Rob Reiner on directing Jack Nicholson in the "YOU CANT HANDLE THE TRUTH" scene

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  • @OutstandingScreenplays
    @OutstandingScreenplays  Рік тому +8

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  • @rockybarkington7282
    @rockybarkington7282 Рік тому +729

    "But, if you leave the camera rolling"...

    • @dwells37
      @dwells37 6 місяців тому +18

      😂😂😂

    • @dejiomoloja4262
      @dejiomoloja4262 5 місяців тому +6

      Lmaoooooooooo!!!!

    • @jacquelinedavis6607
      @jacquelinedavis6607 4 місяці тому +21

      Thank you, Matt Damon for your superb story telling.

    • @joe-zj8js
      @joe-zj8js 3 місяці тому +8

      "Jesus frank, you really should see somebody."😂

    • @Jake4211-
      @Jake4211- 2 місяці тому

      BWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA 🤣 🤣 🤣

  • @fab3laundry
    @fab3laundry Рік тому +812

    Jack is an amazing actor.

    • @dimitri1515
      @dimitri1515 Рік тому +13

      One of greatest moments in cinema history.

    • @billpellicone9899
      @billpellicone9899 Рік тому

      It's Meathead. What does the liberal Jew think about just douchebag Democrat party. Donald Trump says go fuckyourself Meathead

    • @FR-ty5vn
      @FR-ty5vn 7 місяців тому +8

      One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest

    • @StingerFromAbove
      @StingerFromAbove 6 місяців тому +4

      ​@@FR-ty5vnI just saw it a few months ago, I absolutely loved it. That ending deeply hurt me lol

    • @FR-ty5vn
      @FR-ty5vn 6 місяців тому +1

      @@StingerFromAbove Jujifruit…

  • @lightbringer2938
    @lightbringer2938 Рік тому +504

    no one could have done it better than Jack N.

    • @Boystarx
      @Boystarx Рік тому

      You haven't seen KayKay then. Shaurya, Hindi movie was made as a remake of the same film, not a fan of remakes, but this one had KK delivering a legendary performance, with all due respects to Jack, KK was better.

    • @samuelzins5089
      @samuelzins5089 Рік тому

      Correct there

    • @Jake01240
      @Jake01240 Рік тому +5

      @@Boystarx😂😂😂😂

    • @Jake01240
      @Jake01240 Рік тому +5

      @@Boystarx😂😂😂😂

    • @JM91x
      @JM91x Рік тому +3

      @@Boystarx you’re in the minority with that one pal

  • @balkee42
    @balkee42 Рік тому +370

    Hate that jack got old and had to retire. One of the legends of cinema. Would love to have a drink with that guy.

    • @Shiggystardust
      @Shiggystardust Рік тому +20

      For sure. I hope he gets a part in tarentinos final film.

    • @sealife12
      @sealife12 Рік тому +14

      Probably the greatest to ever do it. I mean there are other names that come to mind, but the man was created to be in front of a camera.

    • @skeglar
      @skeglar Рік тому

      ​@@Shiggystardust Why do you say "final film" ?

    • @Shiggystardust
      @Shiggystardust Рік тому +7

      @@skeglar cause it’s well known he’s only making 10 movies then retiring

    • @cereal-killer4455
      @cereal-killer4455 Рік тому +6

      @@skeglar Tarantino said he only wants to make 10 films, but recently he was cryptic about wether he would stick to that number. He is still young and I can’t imagine a huge movie nerd like him going the rest of his life not making anything else.

  • @crossefire01
    @crossefire01 Рік тому +257

    Quite possibly the greatest monologue in American film history. Jack showed why he is respected in the way that he is.

    • @GavriloPewPew
      @GavriloPewPew 7 місяців тому +4

      So if I asked you about art, you’d probably give me the skinny on every art book ever written. Michelangelo. You know a lot about him. Life’s work. Political aspirations. Him and the Pope. Sexual orientation. The whole works, right? But I bet you can’t tell me what it smells like in the Sistine Chapel. You’ve never actually stood there and looked up at that beautiful ceiling. Seen that.
      If I ask you about women, you’d probably give me a syllabus of your personal favorites. You may have even been laid a few times. But you can’t tell me what it feels like to wake up next to a woman and feel truly happy.
      You’re a tough kid. If I ask you about war, you’d probably throw Shakespeare at me, right? ‘Once more into the breach, dear friends.’ But you’ve never been near one. You’ve never held your best friend’s head in your lap and watch him gasp his last breath, looking to you for help.
      If I ask you about love, you’d probably quote me a sonnet. But you’ve never looked at a woman and been totally vulnerable. Known someone who can level you with her eyes. Feel like God put an angel on earth just for you. Who could rescue you from the depths of Hell. And you wouldn’t know what it’s like to be her angel. To have that love for her be there forever. Through anything. Through cancer. And you wouldn’t know about sleeping, sitting up in a hospital room for two months, holding her hand because the doctors could see in your eyes that the terms ‘visiting hours’ don’t apply to you. You don’t know about real loss. Because that only occurs when you love something more than you love yourself. I doubt you’ve ever dared to love anybody that much.
      I look at you, I don’t see an intelligent, confident man. I see a cocky, scared-shitless kid. But you’re a genius, Will. No one denies that. No one could possibly understand the depths of you.
      But you presume to know everything about me because you saw a painting of mine. You ripped my fuckin’ life apart. You’re an orphan, right? Do you think I’d know the first thing about how hard your life has been, how you feel, who you are because I read Oliver Twist? Does that encapsulate you? Personally, I don’t give a shit about all that. Because you know what? I can’t learn anything from you that I can’t read in some fuckin’ book. Unless you want to talk about you. Who you are. And I’m fascinated. I’m in. But you don’t want to do that, do you, sport? You’re terrified of what you might say.
      Your move, chief.

    • @ArkyMalarkey
      @ArkyMalarkey 6 місяців тому +3

      Both great monologues, but in my book, the award goes to Al Pacino’s ‘I’ll show you out of order!’ monologue in “Scent of a Woman”. I damn near stood up and applauded after that one.

    • @GavriloPewPew
      @GavriloPewPew 6 місяців тому +3

      @@ArkyMalarkey I confess I still haven't watched scent of a woman. I think the title threw me off when I was younger and it just never happened since

    • @spencergsmith
      @spencergsmith 4 місяці тому +1

      @@GavriloPewPewwatch it, it’s one of Pacino’s greatest performances.

    • @schnozz87
      @schnozz87 4 місяці тому +1

      One of the greats, along with Robert Shaw's USS Indianapolis monologue from Jaws (which is the scariest part of the whole movie)

  • @lathamarea1437
    @lathamarea1437 Рік тому +54

    Jack doesn't make bad movies, The Shining is still my favorite..

    • @jesustovar2549
      @jesustovar2549 Рік тому +3

      He really made the movie remarkable, have you seen the behind the scenes? what Bob Reiner says is true, Jack stays on character, even off-screen.

    • @LoveThatRod
      @LoveThatRod Рік тому +2

      Here’s Johnnie!!!

    • @user-lr6tr6ns7u
      @user-lr6tr6ns7u 5 місяців тому +2

      Cuckoo's Nest was his best but watch a little known movie he made called Goin South. He's unbelievable. All his friends are in it with him. So good!!!

    • @julianhodgson1961
      @julianhodgson1961 2 місяці тому +1

      @@user-lr6tr6ns7uyes cuckoo’s nest - hard not to shed a tear through that one - the end of Shutter island had a similar effect on me.

  • @something3867
    @something3867 Рік тому +44

    Thats the part of acting that is the most impressive to me. When they can do the same scene again and again and their movements look the same every time

    • @HD00957
      @HD00957 Рік тому

      But you've never seen multiple takes of any project.. so you're just assuming here I'd guess lol.. but it's cool to think about I guess

    • @something3867
      @something3867 Рік тому

      @@HD00957 i actually have so im not guessing. Theres plenty of footage on the internet of actors doing a scene again. Theres of course some difference if there wasn't then whats the point of redoing it but the ability to do something as simple as pick up a wine glass the way the character would over and over is impressive to me. Whats even more impressive is when scenes start immediately with movement and it matches the movements of the previous cut

    • @Notturnoir
      @Notturnoir 8 місяців тому

      Thats how some people define acting but not me. i would say its bringing something to life

    • @something3867
      @something3867 8 місяців тому +1

      @@Notturnoir when did I try to define acting? I just said what I think is the most impressive. Of course acting is bringing a character to life

  • @amjh4lah809
    @amjh4lah809 Рік тому +56

    BRILLIANT. What an actor! One of the best, easily 👌🏻 🙌🏻 👏🏻 ❤️

  • @Bobaman5400
    @Bobaman5400 Рік тому +18

    Watching a few good men as we speak. Legendary performance from Jack.

    • @libbyowens2321
      @libbyowens2321 3 місяці тому

      Rob is a liberal that hates the USA ! Uck

  • @Gringa_L
    @Gringa_L Рік тому +19

    Oh my god I love this story. So much to it yet told so succinctly and with an impression to boot!

  • @norikamiu3734
    @norikamiu3734 Рік тому +75

    Such a great actor!!! That scene is so powerful I remember it so vividly even though I was sooo young when j first seen it

  • @casandrabarnes-oq9fy
    @casandrabarnes-oq9fy Рік тому +12

    Jack has been the same in every role he's played. It's like he's having the best time, with that little grin on his face like he's saying " ain't I wonderful?! ❤❤😂😂😂❤❤

  • @rociokalmus3512
    @rociokalmus3512 Рік тому +11

    I miss him so much, he’s an amazing actor nobody like him!! 😢❤❤❤❤❤

  • @caroleastmond9064
    @caroleastmond9064 Рік тому +22

    He's a great director , that was a very good
    movie!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉💫

  • @quarantinebored1427
    @quarantinebored1427 Рік тому +92

    And because of that, he’s nominated for another Oscar

  • @andrewgaebel9948
    @andrewgaebel9948 Рік тому +28

    That scene and Pacino in Scent of a Woman at the boarding school. Two of my favorite scenes…combat vets telling it like it is.

  • @williampatrick2971
    @williampatrick2971 8 місяців тому +11

    Rob Reiner is one of the best directors

  • @bobthebear1246
    @bobthebear1246 6 місяців тому +30

    OMFG he does the Jack voice perfectly. 😂

  • @bradfry5403
    @bradfry5403 Рік тому +11

    All the other actors involved in the film came in to watch weather they were working or not, Kiefer Sutherland has said that he was sat next to Bruce Willis who had just come to watch as he was then married to Demi Moore.

  • @BigAlWillis
    @BigAlWillis 3 місяці тому +3

    That staring scene in The Shining where he didn't blink a for long time. The dude has crazy down to perfection.

  • @pt2k645
    @pt2k645 Рік тому +17

    The synergy of a great actor, a brilliant script, and a masterful director.

  • @jakehands
    @jakehands Рік тому +20

    You can’t handle the truth!!!

  • @user-tw5tw9zi2z
    @user-tw5tw9zi2z 7 місяців тому +10

    What a finely done movie!

  • @pixsilvb9638
    @pixsilvb9638 7 місяців тому +3

    Best single scene performance from a living American actor.

  • @edlasiowski8127
    @edlasiowski8127 Рік тому +6

    Jack Nicholson, so many movies, so many great parts excellent actor, and I do mean excellent 😎

  • @gregjsinclair
    @gregjsinclair Рік тому +9

    Jack is a pro,,, you dont question a pro

  • @nickrachjames
    @nickrachjames 7 місяців тому +3

    I loved this movie. Jack Nicholson was outstanding.

  • @cynthiaweathers6979
    @cynthiaweathers6979 Рік тому +5

    Jack is a natural. Amazing career.

  • @kramssog4362
    @kramssog4362 Рік тому +5

    What a GREAT MOVIE ! Love it every time i see it. ALL the guys at work always quoted all those court lines. Towards the end ...of all the actors.

  • @mikeyates7931
    @mikeyates7931 5 місяців тому +2

    It is a truly beautiful thing when someone really LOVES what they do ❤

  • @carsonn4837
    @carsonn4837 Рік тому +8

    You gotta love great acting 😊

  • @antbelicheck6339
    @antbelicheck6339 Рік тому +7

    You want me on that wall, YOU NEED ME ON THAT WALL! great movie.

  • @colinbooth531
    @colinbooth531 Рік тому +10

    Rob Reiner is seriously overlooked as a great.

  • @YazanAtoum
    @YazanAtoum Рік тому +3

    Jack is a legend

  • @Wellfitaj
    @Wellfitaj Рік тому +3

    Jack is Awesome ❤

  • @kathy_ncarolina87
    @kathy_ncarolina87 7 місяців тому +2

    They're both the best!

  • @dougallen4234
    @dougallen4234 Рік тому +2

    Jack's one of the greatest movie actors, in the history of cinema. He could fo something very few actors can do...make you laugh out of fear and intimidation . As well, he could make you laugh from witty line readings and/or a witty improvisational moment, he came up with.

  • @jaypruitt8639
    @jaypruitt8639 Рік тому +5

    The MEATHEAD still rolls

  • @sarahcallas7846
    @sarahcallas7846 6 місяців тому +1

    Rob Reiner was an awesome director. Loved all his movies. Him and Garry Marshall. RIP. 😢❤

  • @MsCaryopteris
    @MsCaryopteris Рік тому +2

    Aw I love hearing this story.

  • @BikeNutt1970
    @BikeNutt1970 Рік тому +2

    You want the acting? YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE ACTING!

  • @srhatfield
    @srhatfield Рік тому +6

    Edited - I had the wrong decade... in other completely unrelated news.. I'm old! LOL!
    In the 1990s in Omaha Nebraska there was a DJ that happened to have Jack Nicholson's phone number. He called him really early in the morning and Jack actually answered the phone. Jack hung up on him a couple of times, but the DJ kept calling him back and finally Jack said, "what do I have to do to get you to stop calling me!?" The DJ said "can you say the dialogue in that scene?" And then Jack did it perfectly right there on the spot. It was amazingly good!

    • @jr_gotrocks4796
      @jr_gotrocks4796 Рік тому +1

      Movie came out in 1992. Cool story bro

    • @srhatfield
      @srhatfield Рік тому

      @@jr_gotrocks4796 Wow, so it was more recent than I thought. Thanks for the update!

    • @jr_gotrocks4796
      @jr_gotrocks4796 Рік тому +1

      @@srhatfield you ain't that old, I was in my 30s when it came out. I've been off by a ton plenty of times 😂

    • @srhatfield
      @srhatfield Рік тому

      @@jr_gotrocks4796 😂

  • @gregorywilliams5606
    @gregorywilliams5606 Рік тому +2

    That is why he is my favorite actor.

  • @nextari
    @nextari 8 місяців тому +2

    wowww. that's phenomenal.

  • @CobaltBob
    @CobaltBob Рік тому +72

    Jack Nicholson is a legend, but Rob Reiner is the kind of guy who wakes everyone up just to tell them he's going to sleep.

  • @janbuetikofer3336
    @janbuetikofer3336 Рік тому +2

    Jack is a great actor

  • @deebee68
    @deebee68 Рік тому +4

    One of the most amazing and unforgettable parts in any movie…. “Are we clear”?

  • @MrAngelprod
    @MrAngelprod 3 місяці тому +1

    A LEGEND talking about another LEGEND.

  • @melaniechapman6551
    @melaniechapman6551 Рік тому +3

    I love Jack Nicholson

  • @carnelanderson1732
    @carnelanderson1732 Рік тому +3

    ONE OF THE GREATEST!!!!!!

  • @KBreeze-zt9ds
    @KBreeze-zt9ds Рік тому +3

    "Robbb, You Don't Understannd....I LOVE TO
    ACT"!!
    --Jack Nicholson
    "YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH"!!
    "HEERRRRR'S JOHNNY"😬😁

  • @Darthjarjar42069
    @Darthjarjar42069 Рік тому +5

    He indeed couldn't handle the truth

  • @ChosenOne1991
    @ChosenOne1991 2 місяці тому

    True definition of an actor.
    No half measures.
    Only full throttle.

  • @stewartcohen-jones2949
    @stewartcohen-jones2949 7 місяців тому +1

    What a line. It’s stuck in the Lexicon. I hear it multiple times a year , said as an aside or an after thought.

  • @heliopolis29
    @heliopolis29 Рік тому +6

    Great impression of Jack. 👏

    • @Vingul
      @Vingul Рік тому

      Not really

  • @Charlezard.
    @Charlezard. Рік тому +6

    "I love to act."
    I love that honesty that you don't hear much from many actors. I haven't done anything since highschool, but I have always wanted to be an actor because that playing pretend is so much fun.
    I always wonder if actors really love the game that is their profession and do it for fun, or if they just do the work of being an entertainer because they're just good at it and it pays thousands or millions.

  • @doriwilson6991
    @doriwilson6991 Рік тому +6

    Rob Riener is a excellent director. So many great movies.

  • @mcooper2505
    @mcooper2505 3 місяці тому +1

    Jack is one of the true greats❤

  • @lifetheuniverseandeverythi7252
    @lifetheuniverseandeverythi7252 6 місяців тому

    The man decided his character and delivers what he decides. Respect

  • @flamingpieherman9822
    @flamingpieherman9822 Рік тому +1

    I didn't realize that meathead from all in the family was actually the director for Jack Nichols? Amazing

  • @JoshSweetvale
    @JoshSweetvale 6 місяців тому +1

    Goddamn. Yeah okay.
    That's talent.
    You gotta look pretty, you gotta know people, you gotta be lucky, but when it comes right down to it; if you can _do your job_ that well, regardless of motivation, you can be a star.

  • @robertwaid3579
    @robertwaid3579 5 місяців тому

    The Brilliance of that Scene is unbelievable. And the admittance of Rob Reiner (aka Ole Meathead, Mike) is even More Enjoyable. Since It illustrated the Great Brilliance of Both Men's Genius's. OF course One is the Actor Jack Nicholson, and the Other Rob Reiner, as Director of the Film 📽️🎥📽️. TKS.

  • @ALucas73
    @ALucas73 Рік тому +1

    This was a stage play first. I would have liked to have seen the stage version of it before the movie to see how it was done pre-Nicholson.

  • @dustingd1
    @dustingd1 Рік тому +2

    Jack is a LEGEND ❤

  • @andrea4246
    @andrea4246 Рік тому +1

    Watch it just for that scene. Great movie

  • @JudyLeeThurber
    @JudyLeeThurber 6 місяців тому

    Jack was amazing in AS GOOD AS IT GETS! Both he and Helen Hunt won Oscars.

  • @scotmac5143
    @scotmac5143 Рік тому +4

    A legend of an actor. Shame he's retired, but if anyone deserves it, Jack does. 🎉

  • @saraliza3137
    @saraliza3137 6 місяців тому

    Demi Moore also talked about this on Drew Barrymore's show and talked about how much this inspired her!
    Apparently also there are some actors who will just use a stand-in for when they're off camera or not go full force like what Rob Reiner's talking about here so it was really interesting to learn about that aspect of things as well which again makes his performance just amazing!

  • @theantiauthoritarian.1540
    @theantiauthoritarian.1540 Рік тому +2

    The GOAT of Acting!!100%

  • @jwarrenmetzger
    @jwarrenmetzger 11 днів тому

    Hollywood Legend opened the gate for the GOAT and said “do your thing, Jack.”

  • @irishsingersongwritertessp4223
    @irishsingersongwritertessp4223 6 місяців тому

    Jack was magnificent and Tom too. They all were but Jack was so intimidating!!

  • @jojomcgee3430
    @jojomcgee3430 Рік тому +1

    He looks like Archie Bunker with that outfit, sitting in a recliner, at the start of the video 😮😂😂😂😂😂

  • @lindeycraft2518
    @lindeycraft2518 7 місяців тому +1

    Classic. Hollywood Royalty!!👍🫡❤️

  • @freakingweirdo210
    @freakingweirdo210 7 місяців тому +1

    So awesome Meathead became a fantastic director. Loved him on Archie Bunker

  • @eddieq2189
    @eddieq2189 6 місяців тому

    When i see other actors entertainers comedians imitate Jack i dont see it as theyre making fun of this great man it's out of fun out of love for one of the most respected admired actors in the industry no one has anything bad to say about this man and they still keep Imitating him its amazing

  • @snydmark
    @snydmark 4 місяці тому

    That was one almost incredible performances i've ever seen!

  • @funkibunz4420
    @funkibunz4420 Рік тому +1

    My most favourite film ever!

  • @dreal500
    @dreal500 Рік тому +4

    What a pro. Cool story

  • @shekharmoona544
    @shekharmoona544 Рік тому +1

    Thst character reminded me of Major General Bedard. If you've ever met him you would know why.

  • @IdealistINFP
    @IdealistINFP 3 місяці тому

    An all time great movie. Jack was amazing and Tom was great as well. Demi held her own as well!

  • @edburnside4911
    @edburnside4911 Рік тому +2

    Nicholson is awesome 😎

    • @edburnside4911
      @edburnside4911 11 місяців тому

      I hate to say it but Rob Reiner makes great movies 🍿

  • @hestergreen2031
    @hestergreen2031 6 місяців тому

    Jack Nicholson, truly a very fine actor. Knows how to deliver. Knows how to up the anti.

  • @Joesledge13
    @Joesledge13 2 місяці тому +1

    Damn I would love to see the other takes he did 😮

  • @Dmanz67
    @Dmanz67 14 днів тому

    I rewatched this recently. Highly recommended.

  • @davem1212
    @davem1212 6 місяців тому

    A few Good men and Cruel Intentions were my 2 favorite movies of the 90’s

  • @ibeetellingya5683
    @ibeetellingya5683 2 місяці тому

    epic speech and acting. i was wondering how exhausting it would be to do multiple takes of that scene, but turns out he loved doing them!

  • @G2MEDIAFACTS
    @G2MEDIAFACTS 7 місяців тому +1

    Carl Reiner was a great actor.

  • @StreetPreacherr
    @StreetPreacherr Рік тому +1

    Jack on Retirement: "Today I went out side and read a book, then when I was done I went back inside..." Think he was sick of living in hotels & trailers!

  • @IanTula
    @IanTula 6 місяців тому

    Jack Nicholson is top 5 in history ! Amazing

  • @MyDeni10
    @MyDeni10 6 місяців тому

    Jack Is An AMAZING ACTOR ❤❤

  • @helenlangvold3617
    @helenlangvold3617 5 місяців тому

    Such a great iconic line!! I've used this many times. Not in anger but there are life situations bryst the moment applies 😮😮❤❤❤❤

  • @dawghe
    @dawghe 4 місяці тому

    The amount of times that quote had been used is nuts

  • @jamesschroeder5644
    @jamesschroeder5644 5 місяців тому

    Both Rob and Jack are in my fantasy dinner!

  • @mikedixon9742
    @mikedixon9742 6 місяців тому

    "I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the very blanket of freedom that I provide ....and then QUESTIONS the manner in which I provide it..!! "

  • @williamrose5101
    @williamrose5101 5 місяців тому

    What a legendary role model

  • @joekurtz8303
    @joekurtz8303 Рік тому +1

    Actually watched this movie the night before seeing this interview... and this monolog Caps the courtroom scenes.

  • @dh40
    @dh40 Рік тому +1

    💥 FANTASTIC FILM 🎥

  • @rutherfordlinares7383
    @rutherfordlinares7383 Рік тому

    Sure Jack Nicholson had a small part in movie, but that meeting where he tells Tom Cruise “you gotta ask nicely”, awesome

  • @debporter8114
    @debporter8114 6 місяців тому

    We love to watch you Jack. ..😊