When I went to the cinema as a boy, when I saw a war film, I thought the general was the star,… — Nicolas Roeg Copy Share Image
I was always a bit arty-farty as a boy. 'Come on, Mr. Arty-Farty,' my sister used to say to me. — Nicolas Roeg Copy Share Image
I came up the old-fashioned way - tea boy, cutter, focus-puller, cinematographer - but I wasn't myself old-fashioned. — Nicolas Roeg Copy Share Image
When I went to the cinema as a boy, when I saw a war film, I thought the general was the star, and that… — Nicolas Roeg Copy Share
There's horror in your life, believe me, whether it's coming, or you've just been lucky to miss it today. — Nicolas Roeg Copy Share
When my sister and I were very young, my father used to tell us fairy stories that he'd made up. My mother was always… — Nicolas Roeg Copy Share
Some people are very lucky, and have the story in their heads. I've never storyboarded anything. I like the idea of chance. What makes… — Nicolas Roeg Copy Share
When a book is just a plot, you know, two men fight for the love of a woman in a wild frontier, I immediately… — Nicolas Roeg Copy Share
They think something's gone wrong, but in Don't Look Now, for instance, one scene was made by a mistake. It's the scene where Donald… — Nicolas Roeg Copy Share
I think the big studios shaped and formed the artists that they put under contract. — Nicolas Roeg Copy Share
There's no one 'right' way of making a science fiction movie; there's no one way of making any kind of movie, really! — Nicolas Roeg Copy Share
I like women in film. I like women in general, but I especially like to show them on film. They are not ciphers. — Nicolas Roeg Copy Share
I've always noticed that films set in any sort of future very rarely draw on the present. — Nicolas Roeg Copy Share
Grief is an emotion that's almost unplayable because you're in a separate emotional state; it's an inconsolable emotion. — Nicolas Roeg Copy Share
I've used mirrors in a lot of movies. I think the mirror is an extraordinary thing, also the reflective, a reflection in water, etc. — Nicolas Roeg Copy Share
