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Kevin Spacey

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
774 total appearances

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Lex Fridman Podcast
#432 โ€“ Kevin Spacey: Power, Controversy, Betrayal, Truth & Love in Film and Life

I read in the New York Times that he was coming to Broadway to do this production of A Long Day's Journey tonight, a year and some months after I read this article. And I was like, I'm going to play Jamie in that production.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#432 โ€“ Kevin Spacey: Power, Controversy, Betrayal, Truth & Love in Film and Life

I read in the New York Times that he was coming to Broadway to do this production of A Long Day's Journey tonight, a year and some months after I read this article. And I was like, I'm going to play Jamie in that production.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#432 โ€“ Kevin Spacey: Power, Controversy, Betrayal, Truth & Love in Film and Life

I read in the New York Times that he was coming to Broadway to do this production of A Long Day's Journey tonight, a year and some months after I read this article. And I was like, I'm going to play Jamie in that production.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#432 โ€“ Kevin Spacey: Power, Controversy, Betrayal, Truth & Love in Film and Life

And I then, with a lot of opposition, because the cast and director didn't want to see me, they said that the director, Jonathan Miller, wanted movie actors to play the two sons. And ultimately, I found out that Jonathan Miller, the director, was coming to New York to do a series of lectures at Alice Tully Hall. And I went to try to figure out how I could maybe meet him.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#432 โ€“ Kevin Spacey: Power, Controversy, Betrayal, Truth & Love in Film and Life

And I then, with a lot of opposition, because the cast and director didn't want to see me, they said that the director, Jonathan Miller, wanted movie actors to play the two sons. And ultimately, I found out that Jonathan Miller, the director, was coming to New York to do a series of lectures at Alice Tully Hall. And I went to try to figure out how I could maybe meet him.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#432 โ€“ Kevin Spacey: Power, Controversy, Betrayal, Truth & Love in Film and Life

And I then, with a lot of opposition, because the cast and director didn't want to see me, they said that the director, Jonathan Miller, wanted movie actors to play the two sons. And ultimately, I found out that Jonathan Miller, the director, was coming to New York to do a series of lectures at Alice Tully Hall. And I went to try to figure out how I could maybe meet him.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#432 โ€“ Kevin Spacey: Power, Controversy, Betrayal, Truth & Love in Film and Life

And I was sitting in that theater listening to this incredible lecture he was doing. And sitting next to me was an elderly woman. I mean, elderly, 80-something. She was asleep. But sticking out of her handbag, which was on the floor, was an invitation to a cocktail reception in honor of Dr. Jonathan Miller. And so I thought, you know, she's tired. She's probably going to go home.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#432 โ€“ Kevin Spacey: Power, Controversy, Betrayal, Truth & Love in Film and Life

And I was sitting in that theater listening to this incredible lecture he was doing. And sitting next to me was an elderly woman. I mean, elderly, 80-something. She was asleep. But sticking out of her handbag, which was on the floor, was an invitation to a cocktail reception in honor of Dr. Jonathan Miller. And so I thought, you know, she's tired. She's probably going to go home.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#432 โ€“ Kevin Spacey: Power, Controversy, Betrayal, Truth & Love in Film and Life

And I was sitting in that theater listening to this incredible lecture he was doing. And sitting next to me was an elderly woman. I mean, elderly, 80-something. She was asleep. But sticking out of her handbag, which was on the floor, was an invitation to a cocktail reception in honor of Dr. Jonathan Miller. And so I thought, you know, she's tired. She's probably going to go home.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#432 โ€“ Kevin Spacey: Power, Controversy, Betrayal, Truth & Love in Film and Life

So I took that and walked into this cocktail reception. went over to Dr. Miller, who was incredibly kind, and said, sit down, I'm always very curious, what brings young people to my lectures? And I said to him, Eugene O'Neill brought me here. And he was like, what? I've always wanted to meet him, where is he?

Lex Fridman Podcast
#432 โ€“ Kevin Spacey: Power, Controversy, Betrayal, Truth & Love in Film and Life

So I took that and walked into this cocktail reception. went over to Dr. Miller, who was incredibly kind, and said, sit down, I'm always very curious, what brings young people to my lectures? And I said to him, Eugene O'Neill brought me here. And he was like, what? I've always wanted to meet him, where is he?

Lex Fridman Podcast
#432 โ€“ Kevin Spacey: Power, Controversy, Betrayal, Truth & Love in Film and Life

So I took that and walked into this cocktail reception. went over to Dr. Miller, who was incredibly kind, and said, sit down, I'm always very curious, what brings young people to my lectures? And I said to him, Eugene O'Neill brought me here. And he was like, what? I've always wanted to meet him, where is he?

Lex Fridman Podcast
#432 โ€“ Kevin Spacey: Power, Controversy, Betrayal, Truth & Love in Film and Life

And I told him that I'd been trying for seven months to get an audition for A Long Day's Journey, and that his American cast directors were telling my agents that he wanted big American movie stars. And at that moment, he turned and he saw one of those casting directors who was there that night. Because I knew he was going to be in New York starting auditions that week.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#432 โ€“ Kevin Spacey: Power, Controversy, Betrayal, Truth & Love in Film and Life

And I told him that I'd been trying for seven months to get an audition for A Long Day's Journey, and that his American cast directors were telling my agents that he wanted big American movie stars. And at that moment, he turned and he saw one of those casting directors who was there that night. Because I knew he was going to be in New York starting auditions that week.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#432 โ€“ Kevin Spacey: Power, Controversy, Betrayal, Truth & Love in Film and Life

And I told him that I'd been trying for seven months to get an audition for A Long Day's Journey, and that his American cast directors were telling my agents that he wanted big American movie stars. And at that moment, he turned and he saw one of those casting directors who was there that night. Because I knew he was going to be in New York starting auditions that week.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#432 โ€“ Kevin Spacey: Power, Controversy, Betrayal, Truth & Love in Film and Life

And she was staring daggers at me. And he just got it. And he said, someone have a pen. And he took a little paper and started writing. He said, listen, Kevin, there are many situations in which casting directors have a lot of say and a lot of power and a lot of leverage. And then there are other situations where they just take directors' messages. And on this one, they're taking my messages.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#432 โ€“ Kevin Spacey: Power, Controversy, Betrayal, Truth & Love in Film and Life

And she was staring daggers at me. And he just got it. And he said, someone have a pen. And he took a little paper and started writing. He said, listen, Kevin, there are many situations in which casting directors have a lot of say and a lot of power and a lot of leverage. And then there are other situations where they just take directors' messages. And on this one, they're taking my messages.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#432 โ€“ Kevin Spacey: Power, Controversy, Betrayal, Truth & Love in Film and Life

And she was staring daggers at me. And he just got it. And he said, someone have a pen. And he took a little paper and started writing. He said, listen, Kevin, there are many situations in which casting directors have a lot of say and a lot of power and a lot of leverage. And then there are other situations where they just take directors' messages. And on this one, they're taking my messages.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#432 โ€“ Kevin Spacey: Power, Controversy, Betrayal, Truth & Love in Film and Life

This is where I'm staying. Make sure you people get to me. We start auditions on Thursday. And on Thursday, I had an opportunity to come in and audition for this play that I'd been working on and preparing for.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#432 โ€“ Kevin Spacey: Power, Controversy, Betrayal, Truth & Love in Film and Life

This is where I'm staying. Make sure you people get to me. We start auditions on Thursday. And on Thursday, I had an opportunity to come in and audition for this play that I'd been working on and preparing for.