26Tony Kaye
American History X director Tony Kaye was so dissatisfied with the final cut of the film he spent $100,000 of his own money to take out 35 full-page ads in the Hollywood trade press denouncing Norton and the producer, using quotations from a variety of people from John Lennon to Abraham Lincoln.
27. Steven Spielberg purposely did not allow Matt Damon to attend the pre-production Boot Camp for actors in Saving Private Ryan so that the remaining cast would build up genuine resentment for his character.
28. When J.J. Abrams chose to have John Williams score ‘The Force Awakens’, he gave his frequent composer/collaborator Michael Giacchino a role as stormtrooper FN-3181 in the raid on Jakku as an apology.
29. Christopher Nolan believes that audiences can sense when things are actually there instead of just being all computer-generated, which is why he constructed large-scale practical sets for spacecraft in “Interstellar”, including both the interior and parts of the exterior.
30. Quentin Tarantino didn't go to film school, and has said: “When people ask me if I went to film school, I tell them, ‘No, I went to films’.”
