Film Quotes by Christopher Nolan

By the time I was 10 or 11, I knew I wanted to make films.

— Christopher Nolan

No, I've only ever done one film at a time.

— Christopher Nolan

We shouldn't be chasing other movies, but stay true to the tone of Man of Steel.

— Christopher Nolan

I would never say someone's else's film isn't 'a real film.' The quote is inaccurate.

— Christopher Nolan

I've been interested in dreams since I as a kid and I've wanted to do a film about them for a long…

— Christopher Nolan

It's certainly difficult to balance marketing a film and putting it out there to everybody with wanting to keep it fresh for…

— Christopher Nolan

I think audiences get too comfortable and familiar in today's movies. They believe everything they're hearing and seeing. I like to shake…

— Christopher Nolan

Movie logistics never really allow you to do anything but shoot the way the budget dictates.

— Christopher Nolan

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

— Christopher Nolan

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

— Christopher Nolan

Film makers should be able to experiment with narrative without alienating the audience and without creating something that's impenetrable.

— Christopher Nolan

I think there's a vague sense out there that movies are becoming more and more unreal. I know I've felt it.

— Christopher Nolan

I studied English Literature. I wasn’t a very good student, but one thing I did get from it, while I was making…

— Christopher Nolan

I think for me when you look at the idea of being able to create a limitless world and use it almost…

— Christopher Nolan

I think film is first and foremost entertainment. But, all forms of entertainment throughout history have always produced works that last and…

— Christopher Nolan

It's difficult to keep anything fresh for an audience these days. With technology being what it is people seem to know everything…

— Christopher Nolan

There is a whole spectrum of possibilities encompassed by the word entertainment, but I do believe that film has developed into the…

— Christopher Nolan

I sometimes think how strange it is that I've got to do exactly what I want, and that is difficult to cope…

— Christopher Nolan

There's very few directors I think in this industry that would pitch to a studio that they wanted to do a multi-layered…

— Christopher Nolan

I think the films Insomnia and Memento share all sorts of thematic concerns, such as the relationship between motivation and action, and…

— Christopher Nolan

I like films that don't have that unonimity of a response; that don't have consensus in the audience. What it is essentially…

— Christopher Nolan

Yes, to me that's one of the most compelling fears in film noir and the psychological thriller genre - that fear of…

— Christopher Nolan

What I react against in other people's work, as a filmgoer, is when I see something in a movie that I feel…

— Christopher Nolan

I always find myself gravitating to the analogy of a maze. Think of film noir and if you picture the story as…

— Christopher Nolan

The most stressful and difficult part of steering a large movie is that you are taking on the responsibility of communicating with…

— Christopher Nolan

For me, as a film goer, I like nothing more than to sit in the cinema, have the lights go down and…

— Christopher Nolan

It's very important that a film that intends to play tricks on the audience... has to play fair with the audience. For…

— Christopher Nolan

Films are subjective - what you like, what you don't like. But the thing for me that is absolutely unifying is the…

— Christopher Nolan

The problem with big films is they snowball very rapidly and you can never pull back. It's a pipeline that needs to…

— Christopher Nolan

Film is the best way to capture an image and project that image. It just is, hands down.

— Christopher Nolan

I like films where the music and the sound design, at times, are almost indistinguishable.

— Christopher Nolan

I like films that continue to spin your head in all sorts of different directions after you've seen them.

— Christopher Nolan

I want to be surprised and entertained by a movie, so that's what we're trying to do for the audience. Obviously, we…

— Christopher Nolan

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

— Christopher Nolan

I've always believed that if you want to really try and make a great film, not a good film, but a great…

— Christopher Nolan

Every film should have its own world, a logic and feel to it that expands beyond the exact image that the audience…

— Christopher Nolan

I think there are advantages to different scales of filmmaking. You wouldn't want to do just one thing.

— Christopher Nolan

I've always been a movie guy, movies have been my thing. I love movies, all kinds of movies.

— Christopher Nolan

One of the things you do as a writer and as a filmmaker is grasp for resonant symbols and imagery without necessarily…

— Christopher Nolan

As much as I love books and the theater, I think the cinema is a uniquely modern medium that we look to…

— Christopher Nolan