Christopher Nolan
film director, screenwriter, film producer, actor, writer, camera operator, film actor, executive producer, film editor, cinematographer, director, producer, film screenwriter
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All Quotes by Christopher Nolan
“I think there's a vague sense out there that movies are becoming more and more unreal. I know I've felt it.”
“You know when Hollywood does a great big blockbuster that really wraps you up in a world, and lets you believe in extraordinary things that move you in some way, in an almost operatic sensibility? That to me is the most fun I have at the movies.”
“When you think of the visual style, when you think of the visual language of a film there tends to be a natural separation of the visual style and the narrative elements, but with the great, whether it is Stanley Kubrick, Terrence Malick or Hitchcock what you're seeing is inseparable, a vital relationship between the images and the story he's telling.”
“With The Dark Knight you had to strike a balance of familiarity with the audience. It is a sequel, and they want familiar elements, things they liked from the first film. But you always have to be very aware that the audience is extremely ruthless in its demand for newness, novelty and freshness. At script stage, we really tried to thrash that out—are we striking that right balance?”
“The ultimate embodiment of Bruce Wayne. He has exactly the balance of darkness and light that we were looking for.”
“The only job that was ever of interest to me other than filmmaking is architecture.”
“I've been interested in dreams since I as a kid and I've wanted to do a film about them for a long time.”
“I have been interested in dreams, really since I was a kid. I have always been fascinated by the idea that your mind, when you are asleep, can create a world in a dream and you are perceiving it as though it really existed.”
“I'm taking a bit of a wait-and-see attitude towards 3D.”