Bruce Lee Interview (Pierre Berton Show, 1971) 

@On U I agree

Ip man bro. Ip man

@@jacencruz789 Who did lost ?

@Zeek Banistor who ?

@Zeek Banistor the hell? Uh...the proof pls?

Yes

same here man, I liked your statement (it was an honor just to hear him speak)

I disagree, he is a man of the past, embodying values that do not exist today.

@@BeKindToBirds , the values still exist they are now adapted into other things, merryweather adapted his boxing into the things bruce has said. This man was years ahead of his time for the mental awareness he had, if he still was alive the things he wouldve said would not have stopped here and it wouldve been even more years perfected. The fact that this man had an ideal that didnt even exist yet , later was adapted by not just mixed martial artists but boxers even now and to say these are things that dont exist today tells me you didnt pay attention in history class Or in life ever.

@@BeKindToBirds "the values don't exist today" they never existed you fool, not during that time, and not now. What he's speaking about transcends the superficial values of the past present and maybe even the future. It's deep and when you grasp it you can truly live your life exclusive to you and be your own person unlike any other.

Bruce is awesome but this is not what Jesus taught

yep ， you good luck

Nice ! Bravo !

I was thinking the same way! The way he expresses and talks here is very honest, straightforward and are on a whole other level,

@Souvik Dey Chill.

We're behind.....

It’s crazy

Time is eternal and infinite. We are time.

he was quoting Confucius there

I think the old man was racist and didnt let him finish

What a great quote at the end there, I just wish the host wasn't a low key racist, and instead allowed him to continue talking on his points.

@@zekio77 yeah fr! I was getting that vibe from him.

@@james2091991 probably, bruce lee suffered from racism back then, but that never stopped him from getting what he wanted.

Absolutely right. I didn't like the interviewer much but then I realised that Bruce wasn't a star then and the guy was in the dark about what he would ultimately mean to the world.

That ending was very brutal.

all he had to do was say, "Bruce Lee ladies and gentlemen"

The Charisma is OFF THE CHARTS ! So incredibly Artistic

I agree. There were moments within this interview were Bruce Lee was relaying a message through his philosophy and I believe there was more to be said but his train of thought was cut short by Pierre Burton. I feel if there was an openness to just listen, the interview would have been longer and more wholesome, to have Bruce shed more light to, as you said, secrets to a way of living that was truly down to earth 🌎 . Rest In Peace sir, TRULY, Rest In Peace. 🙏🏼

Imagine him saying I want Conor , in Russia

Joe: Bruce, have you tried DMT?

2020 thinking

@Zeek Banistor Are you dumb?How can other masters and martial art organisations let him to create his own damn style plus open the damn school?Go get watch sumo man

@Zeek Banistor Yeah sure.Everybody with no fuckin knowledge about fight styles can open school.Dude it s your wet dreams.This is reality.Who can let you open school?Only casual wet dreamer think like this.The guy who created mma,is just actor.Don t write another word.What I must to prove man?In 50-60 years no one got Iphone to take a video from his fights.If we don t have any video about his training and fights,than okay,it s reality,because we can t prove.But when the guy with weight 60-64kg punch with one fist the heavyweight karate champion on six inches.That s another story

Just goes to show how everything you’re doing matters at all times. Guaranteed the interviewer here didn’t comprehend people 50 years later would be watching this

Exactly what I was thinking.

lol

He knew enough to interview him. He gave him respect by asking him intelligent questions. Keep in mind the times.

Bruce lee seriously the most incredible man

The interviewer was a good match for Bruce Lee, as he was also very smart !

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Interviewer didnt even understand most of philosophical things Bruce Lee said

@@pargm9543 Yeah it’s clear everything went from one ear to the other they were basically speaking a different language. I honestly would’ve just preferred to have Bruce Lee talk to himself so he would actually at least be able to finish what he was saying.

@@thecringekid1929 bruce Lee explained deep knowledge behind every question but interviewer thought he was not answering his question.

Yeah f***** up right that is only two or three interviews

Not even one real fight nothing. U want to learn how to fight then learn boxing.if u learn martial arts u are Guaranteed to get beat up I followed that crap for years .for nothing. He couldn't beat up none of his instructors. We don't even have not even one real fight.come on he 57 night 60 kilos. What u think will happen against a kick ass boxer.bern fighting in the streets hi who life. What u think happens against a big indigenous fellows here in Australia. Jesus a Crist he wouldn't of lastess 2 seconds. A complete movie crap

Orleanborn Lyngdoh he’s the GOD not a man..

Brad Hughes...Nigga!! Learn to box then come back ya slump

@@josephschuhrej5823 hes a pissed off 14 yo white kid, his dads a drunk and he trys being the cool kid when clearly he aint

Indeed profound.

u also need to add a guy named gamma pehelwan of india whom bruce speak about 1 exercise 10000 times a day yes

Nobody: Isaac Netero: Heard y’all was talking bout me

i believe this quote implies that focus aspects of martial arts. i feel like many people just go out there taking many different martial arts as possible to be comprehensive. However, many people forget that u got to have full training in one discipline at a time. Martial art is also the focus

What about 10 kicks 10,000 times

Jose Aldo leg kicks

Thats part of The Charm

There are many Hong Kong people who mock the Cantonese accent. All they want is to feel superior by faking an American/British accent. Bruce Lee shows how to speak English elegantly with a Cantonese accent. If being Cantonese is part of who you are, why reject it?

@@lepetitchat123 You're so right. My dad is Malaysian Chinese (Cantonese), and everybody expects him to talk like the stereotypical Chinese, but I was never able to explain his accent to other people. But now I do - he speaks like Bruce Lee!

@@crimsonwires Even if he speaks like stereotypical Chinese that should not be a problem if he's comfortable with who he is. As long as he is understood, gets most of the pronunciation right, accent is just a matter of personal preference, not a standard to judge someone's English.

@@lepetitchat123 That's absolutely true. THere are so many Asians faking British/Americans accents when they should be themselves.

Big Thank You.

Yes but the big question why there isn't anyone after Bruce Lee and Jacky Chan, where are powerful Chinese actors

​@@pinsaabc7259 donnie yen for example?

Just so very very sad that Mr. Lee passed away at 32. I will always wonder what his life would have turned out to be if he had lived longer

That was the format of the show, he had some questions to be asked ! But you are right, he was a humble and realistic person !

@Zeek Banistor Have you even SEEN Fist of Fury?

@Zeek Banistor I have. Which is a good example of Bruce Lee's fighting experience.

@Zeek Banistor Apparently, you'll be waiting for a long time, because I won't waste anymore time on a pointless argument. Believe what you want to believe, they're only words.

@Zeek Banistor poor little zeek..a softy boi Zeek the geek

@@toofaraheadofu7928 zeek is a softy emo boi

"The more I know, the more I know that I don't know"- Socrates

"Lol this has 69 likes. 😂😂😂" - Mii 2.0

I think what he meant to say was that all knowledge is locked away within yourself that needs to be unlocked...yeah

Very Buddhist thing to say :D

@@josedanielherrera7115 await satans arrival

Buddha-nature.

Everyone has that debt that needs to be paid, we live and when our Father in Heaven wants us to return we must accept that and that goes for the ones we lose.

@@marcinmalolepszy1164 Jackie is alive wtf?

Pranav Kulkarni yesss

Marcin Malolepszy it is not accidental you mixed up those two. They are both great treasures of humanity!

Whatever comes from him is great

Zeek Banistor Stfu it’s obviously not meant literally

Damn right. Sit on a gym bike, pedal hard and listen. Or Stairmaster.. or treadmill. Whichever suits your exercise needs most.

*should

Yes, you're absolutely right 👍🏼 !

Just what i was thinking

Yes

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Nice :) !

👸well stated👏! missn him😇 so much😭.

Your last sentence i.e. "Thanks Mister Lee for being here for a while," reminds me of the 2018 documentary "Quincy" on legendary American music producer Quincy Jones. In it, Quincy Jones, in an interview to Oprah Winfrey, states that he isn't done yet with producing music, and if anything, was intending to get better at it, so much so, that when his time on this earth was over, the generations that would come after us would still know that "he came through here," on the strength of the quality of work he intended to leave behind. Regards, Michael M. Kamau, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, 27th December 2023.

I believe, even back in the 70's a lot people had the same way of thinking like bruce lee. But they didn't get the chance or not allowed to express their opininon.

@@quicklittlesnail1616 I agree somewhat

And to think he was only in his early thirties. Simply amazing!

Bruce Lee was not from a totally different dimension. The aura of his body language combined by his rich artistic education is just an extension example of what historical oriental knowledgeable man looks like.

He studied philosophy at university. He was a thinker first, a martial artist second

Absolutely dude

May be god

@ Absolutely my man😂😂 Ya gotch it🤙🏻

High 5 emoji my g 🙏

Bruce is still a star around the world. Nobody remembers Pierre lol

Man I swear u just know them mfs hurt too Lol..The Master The Dragon

Even video start move

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He was born in San Francisco.

Wun wace huuman wace. Cool take bro. Rip a bong for me.

Damn straight

Everyone should have this philosophy

The Ungovernable but the thing about philosophy is it ain’t the same for everyone

He liked his white women though thats for sure

@@brjm1604 racist joke. not funny at all.

@@zzelgland2576 what was racist about it ? It was an observation..and yes alot of famous black/asians get with white women, blacks more tho.

@@zzelgland2576 what the he'll are you talking about? Racist joke?? He did like white women. It's a fact. But so what? Just to mention the fact makes it racist? You are whats wrong in today's world. Learn to think for yourself instead of parroting the contemporary narrative.

@@brjm1604 true love has no ethnic barriers that's common sense in this day and age

Being without sin can get you certain things such as like what you said ahead of it’s time

Of course……people are becoming more stupid by the day. It’s called the dumbing down of all cultures. Technology makes people soft and lazy! Their was a time when men actually rode across this country on horse back! And they were smarter.

Can't believe it was half a hundred years ago....

If you really think that his thinking was way ahead of time, then that means you're simultaneously implying that an Oriental culture is way ahead of the west.

There is no such thing of ahead of time ; what he is trying to explain is the rule of balance this is a daoist concept ; he is using the yin and yang principle ; he firmly believes in his own ability to create his own path and all knowledge he adquires is understood ; converted and transformed into wisdom ; then he uses his intuition ( natural body functionality) for his own fighting techquine not following any outside rule but his own body as whole ( mind ; emotions ; natural movement ; qi energy) and combining that with control he means the self discipline of making all of the things mentioned in the paragraph to flow in harmony with each other in all level physical ; energetical qi ; soul center ; spiritual body ; astral body etc . There you have the natural and the unnatural . Hope it helps

Bro, he’s dead

Lol

@@iknowyou9044 why are you here if your only intention is to disrespect

@@iknowyou9044 stfu yea he’s dead he still has a birthday

@@iknowyou9044 stfu dick head

Ikr?

Bruce was way ahead of his time. Not only in martial arts and fighting, but also acting, choreography, talking, philosophy, mainly everything

Pierre Berton sounds like he's from 1940. Bruce Lee sounds like he's from 2020.

Exactly. Bruce was the first person to wear that cool iconic track suit on tv Addidas. Very stylish in his attire, mind, and thinking. Way ahead of his time. Think about it...Bruce was very young 20s to 32yrs old so possibly only 30yrs old in this interview.

The interviewer looks like President Van Buren

That is the best quote from a legend.

@@billyruprecht9581 what a funny name BILLY IN A MUD OF CHILLY READY TO CHILL IN THE HILL

Success Means Everything my name may be funny to you but it’s my name period. Your name success, to make it you have to contribute something of yourself to earn it.

@@billyruprecht9581 come on I was just kidding and by the way it was my freind who just typed it I know what it feels like to be bullied

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Mike Moh did a great impression tho.

@@Biring1 It was fine. But the words he was forced to say rang false. Bruce Lee wasn't a blow hard. And he worshipped Ali.

@@sash9249 a true warrior recognises another true warrior..what is wrong with that?

ofcourse Sash

it's called artistic license, why do you take things so seriously?

Well to be fair you can say the same about milk, Coca cola etc. Same thing happens when you put them into a cup, a bottle or a Tea Pot. They are all liquid.

@@MrBeckenhimself at the end of the day, the main concept is still the same. So.... there's that. Water is transparent and clear, like the mind should be. Water is the life of all living creatures. So there's also that.

@@MyLife-og2kr am the water🌐

Tao te ching bro lol

Greydon Square - Final Kata

That’s sooo true for me. I just randomly thought “oh I’ve never even seen him talk outside of a film.” So I clicked this and I’m in love with this dude. I literally wish I was him lol.

@theory816 他大学是哲学专业

You guys fanning Bruce Lee's balls are dumb. Go back to your mom's basement and practice your karate/weird celebrity worship

RIP Bruce Lee

@theory816There is a philosopher in all of us. There is also a genius in all of us. Even then, Bruce Lee was very impressive above. He was a sharp guy, ahead of his time. Regards, Michael M. Kamau, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, 27th December 2023.

Less than two years later he died in July 1973 the interview shot on December 1971.

The Lone Wolf1 ! Dude I LOVE YOUR COMMENT

On god i thought the same... and its very weird when he talked about "I feel as a human beeing and not as a Chinese or American " the interviewer cutted off the show....

@@bundagamertime6710 I was thinking the exact thing it’s probably just because of the short time they had but he was going off and saying very inspirational and philosophical things and he was just like “ let’s get back to the question “

They cut him off when he was about to tell the truth

Racist was the norm back then as well

@free it was killin me

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A pearl!

Even the way he says things slow on certain words and the smirk on his face and his eyes sharpen.. A true legend whom didn't know how much of an impact he'd have on the world.

This is the issue. The same happened with Christ or the Buddha. No, he is not superior, he is just human like you and that's what he was trying to say in multiple times of the interview (like the "superstar" section or the chinese vs American). He is just in a different level of consciousness, and we can all get there, but he is not superior.

@@LuixDirtyBit True, Bruce Lee doesn't want to be superior over other people. But he is the great inspiration to us all.

@@LuixDirtyBit but he is superior human being. his wisdom is whole another level

@vpn rockies clarification?

@ if your ahead of a time, they die too early.

He just says 'therefore' and 'I mean' in front of a lot of sentences but I do agree that he was way ahead of his time

@@19main89 "therefore" and "I mean" is used by him however you can tell that he is well educated.

@@Adrianwesker definitely, certainly don't disagree fellow intellectual!

It’s a situation where somebody dies and you feel like the entire world was cheated because of it. That’s how I feel about Bruce Lee.

I was thinking that thought last than 15 minutes ago 😮

Probably explains why some people were jealous & envious of him

@dannyb8588 That's people for you. Jealous of Bruce, despite the poor man dying at 32.

That's so typical Americans at that time. Hopefully their mind of thinking is better now.

You said it all my man. Couldnt say it better...exactly what I was thinking! I try to keep that in mind myself...you never know who youre speaking to & who the next GOAT will be when speaking to young talent & kids whove yet to make their legendary path known. Even my own family dont think anything of me but one day theyll be like "I always believed in him" lol.

he pissed me off when he said "this is very unwestern this attitude" like dude was just mad because he couldn't understand bruce lee's intellect. I could tell that he was intimidated by him

@@MelodeeMusiqEssentials - settle down and toughen up a bit there, snowflake, that's how things were, back then... not as pussified as they are now.

SlickRick4EVER his response was quite “pussified” don’t you think? Instead of seeking to understanding he cut him off

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May I get your number baby

Tarun Tarun how old are you and where are you from

@@user-qb4ke6gm5b Hi

@@taruntarun195 simp

What "people?

@@DiamondJones40 Whites. He's talking about post WWII, post Korean and Vietnam was raging. Bruce , to do what he did, DURING THE TIME HE DID IT, was phenomenal.

He died so young at 32, but undeniably made his impact, though he didn't get to see it. A bitter sweet end for this icon.

Hayati Rose true

Read Tao of Jeet Kune Do if you haven't already!

Guapo Just when He was goin to explain something deeper... The Interviewer kept stoppin him.

Even when he was breaking down how he didn't want to be called a star... Simple minded interviewer back in the day. Bruce would of been perfect for today's world.

Guapo yup... even when the endinf of the interview was kind of awkward...

Interviewer is idiot

@@premkumarkp4581 You know this is exactly how I feel in life. Nobody really lets you finish a sentence, everybody just wantrs to butt in and talk so it's very hard to convey ideas because literally everyone does this. Maybe it's a very western thing, ?

I was thinking the same thing about the interviewer, but we have to keep in mind that none of us including him knew what Bruce Lee would end up becoming and how he would change the world. He was kind of flying blind. But yes, it was annoying.

Really? I liked the interviewer, just wish he would've let bruce talk more

Condescending? Not sure about that. Ignorant? To a degree. About Bruce and his beliefs for sure. But thats the point of the interview. To learn something from Bruce. Which I'm sure he did.

You have to consider the time period. People in the West only had a vague understanding of Asian martial arts philosophy from the Boxer Rebellion or from WW2.

Very charismatic

I agree, and I understand the reference you are making, but you are a little off. See, Bruce says in Enter the Dragon (I am paraphrasing here): say you're pointing at the moon. If you focus on your finger, you will miss all of the glory, like you pointed out. However, if you focus on the moon (your tasks/others) instead of your finger (yourself), you will notice all of the glorious things life has to offer. I loved that you pointed out the "Moon Pointers" quote, and I just wanted to help you a little bit. Have a nice day, my friend.

@@kinghaney Thank you you’re a very good man I hope you have nice day too

and see what Brad Pit steal credit over a dead body

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Nice Mr kamau

@@kevinngatia8808Thanks, Ngatia🙂

Greetings from Dublin Ireland 🇮🇪

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