Tag Archives: John Hillcoat

I think the environment is the biggest threat mankind has ever faced. John Hillcoat

It's the murkiness of humanity that I find endlessly fascinating. John Hillcoat

I've learned a lot about getting film sensibilities on digital. John Hillcoat

When you're working with an ensemble, I think you really need different energies because you don't have much time with each character to make them feel real. You want strong personalities that are very different. John Hillcoat

We talk about that a lot: how, when you're under pressure, it brings out the best and the worst in people. John Hillcoat

Even on a large ensemble where their parts are relatively small – because having ten main characters obviously affects their screen time – the thing that attracts great actors is when there is that challenge to get some reality into something. John Hillcoat

What's amazing about 'White Heat' is that, even for its time, it's very truthful in the way it deals with violence. John Hillcoat

I kept hearing about this incredible guy called Tom Hardy. I started watching his work, and I was awestruck – he was amazing. John Hillcoat

I love the sci-fi movies where it's from the point of view of humans in that situation… When it becomes too clever in its ideas, the cyber-punk, high-tech thing, it becomes more about something else. John Hillcoat

I consider myself a humanist. Even if I do very dark worlds, I try to make those characters real humans as opposed to just cartoons. John Hillcoat