Andrew Garfield

Garfield said The Uprising raises questions about whether violence is necessary in revolution.

“it brings up really interesting questions about revolution, about violence in revolution, whether it's needed, whether it's not”

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Garfield praised director Paul Greengrass as a supportive leader on The Uprising.

“Paul Greengrass on the film The Uprising is like that. He's an incredible team captain”

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Garfield said method-style work can be done generously without disrupting cast and crew.

“I think there's a way of accessing that work and that style of working that doesn't fuck with the rest of the cast”

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Garfield argued that the term method acting has been widely misunderstood.

“I think the term has been massively mischaracterized, misunderstood and co-opted by people that don't know”

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Garfield said he plays Roy Horn in an upcoming Apple TV series and has been watching footage of him.

“I've been watching a lot of Roy Horn of Siegfried and Roy fame because I play Roy Horn in this upcoming Apple TV show”

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Garfield explained that in 1381 the king's word was treated literally as divine command.

“So anything that the king uttered was literally treated like it was sent from heaven above”

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Garfield said becoming a father scares him and would be the most important thing he ever does.

“Well, I mean, I think that would be the biggest, most important thing I ever probably do”

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Garfield called presenting Sally Field with a SAG lifetime achievement award a highlight of his life.

“I think one of the great highlights and privileges of my life was to be able to give her a Lifetime Achievement Award at the SAG Awards”

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Garfield said making the film that united the three Spider-Man actors created a lasting brotherhood.

“doing the one where we're all together really cemented some kind of weird brotherhood that was just beautiful”

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Garfield said the best SNL episodes are those in which the host supports the cast.

“But again, like service, I think the best episodes are when the host supports the cast”

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Garfield said he loves David Fincher's many takes because he wants to leave nothing unspent.

“Because I love acting and I love hard work and I love sports and I love not going home with anything left to give”

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Garfield said Tick, Tick... Boom! was deeply personal because he made it right after losing his mother.

“But it was very, very personal because I just lost my mom and we were making this movie and it's about the shortness of life”

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Garfield said Robert Redford's Sundance project grew out of helping a Utah neighbor facing foreclosure.

“It came out of him, I think, helping out his new neighbor in Utah who was about to be foreclosed on”

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Garfield said that in the months after his mother died he felt more connected to her than when she was alive.

“I felt more connected to her than I ever felt connected to her when she was incarnate, when she was alive”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Andrew Garfield (Sep 29, 2026) · Listen from 21:47