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Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Austin Pendleton Encore

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Starburns Audio

Visual Arts, Tv & Film, Comedy, Arts

4.83.9K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2023

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

GGACP celebrates the birthday (March 27th) of Tony-nominated actor-director Austin Pendleton with this ENCORE of an interview from 2019. In this episode, Austin discusses the randomness of success, the myth of comic timing, the plight of character actors and the secret of surviving in a business without rules. Also, Austin directs Elizabeth Taylor, replaces Dustin Hoffman, turns down Robert Altman and shares the screen with Jackie Gleason, Jack Lemmon, Paul Newman and Barbra Streisand (to name a few). PLUS: "The Muppet Movie"! The wisdom of Otto Preminger! The diplomacy of Billy Wilder! Groucho ad-libs! Orson Welles disses Stanley Kubrick! And Austin remembers the late, great Philip Seymour Hoffman! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi, this is Gilbert Gottfried and this is Gilbert Gottfried's amazing colossal podcast

0:26.2

with my co-host Frank Santopadre. Our guest this week is someone Frank and I have wanted

0:33.6

a talk to ever since we first launched this podcast back in 2014. He's a playwright, acting

0:43.8

teacher, a toning nominated and OB winning stage director and one of the most prolific

0:51.6

versatile and admired actors of the last six decades. You've seen his work and television

0:59.2

shows such as St. Deltswear, Tales from the Crit, Homicide Life on the Street, Frazier,

1:08.0

Oz, Billions, The West Wing and in dozens of popular films like Catch 22, Tess, Short

1:18.7

Circuit, Miss Green, Mrs. Bray. Where'd you get Tess? Is he in Tess? Got him, got him, Tess.

1:27.6

Back to this part. We'll edit that. You have a Tess. Because I would love to have been in Tess.

1:39.5

You and the Stasi Kinski. You've still pissed off that he didn't ask me. You've seen his

1:46.4

work and television shows like St. Deltswear, Tales from the Crit, Homicide Life on the

1:52.5

Street, Frazier, Oz, Billions, The West Wing and dozens of popular films like Catch 22.

2:02.3

What's up Doc? The Muppet movie, Simon, Starting over, Guarding Tess, Short Circuit,

2:12.0

Strangler and Mrs. Bridge, A Beautiful Mind, Finding Nemo and My Cousin Vinny, Just

2:19.2

the Name of You. He's also one of the last surviving cast members of a movie we love

2:27.9

to discuss on this podcast. Otto Promengers are impossible to define. 1968 comedy, Skadoo.

2:42.1

You bet. He's also known for his decades of work in the theater in both Broadway and

2:49.4

off-Broadway productions such as The Diary of Anne Frank. Uncle Vanya toys in the

2:56.4

theater, three sisters, the original production of Fiddler on the roof, and the current

3:04.0

choir boys. He's written stage plays of his own, such as Orson Shadow about the working

3:12.5

relationship between Lawrence O'Livea and Orson Wells. And has also directed numerous

3:22.2

productions including The Little Foxes and Starring Elizabeth Taylor. In a long and

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