Film Interviews

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RZA

RZA“I knew where to go”

Paul Feig

Paul Feig“Comedy is never going to go away”

Pedro Almodóvar

Pedro Almodóvar“Keep it on the rails”

Wes Anderson

Wes Anderson“We are usually doing it one way”

Darren Aronofsky

Darren Aronofsky“I wish I could be more manipulative”

Noah Baumbach

Noah Baumbach“You can't get away from yourself”

Kyle Bell

Kyle Bell“I can do this”

Edward Berger

Edward Berger“All it takes is a good script”

Susanne Bier

Susanne Bier“I never looked back”

Kenneth Branagh

Kenneth Branagh“It’s not such a great leap”

James Cameron

James Cameron“All my movies are love stories”

Claude Chabrol

Claude Chabrol“There’s nothing original in my movies”

Don Cheadle

Don Cheadle“Movies are not attempting to educate you”

Ferdinando Cito Filomarino

Ferdinando Cito Filomarino“It was a different type of mission”

Sofia Coppola

Sofia Coppola“Film is our family business”

Anton Corbijn

Anton Corbijn“My life is crazy, but it’s real love”

Brian De Palma

Brian De Palma“You have to battle”

Guillermo del Toro

Guillermo del Toro“I am not meta, I am really earnest”

Julie Delpy

Julie Delpy“People should care about who they are”

Danny DeVito

Danny DeVito“You’ve gotta go in all the way”

Matt Dillon

Matt Dillon“There’s always something to look for”

Mark Duplass

Mark Duplass“It’s a dog fight”

Joel Edgerton

Joel Edgerton“I create my freedom around that”

Abel Ferrara

Abel Ferrara“Does pain really teach you at all?”

Ralph Fiennes

Ralph Fiennes“One’s vanity is always there”

Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola“It’s a devastating decision”

Jodie Foster

Jodie Foster“We are in an era of identity searching”

Ricky Gervais

Ricky Gervais“The truth is more devastating than a lie”

Terry Gilliam

Terry Gilliam“Things happen”

Michel Gondry

Michel Gondry“I believe in Utopia”

Luca Guadagnino

Luca Guadagnino“I try to surrender to my evidences”

Davis Guggenheim

Davis Guggenheim“I want to keep breaking the rules”

Todd Haynes

Todd Haynes“You have to be alone to be inspired”

Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog“Trust in my wild fantasies”

Dennis Hopper

Dennis Hopper“I thought I had power”

Armando Iannucci

Armando Iannucci“There are no rules anymore”

Alejandro Iñárritu

Alejandro Iñárritu“There is no way you can stop”

Jim Jarmusch

Jim Jarmusch“What are they afraid of?”

Bong Joon-ho

Bong Joon-ho“The fear is hard to get rid of”

Miranda July

Miranda July“I am making more room in the world”

Charlie Kaufman

Charlie Kaufman“I don’t believe in rules”

Ellen Kuras

Ellen Kuras“I’ve always worked in my mind’s eye”

Ang Lee

Ang Lee“No one can see what’s coming”

Spike Lee

Spike Lee“I’m not a quitter”

David Lynch

David Lynch“Stories should have the suffering”

Seth MacFarlane

Seth MacFarlane“There’s room for all”

Rob Marshall

Rob Marshall“There’s nothing like it”

Steve McQueen

Steve McQueen“It’s about what’s right, not what fits”

Sam Mendes

Sam Mendes“No one is owed anything”

Christopher Nolan

Christopher Nolan“I did not intend any message”

François Ozon

François Ozon“I don't suffer”

Alexander Payne

Alexander Payne“I was far from the most talented”

Sean Penn

Sean Penn“I wouldn’t trade it for anything”

Wally Pfister

Wally Pfister“I had to shift to storytelling”

Sarah Polley

Sarah Polley“It felt so revolutionary”

Sam Raimi

Sam Raimi“It’s done in earnestness”

Rob Reiner

Rob Reiner“I believe in it”

Tim Roth

Tim Roth“It was our turn now”

Agustina San Martin

Agustina San Martin“I refuse to be one thing”

Paul Schrader

Paul Schrader“That day is gone”

Ridley Scott

Ridley Scott“You can't have a comfortable ride”

Chloë Sevigny

Chloë Sevigny“I am leaning towards mysticism”

Thea Sharrock

Thea Sharrock“Deal with it and reflect on it afterwards”

M. Night Shyamalan

M. Night Shyamalan“I’m who you want in there”

Steven Soderbergh

Steven Soderbergh“I can’t reverse a trend”

Aaron Sorkin

Aaron Sorkin“That takes quite an ego”

Oliver Stone

Oliver Stone“I’m braced for disappointment”

Chaitanya Tamhane

Chaitanya Tamhane“I want to find my own language”

Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino“It’s a corrupted cinema”

Liesl Tommy

Liesl Tommy“Let your instincts take over”

Gus Van Sant

Gus Van Sant“You always want it to be different”

Taika Waititi

Taika Waititi“No idea is final”

John Waters

John Waters“Stop blaming your parents”

Wim Wenders

Wim Wenders“Everything I loved I had to defend”

Olivia Wilde

Olivia Wilde“It lights you up”

Robin Wright

Robin Wright“We’re always compromising”

Edgar Wright

Edgar Wright“It becomes a bit like alchemy”

Chloé Zhao

Chloé Zhao“I call it the age of innocence”