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Rod Steiger was no joke! AWESOME ACTOR in his own right!!!!

"I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I could been somebody." The interviewer asked why the line is so memorable. It's the story of many lives.

@piranha5506

6 жыл бұрын

Bob D that’s exactly what Brando said. It’s good cause it’s something everyone experiences

@greenbeagle13

4 жыл бұрын

@Bob D - So true...

@Geoff31858

Жыл бұрын

Yes. Obvious answer. It's something that everyone has thought or felt to one degree or another.

I was diagnosed with autism at 39. That's what "I could have been a contender" means to me. Most of us have a moment of clarity at some point when we realize what was really holding us back all this time.

@AbrasiousProductions

Жыл бұрын

I haven't even really begun life and I already feel like i coulda been a contender.. 😔

@mikerieck306

7 ай бұрын

I worked with Asperger children and young adults for almost 40 years.....the biggest problem was they were always happy with who they were. It made trying to get them to understand how they could have been "a contender" generally impossible. Some of the most brilliant humans I've meet were unable to change.

@Johnconno

14 күн бұрын

​@@AbrasiousProductionsYou still can kid, you still can...

One of Rod Steiger's most underrated films is The Illustrated Man.

@marklennox2151

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks..never heard of it...now it's on my film bucket list.

@maddymud

2 жыл бұрын

He’s great as Mr JoyBoy too in The Loved Ones

The scene was great because you have two powerful actors with a tremendous screen presents... Rod steiger's is one of the greatest actors of our time

@markanderson3669

Жыл бұрын

Agreed.

Rod Steiger had this coiled spring intensity. Great actor!

why people loved the "i coulda been a contender" line is anybody who struggled in life can put themselves in the characters position that if one thing had been diff they coulda been lifted up from the bottom of despair they had found themselves in,myself i consider on the waterfront one of the greatest movies ever made

@seanohare5488

Ай бұрын

Agree

Just watched Mr Stieger in "The Pawnbroker" (1965) Man,what an actor.

@Flickchaser

7 жыл бұрын

cliffedward: Steiger should have won an award for "Pawnbroker". His depiction of Sol Nazerman was an amazing piece of work. Nazerman a soul tortured by the past. His emotions and heart ripped apart, he functions with feelings and pain buried so deep that he dare not look within. His shield...to human warmth and compassion or further pain, a cold brutal indifference. The audience wonders..can anything reach his heart again or will he remain a robot encased in human form void of all feeling ?? I saw the film in the 60's and have never forgotten the intensity of Steiger's portrayal.

Rod Steiger was a totally underrated actor. He was superb.Ine of my favorites. Check out his movie: "No Way To Treat a Lady." Stellar!

Steiger, such a soulful dedicated actor. And great acting skill and artistry. Yes, a powerful script.

Truly Rod Steiger is a brilliant man. Just in this short clip discussing his own and a colleagues work, a huge amount of territory is covered, with incredible detail and substance and insight, all perfectly and clearly articulated, along with his own thoughts and feelings on his experience and life. What a wonderful gifted actor and teacher.

@haloed-hero

3 жыл бұрын

Good Analysis but remember hes just a man

Steiger was a damn good actor. Loved him too in PAWN BROKER as the original Gillespie in HEAT OF THE NIGHT.

@ichaffee1

6 жыл бұрын

I remember seeing that movie on the big screen as a kid.. I would never forget it.. he equal or better than Brando.. I sometimes think that Brando is overrated!!

@tiffsaver

6 жыл бұрын

How could we forget! He was so damned good as the racist sheriff, that he finally got a well deserved Oscar. I just played the DVD a few months ago, and watched it twice in a row.

@greenbeagle13

5 жыл бұрын

And let's not forget The Illustrated Man..... He is, in my opinion, better than Brando....

@thomasleon5659

5 жыл бұрын

Philippe Renaud moo8moo

@suzannesands7330

5 жыл бұрын

Damn straight about Pawnbroker. I've never met anyone who has seen that film, but it is a phenomenal film.

Rod Steiger was a great actor, he always seem very intense like he was going to blow up at any minute.

@hr3800

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha Yeah thats right🌟👌🌟

Loved Steiger in "Doctor Zhivago", as Kamarovsky, he completely commands every scene he appears in, just like Brando would in all his films.

@bawoman

3 жыл бұрын

Yes!He should have gotten at least an oscar nod for it

@HotVoodooWitch

2 жыл бұрын

Steiger was one of a handful of truly genius actors.

Steiger was a great actor...and that scene was so wonderfully done. Two brothers who love each other and one brother taking granted of the younger one for his selfish wants, but was not going to turn terry in to the mob. “It was you Charlie”

rod is one of the greatest actors that lived.

@almasdaughter1086

Жыл бұрын

Loved him in “In the Heat of the Night.” Fabulous acting.

A Gtreat Actor.....A very thoughtful Man...

all actors are freaks in their own light. that's why we love them. they personify humanity.

@danielueblacker9118

6 жыл бұрын

nice

@IAmJaguarPaw.ThisIsMyForest.

5 жыл бұрын

Interesting way to say it. Good point.

@manco828

5 жыл бұрын

Only the good ones are freaks. The ones who can't get their freak on end up doing commercials.

@jadezee6316

5 жыл бұрын

NO THEY DONT...THEY RUN THE GAMBIT OF HUMAN BEINGS...GOD..BAD AND IN BETWEEN

One of the Great Scene in Cinema history takes place in a taxi with a Venetian Blind.

Maybe brando left for Steigers closeup to invoke a feeling of betrayal, anger

@petterc188

3 жыл бұрын

I believe Marlon left cause he had an appointment with his therapist

@MyEnemy

2 ай бұрын

Steiger had been aping Brando around the set, making fun of his mannerisms. I don't know much about their relationship during filming but the friction seemed to be a mutual thing.

He also had a unique voice.

@haloed-hero

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, so many quirks

@kennethwayne6857

2 жыл бұрын

@@haloed-hero Not many people know he trained as an operatic tenor. His daughter Anna had the opera career that he didn't.

@haloed-hero

2 жыл бұрын

@@kennethwayne6857 very interesting

Rod steiger should have won the oscar for best supporting actor for on the waterfront.

Why is that scene so great? Cause you've got two of the greatest film actors ever playing off each other.

@Johnconno

7 жыл бұрын

The scene is so great because EVERYBODY could have been a contender. Why you uuunbelievable dummy!

@jadezee6316

7 жыл бұрын

you are correct. most people look back with regret as they age .

@walterlevesque4879

7 жыл бұрын

Jaye. spot on.

@docsmithdc

7 жыл бұрын

Yes.That line speaks to many of us.

@legend9948

6 жыл бұрын

If he had lived John Garfield would have been perfect in the role of Charlie Malloy

Great also as Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte in "Waterloo," the war epic made in eastern Europe in '70s.

In another great movie, "The Raging Bull." The scene was somewhat reanacted by Dinero in the mirror. That was the scene I remember and I thought THAT was movie gold. Then I saw this movie and THIS scene....

Steiger was very underrated. Heat of the Night was his best movie.

Marlon Brando Quote:Everyone can be a contender....he was much more than the best actor he had a brilliant mind.

@pamelamacneil1331

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed. He was very, very intelligent , a voracious reader and an original thinker. He was also a powerful humanitarian. He taught himself French there's an interview where he is in France and speaking french, answering questions asked in french.

Rod Steiger is an actors actor he can do anything!

" I got the motive, which is money and the body, which is dead!" Rod S. R.I.P. ⚘️📺⚘️

@samludu5916

Жыл бұрын

Yes. I always loved that line by Steiger, especially the rhythm with which he said it to Poitier.

@1stshepherd

Жыл бұрын

@@samludu5916 👍🏽📺

Good answer from Rod Steiger great talents from both actors!!!

I remember that scene in the taxi. That was before it had gained the reputation as a great iconic cinematic moment. And it affected me deeply. It felt real which back in those days was a rare thing to behold in movies. Brando changed acting.

Great underrated Actor!!

Both brilliant actors and an unforgettable movie that will be watched by generations to come therefore a classic

During the last 10 or 15 years of his life, Steiger's voice was completely transformed. Just listen and compare the voice in this interview with the voice in any pre-1970 movie....Amazing!

@michaelmantle6043

8 жыл бұрын

John Sweeney Age and diminished health played a huge role in the transformation you noted. Such is life.

Rod Steiger is complete right.

Who can forget his role as the crooked promoter in "The Harder They Fall," a classic boxing genre movie.

Part of the poignancy here (and this I suppose would _also_ be true of more than a few lives) in this specific scene is that result of not being a contender, not being 'somebody', isn't because the person 'choked' when they had their big chance, it was the person ended up a nobody for doing what his own brother told him to do. It wasn't just the losing out, it was the betrayal.

So right about the acting tips. Also, loved him in The Harder They Fall opposite Bogie.

Some of the better comments I’ve read after a video

GREAT advice about the stutter... jesus... 100%

Love...love the weirdness and insight of Steiger. A true original.

This actor was so under-rated!

😁 steiger said we are re-actors, he was so on point

Magnificent Thanks 👌

Steiger is as good in the taxi scene as Brando...

@marycoyne1889

Жыл бұрын

if not better.....together the best

Oh, goodness. Someone on here called Steiger a 'forgettable' actor. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but you are quite incorrect. Steiger is not at all forgettable. The notion is laughable. In fact he is one of the major 20th century film actors. And a professional too, which Brando, as gifted, talented, smart, innovative, and a craftsman as he was, repeatedly demonstrated that he was not. Finally, let's talk about who won the Best Actor Academy Award and who was the competition one particular year: Warren Beatty/Bonnie and Clyde Dustin Hoffman/The Graduate Paul Newman/Cool Hand Luke Spencer Tracy/Guess Who's Coming To Dinner That is rock solid Hollywood History. Look at that line up . A golden age never to be repeated and we only have flickers of today. And finally, Steiger's performance in The Sergeant is absolutely heartbreaking.

Watch Rod Steiger in The Illustrated Man.

@bishopaz

6 жыл бұрын

Norris Freedman Thank you, great movie.

@charliewalsh652

5 жыл бұрын

Remember he also played poncious piiolet, wow what roll he played!

@patrickmulroney9452

4 жыл бұрын

also steiger as napoleon in waterloo

@haloed-hero

3 жыл бұрын

What did he do in one sentence

this isnt a man speaking. it is art speaking to us. Brando walking out and abandoning Steiger for his close ups, was the motivation. see “ in the heat of the night” fast as you can now

Steiger once said his favaorite role was as "Dot" in the stage play Gronk's Here to Stay

YOU SHOUDA LOOKED OUT, JUST A LTTLE BIT. JUST A LITTLE BIT. YOU WERE MY BOTHER CHARLIE, E.T.C

Dennis Hopper said that actors use real-life experiences as a motivation for scenes and that Brando was angry and disappointed in Rod Steiger because he was copying Brando all day, hence what Brando was really saying in this scene was that he couldn't believe that Rod Steiger, his colleague and brother in acting, was imitating his style and techniques.

@haloed-hero

3 жыл бұрын

Hmmm.. I watched the scene same tone but their performances are different they dont seem to be mirrored

@savvylotodo6871

Жыл бұрын

Brando thought everyone copied his style, his ego wouldn’t allow him to believe that other actors could hold their own

@jeffreygold1996

Жыл бұрын

To paraphrase DH Lawrence, “Trust the Art, not the Artist - the Artist will always lie to you…” Or in Brando’s case, “always SH- on you..” It’s what made him great, apparently. Like roses growing in manure.

I grew up on that very waterfront in Williamsburg/Greenpoint Brooklyn.

One of the best actors of all time

Brando is the best! Steiger is the best! End of story! By the way, a great Steiger performance I just watched - THE SERGEANT! Look it up.

@ichaffee1

6 жыл бұрын

thanks for that tip!

@jameshuseby6290

5 жыл бұрын

Kristoffer He is Great in The Sargent as he is in everything he's was in.

@wailer27

2 жыл бұрын

Nobody ever talks about the sergeant and its one of the most moving films I ever saw with an amazing and accurate performance by Steiger

brilliant advice

Daniel Day Lewis doing the questioning !

aT 3.29 Steiger says that the actor him or Brando said something off camera to piss off the other actor so when they shot the scene there was more tension and reaction ... I heaard Jack Nickelson say that he did the same thing in One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest

Steiger sounds a bit like W. C. Fields in this interview. Anyone know what the chains on Steiger's neck refer to?

What an actor! Gonna find some Steiger films to watch.

@Music--ng8cd

Жыл бұрын

One of the many great actors to come out of WWII. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Steiger#Filmography_and_theatre_credits

The Specialist with Stallone, Woods, Stone, is his best.

Whoa, Steiger is as intense in this interview as he is on screen.

I saw Steiger in a tv interview/talk show once. They asked him who he thought were the happiest people in the world. He said, "The slobs." heheh

When Brando was at his best, he was phenomenal! However, I consider Rod Steiger to be his equal.

@savvylotodo6871

Жыл бұрын

Steiger was better, he never cheated the audience with a lackluster performance, he had a better range than Brando, he never let camp enter into his acting, he never let his vanity get the better of him in a film.

Great actor!❤RlIP.

Steiger is the tim Duncan of acting

He was great in Dr. Zhivago

Brando often did things to get a longterm reaction out of his cast mates.He probably did that to get Steiger to hate him for the purpose of the film.

@andrewnicholas4951

7 жыл бұрын

Maybe but...

@thesoultwins72

7 жыл бұрын

You are correct. Brando had become heavily dependent on therapy and slavishly attended each and every session irrespective of what he was doing at the time. So he genuinely left the set and abandoned Steiger to attend his regular appointment with his therapist.

Having read about Brando's upbringing, being constantly verbally abused and beaten up by his dad, it was very understandable that he walked out on Steiger.

Let's talk about ROD STEIGER!! The guy could do anything. From tough guys, to pawnbrokers, to gay morticians (See: "The Loved One"... CLASSIC). In his own way, he was as good as Brando.

@spactick

6 жыл бұрын

your dead on, Steiger was the equal to Brando. the only difference was their looks. Brando was a sexy/tough guy and Steiger was a hyper/nervous type. I doubt Brando could have done the role that Steiger did in "The Loved One", but I think Steiger could have done any of the parts that Brando did. He was that good.

@fntime

5 жыл бұрын

I think you are right. About the time of the Illustrated Man he really started to get filled with 'ham'. I think he fell victim to booze, a dulling agent that really doesn't help an accomplish actor.

@leonardwilsonsr8198

5 жыл бұрын

Better

@suzannesands7330

5 жыл бұрын

He reminds me of Peter Sellers, in that he became each of his characters to such a degree that you never know what the real man was like from his films --- you have to watch interviews to get a sense for what he was really like.

@pamelamacneil1331

5 жыл бұрын

I agree. He was one of the greats. He was terrific in every role he played, but for me there was something special about him in The Heat of The Night.

Brando #1 actor all time Steiger top 15 all time my opinion

the greatest film Rod Steiger made was The Pawnbroker fantastic film

0:40 that is actually a great tip for actors.

"How the hell can I shoot the scene if you can see through the back of the cab the back of the studio?" The scene probably wouldn't have the same punch if random stage hands were walking behind them.

Great actor. Maybe the best

@savvylotodo6871

Жыл бұрын

I’d put him there with Charles Laughton

The scene is a dark tragic scene, reflecting, in the Stanislavskian sense, the whole dark movie, which is also a tragedy about failure (“I could have been a contender”), betrayal, misplaced loyalty, and the dishonest cruel world full of exploitation and hypocrisy, with the tacked on happy ending. Starring two Maverick round-peg-in-a-square hole Aries acting like assholes and failures and occasionally attempted heroes -- a reflection of Kazan's own experience with ratting out the Hollywood communists during the McCarthy era. In short, a great beautiful tragic movie with noir trimmings that showcases some incredible lyrical-realistic acting and photography and directing indeed and winds up with an uplifting heroic note. Too bad we don't have a hero like Terry nowadays to face the corruption of our own American government.

@subversivereality3908

6 жыл бұрын

Joseph Barclay Ross I enjoyed your short review. I'd disagree about the happy ending part though.

@ichaffee1

6 жыл бұрын

I agree that you are saying what really made that scene so strong ... it was the sadness..you get one shot sometimes in life to be great.. and if you miss it ,, it is gone for good

@YouzTube99

5 жыл бұрын

@Joseph Barclay Ross: Small addendum to your astrology reference -- the two Aries actors working from a script by an Aries writer, Budd Schulberg. A LOT of fire-power in that scene. That said, I recall reading that Brando rewrote this scene but that may be yet another apocryphal showbiz story.

James Gandalfini and Anthony Hopkins rolled into one. At least.

Maybe Brando left for Steiger's close up to enrage him and fill him with emotions so the close up would have the "reaction" that was pure not through taunting words like Rod said. 🤔

Just watched it and saw the Venation blinds

Rod Steiger turned down the role of Patton. I'm certain he would have added a certain pathos to the character of Patton that would have been fantastic. Not to take away at all from the great performance by the great George C. Scott.

@machia0705

6 жыл бұрын

pranksterguy1 Is that a fact ? Wow !

@wolfwind1

6 жыл бұрын

That is an amazing piece of information. Scott was fantastic but I agree Steiger would have brought an slice of emotional component and expressiveness, even in a hard case military officer as Patton, that Scott didn't.

@tompurcell1499

6 жыл бұрын

The reason that he refused the part was that he did not want to glorify war (His experiences in the Navy during the war most probably had an affect). That being said, he admitted later that it was one of the most foolish things he did. No matter. Rod Steiger was my favourite actor. The man was blinding!

@wildbillharding

5 жыл бұрын

I had the massive pleasure of meeting Steiger back in '85. As a fan, he said I knew more about his films than he did! Anyway, he told me he had to machine-gun a boatload of Japanese in the Pacific. It was the worst experience of his life and one of the reasons he had doubts about Patton.

@hemmarket

5 жыл бұрын

@@wildbillharding Well said. Tells you much about where his humility came from as an actor too.

❤😊

Is Wilson still fighting? does he still hold the title?

The best napoleon ever

ROD STEIGER ONE OF THE BEST ACTOR WHEN PLAY MARTY PLAYHOUSE 90 GOD BLESS HIM.

And you promised to see your Father after the premier , but you never showed up . You were going to bring Eva Marie Saint , Malden and Brando with you . My Grandmother remembers , she was your Fathers neighbor on Springfield Avenue in Newark .

@ichaffee1

6 жыл бұрын

machia0705 well something came up

@machia0705

6 жыл бұрын

ischaffee He hurt his Father all the time . His Father worked hard to send Rod to acting school over in NYC . He was an ungrateful kid as the story goes .

Thumbnail looks like something from the Mariana Trench

Waterloo he is good as Napoleon

love rod amazingly fun i shall treasure our times together in paris, by the docks...

The man was a legend. He was great in everything he did.

@johnvockson5848

5 жыл бұрын

Marlon brando, my favourite actor, but rod steiger, as napolian, could,nt have picked, a better actor for the part,l think brando played napolian too,

@haloed-hero

3 жыл бұрын

Hmmm?.. everything is strong

I’m sorry sir but it is top five scenes ever filmed in any movie at any time anywhere it’s absolutely amazing” it was you Charlie I could’ve been somebody I could’ve been a contender instead of a bum which is what I am” damn near brings tears at the loss of any familial relationship left! If i couyld talk to Steiger I'd tell him he was the better actor in that scene! looks at his smile and look at bothh their eyes. Steiger was better!!! IMHO

Like an acting class in 6 mins from one of the greats. Even a great life lesson at the end. Got to wonder how Jennifer Lawrence has two Oscars when you compare her work to anyone like him. Its a joke.

@patricias5122

4 жыл бұрын

Some men still think women cannot act; they make fawning comments about "the greats" when it comes to men. They are just misogynistic, through and through.

Take the job Terry, take the job!🕉☯️🙀👁

Brando was seeing a psychiatrist several days a week during filming, and often left at 4 p.m., as he did this day. How Steiger did not know this might happen is hard to fathom. And from what I know, it wasn't a schleppy stage manager who did Marlon's lines, but Kazan himself, who had done a lot of acting. Why would the director want less than the best from Steiger in this pivotal scene? I don't know why Steiger keeps harboring this hurt.

@andrewnicholas4951

7 жыл бұрын

Coz u ain't an actor ! Director or not it weren't rite wot brando did ther pullin that move. U share an intense experience to create n bring out the best collaborative to say the least- n u dnt play funny games like that in less ur lookin to do some shit of one sort or anova. U dnt harbour but u recount n dnt forget such a move! got it?;-)

@tuanjim799

7 жыл бұрын

Hell, I just assumed he was joking about being hurt by it.

@candiceboyd8047

7 жыл бұрын

T.R. Ryan

@jockoadams3377

7 жыл бұрын

He clearly saw Brando's leaving as somehow trying to short him in the scene. Whether it was a prima donna move or not. Later, it is a particular point of pride for Steiger to say.. I acted with Marlon to help his performance, while he didn't stick around to help me; but we both came out even in the scene. His point being that he didn't need Marlon Brando to pull off his part of the scene.

@NostalgiNorden

6 жыл бұрын

I think Steiger would remember if the it was Kazan or a stage manager who did Marlons lines. Kazan most likely had to be behind the camera directing since there wasn't playback or video-village in those days.

the older I get the greater it seems

It must have been hard for Brando. He was a genius actor, magnetic and very handsome; both men and women must have been in awe of him. However, being surrounded by fawning sycophants must have been irritating. Additionally, if one hurts these people in an absent-minded moment, they can become one's worst enemy, their admiration becomes bitter, jealous, resentful vengeance. I'm sure that many enjoyed seeing Brando's decline into fat old age and eventual death. Every dog has its day, but the mediocre can't wait for that day to end.

Actors are over rated in importance, Hollywood is a phony world....BUT they do generate millions and when they do become famous, they make millions. Actually, making money is phony.....but we need to make money to pay the bills.

@haloed-hero

3 жыл бұрын

I like what you've said here and you're right. There are better things to do with money help people in need

The old adage, if you think you can act do Shakespeare

4:53 “I don’t mean sexually” lol no one said it was lol the old guy has issues

Mr. Steiger what a gentleman. Marlon was a little be selfish....

Steiger in that seen was actually better more believable then Brando..

@drake5111

6 жыл бұрын

You have your right to your opinion.

@nihonbunka

6 жыл бұрын

He added the reality making room for Marlon's pathos. Without Steiger it would have been too melodramatic.

@suzannesands7330

5 жыл бұрын

I don't think the scene was working, personally. And I feel that it was the script.