Andrew Dominik

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

— Andrew Dominik

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

— 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…

— 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.…

— Andrew Dominik

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

— 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…

— 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…

— Andrew Dominik

I'm not a very efficient filmmaker. There's a lot of guys, filmmakers like the Coen Brothers who shoot a whole movie and…

— Andrew Dominik

Jesse James is like a Leonard Cohen song, I wanted to do something that was like a pop song.

— Andrew Dominik

I like test screenings. I like to see a movie with an audience of strangers. I think it tells you a lot.

— Andrew Dominik

Sometimes you see a movie and you can really feel that it's an actor putting in a performance. Someone said 'cut' and…

— Andrew Dominik

Sometimes you do complete run-throughs of scenes, sometimes you break scenes down into little bits. It just depends on what the actors…

— Andrew Dominik

I actually don't like westerns much. I like good westerns, but it isn't my preferred genre. There are all kinds of westerns:…

— Andrew Dominik

Actors look for characters. If they read a well-written character, and if they think the director's not an idiot, they're going to…

— Andrew Dominik

Actors have either got to play something that's close to them, or something that's the complete opposite.

— Andrew Dominik

I really believed Obama when he spoke in 2008, but I remember watching his victory speech after this last election and it…

— Andrew Dominik

To me, regardless of who's in office, the government is strangled by business. And the government's priorities are dictated by business. I…

— Andrew Dominik