Eric Braeden
Eric Braeden
Eric Braeden is a German film and television actor, known for his roles as Victor Newman on the soap opera The Young and the Restless, as Hans Dietrich in the 1960s TV series The Rat Patrol, Dr. Charles Forbin in Colossus: The Forbin Project, and as John Jacob Astor IV in the 1997 film Titanic. He won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1998 for Lead Actor in a Drama Series for the role of Victor Newman...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth3 April 1941
CityBredenbek, Germany
CountryUnited States of America
There are some directors I hear about in nighttime or some I used to work with who walk around like gods.
I agree that women need to be part of the work force, of course. They have enormous stuff to contribute, but don't neglect the raising of children.
To establish personal relationships with the people you work with is stupid, because you never know when the winds will change. I try not to get too close to people.
I'm not so convinced that what we're doing is right. In other words, where both members have to work so hard to scratch out a living. That is tragic.
A mother's got to be there to raise the children. That's all there is to it. I feel badly for those mothers who work hard, and can't do it all the time.
My heart goes out to many women that I've met across the country who barely make enough to make a living, and they want to have kids. That's very understandable, but what do you do with the kids?
There's no one more willing to do something than an actor when it comes to perfecting a scene.
I think a lot of marriages occur because there's peer pressure. There's this whole romantic notion that we've created about weddings.
I think 'Y&R's future is contingent upon the ratings. Obviously, none of the soaps are kept alive for the sake of loyalty. It's all about ratings. It's show business. Period.
I go a lot of places in America on public appearances, and I ask people about, what do you do. Many have two and three jobs in order to make a living.
Writing for a soap - writing for 25 characters day in, day out - is one of the most difficult jobs in Hollywood.
When I think about my great conversations with Marlon Brando on the set of 'Morituri,' I think there's a story there, just as I do with my experience working with James Cameron on 'Titanic.' And then there are all my years on 'Y&R' and all that has happened there.
The great thing about America, what I've loved about it, is how sports-friendly it is. In America, sports are respected and loved.
The directors I respect are the ones who have a collaborative attitude, who collaborate with actors.