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  • In-depth and insightful interview with the legendary stage and screen star Jack Lemmon.
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Komentáře • 148

  • @dinahleeloo
    @dinahleeloo Před 5 lety +46

    I had such a crush on Jack Lemmon when I was a girl. I still love him. He was so funny in The Odd Couple and so sad in The Days of Wine and Roses. The interviewer was alright but I wish he hadn’t rushed Jack and bustled him on to the next thing when Jack wasn’t finished answering. Jack was very accommodating and gracious. What a gentleman.

    • @paulyricca3881
      @paulyricca3881 Před rokem

      🚬👳🏻‍♂️🥃 MY HUSBAND LEFT ME AND JACK LEMMON WAS THE WORST ACTOR OF ALL TIME, YOURE WELCOME

  • @user-uc4rm6wb5m
    @user-uc4rm6wb5m Před 10 měsíci +3

    Late 1990s. I'm about 8 y.o. and watching "Some like it hot" for the first time on TV. Cold winter night, Siberia, small town in the middle of nowhere. 90s were terrible in Russia, crimes all over our little place and the whole country (paradox, it rhymes with the beginning of the American film about the 30s). I can't describe the amount of happiness I got that night. This film is what a STORY should mean, timeless classic. Adored in Soviet Union and Russia till these days. Probably my favorite Hollywood film. And Mr. Lemmon made this movie legendary. Rest in piece, Sir, your Genius is eternal.

  • @TheLaurajlee
    @TheLaurajlee Před 4 lety +31

    Jack Lemon is a fine actor and gentleman

    • @paulyricca3881
      @paulyricca3881 Před rokem

      🚬🧓🏻🥃NO HES NOT , BUTTHEAD

    • @joeysanguine3596
      @joeysanguine3596 Před rokem

      That’s why I wrote a song about him; see you tube, Joey Sanguine Songs: “ Tribute”😀

  • @normadesmond6017
    @normadesmond6017 Před 2 lety +18

    Bless him. He made some of the best movies ever!

  • @paula3599
    @paula3599 Před 5 lety +47

    Jack Lemon my favorite Hollywood actor of all time. I could watch The Apt.every single day and never grow tired of Jack's CC Baxter character. Best movie ever. I love all his work. He has left a great legacy on film. Wonderful actor and wonderful human being.

    • @janinefarris7565
      @janinefarris7565 Před 4 lety +5

      Wished I had seen all of his films I'll have to put it on my to do list to Simply watch each and every one because I learned from his films and I love the intensity and conviction with which he plays each r o l e remember liking a movie that he did called tribute which was a great film also have to agree so far from what I've seen so far the apartment is one of my favorites

  • @janinefarris7565
    @janinefarris7565 Před 4 lety +18

    I've seen this interview before and it just transports you away into another world the quality of life the quality man

  • @carolynwhite6217
    @carolynwhite6217 Před 5 lety +35

    ABSOLUTELY loved him in "Some Like It Hot" comic genius in it, doesn't matter how many times I watch it, he never ceases to make me laugh x

  • @MrRaul8Z
    @MrRaul8Z Před 3 lety +14

    Such a great man and a wonderful actor! His performance in Glengarry Glen Ross is unforgettable. Thank you, Mr. Lemmon!

  • @rebeccabaldwin3885
    @rebeccabaldwin3885 Před 4 lety +12

    One of the best. Could bust you up or make you cry. Loved Days of wine and roses.

  • @johntosh0061
    @johntosh0061 Před 4 lety +17

    Quite simply the greatest film actor of all time. The breadth of emotion and expression is peerless.

    • @paulyricca3881
      @paulyricca3881 Před rokem

      👨🏻‍🦰JACK LEMMON WAS THE WORST ACTOR OF ALL TIME

    • @judypaulsel9646
      @judypaulsel9646 Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@paulyricca3881how silly ! Can’t imagine how you say that

  • @janinefarris2748
    @janinefarris2748 Před 4 lety +18

    I've always loved him now even after this interview I can see why I had this affinity for him. There's true redeeming value hard worker with high aspirations and Inspirations he just touches my heart. Jack Lemmon is if there was a list of who is one of the best oh, he definitely comes to mind

  • @sarahleach9997
    @sarahleach9997 Před rokem +5

    What a great interviewer. Really great video.

  • @ginaross5060
    @ginaross5060 Před rokem +3

    last night watched
    an old award show
    and he got up
    played the piano
    man he was so
    good...
    nobody ever said
    he could play
    and he can PLAY 🤗

  • @SueProv
    @SueProv Před 2 lety +4

    Love Jack Lemon. I was a young girl and got to see him on Broadway with my parents in Tribute. He was wonderful.

  • @margothackett
    @margothackett Před 10 lety +26

    When he died, It just happened that Jerry was in Chicago, We both started crying. TCM played Some like it Hot, The Apartment and Days of Wine and Roses. We were crying and laughing, choked down a few tears. I don't think I have cried that hard in my life!

  • @sidneecasi2479
    @sidneecasi2479 Před 6 lety +22

    jack lemmon and walter matthau were two of my favorite actors. RIP ❤

  • @ulyssgrant3178
    @ulyssgrant3178 Před 6 lety +51

    How lovely it is to hear an intelligent conversation, sans cursing. These were times when people automatically held themselves to reach a higher plane. He was a true and charitable person. He never took himself too seriously. One young writer, whose name I don't remember, was invited to a cocktail party. It was full of bigwigs, and crowded. He knew no one and vice-a-versa. Then the famous Jack Lemmon came over to him and spoke with this young man at length. That is the definition of "class." RIP, Jack.

    • @paulyricca3881
      @paulyricca3881 Před rokem

      👱🏻‍♂️HEY GRANDPA U SPELL KLASS WIT A “K”

  • @silviageorge7600
    @silviageorge7600 Před 4 lety +11

    Great actor !
    Marvellous person !

  • @LenHummelChannel
    @LenHummelChannel Před 10 lety +27

    A truly great person, personality, and actor. one of the best EVER.

  • @conniecharley7086
    @conniecharley7086 Před 5 lety +12

    What a great interview with this star...... His story really is inspiring..
    ..

  • @lcruz2778
    @lcruz2778 Před 9 lety +30

    Thanks for this lovely interview! It confirms what an intelligent, elegant and charming man was behind such a tremendous actor. Jack Lemmon could excel in comedy as well as in drama movies!

  • @hamzasheikh4273
    @hamzasheikh4273 Před 7 lety +17

    what an amazing actor and a wonderful human being he was. loved so many of his movies especially The Apartment and Some Like it Hot. Can never forget him. xxxxx

  • @suziemills2201
    @suziemills2201 Před 4 lety +9

    Loved all his movies !

  • @madeleine9907
    @madeleine9907 Před 3 lety +10

    I love him, imagine having a husband like Lemon ♥️ It's funny, when I was young I didn't notice him but now I look up everything he has done and interviews etc...

    • @elinlloyd7002
      @elinlloyd7002 Před rokem +2

      He was just the cutest guy ever hard not to love him I bet loads of women would have loved to have been married to him I would off he was classic xx❤

  • @hindrluvr
    @hindrluvr Před 10 lety +19

    What an amazing man

  • @raginghorse1895
    @raginghorse1895 Před 3 lety +5

    By watching the thumbnail i thought it was Brando for 2 seconds. But both are god gifted actors.

  • @crashburn3292
    @crashburn3292 Před 8 lety +19

    To hear him talk about being an alcohol an the pain I his eyes when he admitted that Mae me almost cry. What a lovely man.Glenngary Glenn Ross was his swan song. Amazing.....

  • @lucybirdy9435
    @lucybirdy9435 Před 3 lety +4

    So many wonderful comments here! I even don't know what to add - agree with all, he's incredible actor and gentlemen!!! I watching all his movie and interview...I can watch it forever!!! Just love!💖💖💖💖💖

  • @ancamg
    @ancamg Před 4 lety +12

    Excellent interview! I love Jack so much. Thank you for uploading the interview!❤️❤️❤️

  • @mirandavinci4146
    @mirandavinci4146 Před 4 lety +12

    Jack Lemmon's son Chris looks just like him. I don't know how Jack and Walter Matthau were able to keep a straight face with each other. I don't think they're able to in heaven now.

  • @kaycox5555
    @kaycox5555 Před 5 lety +10

    Awesome man....thanks for this.

  • @davidmaslow7473
    @davidmaslow7473 Před 8 lety +27

    Jack was one of the best!

  • @kenburke9145
    @kenburke9145 Před 3 lety +8

    Class act, period.

  • @ginaross5060
    @ginaross5060 Před rokem +2

    thank you for
    posting this
    Jack Lemon was
    one great actor
    he had an honesty
    about him
    What was the movie
    he played golf ⛳
    Will Smith I think
    was in it ??
    great actor

  • @patrarus6097
    @patrarus6097 Před 4 lety +11

    Thanks for posting this comprehensive interview. Jack Lemmon is one of the best actors of all time, IMO. I've re-watching his movies on DVD, most recently "Save the Tiger." What a talented thespian -- one who could do drama as well as comedy.

    • @judypaulsel9646
      @judypaulsel9646 Před 4 měsíci

      Save the Tiger is one of the few movies I had to walk out of because I was so overcome by Jack Lemons portrayal of the characters nervous breakdown It was so real that that I couldn’t take it he was a wonderful actor and touched your heart

  • @venustus100
    @venustus100 Před 9 lety +22

    Great actor!!

  • @rockbottomrhythm_blues
    @rockbottomrhythm_blues Před 3 lety +7

    Legend

  • @myahollandia3552
    @myahollandia3552 Před 4 lety +6

    I just love this great man ❤❤❤❤

  • @suziemills2201
    @suziemills2201 Před 4 lety +6

    Love him !!!!! The best

    • @suziemills2201
      @suziemills2201 Před 4 lety +4

      Saw him in person in Beverly Hills in 1975 and was to shy to greet him ❤️

  • @travelinman617
    @travelinman617 Před 5 lety +7

    This actor is so cool what a great body of movies funny guy one of my favorites

  • @ridcomics9364
    @ridcomics9364 Před 9 lety +55

    Never be another actor like him.
    I think he is one of Hollywood's gem.
    Tom Hanks is today's Jack in the way he acts and is a an all out good actor and nice decent guy IMHO anyways.

    • @johnjarou2357
      @johnjarou2357 Před 9 lety +2

      +RID COMICS agreed! great actor, and a nice guy too.

    • @Andy-ty2ni
      @Andy-ty2ni Před 5 lety +4

      i thought that for awhile now....glad to see someone thinks the same thing...and happy to read it...miss the old movies and Walter Matthau as well

    • @harpoon_bakery162
      @harpoon_bakery162 Před 5 lety +1

      he was 5'10" 5'11" --- it's amazing that he knew who Mary-Ann-Twinnette was

    • @paulyricca3881
      @paulyricca3881 Před rokem

      @@Andy-ty2ni SO

    • @paulyricca3881
      @paulyricca3881 Před rokem

      @@johnjarou2357 SO

  • @patriciahughes9906
    @patriciahughes9906 Před rokem +3

    I still have a crush on Jack

    • @elinlloyd7002
      @elinlloyd7002 Před rokem

      I do big time and I’m 31 he was so very cute and sexy x

  • @judypaulsel9646
    @judypaulsel9646 Před 4 měsíci +1

    He was such a wonderful actor. He could bring you to tears and also be a delightful comic actor. I still can have tears come to my eyes when I remember him ( and Lee Remick who was amazing) in the Days of Wine and Roses.

  • @MrDewynter
    @MrDewynter Před 3 lety +4

    This was just wonderful.

  • @luizchevelle7218
    @luizchevelle7218 Před 9 lety +7

    The greatest actor of the American movie industry. He could do comedy and drama like no other. Things like "The odd couple" and "Missing".

    • @luizchevelle7218
      @luizchevelle7218 Před 8 lety

      +Chelle Marr It's a long list of great Jack Lemmon movies! I also like "Cowboy". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy_(1958_film)

  • @rubydawn1
    @rubydawn1 Před 5 lety +11

    Him and James Cagney two amazing actors

  • @AngelWingzzz
    @AngelWingzzz Před 2 lety +4

    From The Apartment to The China Syndrome...a wonderful actor, classy human and handsome man.

  • @suzyb1854
    @suzyb1854 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Thank you John was my father's cousin louie lemmon it was so sad when he passed

  • @victorvactor6787
    @victorvactor6787 Před 5 lety +4

    Very interesting video, thanks for uploading

  • @margothackett
    @margothackett Před 10 lety +10

    Thank you for posting this!

  • @dinahleeloo
    @dinahleeloo Před 5 lety +12

    I would liked to have heard how Jack came up with the “fmah!” sinus-clearing yell in the restaurant scene, of the Odd Couple.

    • @fosbury68
      @fosbury68 Před 3 lety +1

      Neil Simon wrote the play and all the dialogue. He “came up with it”.

    • @maureenjanik1864
      @maureenjanik1864 Před 2 lety +1

      One of my all time favourites because no matter how many times I see it, I laugh like it's the first time. Hilarious...love it. Under the yum yum tree is funny little gem too.

  • @ozieflo9715
    @ozieflo9715 Před 2 lety +2

    A marvelous, man. I could listen to him talk all day, him and Walter Mathieu. :)

  • @pjdurkin8582
    @pjdurkin8582 Před 3 lety +7

    I'm sure he was an excellent father

  • @willagreen3043
    @willagreen3043 Před 8 lety +15

    Anyone know who the Interviewer is? He's very TV-centric, and was really making Lemmon work very hard in this interview. Jack Lemmon was the sweetest guy in the business, ever! Loved him in The Great Race, among all his other work.

    • @orbison
      @orbison Před 7 lety +4

      This was an interview for the Archive of American Television, that's why the interviewer is focusing on his TV work.

  • @clifforddriver9434
    @clifforddriver9434 Před 5 měsíci +2

    The best actor in American cinema. Simply the greatest.

  • @Otonosekai
    @Otonosekai Před 4 lety +10

    The greatest couple in Hollywood: Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau...

  • @paulkitt5599
    @paulkitt5599 Před 4 lety +5

    Impossible to encapsulate jack's career in a couple of hours I guess being TV focused it takes away from his stage and movie career which is where he made his most major contribution

  • @davidmaslow7473
    @davidmaslow7473 Před 8 lety +7

    For Jack Lemmon fans, check out Glengarry, Glenross. He'sGreat!

  • @frankuijens8059
    @frankuijens8059 Před 4 lety +2

    Never forget the scene: FFNa, FFNA with Jack!! Truly I don't know witch film it was. But let me say...He was a man, with Walter gave me a Joy.

  • @richardmiller1289
    @richardmiller1289 Před rokem +2

    In my opinion Jack lemmon was the best actor of his generation or any generation for that matter.

  • @authenticas........
    @authenticas........ Před 3 lety +1

    It’s actually behind me the people who give legends like this tumps down

  • @user-fe3gw3rl2t
    @user-fe3gw3rl2t Před rokem +1

    NICEST MAN ... GREAT ACTOR

  • @carollangley2984
    @carollangley2984 Před 4 lety +3

    He and Walter Matthau great storytellers, and I saw Jack play on the piano a song that he'd written. A Brit was interviewing the two of them

    • @fullbodiedmovie
      @fullbodiedmovie  Před 4 lety +1

      Michael Parkinson.

    • @jamesappleton7390
      @jamesappleton7390 Před rokem

      @@fullbodiedmovie Probably was Michael Parkinson who, if you've never seen him on UK or OZ TV asks good questions and listens to the answers. His programmes are always about the guest and not him. His interview with Walter Matthau and George Burns together is well worth a viewing...

  • @Alvin_Vivian
    @Alvin_Vivian Před 5 lety +6

    I need my GLENGARRY leads.

  • @hoyboys1000
    @hoyboys1000 Před 4 lety +2

    Love Jack Lemmon! - but the interviewer on the right Lemmon on the left not good audio.

  • @kevinbutler8824
    @kevinbutler8824 Před 5 lety +4

    The Donut Corperation Of America..later helped to create:"The Mayflower Donut Shops"in this country.

  • @greggmcelhinney1228
    @greggmcelhinney1228 Před 3 lety +2

    He played a great hypochondriac in t'he odd couple

  • @tomhilterbrant1286
    @tomhilterbrant1286 Před 5 lety +4

    The interviewer was a real doofus. Didn't even know that Lemmon won the Supporting Oscar for Mister Roberts. His insistence on moving to more obscure early projects leaves out Lemmon's most strenuous, and important time, as an actor. I know this is supposed to be about his TV experience, but he needed to spend more time on Lemmon's career AFTER early TV. Talking about how his MOVIE experience was based on how he learned from TV, might have made for a much better 2 hours.

  • @veritas6335
    @veritas6335 Před 3 lety +1

    It is inconceivable that this interviewer talked to Lemmon for an hour and a half without once mentioning his most famous roles, in The Apartment and in Some Like it Hot, or asking Lemmon about his experiences working with Tony Curtis, Marilyn Monroe, Shirley MacLaine, et al. Or about the making of those two iconic films. Inexcusable lapse and a loss for us all, not to have his memories on the making of those two classics.

    • @fullbodiedmovie
      @fullbodiedmovie  Před 3 lety +1

      I think the focus of the interview was about early live TV acting.

    • @veritas6335
      @veritas6335 Před 3 lety

      Interesting you would identify yourself with a photo of Orson Welles. Is he your idol?

  • @rickbii63
    @rickbii63 Před 2 měsíci

    I still like his Acting in the Great Race. Funny as anything i've ever seen.

  • @trailersandmoviecombos8595

    Not the best interviewer, but a great interview!

  • @brocktonma.1816
    @brocktonma.1816 Před 6 měsíci

    He had a great education.

  • @dogcatparty7371
    @dogcatparty7371 Před 4 lety +2

    This video was difficult to find. Everyone should watch this video, just for history, to reach the biggest audience around the world. This video should be copied into at least one hundred different YT channels with different titles under every topic he discusses. Quiet, polite people like this never get the attention they deserve. Everyone should watch Jack Lemmon in the film China Syndrome. Then watch Silkwood. Then watch the current film Dark Waters about Dupont. November 2019.

  • @amaniaman7818
    @amaniaman7818 Před 3 lety

    Can someone please find out who ultimately won that bridge game his was was playing

  • @charleswinokoor6023
    @charleswinokoor6023 Před rokem

    What about “The Apartment”?!

  • @xanthia9536
    @xanthia9536 Před rokem

    When was the interview held?

  • @harpoon_bakery162
    @harpoon_bakery162 Před 5 lety +2

    Year, month of interview?

    • @sdne1959
      @sdne1959 Před rokem

      .
      Morrie Gelman conducted the interview in Beverly Hills, California on November 4, 1998.
      .

    • @dabneyoffermein595
      @dabneyoffermein595 Před rokem +1

      @@sdne1959 very much appreciate that!

    • @sdne1959
      @sdne1959 Před rokem

      @@dabneyoffermein595
      .
      You're welcome.......happened to see that posted by the OP just before reading your question, and copied it over since you were asking what I had also been wondering.....
      .

  • @ablpsu
    @ablpsu Před 9 lety +1

    what year was this interview conducted?

    • @luckyDancer100
      @luckyDancer100 Před 5 lety +2

      M M Seinfeld started in the 80’s tho right? Could be 89.

    • @rolandofgilead43
      @rolandofgilead43 Před 4 lety +1

      @@luckyDancer100 really? it was i think (1998) cause he mentioned NYPD Blue that was on in 98 but not 89.

    • @luckyDancer100
      @luckyDancer100 Před 4 lety +1

      Stimpson J. Kat Seinfeld debuted in 1989, but it didn’t gain popularity till a few seasons later. If he’s referencing it here, it’s probably the 90’s. I just looked it up so I could correct myself haha.

    • @rolandofgilead43
      @rolandofgilead43 Před 4 lety +2

      @@luckyDancer100 but he did 12 angry me for showtime in 1997. And inherit the aired in 1999 that is why I think it was either 1998 or 1999. But in guessing 1998

    • @luckyDancer100
      @luckyDancer100 Před 4 lety +1

      Stimpson J. Kat sounds right

  • @Oaxiboo12
    @Oaxiboo12 Před 4 lety +1

    When ?

  • @photonotavailable7936
    @photonotavailable7936 Před 4 lety

    When and where did the interview take place? Who conducted the interview?

  • @josebasterrica3358
    @josebasterrica3358 Před rokem

    A sus pies señor es usted la comedia

  • @neilforbes416
    @neilforbes416 Před 5 lety +2

    If you got caught in a small elevator with this fellow, would that be a Lemmon Squash? LOL

  • @joeysanguine3596
    @joeysanguine3596 Před rokem

    See you tube; Joey Sanguine Songs for the song “ Tribute” I wrote in his honor based on his epic movie “ Tribute”(1980)❤

  • @kathyh635
    @kathyh635 Před 6 lety +1

    Great actor, however describing himself as middle class is puzzling, middle class kids did not go to Rivers Country Day, Andover Academy and Harvard (he is an alum of all three). at Harvard he lived in Eliot House and was an active member of several Drama Clubs - and president of the Hasty Pudding Club[- as well as a member of the Delphic Club for Gentleman, a final club at Harvard (hardly middle class). He was from a privileged background,. Favorite film Days of Wine and Roses, considering he actually was an alcoholic, must have been a tough film to make.

    • @DrumgoldD
      @DrumgoldD Před 5 lety +3

      Middle Class was very different then....poverty, poor,lower middle class, middle class, upper middle class, wealthy and rich. Now Poverty, Middle class , wealthy and rich

  • @jonnydanger7181
    @jonnydanger7181 Před 2 lety

    Man does he remind me of Jim Carrey in The Apartment lol

  • @dd-jm1md
    @dd-jm1md Před rokem

    Why not give him a working microphone?

  • @salvatorebalsamo5157
    @salvatorebalsamo5157 Před 5 měsíci

    8

  • @nononouh
    @nononouh Před rokem

    49

  • @clarksuapaia9669
    @clarksuapaia9669 Před 8 lety +1

    hahahahahaa

  • @irislee5277
    @irislee5277 Před 9 lety

    Hey, what's up? It's nice. babies blink What's your opinion about that, guys 11

  • @johnwalton3805
    @johnwalton3805 Před 10 lety

    Very good actor Jack ----but sounds very flat . Perhaps he was prone to depression in his life ?

    • @cockoffgewgle4993
      @cockoffgewgle4993 Před 9 lety

      John Walton Well, he admitted to being an alcoholic late on his life.

    • @johnwalton3805
      @johnwalton3805 Před 9 lety

      Cockoff Gewgle I didn't know that -thanks for the info friend . What a shame . Liked him in Glengarry Glen Ross
      Big John

    • @cockoffgewgle4993
      @cockoffgewgle4993 Před 9 lety +1

      John Walton Yeah mate, try and track down his appearance on Inside The Actor's Studio if you can. He confesses as much on there. I don't know whether it was common knowledge at the time or not. I only saw it on a compilation/clips episode, haven't seen the full episode.

    • @johnwalton3805
      @johnwalton3805 Před 9 lety

      Cockoff Gewgle Will do --cheers

  • @clarksuapaia9669
    @clarksuapaia9669 Před 8 lety +1

    hahahahahaa