Bernard Braden interviews Quentin Crisp (1968)

[4evaTH]

Can Someone please explain to me what he means when he talks about America being right to fear a matriarchal society please because I don't get it. Thanks

[ugottaluvutube]

brilliance. would've loved to meet him.

[tobyruncorn2]

I have never seen him laugh. Nearly smile.

[Adler36]

@tobyruncorn2 True!

[Caspar33]

I agree - an inspiration. Demonstrates the value of thinking for yourself when one finds oneself on the OUTSIDE of normal society. I was on the team for Thames that made The Naked Civil Servant only spoke with him once and now the world is in such a shambles I'd urge anyone to work harder on being outside rather than in. He did it with such style. Thanks for unearthing it and posting. A gem.

[soupayam]

An inspiration.

[2020Bookworm]

In the gay bars,most of the males wear boring jeans and tshirts,and that's the truth.

[2020Bookworm]

"Come om in,the place is a mess,you'll love it."Good one.

[seonidh]

@moniquedoulton i just wondered how do you flag? I mean there are many people on you tube who say hateful things do you complain dierctly to you tube or on his page I just wondered. Also people like him if they go out of their way to hate homosexuals in an obsessive way are harboring homosexual feelings themselves and are repressed manifesting their guilt as anger.

[2020Bookworm]

@seonidh Because straight people like stupid,moronic things,like,The Three Stooges,Homer Simpson,Al Bundy,and stupid,depressing soap operas.

[seonidh]

@2020Bookworm Im pretty sure straight people (as well as gay people) like those things, american idol for instance and junk tv isnt the cause of homophobia in society fear and mistrust are though.

[thedarthflagger]

no wonder boy george loved him.

[togzig]

living proof the 'happy time' comes well after 60!

[aquilinonyc]

I remember riding my bike down West 110th Street and Amsterdam Avenue. And Quentin was standing in the corner. I wanted to say hello but didn't. I now wish I had.

[dartanyon77]

Maybe its just me but I can't get over how much he looks like David Strathairn here. Crisp's eyebrows are quite a bit more arched though.

[stonedinsect]

was any animal harmed making his hair ?

[Stephensorrentino]

Thank you for showing this clip. It is so important.

[davidshep45]

I adore this man. What a treat to find this rare footage. Bless you for posting it.

[thorthewhore]

He has some really niffty opinions. I don't know if there is truth to all of them, but regardless they are extremely interesting.

[ramasbaz]

I am watching "naked civil servant" at least once a week....sooooo inspiring

[bertiethetoupee4]

What bright, glittering eyes Quentin has.

[Pieboy222]

What an amazing mind.

[daringdavie]

@Pieboy222 I agree, he is so much more solid in his speech and content than the interviewer. Some of his points of view haven't dated well but I still love him as I always have.

[eruptionista]

Extraordinary that Margaret Thatcher took Crisp as a model, in both style and diction

[ElHombreConDosOjos]

Quentin Crisp sounds a tad like eugenicist plain Jane "monkey-meat" Goodall & director Alfred Hitchcock.

[blakeyonthebuses]

very clever fellow indeed! knows hisstuff, a real person who shall be missed from this thin veneer of shit personality world that is today

[StrawDogFilms]

quite an interesting perspective: "tolerance is the result of boredom."

[MarilynCarino]

I only partially agree with his observation about "legislating tolerance". Sometimes things move too slowly organically and government must take responsibility to, if not legislate tolerance, than FAIRNESS. I do agree that laws don't change minds, but sometimes following laws forces people to confront their prejudices. Would black people in the south still be using separate bathrooms today if not for civil rights legislation?

He was so astute - warm intelligent, uncompromising.

[17watermark]

What an interesting fellow

[ElHombreConDosOjos]

The dictionary says that mike stands for microphone.

mike [by shortening & alter.] 1 : MICROPHONE 2 : MICROMETER CALIPER (Fr. p. 1,432 "Webster's Unabridged Dictionary," 1967)

[allexx123]

Wouldn't be funny to see a mouse peak out from his hair and then go back in again ?

[BPCpresents]

Amazing!

[lrb662003]

filthy SCUM!

[1170OP]

He was looking even at 60 but his hair is another story.

[ramron333]

total disgrace that bb was fired from the bbc they should apologise

[kipps2]

Who would have thought that just 7 years later the "old girl" Mrs Thatcher would become Conservative leader.

Fascinating bit of film.

[pop0it0rocket]

Wow, who knew that Quentin Crisp was attractive - even when he was sixty. Well, as always, there's the issue of his unfortunate hairstyle. But still.

I don't agree with all of his views, and some of the things he said when he was older than he is in this video were beyond the pale. But he was incredibly courageous.

Thanks for preserving this and posting it on youtube!

[MJJLWolf]

It is so true what he says about the relationship between gay men and women.

[Ladybyron100]

Just a wise man..and a great loss.

[alSation81]

its good to see him having that respect ... what a great mind

[7plus77]

the book 'The Stately Homo - A Celebration of the Life of Quentin Crisp'  is an amazing source of information about him, from people who knew him even before the war, plus many wonderful quotes on very important issues such as love. It's so interesting to read accounts such as Harold Pinter's who met Crisp at a time when Quentin lived with another man, and used 'the scene' he saw there as the beginning of one of his plays.

[stillavril]

Such a courageous man, an inspiration.

[SENAFOREVER]

What a great man. Such an inspiration.

[minutegongcoughs]

Quentin was once asked to give a talk on sex. He stood up and exclaimed "Oh God, Sexual Intercourse is something I know nothing about"

[wiffybiffy]

nice tie

[bigboxbobby2]

This is wonderful. I met Quentin once at a book signing after his one man show. What an original talent. Thanks BFI once again.

[mikkifly]

very good book and film too

[MhicWombat]

Oh Quentin, you were a marvel. We miss you.

[talfacprez]

The dark chair makes his shoulders kiij huge.

[Mangina9000]

CRISPZILLA

[wiffybiffy]

I thought he was in training too. lol