Gus Van Sant
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
But I feel like... I don't think there is such a thing as just a great performance.
What do you mean?
A movie that is known for only the performance without what the performer is supposedly performing.
Really?
Yeah, that has to have a basis.
I mean, it could be something simple, but...
The movie wasn't a good movie.
Actually, I don't think that... Fortunately, Dustin Hoffman is still alive.
No, no, no.
He's still alive.
Unfortunately, he's not funny.
He's funny as a character in The Graduate, but he can't...
deliver a joke in Lenny.
So every single time he's going, I liked it.
And it's not funny.
When Lenny does it, it's fantastic.
As a comedian.
Because you have that footage of Lenny really doing it.
But the context of Lenny also was kind of fabulous that he was trying to just
allow language to live in the open as opposed to the seven words.