''When we hear, as we've heard throughout all our lives, no matter how old we are that we are a country that stands for freedom, for rightness, for justice, for everyone. It simply doesn't apply to those who are not white. It just simply doesn't apply. And we were the most rapacious, aggressive, destructive, torturing, monstrous people who swept from one coast to the other murdering and causing mayhem among the Indians.''
@akrammercfcgc he's a talk show host trying to entertain the crowd with dialogue. Would you prefer him to sit there and let Brando filibuster about native americans for an hour?
@ragingbull888 oh i'm talking about the first few minutes of this part where Brando is talking serious about acting and playing roles. Dick's funny interruptions weren't helping here.
My Momma Says Obama is a documentary that explores how far we have come as a nation and how far we have yet to go. As we draw historical parallels between the activism that fueled the civil rights movement and the peace movement, we find incredible inspiration in today's landscape from the great passion and profound social conscience of these activist down on Wall Street and now all over the world. reminds us of the altruism that fired the 60’s generation.
wow, i don't know much about marlon brando. and i just saw about a few seconds of this part (4/6) of this interview and still that is enough for me to appreciate him as person. in just a few seconds he lets the reporters mask slip, that is impressive
Wow just wow. Have to say that I had no idea that acting for him was just a career. Well I think that any craft that is mastered at a high level is an art. He doesn't give his career as an actor any weight whatsoever. It surprises me that he can perform at such high level when he doesn't seem very passionate about it at all. I suppose his greatest passion is humanity.
Watching this interview, I realise that there could have been no finer choice of an actor to play the part of Jor'El, Superman's father. I had no idea he was so intelligent, so aware, and stoic too.
I find his passion for indian rights (native american rights, I mean).. so inspiring and interesting. I can't believe they'd rather talk about some shit he doesn't even wanna talk about.
I know that what he's trying to talk about is an important matter and I know that it is a good thing that there was somebody like him to make people face the truth about the condition of the indians and all but I cannot help thinking that I would actually have enjoyed listening to him talk about the Godfather and Last Tango and so forth and how disappointed I am to hear how dispassionate he was about what I on the other consider to be art, from what I get he seemed to see things in black & white
@IndianaSalome I agree with everything you have written. I'd advise you, if you haven't already, to read 'Brando - Songs my Mother Taught me' with Robert Lindsey. In that he gives the most detail I think he ever did, about his experiences in the films he has been in, as well as his social and political views and experiences.
"When we hear -as we´ve heard through all our lives, no matter how old we are- that we are a country that stands for freedom, for rightness for justice for everyone, it simply doesn´t apply to those who are not white, it simply doesn´t apply. If we were the most rapacious, aggressive, destructive, torturing, monster, people, who swept from one coast to the other murdering and causing mayhem among the Indians."
Mr. Brando got it totally dead on and you can tell that in Mr. C's shocked face. But he's right. Mr. Cavet has a job to do as does Mr. Leno. And Mr. Leno is excellent at it. The best. I've often thought he shows so little of himself and respect him for keeping his real life seperate. / Actors play characters and that's who the public react to. This kid that plays a vampire whose been voted one of the most influencial men of whatever said, he couldn't influence his dog and now he's voted this?
2:54 He did not like talking about movies, all he was interested in was humanitarian issues and serious life manners. Amazing how the douche bags they call them selves actors and actresses today care only about mentioning their films and begging people to go to the cinema and watch.
@HawkeyeXXV why include america into that name.. i highly doubt the indians called this country we live in the americas.. indian seems sort of appropriate, but i do see ur argument. . but then i guess calling them by their tribe name would b a more respectful honor than right?
while I agree with MB that our history gets sugar-coated to paint America as a noble never do wrong country...there were few that had the freedoms we have TRIED to have (that we are losing today)...aside from the fact our fore-fathers slaughtered the people that were already here...the Aztecs sucked too
Brando was tough for anyone to interview, he hated speaking about what he felt was frivolous, I think he was a crusader, but sometimes went too far, so far that many did not want to hear anything he had to say..
Brando is immensley focused and challenging to everyone that tries to avoid a reality check on social issues about racism, the entertainment industry and what keeps our everyday lives blinded, intentionally or not, from our collective self destruction, but nobody wants to hear a man with a concience or awareness. Rather, people want to be lied to and live a lie because its more profitable and entertaining. Not much has changed in people, has it?
This is genuine humor at it's best. The way Marlon always wants to lead his way in any interview he gives and showing his dissatisfaction in his own subtle ways is priceless!
The audience wanted to hear him go on about movies and such, typical audience dolts. I like the part starting about the 6:00 mark. If you look at Indian reservations today things haven't gotten much better after all these years.
@toddcharry You ignorant fool. Of course they want to 'hear him go on about movies and such', that's what he was known for, thats why he was in the public eye. That's why he was invited on the show. Why would they want to sit through him rambling about a random topic like Indian reservations? The audience are perfectly within their rights. It's easy for you to sit on your high horse 38 years later and pontificate, but if a star of today did this I'm sure you wouldn't be terribly impressed either
@TheSololobo OF all the possible prophets, it happens to be a talented movie actor from the late 20th century, how surprising (eyes roll until they snap the optic nerve)
There's a moment, that starts at 6 minutes in, and continues from thereon out -especially when he [Brando] talks about what America stands for at (6:30)- that has such an element of poignancy. That it feels, to me at least, that he is challenging the entire audience (that is, all intended viewers) out of the state of repose. It just simply dignifies his attendance to any interview. Which, begs his constant question: "Why do networks bother to allow the uninteresting(people) to dictate what is?".
lmao. brando owned this show that day .. wwhat a magnificient way to tell the host how much of a bullshitter he is. and this dick just couldnt handle that.
@Chameleonardodavinci i dont think he is. he is a phony. and he tried to throw many jabs at in this show in a veery sugar coated way. he pretends to be nice in my opinion
No 'they're' not selling activism, dude. Vedder for instance happens to be a rock singer, one I've seen repeatedly as a matter of fact and I know what he sells. Sorry you missed it. As for Clooney, I'll bet he knows at least how to spell 'they're'.
@thunderbirdscarlett My Momma Says Obama is my documentary that aims to go beyond the media's polarization of America 2 show the bravery of influential people to speak their mind, even if it goes against the grain. My film draws historical parallels between the activism that fueled the civil rights and peace movement, we find incredible inspiration from the great passion and profound social conscience of these activist down on Wall Street and now all over the world from the 99%.
@reva12 Finally a decent comment..."a cacophonic age" - just perfect. Now on Cable in Portugal I have to suffer the inanities of Jay Leno, Ellen de Generes, Conan, Tyra friggin' Banks etc. Disppointingly all their guests with rare exceptions sell out to the baying whooping audience and the presenters desperate attempts to find the good TV moment.
I give Cavett a lot of credit. He actually bats the q&a back and forth pretty well here. Parts where the two seem to disagree aren't so much argumentative as they are well debated and analytical. He does his best to maintain the "talk show" veneer by trying to add some humor but you can tell he regards Brando with genuine interest. And Brando, being notoriously tough to interview, is very gracious in that he pulls no punches, he's doggedly honest and really regards cavett with noticible respect.
@legendarnyziomal He was saving face, but I think a part of him realized how stupid the request was shortly after he gave it. Brando's stare was as good as a verbal response.
you could cut the atmosphere with a knife. Brando in total charge of everything. What presence, what an aura. Interviewer was shitting himself throughout the entire interview.(have to say though...the guy did well after a shakey start)
When i see Mickey Rourke deliver his lines, his naturalistic style is so reminiscent of Marlon. He had been touted as Brando's successor and if anyone wud or cud have been that, it was/is Mickey Rourke.I WILL say that after watching Ryan Gosling, he is my current favorite actor of all time along with Peter O'Toole, Brando coming in second. Brando has done stage acting and he's done Shakespeare(J Ceasar).Dont know if he did Shakespeare on stage though. So he scores big points in my book for that.
what is really interesting and amazing is that Marlon does not believe that acting is any more difficult than just living your every day life, reacting to every day events in life - which on one hand makes him come across as a bit naive, or secondly, acting was so inherent to him that that is why he was the greatest actor on earth.
@MrTheo187 there is an element of wisdom, but he just didn't seem to get that what he did was so different to what people do in every day life - we are reacting very intuitively to events, actions, words, whereas he was playing people doing that - so much harder. As I say, he either wasn't aware of how good he was, what a talent he had or I do think a little naive in thinking that anyone can do it because we all act! clearly we can't - I've tried, millions have tried, and not measured up to him.
@jemlucy Yeah I see your point. Refreshing to see an actor who doesn't think that acting/movies are particularly important in the grand scheme of things though.
i'm sure Brando means well and he is most certainly a better actor than most, but his demeanor and attitude about the world is misconstrued since he's so uptight, he would be more likable if he loosened up a bit and didn't stick to his guns (or clench them) since after awhile it becomes pretty annoying
@arbide Portraying a different person isn't self expression at all. How is acting as another person showing your particular thoughts or feelings or experiences at all?
@MrTheo187 bc the actor is the composer and the instrument--he uses his thoughts, feelings, experiences, his body, his voice..everything that's happened in his life to build the reality of the character. without the actor the character only exists on the page, without his emotions and experiences theres nothing to give life to the characters emotions and experiences. youre expressing yourself through the lens of another person
@adambstern9 Then at most acting is a completely limited and constrained art. There is no freedom in it to express yourself. Using aspects of yourself to express other characters emotions is still not conveying your own emotions to an audience; the audience will have no idea how the actor thinks or feels about the subject the character is involved with by the end. And I would think the director is the composer since they are the people who tell the actor how to perform.
@MrTheo187 Acting is the ultimate form of self-expression by definition bc you use yourself to express everything you do. You cannot not express yourself as an actor bc the characters emotions, his movements, his entire being only exists in so far as you exist. The actor is the character in that moment and the actor conveys his emotions directly to the audience through the character--the character has no emotions if the actor does not have them, it is pure self-expression.
@MrTheo187 it is not the role of the actor to tell the audience how he feels about the character or subject he is performing. it is his job to present that life to the audience and allow them to feel what they feel, regardless of his personal opinions. if he judged the work while performing he couldn't portray it with any objectivity and his biases would cloud the work.
@MrTheo187 a great book on this that can explain it way better than i ever could is called Being an Actor by Simon Callow, the second half speaks to all of this brilliantly
@adambstern9 Okay, but what I'm saying is that self expression by definition is portrayal of your own ideas or experiences to an audience. Expression of self. I realise that an actor must be able to express emotions and ideas in order to be good at it; and the fact that you stated that an actor does not express his ideas shows that you are proving my point.
@adambstern9 And I would think that music or poetry are the purest forms of self expression since they aren't constricted in any way; they aren't tied down by trying to show how an entirely different person feels.
Certain members of the audience unfortunately were just total morons... wasters of good air, shit machines basically! They should have been asked to leave the building because they had no idea of what these two were talking about.
dont you just love real crowd reactions there claps and lack of claps shows who they are as a people and shows brando is 100% right about who they are as people hes telling them truth and there not even clapping there like brain dead they only clap for the stupid things they fear the truth ugly people ..Marlon Brando was a true human
Some of my favourite actors such as De Niro and Pacino, have been making films almost non-stop for forty years, often declining in quality for half that time. Brando proved that there was more to life than turning film acting into nothing much more than a 9 to 5 grind.
@guv859 I could NOT agree with you more... more often then not, the stable of actors today are selling their souls to the bottom line... with all the value of a happy meal.
Everything he said re the native american was true, we all know it yet he is the only famous person past or present I've heard speak out about it publicly let alone make it their personal crusade in life.
I agree with what some people have been saying; that their personalities clash and the interview is awkward. However I feel that there is more common ground than is revealed in this interview as clearly there is a wealth of mutual respect between them.
1:02 I had an irish actor do the same thing to me one time in a bar. He was so immediately emotional that he was reading me like a book. It was a frightening feeling to see someone so fluently read the part of me that I thought was invisible. The amount of energy I was putting in to being polite appears to a REAL actor to be lying. They want your feelings, even disgust, to be immediate and real. They adore genuine conflict.
It is awkward because Brando speaks true feelings, rather than the typical B.S. that most of us (including myself) spew on a daily basis - which Brando refers to as acting.
@74classicchic And Cavett tries to let us know that he knows Brando "won't like this or that, yet he spends the whole interview asking him about shit he doesn't want to talk about. If you interview Brando, let him talk about whatever he wants to talk about, not herd him like cattle.
Network big wigs need to let go and not worry about ratings at all. They need to trust the interviewees and that the audience is really more interested in hearing and getting to know them as a person, not the icon.
Very awkward interview for Cavett, but I think he did as good a job as he could do. Brando was a very strange individual indeed. I can see why some found it difficult to work with him.
@cluo100 when he had sacheen little feather refuse the academy award for him it was a brilliant power play because she was able to get acting jobs because of that ,they wanted mark spitz to present an award he was trying to be an actor like buster crabbe but they said wait a minute he didnt act in anything yet his acting carreer never took off .
@spacepatrolman hay,my english is very bad,i am from germany,but i can a little bit your coment to translate.marlon brando is a really good actress,im fascinatic from this man.he has really a sensitive heart.a legend...:)))
I admire Dick that he was able to handle Brando's sensitivity. Now that is what i call great hosting. He knows Brando is his guest. Brando on the other hand is just being himself, me thinks. I admire him. I sense his genius just as Lennon did when he was being interviewed in all those shows.
@InnocenceExperience 1. I respect him because in many other interviews, he impressed me as a very intelligent, nice person. 2. I disrespect him here because Cavett's simply trying to have a conversation with him, and Marlon will not cooperate. If Marlon didn't want to allow Cavett to interview him, he shouldn't have come on the show.
Damn, everything he says from about 5:50 onwards is very true, but at that time, not a lot of people were properly educated on subjects like racial subjugation, or dominance, so what he's saying might seem somewhat foreign. For 1973, that's some pretty in depth stuff.
Seriously, Brando is the man. Nothing I can really say about him that hasn't been said, but... no offense, when he either gives you "the stare" or smiles in this interview... I get the feeling that he's about to kill someone. Something about his look reminds me of Jack Nicholson's look or appereance as seen in The Shining.
Justice doesnt apply to those homeless as well in the USA
JT2012a 5 days ago
what do you do when the interviewee wants to interview the interviewer?....good lesson Dick Cavett.
JT2012a 5 days ago
dick cavett does an amazing job here... he must be a nervous wreck lol
LIVINGONTHEDOLE 1 week ago
that man has pair of balls, never i mean never seen an actor talk like that
kerkoky 1 week ago
People idolize Marilyn Monroe when really they should idolize Marlon Brando instead.
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or maybe they shouldn't idolize anyone
LIVINGONTHEDOLE 1 week ago
''When we hear, as we've heard throughout all our lives, no matter how old we are that we are a country that stands for freedom, for rightness, for justice, for everyone. It simply doesn't apply to those who are not white. It just simply doesn't apply. And we were the most rapacious, aggressive, destructive, torturing, monstrous people who swept from one coast to the other murdering and causing mayhem among the Indians.''
What a fantastic and intelligent man.
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dick is being a real dick here
akrammercfcgc 2 weeks ago
@akrammercfcgc he's a talk show host trying to entertain the crowd with dialogue. Would you prefer him to sit there and let Brando filibuster about native americans for an hour?
ragingbull888 2 weeks ago
@ragingbull888 oh i'm talking about the first few minutes of this part where Brando is talking serious about acting and playing roles. Dick's funny interruptions weren't helping here.
akrammercfcgc 2 weeks ago
could you imagine this conversation on the jimmy kimmel show.
jws8713 2 months ago
They're not the 99%
thunderbirdscarlett 2 months ago
7:04 the guy clapping alone has balls, i couldn't do that
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this interviewer is just terrible and stupid. Marlon is incredible and inspires me
benoitddd42 2 months ago
He is point blank honest, incredibly blunt man.
inspiredbymj 2 months ago
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thunderbirdscarlett 2 months ago
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thunderbirdscarlett 2 months ago
wow, i don't know much about marlon brando. and i just saw about a few seconds of this part (4/6) of this interview and still that is enough for me to appreciate him as person. in just a few seconds he lets the reporters mask slip, that is impressive
Kasparov178 2 months ago 3
Marlon was right on!
wease2000 2 months ago
sean penn is the new brando
DDTphoenix 3 months ago
"I'd rather not talk about movies..."
"...did you like the book, 'The Godfather'?"
LOL!
orkavorn 4 months ago
dude, brando is obsessed with indians!
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Wow just wow. Have to say that I had no idea that acting for him was just a career. Well I think that any craft that is mastered at a high level is an art. He doesn't give his career as an actor any weight whatsoever. It surprises me that he can perform at such high level when he doesn't seem very passionate about it at all. I suppose his greatest passion is humanity.
LEDANCETHERAPY 4 months ago
These two men have two completely different objectives here - yet Dick Cavett comes away with what may be his best and most meaningful interview.
CenyddRos 4 months ago
This could be Brando's greatest acting performance.
bathroommonkey76 4 months ago 2
Watching this interview, I realise that there could have been no finer choice of an actor to play the part of Jor'El, Superman's father. I had no idea he was so intelligent, so aware, and stoic too.
1977Harrier 4 months ago
what is brandos accent ?
ZooYork258 5 months ago
@ZooYork258 brando has his own accent!:)
zarco1977 2 days ago
What a LEGEND! ..
juancarlos23alva 5 months ago
The way his eyes find the camera is amazing
this guy is so True !!!!
junior1873 5 months ago
@junior1873 or the greatest actor ever...
zarco1977 2 days ago
amazing political courage!
ALHvideos 5 months ago 3
my Hero
fcuervog 5 months ago
such a shame the actor's of today.....
RockQueef 5 months ago 4
I find his passion for indian rights (native american rights, I mean).. so inspiring and interesting. I can't believe they'd rather talk about some shit he doesn't even wanna talk about.
PorroFirst 6 months ago
I know that what he's trying to talk about is an important matter and I know that it is a good thing that there was somebody like him to make people face the truth about the condition of the indians and all but I cannot help thinking that I would actually have enjoyed listening to him talk about the Godfather and Last Tango and so forth and how disappointed I am to hear how dispassionate he was about what I on the other consider to be art, from what I get he seemed to see things in black & white
IndianaSalome 6 months ago
@IndianaSalome I agree with everything you have written. I'd advise you, if you haven't already, to read 'Brando - Songs my Mother Taught me' with Robert Lindsey. In that he gives the most detail I think he ever did, about his experiences in the films he has been in, as well as his social and political views and experiences.
cheekylittlethings 4 months ago
Brando runs circles around Cavett
gagehughes1 6 months ago
Cavett reminds me of Conan, or maybe the other way around
itsian44 6 months ago
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VYD239 6 months ago
"When we hear -as we´ve heard through all our lives, no matter how old we are- that we are a country that stands for freedom, for rightness for justice for everyone, it simply doesn´t apply to those who are not white, it simply doesn´t apply. If we were the most rapacious, aggressive, destructive, torturing, monster, people, who swept from one coast to the other murdering and causing mayhem among the Indians."
ptrck99 6 months ago
Dude is a tough interview!
emptywithoutjesus 6 months ago
"There's one Indian in there." :D terrific
mrunicornfield 6 months ago
Mr. Brando got it totally dead on and you can tell that in Mr. C's shocked face. But he's right. Mr. Cavet has a job to do as does Mr. Leno. And Mr. Leno is excellent at it. The best. I've often thought he shows so little of himself and respect him for keeping his real life seperate. / Actors play characters and that's who the public react to. This kid that plays a vampire whose been voted one of the most influencial men of whatever said, he couldn't influence his dog and now he's voted this?
Songsmirth 6 months ago
2:54 He did not like talking about movies, all he was interested in was humanitarian issues and serious life manners. Amazing how the douche bags they call them selves actors and actresses today care only about mentioning their films and begging people to go to the cinema and watch.
ibha1981 6 months ago
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ibha1981 6 months ago
michell bachman should hear this...
kelvancro 7 months ago
But why does he calling them "indians" instead of NAtive Americans or the indigenous peoples
HawkeyeXXV 7 months ago
@HawkeyeXXV nigga please...!!!
ebuz218 6 months ago
@ebuz218 ???? whaaaat
HawkeyeXXV 6 months ago
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HawkeyeXXV 6 months ago
@HawkeyeXXV why include america into that name.. i highly doubt the indians called this country we live in the americas.. indian seems sort of appropriate, but i do see ur argument. . but then i guess calling them by their tribe name would b a more respectful honor than right?
mendoza0725 5 months ago
I love Brando but he dedicated his energy to something that will not change in the US - Im surprised he never picked up and left the country.
But I guess in the end at least he has exposed the atrocities against the Native Americans
HawkeyeXXV 7 months ago
while I agree with MB that our history gets sugar-coated to paint America as a noble never do wrong country...there were few that had the freedoms we have TRIED to have (that we are losing today)...aside from the fact our fore-fathers slaughtered the people that were already here...the Aztecs sucked too
JoeyPencils 7 months ago
On the press - ''its mostly money orientated & therefore I don't think it has any value''
Genius!
brazil70 7 months ago
brando blew my mind
brenonion 7 months ago
Brando was tough for anyone to interview, he hated speaking about what he felt was frivolous, I think he was a crusader, but sometimes went too far, so far that many did not want to hear anything he had to say..
benadmin 7 months ago
Cavett was acting like a stupid little teenybopper in front of Elvis. This is a horrible interview.
ajamoros 7 months ago
1:42 I actually felt fear....Brando actually embodies his emotions...he is not an actor..he is human...we are the actors
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Wow said !
MrLeagueOJustice 2 months ago
Brando is immensley focused and challenging to everyone that tries to avoid a reality check on social issues about racism, the entertainment industry and what keeps our everyday lives blinded, intentionally or not, from our collective self destruction, but nobody wants to hear a man with a concience or awareness. Rather, people want to be lied to and live a lie because its more profitable and entertaining. Not much has changed in people, has it?
ZelbeQahi 8 months ago
This is genuine humor at it's best. The way Marlon always wants to lead his way in any interview he gives and showing his dissatisfaction in his own subtle ways is priceless!
vipe1987 8 months ago 3
The audience wanted to hear him go on about movies and such, typical audience dolts. I like the part starting about the 6:00 mark. If you look at Indian reservations today things haven't gotten much better after all these years.
toddcharry 8 months ago
@toddcharry You ignorant fool. Of course they want to 'hear him go on about movies and such', that's what he was known for, thats why he was in the public eye. That's why he was invited on the show. Why would they want to sit through him rambling about a random topic like Indian reservations? The audience are perfectly within their rights. It's easy for you to sit on your high horse 38 years later and pontificate, but if a star of today did this I'm sure you wouldn't be terribly impressed either
fearofclowns1989 8 months ago
We are all in the matrix, Brando wants to get us through the rabbit hole and realize the truth.
TheSololobo 8 months ago 39
@TheSololobo OF all the possible prophets, it happens to be a talented movie actor from the late 20th century, how surprising (eyes roll until they snap the optic nerve)
Chomskola1979 2 months ago
'All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players'
crescentpics 8 months ago
There's a moment, that starts at 6 minutes in, and continues from thereon out -especially when he [Brando] talks about what America stands for at (6:30)- that has such an element of poignancy. That it feels, to me at least, that he is challenging the entire audience (that is, all intended viewers) out of the state of repose. It just simply dignifies his attendance to any interview. Which, begs his constant question: "Why do networks bother to allow the uninteresting(people) to dictate what is?".
MJCrest 8 months ago
Am I the only one who understands what Brando means?
Dennisnielsen5 8 months ago
@Dennisnielsen5 You are not alone...
nazlihan2010 8 months ago
You can see Dick Cavett feels more and more threatened by marlon as the show goes on
SnakeEatersz 8 months ago
It is a business... It's no more than that and those who pretend it's an art I think is misguided....
Wow... I think we should tell that to hollywood "stars".
stillagunner 8 months ago
Marlon Brando scares the living crap out of me!
mrloudogggy 8 months ago
I love Brando's smile :)
anitarsenal1989 9 months ago
lmao. brando owned this show that day .. wwhat a magnificient way to tell the host how much of a bullshitter he is. and this dick just couldnt handle that.
11nahyt 9 months ago
@11nahyt Hey, Dick Cavett's a nice guy...
Chameleonardodavinci 9 months ago
@Chameleonardodavinci i dont think he is. he is a phony. and he tried to throw many jabs at in this show in a veery sugar coated way. he pretends to be nice in my opinion
11nahyt 9 months ago
Can't stand Brando BUT the guy was right on it....SMART! He knew what was going on around him.
GCL777 9 months ago
this guy obviosuly didnt see slumdawg millionare
ConstantineRobbins 9 months ago
i want to have sex with rosa parks
queefbreeze 9 months ago
lmfao at 'this is me, i'm letting it all hang out'
velouriesa 9 months ago
the pretentiousness on some of these comments is absurd.
wooboy11 10 months ago 5
@wooboy11 agreed wooboy
velouriesa 9 months ago
@wooboy11 it fecking is, but dont worry, now that Brando is gone Eddie Vedder, Bono and George clooney will save us from ourselves
Chomskola1979 2 months ago
@Chomskola1979 Eddie Vedder, Bono and George clooney will Occupy America? No their selling Activism.
We have so little time, it's a misuse of time to give my film about the American Dream an interview, so says their PR PEOPLE.
thunderbirdscarlett 2 months ago
@thunderbirdscarlett
No 'they're' not selling activism, dude. Vedder for instance happens to be a rock singer, one I've seen repeatedly as a matter of fact and I know what he sells. Sorry you missed it. As for Clooney, I'll bet he knows at least how to spell 'they're'.
MrLeagueOJustice 2 months ago
@MrLeagueOJustice I may not spell well, but boy ...I can write!!!!
thunderbirdscarlett 2 months ago
@thunderbirdscarlett My Momma Says Obama is my documentary that aims to go beyond the media's polarization of America 2 show the bravery of influential people to speak their mind, even if it goes against the grain. My film draws historical parallels between the activism that fueled the civil rights and peace movement, we find incredible inspiration from the great passion and profound social conscience of these activist down on Wall Street and now all over the world from the 99%.
thunderbirdscarlett 2 months ago
Respond to this video...They're not the 99%
thunderbirdscarlett 2 months ago
Respond to this video... profound social conscience of Brando is my inspiration.
thunderbirdscarlett 2 months ago
@Chomskola1979 Eddie Vedder is very apt for that, yes.
MrLeagueOJustice 2 months ago
Dick did the best he could with a man impossible to be interviewed.
ricarleite 10 months ago 3
Above all he is piercingly analytical with brevity of articulation. Rare in our cacophonic age...
Nowadays, celebrities say much and only by the laws of probability something coherent issues.
Thanks for this clip.
reva12 10 months ago
@reva12 Finally a decent comment..."a cacophonic age" - just perfect. Now on Cable in Portugal I have to suffer the inanities of Jay Leno, Ellen de Generes, Conan, Tyra friggin' Banks etc. Disppointingly all their guests with rare exceptions sell out to the baying whooping audience and the presenters desperate attempts to find the good TV moment.
novadrian 9 months ago
everyone acts, its a matter of degree i think and artistic expression that seperates from everyone else
44eelz 11 months ago
Rosa Parks was in Montgomery
lemonsyay1 11 months ago 3
I give Cavett a lot of credit. He actually bats the q&a back and forth pretty well here. Parts where the two seem to disagree aren't so much argumentative as they are well debated and analytical. He does his best to maintain the "talk show" veneer by trying to add some humor but you can tell he regards Brando with genuine interest. And Brando, being notoriously tough to interview, is very gracious in that he pulls no punches, he's doggedly honest and really regards cavett with noticible respect.
KillerWulf777 11 months ago 4
Fact: Brando punched out a paparazzo after this show, and Dick Cavett was with him. These guys fucking rock, man!
mussman717word 11 months ago 4
@mussman717word Lol I just stumbled across that story, which led me to this video...broke the dude's jaw and knocked out 5 of his teeth
kjackson2k1 9 months ago
@kjackson2k1
Brando is a such a bad-ass. I wish I were in a streetgang with these two.
mussman717word 9 months ago
"The man's incorruptable, and that's what I'd hoped."
That sums up both mens' personalities quite well.
mussman717word 11 months ago 28
@mussman717word He just said it, in order to not lose his face
In my opinion he lost it anyway, Marlon can see through this man
legendarnyziomal 6 months ago
@legendarnyziomal He was saving face, but I think a part of him realized how stupid the request was shortly after he gave it. Brando's stare was as good as a verbal response.
ncawadias 6 months ago
you could cut the atmosphere with a knife. Brando in total charge of everything. What presence, what an aura. Interviewer was shitting himself throughout the entire interview.(have to say though...the guy did well after a shakey start)
rolfharrisable 11 months ago
When i see Mickey Rourke deliver his lines, his naturalistic style is so reminiscent of Marlon. He had been touted as Brando's successor and if anyone wud or cud have been that, it was/is Mickey Rourke.I WILL say that after watching Ryan Gosling, he is my current favorite actor of all time along with Peter O'Toole, Brando coming in second. Brando has done stage acting and he's done Shakespeare(J Ceasar).Dont know if he did Shakespeare on stage though. So he scores big points in my book for that.
Tabish29 11 months ago
am i the only one who thinks brando is a PSYCHOPATH !??!
topdogcj 11 months ago
@topdogcj why do you think that?
jemlucy 11 months ago
hes so right you would never get a famous person saying anything like that-the right stuff. they might think it but never would say it.
oliviabyrnvfuvu 11 months ago
what is really interesting and amazing is that Marlon does not believe that acting is any more difficult than just living your every day life, reacting to every day events in life - which on one hand makes him come across as a bit naive, or secondly, acting was so inherent to him that that is why he was the greatest actor on earth.
jemlucy 11 months ago
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adambstern9 11 months ago
@jemlucy I would think that realising that most people act their way through life is more wisdom than naivity to be honest.
MrTheo187 11 months ago
@MrTheo187 there is an element of wisdom, but he just didn't seem to get that what he did was so different to what people do in every day life - we are reacting very intuitively to events, actions, words, whereas he was playing people doing that - so much harder. As I say, he either wasn't aware of how good he was, what a talent he had or I do think a little naive in thinking that anyone can do it because we all act! clearly we can't - I've tried, millions have tried, and not measured up to him.
jemlucy 11 months ago
@jemlucy Yeah I see your point. Refreshing to see an actor who doesn't think that acting/movies are particularly important in the grand scheme of things though.
MrTheo187 11 months ago
i'm sure Brando means well and he is most certainly a better actor than most, but his demeanor and attitude about the world is misconstrued since he's so uptight, he would be more likable if he loosened up a bit and didn't stick to his guns (or clench them) since after awhile it becomes pretty annoying
knwtmsyn 11 months ago
Nice duel. Cavett has a home advantage but Brando parried well.
merdufer 11 months ago
Of course acting is an art. It is self expression.
arbide3 11 months ago
@arbide Portraying a different person isn't self expression at all. How is acting as another person showing your particular thoughts or feelings or experiences at all?
MrTheo187 11 months ago
@MrTheo187 bc the actor is the composer and the instrument--he uses his thoughts, feelings, experiences, his body, his voice..everything that's happened in his life to build the reality of the character. without the actor the character only exists on the page, without his emotions and experiences theres nothing to give life to the characters emotions and experiences. youre expressing yourself through the lens of another person
adambstern9 11 months ago
@adambstern9 Then at most acting is a completely limited and constrained art. There is no freedom in it to express yourself. Using aspects of yourself to express other characters emotions is still not conveying your own emotions to an audience; the audience will have no idea how the actor thinks or feels about the subject the character is involved with by the end. And I would think the director is the composer since they are the people who tell the actor how to perform.
MrTheo187 11 months ago
@MrTheo187 Acting is the ultimate form of self-expression by definition bc you use yourself to express everything you do. You cannot not express yourself as an actor bc the characters emotions, his movements, his entire being only exists in so far as you exist. The actor is the character in that moment and the actor conveys his emotions directly to the audience through the character--the character has no emotions if the actor does not have them, it is pure self-expression.
adambstern9 11 months ago
@MrTheo187 it is not the role of the actor to tell the audience how he feels about the character or subject he is performing. it is his job to present that life to the audience and allow them to feel what they feel, regardless of his personal opinions. if he judged the work while performing he couldn't portray it with any objectivity and his biases would cloud the work.
adambstern9 11 months ago
@MrTheo187 a great book on this that can explain it way better than i ever could is called Being an Actor by Simon Callow, the second half speaks to all of this brilliantly
adambstern9 11 months ago
@adambstern9 Okay, but what I'm saying is that self expression by definition is portrayal of your own ideas or experiences to an audience. Expression of self. I realise that an actor must be able to express emotions and ideas in order to be good at it; and the fact that you stated that an actor does not express his ideas shows that you are proving my point.
MrTheo187 11 months ago
@adambstern9 And I would think that music or poetry are the purest forms of self expression since they aren't constricted in any way; they aren't tied down by trying to show how an entirely different person feels.
MrTheo187 11 months ago
@adambstern9 give my head peace fs
tommydangerous27 11 months ago
Certain members of the audience unfortunately were just total morons... wasters of good air, shit machines basically! They should have been asked to leave the building because they had no idea of what these two were talking about.
yellingelk 11 months ago
dont you just love real crowd reactions there claps and lack of claps shows who they are as a people and shows brando is 100% right about who they are as people hes telling them truth and there not even clapping there like brain dead they only clap for the stupid things they fear the truth ugly people ..Marlon Brando was a true human
drugwhore 1 year ago
Some of my favourite actors such as De Niro and Pacino, have been making films almost non-stop for forty years, often declining in quality for half that time. Brando proved that there was more to life than turning film acting into nothing much more than a 9 to 5 grind.
guv859 1 year ago
@guv859 I could NOT agree with you more... more often then not, the stable of actors today are selling their souls to the bottom line... with all the value of a happy meal.
Redshift313 1 year ago
Everything he said re the native american was true, we all know it yet he is the only famous person past or present I've heard speak out about it publicly let alone make it their personal crusade in life.
Eightbanger 1 year ago
I got really sad at his response at 4:23 for some reason.
zaixhadouken 1 year ago 3
Brandos was really deep.,...
WisdomRiver 1 year ago 4
@WisdomRiver yes thats true
cluo100 1 year ago
I agree with what some people have been saying; that their personalities clash and the interview is awkward. However I feel that there is more common ground than is revealed in this interview as clearly there is a wealth of mutual respect between them.
FencesandHeavens 1 year ago
1:02 I had an irish actor do the same thing to me one time in a bar. He was so immediately emotional that he was reading me like a book. It was a frightening feeling to see someone so fluently read the part of me that I thought was invisible. The amount of energy I was putting in to being polite appears to a REAL actor to be lying. They want your feelings, even disgust, to be immediate and real. They adore genuine conflict.
droid740 1 year ago
Anything "money-oriented" is valueless and not worth talking about? Yeah, that's some deep thinking, Marlon, real deep...
FungusMossGnosis 1 year ago
I hate when Stevie Wonder tries to give me stuff on planes ....
And a real hollywood whore would have sold that Revlon shit for Cavett and laughed it off. Way to go Marlon.
Nautilus1972 1 year ago
It is awkward because Brando speaks true feelings, rather than the typical B.S. that most of us (including myself) spew on a daily basis - which Brando refers to as acting.
74classicchic 1 year ago 5
@74classicchic And Cavett tries to let us know that he knows Brando "won't like this or that, yet he spends the whole interview asking him about shit he doesn't want to talk about. If you interview Brando, let him talk about whatever he wants to talk about, not herd him like cattle.
Nautilus1972 1 year ago
It is awkward because Brando speaks true feelings, rather than the typical B.S. that most of us (including myself) spew on a daily basis.
74classicchic 1 year ago
He played the Godfather brilliant!
19GirlBad 1 year ago
where's the interviews with all the chiefs they mentioned in the intro?
2Bonita08 1 year ago
Network big wigs need to let go and not worry about ratings at all. They need to trust the interviewees and that the audience is really more interested in hearing and getting to know them as a person, not the icon.
TwiceTheIllusion 1 year ago
silently menacing controlling and insightful bear
vs
shaky mouse with no balls and crap in his closet
let the fight begin !
arngrim2k 1 year ago
Very awkward interview for Cavett, but I think he did as good a job as he could do. Brando was a very strange individual indeed. I can see why some found it difficult to work with him.
JP5466 1 year ago
Marlon Brando and Dick Cavett don't belong in the same room.
Chris2O09 1 year ago
@Chris2O09 why?
cellardoor199991 1 year ago
@cellardoor199991 They are the opposite of one another, it seems very awkward.
Chris2O09 1 year ago
This the weirdest interview ever!
mpxoxo 1 year ago
brando,his voice is very young....
cluo100 1 year ago
Maelon Brando is so great.Im in Love with him....:)
cluo100 1 year ago
@cluo100 when he had sacheen little feather refuse the academy award for him it was a brilliant power play because she was able to get acting jobs because of that ,they wanted mark spitz to present an award he was trying to be an actor like buster crabbe but they said wait a minute he didnt act in anything yet his acting carreer never took off .
spacepatrolman 1 year ago
@spacepatrolman hay,my english is very bad,i am from germany,but i can a little bit your coment to translate.marlon brando is a really good actress,im fascinatic from this man.he has really a sensitive heart.a legend...:)))
cluo100 1 year ago
Yes, the indians. That's the subject on everybody's mind and the only one worth discussing, Marlon. You're so right.
dcolby5 1 year ago
calling him asshole just because he doesn't follow a tv host,who just wants to lure him to say some stupid things that would publicity love?
brando is the man !,he doesnt give a shit what somebody thinks about him.
And I guess he is one of firsts who stoop up against hollywood and it's stupid propaganda
Daneking1992 1 year ago
Brando totally nails why Cavett is so bad at doing this job because it's all about blowing smoke.
What Brando is saying is that it would be impossible to be a fake TV Show Host.
Cavett TELLING Brando what he thinks he OUGHT to be doing? Incredible;
love to hear what Brando would tell Cavett he should be doing.
Rexicano 1 year ago
I admire Dick that he was able to handle Brando's sensitivity. Now that is what i call great hosting. He knows Brando is his guest. Brando on the other hand is just being himself, me thinks. I admire him. I sense his genius just as Lennon did when he was being interviewed in all those shows.
egay09 1 year ago
Brando was a total asshole in this interview. And I say that as a person who has great respect for Brando.
7beers 1 year ago
@7beers what do you respect him for? and why was he being an asshole?
InnocenceExperience 1 year ago
@InnocenceExperience 1. I respect him because in many other interviews, he impressed me as a very intelligent, nice person. 2. I disrespect him here because Cavett's simply trying to have a conversation with him, and Marlon will not cooperate. If Marlon didn't want to allow Cavett to interview him, he shouldn't have come on the show.
7beers 1 year ago
The Way of Brando's talking. How Honestly. It's a great pleasure listenning to him. Good Video.
Tranc0069 1 year ago
There's only one person who can do interviews like this today and that's Letterman. No one else.
tragic1Kingdom 1 year ago
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gdubh 1 year ago
Fuck the interview, they all have to sit in the audience with pen and paper and keep taking notes of his great words!
ShahnamPersia 1 year ago
awesome period for brando here, godfather, last tango. such a paradox; wise and foolish.
NarisTorquere 1 year ago
Poor Dick having to read a commercial during THIS interview!
ehryk30 1 year ago 2
brando was alexander the great of acting he conquerd the world of actors forever!
epicvlas 1 year ago 19
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@epicvlas So right my man..
wuleesteffi 1 year ago
The guy was actually trying to make Brando do a commercial? Asshole.
thestranger4812 1 year ago
good interview but why did he refuse to talk about the godfather????
knownpleasures 1 year ago
There was a word used there "Re educate" and that happened both in the movies and in our schools, It turned us into pussies
LIVERLADD 1 year ago
Damn, everything he says from about 5:50 onwards is very true, but at that time, not a lot of people were properly educated on subjects like racial subjugation, or dominance, so what he's saying might seem somewhat foreign. For 1973, that's some pretty in depth stuff.
peaceandmetal88 1 year ago
Whats with the constant giggling in the audience??
Back7sword 1 year ago
i didnt know he was related to MIKE TYSON?...
barrylee55 1 year ago
this guy reminds me of Tupac Shakur, except Tupac was killed at 25 this guy is brave.
plugshift 1 year ago
Seriously, Brando is the man. Nothing I can really say about him that hasn't been said, but... no offense, when he either gives you "the stare" or smiles in this interview... I get the feeling that he's about to kill someone. Something about his look reminds me of Jack Nicholson's look or appereance as seen in The Shining.
Slumgrotten 1 year ago
Older but still sexy... I love his smile!
GoldieGlitters 1 year ago