Eric Braeden

Actor

"I played some henchman a I froze. I didn’t know what I was supposed to say. So there was a script lady, avery kind, sweet soul that looked at me and knew I was panicked. I literally froze. They said 'cut.' Not because of me, something went wrong with the camera. So she came to me with her script in-hand. 'Do you know what you have to say?' I said no. She said, 'you have to say this.' Fortunately I’m a fast study, 20 minutes later I had it, and they were ready. That could have been my first and last time in Hollywood. I’ve thought about her many times. Never forget it."

About This Interview

In his Archive interview, actor Eric Braeden talks about his early work as an actor on such series as The Rat Patrol and the role he’s most associated with “Victor Newman” on the daytime drama The Young and the Restless. He also discusses his notable film work including a role on Titanic, as well as producing and starring in The Man Who Came Back. Eric Braeden was interviewed in Pacific Palisades, CA on August 16, 2010; Stephen Abramson conducted the three-hour interview.