This article first appeared in OscarWrap: The Race Begins. See video of the photo shoot below.
After more than 50 years as an actor — years that have included 80-plus movies, dozens of TV shows, Oscar and Emmy nominations and a reputation as one of the classic character actors of his generation — Bruce Dern didn’t exactly think that his career was over. But as he neared his mid-70s a few years ago, he knew it wasn’t flourishing, either.
“You do it for as long as I have, and you figure that, well, the train hasn’t left, but goddamnit, it’s hard to get on,” Dern, sitting on the Paramount lot, told TheWrap.