An interview with Oscar winning actor and father of Angelina Jolie…JON VOIGHT
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Sure he’s become kind of a crazy, right-wing nutter in his old age, but what the hell, everyone’s entitled to their political views (no matter how misguided they might be), besides, nothing can change the fact that he made some incredible films.
Hikari Takano once again conducts a masterful interview with the Oscar winner, getting him to reveal some fascinating thoughts on some of his greatest performances as well as his fellow actors. So strap on your headphones, close your eyes, and get into the mind of the VOIGHT!
- Memories of growing up in Yonkers, N.Y. - Excelling in Junior Golf - Moving to NYC, getting married, & finding the right acting teacher (Sandy Meisner) - How Voight incorporates Meisner Method in his work - Getting into character for Giovanni Ribisi & Cole Hauser - Voight’s most memorable acting experience, “A View From a Bridge”, with Robert Duvall - “Bobby Duvall showed me the example of how to approach a character, which I have never forgetten” - Creating the villain in “Anaconda” - “Nobody understood what I was doing on that set. I felt quite alone. Matt Damon would’ve been excited because he would’ve got it” - “Sometimes when an actor is so locked into the part you leave him alone because he knows more about the character than anyone else” - On “Coming Home”: “I was not for the war. I thought the war was built on a lot of misinformation.” - “I understood why Al Pacino & Jack Nicholson turned down “Coming Home” - How the ‘Jon Voight Oscar white scarf look’ happened - Getting ready for “The Champ” in 12 days! - How Akira Kurosawa’s “Runaway Train” script came to Voight - Voight’s deep love for Akira Kurosawa’s work. And paying tribute to the great Master - “I probably couldn’t have played ‘Oscar Manheim’ as well as I did if I hadn’t seen Kurosawa’s samurai movies. Because Oscar was a samurai in a way” - Voight wanted to play Oskar Schindler for years - “But Liam was perfect! If I had done my best work maybe I could hope to have been as good as Liam” - “Why making “The Odessa file” was so personal & important For more incredible interviews from Hiraki, check out his website Hikari Takano Interviews!!
