The legendary actor celebrated the theatrical premiere of his upcoming documentary, out Friday
Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has previously appeared on Variety, The New York Post, and The Wrap.explaining, “It's a documentary about me, and I'm expected to help sell it by going out and talking about me, and I don't like to talk about me.”
“When you're talking to the press, you can be a little devious on how you feel and what you're doing and what you think and 'Oh, yes, I love that person,' or 'I made a mistake,'” he told PEOPLE. “But in doing a serious film that in the end, my children and my children's children watch, I didn't want to be facetious or marginal about any of the answers.”
“I gave what I hoped was the way I truly felt and the masks come off,” added the actor. “So there I am somewhat naked — a mixed metaphor, if you will. And so the film is more the truth and more about me than I can manage, or as much as I can manage, but it's a little awkward. It's like getting undressed.”," he explained."Whether I keel over as I'm speaking to you or 10 years from now, my time is limited, so that's very much a factor.
"The sad thing is that the older a person gets, the wiser they become and then they die with all that knowledge. And it's gone," he explained.to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
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