“When you think of the "Exorcist" (1973) you think of Linda Blair and pea soup and all this madness, but really if you look at the first half of that film, the stuff between her and Ellen Burstyn is so naturalistic and so real.” IfsThinkingFirstsLooksRealFilmStuffHalfMadnessSoupBlairPeasExorcist Author:Matt Reeves
“I think there's a level at which you think that there's a reason that you're being singled out, that you're being chosen. As a kid, I was always mistaken for a girl. Before you reach that age where your sexuality starts to display itself, kids can look very androgynous, and I guess I leaned more toward the feminine. All those things were very hard, growing up, because you're trying to create an identity, and you're feeling shameful about the one that you're making. So, I identified with it a lot.” ThinkingTryingLooksHardReasonFeelingsKidsAgeGirlLevelsGrowing UpGrowingIdentitySexualityChosenFeminineDisplayMistakenShamefulBeing SingleAndrogynous Author:Matt Reeves
“There's a thing when you're always working on something you really love, and this one we loved so much, it feels like you have a secret, and you can't wait to let people in on the secret. But at the same time, there's that moment where, "What if they get the secret and they think the secret is stupid?!"” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelsMomentsWaitingSecretStupidLike YouWhat IfThat MomentAlways Working Author:Matt Reeves
“Of course you're nervous, but we're really excited to be able to share what we're going to share. And it's cool, because what we're going to be doing, I think for fans especially, we think is really cool, because part of the process that most people don't ever get to see [is] that before these movies are movies starring photo-real apes, they're movies starring the image of Andy Serkis and the other actors, who are playing apes.” PeopleThinkingRealAbleCoursesActorsProcessShareFansExcitedNervousMovie StarApesReally Cool Author:Matt Reeves
“I think the fun thing about this franchise [Planet of Apes], as storytellers, is that a lot of the franchises are very black and white. This is all about the gray areas; it's really about the nature.” ThinkingFunBlackWhitePlanetsAreasGrayBlack And WhiteStorytellerApesFun ThingsGray Area Author:Matt Reeves
“It's that we're experiencing emotion through photo-real apes, and that's really holding a mirror up to who we are. It's interesting, because as we're showing the movie now, we're getting a lot of response about things [people] think are very topical. And the intention is never to approach it from the outside-in, which is to say, "Ah, this is going on, let's draw that in."” PeopleThinkingRealInterestingEmotionApproachDrawsMirrorsIntentionResponseWho We AreApes Author:Matt Reeves
