"Oskar Werner gibt sein letztes Interview", Teil 1/ "Oskar Werner gives his last interview", part 1

"Acting is a phony profession for a grown-up man unless there's a spiritual manifestation behind it.
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When you fought your entire life for the nobility of the spirit and the quality of true emotion- you simply cannot partake in defacing the great classics.

And I also think one has a responsibility toward our youth that is so very desperate and without guidance. That is why they are so violent.
I just don't believe that one can achieve anything with smashing in windows- but with the complete opposite. They need to protest- but in a dignified manner, not without dignity.

And that's why Schiller said (and I love Schiller passionately!) "Art is the daughter of Freedom."- and he was right.
And Schiller told the artist something else: "The dignity of mankind is in your hands; protect it! It sinks with you! With you it will ascend.

...you can only understand things so much- as far as you have come along yourself. Nobody will spoon feed you a master piece overnight, that is something you have to work on for yourself.
That I know the [Mozart's] 'Magic Flute' by heart is a blessing- it also belong to me and not just [the director] Karl Boehm."

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[goldie0800]

I do wish there were some English subtitles for this. Am very interested but ...

[ModulationAlert]

@goldie0800 : I might not do subtitles, but I'm planning on transcribing it and translating that, hopefully soon. I tried giving at least a summary, but I understand that that is just not enough when one wants to enjoy every word of his.

[littlehelp2]

It's very funny and stunning how much Oskar Werner looks like David Hemmings (see for example in the film Blow up from Michelangelo Antonioni) ! Does it like ?

[steveplusjean]

How awesome