A Conversation with Bruce Dern

About this episode

Barry Kibrick interviews actor Bruce Dern about his career and memoir.

On this episode of “Between the Lines,” an actor whose work defines the craft, Bruce Dern. The characters that Bruce inhabited are imbedded in our consciousness. From classic films like “Coming Home,” “They Shoot Horses Don’t They?,” “The Great Gatsby" and “That Championship Season,” to his more recent work like "Nebraska," Bruce puts his heart in every role and bares his soul in each performance. With his unrepentant memoir, “Things I’ve Said But Probably Shouldn’t Have,” t...

People in this episode

Guest: Bruce Dern

Topics covered

• acting
• memoir
• film

Keywords

• Bruce Dern
• acting craft
• films
• memoir

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Things I've Said But Probably Shouldn't Have

Books & works: A Conversation with Bruce Dern, Between the Lines, Coming Home, They Shoot Horses Don’t They, The Great Gatsby, That Championship Season, Nebraska, Things I’ve Said

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