WEBVTT - Michael Douglas

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Alec Baldwin. And here's the thing, Mr Douglas. Michael

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<v Speaker 1>Douglas is American acting royalty. He's the son of Kirk Douglas,

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<v Speaker 1>one of the greatest actors this country has ever seen.

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<v Speaker 1>In my opinion, that alone would insure him a place

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<v Speaker 1>at anyone's dinner party. But Michael Douglas is his own man.

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<v Speaker 1>He has two Academy Awards as an actor and a producer,

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<v Speaker 1>and has played some of the most iconic roles in

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<v Speaker 1>film over the past thirty years, roles that have challenged

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<v Speaker 1>the way we think about family, power, money, sex, Gordon

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<v Speaker 1>Gecko in Wall Street, Nick Curran in Basic Instinct, as

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<v Speaker 1>well as Romancing the Stone, Traffic and Wonder Boys. Michael

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<v Speaker 1>was at his home in New York City when I

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<v Speaker 1>visited with him. He's worked with everyone from Oliver Stone

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<v Speaker 1>to Curtis Handsome to Steven Soderberg. In seven, he worked

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<v Speaker 1>with British director Adrian Line on Fatal Attraction. Douglas says

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<v Speaker 1>Line was one of the best. He was great and

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<v Speaker 1>he has a great knock and talent for that. And

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<v Speaker 1>I remember, you know, when Glenn and I when we

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<v Speaker 1>were doing Fatal Attraction and we have the scene in

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<v Speaker 1>the kitchen, well the first time when we were kind

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<v Speaker 1>of going at it, got her up on the kitchen sink,

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<v Speaker 1>and so he did a take on that and said,

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<v Speaker 1>well that was that was one of the love That

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<v Speaker 1>was just great. What could we do? I think? And

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<v Speaker 1>Gla said, well, maybe I can take the water and

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<v Speaker 1>I can stick my wet fingers in his mouth. Lovely,

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<v Speaker 1>lovely love love how many of your fingers you get

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<v Speaker 1>all of your fingers into his mouth? Tommy exactly, I'd

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<v Speaker 1>love to see that. He was great, he was love,

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<v Speaker 1>his holmes and a lot of fun. Every other day

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<v Speaker 1>he said, well, the only eyes I should get bull

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<v Speaker 1>and shape this picture. No, no, no, no awork, Laya

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<v Speaker 1>should look good just the way you are in about

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<v Speaker 1>three weeks. Jeez, Michael, Mike, you look at Rson Wells.

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<v Speaker 1>But that's that favor. They loved to shoot that down angle,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, and we all look better with the camera

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<v Speaker 1>above our eyeline. And don't you drop that camera? You Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>when you work, Now, what's it been like for you

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<v Speaker 1>now in terms of you show up and you're pretty

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<v Speaker 1>fastile at getting there emotionally, in terms of how you

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<v Speaker 1>want to play it, and is it more technical for you. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>someone early on in my career told me, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the camera can always tell when you're lying. Oh. I

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<v Speaker 1>was like, the camera can tell what I'm lying. So

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<v Speaker 1>I used to me. I used to I used to

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<v Speaker 1>method up. I gotta be truthful. One day I said,

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<v Speaker 1>wait a minute, I lie every day. I said, but

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<v Speaker 1>if you're lying, I mean not me. I'm different. I'm talented, right,

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<v Speaker 1>exactly what's acting about except lying? That freed me up

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<v Speaker 1>a whole lot. What I realized that. But the last

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<v Speaker 1>ten years is the business changed dramatically. The technical part

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<v Speaker 1>is definitely to me now it's all, you know, where's

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<v Speaker 1>my life? Where's the camera? Raise that camera. I used

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<v Speaker 1>to say, well, we gotta have a clean take, and

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<v Speaker 1>I gotta burn one great connected master. Now I'm like,

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<v Speaker 1>we got four pickups of this line and it's so technical.

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<v Speaker 1>To me now, it's unbelievable. I learned that a lot

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<v Speaker 1>from actually and Jack Nicholson on Cuckoo's Nest. I was

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<v Speaker 1>watching you know, the it's editing. You do someone's take

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<v Speaker 1>after take it. Then you go someone's look at the

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<v Speaker 1>dailies and you see how my new the differences are

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<v Speaker 1>and then they can judiciously edit. I mean, I was

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<v Speaker 1>working with some people early on and they didn't know better,

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<v Speaker 1>and I was looking at people and I say, my god,

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<v Speaker 1>when they watch the dailies of this, they're going to

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<v Speaker 1>really be unhappy because this person is as boring as

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<v Speaker 1>you could possibly mean. They're not doing anything. And that

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<v Speaker 1>was my sin was I felt like I always had

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<v Speaker 1>to be acting or or doing something. And I guess

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<v Speaker 1>my question is, sometimes you go to work and you

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<v Speaker 1>gotta you know what you want to do. What do

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<v Speaker 1>you do when you go to a movie and the

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<v Speaker 1>director has nothing to offer you, He's really just a

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<v Speaker 1>traffic cop point a camera. My feeling is with movies.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, first of all, if you get a good

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<v Speaker 1>part and the get go is a great part, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>and sometimes you get a good part and a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of a lot of pictures I've done where I'm in

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<v Speaker 1>every single scene and I'm caring the plot line and

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<v Speaker 1>somebody else has got the colorful good part. But I

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<v Speaker 1>always think that if you if the pictures cast properly,

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<v Speaker 1>or if you're cast right, I never expect to hear

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<v Speaker 1>much from a director. You don't know, the world is

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<v Speaker 1>so different Now I've got people welcome to me all

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<v Speaker 1>the time, quoting some of the most corrosive lines from

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<v Speaker 1>Glen Garry Glenn Ross. I think it's good to talk

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<v Speaker 1>about the kind of funckishness of the sales industry. When

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<v Speaker 1>I say, you know, coffee is for closers, and you

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<v Speaker 1>say greed is good. Do you think in our lifetime

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<v Speaker 1>that that line has changed? You read is good where

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<v Speaker 1>people really believe that's true. Well, the affirmation that I

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<v Speaker 1>got from that villain, from that community, from that from

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<v Speaker 1>that community. You know, if I get one more drunken

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<v Speaker 1>guy from the street, hey man, great is good. You're

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<v Speaker 1>the man. You're why I got into this business. And

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<v Speaker 1>everything I quoted. Hey, you know what, I was a villain.

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<v Speaker 1>I got people welcome to me drunk in the lobbies

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<v Speaker 1>of hotels, and they're going come do that speech because

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<v Speaker 1>I'm in sales, baby. Yeah. And I'm saying, they're going,

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<v Speaker 1>you don't get it, man, this is like Arthur Miller.

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<v Speaker 1>We're trying to wake you up. But they're like, no,

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<v Speaker 1>they don't know. They love the accoutrements and and and

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<v Speaker 1>you spoke, well, what is your relationship to go into

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<v Speaker 1>the movies? Now? Yeah, I'm really embarrassed to say this,

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<v Speaker 1>but I'm not a movie goer. I don't see many movies.

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<v Speaker 1>I waste so much time watching news and sports. I

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<v Speaker 1>love watching sports because you know, I can't tell you

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<v Speaker 1>how it's gonna end. My problem with movies, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>is you get halfway through a movie and you see,

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<v Speaker 1>I was right. I love making movies, but I'm really

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<v Speaker 1>bad Alex when it comes to seeing them. When you

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<v Speaker 1>were younger, did you always since you were headed in

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<v Speaker 1>this direction in some way? I never. I never thought

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<v Speaker 1>I was. I mean probably a lot of it was

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<v Speaker 1>resentment as a young kid my folks getting divorced and

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<v Speaker 1>both the me actors. But I never even thought about

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<v Speaker 1>the doing this at all. And I said, I was

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<v Speaker 1>like a junior in college. What were you dreaming of

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<v Speaker 1>doing back then? Nothing? Really, I was a hippie, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>and I mean in the early sixties, and they took

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<v Speaker 1>me into the vice Chance's office and your third year

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<v Speaker 1>college and you're not a major, al right, So I

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<v Speaker 1>guess you know, drama should be easy. You know, I

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<v Speaker 1>had both parents. I hung around. My mother was in

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of theater and so it hung around there.

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<v Speaker 1>But there's not something I dreamed about. But the success

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<v Speaker 1>you have now came in stages. When you were younger

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<v Speaker 1>and you did your early films, you were what you said,

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<v Speaker 1>the gentle young man. But I wonder in your case

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<v Speaker 1>because you eventually played a very tough, very powerful actor

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<v Speaker 1>on film. So do you think when you were younger

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<v Speaker 1>you pulled your punches because you didn't want to step

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<v Speaker 1>on what you thought was your dad's territory. You don't

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<v Speaker 1>want to compared to him. First of all, you look

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<v Speaker 1>at his career. He played a sensitive young man for

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<v Speaker 1>his first six or seven pictures until he had a

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<v Speaker 1>movie called The Champion. I just think I was just

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<v Speaker 1>trying to define who I am, because the one problem

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<v Speaker 1>about being second generation is, you know you, half of

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<v Speaker 1>me is made up of my father's jeans. My mother, Diana,

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<v Speaker 1>is an actress too, but not as well known. So

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<v Speaker 1>when you see behavioral or mannerisms that are like your father,

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like it takes swift from your individuality, right,

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<v Speaker 1>And it's sort of like earlier on. I just was

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<v Speaker 1>trying to find out who I was, and being a

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<v Speaker 1>nice guy was a way of pleasing everybody. But the

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<v Speaker 1>truth be told in a villain is the best way

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<v Speaker 1>to go playing a bad guy, better lines, it's more

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<v Speaker 1>colorful audiences by care siously love you because a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of time is everything that they want to do in

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<v Speaker 1>real life, but they can't do what you can do

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<v Speaker 1>in the movies. Contrary, women is taking him so much

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<v Speaker 1>longer to be comfortable in playing the villains. Mad I

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<v Speaker 1>look back to I was producing Cuckoo's Nest and all

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<v Speaker 1>the actresses that turned down the part of Nurse Ratchet

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<v Speaker 1>because they didn't want to play a villain, Louise Flesh

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<v Speaker 1>of us Oscar, Yeah, you know, for playing it well.

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<v Speaker 1>When I went to Strasburg the acting school, we did

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<v Speaker 1>a gender reversed production of Cuckoo's Nest and the girl

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<v Speaker 1>was McMurphy and all the inmates were females, and I

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<v Speaker 1>was Nurse Ratchet as a man. That's a great idea.

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<v Speaker 1>Is your relationship with your dad more fathers son now?

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<v Speaker 1>Or is it more too great colleagues in motion picture history? No,

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<v Speaker 1>it's more father's son. It's more fun. I mean, he's

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<v Speaker 1>ninety four years old. I'm just so proud of him.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know, he wasn't a great dad as in

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<v Speaker 1>the prime as an actor. He was, like a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of us, were consumed with his career. For him, it

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<v Speaker 1>really started when he had his helicopter accident when he

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<v Speaker 1>was seventy with a friend helicopter and they hit a

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<v Speaker 1>aerobatic plane and the when they were taking off and

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<v Speaker 1>the people nearrobatic plane crashed and died instantly, and the

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<v Speaker 1>helicopter dropped about forty ft and he just was black

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<v Speaker 1>and blue. Started him on this you know why am

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<v Speaker 1>I alive and this eighteen year old student pilot and

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<v Speaker 1>the instructor dead. So he started getting back into his

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<v Speaker 1>religious reading the town mood, reading the Old Testament, working

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<v Speaker 1>with a rabbi, and has become a much more spiritual person.

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<v Speaker 1>And I looked at to him with all of the

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<v Speaker 1>great things that he's achieved in his acting career and

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<v Speaker 1>producing career, which a lot of people don't really realize

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<v Speaker 1>how much she produced. I am in so all of

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<v Speaker 1>him in the third act of his life. And I'm

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<v Speaker 1>sixty six now, and and I think of him being

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<v Speaker 1>seventy and what he's accomplished between seventy and ninety four,

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<v Speaker 1>which is about nine books. Called him last week. The

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<v Speaker 1>housekeeper said he's done at the office. What the hell

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<v Speaker 1>you doing down to the office, you know, he's, well,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just finishing the editor of my last book. You've

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<v Speaker 1>got another book that's yeah, yeah, yeah, what what else?

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<v Speaker 1>Because well, I got a book on sculptures. He said, well,

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<v Speaker 1>that's that's that's crete. It's really good. You know. So

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<v Speaker 1>he's he's on. So I look at him much more

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<v Speaker 1>um as a father now because I'm you know, much

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<v Speaker 1>less competitive with him. What did he do to you

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<v Speaker 1>or not do for you? The positive or the negative

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<v Speaker 1>that you've passed on to your children. The negative is

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<v Speaker 1>you got to watch your quick temper. You think you

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<v Speaker 1>had a temper like your death. No, No, I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>have people. People people did people? I mean it was

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<v Speaker 1>it was right, I think I realized now because he's

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<v Speaker 1>a white Russian Jew, you know, Belarus and all of that,

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<v Speaker 1>and well that and also he saw how much any

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<v Speaker 1>Semitism there wasn't the world because people would talk to

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<v Speaker 1>him as didn't know it was a Jew. I'm like,

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<v Speaker 1>you should please come sit down. None of those exactly

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<v Speaker 1>would see that exactly exactly because he changed his name

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<v Speaker 1>is not no longer Danielovitch did not not as bad

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I've learned to monitor it or to be

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<v Speaker 1>aware of it. You used to have a short handle,

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<v Speaker 1>remember a lot better now, Yeah, because I don't care

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<v Speaker 1>as much that there's things that you can control. Is

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<v Speaker 1>that God grabbed me the serenity to accept the things

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<v Speaker 1>I cannot change, and the courage to change the things

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<v Speaker 1>I can, the wisdom and know the difference. And it's true.

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<v Speaker 1>Mine was even worse, it was even more narcissistant. I

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<v Speaker 1>was just angry because nobody else cared about it, whatever

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<v Speaker 1>it was, as much as I did. I wonder what

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<v Speaker 1>was your relationship like with your mom in terms of

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<v Speaker 1>your career. What would you and she talk about? Did

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<v Speaker 1>she have a lot to say to you about the

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<v Speaker 1>business and what she thought about what you did? You

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<v Speaker 1>seemed very geared towards making your dad. Well, my mother's

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<v Speaker 1>English background. She was not so much the business. She's

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<v Speaker 1>she's very bright and it's probably more politely critical. Mia.

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<v Speaker 1>As an actor, it was that bad, not bad? What

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<v Speaker 1>did you get from your mother? You in diplomacy? The

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<v Speaker 1>guy that could produce films. I think Jack Lemon said

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<v Speaker 1>it when we were doing China Syndrome. He said, Michael,

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<v Speaker 1>he said he hits you with a thousand powder puffs.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, it takes that to produce to be able

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<v Speaker 1>to massage people and work with them and get people confrontational.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, it really does to try to get people

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<v Speaker 1>in that way, and I think she has that. I

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<v Speaker 1>think my father has made it more difficult for self

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<v Speaker 1>and his confrontational and this anger, you know, in his career.

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<v Speaker 1>The positive side of Kirk is a sense of tenacity

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<v Speaker 1>and stamina. My son is a cross country runner now,

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<v Speaker 1>my ten year old son, Dylan doing this now with

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<v Speaker 1>ten years old serial starting about tracks star and your

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<v Speaker 1>older son has had his problems. What's been your relationship

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<v Speaker 1>with your son's alcoholism and drug addiction? UM. I think

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<v Speaker 1>there's a certain genetic part, and I think as far

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<v Speaker 1>as drug addiction, you know, your peer group plays a

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<v Speaker 1>huge part of that. I'm of the belief that you know,

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<v Speaker 1>fourteen years old, as a parent, you've lost a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of your influence other people and by their peer group

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<v Speaker 1>that triggers and starts it off. And then in my

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<v Speaker 1>oldest son's case, there was no end until he was incarcerated. UM.

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<v Speaker 1>I think secrets play a part in this, and the

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<v Speaker 1>fact that whether it's a bad marital relationship that you're

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<v Speaker 1>trying to keep from your children, and the tension is

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<v Speaker 1>there and you're not really kind of upfront. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>this go around, I'm finding myself much more honest with

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<v Speaker 1>my seven year old daughter than I ever thought I

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<v Speaker 1>would be. Also, just because of what they have access to.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, it's just watching Glee, which was which is

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<v Speaker 1>our family night. You know, I don't know why I'm

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<v Speaker 1>so surprised. I am. I'm looking at it and they're

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<v Speaker 1>watching you right or wrong without without any kind of

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<v Speaker 1>ratings on it. You know, two boys kissing each other

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<v Speaker 1>and all that, besides the gay actually physically seeing things

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<v Speaker 1>and free for all, and it's a little a little difference.

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<v Speaker 1>So I think that in that way, uh, trying to

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<v Speaker 1>get to get or not not keeping as many secrets.

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<v Speaker 1>Isn't it funny how people men in particular who have

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want to put the stellically who played near

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<v Speaker 1>the third rail sexually speaking, are very sensitive about that.

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<v Speaker 1>When the children are growing up, they're like, no, no,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't need to watch that. Yeah, I mean, your

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<v Speaker 1>dad has that great line. My son was sent to

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<v Speaker 1>rehab for sex edition problem, and how much did you

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<v Speaker 1>inherit that which is this is what men are supposed

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<v Speaker 1>to do? Um? Probably, probably, I'm sure you know. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm watching. I mean my father has been very fortunate

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<v Speaker 1>second wife and his French and they've been married fifty

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<v Speaker 1>six years, I think, and has a different had a

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<v Speaker 1>different attitude earlier on he was a rascal. More from

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<v Speaker 1>My conversation with Michael Douglas is coming up in a minute.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Alec Baldwin and you're listening to Here's the thing

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<v Speaker 1>I'm at, like Baldwin, here's the thing. I'm talking with

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<v Speaker 1>Michael Douglas at his home in New York City. So

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<v Speaker 1>you've been sick. What was your relationship to cancer before

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<v Speaker 1>you had cancer? How was it in your life? Family? Friends,

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<v Speaker 1>never really nothing in my my my father, remember I

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<v Speaker 1>had a little skin thing. My mother had getting a

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<v Speaker 1>slight skin issue, but no real history when you know

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<v Speaker 1>and then what do you find out? How I actually

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<v Speaker 1>was Right after I finished The Wall Street Money Never Sleeps,

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<v Speaker 1>my throat was a little sore, and I thought maybe

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<v Speaker 1>it was from you know, like from tension, from the

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<v Speaker 1>part where you haven't placed your voice where you're swallowing

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<v Speaker 1>your words. And your your speak from the back of

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<v Speaker 1>your throat had a little bit of a like a

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<v Speaker 1>sword gum. And I saw doctors. I thought it was

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<v Speaker 1>some sort of sore, and antibiotics, this and that, and

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<v Speaker 1>then you know, I said with it and went on

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<v Speaker 1>for another couple of months. Your your general practitioner, then

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<v Speaker 1>send you an experts. I go to your nose and

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<v Speaker 1>throat guy, a periodontist, and this and that and another

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<v Speaker 1>round of antibiotics. And then I went away for the summer,

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<v Speaker 1>and I came back and I was in Canada, and

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<v Speaker 1>I called and said, listen, something's going on here, all right,

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<v Speaker 1>something is really going on here. How much time has

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<v Speaker 1>passed you first? Now we're in August, and I first

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<v Speaker 1>went to him in January, so it's almost more than

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<v Speaker 1>half a year. Half a year finding ear nose and

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<v Speaker 1>throat doctor at the Jewish Hospital in Montreal, Quebec. And

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<v Speaker 1>he literally opened my mouth and he took a tongue

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<v Speaker 1>to press it. And I'll never forget that moment when

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<v Speaker 1>he looked up at me and looked back down, I

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<v Speaker 1>knew and he said, well, I guess we're gonna take

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<v Speaker 1>a bye. Popsy, he said, biopsy, he said well, there's

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<v Speaker 1>a polet here and it was on my tongue. Two

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<v Speaker 1>days later he called me back in and said, you

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<v Speaker 1>got cancer. For for head and neck cancer, the best

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<v Speaker 1>place with Sloan Kettering, and I went down and within

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<v Speaker 1>a week and found out that it was stage four,

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<v Speaker 1>which is the maximum, so seven weeks of radiation and chemo.

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<v Speaker 1>The reality is, with all the doctors that I could

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<v Speaker 1>have here in New York, if I had been checked

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<v Speaker 1>back in January for head and neck cancer, this could

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<v Speaker 1>have all happened a lot early. And the thing with cancers,

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<v Speaker 1>you want to get it as early as you can.

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<v Speaker 1>Because I want to mention that I came to this door,

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<v Speaker 1>to your home here in New York fully expecting you

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<v Speaker 1>to look. I'm gonna be very honest with you now.

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<v Speaker 1>As great as you look now, you look pretty damn good.

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<v Speaker 1>I really went to I got to go to Cross three.

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<v Speaker 1>You're working at your normal self. You look fantastic, and

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<v Speaker 1>I lost a little bit of weight to help that.

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<v Speaker 1>But you know, you got a jumpy one. The one

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<v Speaker 1>advantage of this is deciding I'm taking the rest of

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<v Speaker 1>this year easy, enjoy my family, and just take her easy.

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<v Speaker 1>Now you had kids, you had your son's ten So

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<v Speaker 1>you had your son when you were how old? Six?

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<v Speaker 1>Should I have more kids? Yes? Yes, I mean at

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<v Speaker 1>this very moment, the door opens, I think, here's my daughter.

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<v Speaker 1>Think wait a minute, this is Harris. Hello. Rris was

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<v Speaker 1>coming home from school and she jumped into the chair

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<v Speaker 1>next to her dad's. Has she seen a couple of

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<v Speaker 1>your films at this I have hardly any movies that

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<v Speaker 1>she can see. Julie and I and the other one

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<v Speaker 1>The Stone. I don't feel like my favorite movie well

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<v Speaker 1>because a long time she didn't really know what I did.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, she knew mommy because Chicago and all that.

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<v Speaker 1>Mommy was an actress the longest time. He didn't know it.

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<v Speaker 1>Wants said to me, my friend said, what does your

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<v Speaker 1>dad do for a living? And I said he makes

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<v Speaker 1>pancakes And they were like, I want to go to

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<v Speaker 1>a house. I love tanking. Michael Douglas will be flipping

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<v Speaker 1>pancakes for a few more months before he begins filming

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<v Speaker 1>the lead role in Liberaci. Matt Damon will be his lover.

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<v Speaker 1>He live Racci was a lovely guy. I mean the truth.

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<v Speaker 1>I haven't played a lot of nice guys. When my

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<v Speaker 1>dad was in his prime kirk Is as an actor.

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<v Speaker 1>They were good guys and bad guys, black hats and

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<v Speaker 1>white hats. And not over analyzing it, but I think

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<v Speaker 1>the Vietnam War had a lot to do with redefining

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<v Speaker 1>a bottle. You know, we thought we were good and

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<v Speaker 1>then I'm seen in a different light in some of

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<v Speaker 1>the situations that we're in. Now, I'm Alec Baldwin and

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<v Speaker 1>you're listening to here's the Thing