David Fincher Speech at Mark Ruffalo Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Ceremony

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https://www.maximotv.com  Director David Fincher speech at Mark Ruffalo's Hollywood Walk of Fame unveiling ceremony on Thursday, February 8, 2024 at 6777 Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, USA. This video is only available for editorial use in all media and worldwide. To ensure compliance and proper licensing of this video, please contact us. ©MaximoTV

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00:00 (chimes)

00:02 - Please help me welcome to the stage,

00:04 Director David Fentcher!

00:06 (audience cheers)

00:10 - I did not go to Stella Adler,

00:19 so I'll be reading like an idiot.

00:22 A wise and funny thespian once regaled me

00:25 with the following he said, "Ah, sincerity.

00:29 "When you can fake that, you really got something."

00:33 We're all here today because we love Mark Ruffalo,

00:35 and I mean sincerely.

00:38 We love watching him, we love listening to him.

00:40 I do this for a living, and I could watch Mark Ruffalo

00:42 do his thing again and again and again and again.

00:47 It's also said that acting is reacting,

00:50 or distilled to its very essence,

00:52 that acting is in the listening,

00:55 the thoughtful human processing

00:56 of what one scene partner is saying and doing.

01:00 But this is often shortchanged and can become,

01:03 in lazy or cynical hands, the appearance of listening.

01:07 Mark Ruffalo never does this.

01:10 You won't catch Mark listening.

01:13 He is an endlessly, mercilessly emphatic being.

01:17 Mark Ruffalo is always in the process of hearing,

01:22 and it's an important distinction.

01:25 The characters he breathes life into

01:28 juggle many ideas at once.

01:30 They are caring about things

01:32 that may never be given screen time,

01:34 but will still exist under thick or thin skin

01:37 to inform the person in whole.

01:39 It is the alchemy of exceptional technique

01:43 and supreme generosity.

01:44 Stanley Kubrick is quoted as distilling

01:48 the complex and conflicted process of the actor at work

01:51 as just relax, and then really fucking concentrate.

01:56 (audience laughing)

01:58 Mark Ruffalo is the master of this,

02:00 one of cinema's true masters.

02:02 I'd put him in rarefied company with Spencer Tracy,

02:05 Montgomery Clift, or Gene Hackman

02:07 as perfect examples of motion picture actors.

02:11 You can't even see what they're doing from the fourth row.

02:14 The closeup was invented for them,

02:17 and they reward our eyes, ears, and ultimately our hearts,

02:21 if only we give them our time.

02:24 Mark, I adore you,

02:26 and I thank you for allowing me to pay tribute.

02:29 (audience applauding)

02:32 (speaking faintly)

02:35 Thank you.

02:36 (audience applauding)

02:39 (whooshing)

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