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The Godfather
Francis Ford Coppola
“greatest film of all time? Gun to your head. - Certainly, yes.”
“all I had time to do was watch "The Godfather" and "Serpico" and then I went to work.”— Kevin Spacey
The guest's own work
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Se7en
David Fincher (inferred)
“You played a serial killer in the movie "Se7en." Your performance was one of, if not the greatest portrayal of a murderer on screen ever.”— Lex Fridman
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Swimming with Sharks
Kevin Spacey (inferred)
“I had been in Los Angeles making a couple of films, "Swimming with Sharks" and "Usual Suspects,"”— Kevin Spacey
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The Usual Suspects
Bryan Singer (inferred)
“I had been in Los Angeles making a couple of films, "Swimming with Sharks" and "Usual Suspects,"”— Kevin Spacey
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Outbreak
Wolfgang Petersen (inferred)
“and then I did a film called "Outbreak" that Morgan Freeman was in. And I went to audition for David Fincher”— Kevin Spacey
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House of Cards
Beau Willimon (inferred)
“David Fincher said about you, he was talking in general, I think, but also specifically in the moment of "House of Cards,"”— Lex Fridman
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The Big Kahuna
John Swanbeck (inferred)
“this wonderful director named John Swanbeck who would eventually direct me in a film called "The Big Kahuna,"”— Kevin Spacey
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Now: In the Wings on a World Stage
Jeremy Whelehan (inferred)
“I got a chance to watch the documentary "Now in the Wings on a World Stage," which is behind the scenes of, you mentioned you teaming up with Sam Mendes”— Lex Fridman
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Glengarry Glen Ross
James Foley (inferred)
“There was a scene I had in "Glengarry Glen Ross" where the character I play has fucked something up.”— Kevin Spacey
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Lost in Yonkers
Neil Simon (inferred)
“I was doing a play called "Lost in Yonkers" on Broadway. And we had the same dresser who worked with him”— Kevin Spacey
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Long Day's Journey Into Night
Eugene O'Neill
“by that time we had done "Long Day's Journey Into Night" in the theater. We'd done a mini series called "The Murder of Mary Phagan"”— Kevin Spacey
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The Murder of Mary Phagan
Billy Hale (inferred)
“We'd done a mini series called "The Murder of Mary Phagan" on NBC. We'd done a film called "Dad"”— Kevin Spacey
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Dad
Gary David Goldberg
“We'd done a film called "Dad" that Gary David Goldberg directed with Ted Danson.”— Kevin Spacey
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American Beauty
Sam Mendes
“Sam Mendes had never directed a film before "American Beauty." And so what he did was he took the best elements of theater”— Kevin Spacey
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Richard III
William Shakespeare
“I remember when I walked in to maybe the first rehearsal for "Richard III" that we were doing”— Kevin Spacey
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The Iceman Cometh
Eugene O'Neill
“we decide to do a performance of "The Iceman Cometh" for the Democratic Party on Broadway.”— Kevin Spacey
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Wise Guy
Stephen J. Cannell (inferred)
“When I did a series called "Wise Guy," I got cast on a Thursday and I flew up to Vancouver on a Saturday”— Kevin Spacey
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Recount
Jay Roach (inferred)
“I've played a play called National Anthems. I've done movies like "Recount."”— Kevin Spacey
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The Ref
Ted Demme (inferred)
“I've done films like "The Ref." I've done films that in which that doesn't exist in any of those characters”— Kevin Spacey
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Juno and the Paycock
Sean O'Casey
“He was doing a production at the Mark Taper Forum of a Sean O'Casey play called "Juno and The Paycock" with Walter Matthau and Maureen Stapleton.”— Kevin Spacey
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The Apartment
Billy Wilder (inferred)
“When you watch "The Apartment," it is extraordinary that he doesn't ever change.”— Kevin Spacey
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A Clockwork Orange
Stanley Kubrick (inferred)
“some people think "Clockwork Orange" is a comedy, and I'm not saying there aren't some good laughs in "Clockwork Orange"”— Kevin Spacey
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The Mary Tyler Moore Show
James L. Brooks (inferred)
“it's like the great "Mary Tyler Moore Show" where they can't stop giggling at the clown's funeral. I mean, it's just one of the great episodes ever.”— Kevin Spacey
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Yellowstone
Taylor Sheridan (inferred)
“"Yellowstone" was another situation where it's a family at the dinner table and then one of them says, "Fuck it, I'm not eating this anymore”— Lex Fridman
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The Shining
Stanley Kubrick
“Or Nicholson in "The Shining." I mean, there's some family scenes gone awry in that movie.”— Kevin Spacey
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Serpico
Sidney Lumet (inferred)
“all I had time to do was watch "The Godfather" and "Serpico" and then I went to work.”— Kevin Spacey
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Lawrence of Arabia
David Lean (inferred)
“I can next week say it's "Lawrence of Arabia" or a week after that, I can say "Sullivan's Travels."”— Kevin Spacey
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Sullivan's Travels
Preston Sturges (inferred)
“I can next week say it's "Lawrence of Arabia" or a week after that, I can say "Sullivan's Travels."”— Kevin Spacey
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Dr. Strangelove
Stanley Kubrick
“Kubrick decided to cast one actor to play three major roles in "Dr. Strangelove." I mean, who has the balls to do that today?”— Kevin Spacey
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The Silence of the Lambs
Jonathan Demme (inferred)
“like I mentioned Hannibal Lecter in "Silence of the Lambs," that's up there. "Se7en" to me is like competing for first place”— Lex Fridman
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Prizzi's Honor
John Huston
“he got on "Prizzi's Honor," which was Jack Nicholson, Anjelica Houston, directed by John Huston.”— Kevin Spacey
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The Missouri Breaks
Arthur Penn (inferred)
“He says, "We did 'Missouri Breaks.'" Nicholson goes, "Oh my God, 'Missouri Breaks.'”— Kevin Spacey
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The Real Thing
Tom Stoppard
“I went into audition for the national tour of a play called "The Real Thing," which Jeremy Irons and Glenn Close were doing on Broadway”— Kevin Spacey
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Hurlyburly
David Rabe
“Have you seen the other play that I directed up the block called 'Hurlyburly?' It's a David Rabe play about Hollywood.”— Kevin Spacey
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True Romance
Tony Scott (inferred)
“He plays like a mobster in "True Romance" and it's like genius. That's genius but he could be anything.”— Lex Fridman
BookReferencedISBN verified
The Gulag Archipelago
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
“In "Gulag Archipelago," Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn famously writes about the line between good and evil, and that it runs through the heart of every man.”— Lex Fridman
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