talk show.

[@reacteur84]

GREAT Channel Thanks a Ton

[@jingleskhanaudioproductions]

oh thanks youtube for that. I can sense appreciation and respect at each corner of this interview room

[@courbynebufford3550]

Man two thespians having a ball geeking out. Franco is literally on cloud nine. Literally kid in a candy store.

[@DASH22]

That was perfect.

[@4kjm]

haha! yes, not 'The Room', Variety! edit the description! Love these interviews; thanks a bunch:)

[@RobertShaverOfAustin]

That was fun. Two wild and crazy guys.

[@Tojoj22]

James Franco = HOT!! FUNNY GUY

[@haffy03]

Travolta and Mel Gibson would be interesting to watch.

[@dafalzonAUS]

I love James Franco in The Deuce wish it never ended

[@mdougf]

"Why Him?" was inspired by Dustin Hoffman and Jonah Hill? lolol

[@elzbietabonthrone6584]

" This is the way I chose to survive"...that's the best way...love it...

[@plasticvideo]

This is the only one I could watch all the way through.

[@CosasdeMontufar]

The Disaster Artist, not The Room.

[@elizabethbouma7644]

Note to James Franco: watch the episode with Tom Hanks and Viola Davis and the manner in which they ask one another a question and actually allow them the opportunity to answer w/out interruption. Dustin Hoffman deserved better.

[@pacificwolfnz]

this was a conversation not an interview

[@poison03nae]

These are really fun!

[@nataliasikora8931]

Now I feel ashamed that I’ve never seen The Room. I’ll watch it just so I can appreciate The Disaster Artist more.

[@spookyencounters9392]

Natalia Sikora Don't do it! In fact, I bet you can't. lol. I tried the other day. It's impossible to watch without skipping thru it. It's fucking terrible. But seemed like a typical softcore porn to me that I used to see in the mid 90s.

[@telmolicious]

+Spooky Encounters its funny as fuck

[@spookyencounters9392]

CST Creepy funny maybe. I couldn't watch it. But yeah, it's funny as far as how terrible it is. But too terrible to be entertaining for me. But I love Seth and Francos movies, so I'll be watching that.

[@telmolicious]

Anyway, how's your sexlife?

[@OutlawNoah]

Lmao the description say James Franco ("The Room")

[@nicolej6358]

hahaha wonder if that was intentional...

[@TheBraunMachine2011]

I LMAO'd xXD

[@miguelmendoza2969]

hahahha, he definitely became Tommy Wiseau

[@joshuaelliot1]

THESE TWO MAKE SENSE.....LIKE REALLY MAKE SENSE

[@Mercurychyld1]

Love, love, love Dustin...and I like James too.

[@elizaheathen]

I really enjoy listening to James Franco tell stories

[@RohitKumar-gd8vu]

The whole concept of The disaster artist is amazing. I mean they have to make a movie where they need to act poorly. Wtf if people say the acting was bad, that's the whole point. Haha 😂

[@tahsinsabah833]

I feel like hugging Dustin Hoffman

[@sheefree]

I love Hoffman's humor so much !

[@waldo3448]

Dustin Hoffman on ''David Skylark''

[@lucygeddes8409]

James Franco ("The Disaster Artist") how could they get it wrong, have they seen it?

[@sarahcross9325]

Could've watched this for another hour! Please do one with Idris Elba

[@iraklimagradze2736]

Such a great human being Dustin Hoffman is. Franco is not even closer to his legacy for 1000 miles but he acts as if they are even. A true legend, one of the best yet!

[@jenniferrocha1141]

Just what I needed

[@DroppingLoads]

James Franco will never stop wanting to break into that tommy accent

[@4kjm]

great show by franco!

[@Johny40Se7en]

Another brilliant video, the pairing is always spot on it's so wicked. I hope that Morgan Freeman and Jach Nicholson are paired up and Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone, Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino, that would be magic.

[@ThePerpetualStudent]

Variety you are really on to something here.

[@roxyqueen2]

they've been doing these for ages...

[@ThePerpetualStudent]

I have just recently stumbled upon them and I find them highly entertaining.

[@bigworm3446]

"Papillon" my favorite Hoffman flick

[@gabrielcota5044]

Big fan.

[@christycallaghan868]

Omg yesssss

[@ToddDouglasFox]

James, don’t be so anxious. Allow Hoffman to finish!!!

[@matthewmoppins4414]

Am I the only one who feels like a torch has been passed?

[@sheefree]

Two greats, da**!

[@rabbieburns2501]

Note to Variety: You have all these amazing actors together in what could/ should be a terrific chat between them, but .... the environment must be too obtrusive, or the cameramen, lighting etc must get in the way as they generally all come over more awkward than necessary. Put them in a room together, set up the cameras on them .. then go out & leave them to it with a couple of glasses of wine/ pints of beer whatever & let them just TALK!!! Then edit, cut, whatever afterwards as you would probably have gold there.

[@josephmercel1146]

I was watching Franco imdb page and it's well know he is a workaholic (and it's an understatement) and i saw he only directed 1 movie in 2015 (he usually have 5 projects/year as director) and then i checked his 2015 year as actor... 16 f... roles 16... this guy is nuts. As comparison Franco have twice (150) the amount of movie of Hoffman (85) and 10 times more projects as producer under his belt in 3 to 4 less times.

[@internettips854]

the description is wrong - it should say: Franco ("The Disaster Artist")

[@sarahorchard9326]

I had a dream that you did this with Andy Samberg and Lena Heady so now that needs to happen right ?

[@leivaziri]

Hardly a Dustin interview, James talks the whole time

[@RohitKumar-gd8vu]

I always fought with my friends saying that Dustin Hoffman was a legend at par with some of the greatest actors and he never got as much respect as Pacino or De Niro. I loved him in a lot of films but Kramer vs Kramer left me speechless. When I heard, Dustin was accused of sexual assault, it really hurt me. I hope he would come out innocent because I haven't been able to watch any film of him since then.

[@NewtFidoScamander]

Rohit Kumar It's all allegations, it's hard to know what's true, what's not, what's been distorted, etc. It's dangerous to throw accusations like those, and some people have been lumped in with sociopaths such as Harvey Weinstein or Kevin Spacey.

[@MichaelHolmgaard]

Well, it's hard to judge a man just based on allegations alone -At least in my opinion. Until there are profound evidence, I'd say watch his movies nonetheless. It might as well have been a lady looking for attention...

[@JuQui228]

Emmanuel Delpech you forget that Harvey's and Kevin's are also all allegations. What makes you believe those allegations but not this arseholes allegations?

[@NewtFidoScamander]

j qui Harvey & Spacey have dozens upon dozens of accusations upon them. Dustin as far as I know, has one, that's the big difference. The gravity of the accusations against Weinstein (rape) and Spacey (Rapp story especially) is on another level as well.

[@spookyencounters9392]

j qui There's actually secretly recorded audio of Harvey Weinstein trying to get a young actress into his hotel room in quite a predator way, and she mentions how uncomfortable she was with what he did to her the time before. Grabbing her tit etc.... I think she had a recorder hidden in her brain. Either that or some hotel hallway cameras had sound on them too. I heard it yesterday

[@DendyJungle]

How did James cure his sleepy eyes

[@jessicadesmond-robitaille5972]

The perv interview

[@rackasheli]

the talented actor interview you mean. Just because a girl says something about either guy does not make it true.

[@rossdiamondthief6627]

Next Actors on Actors should be either; Clint Eastwood and Mel Gibson Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson Tom Hanks and Bill Murray Danny DeVito and Christopher Walken

[@kikirolle7091]

James laughter sounds like he coughing so cute!!!

[@twrkhanasparukh]

Not sure why, but for some reason couldn't connect to anyone of James Franco roles, neither did to this interview with him, and it was with one of the greatest - Dustin Hoffman.

[@Claverleykid1]

The Description is wrong about what film James is for.

[@NatalieAmor]

Oh yeah, should be 'The Disaster Artist' but people keep saying 'The Room'!!

[@elisareyna7119]

I am at 21:20....and I am SO waiting for James to talk to Dustin about his triumph of a movie~ Little Big Man~ it is masterful! Watch it if you are a Hoffman fan~~ definitely his Best! I bugs me that no one talks about this movie with Dustin in any interview I have seen~~ definitely a missed opportunity.

[@aclementine9928]

Franco, let the man talk!

[@nobytes2]

I noticed that too he asks tons of questions and cuts him to ask another.

[@soulwarrior]

The description of the video reads "James Franco ('The Room')". *lol* The movie he's made is called "The Disaster Artist". The Room wouldn't be THE Room WITH James Franco in it. ^^ (It's correct on the title card that is being shown during the video.)

[@teresabarbosa316]

Franco could take this opportunity to listen and learn instead he keeps cutting in and making it about him.

[@dgmaffi]

James Franco went full on Dave Skylark in this interview.

[@DRAGONHAWK297]

The Description is incorrect. The movie James is in is “The Disaster Artist” based off “The Room”

[@praveenmishra430]

Fuckkkkk this is a deadly combination.

[@sparkplugbarrens]

Too short! Could have listened to their conversation for another 2 hours...

[@ElectroIsMyReligion]

Skylark!

[@mdougf]

This was a very fast click

[@darial4328]

Oh, hai Dustin Hoffman.

[@danielhughes5354]

When Dustin said "1964 or 1965", Franco's face just read, 'you're so old' lmao

[@withnail-and-i]

Dustin "I'm about to go down" Hoffman

[@Anelehist]

How gratious of Dustin Hoffman to cope with Franco