I met Sean Penn in 2008 during the closing night of the Cannes Film Festival, the year he was President of the Jury and I won the Jury Prize for Il Divo. He expressed some really flattering opinions of my film. I found this sufficiently remarkable to entertain the fantasy of making a film with him. Unexpectedly, like a true American dream, the fantasy became a reality.
Cloud Atlas: Interview with Wachowskis (Lana and Andy)
October 19, 2012 by
The scale of its ideas is what we were instantly attracted to, its compassion for human beings, its boldness and audacity and the way it felt simultaneously classic and yet completely new–Lana Wachowski
Skyfall: Judi Dench as M
October 14, 2012 by
British, Oscar-winning actress Judi Dench, returning for her seventh film as M, says that her relationship off-screen with Daniel Craig has mirrored the on-screen relationship between M and Bond that was developed in the two most recent films.
Skyfall: Interview with Director Sam Mendes
October 14, 2012 by
I have my own, personal relationship with Bond, which began when I was 9 or 10 years old, when Live and Let Die came out–Sam Mendes
Life of Pi: Interview with Ang Lee
September 30, 2012 by
Life of Pi is a fable of faith. In many ways, it is about the value of storytelling and the value of sharing stories–Ang Lee
