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Tilda Swinton (as Martha)

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601 total appearances

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Fresh Air
Best Of: Tilda Swinton / Adrien Brody

it's hard to be unconventional in in the military do you feel like you went in an opposite direction it's so funny terry because the more and more i live the more i think that i'm going right down the middle of the family tendency actually when i think of comradeship when i think of you know the the the project when i think of uh you know the kind of trench warfare of independent filmmaking when i think of walkie-talkies when i think of you know um

Fresh Air
Best Of: Tilda Swinton / Adrien Brody

it's hard to be unconventional in in the military do you feel like you went in an opposite direction it's so funny terry because the more and more i live the more i think that i'm going right down the middle of the family tendency actually when i think of comradeship when i think of you know the the the project when i think of uh you know the kind of trench warfare of independent filmmaking when i think of walkie-talkies when i think of you know um

Fresh Air
Best Of: Tilda Swinton / Adrien Brody

it's hard to be unconventional in in the military do you feel like you went in an opposite direction it's so funny terry because the more and more i live the more i think that i'm going right down the middle of the family tendency actually when i think of comradeship when i think of you know the the the project when i think of uh you know the kind of trench warfare of independent filmmaking when i think of walkie-talkies when i think of you know um

Fresh Air
Best Of: Tilda Swinton / Adrien Brody

kind of packed lunches in dark fields. I have a brother who was a soldier for many years, and we've always compared notes, and I think we live very similar lives, in fact, and less perilous to make films, for sure. But you're right, there is a chain of command that I know that that soldiers live and die by, that we don't necessarily, certainly not, maybe in studio filmmaking more.

Fresh Air
Best Of: Tilda Swinton / Adrien Brody

kind of packed lunches in dark fields. I have a brother who was a soldier for many years, and we've always compared notes, and I think we live very similar lives, in fact, and less perilous to make films, for sure. But you're right, there is a chain of command that I know that that soldiers live and die by, that we don't necessarily, certainly not, maybe in studio filmmaking more.

Fresh Air
Best Of: Tilda Swinton / Adrien Brody

kind of packed lunches in dark fields. I have a brother who was a soldier for many years, and we've always compared notes, and I think we live very similar lives, in fact, and less perilous to make films, for sure. But you're right, there is a chain of command that I know that that soldiers live and die by, that we don't necessarily, certainly not, maybe in studio filmmaking more.

Fresh Air
Best Of: Tilda Swinton / Adrien Brody

Maybe that's more the hard army. But, yeah, in the world of filmmaking that I sprung out of, it's a collective, and that's not necessarily what an army is. Yeah, I think in that sense, yes, I did...

Fresh Air
Best Of: Tilda Swinton / Adrien Brody

Maybe that's more the hard army. But, yeah, in the world of filmmaking that I sprung out of, it's a collective, and that's not necessarily what an army is. Yeah, I think in that sense, yes, I did...

Fresh Air
Best Of: Tilda Swinton / Adrien Brody

Maybe that's more the hard army. But, yeah, in the world of filmmaking that I sprung out of, it's a collective, and that's not necessarily what an army is. Yeah, I think in that sense, yes, I did...

Fresh Air
Best Of: Tilda Swinton / Adrien Brody

branch out from the family trade but having said that you know there is this very strange epiphany in my recent years that I was always told by my parents that I was a bit of a strange thing and that there were no artists in our family but I've recently discovered since they died I may say that our family tree is littered with artists and yeah I'm not in fact an apple falling that far from the tree at all

Fresh Air
Best Of: Tilda Swinton / Adrien Brody

branch out from the family trade but having said that you know there is this very strange epiphany in my recent years that I was always told by my parents that I was a bit of a strange thing and that there were no artists in our family but I've recently discovered since they died I may say that our family tree is littered with artists and yeah I'm not in fact an apple falling that far from the tree at all

Fresh Air
Best Of: Tilda Swinton / Adrien Brody

branch out from the family trade but having said that you know there is this very strange epiphany in my recent years that I was always told by my parents that I was a bit of a strange thing and that there were no artists in our family but I've recently discovered since they died I may say that our family tree is littered with artists and yeah I'm not in fact an apple falling that far from the tree at all

Fresh Air
Best Of: Tilda Swinton / Adrien Brody

No, no, no. You are absolutely right. Singularly inspired and informed by the uniforms. In fact... I'm making a piece of work now about that very thing. How central my response to my father and my grandfather's uniforms has been. I used to watch my parents getting dressed up to go out to grand parties. And my mother would wear some really nice silk dress and look beautiful.

Fresh Air
Best Of: Tilda Swinton / Adrien Brody

No, no, no. You are absolutely right. Singularly inspired and informed by the uniforms. In fact... I'm making a piece of work now about that very thing. How central my response to my father and my grandfather's uniforms has been. I used to watch my parents getting dressed up to go out to grand parties. And my mother would wear some really nice silk dress and look beautiful.

Fresh Air
Best Of: Tilda Swinton / Adrien Brody

No, no, no. You are absolutely right. Singularly inspired and informed by the uniforms. In fact... I'm making a piece of work now about that very thing. How central my response to my father and my grandfather's uniforms has been. I used to watch my parents getting dressed up to go out to grand parties. And my mother would wear some really nice silk dress and look beautiful.

Fresh Air
Best Of: Tilda Swinton / Adrien Brody

But my father had all the glamour. He had, you know, the gold frogging and the medals everywhere. And those black trousers with the scarlet stripe down the side. Scarlet. I mean, it occurred to me the other day. Here I am working with Pedro Almodovar, who's, you know, works in scarlet. He is one of the great artists who work in scarlet.

Fresh Air
Best Of: Tilda Swinton / Adrien Brody

But my father had all the glamour. He had, you know, the gold frogging and the medals everywhere. And those black trousers with the scarlet stripe down the side. Scarlet. I mean, it occurred to me the other day. Here I am working with Pedro Almodovar, who's, you know, works in scarlet. He is one of the great artists who work in scarlet.

Fresh Air
Best Of: Tilda Swinton / Adrien Brody

But my father had all the glamour. He had, you know, the gold frogging and the medals everywhere. And those black trousers with the scarlet stripe down the side. Scarlet. I mean, it occurred to me the other day. Here I am working with Pedro Almodovar, who's, you know, works in scarlet. He is one of the great artists who work in scarlet.

Fresh Air
Best Of: Tilda Swinton / Adrien Brody

And scarlet has always really meant something as a child of, you know, Scottish culture. military family. Scarlet is an important thing for the British Army. And yeah, it's hugely important. And I have always been truly, sincerely and seriously interested in clothes and what they do for us and to us. I was one of four, but I have three brothers, no sisters. And I didn't have many dresses.

Fresh Air
Best Of: Tilda Swinton / Adrien Brody

And scarlet has always really meant something as a child of, you know, Scottish culture. military family. Scarlet is an important thing for the British Army. And yeah, it's hugely important. And I have always been truly, sincerely and seriously interested in clothes and what they do for us and to us. I was one of four, but I have three brothers, no sisters. And I didn't have many dresses.