This Sporting Life

“This Sporting Life is a great example of the ‘kitchen sink’ school of gritty, kind of groundbreaking movie-making in the ’60s in England. The grittiest of all is This Sporting Life with Richard Harris, probably his greatest Performance, as a rugby player. The reason I picked it is it’s a huge part of my life. I played a role in it when its American premiere took place on Broadway, The Changing Room, when I was 27 years old. It was my Broadway debut. I won a Tony Award for it.”

“This Sporting Life, this is just an incredible Performance. I saw it a long time ago and I feel like when you get to see acting like that's really just sort of so wrong and it feels unstudied. I've got to see This Sporting Life again.”

“This Sporting Life, great film. Which one is that? Have you seen it? That's Lindsay Anderson's first. They only have one copy.”