I think the environment is the biggest threat mankind has ever faced. — John Hillcoat Environment Copy Share Image
I do love genres, but I love finding new ways into the genre, or making that world fresh again. — John Hillcoat Genre Copy Share Image
I like restraint. Even with actors, restraint is something that I work on the most. — John Hillcoat Actor Copy Share Image
I have very mixed feelings about big corporations. Oftentimes, they're more troublesome than not. — John Hillcoat Copy Share Image
I take very seriously that challenge of trying to do genre films - but elevated genre films. — John Hillcoat Challenge Copy Share Image
I'm actually a humanist, believe it or not, and I believe even when people are corrupted, even when they've gone to the… — John Hillcoat Copy Share Image
I kept hearing about this incredible guy called Tom Hardy. I started watching his work, and I was awestruck - he was… — John Hillcoat Amazing Copy Share Image
What's amazing about 'White Heat' is that, even for its time, it's very truthful in the way it deals with violence. — John Hillcoat Amazing Copy Share Image
It's not awards per se that bother me; it's entirely to do with the impetus they give for marketing a film. — John Hillcoat Copy Share Image
Comedy, I'm still in awe of. I think you need a comic genius somewhere in the mix. It's got to be the… — John Hillcoat Actor Copy Share Image
What was so amazing and inspiring about 'GoodFellas' was that it showed the foot soldiers; the people more at the bottom as… — John Hillcoat Amazing Copy Share Image
When you have a major movie star, and then they're surrounded by local extras, it takes me out or makes me more… — John Hillcoat Copy Share Image
The one that I've always wanted - and I have Scott Rudin in my way blocking it - is 'Blood Meridian,' which… — John Hillcoat Copy Share Image
What irritates me about sci-fi is that it got hijacked by video games and also became so high-concept it was all about… — John Hillcoat Experience Copy Share Image
I like to do commercials that are more than just flogging a product. It needs to have something to say. It's always… — John Hillcoat Commercials Copy Share Image
Everyone has a family, even if they're at war or fallen apart. It's the closest initial bond, and there's a sort of… — John Hillcoat Bond Copy Share Image
I think what actors have to do, what performers have to do to emotionally get to that place and have a camera… — John Hillcoat Actors Copy Share Image
The problem with an economic meltdown is that the responsibility and the challenges to deal with the environment are squandered. That's an… — John Hillcoat Afghanistan Copy Share Image
I'm an Australian. And I'm speaking generally here, but Australians in general aren't patriotic or nationalistic. Our country was built by immigrants.… — John Hillcoat Australian Copy Share Image
For all the spectacle of CGI, there's something alien and unreal about that domain, like a videogame. — John Hillcoat Copy Share Image
I love those sorts of stories where you actually see the consequences of what violence does physically to people as well as… — John Hillcoat Consequences Copy Share Image
Basically, I frittered away the Nineties making pop videos and being pretty self-indulgent. — John Hillcoat Being Copy Share Image
It's great to make strong, powerful films, but in terms of people wanting to finance them, it's also very difficult. — John Hillcoat Cinema Copy Share Image
I personally found 'Avatar' - the blue people, to me, looked like painted art from the seventies. It didn't have the realism… — John Hillcoat Art Copy Share Image
The Globes are voted for by anyone in L.A. who's ever written for a foreign newspaper or magazine. That means, like, Romanian… — John Hillcoat Copy Share Image
I like the realism of anti-heroes. It's a healthy thing. I think heroes can be very unhealthy at times because it doesn't… — John Hillcoat Health Copy Share Image
