American Masters

>> THE THING THAT I LEARNED FROM KAZAN AND STRASBERG WAS THAT... WHAT THE DIRECTOR DOES -- AGAIN, I DIDN'T KNOW IT APPLIED TO ME, BUT THEY HAD TWO SETS OF GREAT DEFINITIONS OF WHAT A DIRECTOR DOES. >> HE SAID TO US, YOU KNOW, "DON'T TRY TO ACT. JUST, YOU KNOW, SAY THE LINES. THIS IS A FIRST READING." AND WE ALL TOOK HIM TOO LITERALLY, AND WE FINISHED, AND HE LOOKED LIKE HE WAS GONNA THROW UP. >> HELLO, DARKNESS, MY OLD FRIEND >> IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT JOSEPH E. LEVINE WAS GOING TO SEE THE MOVIE. AND... HE'S SILENT THROUGH THE WHOLE MOVIE -- NO -- NO LAUGHS, NO NOTHING. AND THE MOVIE ENDS AND THE LIGHTS COME UP, AND JOSEPH E. LEVINE IS SITTING IN THE FRONT ROW. HE DOESN'T TURN AROUND OR ANYTHING, AND HE SAYS... "I... SMELL MONEY." >> AND HERE'S TO YOU MRS. ROBINSON JESUS LOVES YOU MORE THAN YOU WILL KNOW WHOA, WHOA, WHOA

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GOD BLESS YOU, PLEASE MRS.