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>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY!
WELCOME BACK!
FOLKS, LAST WEEK, I HAD THE EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITY TO SIT
DOWN WITH LEGENDARY ACTOR ROBERT DUVALL.
DUVALL, NOW 90, HAS APPEARED IN SOME OF THE MOST ICONIC MOVIES
OF ALL TIME -SUCH AS "THE GODFATHER" 1 & 2, "APOCALYPSE
NOW," "NETWORK," "M.A.S.H.," AND "TENDER MERCIES," FOR WHICH HE
WON ACADEMY AWARD.
BOB AND HIS WIFE, LUCIANA, WERE GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO INVITE ME
DOWN TO THEIR BEAUTIFUL RANCH IN VIRGINIA FOR A CONVERSATION
ABOUT ACTING, MARLON BRANDO, AND HIS NEW FILM, "12 MIGHTY
ORPHANS."
ROBERT DUVALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SITTING TOWN WITH ME TODAY.
IT'S AN ABSOLUTE HONOR TO TALK TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING ALL THE WAY DOWN HERE TO VIRGINIA TO
TALK TO ME.
>> Stephen: IT IS ABSOLUTELY NO TRIAL TO COME TO YOUR
BEAUTIFUL FARM AND YOUR BEAUTIFUL HOUSE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: HOW MANY ACRES DO YOU HAVE HERE AND HOW MANY
HORSES?
>> OH, WE HAVE ONE HORSE THAT'S ABOUT 32 YEARS OLD BUT HE LOOKS
LIKE 15.
WE HAVE 360 ACRES.
>> Stephen: IS IT IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO NOT LIVE IN
HOLLYWOOD, TO NOT BE IN LOS ANGELES OR NEW YORK?
>> OH, WELL, I LIVED IN NEW YORK, AND THEN I WOULD GO TO
CALIFORNIA AND COME BACK, BUT I DON'T CARE TO GO TO EITHER PLACE
NOW.
I LIKE IT OUT HERE.
>> Stephen: IT'S PRETTY QUIET.
DO YOU LIKE PEOPLE?
>> YEAH, I DO.
I LIKE CHARACTERS.
I WANT TO HOLD A DEFINITIVE CHARACTER PARTY SOME DAY.
YOU'RE INVITED.
( LAUGHTER ) YOU'RE A CHARACTER.
>> Stephen: I'M HONORED.
YEAH.
>> Stephen: YOU SAY YOU ENJOY -- I'VE READ YOU ENJOY
BEING A CHARACTER ACTOR.
YOU THINK THAT'S BET THAT AREN BEING A LEADER MAN?
WHY?
IT SEEMS LIKE MORE WORK BECAUSE A LEADING MAN JUST GETS A SHOW
AND CAN BE HIMSELF.
A CHARACTER ACTOR HAS TO BE A CHARACTER.
>> I'VE DONE BOTH.
I LIKE TO DO CHARACTERS.
>> Stephen: IS IT THE CHARACTER'S INTENTION, WHAT HE
WANTS OUT OF THE SCENE?
>> I JUST FOLLOW THE SCRIPT.
YOU JUST, YOU KNOW -- >> Stephen: BUT HOW DO YOU
OPEN UP THE SCRIPT AND HOW -- BECAUSE ANYONE COULD FOLLOW THE
SCRIPT.
HOW WERE YOU TAUGHT TO ACTUALLY APPROACH THE TRUTH OF THAT
CHARACTER IN THE SCRIPT?
>> I JUST FOLLOW THE SCRIPT, ONE SCENE TO THE NEXT SCENE TO THE
NEXT SCENE AND JUST SEE WHERE THAT GOES, YOU KNOW.
>> Stephen: I HAD A CONVERSATION RECENTLY WITH
ANTHONY HOPKINS ABOUT HOW HE APPROACHES THE CHARACTER AND HE
SAYS EXACTLY THE SAME THING.
I'LL SAY TO YOU WHAT I SAID TO HIM, YOU MAKE IT SOUND VERY
EASY, BUT CERTAINLY THERE HAS TO BE MORE THAN FOLLOWING THE
SCRIPT.
WHAT IS IT YOU ARE DOING AS AN ACTOR TO STAND THOSE WORDS UP
OFF THE PAGE?
>> WELL, I TALK, YOU LISTEN.
YOU TALK, I LISTEN.
JUST LIKE WE'RE DOING NOW.
IT BOILS DOWN -- THAT'S THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF IT,
LIKE RIGHT NOW.
YOU TRY NOT TO PLAY THE RESULT, BUT YOU CAN PLAN CERTAIN THINGS,
HOPEFULLY, AND IF IT DOESN'T WORK, YOU KNOW, AN EMOTIONAL
THING, BUT IF IT DOESN'T WORK, THEN IT DOESN'T WORK.
BUT IF IT WORKS, IT WORKS, YOU KNOW.
BUT THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS YOU CAN GO ABOUT GETTING TO CERTAIN
THINGS, YOU KNOW.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE FIRST FILM FAMOUSLY IS AS BOO RADLEY IN "TO
KILL A MOCKINGBIRD."
BOO IS SIMPLY THE OFF-SCREEN SUBJECT OF SO MUCH OF THE FILM.
IT ACTUALLY STARTS OFF, THIS IS THE SUMMER WE DECIDE TO GET BOO
RADLEY TO COME OUT, AND YOU'RE NOT SEEN UNTIL THE VERY END OF
THE FILM.
>> RIGHT.
>> Stephen: IT'S A DISTINCTIVE MOMENT.
IT'S A VERY -- THE PER FORCE IS VERY HALTING, VERY TENDER AT THE
SAME TIME.
IT'S VERY INNOCENT FIGURE.
BUT YOU DON'T SAY A SINGLE LINE.
DID YOU EVER HAVE A LINE?
>> AT THE END, WHEN THEY'RE LEADING ME HOME, WE'RE GOING TO
TAKE YOU HOME, AND I SAY SOMETHING LIKE, WHERE ARE YOU
TAKING ME?
OR WHERE.
THAT WAS ALL.
BUT THEY CUT THE LINE.
>> Stephen: YOU SAY GUS McCRAY, YOUR CHARACTER FROM
LONESOME DOVE, IS YOUR FAVORITE PERSONAL CHARACTER.
WHAT IS IT ABOUT HIM?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
JUST THE COMPLEX NATURE OF HIS CHARACTER, YOU KNOW.
HE'S -- HE SAID HOW CAN WE KILL ALL THE GUYS THAT WERE GOOD GUYS
TO BEGIN WITH?
YOU KNOW, HE HAD A CERTAIN VISIONARY IN A CERTAIN WAY.
WE WALKED INTO THE WARD ROAM ONE DAY OF LOANSOME DOVE AND SAID
WE'RE MAKING THE GODFATHER OF WESTERNS.
I WAS FORTUNATE TO BE IN GAT FATHER ONE AND TWO AND LONESOME
DOVE.
WHEN I TALKED TO MARLON BRANDO, HE'D NEVER HEARD OF LONESOME
DOVE.
THAT'S HARD TO BELIEVE.
>> Stephen: WHEN YOU WERE DOING THE GODFATHER, DID YOU
HAVE THE SENSE YOU WERE IN SOMETHING SPECIAL.
>> GODFATHER ONE, DEFINITELY.
>> Stephen: DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN?
>> ABOUT A THIRD WAY THROUGH, I FIGURED THIS IS SOMETHING
SPECIAL.
>> Stephen: I KNOW IN THE NEW FILM, 12 MIGHTY ORPHANS, WHICH
YOU PLAY MASON HAWK IS A FINANCE YEAR FOR THE CHILDREN'S FOOTBALL
TEAM.
>> MASONIC ORPHANAGE, YEAH.
>> Stephen: THE SCENE THAT YOU PLAY IN IT IS WITH YOUR OLD
FRIEND MARTIN SHEEN.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: WHO, OF COURSE, YOU STARRED IN APOCALYPSE NOW
WITH IN 1979.
THE SCENE WAS IMPROVISED.
>> I DIDN'T HAVE MUCH TO DO.
ROOSTER McConaughey is a good friend of mine, Matthew's older
brother.
I SAID GIVE ME YOUR DAUGHTER AND WE'LL COME IN AND WE SAT THERE
AND IMPROVISE.
>> GIVE ME A PROGRAM FOR THE GAME.
>> I WILL, FOR SURE.
MR. HAWK WE'RE DELIGHTED YOU'RE MAKING THE FIRST GAME.
>> THANKS, SIR.
WE HAVE A FOOTBALL TEAM THANKS TO YOU.
>> THANKS FOR BRINGING IN THE COACH AND HIS WIFE.
HOW IS HE DOING?
>> REMARKABLE.
YOU MET JUANITA.
HE'S A GREAT TEACHER AND COACH.
>> WE FINALLY GOT A TEAM.
, THANKS TO YOU, SIR.
>> THANKS TO YOU.
OKAY.
IT'S A TRUE STORY, A LOVELY STORY, TY ROBILITIES DIRECTED IT
AND LUKE WILSON IS EXCELLENT AS THE COACH.
MARTY, YOU HAVEN'T SEEN MARTY SHEEN IN A LONG TIME.
AND IT'S JUST A LOVELY MOVIE BASED ON FACT, AND I DIDN'T
REALIZE THAT ALL THE FOUNDING FATHERS WERE MASONS EXCEPT --
>> Stephen: JEFFERSON?
JEFFERSON.
HE DIDN'T BELIEVE IN SECRECY.
HE WAS THE ONLY ONE.
>> Stephen: ARE YOU A MASON?
NO, I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THEM.
>> Stephen: DO YOU BELIEVE IN SECRECY?
>> YEAH, MY OWN.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: I ASSUME YOU HAVE
SOME SECRETS THAT YOU'RE NOT WILLING TO SHARE WITH US TODAY.
>> I'M NOT GOING TO SHARE THEM WITH YOU AT ANYTIME.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: WHEN WE COME BACK,
ROBERT DUVALL AND I WATCH MY FAVORITE SCENE OF HIS OF ALL
TIME FROM THE MOVIE NETWORK.
STICK AROUND.
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