Robert Duvall on NPR Fresh Air

[pokerfan]

One of my favorite actors.

Listen to it here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128649714



CALL: That was a dang stupid thing to do, bringing that old sign along. You'll have us the laughing stock of this whole country, with that "We Don't Rent Pigs" part.

MCCRAE: Well, we don't rent pigs. And I figure it's better to say it right up front, 'cause a man who does like to rent pigs is.... well, he's hard to stop.

CALL: And if that ain't bad enough, you got all them Greek words on there too.

MCCRAE: I told you, Woodrow, a long time ago... it ain't Greek, it's Latin.

CALL: What does it say, in Latin?

MCCRAE: Well, it's a motto, it just says itself... "Uvarum, Uvarum Fit, Uvarum.... double Fit..."

CALL: You don't have no idea what it says, you just found that in some old book. For all you know, it invites people to rob us!

MCCRAE: Well, the first man that comes along that can read Latin is welcome to rob us, as far as I'm concerned. I'd like the chance to shoot at an educated man, once in my life.

[smoochpooch]

1. Bill Murray was talking about him on Letterman last night.

Murray said he was in awe when watching him. He is indeed proving that the older the violin, the sweeter the music.

[Orrex]

2. I caught most of it, and I thought it was terrific.

Honestly, I would have preferred to hear Terry interview him, but that's okay. It was great to hear him articulate the way he thinks about things, etc.


I also have to admit that I soured on him briefly a few years back when he called into a FoxRadio daytime show to criticize Sean Penn for some then-current political statement that Penn had made. Duvall revealed himself to be farther to the right than I'd hoped, but at least he didn't seem like an asshole about it.

Regardless, it was a great interview.