Robert Duvall on 50 Years of Acting, What Brando Taught Him & His Favorite Scenes (2010)

We take a look at the past to shape our future.

In 2010, Robert Duvall discussed 50 years of acting, what he learned watching Marlon Brando, and why Augustus McCrae was his favorite role.

On acting: "I try to be truthful. Keep it down to what we're doing now. Bobby Duvall and Charlie Rose just talking and listening. Somebody said, 'You just played yourself.' I said, yeah, try it. See how easy it is."

On what Brando taught him: "Before the take, during the take, after the take, there was sameness. No beginning. It was all the same. A continuum. I said, boy, this is interesting acting."

On directors then and now: "True Grit, the director said, 'When I say action, tense up.' That's not the way. Today a good director says give me less. Let the process take you to the result rather than playing the result."

On Augustus McCrae: "Let the English play Hamlet and King Lear. I'll play Augustus McCrae. A great character in literature. A true American character."

On becoming the character: "You don't become another thing. In the back of your head, something approves of what you're doing. So it's acting. You have to start from yourself."

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Interview from 2010

0:00 Career montage
2:08 Harper Lee's telegram: "Hey there, Boo"
2:44 "I got goose pimples"
3:08 50 years without a false note
3:46 "I try to be truthful"
4:30 Intensity vs. tenseness
5:13 Directors today are better
5:57 Godfather: the best storytelling
6:22 Lonesome Dove: favorite part
7:17 Learning from Brando on The Chase
8:12 You don't become the character
9:00 Best lesson: Brando's sameness
9:34 Staying in character? "I just wanted to sit down"
9:55 Hanging Jake Spoon
11:27 Death scenes: Colors, Geronimo, Lonesome Dove

This interview captures a master actor explaining why truthfulness means starting from yourself and letting the process take you to the result. History offers the clearest roadmap for our future.

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