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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

Why don't you try that with a bit of blah, blah, blah?

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

Why don't you try that with a bit of blah, blah, blah?

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

Why don't you try that with a bit of blah, blah, blah?

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

I also think that one should just acknowledge that where he was from, there is something that happens when you do an accent. And in fact, sometimes when I would say to Bo or one of the other writers, this is really good and I love the idea, but it rhythmically doesn't help. I need at least two more words to rhythmically make this work in his accent because it just doesn't scan well.

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

I also think that one should just acknowledge that where he was from, there is something that happens when you do an accent. And in fact, sometimes when I would say to Bo or one of the other writers, this is really good and I love the idea, but it rhythmically doesn't help. I need at least two more words to rhythmically make this work in his accent because it just doesn't scan well.

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

I also think that one should just acknowledge that where he was from, there is something that happens when you do an accent. And in fact, sometimes when I would say to Bo or one of the other writers, this is really good and I love the idea, but it rhythmically doesn't help. I need at least two more words to rhythmically make this work in his accent because it just doesn't scan well.

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

And that's not iambic pentameter. I'm not talking about that. There is that as well in Shakespeare, but there was some times when it's too many lines, it's not enough lines in order for me to make this work for the way he speaks, the way he sounds, and what that accent does to emphasis.

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

And that's not iambic pentameter. I'm not talking about that. There is that as well in Shakespeare, but there was some times when it's too many lines, it's not enough lines in order for me to make this work for the way he speaks, the way he sounds, and what that accent does to emphasis.

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

And that's not iambic pentameter. I'm not talking about that. There is that as well in Shakespeare, but there was some times when it's too many lines, it's not enough lines in order for me to make this work for the way he speaks, the way he sounds, and what that accent does to emphasis.

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

Not really at all. I mean, Clinton, you know, look, Bill Clinton, he had a way of talking, you know, that he was very slow and he felt your pain, you know. But Frank Underwood was deeper, more direct, and less poetic in the way that Clinton would talk. I'll tell you this Clinton story that you'll like. So we decide to do a performance of The Iceman Cometh for the Democratic Party on Broadway.

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

Not really at all. I mean, Clinton, you know, look, Bill Clinton, he had a way of talking, you know, that he was very slow and he felt your pain, you know. But Frank Underwood was deeper, more direct, and less poetic in the way that Clinton would talk. I'll tell you this Clinton story that you'll like. So we decide to do a performance of The Iceman Cometh for the Democratic Party on Broadway.

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

Not really at all. I mean, Clinton, you know, look, Bill Clinton, he had a way of talking, you know, that he was very slow and he felt your pain, you know. But Frank Underwood was deeper, more direct, and less poetic in the way that Clinton would talk. I'll tell you this Clinton story that you'll like. So we decide to do a performance of The Iceman Cometh for the Democratic Party on Broadway.

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

And the president is going to come. He's going to see this four and a half hour play. And then we're going to do this event afterward. And a couple of weeks before we're going to do this event, someone at the White House calls and says, listen, it's very unusual to get the president for like six and a half hours. So we're suggesting that the president come and see the first act. And then he goes.

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

And the president is going to come. He's going to see this four and a half hour play. And then we're going to do this event afterward. And a couple of weeks before we're going to do this event, someone at the White House calls and says, listen, it's very unusual to get the president for like six and a half hours. So we're suggesting that the president come and see the first act. And then he goes.

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

And the president is going to come. He's going to see this four and a half hour play. And then we're going to do this event afterward. And a couple of weeks before we're going to do this event, someone at the White House calls and says, listen, it's very unusual to get the president for like six and a half hours. So we're suggesting that the president come and see the first act. And then he goes.

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

And I knew what was happening. Now, first of all, Clinton knows this play. He knows what this play is about. And I, you know, as gently as I could said, well, if the president is thinking of leaving at intermission, then I'm afraid we're going to have to cancel the event. There's just no way that... So anyway, oh no, it's fine, it's fine. Now I know what was happening.

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

And I knew what was happening. Now, first of all, Clinton knows this play. He knows what this play is about. And I, you know, as gently as I could said, well, if the president is thinking of leaving at intermission, then I'm afraid we're going to have to cancel the event. There's just no way that... So anyway, oh no, it's fine, it's fine. Now I know what was happening.

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

And I knew what was happening. Now, first of all, Clinton knows this play. He knows what this play is about. And I, you know, as gently as I could said, well, if the president is thinking of leaving at intermission, then I'm afraid we're going to have to cancel the event. There's just no way that... So anyway, oh no, it's fine, it's fine. Now I know what was happening.

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

What was happening was that someone had read the play and they were quite concerned. And I'll tell you why. Because the play is about this character that I portrayed named Hickey. And in the course of the play, as things get more and more revealed, you realize that this man that I'm playing has been a philanderer. He's cheated on his wife quite a lot.

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

What was happening was that someone had read the play and they were quite concerned. And I'll tell you why. Because the play is about this character that I portrayed named Hickey. And in the course of the play, as things get more and more revealed, you realize that this man that I'm playing has been a philanderer. He's cheated on his wife quite a lot.