104. Timothy Spall (Actor) – That Double Want

Think Again - a Big Think Podcast

Big Think / Panoply

Arts, Society & Culture

4.6 • 594 Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2017

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Since 2008, Big Think has been sharing big ideas from creative and curious minds. Since 2015, the Think Again podcast has been taking us out of our comfort zone, surprising our guests and Jason Gots, your host, with unexpected conversation starters from Big Think’s interview archives. Timothy Spall is an extraordinary actor, best known perhaps for the many films he’s done with director Mike Leigh, including Secrets & Lies and Mr. Turner, for which he won best actor at Cannes. You may know him from a number of Hollywood films, too, including the Harry Potter series and The Last Samurai, with Tom Cruise. His latest is THE JOURNEY. It’s based on a real road trip that happened in 2006, when two arch-enemies — the heads of Ireland’s warring factions, spent about an hour together in the backseat of a car. This was the prelude to a historic peace deal, cementing the end of Ireland’s long Civil war. In this episode we dig deep into questions like what people really want from their political leaders, whether it's possible (or even advisable) to overcome desire, and whether and when just sitting on a park bench, enjoying a tree, is enough. Surprise conversation starter interview clips in this episode: Scott Barry Kaufman on Solitude Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey there, I'm Jason Gots, and you're listening to Think Again, a Big Think podcast.
0:08.0	Started in 2008, Big Think is a kind of online think tank of big ideas from some of the most creative thinkers on Earth.
0:17.0	On the Think Again podcast, we revisit these ideas in new and unpredictable ways.
0:21.6	Our video producers surprised me and my guests with short interview clips.
0:26.6	You guys will hear the audio from Big Things Archives, ideas that we didn't necessarily come here expecting to discuss.
0:32.6	I am very, very, very happy to be here today with Timothy Spall.
0:36.6	He is an extraordinary actor, best known perhaps for the many films he's done with director
0:42.3	Mike Lee, including Secrets and Lies and Mr. Turner, for which he won best actor at
0:48.0	Cairns.
0:49.3	He's best known to me for those reasons.
0:50.9	I've been following his career for many, many years now. And according to IMDB, he's got over 130 credits, so that is an incredible amount of work,
1:01.0	both in Hollywood and high art and everything in between.
1:06.0	His latest film is The Journey. It's based on a real road trip that happened in 2006 when two arch
1:11.7	enemies, the heads of Ireland's warring factions, spent about an hour together in the back
1:16.4	seat of a car. This was the prelude to a historic peace deal, unifying Ireland and cementing
1:21.4	the end of its long civil war. Welcome to think again, Timothy. Nice to be here. It's really
1:26.7	great to have you.
1:28.3	Let's start with the journey a little bit.
1:30.3	You, like I said, I've been watching your work for many years.
1:34.3	Your transformation, the character that you play in this, which the Reverend, and now I'm
1:40.3	forgetting the name, so remind me in the...
1:42.3	The Reverend Ian Paisley or Dr. Ian Paisley or Ian Kyle Paisley.
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