Nicolas Winding Refn

The artificial world that we create through images will essentially become real.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

Everything we do is about the emotion of the characters. We believe the better the emotion, the better the movie.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

Look at the birth of anything; it's always more violent than anything you could ever imagine.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

I like doing the promotional work. It's part of the film's process. Cannes was very wonderful to premiere.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

Jenna Malone was a very important piece of how the film [The Neon Demon] turned out.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

I'm dyslexic, which means I have trouble reading and writing. So images really speak to me.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

Oh, I love L.A. It's not so much about Hollywood. I love everything in L.A.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

The thing with Ryan, you can look at him for hours. Very few actors have that. It's a gift.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

For me, it's all about having the performers feel confident in their movements and surroundings. And then I'll figure out how to…

— Nicolas Winding Refn

Doing your first film, it's very important that it's a commercial success, because that gives you a couple times to experiment until…

— Nicolas Winding Refn

I sometimes play different kinds of music to see where the performers end up. I play one genre. Then something else when…

— Nicolas Winding Refn

I consider it a great honour that my movie Drive inspired so many wonderful artists to come together and create one ultra-cool…

— Nicolas Winding Refn

I just think it was time [in THe Neon Demon]to do a film about women. But not just women, I wanted to…

— Nicolas Winding Refn

I think that television has become really, really interesting, in terms of character development. You can have 13 hours to develop a…

— Nicolas Winding Refn

I woke up one day and I realized I wasn't born beautiful, but my wife was, so I decided to make a…

— Nicolas Winding Refn

I've done collaborations in all my movies, and I think it's part of what I enjoy about the process. This kind of…

— Nicolas Winding Refn

Film works when a director and a star have a connection. You know, when there's something telekinetic between them, there's a partnership,…

— Nicolas Winding Refn

Amazon, being a provider - not just on the playing field - is, of course, opening up a whole new set of…

— Nicolas Winding Refn

The problem with cinema nowadays is that it's a math problem. People can read a film mathematically; they know when this comes…

— Nicolas Winding Refn

The conversations about a film are an example of success because then you know whatever you've done has resonated.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

Abbey Lee was a very famous model and had great success. She was very open about the negative aspects of that industry.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

I don't have to go very far to see the power of beauty. Being desired, feeling desired is a very seductive aspect…

— Nicolas Winding Refn

The character requires so many elements. The only one who could fulfill that was this one person: Elle Fanning.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

I'm not a knowledgeable comic fanatic, as a lot of other people are.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

I'm not a guy's guy. I always loved girl things. I loved dolls. I loved dressing up and much more.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

Creativity is narcissism. Creativity is falling in love with one's self as you create. It's self-indulgent.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

But once you get down to reality, there's no one to play her and there's no movie. It would be ridiculous.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

I believe in free education, free healthcare. But I do not believe in equality.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

With 'Only God Forgives,' what's great about that movie is it just freaked so many people out.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

I wanted to be famous. I guess I thought acting would make me famous.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

I grew up in the '80s and John Hughes was the filmmaker making serious movies for teenagers.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

A good director is not an expert in anything in particular. A good director just knows a little bit about everything.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

I love watching the superhero movies and I would love to make one.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

I find beauty very frightening because it's such an all consuming subject in our society.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

People have called me everything. Every word in the dictionary I've been called at one point or another.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

I'm not a walking encyclopedia. I'm not one of those types that knows every single film ever made or can recite every…

— Nicolas Winding Refn

Narcissism as a virtue is very futuristic. Narcissism as a quality is where I think things are heading.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

Man's fear of sexuality is the basis of all horror from the male perspective.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

I'm a huge admirer of Keanu. I think he's absolutely extraordinary.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

The future is not about what you do, it's about what you stand for.

— Nicolas Winding Refn