Robert Duvall

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q171736: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to The Judge, which Judging The Judge credits them on.

No film of theirs is counted: acting and studio count only when asked for, so what they drew on and who drew on them comes only from the lines with them at one end. Count them as actor (18 films) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Acting (22) everyone in acting

Other (4) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (2)

  1. career (career-comparison): Robert Duvall → Robert De Niro. Duvall phoning it in beats De Niro sleepwalking or Pacino just yelling.
    “De Niro, when he's phoning it in, really is sleepwalking. Chino, when he's phoning it in, is just yelling.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Judging The Judge · 1:18:10 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. career (career-comparison): Robert Duvall → Jack Reacher. If he deserves a nomination for The Judge he deserves one for every film of the last 20 years, since he is no better than in Jack Reacher.
    “he is no better or worse in the judge than he is in Jack Reacher.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Judging The Judge · 1:19:23 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (awards-rival): Robert Duvall → Birdman. Duvall's Supporting Actor nomination sat beside stronger work from Norton in Birdman, Hawke in Boyhood, Ruffalo in Foxcatcher and Simmons in Whiplash.
    “he's nominated with Edward Norton for Birdman. one of his finest performances in a movie.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Judging The Judge · 1:16:15 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

people (4)

  1. people (great-performance): Robert Duvall → Open Range. Cited as better recent Duvall work than The Judge.
    “You know what he's fantastic in his open range?”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Judging The Judge · 1:17:16 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. people (actor-director): Robert Duvall → The Apostle. Duvall directed The Apostle, a terrific film he is superb in that nobody talks about now.
    “He directed that film. That's a terrific film.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Judging The Judge · 1:17:32 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. people (great-performance): Robert Duvall → The Godfather. Duvall's restrained Tom Hagen is held up as proof Oscars do not simply nominate him for everything.
    “Oh, Tom Hagen is one of my favorite characters ever.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Judging The Judge · 1:18:26 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. people (performance comparison): George C. Scott → Robert Duvall. Scott is likened to Duvall in Network for walking a line of overacting with a foot in reality.
    “He's kind of the Deval of this movie where he's like, he's towing a really fine line of like overacting, but with like a foot in reality”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:33:41 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

what-if (2)

  1. what-if (what-if): Misery → Robert Duvall. Duvall at about the age of Sheldon, around when he turned down Godfather 3.
    “It was right around when he turned down Godfather 3”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:36:29 · Brian Koppelman (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (what-if): Robert Duvall → Seven. Duvall and Hackman both reportedly turned down Somerset.
    “Duval and Gene Hackman both turned down the part of Somerset, apparently, allegedly.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:01:21 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Robert Duvall: Duvall is such a classic Duvall that the hosts would rather see a movie of him as a Judge Judy-style town judge, even a reality show.
    “I would go show up to watch him, dude. I would watch the reality show.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Judging The Judge · 0:55:30 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)