Episode 1052 - Bruce Dern

WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

Marc Maron

Comedy

4.6 • 29.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2019

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

When Bruce Dern showed up at The Actors Studio, Lee Strasberg told him he was going to be their Frankenstein Monster and Elia Kazan told him “you’re not into acting, you’re just into being.” But they also told Bruce he would never be a leading man and no one would know who he is until his 60s. It was the start of a career that spanned hundreds of movies, TV shows and plays, and shows no signs of letting up. Bruce goes through all of it with Marc, including his experiences working with legends, shooting John Wayne in the back, being friends with Jack Nicholson, and finally becoming that leading man with a breakthrough performance at age 79. This episode is sponsored by Vital Farms and Stamps.com.

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0:00.0	Fuck the game!
0:09.2	Alright let's do this!
0:10.7	How are you with the fuckers, what the fuck, nicks, what the fuck buddies, what the fucking niece does, what's happening, I'm Mark Marren, this is my podcast.
0:19.5	WTF, welcome to it. How's it going?
0:22.6	Who man, I was away all weekend.
0:25.6	If I go away for two days, I feel like I've been on a fucking space mission, man.
0:31.6	I mean, I guess I kind of have.
0:34.6	Have I?
0:35.6	Look, I can barely remember yesterday.
0:39.6	That's what's happening.
0:40.6	I don't know if it's by virtue of the fact of technology, engagement, exhaustion, mental.
0:47.6	I don't know what it is.
0:49.6	But each day, as it goes by, as it gets behind me, feels very far away.
0:55.6	I think it has something to do with travel, really.
0:57.6	That's why I'm saying all travel is space travel.
1:00.6	But let's not, let's not, I'm not going to mentally noodle right away.
1:05.6	Come on, man, there's business to be had to be taken care of.
1:09.6	I'll be a JFL 42 in Toronto on Thursday, September 19th at the Sony Center for the Performing Arts.
1:17.6	Sounds big, right?
1:18.6	It is.
1:19.6	Get some tickets.
1:20.6	Will you?
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