Quotes by Christopher Nolan

About Christopher Nolan:

Christopher Jonathan James Nolan is an English-American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He has directed several of the most acclaimed and commercially successful films of the early 21st century. His nine films have grossed over US$4.2 billion worldwide and garnered a total of 26 Oscar nominations and seven awards.
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I'm taking a bit of a wait-and-see attitude towards 3D.

Christopher Nolan

The only job that was ever of interest to me other than filmmaking is architecture.

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She had locked something away, something deep inside. A truth that she had once known, but chose to forget. And she couldn't break free. So I decided to search for it. I went deep into the recess of her mind and found that secret place. And I broke i...

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You musn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling.

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The best actors instinctively feel out what the other actors need, and they just accommodate it.

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The term 'genre' eventually becomes pejorative because you're referring to something that's so codified and ritualised that it ceases to have the power and meaning it had when it first started.

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But in the back of my mind I've always looked to the biggest-scale Hollywood movies. Because to me the most satisfying experience is of watching a movie, if it's done really well. And so that aspiration is always it for me, if I have the opportunity ...

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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.

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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.

Christopher Nolan

But 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.

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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.

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Yeah, it's odd when you look back at your own work. Some filmmakers don't look back at their work at all. I look at my work a lot, actually. I feel like I learned something while looking at stuff I've done in terms of what I'm going to do in the futu...

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For me, Batman is the one that can most clearly be taken seriously. He's not from another planet, or filled with radioactive gunk. I mean, Superman is essentially a god, but Batman is more like Hercules: he's a human being, very flawed, and bridges t...

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I've always been a movie guy, movies have been my thing. I love movies, all kinds of movies.

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I just love photographing things and putting them together to tell a story.

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As soon as television became the only secondary way in which films were watched, films had to adhere to a pretty linear system, whereby you can drift off for ten minutes and go and answer the phone and not really lose your place.

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If I could steal someone's dream myself, I'd have to go for one of Orson Welles.

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Superheroes fill a gap in the pop culture psyche, similar to the role of Greek mythology. There isn't really anything else that does the job in modern terms. For me, Batman is the one that can most clearly be taken seriously.

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Batman and Superman are very different characters but they're both iconic and elemental. Finding the right story for them both is the key.

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I never considered myself a lucky person. I'm the most extraordinary pessimist. I truly am.

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Author Bio

  • NameChristopher Nolan
  • DescriptionBritish-American film director, screenwriter, and producer
  • BornJuly 30, 1970
  • CountryUnited Kingdom; United States Of America
  • ProfessionFilm Director; Screenwriter; Film Producer; Actor; Writer; Camera Operator
  • AwardsIndiana Film Journalists Association Award For Best Director