Truman Capote Talks About In Cold Blood on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson - Part 2 of 3

Truman Capote Talks About In Cold Blood on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson - Part 2 of 3 Airdate: 11/27/1972 #johnnycarson #trumancapote #incoldblood

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you did drill on a self interview which you've done before in another magazine I think right and I think you said that you thought the most actors and actresses were dumb my quoting out of context or is that about basically what you said well yeah what I said was that I don't really have much use for actors or actresses because they didn't you say they were done oh yes well I think that the reason that I don't have much use for them is because primarily they are dumb and they're I mean you know I've known a few would be actors but they're very intelligence prevented them from being active in other words you think it's difficult for somebody to be very solid I'm not making a joke I mean this episode of the Dead series I mean this is a really serious observation of mine in kind of working in films and whatnot for 25 years and I know an awful lot of actors and actresses then I find and I really mean this you know that the less intelligent the performer is the better is for instance Marlon Brando is an accident the marvelous actor yes incredible instincts he's got such extraordinary taste and judgment on the home but you mean he's so dumb and makes your skin crawl Nowell strong nari pretentious rhetoric going on about the Indian Reservation Vietnam and Schopenhauer and Kafka and I don't know he doesn't know what he's talking about no how about they keep saying Jill st. John has an IQ of 145 or something and yeah she's a rotten actress [Applause] yeah I see that nobody explained it to me like that yeah that is interesting now I categorize myself and I don't want to put you on the spot we've known each other as an entertainer or an actor if you if you will how do you how do you place me in there and you can be perfectly honest you want I'll tell you exactly what I think I think if you is a commentator a commentator I'm not Eric severide German I don't have a finality you're a personality you come on you're a marvelous comedian and I've seen you on the stage you're very very good but that's not what I mean I'm talking about something entirely different okay I'm just trying to you know box you in there we'll be right back afterwards morning you