Eli Wallach - A Method Actor in Hollywood

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3 жыл бұрын

Tony award-winning actor Eli Wallach sat down with TCM in 2002 to reflect on his outstanding career on Broadway and his move into making Hollywood pictures. He discusses the differences between performing on stage and on screen, his relationship to the Actor's Studio and working with Marylin Monroe, Elia Kazan and John Huston.
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@RyanHLee-nc7hg 3 жыл бұрын

One of the classiest, most dedicated character actors in the history of Hollywood, Eli Wallach was such a gem, as was his wife, Anne Jackson. A few years before he died, I wrote him a fan letter, and he sent me back an autographed picture of himself as Tuco in "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly," along with a very long, handwritten letter, telling me all about his life as an actor. May his memory be for a blessing.

@randquadrozzi1280 3 жыл бұрын

Yes him and his wife were very nice down to earth people.met them in stockbridge Massachusetts were they spent a lot of time cause of the numerous theaters in the area.they were always nice to everyone.

@elainelosee7974 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, classy man, great actor. You're wonderful for your voice and response ❤.

@Changojoni 3 жыл бұрын

As charming and interesting as he is in this interview, such was he in real life! I had the pleasure to work with him in "CAFE CROWN" , on Broadway. He was always friendly and he regaled us with wonderful stories of his career without ever speaking ill of the many famous people that he knew and worked with. RIP Sir.

@Zrinski11 3 жыл бұрын

"If you are going to shoot, shoot don't talk"....I can't even imagine anybody that would be better than Eli as Tuco. They don't make them like that anymore. A true legend...

@jackspry9736 2 жыл бұрын

RIP and long live Eli Wallach (December 7, 1915 - June 24, 2014), aged 98 You will always be remembered as a legend.

@Lulu-ue2lj 3 жыл бұрын

Eli is so talented. I love him. Really one of the greatest!

@navigatorone1808 8 күн бұрын

Eli was always a treasure.. classic artist for all time....

@williamwhittington7294 2 жыл бұрын

What a professional. Such a rich life.

@claudiocorleone7856 Ай бұрын

It doesn’t get much better than this. Eli is always interesting on and off camera. An icon.

@johneyon5257 2 жыл бұрын

eli's memory is incredible - he starts spewing names instantly - and he is fun - he talks about the right things - the things that make his life interesting

@barrylangford3276 3 жыл бұрын

Could the interviewer be less engaged? Reading question after question by rote is NOT interviewing. Great that Mr Wallach was such an interesting subject.

@MothGirl007 3 жыл бұрын

All these interviews she did on here were great in spite of her, not because of her.

@chicovoylez3216 3 жыл бұрын

@@MothGirl007 A lot of times I didn't know the question because you couldn't hear it and the answer was amazing.

@foto21 2 жыл бұрын

Whatever dude. I've heard far worse. She followed up in many spots. At least she didn't get too out there. She let him speak a lot which is what mattered. This easily could've been twice as long however.

@johneyon5257 2 жыл бұрын

if this is the same interviewer that questioned Carroll Baker - she was far more engaged in that interview

@adrianotero7963 3 жыл бұрын

What a treasure to hear this man remeninse.......just watched the movie The Holiday.....RIP Eli.....

@January. 3 жыл бұрын

Greatly missed.

@user-tt4jz3tm6t 8 ай бұрын

Just watched Good, Bad and Ugly for the first time. I have to say, this guy was a hell of a lot more expressive and memorable than Clint or the other guy.

@wesleyjohndelaney106 3 жыл бұрын

I could've listening to hours of that. More like this 🤌

@kathleenwright4826 3 жыл бұрын

Who was the interviewer

@p47thunderbolt68 3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing . Seem like he saw acting as his job, did it well and lived his life as it was no big deal and had nothing but good things to say about his fellow co-workers.

@wesleyjohndelaney106 3 жыл бұрын

@@kathleenwright4826 I've no idea, my vision of her was someone like Sofia Coppola. Whoever she is, she's knowledgeable in film. Not a good interviewer though.

@KenH-tj3fw 2 жыл бұрын

way too short, what an amazing person. I could have listened to him for hours.

@sandragailgoudelock1531 2 жыл бұрын

I adore Eli Wallach! He has a fabulous voice, is erudite and truly interesting. The interviewer, I wouldnt wish on my worst enemy.

@pearlanderson1913 3 жыл бұрын

🐞What a life!!🐞

@jasonraschen1109 3 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite actors. Thank you TCM for posting this video.

@Hank13665 11 ай бұрын

I love listening to Eli Wallach.

@SueProst 3 жыл бұрын

This was a great pleasure to watch. Couldn't hear the interviewer too well but by the responses... well done.

@ramongonzalez2112 11 ай бұрын

Eli was a wonderful actor and had a great smile.🤗

@robr1656 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting man to listen to.

@ricardobigi1712 Жыл бұрын

A wonderful interview by a wonderful actor.

@j1st633 Жыл бұрын

Love these interviews.

@DavyDredd14 3 жыл бұрын

"When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk.." - Tuco

@jc0730 10 ай бұрын

Exquisite!

@robertholik8300 Жыл бұрын

The interviewer is an absolute robot

@kathleenharris3403 2 жыл бұрын

Called him the sexiest man she ever worked with...by Kate Winslet, I believe Eli was 87 at the time. Now that's a man!

@wesleyjohndelaney106 3 жыл бұрын

30:41 bookmark

@MovieJon 3 жыл бұрын

43:05 - He expresses eloquently (as always!) why it's rewarding, informative, enriching and so on for actors to play something apart from themselves -- a concept that is under SERIOUS threat now from factions who only want actors to play what they actually are instead of anything ethnically (and sometimes ethically!) different from what they happen to be.

@richardharrison859 2 жыл бұрын

Why are there recurring horizontal dropouts in the video every few seconds? Impossible to restore??

@grahammorris6235 Жыл бұрын

A great actor and one who could carry a film when is co-stars became a little "Top Heavy." The only thing I often wonder about Eli was his hands!! In almost every film he seems to have a habit of closing his fingers as if he was a little arthritic?

@rowbyrowby 3 жыл бұрын

Great interview, but whoever at TCM is recording these great actors, please microphone the interviewer better. It appears that her audio is taken from whatever is captured by Wallach's microphone -- in other words "off microphone", and in some instances we can barely hear her. Sometimes the Actors in the TCM are also not microphoned the best ways -- audio is important in videos. But again, thanks for the great interview.

@SueProv 2 жыл бұрын

Most of these interviewed people are 20 to 30 years old so it's too late.

@johnsailorsgoat 2 жыл бұрын

Does anybody know what preapium means? I can't find it anywhere on the internet.

@adamnoman4658 2 жыл бұрын

It's not "pre" but "pri" (rhyming with "sky"): "Priapian (noun) : A lascivious person; a worshipper of Priapus [a male fertility cult deity of ancient Greece]. adj.: Priapic. Origin [etymology]: Late 16th century; earliest use found in John Marston ... poet and playwright. From Priap- + -ian" That said, the writers at Time and Cardinal Spellman were wrong: There isn't anything really priapic about the character of Silva Vaccaro or the way Wallach plays him. The seduction of the Baker character is hardly anything more than had been seen on the silver screen since almost the very beginning of Hollywood. The ugliness of the suggestive cuckoldry of "Baby Doll" is in its ferocious anti-White mockery of Archie Lee, the central character played by Malden with a seeming sardonic glee.

@shelly1906 6 ай бұрын

24:03 😂

@danielstanwyck2812 3 жыл бұрын

"Was she tall?" That's the question the interviewer asked. A sampling of nothing. Wallach is great; interviewer continues her plodding way.

@johneyon5257 2 жыл бұрын

rita was known to be a tall girl - supposedly fred astaire warned gene kelly about the danger of lifting her in a dance

@wesleyjohndelaney106 3 жыл бұрын

He was brilliant as Tuco But I think The Godfather 3 is my favourite

@chicovoylez3216 3 жыл бұрын

GODFATHER 3 I thought was his worse career performance including tv Batman as Mr. Freeze.

@fantasyprincessgirl 3 жыл бұрын

First comment! :)

@shelly1906 Жыл бұрын

talking to. the horse

@josephq2228 3 жыл бұрын

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@Suleymanylmaz95 3 жыл бұрын

From Turkey 🇹🇷 *Ugly* Eli Wallach 🙏❤️

@Ftc.6 3 жыл бұрын

Hehe nice try

@DigitalRacer 3 жыл бұрын

The good, the bad and EW

@veritas6335 Жыл бұрын

He was a great actor, although I think his casting as a Mexican bandit in Good Bad etc was ridiculous. He just looked like a New York actor playing a Mexican bandit. Silly. Of all the talented Latino actors there are, why would they cast a Brooklyn Jewish guy? Not that he couldn't play the part- he just looked wrong and came off weak.