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>> A SAD DAY BUT AN AMAZING
LIFE.
THE FIRST LINE IN YOUR IMBD
BIOSAYS "BRUCE DERN ESTABLISHED
HIMSELF AS THE MOVIE'S PREMIERE
HEAVY PLAYING SOCIOPATH
PSYCHOTICS AND JUST PLAIN
CRIMINALS."
HOW DID YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT?
>> I'LL BUY THAT.
I'LL JUST SAY I'M FROM WINNETKA,
ILLINOIS.
WENT TO A HIGH SCHOOL IN
CHICAGO.
WHEN I BECAME AN ACTOR I BECAME
KIND OF PERSONA NON GRATA.
MY UNCLE WON PULITZER PRIZES.
MY FATHER WAS IN ROOSEVELT'S
FIRST CABINET.
>> YOU HAVE A DAUGHTER LAURA,
OSCAR NOMINEE AND FABULOUS
ACTRESS.
>> YES.
>> IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY ALL
THIS TALENT.
>> IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY IN MY
FAMILY.
BUT THE FAMILY BEFORE MINE
DIDN'T RUN QUITE SO WELL.
AND THEREFORE, WHEN I BECAME --
WELL, FROM 7 TO 17 AT MY DINNER
TABLE I HAD TO RAISE MY HAND TO
BE CALLED ON.
>> YOU ALSO I THINK IN YOUR
EARLY ACTING CAREER, YOU GOT A
BIT PEEVED THAT SOMETIMES YOU
WEREN'T EVEN ALLOWED OUT TO DO A
FINAL CURTAIN CALL FOR THE
AUDIENCE BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T WANT
TO KILL -- THE MIXED REVIEW
BEING DEAD ON STAGE.
>> FIRST PLAY I WAS EVER IN WAS
DIRECTED BY MR. STRASBURG.
IT WAS CALLED "SHADOW OF A GUN"
ON BROADWAY.
THE FIRST TIME THE ACTORS STUDIO
EVER DID A PLAY ON BROADWAY.
AND I HAD BEGUN UNDER CONTRACT
TO MR. KAZAN.
HE HAD FIVE OF US.
RIP TORN, PAT HENGLE, I WAS THE
KID OF THE GROUP IN PLAY I HAVE
A LITTLE SCENE IN THE PLAY AND
THEN I'M NOT IN THE SECOND ACT.
THE NIGHT WE WERE GOING TO OPEN,
THEY SAID YOU DIDN'T STAGE A
CURTAIN CALL.
HE SAYS OKAY, YOU COME OUT.
YOU COME OUT.
HE WENT AROUND TO EVERYBODY.
AT THE END HE HADN'T SAID
ANYTHING TO ME.
AND I SAID, MR. STRASBURG, YOU
DIDN'T CALL MY NAME.
HE SAID, THIS IS CORRECT, BRUCE.
BECAUSE YOU DIE IN THE PLAY.