All language subtitles for CLINT EASTWOOD - A Cinematic Legacy - Episode 5

all right ready yeah go ahead he doesn't
say action he doesn't say cut it's kind of

going it's there okay get ready and go he'll
say anytime something like that whenever you

feel like it oh when the scenes over he'll
say I ought to do it was pretty good it was

very good it's almost a part of the life
goes on and he photographs the life I find

that marvelous he's just getting Al quick
you you know when you're doing your first

take you're operating on adrenaline and I
think he really responds to that okay just

quiet everyone let's let's do this speed
I've never met anyone more in control of

anything Michael Jordan's jump shot wasn't as
controlled as the Clint e would said when Clint

says go the crew is ready so if if the take
wasn't good it's probably your fault [Music]

thought you might be interested in training me
I don't train girls maybe you should people see

me fat say I'm pretty tough girly tough a enough
in his 50 years as a filmmaker Clen Eastwood has

directed more award-winning performances than
any of his contemporaries there's no mystery

why so many films that he makes the actors are
nominated or they win or you know he just creates

an environment for actors to truly succeed in the
character but before a performance can be captured

the right performer must be cast Eastwood's eye
for selecting Talent is second to none casting is

the most important part about making a movie if
you cast a movie right things kind of fall into

the place he hires actors the same way he hires
crew people he knows that they're professional and

they're going to do their job and he lets them get
on with it you know it's one thing if you say well

of course John Penn and Tim robers are going to be
great you know they're great actors but the people

that would come in and just do a couple of lines
you know were unbelievable then there was a loud

crack could it have been a gunshot yes maybe now
did you ever a look out your window Mrs pry oh no

I was in my dressing gown by then I don't look
out the window in my dressing gown no director

is better than Clint Eastwood at creating a safe
environment where actors can do their best work

I feel a director's job the real responsibility
is to make those people feel at home make them

feel comfortable set an atmosphere where
everybody is extremely relaxed and there's

no tension so much of what you do as an actor
is about you know trying to get rid of that

third wall to to get rid of all the eyes that are
staring at you and immerse yourself in the moment

and so he has very few people around so you
actually feel like you you are in that moment

I believe that I am a fast and accurate judge of
character I know we've only gone out three times

but I don't need more than that most people do but
I don't I see people right off for what they are

and please call me Edgar it's what my mother uses
Eastwood's respect for actors is returned and kind

like their director the cast lives ready to work
there's no actor on his movie that isn't going

to be fully prepared and know their lines it's
not going to happen the actors on our shows know

that they were not rehearsing I mean a rehearsal
could be the take so be ready and and fire on all

eight cylinders and if if it doesn't work we'll
do it again and I remember the one of the first

scenes Hillary said uh Clint do you think we
could rehearse this he said well you rehearse

it and I'll shoot it he told me a story about
Unforgiven he was talking about Morgan and and

Jean Hackman and and how prepared they are and
how the first day of shooting he asked them to

rehearse and he said each of them got one line out
and I said stop and I went and got the cameras and

he said I never rehearsed with him again stop
okay we would often have the cameras run on a

rehearsal and if he was pleased with the work of
the rehearsal he had a a tendency to say let's

move on let's just uh let's just uh fire one
off to see where we are I like uh working in a

succinct way I trust my first instincts and then I
tend to embellish after that so it's probably less

good who knows it was just a great way to work and
I was glad to to do it I'm looking for a bridge

uh cut one of those covered bridges out here in
this neighborhood well I can take you if you want

or I can tell you I can take you or tell you
either way it's up to you I don't care it's my

experience that uh the really great directors
don't let you feel when they're directing you

at the end of the shoot you think boy I I got
to do whatever I wanted on that and you don't

realize that you were subtly manipulated
so I felt that anything that I wanted to

try was fine and I think actors do their best
work when they feel that way you get the full

measure of somebody's talent and their work
and their imagination and their Commitment if

you make them feel everything they do is wonderful
generally something they do will be wonderful got

you oh don't take my picture come on me one
of those French model looks seen a l ofes

oh no love the work that Merl stre did in that
film how the relationship grew and buted it's

such an intricate piece it's so delicate you're
a hypocrite and you're a fly I don't want to need

you what cuz I can't have you what difference
does that make it also like it's like two

mature people falling in love but not trying
to the teenagers trying to like just express

love in in the way that they would so I think
it's that kind of growth of maturity embracing

that that allows him to always feel relevant
because he's being truthful and [Music] honest

you're so hopeful from her that it feels like
such a great loss when she doesn't travel with

him okay and that's cut came reload Clint he's
been doing it for so long that he's come to a

place where he just trusts his instincts he's just
right when he's right he's right you do have to

think about it there's a um confidence that he
has a strong confidence and saying I don't need

anymore I don't need anymore on this let's move
on over here because this is where we're going

to go I got that what that lends itself to is
spontaneity and organic back and forth not so fast

and quite frankly a lot of surprises it's game
day and you're ready to to do the best that you

can because that's what's asked of you and
I think it's a lesson that all of us are

going to take you know for the rest of our
careers uh to be 100% prepared okay I think

we got it now it was great for us playing these
characters because these guys only had one take

too when he wants one more take it's going to
cause tremendous panic in the room if there's

five actors in the room and he wants one more
take they're all probably looking at each other

what did I do was it me was it you why does he
want one more take he always walks away after

two if Clinton wants one more take that third
take everybody's going to be the best they've

ever been in their careers okay good he puts an
awful lot of stock in the actor bringing it at

the moment and it's true he doesn't do a lot of
takes but he does a massive amount of coverage

so you have an ocean of opportunity in order to
find the scene and you can even say can I have

another pass at that can I just one and he'll say
no I think it no no I I was really impressed the

way it happened just then and you wanted to say
well you know but you know I inverted the lines

and I don't think the pronouns were even proper
but what he's saying is is that you're going to

have another chance at it so let's not waste
time on something that I'm not going to use

like the Western Heroes he's played over
the years Eastwood is a man of few words

which comes as a relief to many of his actors
actors like me and there are a lot of us who

don't like to be directed director makes the
movie you hire actress in my particular case

I like to be left alone but a lot of times
the director will say could you try it with

this or could try and you know you try to
keep an open mind and do it his or her way

my gnome okay good stuff rest everyone I don't
say too much so when I say something that it

it means something tonight was the first time
really he pulled me aside and he said what did

you what did you think of uh what did you think
of that last take you worked there what 3 years

you never missed a day never called in sick right
I said it's nothing personal oh that's BS and you

no he's trying to protect the guys who have wives
and kids I get it you should hire a lawyer which

you should can't afford a lawyer and I just
didn't say anything I just went back to where

started I'm no dummy I I said I I think we're
doing another actors on an Eastwood set are given

the freedom to Discover Moments no screenwriter
could script sometimes I'll let the actress play

a little bit I so just why don't you just just
walk around and talk about it then you just walk

around you'll see it and they'll instinctively do
something interesting for a Clint to sit behind

the camera and and see an actor do something that
is unexpected and to be able to recognize that as

a plus that's great sometimes improvisation it
works really well and sometimes it's terrible

except maybe there's 10% of something that's
really a gem that you can never capture again

and maybe it's a mistake but it's a mistake that's
so realistic that you like it in the film because

it's they're human it humanizes the characters
you're obviously military what branch Branch I

just finished bugs are you kidding me your seal
yes ma'am I mean it's pretty disal of you to think

you can protect us all isn't it Chris well our
Birds officer Commander said that three okay he

said there's three things we got to worry about
ego booze and women well sounds like you're on

attack improvisation goes both ways on an Eastwood
set extending to the men behind the camera as well

I'm constantly in improvisation mode I know the
script I know the story to tell but I'm in a

constant improvisational mode from then on so if
it's supposed to be a clear day and it's snowing

outside I can shoot the scene I was doing a scene
in the park what happened it started pouring rain

decided to go ahead and shoot the scene with
me sitting in the middle of the park with the

rain storming down on me don't have pop he not
going to drink anymore I about it he loves you

I know I read the note on the refrigerator
because he was able to live with the elements

and know how to heighten the scene it actually
became like much stronger of a of a moment you

know because I'm I'm drenched sitting there
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his quest for Great Performances is his crew
who have worked with him long enough to know

the boss has a few tricks of his sleeve
I'll tell the cameraman I'll say when I

say say stop don't stop so you say stop the
actor goes and he gets more relaxed and she

or he they kind of go okay okay now do that
one line again and they'll do it from another

whole feeling because they haven't got the
adrenaline going through the system they're

kind of okay oh yeah I'll do it again okay
and all of a sudden it comes out and it's

really nice you love her who the lady who cooked
the hamburger yeah I love her kiss your didn't

I I'll never forget we were doing a scene with
a guy who came in I guess the guy was a little

nervous you know he was a little unsteady and uh
Clint took me a sign he said you know sometimes

it helps if you could screw up a little bit cuz it
might make the guy feel like if Kevin's screwing

up then anybody can screw up and I can do better
and I was like well that's a really interesting

idea so the next take you know I I went in and
I flubbed my line and sure enough the guy got

better he got his he got stronger and then
I went in and did another take and flub my

mind sorry it's all right it's all right said
okay that's enough screwing up helping actors

overcome obstacles is one of East Wood's strengths
relying on his uniring instincts as a performer

there was a scene the other day in fact it wasn't
working for me at all in the barber shop now if

you were to point a pistol at a king or a queen
your hands would Shake as the PED no I wouldn't

point no pistol that nobody say we tried it this
way that way it wasn't really working I couldn't

put my finger on it can't put my but he did
he said if that light is in the wrong place

and it breaks up the rhythm of what you're doing
what you're trying to achieve that's it that's

it so let's try it without that and we tried it
without that it went like a symphony I can assure

you if you did that the sight of royalty would
cause you to dismiss all thoughts of Bloodshed

and you would stand how should I put it in
awe drawing upon his five decades behind the

camera Eastwood has mastered the art of nurturing
Great Performances he was really like a corner

man you know it was like going into a boxing
ring and having your coach there telling you

what movements to make you know you know in this
world we need people who believe in US everybody

does and Clint believed in me just like Frankie
believed in Maggie and he gave me that gift it was

an extraordinary feeling to have that support and
that confidence behind you I got nobody but you

Frankie but you've got me when I saw the film
I realized how he guided me in certain ways

yet I didn't know it when it was happening as
an actor to get the opportunity to work with a

legend like him if I had to be done tomorrow
and I could never do it again having the

experience with him would make it okay good man
to have in a corner yes he is can we get serious

now tell to my daughter please
right now is she in there

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