Persuade Quotes by Andrew Dominik

I imagine that in a closed, hermetic society like the mob, where everybody knows each other, it must be really, really unpleasant to have…

— Andrew Dominik

I always feel that crime films are about capitalism because it is a genre where it is perfectly acceptable for all the characters to…

— Andrew Dominik

There's been about 75 movies about Jesse James, and I've seen about four of them. He's usually portrayed as this plucky rebel who's got…

— Andrew Dominik

Anything that's memorable about a movie is often what a test audience will object to because they're being asked to be experts. They just…

— Andrew Dominik

When you ask a bunch of people to see a film, and then invite them to comment on it and tell them it's a…

— Andrew Dominik

Obviously, a power player in a criminal organization doesn't have to persuade anyone. He can just do what he wants.

— Andrew Dominik

A lot of writing's going down dead ends that don't go anywhere.

— Andrew Dominik

When men organize themselves into groups, and they make rules based on common or self-interest, it's always tangled and political.

— Andrew Dominik

For me, the movie's always evolving as I'm doing it. I throw things in as we shoot, and I take things out as we…

— Andrew Dominik

As a filmmaker, it's important to sit there and feel embarrassed. If you feel embarrassed by something, you cut it.

— Andrew Dominik

Masculine ideals have become very confused in the modern world.

— Andrew Dominik

Crime is a job and it's boring. It's also unpleasant.

— Andrew Dominik

I think the film gives you a picture of a person. It gives you a complete picture.

— Andrew Dominik

I don't know whether crime is dictating business or business is dictating crime.

— Andrew Dominik

Once you do something violent in a film, you don't have to do too much. You do it once and the feeling of violence…

— Andrew Dominik