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brando had a big effect on you. >> he was a wonderful man. he'd give you anything. >> plus a tour of his private office filled with personal memorabilia and his paintings. it's all ahead on this larry king special, "johnny depp." we're sitting here in johnny depp's office. an office like none i have ever seen. we'll get a chance to explore it a little. he, of course, one of the most celebrated and versatile actors of his generation. he's also director, producer, accomplished musician. his new movie "rum diary" will open october 28th. the only novel ever written by hunter s. thompson. we'll talk about that a little later. you don't do many things like this. do you not like to be interviewed or? >> no. i'm just not very good at it, you know. never have been very good at it. >> why not? >> i don't know. there's a -- you know, there's a strange thing, you know. i'm okay when i'm a character. if i'm playing a character, i can do, you know, virtually anything in front of a camera. but if i'm just me, i feel, you know, exposed and sort of, you know,
brando had a big effect on you. >> he was a wonderful man. he'd give you anything. >> plus a tour of his private office filled with personal memorabilia and his paintings. it's all ahead on this larry king special, "johnny depp." we're sitting here in johnny depp's office. an office like none i have ever seen. we'll get a chance to explore it a little. he, of course, one of the most celebrated and versatile actors of his generation. he's also director, producer,...
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you starred in a movie with brando that we've never seen. why not? -- you have all these filmmakers that i really admired, i have admired for years saying bravo, bravo. and then the next day the american press just absolutely lambasted me and the film saying, you know, we haven't seen a weirder group of people since bunwell and all these kind of strange things. i kind of -- >> shelved it? >> i didn't shelf it. i owned it american rights. >> would you release it? >> maybe. i tell you why. for one reason only. it's certainly not a perfect film. what i will say about that film and what i will say about marlon in particular, it's one of the best performances he's given since "last tango." it's one of the performances where he dug down deep and gave of himself so monumentally. >> was he a little ticked that you didn't release it? >> no, he didn't care. no, he was fine. >> that's marlon. >> yeah. he was fine with it. >> now you did do a movie with him. did you enjoy doing that? >> "don juan"? >> yes. >> that was when we met and we got along like a house on
you starred in a movie with brando that we've never seen. why not? -- you have all these filmmakers that i really admired, i have admired for years saying bravo, bravo. and then the next day the american press just absolutely lambasted me and the film saying, you know, we haven't seen a weirder group of people since bunwell and all these kind of strange things. i kind of -- >> shelved it? >> i didn't shelf it. i owned it american rights. >> would you release it? >>...
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brando didn't like much being photographed. you don't like being photographed? >> i suppose, like, for example, when you do something organized luke a photo shoot, essentially, you know, i mean a faux pas, there was a piece in "vanity fair." when i should have used the word violated, however, in my lack of vocabulary in the moment i used another word which i have, you know, apologized for radically. but the thing with doing a photo shoot, that's sort of an organized thing. you feel dumb. okay. but just -- you get through it. but what i find still to this day, like an attack on the senses is really just being bombarded by paparazzi. i take photographs with kids. people, you know, who want to take photographs with me. people who like the movies. people who supported me. i'll do that all day, all night. that's fine. but the bombardment, you know, of the paparazzi is not good. >> what do they get out of it? they take your picture. and then they take it a minute later. it's not any different than a minute before. >> and it's not any different than the year before. >>
brando didn't like much being photographed. you don't like being photographed? >> i suppose, like, for example, when you do something organized luke a photo shoot, essentially, you know, i mean a faux pas, there was a piece in "vanity fair." when i should have used the word violated, however, in my lack of vocabulary in the moment i used another word which i have, you know, apologized for radically. but the thing with doing a photo shoot, that's sort of an organized thing. you...
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. >> everything, it's got his throne from one of his -- willy wonka, a beautiful painting of brando,ho had a great effect on his life. he was very responsive. didn't duck anything. went everywhere we wanted to go. he was terrific. i asked why he doesn't do interviews. he doesn't enjoy being famous. >> you asked him precisely about that. here's his answer. >> how did you react to getting famous? >> i'm still reacting, you know? i'm still sort of dealing with it. i don't think it's anything you ever get used to, i know. i could never, for many years, sort of put my name in the same sort of category as the word famous or anything like that. i just found it very uncomfortab uncomfortable. it's weird. something like if you get used to it, then something must be wrong. if you get used to that constant kind of thing, something's got to be wrong. it's got to be so a part of you, somewhere that pines for an nemty. >> i like how he said that. what did you make of that? why is that? he's been famous for a long time. >> i think it's just pure honesty. things we forget, he hadn't had a successful
. >> everything, it's got his throne from one of his -- willy wonka, a beautiful painting of brando,ho had a great effect on his life. he was very responsive. didn't duck anything. went everywhere we wanted to go. he was terrific. i asked why he doesn't do interviews. he doesn't enjoy being famous. >> you asked him precisely about that. here's his answer. >> how did you react to getting famous? >> i'm still reacting, you know? i'm still sort of dealing with it. i don't...
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>> i'd say -- well, i didn't meet him but i heard marlon brando was way into "beavis and butt-head,"ovie -- i can't remember which it was but they would do -- marlon would be butt-head and johnny would be beavis. i wish somebody had filmed it. >> jimmy: oh, my god, yeah, no kidding. no kidding. wow. >> yeah. >> jimmy: that's -- boy, i didn't even realize there was a overlap in the marlon brando era and "beavis and butt-head." >> he was still alive. >> jimmy: this is before death. >> i'm sure after also. >> jimmy: have you ever been concerned somebody was a fan like an airline pilot or something like that. >> i have a lot of pilot fans, you know, i was actually -- my younger daughter, she's 17 now and when she was not even 2 we had -- she had to have surgery she's fine now, everything is good but on her tear duct. me and my wife were all nervous and the anesthesiologist is a good fan and i'm like, okay. wait, is that good? that might not be good. and then he turns out to be just a hard-core fan and saying that mexico episode there was two parts then they don't play that anymore and i
>> i'd say -- well, i didn't meet him but i heard marlon brando was way into "beavis and butt-head,"ovie -- i can't remember which it was but they would do -- marlon would be butt-head and johnny would be beavis. i wish somebody had filmed it. >> jimmy: oh, my god, yeah, no kidding. no kidding. wow. >> yeah. >> jimmy: that's -- boy, i didn't even realize there was a overlap in the marlon brando era and "beavis and butt-head." >> he was still...
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brando flowers no le perdono y anotaria el segundo touchdown defensivo de kansas.28 a cero fue el marcador. el proximo domingo reciben a los broncos de denver.. ---quien gane dos de los siguientes tres partidos del clasico de otono se coronara campeon de la serie mundial. anoche el zurdo derek holland de 25 anos de edad lanzo una joya al blanquear a los carenales de san luis.. ---anoche en el cuarto partido de la serie en arlington. josh hamilton en la primera entrada conectaria doblete al jardin derecho para impulsar a elvis andrus. 1-0 se puso el marcador hasta la parte baja de la sexta entrada donde mike napoli con nelson cruz y david murphy en las halmuadillas volo la varda para poner el marcador cuatro a cero.. holland estuvo a dos outs de conseguir la blanqueada en un juego completo de la serie mundial desde que josh beckett lo logro en el 2003.en ocho entradas un tercio poncho a siete y otorgo dos bases por bolas.. aqui las reacciones. 4-0 ganaron los rangers y empataron la serie dos a dos.. ---tiempo de comerciales pero volvemos en seguida.... cu / cesar hoy a las 11 ---y de que es
brando flowers no le perdono y anotaria el segundo touchdown defensivo de kansas.28 a cero fue el marcador. el proximo domingo reciben a los broncos de denver.. ---quien gane dos de los siguientes tres partidos del clasico de otono se coronara campeon de la serie mundial. anoche el zurdo derek holland de 25 anos de edad lanzo una joya al blanquear a los carenales de san luis.. ---anoche en el cuarto partido de la serie en arlington. josh hamilton en la primera entrada conectaria doblete al...
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d and another visit with tim brando. >> a big night for wisconsin. all wisconsin.ourth of the night and 30 carries, 151 yards that's badgers roll and notre dame doing the same to purdue. by the way, verne, i call eli trouble up turn four gold. back to you. [laughter] >> verne: a little nascar reference to eli gold. you bet, tim. second down under 8:00 to go. handoff right side. >> gary: verne, i feel a little bad. when that fumble play at the end of the half i go who, florida caught a big break there and if you remember ironically it might be the break of the year for florida because as in no quarterback. it could be the worse break of all time. something you think you catch a break on ironically you lose your only veteran quarterback. >> verne: and brantley -- >> gary: changes the whole dynamic. >> verne: for the season, yes, a absolu absolutely. >> gary: if he's out for any extended period of time it will. >> verne: number 49 makes the tackle. >> gary: you wonder what charlie weis will do. i can't win with this so i'll go to a wildcat with trey burton and try to
d and another visit with tim brando. >> a big night for wisconsin. all wisconsin.ourth of the night and 30 carries, 151 yards that's badgers roll and notre dame doing the same to purdue. by the way, verne, i call eli trouble up turn four gold. back to you. [laughter] >> verne: a little nascar reference to eli gold. you bet, tim. second down under 8:00 to go. handoff right side. >> gary: verne, i feel a little bad. when that fumble play at the end of the half i go who, florida...
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d and another visit with tim brando. >> a big night for wisconsin. all wisconsin.ourth of the night and 30 carries, 151 yards that's badgers roll and notre dame doing the same to purdue. by the way, verne, i call eli trouble up turn four gold. back to you. [laughter] >> verne: a little nascar reference to eli gold. you bet, tim. second down under 8:00 to go. handoff right side. >> gary: verne, i feel a little bad. when that fumble play at the end of the half i go who, florida caught a big break there and if you remember ironically it might be the break of the year for florida because as in no quarterback. it could be the worse break of all time. something you think you catch a break on ironically you lose your only veteran quarterback. >> verne: and brantley -- >> gary: changes the whole dynamic. >> verne: for the season, yes, a absolu absolutely. >> gary: if he's out for any extended period of time it will. >> verne: number 49 makes the tackle. >> gary: you wonder what charlie weis will do. i can't win with this so i'll go to a wildcat with trey burton and try to
d and another visit with tim brando. >> a big night for wisconsin. all wisconsin.ourth of the night and 30 carries, 151 yards that's badgers roll and notre dame doing the same to purdue. by the way, verne, i call eli trouble up turn four gold. back to you. [laughter] >> verne: a little nascar reference to eli gold. you bet, tim. second down under 8:00 to go. handoff right side. >> gary: verne, i feel a little bad. when that fumble play at the end of the half i go who, florida...
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this has been a presentation of cbs sports, we'll send you to tim brando and the post game after this word from your local station. as luxury s.u.v.s, it helps to have the quality and craftsmanship of your leather interior test better than the lexus rx 350. it's also helpful to set your "select terrain" dial to "sand." ♪ for more fun with more friends. experience the next-generation 3d tv. lg cinema 3d. more people, more fun. conventional 3d glasses need recharging-- regularly. still missing the 3d action ? introducing the next-generation 3d tv lg cinema 3d. battery-free, hassle-free. [ speaking french ] movie buffs! this film is tres bien, but the interest rate on your checking account is le pew. interest on your checking? earn more with new high yield free checking at capital one bank. your interest rate will be five times the national average. five times the interest! and free atms at any bank. show's over folks. make your way to capital one bank. what's in your wallet? were you crying? yeah. >> tim: we welcome you to the jeep post game show. and the game you just saw, auburn beat
this has been a presentation of cbs sports, we'll send you to tim brando and the post game after this word from your local station. as luxury s.u.v.s, it helps to have the quality and craftsmanship of your leather interior test better than the lexus rx 350. it's also helpful to set your "select terrain" dial to "sand." ♪ for more fun with more friends. experience the next-generation 3d tv. lg cinema 3d. more people, more fun. conventional 3d glasses need recharging--...
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third lost almost twenty five seconds to the way or another red bull's mark webber was fourth while brando'slittle a patrol finished outside the points being eleventh part of the race the winner had mixed emotions. on the one hand i'm very very happy as the first grand prix in india and i'm very proud to be the first winner and i think we can be as a team but on the other hand looking back at last weekend we lost two of our mates . yeah i didn't know them well then but obviously it was a pity it was a big name in motor sport i got to know this year marco seaman shelley and obviously our thoughts are with them. but it could have has one the end of season double to a championship event and a son wall following a three cent victory over his tour is eric of brother was in the final the twenty one year old to open a seven five own interest twenty two stone back in the second two hundred sixty four forcing a decider the third said completely belong to cleats and i should wrap it up at six three so the check player remains one of the tournament and lifted the thought of so far that victory is sendi
third lost almost twenty five seconds to the way or another red bull's mark webber was fourth while brando'slittle a patrol finished outside the points being eleventh part of the race the winner had mixed emotions. on the one hand i'm very very happy as the first grand prix in india and i'm very proud to be the first winner and i think we can be as a team but on the other hand looking back at last weekend we lost two of our mates . yeah i didn't know them well then but obviously it was a pity...
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d and another visit with tim brando. >> a big night for wisconsin. all wisconsin.ourth of the night and 30 carries, 151 yards that's badgers roll and notre dame doing the same to purdue. by the way, verne, i call eli trouble up turn four gold. back to you. [laughter] >> verne: a little nascar reference to eli gold. you bet, tim. second down under 8:00 to go. handoff right side. >> gary: verne, i feel a little bad. when that fumble play at the end of the half i go who, florida caught a big break there and if you remember ironically it might be the break of the year for florida because as in no quarterback. it could be the worse break of all time. something you think you catch a break on ironically you lose your only veteran quarterback. >> verne: and brantley -- >> gary: changes the whole dynamic. >> verne: for the season, yes, a absolu absolutely. >> gary: if he's out for any extended period of time it will. >> verne: number 49 makes the tackle. >> gary: you wonder what charlie weis will do. i can't win with this so i'll go to a wildcat with trey burton and try to
d and another visit with tim brando. >> a big night for wisconsin. all wisconsin.ourth of the night and 30 carries, 151 yards that's badgers roll and notre dame doing the same to purdue. by the way, verne, i call eli trouble up turn four gold. back to you. [laughter] >> verne: a little nascar reference to eli gold. you bet, tim. second down under 8:00 to go. handoff right side. >> gary: verne, i feel a little bad. when that fumble play at the end of the half i go who, florida...
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and he said to me once, i'd rather die like elvis presley than marlon brando. what do you mean by that? he said i'm not going to go out with a whimper, but with a bang, and in many ways, he had a death instinct, just as he had a life instinct. he was -- piers, he was in this world but he was not of this world. >> you described him in that quote after he died as a mutant of fame. you've met lots of famous people over the years, do you think this is a common thing he went throw on a bigger scale than most people? is fame itself an addictive drug? >> fame in itself is an addictive drug, and fame creates an image which you cannot live up to. then at some pointthe image is defiled and everybody gets enraged when, in fact, they created the image that was not conforming to reality. no image ever conforms to reality. >> the key thing from michael jackson as we're seeing from the trial and circumstances around his death and everything else was his dependence toward the end of his life on various drugs. what did you know about his drug consumption? >> well, michael only
and he said to me once, i'd rather die like elvis presley than marlon brando. what do you mean by that? he said i'm not going to go out with a whimper, but with a bang, and in many ways, he had a death instinct, just as he had a life instinct. he was -- piers, he was in this world but he was not of this world. >> you described him in that quote after he died as a mutant of fame. you've met lots of famous people over the years, do you think this is a common thing he went throw on a bigger...
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. >> marlon brando. >> he was fantastic. he was my favorite movie star. and when i first met him, ill thought this man was interesting. he would have been a great politician too. >> did you -- >> you'll read about it in my memoir. >> taste of it? >> no. >> fling or -- >> something like when i was 16. we won't get to that now. >> the detail. >> it was everything you would think it was. yes. >> i want to talk to you about the behavior of some of the politicians this year in america from a sex point of view. because there seems to be a run of quite extraordinary even by politician standard stories. weinergate, for example. >> it's unbelievable. >> did you grasp why a man would behave like that? >> oh as a man, what would you say about it? >> modern technology, i guess, has led some people like him to think that cyberfriends are, i don't know, a safer form of adultery? who knowles. >> you're on twitter all the time. i am. can you imagine doing something? can you imagine standing in front of a mirror and photographing you're? >> i wouldn't have communication w
. >> marlon brando. >> he was fantastic. he was my favorite movie star. and when i first met him, ill thought this man was interesting. he would have been a great politician too. >> did you -- >> you'll read about it in my memoir. >> taste of it? >> no. >> fling or -- >> something like when i was 16. we won't get to that now. >> the detail. >> it was everything you would think it was. yes. >> i want to talk to you about the...
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tim brando is back. the rhetoric is insane.look at congresswoman sanchez and pelosi just this week. >> she nailed the obstructtors in the senate on my radio show today. >> these are not patriots. people who love this country want to see jobs created. >> they don't love this country? >> no. i don't think they love this country. they are not concerned about the economic well-being of the country as a whole. >> republicans vote for this bill today, they will be voting to say that women can die on the floor and healthcare providers do not have to intervene if this bill is passed. it's just appalling. >> they are not patriots, they don't love this country and conservatives want women to die. the rhetoric doesn't stop. and apparently anytime you take on "the views" of, sean, from the standpoint of just looking at it even handedly and saying we just want to make sure that the rights of all others stand firm, all of a sudden you are anti-everything in terms of the liberals that are in command. i have no idea how nancy pelosi ever got e
tim brando is back. the rhetoric is insane.look at congresswoman sanchez and pelosi just this week. >> she nailed the obstructtors in the senate on my radio show today. >> these are not patriots. people who love this country want to see jobs created. >> they don't love this country? >> no. i don't think they love this country. they are not concerned about the economic well-being of the country as a whole. >> republicans vote for this bill today, they will be voting...
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>> actually it was the passing of a friend, marlon brando and i were very close.the years we developed this synergy and this way of life and he had done a great deal with his life working with indigenous people in the black community and all of the things, the problems we faced. and when he passed away, i not only lost a great friend but america lost a great icon, not only a great actor but somebody who was deeply committed to helping those who were in need. and when he passed, i realized he left without ever telling his story. i thought that i should make a film to try to capture the time in which we lived and then automatically go to the book and that's how it all emerged. >> so in telling your story you just mentioned marlon brando. i could tick off a lot of very famous names connected to your story. in fact, i will. you're on the cover of "life" magazine with sammy davis and also sidney portier. you've mingled with duke ellington, paul robeson, muhammad ali, alina horn, eleanor roosevelt, president john and bobby kennedy and dr. martin luther king. what is you
>> actually it was the passing of a friend, marlon brando and i were very close.the years we developed this synergy and this way of life and he had done a great deal with his life working with indigenous people in the black community and all of the things, the problems we faced. and when he passed away, i not only lost a great friend but america lost a great icon, not only a great actor but somebody who was deeply committed to helping those who were in need. and when he passed, i realized...
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marlon brando was fantastic. when i first met him, i thought he was so interesting. he would have been a great politician. >> didn't you and marlon have a little bit of -- >> you can read about that in my memoir. >> are we talking fling? >> i was like 16, so we won't get into that now. >> just without getting into the detail, was it -- >> it was everything you would think it was, yes. >> i want to talk to you about the behavior of some of the politicians this year, from a sex point of you. there seems to be a run of quite extraordinary, even by politician stories, weiner gate for example. >> it's absolutely unbelievable. >> did you understand that? did you grasp why a man would behave like that? >> as a man, what would you say about it? >> i think modern technology i guess has led some people like him to think that cyber friends are, i don't know, maybe a safer form of adultery. >> you're on twitter all the time. can you imagine doing something like that? >> no. >> can you imagine standing in front of a mirror and photographing yourself? >> i wouldn't have communicat
marlon brando was fantastic. when i first met him, i thought he was so interesting. he would have been a great politician. >> didn't you and marlon have a little bit of -- >> you can read about that in my memoir. >> are we talking fling? >> i was like 16, so we won't get into that now. >> just without getting into the detail, was it -- >> it was everything you would think it was, yes. >> i want to talk to you about the behavior of some of the...
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. >> reporter: you had an affair with marlon brando. >> it was more than an affair.tionship for at least five, six years. >> reporter: and what was that like in terms of...? >> what was it like? it was fabulous, hilarious, tumultuous beyond belief, >> reporter: and, taccone says, her career was as rocky as her romances. >> yes, she was fired twice from mgm and fox. i mean, the roller coaster of her life is compelling. >> reporter: it wasn't until fairly recently that she escaped the purely ethnic roles, working at berkeley rep in a sold out run of tennessee williams' "glass menagerie"; and in "master class," her puerto rican roots off center stage for once. for taccone, moreno's journey from the barrios to where she is now is historic. >> there are very few people throughout history who can identify as crossover artists. and i think that there are very few people who know in the course of their lifetime that they've actually been swept up by history and that they are, in fact, making history. and i think rita's one of those. >> reporter: still, "west side story" rema
. >> reporter: you had an affair with marlon brando. >> it was more than an affair.tionship for at least five, six years. >> reporter: and what was that like in terms of...? >> what was it like? it was fabulous, hilarious, tumultuous beyond belief, >> reporter: and, taccone says, her career was as rocky as her romances. >> yes, she was fired twice from mgm and fox. i mean, the roller coaster of her life is compelling. >> reporter: it wasn't until fairly...
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each day got one in vermont got ethan allen where he looks remarkably like marlon brando playing napoleonhter] everything is wrong about it. it is a revolutionary had with a french revolutionary case. the rest of it i think is right, but that is not ethan allen. the family actually came up with a composite sketch of him which is in the book. this is the first illustrated biography of ethan allen. i went to great pains to come up with pictures of the different versions of him, but there was a composite describing what he looks like at the end of his captivity as a prisoner of war, and they think that is the closest because i have seen other allen's including his sixth grandson who help me start this work by giving me all the ethan allen books everybody ever printed and he is a dead ringer for this fellow who was a prisoner of war. so, that is the story of ethan allen. why don't we know more about it? well because he took on the clergy and they lived after he died. one missionary from new haven came up and literally stomped on ethan allen's grave. timothy dwight, the president of yale unive
each day got one in vermont got ethan allen where he looks remarkably like marlon brando playing napoleonhter] everything is wrong about it. it is a revolutionary had with a french revolutionary case. the rest of it i think is right, but that is not ethan allen. the family actually came up with a composite sketch of him which is in the book. this is the first illustrated biography of ethan allen. i went to great pains to come up with pictures of the different versions of him, but there was a...
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you also, interestingly enough, say one of the reasons why you wrote this book was because marlin brando as an activist, but also as your role as an entertainer, as well. talk about some of the other reasons why you wanted to write this book and what people will find when they read it? >> when i became an artist, it was quite by accident. i had no ambitions to be in the theater. when in your life did you become an activist? the question should become t thr way. i just came out of the second world war navy and i gave two tickets as a gratuity for fixing a broken object in an apartment. when i fixed it, the lady gave me two tickets to go see a play and i walked in never having been in a theater. i was in apollo but that was about music and song and dance and celebration. in the dramatic theater, i had not known what to expect. when the curtains opened and i looked and i saw black artists on stage speaking to human purpose and condition i was deeply taken by the environment and worked my way into trying to become more involved in that. that then led me to the new school of social research t
you also, interestingly enough, say one of the reasons why you wrote this book was because marlin brando as an activist, but also as your role as an entertainer, as well. talk about some of the other reasons why you wanted to write this book and what people will find when they read it? >> when i became an artist, it was quite by accident. i had no ambitions to be in the theater. when in your life did you become an activist? the question should become t thr way. i just came out of the...
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bush looks like brando.ristie is brad pitt. so much for an audition process that leaves the audience once again aching for more. >> and the setup for this, richard, when i say that herman cain takes pride in his ignorance of global affairs, is when somebody asked him about foreign leaders and he said, well if i'm asked to name the leader of -- i'm quoting here. ubekee-bekee-stan-stan i'll just ask them, do you know the answer? this is a guy that sees it as a positive that he's got no economic advisers and that he is ignorant of global affairs. and he is not alone in the republican field. there are others that seem to have taken pride in the fact that they really don't know a whole lot about what's going on outside of their small world. >> right. a little bit of a throwback to the old know nothings. there is a kind of against the establishment, to be knowledgeable about the world somehow reeks of being part of the establishment and this is a moment of real populism and real anti-establishmentism. ultimately t
bush looks like brando.ristie is brad pitt. so much for an audition process that leaves the audience once again aching for more. >> and the setup for this, richard, when i say that herman cain takes pride in his ignorance of global affairs, is when somebody asked him about foreign leaders and he said, well if i'm asked to name the leader of -- i'm quoting here. ubekee-bekee-stan-stan i'll just ask them, do you know the answer? this is a guy that sees it as a positive that he's got no...
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so on the nose, who did debate prep, marlon brando and the formula?he next one, perry thought bubble, zzz this fancy pants debating doesn't matter a bit. the fourth one, mitt looks like he's watching these guys and all he can do is hum hail to the chief in his head. and the last one, score card strong, mitt weak, perry, good format, hunts better, nobody saw it, nothing changes. >> interesting. let's go to andrea mitchell and the big news yesterday coming out of iran. andrea, that's going to create shockwaves in washington, d.c. >> it's creating shock waves in riyadh, washington, and tehran. the iranians have written a letter to the u.n. secretary general calling the charges baseless false allegations. so they are claiming that they are outraged by it. the u.s. officials do not know how high up this went. they have sanctioned the head of the force, which is a top military force. but the question is, did the ayatollah know about this alleged plot? did president ahmadinejad know about it? they have not been able to pin that down. but they did say this is
so on the nose, who did debate prep, marlon brando and the formula?he next one, perry thought bubble, zzz this fancy pants debating doesn't matter a bit. the fourth one, mitt looks like he's watching these guys and all he can do is hum hail to the chief in his head. and the last one, score card strong, mitt weak, perry, good format, hunts better, nobody saw it, nothing changes. >> interesting. let's go to andrea mitchell and the big news yesterday coming out of iran. andrea, that's going...