Bruce Dern: Difference between revisions

In the course of his long and prolific career, Dern collaborated with film directors, including Walter Hill (''[[The Driver]]'', ''Wild Bill'' and ''[[Last Man Standing (1996 film)|Last Man Standing]]''), Joe Dante (''The 'Burbs'', ''[[Small Soldiers]]'' and ''[[The Hole (2009 film)|The Hole]]''), and Quentin Tarantino (''[[Django Unchained]]'', ''[[The Hateful Eight]]'' and ''Once Upon a Time in Hollywood''). In an interview for [[The A.V. Club]], Dern said: "I always say that I feel like I've worked for six geniuses in my career... And the six directors, not in any order, would be Mr. Kazan, Mr. Hitchcock, [[Douglas Trumbull]], Alexander Payne, Quentin Tarantino, and [[Francis Ford Coppola|Francis Coppola.]]"<ref>{{cite web|title=Bruce Dern traces his career progression from "fifth cowboy from the right" to American icon|url=https://www.avclub.com/bruce-dern-traces-his-career-progression-from-fifth-co-1820481651|work=The A.V. Club|date=November 21, 2017 |access-date=May 1, 2021}}</ref> In an interview with [[Josh Olson]] and Joe Dante for the [[podcast]] series ''The Movies That Made Me'', and while discussing his career, Dern cited the films of [[David Lean]] (specifically, ''[[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]'', ''[[Great Expectations (1946 film)|Great Expectations]]'' and ''[[The Bridge on the River Kwai]]''), as among the films that inspired him.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Movies That Made Me season 4 episode 11: Bruce Dern|url=https://trailersfromhell.com/podcast/bruce-dern/|work=Trailers from Hell|access-date=May 1, 2021}}</ref>When asked if he has ever contemplated retirement, Dern said: "If you think I'm gonna retire so [[James Caan|Jimmy fucking Caan]] can get another part from me, you're dead wrong. Because I'm gonna go till I'm 100. My goal is to do stuff with older characters that people never got the chance to do, because they never lived long enough... And because I don't have anything else I can do."<ref>{{cite web|title=Bruce Dern on meeting 'fragile' Marilyn Monroe and why he won't retire|url=https://nypost.com/2019/09/05/bruce-dern-on-meeting-fragile-marilyn-monroe-and-why-he-wont-retire/|work=New York Post|date=September 5, 2019 |access-date=May 1, 2021}}</ref>{{Unreliable source|date=August 2024|certain=y|reason=[[WP:NEWYORKPOST]]}}