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Edie Falco on "Carmela Soprano's" faith on The Sopranos and her relationship with her priest 02:20
Interview: Edie Falco | Topic: Characters & Catchphrases
Edie Falco on "Carmela Soprano's" faith on The Sopranos and her relationship with her priest 02:20
Interview: Edie Falco | Topic: Pop Culture
Edie Falco on running into James Gandolfini on the street on 9/11 and how 9/11 affected The Sopranos 01:30
Interview: Edie Falco | Topic: 9/11
Edie Falco on running into James Gandolfini on the street on 9/11 and how 9/11 affected The Sopranos 01:30
Interview: Edie Falco | Topic: Historic Events and Social Change
On his childhood and early education; on the importance of movies to him when he was growing up; on deciding he wanted to be a filmmaker when he was a child 16:16
Interview: John Singleton
On a life-changing moment when he changed junior high schools and met kids who also wanted to be filmmakers; on attending USC Film School; on meeting Spike Lee; on his determination and focus while in film school 19:49
Interview: John Singleton
On seeing "Do the Right Thing" and being determined to find his own voice; on writing "Boyz N the Hood"; on getting his first agent 10:43
Interview: John Singleton
On selling "Boyz N the Hood" and insisting he direct his own film (despite never having directed before); on working on Pee-Wee's Playhouse and interning on The Arsenio Hall Show; on meeting Ice Cube on the set of The Arsenio Hall Show; on Ice Cube's audition for "Boyz N the Hood" 11:40
Interview: John Singleton
On the real-life inspirations for the characters in "Boyz N the Hood"; on casting "Boyz N the Hood"; on the crew of the movie; on filming in his old neighborhood and what the film showed the world about Los Angeles; on why he wanted to direct American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson 11:23
Interview: John Singleton
John Singleton on interning on The Arsenio Hall Show 05:09
Interview: John Singleton | Genre: Late Night
John Singleton on working as a production assistant/security guard on Pee-Wee's Playhouse 02:00
Interview: John Singleton | Genre: Children's Programming
John Singleton on cold-calling the writers of American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson to tell them he wanted to direct it 00:53
Interview: John Singleton | Genre: Drama Series
John Singleton on seeing the film "She's Gotta Have It," meeting Spike Lee and telling him, "I'm going to USC Film School in two weeks. Watch out for me. I'm coming" 02:39
Interview: John Singleton | Person: Spike Lee
John Singleton on seeing a screening of Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing" and how it made him determined to find his own voice and tell his own stories 02:00
Interview: John Singleton | Person: Spike Lee
John Singleton on his admiration for August Wilson 00:00
Interview: John Singleton | Person: August Wilson
John Singleton on casting Laurence Fishburne in "Boyz N the Hood," who he had met while working on Pee-Wee's Playhouse 01:06
Interview: John Singleton | Person: Laurence Fishburne
John Singleton on working as a production assistant/security guard on Pee-Wee's Playhouse and what he learned from Paul Reubens 00:53
Interview: John Singleton | Person: Paul Reubens
John Singleton on preparing to direct "Boyz N the Hood" by watching lots of other movies 01:14
Interview: John Singleton | Profession: Directors
John Singleton on directing being like "putting a puzzle together" and the difference between directing for film and television 00:50
Interview: John Singleton | Profession: Directors
John Singleton on wanting to have an all-black crew on "Boyz N the Hood" (with one exception) and his desire to have spontaneity in his filmmaking 02:54
Interview: John Singleton | Profession: Directors
John Singleton on the experience of filming "Boyz N the Hood" in a neighborhood that was not accustomed to having a film produced there, and shooting in his old neighborhood 02:04
Interview: John Singleton | Profession: Directors
John Singleton on how "Boyz N the Hood" added images and stories to the culture's ideas about Los Angeles and African Americans 01:32
Interview: John Singleton | Profession: Directors
John Singleton on African American culture around the time he was born (in 1968) and how that affected his parents' generation and his own generation in terms of their identity and their artistic pursuits 02:11
Interview: John Singleton
John Singleton on the importance of movies to him when he was growing up 02:36
Interview: John Singleton
John Singleton on knowing he wanted to be a filmmaker when he was a child: "There's no historical context for a person like me, coming from where I was, to make films. But I knew that that's what I wanted to do" 00:48
Interview: John Singleton
John Singleton on seeing a screening of "Do the Right Thing" and how it made him determined to find his own voice and tell his own stories 01:59
Interview: John Singleton