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> [To me, the most interesting approach to film noir is subjective. The genre is really all about not knowing what's going on around you, and that fear of the unknown. The only way to do that effectively is to really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-nolan/to-me-the-most-interesting-approach-to-film-noir-is-subjective-the/)

[Christopher Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-nolan/)

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## More by Christopher Nolan

> [In Hollywood there's a great openness, almost a voracious appetite for new people. In England there's a great suspicion of the new. In cultural…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-nolan/in-hollywood-there-s-a-great-openness-almost-a-voracious-appetite-for/)

[Christopher Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-nolan/)

> [“COBB: You're waiting for a train. A train that will take you far away. You know where you hope this train will take you,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-nolan/cobb-you-re-waiting-for-a-train-a-train-that-will-take-you-far-away/)

[Christopher Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-nolan/)

> [When you play a videogame, you could be a completely different person than you are in the real world, certain aspects of the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-nolan/when-you-play-a-videogame-you-could-be-a-completely-different-person/)

[Christopher Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-nolan/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-nolan/the-structural-notions-to-me-always-have-to-be-worked-out-very/)

[Christopher Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-nolan/)

> [I made 'Batman' the way I made every other film, and I've done it to my own satisfaction - because the film, truly, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-nolan/i-made-batman-the-way-i-made-every-other-film-and-i-ve-done-it-to-my/)

[Christopher Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-nolan/)

> [The quality of racing continues to excel with starters increasing to 1496,.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-nolan/the-quality-of-racing-continues-to-excel-with-starters-increasing-to/)

[Christopher Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-nolan/)

> [I remember the initial genesis quite clearly. My interest in dreams comes from this notion of realizing that when you dream you create the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-nolan/i-remember-the-initial-genesis-quite-clearly-my-interest-in-dreams/)

[Christopher Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-nolan/)

> [If I could steal someone's dream myself, I'd have to go for one of Orson Welles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-nolan/if-i-could-steal-someone-s-dream-myself-i-d-have-to-go-for-one-of/)

[Christopher Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-nolan/)

> [To me, any kind of filmmaking that's reactive is not going to be as good as something more inventive and original.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-nolan/to-me-any-kind-of-filmmaking-that-s-reactive-is-not-going-to-be-as/)

[Christopher Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-nolan/)

> [Why do we Fall? So we can learn to pick ourselves back up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-nolan/why-do-we-fall-so-we-can-learn-to-pick-ourselves-back-up/)

[Christopher Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-nolan/)

> [Every great story deserves a great ending](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-nolan/every-great-story-deserves-a-great-ending/)

[Christopher Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-nolan/)

> [“(On "Following") We've got a pretty serious claim on being the cheapest film ever made.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-nolan/on-following-we-ve-got-a-pretty-serious-claim-on-being-the-cheapest/)

[Christopher Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-nolan/)

> [Particularly, the actors, to have analyzed the script in great detail from the point of view of their specific character. So that they have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-nolan/particularly-the-actors-to-have-analyzed-the-script-in-great-detail/)

[Christopher Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-nolan/)

> [I've never read Joseph Campbell, and I don't know all that much about story archetypes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-nolan/i-ve-never-read-joseph-campbell-and-i-don-t-know-all-that-much-about/)

[Christopher Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-nolan/)

> [I'm taking a bit of a wait-and-see attitude towards 3D.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-nolan/i-m-taking-a-bit-of-a-wait-and-see-attitude-towards-3d/)

[Christopher Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-nolan/)

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