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.”

“12 Angry Men. Oh, I watched this twice to show it to Ariane in one day. It's a brilliant film.”

“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.”

“Chamber piece. That's my speed. One room, one set of characters. Let's get to the bottom of this dilemma. Boom. 12 Angry Men.”

“When I was a kid, I saw 12 Angry Men on TV. Phenomenal actors. And it was a play, and it’s all shot, basically, in a jury room. And one juror who’s the holdout, Henry Fonda, who’s pointing out to everybody, 'You’re making some biased decisions. Not all the evidence adds up.' And so everyone’s getting so mad at him. For me, it really, really highlighted the fact that, ooh, juries are problematic and might not always get a fair trial. Anyway, 12 Angry Men, so good and true.”

“12 Angry Men might be my very favorite film of all time. I remember – I would have been 16, maybe – and this came on the TV at Christmas time, late one night, my parents had gone to bed and I sat and watched this film, not really knowing anything about it, and being absolutely enthralled. So it’s about the mechanics of an actual case, which is fascinating in itself, but then, of course, it’s also about all our inbuilt prejudices. Henry Fonda is magnificent, glorious. Lee J. Cobb. That’s him.”

“That’s another great first film: 12 Angry Men, Sidney Lumet. That’s a hell of a way to introduce yourself to the world. This one was groundbreaking. And this one is just so… It’s so beautifully directed and taut, and acted, written, paced, everything. Brilliant.”