Daniel Espinosa

I really like to have a coffee shop next door and be able to smoke a cigarette. I'm a city person; I…

— Daniel Espinosa

It's really hard to get a coffee with someone. I have to call my agent, my agent calls their agent, their agent…

— Daniel Espinosa

When you're 16, the top of the world is directing a gangster movie.

— Daniel Espinosa

When I make a movie, I completely dive into it and I can't really take anything in at all, at that time.

— Daniel Espinosa

I think a lot of directors nowadays come from the commercial world, which is about seduction, which has nothing to do with…

— Daniel Espinosa

For me, it's important that the script is good. Then a good director will want to make it.

— Daniel Espinosa

It must have been fascinating for Bono to have Johnny Cash do a cover of his song, and hear how he translates…

— Daniel Espinosa

If you don't feel a true passion through work, you can't do it. It's not possible for me. I've never done TV.…

— Daniel Espinosa

I was a horrible athlete.

— Daniel Espinosa

I don't like having hierarchical structures. So, everybody knows that I'm the boss but, from that, I don't like people to walk…

— Daniel Espinosa

I did two movies that were arthouse movies; they were critically successful but made no money at all... but after making those…

— Daniel Espinosa

When we think back at our youth, we always remember the feeling of freedom... that you actually believe in the world. Even…

— Daniel Espinosa

I made this Swedish movie called 'Snabba Cash,' or 'Easy Money,' and it was shown at the Berlin Film Festival. A lot…

— Daniel Espinosa

I have no idea how to start doing something that doesn't connect with me or my soul, somehow.

— Daniel Espinosa

I come from the working-class area of Stockholm, and I grew up with Serbian and Chilean people.

— Daniel Espinosa