Know Film Quotes by Christopher McQuarrie

I love traveling around promoting different movies because I'm always looking at different places, and I always walk around to see the city.

— Christopher McQuarrie

I used to be a die-hard defender of physical film, which I still am. I love shooting on physical film and I think it's…

— Christopher McQuarrie

The challenge in most car chases is you're trying to hide the fact that it's not the actor driving.

— Christopher McQuarrie

Directing has completely changed the way I write and watch films.

— Christopher McQuarrie

A lot of books, if you take them at face value, they're just not gonna work as films.

— Christopher McQuarrie

“Well I believe in God, and the only thing that scares me is Keyser Söze.”

— Christopher McQuarrie

I always feel like an outsider. I'll always feel like the nerd at the party.

— Christopher McQuarrie

To me, the ultimate crime in an adaptation is the crime of reverence. A novel is one form of media, a screenplay is another,…

— Christopher McQuarrie

If you're surrounded by good people and you're really honest with yourself, you'll be delivered.

— Christopher McQuarrie

Evil is a really tough concept for me. The idea of a villain that is bad for bad's sake seems kind of absurd.

— Christopher McQuarrie

With 'Rubicon,' Mark Long and Dan Capel have created the perfect environment for an intense action franchise.

— Christopher McQuarrie

You know that certain things that you use in the film are going to be shown to audiences five hundred times before they ever…

— Christopher McQuarrie

The truth of the matter is movies are a reflection of life and violence is a real part of life. I don't think you…

— Christopher McQuarrie

There is no 'Top Gun 2' in which Maverick is not the starring role.

— Christopher McQuarrie

Knowledge is death in my experience. The more I know about film, the harder it is to create freely.

— Christopher McQuarrie