Oprah – November 16, 1998

OPRAH:
Hello! I know many of you met Joe Black over the weekend. Last week Brad Pitt was here and we’re just recovering from all the hysteria he caused. Today, you’re going to see more of my interview with him that we didn’t show you yet.
Everybody’s asking me What’s Brad Pitt really like? How tall is he? He’s six feet (Shows pic of Brad from last week’s show standing next to Oprah, looking very tall). What color are his eyes? A penetrating blue (shows closeup pic of Brad from last week’s show looking into camera). someone even called to ask if that’s his real hair? Yesss!

After the show was over, we didn’t want Brad to leave, so we kept the camera’s rolling and asked him out favorite questions-Which are your favorite things in life. And this is the part of our chat that you didn’t get to see last week. Take a look, Brad Pitt’s favorite things:

[Clip]

OPRAH:
Favortie age or time in your life?

BRAD:
Twizzlers. [Audience laughing and Brad laughs, looks at them with a big smile and says:] She asked!

OPRAH:
I never met a person who named Twizzlers as their favorite candy.

OPRAH:
Favorite time of year?

BRAD:
Fall

BRAD:
Fall

OPRAH:
Holiday… favorite holiday?

BRAD:
Christmas….Thanksgiving…..christmas….Thanksgiving…[smiles and sticks
out his tongue]

OPRAH:
Favorite TV couple?

BRAD:
Ahh…[Smiles] favorite TV couple….favorite TV coule…let me see….Oh geez, Ross and Rachel! [Smiles]

OPRAH:
Oh geez!

OPRAH:
Favorite sport?

BRAD:
Rock climbing

OPRAH:
Okay….to do or watch?

BRAD:
Right now! To do. Yeah, I’m not much of a watcher.

OPRAH:
Ok. Now that’s a little known fact about Brad.
Favorite vacation-thing to do-place.

BRAD:
Europe – in the winter.

OPRAH:
Is it true that you have bikes all over the country?

BRAD:
That is true. All over the world actually. No, just a few. I lock them up and sometimes they’re there when I get back.

OPRAH:
So you buy a bike…

BRAD:
Yeah, if I’m there three months, four months, five months. I like to get around
on bike. It’s just enough time for someone to go "Hey, isn’t that…"[pointing his finger as if someone is riding by].

OPRAH:
Then you store the bike…

BRAD:
Yeah. Lock it up.

OPRAH:
So you’ve got bikes.

BRAD:
In a few places.

OPRAH:
Any thing, material thing, you can’t live without?

BRAD:
Clothes.

OPRAH:
Okay. Favorite Snack?

BRAD:
Pizza

OPRAH:
Favorite Cereal?

BRAD:
Frosted Flakes

OPRAH:
Alright!

BRAD:
[Roars like Tony The Tiger]

OPRAH:
Favortie book or Author?

BRAD:
Cormac McCarthy

OPRAH:
Favorite movie. Could you possibly have a favorite movie?

BRAD:
Ah…..favorite movie….Cuckoo’s Nest

OPRAH:
I’m torn between Cuckoo’s Nest and…um…I can’t think of the name of the movie.

BRAD:
You are torn !

OPRAH:
Favorite TV show? Of all time

BRAD:
All In The Family.

OPRAH:
Favorite album?

BRAD:
I’ll give you a few, Neil Young… Bob Marley…Clapton

OPRAH:
Favorite gift to give?

BRAD:
Love

OPRAH:
Love that Brad!

OPRAH:
Favorite gift you’ve ever got?

BRAD:
[Whispers in a high pitched voice "Love"]

OPRAH:
Same thing?

BRAD:
Yeah, that’s a gift.

Oprah:
Favorite Everyone has one of these…

BRAD:
[Still answering the gift question] ah geez – my dad bought me a car.

OPRAH:
Favorite teacher?

BRAD:
I had this teacher in college who I absolutely hated. He pushed me and pushed me and pushed me, but he’s my favorite. Can’t remember his name.

OPRAH:
Cause he’s right now saying say it, say it Brad. I’ve told all the students
for the past twelve years.

BRAD:
You know, every now and then you get that kind of Dead Poets Society thing.
That guy who goes completely against the norm, about how classes are supposed to be run, supposed to be taught by the book. This was that guy…….and my third grade teacher who was nice looking.

OPRAH:
Okay. Favorite time of day?

BRAD:
[Thinks hard on that one] It’s really not that tough is it? Late at night.

OPRAH:
Okay. Late at night. So you like to stay up late at night?

BRAD:
Sometimes.

OPRAH:
What time do you usually go to bed?

BRAD:
Late.

OPRAH:
Does that mean into the morning?

BRAD:
Sometimes.

OPRAH:
Like two?

BRAD:
Sometimes. I like that one-three slot.

OPRAH:
You do? then do you get up early?

BRAD:
Sometimes. I like to stay up very very late and sleep late and sometimes I like to go to bed very very early and get up early. I like one or the other.

OPRAH:
Favorite thing to sleep in?

BRAD:
Oh come on! [embarrassed..laughs] the sheets!

OPRAH:
(Back in the studio) Yeah Brad!