Joshua Granville Leonard (born June 17, 1975) is an American actor, writer and director, known primarily for his role in The Blair Witch Project (1999). Read full biography of Joshua Leonard →
I would love to direct some day. It's a good job for a control freak.
We ended up with 19 hours of footage and had to narrow it down to an hour and a half. Our instructions were to film everything that came up... →
Being behind a camera, in front of the camera, is my own little deconstructionist niche.
The first thing I do when I read a part is see if I can identify emotionally with a character. If I make that connection, everything else is just... →
Pain is pain, joy is joy - you can't avoid bringing pieces of yourself into a role.
I'm less interested in slasher, and go more for roles that can affect you on a personal level. I'm interested in human empathy in the movies... →
Actors are such an insecure breed.
I ultimately have faith though, that good films will find their audience.
I'm really proud of Blair Witch Project as a film, but as far as the cultural phenomenon of it - that was just weird luck.
I've done almost 20 films and I still worry about not finding the next one.
We hit a stride where all self-consciousness disappeared.
Even in the realest American cinema that I see, there's still not that sense that this is reality. There's still that sense that you are... →
I think as long as there are folks on the fringe who want to make movies, the indie scene will still be around. I do think it's getting harder to... →
Joshua Granville Leonard (born June 17, 1975) is an American actor, writer and director, known primarily for his role in The Blair Witch Project (1999).