Ethan Hawke Knows To Seek Knowledge From Masters

THIS IS THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER. (APPLAUSE).>>Stephen: YES, IT IS.>>ELVIS HAS BEEN HERE.>>Stephen: ELVIS, I THE LISS
TORAN SAYS IT IS RIGHT AROUND HERE THAT ELVIS PERFORMED, RIGHT
AROUND WHERE THIS DESK S THAT IS WHY YOU ARE FEELING THE MAGIC. YOU FEEL THE GREATNESS THROUGH
THE FLOOR.>>I FEEL IT.>>Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU
AGAIN.>>NICE TO SEE YOU.>>Stephen: ALWAYS ENJOYABLE
TO TALK TO YOU. WE HAD A NICE CONVERSATION AN
HOUR AND A HALF AT THE MONTREAL FIM FESTIVAL.>>ABOUT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.>>Stephen: AND BZ ALD RECENT
SCHOOL, ACTUALLY.>>AND YOU HAD SOME GREAT BUZZ
STORIES.>>Stephen: I DID, YEAH,
EXACTLY. YOU HAD SOME GREAT STORIES TOO
AND I WOULD LOVE IF, COULD YOU SHARE ONE OF THE STORIES THAT
YOU TOLD OUT. THERE BECAUSE I ABSOLUTELY LOVE
IT YOU TOLD THE STORY ABOUT WHAT MASTERY MEANS, WHEN YOU MEET
SOMEONE. BECAUSE ARE YOU AN ACTOR. YOU HAVE DONE 50 FIMS. YOU ARE A WELL ESTABLISHED, WELL
REGARDED ACTOR, A MASTER OF YOUR CRAFT, YOU SAID YOU MET MASTERS,
YOU IMMEDIATELY MEET THEM AND YOU GO THAT PERSON HAS SOMETHING
STO TEACH ME.>>WELL, OKAY, I KNOW WHERE YOU
ARE GOING WITH THIS.>>Stephen: I HOPE SO.>>MARK RILEANCE SAY BRITISH
ACTOR, A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN
STARRING IN A BUNCH OF SPIELBERG MOVIES AND DOING AN AMAZING JOB. BUT YEARS AGO HE RAN THE GLOBE
THEATER IN LONDON. HI NO IDEA WHO HE WAS AND MOST
PEOPLE HERE DIDN’T BECAUSE HE DIDN’T REALLY WORK IN FIM. BUT THEY WERE HAVING A BENEFIT
FOR AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. AND THEY WERE– EVERY ACTOR THAT
YOU CAN IMAGINE. JUDY DENCH, VANESSA REDGRAVE WAS
THERE, YOU KNOW, SIMON RUSSELL BIEL, EVERY– JAMES TAYLOR WAS
PERFORMING, STING WAS PERFORMING, JUST TELLING YOU,
MASSIVE STARS WERE THERE.>>Stephen: PAUL SCOAFIELD.>>PAUL SCOAFIELD, EXACTLY. SO WE ARE DOING A LITTLE
REHEARSAL AM HI BEEN INVITED TO BE PART OF THIS.>>Stephen: ALL SHAKESPEARE.>>ALL SHAKES SPEERKS YOU KNOW,
THAT AND MARK IS JUST THIS I GOORKS I DON’T KNOW WHO HE IS,
HE IS IN SWEAT PANTS AND STUFF. HE APPARENTLY RUNS THE THEATER. I DIDN’T THINK MUCH OF HIM AND
HE SAID ALL RIGHT, WELL, VANESSA, MEANING VANESSA
REDGRAVE, WILL YOU DO YOUR PIECE AND THEN ETHAN, WHY DON’T YOU DO
TO BE OR NOT TO BE FROM HAMLET AND AFTER THAT WUL’S DO PAUL
SCOFIELD WILL DO, YOU KNOW, LEER. AND I WAS LIKE WAIT, I’M GOING
TO GO IN BETWEEN VANESSA RED GRAIFER AND PAUL SCOFIELD. AND HE’S LIKE YEAH. ONS, COOL, CAN I TALK TO YOU
AFTER LIKE THE REHEARSAL IS OVER, YOU KNOW. HE’S LIKE SURE. SO I GO TO 4EU78 BACKSTAGE THERE
AT THE GLOBE AND I’M LIKE ARE YOU MAKING FUN OF ME? YOU KNOW, LIKE WHAT, BRING THE
AMERICAN OUT AND HAVE HIM DO TO BE OR NOT TO BE IN BETWEEN
VANESSA REDGRAVE AND PAUL SCOFIELD MY FOO FAVORITE ACTORS
OF ALL 250EU78. HE GOES, YOU DON’T WANT TO DO.>>NO, ARE YOU GOING HUM IL YAIT
ME.>>OH, OKAY, OKAY WHO SHOULD GO. WHO SHOULD GO BETWEEN PAUL
SCOFIELD AND VANESSA REDGRAVE. WHO DESERVES TO?>>UH, I THINK YOU DO.>>IS IT BECAUSE YOU’RE AMERICAN
YOU’RE NOT GOOD ENOUGH.>>NO MARYB ACTORS ARE JUST AS
GOOD.>>IS IT BECAUSE ARE YOU TOO
YOUNG.>>NO, I’M NOT TOO YOUNG, I
PLAYED HAMLET.>>SO WHY WOULDN’T YOU DO IT.>>I WAS LIKE ALL RIGHT, ALL
RIGHT. A CLASSIC ARE YOU GOOD ENOUGH
SPEECH. SO I’M THINKING OKAY, I WILL DO
THIS. HE IS JUST YOU’RE JIS [BLEEP] YR
PANTS.>>YEAH, I M AND I WONDER IF HE
REMEMBER THIS, BUT HE SAY THIS VERY FUNNY THING TO HE MOOVMENT
HE SAYS NOW WHAT IS THE FIRST LINE OF TO BE OR NOT TO BE.>>I SAY TO BE OR NOT TO BE.>>HE SAYS NO, IT’S NOT.>>ST NOW I AM ALONE. AND I WAS LIKE OKAY, RIGHT,
YOU’RE RIGHT, YOU’RE RIGHT, NOW I’M ALONE TO BE OR NOT TO BE. AND HE GOES THERE IS WHAT YOU
WILL DO, YOU WILL WALK OUT THERE, ARE YOU GOING TO SAY– .>>Stephen: ON TO THE GLOBE
STAGE.>>ON TO THE GLOBE STAGE WHERE
EVERYONE IS OUT THERE, THIS BEAUTIFUL OLD THEATER, ARE YOU
GOING TO STAND UP THEREMENT AND ARE YOU GOING TO SAY NOW I AM
ALONE. CLEAR, STRONG AND ARE YOU GOING
TO LOOK EVERYBODY IN THE EYES. NOW I AM ALONE. AND IF YOU WAIT LONG ENOUGH,
THEY WILL START TO LAUGH. WHY WOULD THEY LAUGH.>>BECAUSE I DONE KNOW BUT HAVE
I DONE IT 700 TIMES AND THEY LAUGH. AND I AM LIKE REALLY.>>HE GOES I PROMISE, IF YOU
JUST STARE AT THEM THEY WILL START TO LAUGH. I’M LIKE OKAY. AND HE SAID THE SECOND THEY
LAUGH, YOU SAY TO BE OR NOT TO BE. RIGHT, THEY MISSED IT AND NOW
THEY WILL LINS, WAIT, I THING HE JUST SAID THE FAMOUS LINE. AND NOW THEY WILL HEAR THE REST
OF THE SPEECH. THEY WILL BE ON THEIR TOAST. AND YOU WILL HAVE GOTTEN RID OF
THAT FAMOUS LINE, AND YOU WILL BE ON YOUR WAY. I WAS LIKE ALL RIGHT, I BET THIS
WILL WORK BUT I WENT OUT THERE, AND I DID T AND IT WORKED AND
AFTERWARDS PAUL SCOFIELD TOLD ME I DID A GREAT JOB. (APPLAUSE).>>Stephen: MASTERY.>>WELL, THAT’S YOUR POINT. EVERYBODY WANTS SOMETHING FOR
NOTHING. AND THEY SEE MARK RYELANCEnd
INN THIS SPIELBERG, WHAT A GREAT ACTOR, I WISH I COULD DO THAT
WELL, HE HAS DEDICATED 30, 40 YEARS, HE HAS DONE THAT PLAY
HUNDREDS OF TIME. AND HE’S DONE THAT WHOLE CANON HUNDREDS EVERY
TIMES. AND THAT IS MASTERY. AND THAT’S THE THING THAT AS I
GET OLDER, I GET MORE AND MORE INTERESTED IN WITH OUR YOUNG
AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS.>>Stephen: NOW YOU ARE IN A
BEAUTIFUL NEW FILM CALLED FIRS REFORMED WRITTEN AND DIRECT BY
PAUL SCHRAIDER, OF TAXI DRIVER, AMERICAN BULL, AMERICAN GIG LOW.>>Stephen: GREAT DIRECTOR. YOU PLAY A PASTOR WHO IS
TROUBLED BY HIS LIFE, HIS FAMILY, HI WORLD. TELL US WHAT THE FILM IS ABOUT.>>I THINK THE FILM, THIS SAY
GREAT WRITER FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON’T– PAUL SCHRAID
CERTIFICATE A FIRST BALLOT HALL OF FAMER IN THE FILM BUSINESS
AND HE WROTE A BEAUTIFUL SCRIPT ABOUT A PRIEST WHO IS HAVING A
TERRIBLE MOMENT MAKING SENSE OUT OF OUR WORLD TODAY. HE’S LOOKING FOR LEADERSHIP IN
OUR ENVIRONMENTAL STRUGGLES. IS HE LOOKING FOR LEADERSHIP AS
A SPIRITUAL PERCHLT HE HAS LOST HIS SON. I’M COUNSELING IN THE MOVIE A
YOUNG MAN WHO IS– FEELS THE BURDENS OF WHAT IS HAPPENING TO
THE ENVIRONMENT VERY DEEPLY AND MY CHARACTER IS A SINCERE
RELIGIOUS MAN AND HE REALLY TRIES TOES– TRIES TO GIVE HIM
GUIDANCE AND IT DOESN’T GO THE WAY HE WANTS IT TO I THINK THE
MF QUEE GIVES A BEAUTIFUL VOICE TO THE WAY A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
FEELING.>>Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP
HERE. I THINK ARE YOU IN A DINERROR
SOMETHING.>>WHAT HAPPENS, LIKE A LOT OF
CHURCHES RIGHT NOW, I’M A PASTOR AT A SMALL CHURCH THAT IS OWNED
AND OPERATED BY A LARGER MEGA CHURCH AND INSTEAD OF– CEDRIC
THE ENTERTAINER WHO IS AN AMAZES ACTOR PLAYS PIE BOSS BECAUSE HE
RUNS THE BIG CHURN AND I RUN THIS LITTLE ANCILLARY. THEY KIND OF CALL IT A TOURIST
CHURCH BECAUSE IT’S LEFT OVER AS A MUSEUM FROM THE UNDERGROUND
RAILROAD. THERE WERE A LOT OF
ABOLITIONISTS AS PART OF THIS PARISH DURING THAT MOMENT. AND BUT THE GUY WHO IS OUR
BIGGEST DONOR IS UPSET WITH SOME OF WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING
WITH– WITH MY WORK WORK THIS YOUNG MAN WHO HAS LOST HIS LIFE.>>JIM?>>WELL, GOD FORGIVE US FOR WHAT
WE ARE DOING FOR THIS CREATION. THAT IS WHAT MY SON ASKED ME
WHEN I VISITED HIM.>>THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF LOOSE
TALK ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE.>>THERE IS SCIENTIFIC
CONSENSUS, 97%.>>THE– SAYS NOTHING ALWAYS
SEEMS MORE INTELLIGENCE– INTELLIGENT, WHY
COULDN’T I JUST KEEP SILENT.>>ST A COMPLICATED SUBJECT.>>NOT REALLY.>>WHO BENEFITS?>>WHO PROFITS, THAT IS WHAT I
KEEP ASKING MYSELF, BESIDES THE BIB I WILL KALT CALL TO
STEWARTSHIP WHO JUST.>>CAN WE JUST AGREE TO KEEP
POLITICS OUT OF THE SERMON.>>IT’S FUNNY– IT’S A HARD
MOVIE TO GO ON KIND OF A LATE NIGHT TALK SHOAVMENT YOU WANT A
LITTLE CLIP THAT MAKES EVERYBODY LAUGH AND FEEL GOOD, YOU KNOW
WHAT I MEAN, INSTEAD OF IT’S LIKE WHOA, WHAT WAS, THAT BUT
IT’S A FILM I’M REALLY PROUD OF.>>Stephen: SOMETIMES YOU CAN
SEE A FILM AND FEAL GOOD COMING OUT OF IT AND FEEL GOOD ABOUT
WATCHING OTHER PEOPLE FEELING TORMENT.>>OKAY, IT’S ACTUALLY TRUE
BECAUSE A LOT OF US DO FEEL THINGS IN OUR LIFE AND A LOT OF
US ARE CONFUSED BY THE THINGS WE FEEL. AND PART OF THE JOB IS MOVIES IS
TO MAKE SENSE OUT OF THE QUESTIONS. YOU KNOW, THEY DON’T NEED– A
GOOD MOVIE DOESN’T TELL HOW TO VOTE FOR, IT’S NOT LEFT, IT’S
NOT RIGHT. A GOOD MOVIE ARTICULATES A
QUESTION THAT MIGHT BE ON YOUR MIND TOO. AND THEN YOU CAN ASK YOURSELF,
PAUL SCHRAIDER SAYS THE GREAT THING ABOUT THE END OF A MOVIE. A GOOD MOVIE BEGINS AS YOU ARE
WALKING OUT OF THE THEATER. A REALLY GOOD MOVIE IS LIKE A
BELL AND URINING IT AND IT VIBRATES INSIDE YOU AFTER YOU
SEE T YOU KNOW. AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE GREAT
FILMS THAT YOU SEE IN YOUR LIFE, THEY DO KIND OF VIBRATE LIKE
THAT NO JOKE, IT SOUNDS A LITTLE AIRY FAIREY TO TALK B BUT CAN I
WALK DOWN THE STREET TODAY, RIGHT, TODAY AND SOMEBODY WILL
SAY TO ME, YOU KNOW, OH CAPTAIN MY CAPTAIN, YOU KNOW. THE END OF THAT MOVIE IS STILL
VIBRATING, YOU KNOW, THAT MOVIE CAME OUT 29 YEARS AGO. YOU KNOW. AND IT IS STILL VIBE LAIGHT. AND THAT IS THE BEAUTIFUL THING
TO BE A PART OF. AND THAT IS WORTH, YOU KNOW,
THAT MOVIE HAD A YOUNG MAN THAT TOOK HIS OWN LIFE. THIS STUFF HAPPENS IT HAPPENS IN
EVERY FAMILY ACROSS AMERICA. THESE ISSUES OF WHERE IS OUR
RELIGIOUS LEADERSHIP. THIS SAY REAL QUESTION, JUST
BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THE PEOPLE WITH THE MOST MONEY VTS
BIGGEST MEGAPHONE, YOU KNOWMENT DUN MEAN THEY HAVE THE MOST
INTERESTING THINGS TO SAY.>>WELL, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE
VIBRATIONS. THANK YOU, ETHAN.>>FIRST REFORMED IS IN THEATERS
NATIONWIDE JUNE 22nd ETHAN HAWKE, EVERYBODY. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH TONI
COLLETTE.