If there isn't a deep core reason for a film existing, what is the point? For me to be known as a… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share Image
I just want to make films that have enough of a budget to pull off high-level imagery but also have a budget… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share Image
I have zero strategy for my career - like, zero. I could get as much satisfaction about doing a $20,000 shot film… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share Image
High-level actors can be all about their close-ups and the size of their trailers. I'd heard these horror stories of how a… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share Image
A lot of America is kind of done. People have been making films about it for 100 years. Everything to me feels… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share Image
I've learned more, and I understand the process a bit better now. I can try to see how long I want to… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share Image
Deleted scenes are like in a middle gray zone. It's like, well, they're deleted because they're not good or you lost the… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share Image
I don't want egos and personalities on the set that make it more difficult to make the film. I don't want people… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share Image
I still really love the world and the universe and the mythology of 'Halo.' If I was given control, I would really… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share Image
If you're a theater director, you're not going to be prepared for the technical side. And if you're a technical director, you're… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share Image
I don't put any pressure on myself in terms of what people or fans do or don't want. It really just doesn't… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share Image
There are loads of sociopolitical, racial, class and future-planet situations that really interest me, but I'm not really interested in making a… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share Image
The only genre of movie that I could see making that doesn't have anything magical or otherworldly about it would be a… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share Image
If you look at the most meaningful science fiction, it didn't come from watching other films. We seem to be in a… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share Image
My favourite stuff is visual, and I always want to work with visual artwork. I think it depends on the person, but… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share Image
When any young director gets hired by a studio to do a $125 million film based on a preexisting piece of intellectual… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share Image
I think that people who make films and think they're changing the world are sorely mistaken. If that really is your goal,… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share Image
The first film that I can remember seeing where, like, I just couldn't stop watching it - and it didn't necessarily make… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share Image
My point of view actually on artificial intelligence, which ties into the nature for humans constantly looking into the reasons for why… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share Image
I grew up as an artist. Science fiction allows for design and creatures and guns and all the stuff that I like… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share Image
I want to make a film that is commercially successful because that means that the larger cinema-going audience around the world like… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share Image
I don't want to make a film that offends people, but the whole world is so politically correct - I'm not going… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share Image
I think the reason you use an actor is if they are right for the role. Most of the high-profile stars tend… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share Image
I think that in the realm of commercial, popcorn cinema, the amount of message or smuggling of ideas you can get in… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share Image
I never think of things rationally or intellectually. I swear, every single decision I make is just instinct and my instincts tend to be… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share
Deleted scenes are like in a middle gray zone. It's like, well, they're deleted because they're not good or you lost the battle and… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share
I think growing up in South Africa, and then moving to Canada, I'm just genuinely interested in the difference between the First World and… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share
This whole notion that the robot has to declare nuclear war is one part of the discussion, but it may not be reality. Reality… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share
I've learned more, and I understand the process a bit better now. I can try to see how long I want to take in… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share
A lot of America is kind of done. People have been making films about it for 100 years. Everything to me feels used up.… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share
Satire also allows you to make fun of every different aspect. It allows you to make fun of both sides. It allows you to… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share
I don't want to make a film that offends people, but the whole world is so politically correct - I'm not going to not… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share
I am a firm believer that the pull for human beings is towards the good, generally outweighing the bad. — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share
My favourite stuff is visual, and I always want to work with visual artwork. I think it depends on the person, but for me,… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share
I think people are destined for something incredible if we don't wipe ourselves out, but I think we're going to wipe 90 percent of… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share
The main stuff I like is from the late '60s to the early '90s. That's the stuff I love. It's the James Cameron's and… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share
It's just my maybe naive, optimistic view that whatever knowledge we gain, and if it comes to pass that we can somehow understand what… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share
I think the world of 'District 9' has a lot of race and oppression-based ideas that I would still like to explore in that… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share
I'm not particularly interested in working with movie stars. It depends on where you come from, I suppose. Why are you making films? The… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share
