Film - Access Interviews

Michael Winner

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:12:50 +0000

LUXURY loving Michael Winner has taken out a £9million loan - for pocket money to keep up his jetset lifestyle. But fans worried the old dinner-scoffing film director might be finally on his uppers can Calm Down, Dear... For 74-year-old Winner has also revealed he's worth about £100 MILLION when his investments and assets are totted up.

Jackie Earle Haley

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:12:50 +0000

The actor on Human Tarrget, A Nightmare on Elm Street and long hair.

Richard Gere

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:12:50 +0000

Richard Gere has been described as the most miserable and insular actor on earth. Perhaps it's not surprising as he's often asked in interviews if it's true he exposed himself to a female reporter (he doesn't remember). Others ask if he is gay (an urban myth, he insists). Today, however, Gere is warm and friendly. He is so charming that I find myself daydreaming about him sweeping me off my feet, as he did with co-star Debra Winger in An Officer And A Gentleman.

Martin Scorsese

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:12:50 +0000

The Shutter Island director chats to ShortList about living in New York, working with Leo, movie making and once inviting Michael Jackson around for dinner

Anne Hathaway and Topher Grace

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At the London premiere, Diem Brown caught up with the stars of Valentine's Day over in the US.

Jeff Bridges

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:12:50 +0000

JEFF BRIDGES won his Oscar on Sunday for playing an alcoholic country singer with several failed marriages behind him. At first glance that is not a role that reflects the veteran star we know.

Sandy Powell

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:12:50 +0000

One of only two Brits to win an Oscar was Sandy Powell, costume designer, for The Young Victoria. And it’s her third

Julie Walters

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:12:50 +0000

Julie Walters adds to a roster of extraordinary roles with Mo Mowlam in the new TV film Mo.

Wes Anderson

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:12:50 +0000

'What have I sacrificed? I'm 40 and I don't have children. Perhaps I would if I wasn't so involved in these movies'What got you started?Filming thrillers and jungle chases on Super 8 when I was about 10. I was trying to imitate Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars and, above all, Hitchcock. Watching The Man Who Knew Too Much made me realise that there was such a thing as a director.What was your big breakthrough?Making my first proper short, Bottle Rocket, with Owen Wilson on 16mm film when I was 23. Nobody was interested in it except [director and producer] James L Brooks, who picked it up and let us turn it into a full-length movie.What have you sacrificed for your art?Well, I'm 40 and I don't have children yet. I do want to have them: perhaps I already would, if I wasn't so involved with these movies.What one song would work as the soundtrack to your life?If it was really going to be the soundtrack to my life, playing on endless loop, I'd need a classical piece – it would be hard for me to work with a great song playing. So maybe a Chopin nocturne.Is there an art form you don't relate to?I can't say I deeply appreciate tapestry.Is it hard to be original in Hollywood?It can be difficult to get people to take a chance on something unfamiliar – and it can take time to get an audience interested in it, even when the movie is made. There are some original movies I've seen that didn't work for me the first time round: the first Buñuel film I saw, I didn't understand his sense of humour. But I've never had trouble with a studio telling me they thought my films should be a certain way.What work of art would you most like to own?It's a shame to pillage museums and take art back into private hands. But I have always loved Bronzino's painting of Lodovico Capponi, in New York's Frick collection.Which films do you wish you had made?Coming Home, Rosemary's Baby and Chinatown. There's no aspect to all three that isn't great: the scripts, the casts, the filming, the music.Which artist working today do you most admire?Richard Rogers, for his body of work and his approach to it.What's the worst thing anyone ever said about you?There was a mean thing in the Guardian once: the interviewer described me as having "my feet on the table and my nose in the air". But much worse was a review in the San Francisco Chronicle that described my first film as a "mind-numbing black hole with no right to exist". I saved that one.In shortBorn: Texas, 1969.Career: Films include Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, and Fantastic Mr Fox, out now on DVD.Low point: "Realising that my film The Life Aquatic had been seen by half as many people as my previous movie."Wes AndersonAnimationLaura Barnettguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds

Scott Stewart

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:12:50 +0000

The director on his heavenly new actioner Legion.

Johnny Depp and Tim Burton

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:12:50 +0000

Johnny Depp and Tim Burton discuss making the new Alice In Wonderland movie together

Mat Damon & Paul Greengrass

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:12:50 +0000

The Bourne Ultimatum's Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass get involved in the Face To Face action as they sit down and talk to each other about working together, making the war movie Green Zone

Scorsese & DiCaprio

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:12:50 +0000

Hollywood legend Martin Scorsese sits down to interview his regular leading man in the latest of our Face To Face specials.

Christian Bale

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:12:50 +0000

As much as she loves him, Christian Bale's mother must admit that her little boy has developed quite a temper. He may be one of the most talented and dedicated actors of his generation. He may be one of Hollywood's highest earners.

Michael Douglas

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:12:50 +0000

While Michael Douglas reprises his Oscar-winning role as Gordon Gekko, he is also focused on another sequel: the successive father-son problems that have wounded three generations of Douglases. The author hears how the 65-year-old star made peace with his legendary dad, Kirk, got in touch with his inner S.O.B., and is striving for a second chance with his own kids.

Martin Scorsese

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:12:50 +0000

Martin Scorsese turned to film not long after embarking on a path to the priesthood, and his lifetime’s work has been shaped by the passion and desire of an evangelist. Mick Brown meets the man acclaimed by many as America’s greatest director.

Matt Damon

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:12:50 +0000

He’s a huge star, so why does he think his parts get offered to Brad Pitt first and why is his new thriller such a risk?

aimie Alexander

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:12:50 +0000

Actress Jaimi Alexander can handle wrestlers, sharp objects, and even Jake Gyllenhaal.

Robert Sheehan

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:12:50 +0000

The non-stop traveling escapades of actor and young Irish rogue-in-the-making.

Leigh Anne Tuohy

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:12:50 +0000

The woman whose heart-warming story inspired Oscar favourite The Blind Side. It was the day before Thanksgiving and snow was beginning to fall as Leigh Anne Tuohy and her husband, Sean, drove down Shady Grove Road towards their home, a beautiful neoclassical house in one of the smartest residential areas of Memphis.