I'm 75 years-old now and I've seen many of Bruce Dern's movies and t.v. appearances. He is one of the finest actors I have ever seen. The guy makes any part a must see.

@tonystewart4113

16 күн бұрын

Indeed. Much respect. I forgot that he was in the Actors Studio…

Bruce is one of the most underrated actors, probably because he took so many acting jobs early in his career. I remember him in a lot of westerns like Gunsmoke. I always liked him, even as a bad guy, probably because he was so convincing in the role.

@tarnsand440

Жыл бұрын

He is also humble. Says he doesn't ride horseback well. I disagree as I grew up on a ranch have ridden horses all my life.

@kevinhealey6540

Жыл бұрын

I read Kirk Douglas' autobiography and that's what he said about him as well.

@robertmcpherson1617

5 ай бұрын

Besides being humble, he is also very intelligent and insightful. He also knew how to send himself up. One of my favorite Bruce Dern roles was a parody of his Western villain in "Support Your Local Sheriff" starring James Garner.

@tonystewart4113

16 күн бұрын

Played the best bad guy in the Cowboys…

Whatever movie Dern is in, it is better for having him in it. One of the most revealing and interesting interviews ever done with an actor.

@gracieg7601

Жыл бұрын

I so so agree with that.

@movieman1556

Жыл бұрын

The Driver. One of his most underrated performances.

Bruce Dean is a legend and one of the last living legends connected to legends of the past

Dern's enthusiastic summation of how he psyches himself up to do the best job in a scene is more informative than 10 episodes of 'Inside the Actor's Studio.' Masterful.

Dern is still doing excellent work and Dick is my favourite interviewer.

Simply Brilliant in "The Cowboys" with John Wayne.

@tonystewart4113

2 жыл бұрын

He was great in The Cowboys. But also very funny in Support Your Local Sherriff

@donaldduck7461

2 жыл бұрын

Poor bloke had death threats for that portrayal

@tonystewart4113

16 күн бұрын

Love the behind the scenes and stories. That’s one of them.

A timeless actor, nailed every role.

Pure respect. I met this talented actor at a screening of Nebraska. We shook hands. Always admired his dedication.

Bruce Dern's is still around. Lol. 2020 still going strong and doing lots of movies.

@kfrerix9777

2 жыл бұрын

Where else would he be?

@vb8428

Жыл бұрын

@@kfrerix9777 chilling at home

@pa3997

Жыл бұрын

@@kfrerix9777 most men born in 1936 are already on cemeteries

This guy was always a star to me.

I love this guy. I am so happy that I found this. I saw Black Sunday and The Cowboys. Dern was magnificent!

@tarnsand440

Жыл бұрын

He was so brilliantly evil in The Cowboys.

@tarnsand440

Жыл бұрын

@@franksmith7247 Lol! Yup he was scary!🥺

@tarnsand440

Жыл бұрын

@@franksmith7247 Laura has always been a naturally talented actor even in her earliest roles. Both her parents are as well but actually rare that all 3 would be!

@tonystewart4113

16 күн бұрын

Mr. Dern is a CLASS act. Such an underrated actor. The parts that he has played. A great Method actor.

Dick Cavett, one of the most amazing talkshows ever. So intelligent and so interesting. It was a show that was canceled at it’s peak as it was deemed too intelligent for the average audience.

@CornCod1

3 жыл бұрын

Always liked Cavett as an interviewer going back to the 70's. He brings out the best in his guests. Good interview. The one with Richard Burton was the best interview with an actor ever.

@poetcomic1

2 жыл бұрын

Cavett's wife for decades (till her death) was Carrie Nye who was an excellent staple actor in many Broadway shows. Cavett's interest in actors and acting was very personal, though he never brought it up.

@ronmackinnon9374

Жыл бұрын

I also liked when Dick got in jokes at his own expense. Such as here when he says that Jon Voight got the lead in 'Midnight Cowboy' and 'Deliverance' only because he (Dick) had 'turned those parts down.' 😊

@williampotter2098

Жыл бұрын

Interesting. I just watched him do an interview with Rex Stout, the author of the Nero Wolfe books. The great TV series of Nero Wolfe (A Nero Wolfe Mystery) was cancelled after only two years and 27 episodes for the same reason.

@gracieg7601

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I liked Dick Cavett. It was always fun and informative of the people she had on. Durns voice is so perfect for the evil guy.

Thank you Bruce, for all the great parts you did.

Best bad guy of all time. My favorite.

@xray86delta

Жыл бұрын

Definitely! Black Sunday is still one of my favorite movies! Such a complex villain.

@tonystewart4113

16 күн бұрын

Between him and Scorpio from the Clint Eastwood movie.

Just seen him in 1968’s Hang Em High with Clint Eastwood and also he did a Land Of The Giants episode from 1970, he costarred in the episode with Yvonne Craig who was Batgirl! Bruce Dern is a gem!

I admire actors who are considered " character actors " simply because they are better and more flexible actors than leading men who rely too much on their looks. Bruce Dern is a great actor and has great range. I saw most of his movies and always admired his work. He's an unsung hero of Hollywood, and a great artist.

@peggywedin9049

5 ай бұрын

I'm a late to appreciate Bruce Dern fan. I first really became a fan watching him on Big Love. Now I watch every interview I can find of him! He's so good and interesting to hear him talk

John Wayne: “America will hate you for shooting me.” Bruce Dern: “But Berkeley will love me.”

@tarnsand440

Жыл бұрын

And the Duke laughed loudly. Bruce said they got along very well.

@johntoomey357

Жыл бұрын

Bruce Dern had a lot of respect for John Wayne

@tonystewart4113

16 күн бұрын

I’ve heard of that …. That is too funny! Great comeback by Mr. Dern. They love me at Berkeley 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Bruce Dern is one of the best actors in both t.v. and movies. The man is a class act. I'm a disabled Vietnam Veteran, having served there with the army in 1969. The part Bruce played in 'Coming Home' was special to many of us. He hit it out of the park.

I always thought he was a very underestimated actor!

I've always loved Bruce Dern. I think he's great and to me he's always seemed like he just stepped out of 1870's old west. He plays one heckuva cowboy but his presence in any movie makes it that much better.

Finally an a great actor who can articulate beautifully. He makes absolute sense about the business aspects and the artistic situations and so forth. Others may have thought he wasn’t lead material but whenever I saw him he was the lead to me. It’s a lot more interesting to see a character go through other things rather then just trying to get the girl.

@gmb858

2 жыл бұрын

Or as Tony Montana said, "first you get the money, then you get the power, then you get the woman."

@gracieg7601

Жыл бұрын

Bruce’s daughter said she worshipped her father. She wanted to play crazy evil women and she was so feminine and smart they cast her in very interesting rolls.

@waynej2608

Жыл бұрын

@@gracieg7601 With Bruce as her dad and Diane Ladd as her mom, Laura Dern definitely had that great head start. Of course, she evolved into a terrific actor, with her own hard work and dedication. I've been a big fan of Bruce Dern, since I was a kid. No matter the size of the roll, he always 'brought the goods'. 👍 Also, he should've won the damn award for Nebraska!

@tarnsand440

Жыл бұрын

@@waynej2608 All 3 are very talented actors.

@leighcochran7303

Жыл бұрын

He's a great intellect! His autobiography is a terrific read.

My favorite part he played was Mr. Rumsfield from The Burbs

@judahslion5611

3 жыл бұрын

Dude-- I swear to God I was just about to say the same exact thing but seen your comment first! I freaking LOVE that movie!

@judahslion5611

3 жыл бұрын

His wife was so hot as a kid... I was messed up over her. Lol

@jerrybeloin4985

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely member THERE GO THE DAMM BROWNIES

@jerrybeloin4985

3 жыл бұрын

How bout diggstown?he was great on that one

@janepatterson6779

3 жыл бұрын

LOVE that movie, him, too!

Dern influence my life seeing him when I was a kid in the film Silent Running. The movie broke my heart and made me conscious of environmental issues.

@funkyalfonso

3 жыл бұрын

D.B. Cooper Absolutely. Me too.

@MeBeTheDB

3 жыл бұрын

•••• _IT IS BECAUSE OF_ ... "Silent Running' (1971 - dir. Douglas Trumbull and starring Bruce Dern) that I knew my life, my career was to be as a screenwriter, a director in the movies, TV & commercials. In the mid-80's I was truly fortunate in my journey to work for Doug Trumbull at ShowScan as an assistant editor. There's more, but I won't bore you with them. In short, follow what you love. Dreams do come true if you fight for them. D.A. ps" 'D.B. COOPER' oddly enough is the nom de plume I use sometimes as a cinematographer when I don't my 'thunder' as a commercial director to knock that person off their chance as a director.

@MikMech

3 жыл бұрын

Hue, Due and Louie. Me too...

@Filmmaker809

3 жыл бұрын

So true, and its what is wrong with the world right now, even more so during the corona virus pandemic.

@presidenttrump7470

3 жыл бұрын

DB Cooper- CONCIOUS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES?!! LMAO!!! So, you've given up using fossil fuels, living off grid and traded your car for a horse? Because otherwise.....you're just another left wing phony.

Amazing interview, thank you for posting. What I very much admire about Bruce Dern is that he is honest. In interviews he will talk freely with no pretence.. and say it like it is with passion. What a great guy!

@fifthbusiness1678

3 жыл бұрын

So true. Great comment.

@yardlimit8695

Жыл бұрын

i concur whole heartedly........i don't care for these kind of shows simply for the fact that no one is ever really honest.........this guy dern just changed my mind, but only because of his honesty..........i really didn't like him in the COWBOYS and thought i didn't like him, but i was wrong,,,,,,,it's just that he did such a good job of being evil, i fell for it, but he seems like a real guy.........

@larry1824

Жыл бұрын

Can be seen in so many westerns tv or big screen for years before he killed Duke

@patricias5122

Жыл бұрын

And I am being honest and saying: he is repellent. Any woman who spoke like that, would be excoriated as a "Karen!"

@wakeupuk3860

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely, unlike the lot now, who's every word is being checked if it is Woke and will please the audience.

What an honest & intelligent man Dern is, & what a really enjoyable interview.

The only man that can make crazy likable.

@brentluckhart6238

4 ай бұрын

I abhor Jane Fonda the baby murderer

@brentluckhart6238

4 ай бұрын

And that entire ungodly anti American counterfeit family

I've never seen this interview and found it fascinating. Initially it's easy to think Bruce Dern seems to spend a lot of time feeling sorry for himself and harbouring grudges, but watching the interview all the way through, he really is a totally straight up guy who explains things as they are and leaves you the viewer to decide what they think. He educates us outsiders into the way the movie industry really does work, about how lots of people like him were young idealists who acted and performed out of principles they strongly believed in, but later, as he said, you realize it's just as much a business. Fascinating guy, excellent interview.

@lynngregory393

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely. It is a business; the art is the stuff they feed us outsiders. This is a corporate, cold, cutthroat business that pretends to be something else.

@patricias5122

Жыл бұрын

Your initial impression was correct. A relentless self pitying crybaby.

@gracieg7601

Жыл бұрын

I love inside the actors studio! I loved the interview with Jamie Fox. And the Clint Eastwood one with two parts. Just excellent.

My dad adored Bruce Dern and I think nobody does the characters he has done as awesome as he has.

Bruce Dern... one of my all time favourite actors

@tarnsand440

Жыл бұрын

No one else in history of Hollywood looks or sounds like Bruce.

I guess he’s always been a refreshingly honest guy. And it’s really interesting to hear an established movie actor talk in detail about the importance of agents.

THis is a great interview. I have never seen such an self reveling, honest response from an actor in an interview. Thank you!!

I come back to this interview because this man is honest about what succeeds and totally honest about jealousy and envy. Good for you, Bruce Dern!!

One of my favorite actors of all time.

What a great honest interview.

@HighSpeedNoDrag

3 жыл бұрын

Riveting and or Kind of, Good.

@jwkeith1707

3 жыл бұрын

Cavett had the good sense to let him speak

@michael69040

3 жыл бұрын

Dern's type of observations and confessions rarely get aired. It takes nerve to admit to bitterness and envy. His lesson is important to ponder. You need the right people pushing for you. He admits he was too idealistic but he did eventually understand it IS showbusiness.

Just stumbled on to this, what a great interview, love the total honesty. Cavett was the best, now with youtube you can see his best interviews

He is a great actor that I hated in almost every film he did. That's what makes him good.

@kansaspeach7727

Жыл бұрын

Exactly! He made me love Westerns!

Always watched his movies,a great actor

What a fascinating interview. Real substance. Two very intelligent and interesting men.

The best interview I have ever heard.

Bruce's characters stay in my memory more than any of those Stars he was envious of and his daughter Laura is testament that she came from wonderful parents.Whuch says even more about his character.

As a boy, I remembered Bruce typecast in smart-ass/ Jackass type characters (Hang Em High, Support Your Local Sheriff) + psychos but Bruce Dern was memorable and he made you smile. The sixties were unstable times and he ended up as a 'Wild Angel' and in psychedelia genre films back then totally missing 'leading man' roles. Daughter, Laura rekindled her dad later. Great interview, Kudos Dick Cavett!

Dern deserves more credit.

@ninjavigilante5311

3 жыл бұрын

Tarantino knows his brilliance, casted him in 3 of his movies.

Finally, how refreshing to hear an "A" List movie star tell it like it is. Bruce Dern doesn't hold anything back, he doesn't speak in platitudes or cryptic messages.

Bruce has been such a wonderful actor his entire career, he’s a natural.

I always thought he was a great actor, any time I saw him I love way he worked , always liked the way, when you think got away with it, this man would call to remind you of your shit.. he is very truthful. A brilliant actor.

He should have gotten the Academy Award for Best Actor in "Coming Home". No doubt about it.

@danielwhittaker695

Жыл бұрын

true but at least he got one for Nebraska! better late than never

@jeffspicolli593

Жыл бұрын

He should have won but he was up against stiff competition with Christopher Walken for the Deer Hunter.

One of my favorite interviews here at YT ! THANKS so much for uploading ! Mr Dern has been one of my fave actors for many many years. Grew up watching him in films & TV in the 60's. I don't think I've ever seen him interviewed at such length before. A very intelligent, perceptive & articulate fellow ! And of course one helluva actor !! :-)

He used to do a lot of westerns, both TV and film, and they'd always have him say "Boy" condescendingly to someone. Something like, "Now you do what I tell ya boy" Nobody could call someone 'boy' like Bruce Dern.

A classy , respectable American chat show host ? I genuinely didn't realise they existed 👍

@Crazeyfor67

3 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed. Mr. Cavett was a great interviewer.

@princeandrey

3 жыл бұрын

@@Crazeyfor67 It was a bit of a break-though. We used to watch it in the late '60's!

I remember seeing "Silent Running" in my late teens and was astonished by my immediate reaction seeing Bruce Dern as the lead. Sitting in the darkened theater watching the opening credits, I realized for the first time how much over the years I had subconsciously wanted to see Dern as Commander-in-Chief of a feature-length movie, and was so excited he would be with me for the next hour-and-a-half.

He was always able to convince people that the character he was playing was real. Virtually impossible to find one like that nowadays.

One of my favorite actors. He made some of the most memorable iconic movies.

I've watched and admired Bruce all my life. While he has been in many great films, one of my favorite roles of his was "Silent Running".

A fascinating man and probably the most honest actor interview I've seen. Excellent.

Wow!!! What a great in-depth interview. Always like Mr. Dern. Would like to see the entire interview.

Love this guy superb actor and i believe never really received the acclaim he deserved .

He was great in a few episodes of the fugitive with David Janssen

He was fantastic in the Cowboy’s! What a great actor!

Bruce Dern was a marvelous actor. You " believed " who he was in his various parts. As the villian you hated him, as the ordinary joe you related to him, but I will say at the end of the movie Coming Home I shed tears for him when after the full knowledge of the affair between his wife and the person she was involved with { portrayed by John Voigt } as he was coming home from the war in Vietnam, he ran off into the Pacific Ocean to commit suicide......over the loss of love and fidelity from his wife.......OH MAN what a poignant scene, and very well acted by Bruce !!!!

@teresasevy1563

3 жыл бұрын

Isn't he still acting? I saw him an independent film called "Freaks" and he in "Cut Bank" with Billy Bob Thornton and one of Helmsworths.

Fantastic interview! One of the best I've seen on the craft (and business) of acting and the Hollywood system. Dern calls it as he sees it, and it's fascinating to listen to.

Wow. Never seen a sit down, serious interview with Bruce Dern. Love him. Two things came up: Shooting John Wayne in The Cowboys. Unforgettable. The nerd in Silent Running. Pushed my emotions into a new place.

First saw him in "The Wild Angels" with Peter Fonda. Good acting as a badass biker. Excellent acting in "The Cowboys". He has a way of putting himself in character that few actors can. A top notch superb actor!

The Dick Cavett Show was and still is the BEST TALK SHOW ever on television. In this interview imagine the actor who is incredibly articulate, straightforward and honest. The fastest 20 minutes you will ever see.

Enjoyed this interview very much. I always liked Bruce Dern.

I knew it He really does make it personal with the actors he works with. I always have thought they really hated him and they do Brilliant

One of the best interviews about acting ever. He has a great leer.

Have always been a Bruce Dern fan, great interview with DC!

I have a newfound respect for Bruce Durn. I always loved his acting, but now I know how hard he worked to get where he is now! I take back all the bad things I have said about him!

I just found out that he grew up in Winnetka and graduated from New Trier. His family owned a very well-to-do store called Carson Pirie Scott. That’s where I grew up many decades later but that’s so cool cuz he’s so cool!!

Great actor and he did so many remarkable performances.

Bruce Dern should have won an Oscar; he has never given anything less than excellent performances.

The fine actor A, Martinez from the movie The Cowboys sent me here. Bruce always worked with such an honesty that you didn't believe he was acting the part. That is true craft and art.

Bruce puts his heart in any part he plays.❤

Great interview - Bruce Dern is a Legend and always has been a great actor. Any western from the 1960's he was in . The fugitive was another show that he was in. Family Plot gave him his leading role and boy did he do great in that film.One of my favorites was The Two Headed ? Something Brain or Monster , he was with Pat Priest ( The Munsters TV show ). This guy was always working and did a great job in all his roles. Thanks Bruce. And your Daughter is a wonderful Actress as well.

When people could have considerable differences in socio-political ideas and yet still admire one another and even be friends...

Wow..THE most interesting show/interview I've ever seen..Love Bruce..Truly insightful...

Great to see him in the movie Freaks. Some casting director had a brilliant idea

Totally absorbing interview. Scintillatingly honest by Bruce Dern....I remember him from Silent Running especially. His desire to become an artist true to his inner self and the art form he had chosen is very touching....perhaps he was naïve but probably more just beautifully innocent and full of a wholesome desire to surrender himself to the art form. I like people like that. People that have no agenda...but who may in time see that their integrity for the art form hasn't actually worked for them when others have achieved greater 'success' by being less concerned in being true to their craft. Such is the way of the world. Sometimes the world appears to be a practical joke made at the expense of well meaning people.

Dern was so great in Biker films and also Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Wow! FANTASTIC interview.

I've always liked Bruce Dern, and try not to miss any of his performances. This was an intense and very interesting discussion. I particularly enjoyed what he said about John Wayne.

I knew he was a runner and that impressed me. I always noticed him when he was on the screen, even back in his TV days.

@j.w.matney8390

2 жыл бұрын

He did Ultras for a long time.

That was a good interview. Especially if you seen the movie called "The Cowboys".

@HighSpeedNoDrag

3 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed.

@thomassoue2332

3 жыл бұрын

My favorite western.

@studdruppo

3 жыл бұрын

@@thomassoue2332 that is a good one.

Great interview! I love how Bruce is so honest and direct about what he thinks!

Excellent conversation. Dern really has earned his chops. A library of great parts. Great that Tarantino still uses him, but give him some better parts, man! Dern always raises every project a few notches. A true American original.

One of my favorites. A great actor. Love this interview.

If you are going to be an actor listen to Dern, it is not the work, the effort, it is the agent and how they promote you.

Love Bruce Dern.

This is a great interview (and I'm not too big on Cavett's interviewing style), but getting to know Bruce here is great. This should be a "must see" for all aspiring actors! .

He's a very talented actor!!!

Bruce the ultimate bad guy. The man shot John Wayne in the back and is still alive, now that is a tough guy.

This guy is an amazing actor. All the other stars he mentioned that got the lead roles before him couldn’t hold a candle to him when it comes to acting. A lead man to me is someone that holds your attention for 2 hours and Bruce sticks to my eyes like glue. I never saw him acting is an understatement when it comes to Bruce.

@elizabethlinsay9193

Жыл бұрын

As a professional actor myself, I feel that you can be the lead without being the lead, per se. He was the lead in my opinion, in "Coming Home", though it wasn't considered the leading role. And in "The Great Gatsby", he shared the lead with Redford. Just saying.

I’am enjoying this because I’ve been a Bruce Dern fan for a long time.

Always loved Mr. Bruce Dern

Bruce Dern a great actor, I truly enjoyed everything he was in, from his small bit parts to his great roles.

One of the top "Bad Guys" in hollywood. Very underated

Bruce Dern always seemed to be a modern actor. I always kept an eye out for him in movies because he was very original and genuane and believable.

Thanks for this.

I loved Coming Home, particularly at the time of its release. I love hearing how he worked it. I liked him in it because he didn't play crazy.