How did you approach the preparation that went into portraying Dr. King?
After I read an early version of the script, I just knew this film and playing this man was going to be a part of my future.
Features: Q&A
December 19, 2014
Mr. Turner – Q&A with Mike Leigh, Timothy Spall, Marion Bailey, and Dorothy Atkinson
by National Board of Review
Mr. Turner seems to use a wonderful shorthand of grunting in the film at times to communicate his point.
He did grunt, but – and we also have this in the film – he was capable of great articulacy and a great number of classical references.
December 4, 2014
Top Five – Q&A with Chris Rock
by The National Board of Review
The scene where you go to see your family is amazing. Can you talk about how that came together?
It was ninety degrees in August, in New York City, in the projects. So you can imagine… just the smell!
November 7, 2014
Interstellar – Q&A with Jessica Chastain, Anne Hathaway, Matthew McConaughey, and Christopher Nolan
by The National Board of Review
Mr. McConaughey, how did you approach Cooper?
I always saw Cooper as a man out of time.
October 31, 2014
Nightcrawler – Q&A with Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Dan Gilroy, Bill Paxton, and Riz Ahmed
by The National Board of Review
How did you come up with this idea, and learn about this world?
The original idea came when I was exposed to the world of Weegee, the New York crime photographer.