The Marvel experience was particularly wrenching because I was sort of given absolute freedom while we were shooting, and then in post,… — Alan Taylor Absolute freedom Copy Share Image
When I was going to film school, before film school, my hero was David Lynch. — Alan Taylor Cinema Copy Share Image
I love things that have one foot in history - I was going to be a history professor before I sold out… — Alan Taylor Foot Copy Share Image
There are all kinds of things evolving in filmmaking I'm not sure I'm comfortable with. A friend of mine just showed me… — Alan Taylor Cinema Copy Share Image
“They were giving their childhood to this woman! They were starting at seven, and by the time they were sixteen they were… — Alan Taylor Childhood Copy Share Image
I used to play with model trains when I was a kid, and then I used to study history. — Alan Taylor Education Copy Share Image
My heroes were people like Jim Jarmusch. Scorsese was my god. Spike Lee was exciting, doing exactly what we thought we were… — Alan Taylor God Copy Share Image
'Game of Thrones' was the first fantasy thing I've done, and like a lot of people who enjoy the show watching it,… — Alan Taylor Enjoy Copy Share Image
I come out of TV, where you never reshoot, because you don't have time. If you do reshoot, it's because someone really… — Alan Taylor Come Copy Share Image
There's a natural human compulsion to chase after freedom and then to actually hand it over as fast as possible and get… — Alan Taylor Chase Copy Share Image
Compared to TV, 'Palookaville' was restriction-free, except we had no money and no time. — Alan Taylor Except Copy Share Image
I've been sort of spoiled on the TV end because HBO feels like a small institution making independent movies. There's respect for… — Alan Taylor Director Copy Share Image
“In 1786, Jefferson pitched a secular and public system of education for Virginia. He reasoned that “the tax which will be paid… — Alan Taylor Education Copy Share Image
I had been trying to make movies, but they were really hard to get made. TV wound up, by surprise, a much… — Alan Taylor Hard Copy Share Image
On 'Game of Thrones,' I remember shooting in Croatia, and by lunchtime we'd see photos of what we'd shot online and think,… — Alan Taylor Game Copy Share Image
The weird thing is, 'Game of Thrones,' people go to Iceland for three weeks, and it'd be like a small guerilla operation.… — Alan Taylor Country Copy Share Image
Science fiction sometimes is fun because it reaches so far in the future. — Alan Taylor Fun Copy Share Image
In TV, when you come in to direct an episode, you are effectively learning an established language; you then have to try… — Alan Taylor Language Copy Share Image
It's been a twisty-turny path for me. I was studying to be a history professor, and then I left that, went to… — Alan Taylor Film Copy Share Image
When you direct a movie that makes no money whatsoever, there is no rush to your door for the next one. — Alan Taylor Door Copy Share Image
There's a very devoted fan base that really loved 'T1' and 'T2' and felt burned by 'T3' and 'T4,' so when we… — Alan Taylor Again Copy Share Image
I just love drawing on past human cultures; that's a thrill for me. — Alan Taylor Adventure Copy Share Image
I love staging action and wide-shots, not necessarily going to close-ups. — Alan Taylor Action Copy Share Image
Most people aren't lying awake at night worrying about a nuclear threat. But we are unnerved by a lot of how technology… — Alan Taylor Awake at night Copy Share Image
On 'Game of Thrones,' we always shoot away from the green screen because it's bloody expensive to shoot green screen. — Alan Taylor Always Copy Share Image
