You were named back in 2015 as one of the 100 most influential people in the world by time magazine. Then the likes of steven spielberg, denis villeneuve, Martin Scorsese all praising your film making. Without embarrassing you, how do you do it . Gosh, thats a. Thats a long list of accolades some deserved, some probably not. Um. How do i do it . I just love making films. I started making films when i was a kid. I borrowed my dads super 8 camera, started making super 8 films when i was seven or eight years old and ive never stopped. Itsjust something i love doing and i feel very fortunate and privileged to be able to work with a team of really, really talented people on each film. In the case of oppenheimer, this Incredible Cast that, you know, youve already mentioned, cillian and emily, but also, you know, Robert Downeer and matt damon and ken branagh you know, a very, very long list. Florence pugh and many others. Um. For me, how i do it is to bring together talented people like that
of it takes place in france. so, you know, it s sort of horses for courses, but i don t really like being in the studio. the uk has wonderful film studios. it s a great place to come and shoot a film if you re going to be on soundstages. i like to be on real locations. so in the case of oppenheimer, we built our exteriors of los alamos on a mesa very similar to the one. the real town is on very close by, and then we shot the interiors in the real place. and so the actors were able to tread the floorboards of the real house that oppenheimer and his wife kitty, where they live for those those three years, the manhattan project, we were able to stage the scenes in fuller lodge, which is the sort of meeting hall that they used in the real place. and i think itjust adds authenticity and texture to the film. so generally, i try to go where the film is set. so you need to set a film in the uk and then maybe we ll get you here. i mean, sitting herejust ahead of your premiere tonight
going to be on soundstages. i like to be on real locations. so in the case of oppenheimer, we built our exteriors of los alamos on a mesa very similar to the one the real town is on very close by, and then we shot the interiors in the real place. and so the actors were able to tread the floorboards of the real house that oppenheimer and his wife kitty, where they lived for those those three years, the manhattan project, we were able to stage the scenes in fuller lodge, which is the sort of meeting hall that they used in the real place. and i think itjust adds authenticity and texture to the film. so generally, i try to go where the film is set. so you need to set a film in the uk and then maybe we ll get you here. i mean, sitting herejust ahead of your premiere tonight here in london, there s a threat of actors joining the writers strike, which some people are reporting might mean that if that happens this afternoon, your actors won t turn up for the film because for the film premiere,
in france. so, you know, it s sort of horses for courses, but i don t really like being in the studio. the uk has wonderfulfilm studios. it s a great place to come and shoot a film if you re going to be on soundstages. i like to be on real locations. so in the case of oppenheimer, we built our exteriors of los alamos on a mesa very similar to the one. the real town is on very close by, and then we shot the interiors in the real place. and so the actors were able to tread the floorboards of the real house that oppenheimer and his wife kitty, where they live for those those three years, the manhattan project, we were able to stage the scenes in fuller lodge, which is the sort of meeting hall that they used in the real place. and i think itjust adds authenticity and texture to the film. so generally, i try to go where the film is set. so you need to set a film in the uk and then maybe we ll get you here. i mean, sitting herejust ahead of your premiere tonight here in london, there s a thr