Jesse Corti – Beauty and the Beast (25th Anniversary)
“Originally, the character was sort of a big doofus kind of guy.”
Fede Alvarez – Don’t Breathe
“I always try to do something that is artistic and creative and strange and different.”
Gil Birmingham – Hell or High Water
“Every day Jeff [Bridges] would ask me, ‘Did you bring your guitar?'”
Simon Helberg – Florence Foster Jenkins
“The joy she had when she sang was very infectious.”
Todd Solondz – Wiener-Dog
“I think comedy has always been married to pathos. Cruelty is also entwined as well in my work.”
Kate Beckinsale – Love & Friendship
“[Lady Susan is] very clear-eyed about what each man is for in her life.”
Whit Stillman – Love & Friendship
“A movie is a lighter affair. It’s kind of like a soufflé.”
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!'”
Patricia Riggen – Miracles from Heaven
“I think it is part of my upbringing and my culture to believe in miracles.”
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.”
Marlon Wayans – comedian
“If you get them to listen, you can make them laugh.”