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'Nickel Boys' director RaMell Ross and producer Joslyn Barnes chat with THR at the Oscars red carpet and Ross talks about how he plans to lean into his activism at tonight's ceremony. Plus, he says he's looking for someone to give $10 million for his next two projects.

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00:00First of all, I have to celebrate, I have to celebrate the looks tonight.

00:03Thanks.

00:03They look, I want, yeah, like I want a touch.

00:06On a scale from like zero to one, what would you rate this?

00:09Uh, a zero to one?

00:11Yeah, so decimals.

00:12Okay, I think it's a, it's a .99 repeating.

00:16Well, that's really nice.

00:17Yeah.

00:18What would you get?

00:18But zero was supposed to be good.

00:19Oh, well then.

00:21This is my own fault for not, not asking for the rules.

00:23What would you rate this?

00:24You fell into the trap.

00:24I mean, I would rate this jacket off the chart.

00:27Yeah, when my, when my guy brought it.

00:29And then I saw Joss and of course we'd be somehow texturally related.

00:32I was going to say, there is a, there's a, yeah, there's a tale here.

00:36Congratulations on getting to this moment.

00:38This must just feel incredible.

00:40Looking at your fellow nominees, looking at the people in this, in this room, in this tent,

00:44whose work has inspired you this year?

00:47Well, let's see.

00:48I mean, I think a lot of the work, the design work and the costume work of a lot of the,

00:54a lot of the other nominees has really, really inspired us.

00:58I think also the, the, the film, I'm Still Here and a lot of the documentary work this

01:04year, very strong documentaries this year.

01:06Yeah.

01:07I have a really strong affinity for the sugar cane folks because, you know, their film is

01:12dealing with a lot of the, the similar sort of reform school, Catholic school trauma.

01:17But yeah, there's actually too many and to call one out is to make enemies amongst others.

01:23Right, right, right.

01:24Well, the Oscars are, uh, it's a night of celebration, but it's also a night where people

01:29can take a moment where they're having a speech to use their platform to say something they

01:32want to say.

01:33Are you thinking about, do you know what you're going to say if you're going to get up there?

01:35Do you have a statement that you want to make tonight?

01:37Um, I think I always have a statement I want to make, so I can't imagine, yeah, I mean,

01:44yeah, exactly.

01:45I feel like any opportunity to speak to, uh, folks who traditionally would not hear your

01:50voice if you're interested in things is an opportunity to take.

01:54So if we were to win, I'll definitely say something not too radical, but hopefully inspiring.

01:59You know what?

01:59Just go for it.

02:00Shake the night off.

02:01I don't know, like, this isn't, I don't want to be, I mean, I want to be a meme, but

02:04a good meme and like, well, I mean, when you get to this point, you, I'm sure it changes

02:09the conversations that you're having about projects you want to possibly be doing.

02:12Is there anything that you maybe genre wise or just straight up want to manifest something

02:16particular that you would really love to do next?

02:19I think we, we have some, some projects in the pipeline, so excited about that.

02:23And, you know, always, always thinking forward about other things to do, but also thinking

02:29about what's, what's a good way to respond to this moment.

02:32I mean, you mentioned the political situation.

02:34So also thinking about, you know, as artists, how do we respond?

02:38What's the best way to respond?

02:39Yeah.

02:39And I will say, I think, I think I've made enough films for people to say that I can make

02:45things relatively well.

02:46So I'm asking someone to give me $10 million to, for two projects.

02:51Both of them, uh, I think have long cultural lives, but like it has to be philanthropic because

02:57there's not really a return, but I think they're of deep meaning and can change a lot of people's

03:02view on the world.

03:02So $10 million someone.

03:04And you know what it is.

03:05Oh yeah.

03:05They're written out.

03:06They've been, been thinking about them for five years.

03:08Been talking with Josh for five, six years about them.

03:10So we're just kind of waiting for someone to, uh, to trust in the, the projects.

03:14All right.

03:14$10 million.

03:15Who's got it?

03:16Let's do it.

03:17Let's do it.

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