the throat out of an enemy because whoever you're playing,

因為不管你玩的是誰，都要把敵人的喉嚨割掉。

he's your guy.

他是你的人。

You have to play him with 100% belief.

你必須帶著100%的信念去打他。

Hello, this is Frank Langella

你好，我是Frank Langella

and this is the timeline of my career.

這是我職業生涯的時間軸。

God help us all.

上帝幫助我們所有人。

"The Immoralist" in 1963 was considered hot stuff.

1963年的 "不道德者 "被認為是熱點。

Not much was done about homosexuality in those days.

在那個年代，對同志的處理並不多。

It was based on a book by Andre Gide,

它是根據安德烈-紀德的一本書改編的。

and the Frenchman, Michel, that I played,

和我扮演的法國人米歇爾。

went to a foreign land where he took one look

到了異國他鄉，在那裡他看了一眼。

at a young Arab boy and fell in love.

在一個年輕的阿拉伯男孩，並墜入愛河。

That was like big time.

這就像大時代。

The raciest line from that play

那部戲裡最淫蕩的一句話

was at the end of the second act

是在第二幕的最後

where he and his wife were in a tiny little room.

在那裡，他和他的妻子在一個小小的房間裡。

He looked at her and said, "I am what you think I am."

他看著她說："我就是你認為的我。"

We had lines around the block for the first three months.

前三個月，我們在街區裡排起了隊。

You couldn't get in.

你進不去。

Every gay man in New York came to see it,

紐約的每個同性戀者都來看過。

and we ran for two years.

我們跑了兩年。

- Here, tell me, what goes on in this great house?

- 來，告訴我，這個大房子裡發生了什麼？

- Mostly dying.

- 大多都是奄奄一息。

- I had done a play with Mel's wife Anne Bancroft,

- 我曾和梅爾的妻子安妮-班克羅夫特一起演過一齣戲。

and Mel was casting that movie and he wanted to do it

和梅爾是鑄造那部電影，他想這樣做。

with English actors.

與英國演員。

In the middle of this casting he said,

在這個鑄造過程中，他說。

"Oh [beep], let Frankie do it."

"哦，[嗶]，讓弗蘭基做到這一點。"

That's how I got my first part in the movies.

這就是我在電影中獲得第一個角色的原因。

It's kind of like a hand-me down.

這有點像手遊。

And I was a kid.

而我還是個孩子。

I've nothing but great, fond memories of the insanity of it

我對它的瘋狂只有美好的回憶

and the idea that these enormous amounts of Yugoslavians

以及這些大量南斯拉夫人的想法。

were being directed by Mel in English,

正在由梅爾用英語指導。

and they couldn't understand a word he said.

而他們卻聽不懂他說的話。

They never laughed at any of his jokes.

他們從來沒有笑過他的任何笑話。

He wasn't easy, and I was a new kid

他不容易，而我又是個新來的孩子。

and therefore emotional about everything.

是以對一切都很感性。

And he would say, "Oh for God's sake, just do it," you know.

他會說，"哦，看在上帝的份上，就這麼做吧，"你知道的。

Dom was breathtakingly funny in life

多姆在生活中的幽默感令人歎為觀止

as well as he was on camera.

以及他在鏡頭下。

I fell once trying to pick up Ron Moody

有一次，我扶起朗慕迪的時候摔了一跤。

and I cut a big hole in my rear end

我在車尾開了個大洞。

and they put me into bed.

他們把我放到了床上。

And Dom came to my room dressed as a nurse and said,

而多姆穿著護士的衣服來到我的房間，說。

"How do you do, I'm Nurse DeLuise?

"你好，我是迪路斯護士?

"I'm here to tend your wounds." [laughs]

"我在這裡照顧你的傷口。""我是來照顧你的傷口的

It was a wonderful, joyous way to start your film career.

這是一個美妙的，快樂的方式開始你的電影生涯。

[dramatic instrumental music]

[戲劇性器樂]

- Need a hand, mon pere?

- 需要幫忙嗎？

- Ooh, come on, God!

- 哦，來吧，上帝！

- How old are you, 28, 29?

- 你多大了，28歲，29歲？

- It's none of your business.

- 這不關你的事。

- Easy baby, easy.

- 放鬆寶貝，放鬆。

You know you're in terrible shape.

你知道你現在的狀態很糟糕

- "Diary of a Mad Housewife," my second movie

- "瘋狂主婦日記"，我的第二部電影。

which actually opened first.

其實先開的。

I never do well in those kind of straightforward parts.

我從來都不善於做這種直接的部分。

I'm a character actor.

我是一個角色演員。

I always like to find elements of somebody

我總是喜歡尋找某人的元素

that was different and unique and original.

那是不同的，獨特的和原創的。

It was a wonderfully written script

這是一個寫得很好的劇本

based on a wonderful book.

根據一本精彩的書改編而成。

And of course that film was also inordinately well-received.

當然那部電影也是反響熱烈。

It was a great one-two punch for a young actor

對於一個年輕的演員來說，這是一個很好的一舉多得的機會。

who'd never been in the movies.

誰從來沒有在電影中。

- It's a terrible thing to say about a lady.

- 這是個可怕的事情，說一個女士。

- Oh screw off, Pocahontas.

- 哦 去死吧 風中奇緣

- I'm going to report you to women's lib.

- 我要向婦女解放組織舉報你。

- Count Dracula.

- 德古拉伯爵

[tense instrumental music]

[緊張的器樂]

- Good evening.

- 晚上好

- When I read it I thought, and you know,

- 當我讀到這裡時，我想，你知道的。

it's not the greatest writing in the world.

這不是世界上最偉大的寫作。

It's a potboiler.

這是一個鍋灶。

I had to find a way to do it

我得想個辦法

that was totally not Bela Lugosi.

這完全不是貝拉・盧戈西。

I never drink wine.

我從不喝酒。

Once I got into a rehearsal,

有一次，我進入了排練。

I hadn't realized how frightened I was,

我沒有意識到自己有多害怕。

truly almost frozen with fear.

真的差點被嚇得呆住了。

And I couldn't come up with a way to play him

而我卻想不出一個辦法來對付他

and I didn't wanna fall into the trap.

我不想落入陷阱。

So I just spoke the lines like that,

所以我就把臺詞說成這樣。

very, very simply and directly terrifying the producers.

非常非常簡單，直接嚇壞了製片人。

And we had a dress rehearsal and suddenly he arrived,

我們進行了一次彩排，突然他就來了。

the idea of him being a beautifully well-spoken Gothic hero.

的想法，他是一個美麗的言語的哥特式英雄。

In my mind he was a hero

在我心目中，他是個英雄

because all he needed to live was blood

因為他需要的是鮮血

and he needed to get it from beautiful women.

而他需要從美女那裡得到它。

It was like being Elvis Presley for a year.

就像做了一年的貓王。

I couldn't go down to the theater without body guards.

我不能在沒有保鏢的情況下去劇院。

And the play just struck a chord, particularly in women,

而這部劇就這樣打動了我，尤其是女性。

and in men too because there was a great love scene

在男人身上也是，因為有一個偉大的愛情場景

at the end of the second act.

在第二幕結束時。

And I've never met anybody who's seen that play

而且我從來沒有見過任何人誰看過這齣戲。

who hasn't said to me, "I got laid that night so great."

誰沒有對我說， "我得到了奠定了晚上這麼大。"

It was a year of my life, a great sensational year.

這是我人生中的一年，是轟轟烈烈的一年。

I doubt I'll ever have anything like that again.

我懷疑我再也不會吃到這樣的東西了。

I didn't wanna do the movie right away

我不想一開始就拍這部電影。

because the producer,

因為生產者。

he wanted it to be like the Hammer films.

他想讓它像 "錘子 "電影一樣。

All of them were pressuring me enormously

他們都給我很大的壓力

to have blood coming out of my mouth,

有血從我的嘴裡流出來。

to wear wolf's eyes, to wear fangs.

戴上狼眼，戴上獠牙。

I wouldn't allow them to put fangs on me.

我不會讓他們把獠牙放在我身上。

I wouldn't do any blood on my face.

我不會做任何血腥的臉。

I just wanted to play what I believed was a lover,

我只是想扮演我相信的情人。

not a killer.

不是殺手。

You don't have much, you know,

你的錢不多，你知道的。

when you're an actor in a film.

當你在電影中的演員。

You don't.

你不知道

It's all in other people's control.

這一切都在別人的掌控之中。

What you do have is control

你有的只是控制權

over the character you're playing

在你所扮演的角色上

and nobody else can do it but you.

除了你，沒有人可以做到這一點。

And you have to risk being unpopular.

而且你還要冒著不受歡迎的風險。

- I said it would been nice to see you smile.

- 我說看到你笑就好了。

[romantic instrumental music]

[浪漫器樂]

- Tell me about the loneliness of good, He-Man.

- 告訴我好的寂寞，赫男。

Is it equal to the loneliness of evil?

是否等於邪惡的寂寞？

- My four year old son was Skeletor.

- 我四歲的兒子是骷髏頭。

We bought him all the stuff

我們給他買了所有的東西

and he'd run around the house saying, "I am the power."

他在屋子裡跑來跑去，說："我就是力量。"

And Gary Goddard, the director, called me in

加里-戈達德，導演，打電話給我。

to meet with him.

與他見面。

And it was a terrible script, just awful,

而且這是一個糟糕的劇本，實在是太糟糕了。

but I couldn't resist the challenge

但我無法抗拒挑戰

of trying to make him real and believable.

的試圖讓他真實可信。

And I wanted my four year old, of course,

當然，我也想讓我的四歲孩子。

to see me as Skeletor.

把我當成骷髏頭

I spent hours and hours and hours with Bud Westmore

我和巴德-韋斯特莫爾一起度過了好幾個小時好幾個小時

trying to get the look.

試圖得到的樣子。

And I pulled everything I could

我把所有能用的東西都用上了

out of "The Man with a Thousand Faces."

出於 "千面人"。

I would call Gary at two o'clock in the morning and say,

我會在凌晨兩點給加里打電話，說：

"Look at this line I found.

"你看我找到的這條線。

"'Tell me about the loneliness of good.

"'給我講講好的寂寞。

"'Is it equal to the loneliness of evil?'"

"'等於惡的寂寞'嗎？"

And we had many of those in the movie.

我們在電影中也有很多這樣的人。

Most of what I said was rewritten or ad-libbed on the spot.

我說的大部分內容都是當場改寫或加寫的。

I remember Paul Newman when I asked him,

我記得我問保羅-紐曼時，他說："我記得。

"What do you do if you're playing a character

"如果你扮演的是一個角色，你會怎麼做？

"where the person opposite you isn't helping

"在你對面的人沒有幫助的情況下

"and the director might be giving you bad ideas

"而且導演可能會給你出餿主意

"or your costume doesn't fit,

"或者你的服裝不適合。

"or you don't like a piece of makeup?"

"或者你不喜歡一件化妝品？"

And he answered in four words.

他用四個字回答。

"I play my character."

"我扮演我的角色。"

And it's brilliant advice for any young actor.

這對任何一個年輕演員來說都是很好的建議。

Don't try to make up for it.

不要試圖彌補它。

Don't try to overcome another actor.

不要試圖克服另一個演員。

Don't try to do too much in order to make up

不要為了彌補而做太多的事情。

for the fact that the dialogue isn't good.

對於對話不好的事實。

Just play your character and talk honestly.

只要扮演好自己的角色，老老實實的說話就可以了。

The film was not a great success, but over the years,

雖說沒有大紅大紫，但多年來。

it's become a great camp movie.

它已經成為一個偉大的營地電影。

And many, many people over the years have said,

這些年來，很多很多人都說。

"How could you do that?"

"你怎麼能這麼做？"

You know, with a great deal of superiority.

你知道的，有很大的優越感。

And I would say, "I think it's one of my best performances."

我會說，"我認為這是我最好的表演之一。"

I loved doing it.

我喜歡這樣做。

The story that will make you laugh about that

讓你會心一笑的故事

is that I asked if I could have a private screening of it

是我問我是否可以有一個私下的放映

when it was finished.

當它完成後。

I brought my four year old.

我帶著我四歲的孩子。

I gave him a big bag of popcorn.

我給了他一大包爆米花。

He sat next to me and I thought,

他坐在我旁邊，我想。

"Oh, my son is gonna be so proud of me."

"哦，我兒子一定會為我驕傲的"

He fell asleep in the first reel. [laughs]

他在第一卷就睡著了。[笑]

I don't think he ever even saw me.

我想他根本就沒有看到我。

- Let this be my first decree.

- 讓這成為我的第一道法令。

Those who do not pledge themselves to me shall be destroyed!

不向我承諾的人，必將被毀滅!

[dramatic instrumental music]

[戲劇性器樂]

- We didn't wanna have to tell you this, Dave,

- 我們不想告訴你這個，戴夫。

but the vice president is mentally unbalanced.

但副總統心理不平衡。

- I haven't seen "Dave," I think maybe in, how old is it?

- 我沒看過 "戴夫"，我想可能是在，多大年紀？

It's 20 years old.

這是20年前的事了。

I was in a very bad period in my career

我的事業正處於一個非常糟糕的時期。

and I was doing a play in L.A.,

我在洛杉磯做了一齣戲。

which really is like you might as well be zipped up

這真的是像你還不如被拉鍊了

in a plastic bag and hidden under a bed.

在一個塑膠袋裡，藏在床底下。

My agent called and said,

我的經紀人打電話說。

"Ivan Reitman wants you to come in."

"伊萬-雷特曼要你進來。"

And I was at a terrible period, really.

而我當時正處於一個可怕的時期，真的。

Kids were in schools and I was running out of money.

孩子們都在上學，而我卻沒有錢了。

And I went to see him and for the first time in my life,

我去見他，這是我人生中第一次。

I created a power animal, which a lot of my friends did.

我創造了一個動力動物，我的很多朋友都這樣做。

I created a lion, imaginary lion who sat next to me

我創造了一隻獅子，想象中的獅子坐在我旁邊

in the car.

在車上。

And then as I was driving I would talk to him and he'd say,

然後當我開車的時候，我會跟他說話，他就會說。

"Don't worry, nobody's gonna get you."

"別擔心，沒人能抓到你。"

And he came out of the car with me in the studio.

他和我一起從車裡出來，在工作室裡。

He sat right next to me to protect me.

他就坐在我身邊保護我。

And I did the part from heart

而我是用心去做的

and didn't hear anything for seven weeks.

七個星期都沒有任何消息。

And then one day my agent called crying and said,

然後有一天，我的經紀人打電話哭著說。

"You got the part."

"你得到了這個角色。"

In the third or fourth day of rehearsal I said to Ivan,

在排練的第三或第四天，我對伊萬說：

"Why didn't you make me wait for seven weeks?"

"你為什麼不讓我等七個星期？"

He said, "'Cause I went all over New York and Britain

他說，"因為我走遍了紐約和英國

"trying to find somebody who could do it better.

"試圖找到某人 誰可以做得更好，

"And I couldn't find anybody."

"但我找不到人。"

And I thought well, that is clever of you

我就想，你真是太聰明瞭

but awfully unkind to me.

但對我卻非常不友好。

- Westbank where-

- 西岸，其中

[television clicking]

[電視點擊]

- It's simple, Ellen.

- 這很簡單，艾倫。

We send the vice president to Africa, or something.

我們派副總統去非洲什麼的。

- She was my daughter.

- 她是我的女兒。

[dish clinking]

[盤子叮噹]

She was my child.

她是我的孩子。

- Oh you know, I adore children myself, and fathers.

- 哦，你知道，我自己也很喜歡孩子，還有父親。

I love fathers.

我愛父親。

- I did a film called "Lolita" directed by Adrian Lyne.

- 我拍了一部叫 "洛麗塔 "的電影，導演是阿德里安-萊恩。

And I played Clare Quilty,

而我扮演的是克萊爾奎爾第

one of the great, great villains of all time.

一個偉大的，偉大的反派的所有時間。

That experience was an extraordinary one,

那次經歷是一次非同尋常的經歷。

but Adrian would sometimes do 35 or 40 takes.

但阿德里安有時會做35或40次。

There was a scene in "Lolita" where I was shot

在 "洛麗塔 "裡有一場戲，我被槍殺了。

and I had blood in my mouth.

我的嘴裡有血。

I was about to die.

我就快死了。

And I had to spit the blood out in front of me,

而我卻不得不把眼前的血跡吐出來。

and the blood didn't taste very well.

而且血的味道也不是很好。

I did it 39 times.

我做了39次。

It was making me sick to my stomach and I said to Adrian,

這讓我覺得噁心，我對阿德里安說。

"What are you looking for?"

"你在找什麼？"

He said, "I want the blood to spray a certain way."

他說："我想讓血液以某種方式噴射。"

And I said okay and I just kept doing it.

我說好吧，我就繼續做。

- [gasping] Get out.

- [喘氣]出去。

- I was in London at the Old Vic theater

- 我在倫敦的老維克劇院。

playing a horrible comedy opposite Joan Collins,

與瓊-柯林斯對戲，演一部恐怖的喜劇。

and got no audiences.

並沒有得到任何觀眾。

In this theater of 1,700 people,

在這個1700人的劇場裡。

we often played to 50 or 60 people.

我們經常為五六十人演出。

And I thought well, I guess I'm done.

我想好了，我想我完了。

And over the transom of my dressing room,

在我更衣室的橫樑上。

like a bad movie, came a manila envelope

就像一部糟糕的電影，來了一個馬尼拉信封

and it was "Fortune's Fool" with Alan Bates.

而這是 "財富的傻瓜 "與艾倫-貝茨。

And I thought oh God, what a great role.