I always wanted to make a 'James Bond' film, and they only seemed to hire British directors, and I'd made 'Swingers' -… — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
From a production point of view, I still have one foot firmly planted in the independent film world, and much of the… — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
I went to USC film school, briefly, which is a very traditional film school. — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
I always liked photography in film - I studied photography growing up. I like the medium of film; I like physically holding… — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
My films are very rooted in specific people's point of view. Some film-makers give a more global point of view, like God… — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
I'm very interested in politics, and I feel TV is a more political medium than film. — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
I'm interested in the kind of anti-establishment ethos that goes with making an independent movie. I like to bring that to studio… — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
I didn't grow up like Quentin Tarantino, watching esoteric art films at the video store. I'd go to the multiplex and see… — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
So many of Spielberg's films inspired my imagination growing up. And then there are British films like 'The Full Monty' and 'Waking… — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
I chose 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith' specifically 'cause I had just made 'The Bourne Identity' and made a film that glamorized being… — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
There's a weird intellectual approach to filmmaking, where I pose a question to myself and use the film to try and answer… — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
I started my career wanting to make a 'James Bond' movie, and I couldn't get hired! I made 'The Bourne Identity,' and… — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
I think that I learned a studio system prefers a sort of professionalism from the director. — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
I started making Super 8-mm films when I was about six years old and just never stopped. It was always just a… — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
I think of myself as making independent films within the studio system. Yes, I've made movies with significantly larger budgets, and I've… — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
When you have films like 'Bourne' that succeed, not only does it beget sequels, but it begets people taking chances. — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
I realize I am contradictory: I have an independent filmmaker's sensibility and a Hollywood director's short-attention span. — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
I can't impress people with the pedigree of obscure French filmmakers that got me into film. It was Robert Zemeckis and Steven… — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
When I'm working on a film, I think about how it will play with a tiny audience of friends whose opinions I… — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
I'm a character-driven director, and I tend to fall in love with the characters in my movies and TV shows. — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
My films have been successful, and therefore, the process has accommodated me. When the studio said 'no,' I did it anyhow. Now… — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
I got in trouble in film school at USC because one of my Super-8 movies there, in the first semester, involved a… — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
I always wanted to make a 'James Bond' film, and they only seemed to hire British directors, and I'd made 'Swingers' - they were… — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
I always wanted to make big action movies as a kid, and that was my dream. In a way, 'Swingers' was the thing I… — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
TV has no choice, but to rely on character, and everybody knows that. I love working in it. It's such a big canvas where,… — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
My older brother took me to Woody Allen double features when I was still teething. — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
Given the kind of filmmaker I am, the kind of experiences I've been trying to give audiences, I was drawn to the potential of… — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
The 'Bourne' franchise means the world to me. I love that Universal wants to put one out every two years. Because it is a… — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
When you make a war movie, the other side has to be the enemy. You're making a war movie from the point of view… — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
The more real I got on 'The Bourne Identity,' the more interesting it got. So 'Fair Game' was the chance to go a few… — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
