Tracy Letts
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
He's wearing a gimme cap and he drives a tractor, but he's not doing that hardcore Texas accent.
He's just a guy who lives and works in the country.
Well, maybe I should check it out.
He apparently overheard a conversation.
He was working in New York and he overheard a conversation, a lover's quarrel.
And then he looks over and he finds that the guy engaged in the lover's quarrel is an eight-year-old boy.
And he became interested in this boy.
It was while he was rehearsing American Buffalo.
And he would see this boy regularly and he started engaging him in conversation.
He's the kid who's the lead in this movie.
And Duvall got to know him and got to know his family and got to know the community and put all these people to work on this movie.
A really idiosyncratic choice.
But it is a very watchable...
I don't know how the Romany community feels about Robert Duvall being the one who's essentially telling their story.
And there are some Romany directors of note who would probably like to have the kind of imprint that Robert Duvall has.