This needs to work on that level, but it has the additional strain of it's going to be profoundly scrutinized by political junkies from the right and the left who will pick apart every little thing. We are inherently dramatizing… — James Ponsoldt Copy Share
And that first screening was overwhelming. You were there. People applauded when the title card comes in; there's a big "gasp moment" partway through the film. It couldn't have gone better, and it was very surreal. — James Ponsoldt Copy Share Image
I was raised by ex-hippies, but I grew up worshipping a television set. I am skeptical of a lot of things, but I was… — James Ponsoldt Copy Share Image
But you certainly don't have perspective. And there's so much pressure going into that opening night because you know there's journalists, tons of acquisitions… — James Ponsoldt Copy Share Image
Obviously, this isn't my normal life, traveling to cities and talking to journalists. It's fun. It's really fun. I get to stay in a… — James Ponsoldt Copy Share Image
And I was constantly trying to stay in body, so to speak. It feels very surreal, and I go away to a happy place… — James Ponsoldt Copy Share Image
You just work really hard and scrutinize. What is it called in politics? "Opposition research"? You want to do the detective work on your… — James Ponsoldt Copy Share Image
Making movies is really hard, and it can be humbling. And once you put them out into the world, you can't control how people… — James Ponsoldt Copy Share Image
Blade Runner's just a noir at the end of the day. Rosemary's Baby is about the fear of having a child and how that… — James Ponsoldt Copy Share Image
I don't think in terms of what's going to be successful. I have plenty of friends who make very small movies and friends who… — James Ponsoldt Copy Share Image
I've heard a lot of variation of similar questions, but it's interesting to see the variations of audiences and how different people respond, so… — James Ponsoldt Copy Share Image
With Rodham, for instance, it has to work on an emotional level. It has to work on a character level. If it's only "Look, it has famous people," then it's a wax museum come to life and that's really boring. It's sort of like what they say about science fiction and horror where the really good ones, if you remove… — James Ponsoldt Copy Share
This needs to work on that level, but it has the additional strain of it's going to be profoundly scrutinized by political junkies from the right and the left who will pick apart every little thing. We are inherently dramatizing Hillary Rodham, or Hillary Clinton, who's a very famous figure. There's a lot of biographies about her, but there's also… — James Ponsoldt Copy Share
I think the irony of modern life is that our data, our highly personal information, has been taken from us, but in many cases it was given away freely by us. We willfully, consciously or unconsciously, acquiesced and gave it away for a new app, you know? For the products that we have. We didn't read the fine print, or… — James Ponsoldt Copy Share
