Ethan Hawke and Paul Giamatti Discuss THE HOLDOVERS

I went to an early screening of The Holdovers without any prior knowledge of what it might be about. To say I was completely enthralled by such a film would be an understatement. It brings me so much joy to see all the praise and critical acclaim it has received. It deserves nothing less.

Ethan's statement about how British actors are better trained in getting into character and then letting go of that character reminds of the Laurence Olivier quote to Dustin Hoffman. When Dustin when method acting and tormenting himself, Olivier said "Why not try acting dear boy?"

This was my favourite movie of last year. I remember feeling some Dead Poets vibes after so what a treat that Ethan was moderating this conversation.

One of the details i appreciated most in Giamattis performance in Holdovers is the wqy he walks. He puts the entire foot flat on the ground instead of touching the groumd with his heel first. It makes perfect sense because of the snow. His character must have spent half his life in the snow and he's the kind of guy who just doesn't want to slip, probably did that already too many times so he walks that way to prevent himself from slipping. What a fantastic choice!

Two of our greatest actors. And funny as hell. “I don’t care about him”... “Fuck Crudup”. Fantastic conversation!

These are 2 actors who have been on the scene a long time, and have considerable bodies of interesting work behind them.

Paul’s brilliant performance as Miles in “Sideways” had everything…it was hysterical, enthralling & sentimental. I watched it over the years many times, and couldn’t imagine any other performance exceeding it! Until…his astounding performance in “The Holdovers”. This was a master class. And performances of co-stars Dominic & Da’Vine were sensational.👏👏👏 We’re rooting for Paul’s Oscar…It’s time! 🏆

Paul is such a perfectly unique and amazing leading man. He makes every scene interesting and every project he's in worth watching.

he really deserves Best Actor for this film. it's a long overdue award, of course, so he REALLY deserves it now, as a representation of his entire career up to this point.

Please, please, please do that P.I. thing with Alexander, Paul!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I already know it'll be my favourite film.

Paul has had such a great career. And his nomination for the Oscar along with Mr. Wright has certainly classed up the award.

17:54 actually had me crying what a sincere, profound moment

“Fuck Crudup!”😂😂 God, I love this man.

Ethan Hawke goated interviewer haha

I felt the same way about Ethan in First Reformed. All the characters he had played were for him to learn his craft and better understand people to play that role.

Two of the modern Greats. Love these guys

Great chat! Two of the best

I could listen to those guys for hours, love them both

Love this! And, as an actor, I enjoyed the discussion about doing the work, particularly the whole thing about building and then letting go of a character. I think Ethan’s comment about the British training is somewhat true. I don’t know that they’re particularly better trained but they are more consistently trained (if that makes sense) and there is something about the confidence of having that consistency and the greater support of a society that cherishes the theater and that long tradition that lets one feel more relaxed or easy in the work… maybe 😂

I saw it yesterday, it really is a good movie, beautifully acted and shot, a bit slow but that is refreshing in a time where everybody’s attention span is 10 milliseconds. It indeed has that 70’s vibe somehow it made me think of blues brothers, the way it is shot the outdoors scenes. And every actor in it brings their A-game, Dominic Sessa is bizarely good, knowing now that it is his first film.