Actors Quotes by Christopher Nolan

8 Actors quotes by Christopher Nolan

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Christopher Nolan’s eight short reflections reveal a measured, analytical view of performance, giving readers a quick sense of his cinematic mindset.

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Particularly, the actors, to have analyzed the script in great detail from the point of view of their specific character. So that…

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The atmosphere and the environment that you get on a Chris Nolan film that he and Emma [Tomson] create is one where…

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I don't ever like to feel myself in the position to demand of an actor that they trust I'm going to do…

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Period films to me are very often alienating to the audience. There's very often a formality. A staunchy quality to them that…

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I'm a very fortunate person. I get to choose the movies that I want to do. I have a lot of friends…

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My approach with actors is to try and give them whatever it is they need from me. Direction to me is about…

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

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I try not to have actors in mind when I write because the tendency then is to be influenced by either their…

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The structural notions to me always have to be worked out very carefully in the script stage. Whatever a particular structure is. Whether it's…

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I made 'Batman' the way I made every other film, and I've done it to my own satisfaction - because the film, truly, is…

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I remember the initial genesis quite clearly. My interest in dreams comes from this notion of realizing that when you dream you create the…

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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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To me, any kind of filmmaking that's reactive is not going to be as good as something more inventive and original.

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Why do we Fall? So we can learn to pick ourselves back up.

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Every great story deserves a great ending

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“(On "Following") We've got a pretty serious claim on being the cheapest film ever made.”

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Particularly, the actors, to have analyzed the script in great detail from the point of view of their specific character. So that they have…

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I've never read Joseph Campbell, and I don't know all that much about story archetypes.

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I'm taking a bit of a wait-and-see attitude towards 3D.

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