MK 1249: Christoph Waltz explains how to drink milk like a villain

I think the first time that most people in America were introduced to you was obviously in Glorious Bastards, but more specifically in the farmhouse scene, which is one of the most legendary scenes in movie history. What makes a villain drinking a glass of milk so uniquely terrifying? I’m not I’m not thinking about about these things in these terms. >> In what way? I’m just thinking about, you know, this is the character and this um and now I drink a glass of milk and that distance between >> is what I negotiate. >> Yeah. >> And that’s it. >> So, do you view yourself more like a single sprocket or cog in the large clock tower? >> Absolutely. >> That’s kind of awesome. >> Yeah. Well, otherwise it would be unbearable. You know, if I thought it’s all about me, it’s my art. It’s my dad. No, >> sure. >> You know, you can do that and everybody will will uh indulge you because you know, they need to get the day finished, but in the end, not even in the end, in the beginning and the end and all the while in between, that’s what you are. >> Yeah. >> So, you can make everybody suffer. [snorts] I don’t really believe that uh it will enhance the result. As a matter of fact, I’m almost convinced that it does it. I read a fantastic quote the other day. It’s Voltater. He said, “Change is annoying.” I’m paraphrasing. Change is annoying, but certainty [music] is absurd. And I thought that’s exactly what you can observe wherever you look. If I had been Voltater coming up with this fabulous idea, I would have chosen much harsher words. >> How many glasses of milk did you drink doing that scene? >> Not more than 27. It’s going to mount

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