Can you talk about working with your cast?
You have to have great actors. You have to cast great people to get great performances.
Features: Q&A
June 20, 2020
And We Go Green – Q&A With Fisher Stevens and Malcolm Venville
by The National Board of Review
Fisher, I understand that this film had a pretty unique origin story?
Fisher Stevens: Leo [DiCaprio] called me and told me he was in Brooklyn, and that I should come meet him for lunch at the racetrack in Brooklyn. I told him there was no race track in Brooklyn!
November 25, 2019
Knives Out – Q&A with Jamie Lee Curtis, Don Johnson, Daniel Craig, and Rian Johnson
by The National Board of Review
Can you talk about writing this film and bringing these characters to life?
Rian Johnson: It all started with me loving Agatha Christie growing up.
November 19, 2019
Marriage Story – Q&A with Laura Dern, Adam Driver, and Noah Baumbach
by The National Board of Review
Can you talk about conceiving this story, and you’re writing process?
Noah Baumbach: It was inherent in the title that we are asking, “Does anyone really know what the story of a marriage is, and if that story has an end of sorts, does it mean it wasn’t a marriage?”
November 5, 2019
Jojo Rabbit – Q&A with Taika Waititi and Thomasin McKenzie
by The National Board of Review
The author of the book had a great line about your films: “Laughs are never free. There are always strings attached.” Can you speak about the humor in this film and its fine calibration, especially in its opening sequences?
Taika Waititi: I always thought that humor and comedy are very powerful tools and effective weapons against bullies and bigotry.