Tracy Letts

Though you'll see in a lot of Duvall performances, there are little ad libs here and there that, you know, which are making his own.

But he definitely knew the lines.

But yeah, there is a...

There's an immersive quality to the performances, but not so immersive that it seems that, you know, couldn't have a conversation with you.

They all felt that way about Brando.

I mean, I heard Duvall tell a story about Gene Hackman running into Brando in Manhattan, just ran into him.

They didn't know each other personally and ran into him.

And Hackman almost burst into tears, he told Duvall.

So tremendous meaning in the way he approached the work, the way they all approached the work, the way they learned to approach the work.

And so, yeah, putting all that stuff together.

into place, but also you're making TV.

He's making TV shows.

You've got a schedule.

You've got a director who's not going to ask you for a lot of nuance.

You're going to get two takes, and then you're going to move on to the next thing.

Learning how to work is part of the job.

You have to learn how to work.

Well, he was a great, great playwright and a great playwright and a great screenwriter.

And he had a...

A community of some family and some actors who had done his work both in New York and elsewhere.