Film Interviews

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Christopher Nolan

Christopher Nolan“I did not intend any message”

Rob Marshall

Rob Marshall“There’s nothing like it”

Davis Guggenheim

Davis Guggenheim“I want to keep breaking the rules”

Sarah Polley

Sarah Polley“It felt so revolutionary”

Edward Berger

Edward Berger“All it takes is a good script”

Kyle Bell

Kyle Bell“I can do this”

Rob Reiner

Rob Reiner“I believe in it”

Olivia Wilde

Olivia Wilde“It lights you up”

Sam Raimi

Sam Raimi“It’s done in earnestness”

Chaitanya Tamhane

Chaitanya Tamhane“I want to find my own language”

Abel Ferrara

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

Edgar Wright

Edgar Wright“It becomes a bit like alchemy”

Liesl Tommy

Liesl Tommy“Let your instincts take over”

Ferdinando Cito Filomarino

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

Agustina San Martin

Agustina San Martin“I refuse to be one thing”

Sean Penn

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

Steven Soderbergh

Steven Soderbergh“I can’t reverse a trend”

Chloé Zhao

Chloé Zhao“I call it the age of innocence”

Miranda July

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

Tim Roth

Tim Roth“It was our turn now”

Paul Feig

Paul Feig“Comedy is never going to go away”

Susanne Bier

Susanne Bier“I never looked back”

Seth MacFarlane

Seth MacFarlane“There’s room for all”

RZA

RZA“I knew where to go”

Kenneth Branagh

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

Armando Iannucci

Armando Iannucci“There are no rules anymore”

Ellen Kuras

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

Bong Joon-ho

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

Taika Waititi

Taika Waititi“No idea is final”

Sam Mendes

Sam Mendes“No one is owed anything”

Wally Pfister

Wally Pfister“I had to shift to storytelling”

Pedro Almodóvar

Pedro Almodóvar“Keep it on the rails”

Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola“It’s a devastating decision”

Chloë Sevigny

Chloë Sevigny“I am leaning towards mysticism”

Spike Lee

Spike Lee“I’m not a quitter”

Joel Edgerton

Joel Edgerton“I create my freedom around that”

Mark Duplass

Mark Duplass“It’s a dog fight”

Ralph Fiennes

Ralph Fiennes“One’s vanity is always there”

Matt Dillon

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

Steve McQueen

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

Ridley Scott

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

Aaron Sorkin

Aaron Sorkin“That takes quite an ego”

Luca Guadagnino

Luca Guadagnino“I try to surrender to my evidences”

Jodie Foster

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

Guillermo del Toro

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

Todd Haynes

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

Ang Lee

Ang Lee“No one can see what’s coming”

James Cameron

James Cameron“All my movies are love stories”

M. Night Shyamalan

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

Jim Jarmusch

Jim Jarmusch“What are they afraid of?”

Paul Schrader

Paul Schrader“That day is gone”

Danny DeVito

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

Don Cheadle

Don Cheadle“Movies are not attempting to educate you”

Thea Sharrock

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

Ricky Gervais

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

Oliver Stone

Oliver Stone“I’m braced for disappointment”

Alejandro Iñárritu

Alejandro Iñárritu“There is no way you can stop”

John Waters

John Waters“Stop blaming your parents”

Wes Anderson

Wes Anderson“We are usually doing it one way”

David Lynch

David Lynch“Stories should have the suffering”

Claude Chabrol

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

François Ozon

François Ozon“I don't suffer”

Wim Wenders

Wim Wenders“Everything I loved I had to defend”

Dennis Hopper

Dennis Hopper“I thought I had power”

Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino“It’s a corrupted cinema”

Darren Aronofsky

Darren Aronofsky“I wish I could be more manipulative”

Noah Baumbach

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

Brian De Palma

Brian De Palma“You have to battle”

Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog“Trust in my wild fantasies”

Anton Corbijn

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

Julie Delpy

Julie Delpy“People should care about who they are”

Gus Van Sant

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

Alexander Payne

Alexander Payne“I was far from the most talented”

Terry Gilliam

Terry Gilliam“Things happen”

Charlie Kaufman

Charlie Kaufman“I don’t believe in rules”

Robin Wright

Robin Wright“We’re always compromising”

Michel Gondry

Michel Gondry“I believe in Utopia”

Sofia Coppola

Sofia Coppola“Film is our family business”