Richard Burton on The Dick Cavett Show pt. 4

July 1980

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Entertainment

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• richard burton
• interview
• dick cavett
• elizabeth taylor
• wales
• mining
• alcoholism
• acting
• theatre

[manconoo]

I could listen to the great man all day...himself and Liz are finally back together again.

[ruteparedes]

thank you for this!

[andmaketherain]

Richard Burton, he Lived Life...

[4ridersify]

What a wonderful interview. Thank you so much for posting.

[roystonsaxon]

@frickadele Yes, but there's a slight snag. You have to have monstrous talent to begin with to achieve the heights that this man achieved during the course of his relatively brief life. This 'so called star' came from total working class obscurity to become one of the greatest stage actors of the Twenieth Century. When you're on stage taking the lead role in, say, Shakespeare's Hamlet, as this man did,no amount of sleeping around with men in suits will help you pull off an amazing performance.

[frickadele]

Burton slept with anyone who would sleep with him.

Hollywood is just a whorehouse.

The writers, directors, lighting, costume designers, etc.

make the whore who slept with the producers or director or

the head of the film industry....a so called star.

Just remember ...not to tell the public that this STAR was

a whore to begin with.

[Mr1958louief]

Just him speaking about the play. My hair stood on the back of my neck.

[tarnsand]

Thnx for uploading this whole interview. I really enjoyed it:)

[TheMartinick]

Thank you for posting. Such an intelligent man and wonderful interview.

[LaSerpentaCanta]

@yayparker91 lol yes, I was going to correct you on that one =)

[yayparker91]

@LaSerpentaCanta i did research and i am wrong. haha.

[yayparker91]

@LaSerpentaCanta If I'm not mistaken, Susan was his first wife, the one he divorced for Elizabeth.