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
I take very seriously that challenge of trying to do genre films - but elevated genre films. — John Hillcoat Challenge Copy Share Image
I have very mixed feelings about big corporations. Oftentimes, they're more troublesome than not. — John Hillcoat 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 do love genres, but I love finding new ways into the genre, or making that world fresh again. — John Hillcoat Genre 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 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
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
When you're working with an ensemble, I think you really need different energies because you don't have much time with each character… — John Hillcoat Character Copy Share Image
My own personal aesthetic is all to do with real actors and real locations and a kind of almost hyper reality and… — John Hillcoat Beauty 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
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 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
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 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
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
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
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
When you have a major movie star, and then they're surrounded by local extras, it takes me out or makes me more… — John Hillcoat Copy Share Image
What was so amazing and inspiring about 'GoodFellas' was that it showed the foot soldiers; the people more at the bottom as… — John Hillcoat Amazing Copy Share Image
Comedy, I'm still in awe of. I think you need a comic genius somewhere in the mix. It's got to be the… — John Hillcoat Actor Copy Share Image
Everyone has a family, even if they're at war or fallen apart. It's the closest initial bond, and there's a sort of… — John Hillcoat Bond Copy Share Image
I like to do commercials that are more than just flogging a product. It needs to have something to say. It's always… — John Hillcoat Commercials Copy Share Image
What irritates me about sci-fi is that it got hijacked by video games and also became so high-concept it was all about… — John Hillcoat Experience Copy Share Image
The one that I've always wanted - and I have Scott Rudin in my way blocking it - is 'Blood Meridian,' which… — John Hillcoat Copy Share Image
