Don Cheadle – Miles Ahead

“I didn’t want to do a movie about Miles Davis. I wanted to be Miles Davis. They said, ‘Wow, that sounds great!'”

Tom McCarthy – Spotlight

“What I was most fascinated by was the spirit of the journalist and their commitment to finding and revealing the truth.”

Robert Eggers – The Witch

“I was scared of this kind of stuff as a kid. I think by exploring darkness in my adult life I have control over it.”

Andrew Haigh – 45 Years

“There is a vast array of relationships in the world, but fundamentally, they all come from the same place.”