I personally found 'Avatar' - the blue people, to me, looked like painted art from the seventies. It didn't have the realism… — John Hillcoat Art Copy Share Image
It's not awards per se that bother me; it's entirely to do with the impetus they give for marketing a film. — John Hillcoat Copy Share Image
For all the spectacle of CGI, there's something alien and unreal about that domain, like a videogame. — John Hillcoat Copy Share Image
I love those sorts of stories where you actually see the consequences of what violence does physically to people as well as… — John Hillcoat Consequences Copy Share Image
Basically, I frittered away the Nineties making pop videos and being pretty self-indulgent. — John Hillcoat Being Copy Share Image
It's great to make strong, powerful films, but in terms of people wanting to finance them, it's also very difficult. — John Hillcoat Cinema Copy Share Image
I'm actually a humanist, believe it or not, and I believe even when people are corrupted, even when they've gone to the… — John Hillcoat Copy Share Image
I kept hearing about this incredible guy called Tom Hardy. I started watching his work, and I was awestruck - he was… — John Hillcoat Amazing Copy Share Image
There are so many tricks and so much eye candy in cinema. What I love about the classicism of genre is that… — John Hillcoat Cinema Copy Share Image
Any way you want to slice it, the thing about the apocalypse is, since the beginning of time, it's the projection of… — John Hillcoat Apocalypse Copy Share Image
Fear shuts off possibilities. The first thing that kicks in when you're reacting with fear... This is what I love about Roosevelt's… — John Hillcoat Fear Copy Share Image
I think what actors have to do, what performers have to do to emotionally get to that place and have a camera… — John Hillcoat Actors Copy Share Image
I know the power of going to Mount St. Helens, and to see that level of devastation is quite something - the… — John Hillcoat Cruelty Copy Share Image
I think it's human nature that if we don't have our own family, we will create a family, because it's human nature,… — John Hillcoat Copy Share Image
If you're a horse in a race, if you don't have blinkers on, and you turn your head and look at the… — John Hillcoat Audience Copy Share Image
I love the sci-fi movies where it's from the point of view of humans in that situation... When it becomes too clever… — John Hillcoat Copy Share Image
The problem with an economic meltdown is that the responsibility and the challenges to deal with the environment are squandered. That's an… — John Hillcoat Afghanistan Copy Share Image
I'm an Australian. And I'm speaking generally here, but Australians in general aren't patriotic or nationalistic. Our country was built by immigrants.… — John Hillcoat Australian Copy Share Image
I think the environment is the biggest threat mankind has ever faced. — John Hillcoat Environment Copy Share Image
What's amazing about 'White Heat' is that, even for its time, it's very truthful in the way it deals with violence. — John Hillcoat Amazing Copy Share Image
I do love genres, but I love finding new ways into the genre, or making that world fresh again. — John Hillcoat Genre Copy Share Image
I like restraint. Even with actors, restraint is something that I work on the most. — John Hillcoat Actor Copy Share Image
I have very mixed feelings about big corporations. Oftentimes, they're more troublesome than not. — John Hillcoat Copy Share Image
I take very seriously that challenge of trying to do genre films - but elevated genre films. — John Hillcoat Challenge Copy Share Image
I don't really play games and don't know much about them, but my son certainly does. — John Hillcoat Copy Share Image
Bands are actively seeking more film involvement - because the days of recording albums and MTV and even touring, to some extent,… — John Hillcoat Bands Copy Share Image
