Interviews
Scott has interviewed nearly 300 members of the international film community — actors, writers, directors, producers, editors, cinematographers, composers, makeup artists, sound mixers, financiers, studio chiefs, and others — for blog posts and/or a book that he is writing about the history of film, through which he hopes to excite young people about classic movies. Following is an alphabetically-organized list of their names…
colors denote Academy Award nominees (76) and Academy Award winners (80)
- F. Murray Abraham (1939-)
- Amy Adams (1975-)
- Shohreh Aghdashloo (1952-)
- Alan Alda (1936-)
- Corey Allen (1934-2010)
- Joan Allen (1956-)
- Pedro Almodovar (1949-)
- Mathieu Amalric (1965-)
- Alan Arkin (1934-)
- Darren Aronofsky (1969-)
- Steve “Stone Cold” Austin (1964-)
- Kenny Baker (1934-)
- Christian Bale (1974-)
- Elizabeth Banks (1974-)
- Javier Bardem (1969-)
- Brigitte Bardot (1934-)
- Ellen Barkin (1954-)
- Gene Barry (1919-2009)
- Norma Barzman (1920-)
- Ned Beatty (1937-)
- Kate Beckinsale (1973-)
- Lawrence Bender (1957-)
- Brigitte Berman (1953-)
- Halle Berry (1966-)
- Paul Bettany (1971-)
- Kathryn Bigelow (1951-)
- Claire Bloom (1931-)
- Emily Blunt (1983-)
- Mark Boal (1973-)
- Ernest Borgnine (1917-)
- Philip Bosco (1930-)
- Danny Boyle (1956-)
- Kenneth Branagh (1960-)
- Jeff Bridges (1949-)
- Adrien Brody (1973-)
- Ellen Burstyn (1932-)
- Michael Caine (1933-)
- Jane Campion (1954-)
- Harry Carey Jr. (1921-)
- Kitty Carlisle (1910-2007)
- Helena Bonham Carter (1966-)
- Michael Cera (1988-)
- George Chakiris (1932-)
- Richard Chamberlain (1934-)
- Marge Champion (1919-)
- Cyd Charisse (1922-2008)
- Thomas Haden Church (1960-)
- Derek Cianfrance (19??-)
- Patricia Clarkson (1959-)
- George Clooney (1961-)
- Glenn Close (1947-)
- Diablo Cody (1978-)
- Ethan Coen (1954-)
- Joel Coen (1957-)
- Betty Comden (1917-2006)
- Jackie Cooper (1922-2011)
- Roger Corman (1926-)
- Abbie Cornish (1982-)
- Norman Corwin (1910-2011)
- Marion Cotillard (1975-)
- James Cromwell (1940-)
- David Cronenberg (1943-)
- Jeff Cronenweth (1962-)
- Peggy Cummins (1925-)
- Marshall Curry (1975-)
- Penelope Cruz (1974-)
- Matt Damon (1970-)
- Jeff Daniels (1955-)
- John Bul Dau (1974-)
- Viola Davis (1965-)
- Roger Deakins (1949-)
- Zooey Deschanel (1980-)
- Rosemarie DeWitt (1974-)
- Angie Dickinson (1931-)
- Matt Dillon (1964-)
- Stanley Donen (1924-)
- Drake Doremus (1983-)
- Stephen Dorff (1973-)
- Jean Dujardin (1972-)
- Kirsten Dunst (1982-)
- Sean Durkin (1982-)
- Robert Duvall (1931-)
- Clint Eastwood (1930-)
- Doris Eaton (1904-2010)
- Aaron Eckhart (1968-)
- Zac Efron (1987-)
- Heidi Ewing (19??-)
- Elle Fanning (1998-)
- Vera Farmiga (1973-)
- Michael Fassbender (1977-)
- Charles Ferguson (1955-)
- Ralph Fiennes (1962-)
- Colin Firth (1960-)
- Rhonda Fleming (1923-)
- Louise Fletcher (1934-)
- Nina Foch (1924-2008)
- Jane Fonda (1937-)
- Peter Fonda (1940-)
- Ben Foster (1980-)
- Jodie Foster (1962-)
- Joseph Foster (19??-)
- Matthew Fox (1966-)
- Megan Fox (1986-)
- Anne Francis (1930-2011)
- Dolores Fuller (1923-2011)
- Andrew Garfield (1983-)
- Jennifer Garner (1972-)
- Betty Garrett (1919-2011)
- Greta Gerwig (1983-)
- Tony Gilroy (1956-)
- Brian Goodman (1963-)
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt (1981-)
- Ryan Gosling (1980-)
- Louis Gossett Jr. (1936-)
- Rachel Grady (19??-)
- Coleen Gray (1922-)
- Judy Greer (1975-)
- Sasha Grey (1988-)
- Richard Griffiths (1947-)
- Jack Grinnage (1931-)
- Jake Gyllenhaal (1980-)
- Rebecca Hall (1982-)
- Jon Hamm (1971-)
- Glen Hansard (1970-)
- Woody Harrelson (1961-)
- Anne Hathaway (1982-)
- John Hawkes (1959-)
- Sally Hawkins (1976-)
- Michel Hazanavicius (1967-)
- Tippi Hedren (1930-)
- Hugh Hefner (1926-)
- Jonah Hill (1983-)
- John Hillcoat (1961-)
- Paris Hilton (1981-)
- Dustin Hoffman (1937-)
- Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967-)
- Terry “Hulk” Hogan (1953-)
- Hal Holbrook (1925-)
- Celeste Holm (1919-)
- Tom Hooper (1972-)
- Dennis Hopper (1936-2010)
- Marsha Hunt (1917-)
- Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (1963-)
- Jeremy Irons (1948-)
- Janet Jackson (1966-)
- Luc Jacquet (1967-)
- Richard Jenkins (1947-)
- Tamara Jenkins (1962-)
- Norman Jewison (1926-)
- Felicity Jones (1984-)
- James Earl Jones (1931-)
- Charlie Kaufman (1958-)
- Marta Kauffman (1956-)
- Sally Kellerman (1937-)
- Anna Kendrick (1985-)
- Nicole Kidman (1967-)
- Cammie King (1934-2010)
- Ben Kingsley (1943-)
- Sally Kirkland (1941-)
- Keira Knightley (1985-)
- Mickey Kuhn (1932-)
- Mila Kunis (1983-)
- Ashton Kutcher (1978-)
- Carla Laemmle (1909-)
- Don LaFontaine (1940-2008)
- Charles Lane (1905-2007)
- Angela Lansbury (1925-)
- Jeremy Larner (1937-)
- Jennifer Lawrence (1990-)
- John Legend (1978-)
- Jennifer Jason Leigh (1962-)
- Mike Leigh (1943-)
- Melissa Leo (1960-)
- Joan Leslie (1925-)
- Joe Letteri (1957-)
- Matthew Libatique (1968-)
- Norman Lloyd (1914-)
- Baz Luhrmann (1962-)
- A.C. Lyles (1918-)
- Anthony Mackie (1979-)
- Madonna (1958-)
- Tobey Maguire (1975-)
- Peter Mamakos (1918-)
- Lesley Manville (1956-)
- Rooney Mara (1985-)
- Jerry Maren (1920-)
- Rose Marie (1923-)
- Benjamin McKenzie (1978-)
- Steve McQueen (1969-)
- Malcolm McDowell (1943-)
- Janet McTeer (1961-)
- Mike Medavoy (1941-)
- Fred Melamed (1956-)
- Christopher Mintz-Plasse (1989-)
- Walter Mirisch (1921-)
- Michelle Monaghan (1976-)
- Julianne Moore (1960-)
- Chloe Moretz (1997-)
- Brett Morgen (1968-)
- Errol Morris (1948-)
- Viggo Mortensen (1958-)
- Carey Mulligan (1985-)
- Patricia Neal (1926-2010)
- Leslie Nielsen (1926-2010)
- Marni Nixon (1930-)
- Edward Norton (1969-)
- Margaret O’Brien (1937-)
- Kevin O’Connell (1957-)
- Adepero Oduye (19??-)
- Elizabeth Olsen (1989-)
- Anita Page (1910-2008)
- Ellen Page (1987-)
- Sarah Jessica Parker (1965-)
- Dev Patel (1990-)
- Paula Patton (1975-)
- Alexander Payne (1961-)
- Sean Penn (1960-)
- Nehemiah Persoff (1919-)
- Brad Pitt (1963-)
- Bill Pohlad (1956-)
- Natalie Portman (1981-)
- Emmanuel Priou (19??-)
- David Pritchard (19??-)
- Meinhardt Raabe (1915-2010)
- Daniel Radcliffe (1989-)
- Luise Rainer (1910-)
- Dee Rees (19??-)
- Jason Reitman (1977-)
- Jeremy Renner (1971-)
- Debbie Reynolds (1932-)
- Andrea Riseborough (1981-)
- Joan Rivers (1933-)
- Cliff Robertson (1925-2011)
- Ann Robinson (1935-)
- Sam Rockwell (1968-)
- Mickey Rooney (1920-)
- Mark Ruffalo (1967-)
- David O. Russell (1958-)
- Jane Russell (1921-2011)
- Keri Russell (1976-)
- Ann Rutherford (1920-)
- Amy Ryan (1969-)
- Eva Marie Saint (1924-)
- Kelley Sane (1969-)
- Geoffrey Sax (19??-)
- Roy Scheider (1932-2008)
- Maximilian Schell (1930-)
- Martin Scorsese (1942-)
- Adam Scott (1973-)
- Andy Serkis (1964-)
- Michael Shannon (1974-)
- Martin Sheen (1940-)
- Richard Sherman (1928-)
- Kiernan Shipka (1999-)
- Talia Shire (1946-)
- Elisabeth Shue (1963-)
- Gabby Sidibe (1983-)
- John Slattery (1962-)
- Kodi Smit-McPhee (1996-)
- Dick Smith (1922-)
- Aaron Sorkin (1961-)
- Sissy Spacek (1949-)
- Kevin Spacey (1959-)
- Hailee Steinfeld (1996-)
- Eric Steelberg (1977-)
- Ben Stiller (1965-)
- Erwin Stoff (1951-)
- Gloria Stuart (1910-2010)
- Jim Sturgess (1981-)
- Hilary Swank (1974-)
- Tilda Swinton (1960-)
- Tabu (1970-)
- Quentin Tarantino (1963-)
- Charlize Theron (1975-)
- Jeremy Thomas (1949-)
- Kristin Scott Thomas (1960-)
- Justin Timberlake (1981-)
- James Toback (1944-)
- Marisa Tomei (1964-)
- Mamie Van Doren (1931-)
- Gore Vidal (1925-)
- Max von Sydow (1929-)
- Mark Wahlberg (1971-)
- Eli Wallach (1915-)
- Ruth Warrick (1915-2005)
- Jacki Weaver (1947-)
- Harvey Weinstein (1952-)
- Rachel Weisz (1970-)
- Jodie Whittaker (1982-)
- Olivia Wilde (1984-)
- Michael Kenneth Williams (1966-)
- Michelle Williams (1980-)
- Oprah Winfrey (1954-)
- Jane Withers (1926-)
- Lana Wood (1946-)
- Shailene Woodley (1991-)
- Anton Yelchin (1989-)
- Michelle Yeoh (1962-)
- Vilmos Zsigmond (1930-)
- Edward Zwick (1952-)
- Elsa Zylberstein (1968-)
