Actor Martin Sheen sits down with Gene Shalit to talk about starring alongside acting greats Paul Sorvino, Robert Mitchum and Bruce Dern in “That Championship Season.” Sheen also reveals why he doesn’t believe in taking acting lessons, shares how he stays in shape after his heart attack while filming “Apocalypse Now” and dishes on the difficulty of acting in the soap opera “As the World Turns.” This originally aired on TODAY on Dec. 7, 1982.
1982: Martin Sheen Talks ‘That Championship Season,’ ‘Apocalypse Now’

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