Directing has completely changed the way I write and watch films. — Christopher McQuarrie Copy Share Image
Ideally, I'd like to have a movie that people like and makes money. — Christopher McQuarrie Copy Share Image
What makes a movie now is a package, a brand, a remake or some preexisting material. — Christopher McQuarrie Copy Share Image
I love films like 'Deliverance' where you can watch it over and over again and decode all of its many different meanings. — Christopher McQuarrie Copy Share Image
I used to be a die-hard defender of physical film, which I still am. I love shooting on physical film and I… — Christopher McQuarrie Copy Share Image
While I was a voracious movie-goer as a boy, I never put writing and films together in my mind. — Christopher McQuarrie Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of the movies of the '60s, more than a fan of the movies of the '70s. — Christopher McQuarrie Copy Share Image
Knowledge is death in my experience. The more I know about film, the harder it is to create freely. — Christopher McQuarrie Copy Share Image
When you've written a film and directed it and it comes out exactly as you imagined it, it's pretty boring. — Christopher McQuarrie Copy Share Image
Look: the day I've made a movie that I think is really good, I hope I say it out loud so somebody… — Christopher McQuarrie Copy Share Image
When you sit and watch the film with an audience, the focus groups and the cards and all of that is the… — Christopher McQuarrie Copy Share Image
You know that certain things that you use in the film are going to be shown to audiences five hundred times before… — Christopher McQuarrie Copy Share Image
When you're making a film, you don't really have time to consider what the whole of your film is. And then, when… — Christopher McQuarrie Copy Share Image
Normally, I tend to be a very binary filmmaker. You give me a problem and a destination and I say, "All right.… — Christopher McQuarrie Copy Share Image
I love traveling around promoting different movies because I'm always looking at different places, and I always walk around to see the city. — Christopher McQuarrie Copy Share
I used to be a die-hard defender of physical film, which I still am. I love shooting on physical film and I think it's… — Christopher McQuarrie Copy Share
The challenge in most car chases is you're trying to hide the fact that it's not the actor driving. — Christopher McQuarrie Copy Share
A lot of books, if you take them at face value, they're just not gonna work as films. — Christopher McQuarrie Copy Share
“Well I believe in God, and the only thing that scares me is Keyser Söze.” — Christopher McQuarrie Copy Share
I always feel like an outsider. I'll always feel like the nerd at the party. — Christopher McQuarrie Copy Share
To me, the ultimate crime in an adaptation is the crime of reverence. A novel is one form of media, a screenplay is another,… — Christopher McQuarrie Copy Share
If you're surrounded by good people and you're really honest with yourself, you'll be delivered. — Christopher McQuarrie Copy Share
Evil is a really tough concept for me. The idea of a villain that is bad for bad's sake seems kind of absurd. — Christopher McQuarrie Copy Share
With 'Rubicon,' Mark Long and Dan Capel have created the perfect environment for an intense action franchise. — Christopher McQuarrie Copy Share
You know that certain things that you use in the film are going to be shown to audiences five hundred times before they ever… — Christopher McQuarrie Copy Share
The truth of the matter is movies are a reflection of life and violence is a real part of life. I don't think you… — Christopher McQuarrie Copy Share
There is no 'Top Gun 2' in which Maverick is not the starring role. — Christopher McQuarrie Copy Share
Knowledge is death in my experience. The more I know about film, the harder it is to create freely. — Christopher McQuarrie Copy Share
