12 Angry Men

“12 Angry Men is one of my all-time favorites. Speaking of sort of opportunities to explore society and morality and the changing political climate that America tends to always go through. It does seem to be our most common attribute. This movie tells a really, really interesting story.”

“12 Angry Men. Obviously, this movie is just, I mean, classic cinema. Sidney Lumet is one of the all-time great directors. And this movie, going in to shoot Juror #2, was a movie that I watched quite a few times because I was just inspired by it, love it. And also I know that Clint knew Sidney and spent time with him, so I feel like there was kind of an element of him being part of that process through Clint and just cinema history, I guess.”

“12 Angry Men, one of the greatest movies of all time. So simple yet effective. The power of having a movie just basically in one room, and there's so much emotion and the heat of the room, and I feel like you really feel that energy. It's just such an interesting stylistic choice. So yes, 12 Angry Men.”

“12 Angry Men directed by one of my mentors Sidney Lumet. It's incredible, the editing, the performances, wo, To Die For.”

“I'll start with one of the basics for me, which is 12 Angry Men. One of my favorite films of all time. I guess I always describe this film as an action movie of words. In many ways, the reason why I thought that I could write the play version of One Night in Miami was because of seeing 12 Angry Men and saying that there was more excitement in this battle of ideas in this room than anything I'd ever seen. Very, very inspirational film for me.”

“12 Angry Men. Well, that’s Sidney Lumet, someone who’s workmanlike, who doesn’t mystify or mythologize his process. He’s written a very good book about it, on directing, and he talks about it in a way that feels like he’s talking about how to build a bridge or something, almost like he’s an engineer. It’s really refreshing. It’s very honest and direct and unambiguous and very accessible.”