I prefer to take actors and put them in real settings and real locations and real situations rather than create artificial locations… — Michael Winterbottom Copy Share Image
From my experience working with comedians, there is that competitive aspect. With actors, for instance, they don't want to look competitive even if they… — Michael Winterbottom Copy Share Image
If you make a film set in London or in Pakistan or wherever, the thing that interests me is the relationships between individuals -… — Michael Winterbottom Copy Share Image
When you're working with a script and you have three pages for that day, you have to shoot that. It can become sort of… — Michael Winterbottom Copy Share Image
When people approach me about my films it is usually to tell me how much they hate them. — Michael Winterbottom Copy Share Image
There's a lot of ridiculous hypocrisy about sex in films today. And that's one of the reasons why I made 9 Songs, to say,… — Michael Winterbottom Copy Share Image
The great thing about not having a script is there's nothing you have to shoot that day. When you start filming, you can shoot… — Michael Winterbottom Copy Share Image
A lot of the aspects of the world of the film are amalgams of things that already exist. — Michael Winterbottom Copy Share Image
I don't particularly like the idea that there's an arc to the story and that therefore in this scene you have to convey this… — Michael Winterbottom Copy Share Image
If you do a story about a British journalist rescuing a child from Sarajevo, then Sarajevo just becomes an exotic location, and the story's… — Michael Winterbottom Copy Share Image
