Cinema is mass media, it is both overtly gross and exciting. It is our great mirror of society. — Nicolas Winding Refn Cinema Copy Share Image
I'm a huge admirer of Keanu. I think he's absolutely extraordinary. — Nicolas Winding Refn Extraordinary Copy Share Image
The future is not about what you do, it's about what you stand for. — Nicolas Winding Refn Time Copy Share Image
Man's fear of sexuality is the basis of all horror from the male perspective. — Nicolas Winding Refn Bases Copy Share Image
The act of creation can be an extreme violent experience. — Nicolas Winding Refn Creation Copy Share Image
I'm not a knowledgeable comic fanatic, as a lot of other people are. — Nicolas Winding Refn Comic Copy Share Image
Art is very much about making your weaknesses your strength. — Nicolas Winding Refn Art Copy Share Image
The thing with Ryan, you can look at him for hours. Very few actors have that. It's a gift. — Nicolas Winding Refn Actors Copy Share Image
I remember To Live And Die In L.A. I saw that in the cinemas when I was young in the '80s. I… — Nicolas Winding Refn Live and die Copy Share Image
When I was 20 years old, my uncle was an arthouse distributor, and he would take me to Cannes every year to… — Nicolas Winding Refn Cinema Copy Share Image
I think that Danish people may be thought off as the happiest people, but honestly...I love America. — Nicolas Winding Refn America Copy Share Image
The 'Neon Demon' is very much designed to be like a YouTube movie. It's designed to be chopped up. You can cut… — Nicolas Winding Refn Eight Copy Share Image
The greatest artists were in a situation where they had to pay their bills. That's a very convenient way to get very… — Nicolas Winding Refn Art Copy Share Image
We live in a beauty-obsessed culture, which on one hand is absolutely fabulous, but on the flip side, is also dangerously extreme. — Nicolas Winding Refn Absolutely fabulous Copy Share Image
A good director is not an expert in anything in particular. A good director just knows a little bit about everything. — Nicolas Winding Refn Cinema Copy Share Image
Financially, it was very successful. Which is the most important thing. That is the only way you get to make another movie.… — Nicolas Winding Refn Important Copy Share Image
A lot of the surreal filmmakers, like David Lynch, Alejandro Jodorowsky, or countless other underground filmmakers... Their sense of explosive images have… — Nicolas Winding Refn Always Copy Share Image
How can creativity be bad? You can have, "I liked it" or "I didn't like it," but, in the end, it's an… — Nicolas Winding Refn Arrogant Copy Share Image
Film works when a director and a star have a connection. You know, when there's something telekinetic between them, there's a partnership,… — Nicolas Winding Refn Alfred hitchcock Copy Share Image
I've never really been on a date, because I've been with the same girl since my early twenties, but on our first… — Nicolas Winding Refn Chains Copy Share Image
In the end, we're just showmen. But, I think that it's an important factor. Not to be anything else but clear about… — Nicolas Winding Refn Art Copy Share Image
My movie [The Neon Demon] is a hyper-version of the obsession with beauty. As this crazy obsession grows, longevity does not. Everything… — Nicolas Winding Refn Beauty Copy Share Image
The kind of group mentality that we had lived under since the Second World War is starting to erupt, and the craving… — Nicolas Winding Refn Craving Copy Share Image
I am a child of cinema, and I am a cineaste, so everything I do is a reference to something I've heard… — Nicolas Winding Refn Children Copy Share Image
The best thing you can do with actors is collaborate with them. My job is to inspire them to give their best.… — Nicolas Winding Refn Actors Copy Share Image
I never look at the internet because then you just have nothing else to do but just look. Most generally, and even… — Nicolas Winding Refn Can do Copy Share Image
Filmmaking is like any kind of art form. You have to try to figure it out, and you're going to do that… — Nicolas Winding Refn Art Copy Share Image
We live in a society right now which is the last phase of the ecosystem in terms of the old entertainment value,… — Nicolas Winding Refn Beast Copy Share Image
I think the Internet is the greatest invention since women. — Nicolas Winding Refn I think Copy Share Image
The artificial world that we create through images will essentially become real. — Nicolas Winding Refn Artificial Copy Share Image
Look at the birth of anything; it's always more violent than anything you could ever imagine. — Nicolas Winding Refn Birth Copy Share Image
Polarizing is the greatest achievement in any art form, even in cinema. — Nicolas Winding Refn Achievement Copy Share Image
Whenever I make a movie, I always try to figure out what kind of music it would be. — Nicolas Winding Refn Always Copy Share Image