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Matthew Vaughn

(1971) Screenwriter

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Matthew Vaughn is a screenwriter, best known for Kick-Ass.

Quick Facts About Matthew Vaughn

Born: March 7, 1971
Profession: Screenwriter
Notable works: Kick-Ass

About Matthew Vaughn

Sir Matthew Allard de Vere Drummond, also known as Sir Matthew Vaughn, is an English filmmaker. He has produced films including Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) and Snatch (2000), and directed Layer Cake (2004), Stardust (2007), Kick-Ass (2010), X-Men: First Class (2011), and Argylle (2024). Vaughn also co-created the Kingsman comic book series and resulting franchise, directing, producing and co-writing the films from Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017), and The King's Man (2021).

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Matthew Vaughn

I like the X-Men, otherwise I wouldn't be doing it.

Men

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I think it's easier to make a film with 200 million dollars than 960 grand.

Cinema

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Music is half the film.

Cinema

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What I learned very quickly is that if you get it right in the first two or three takes, it's not going…

Firsts

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It's a juggernaut, yeah... but I'm not phased by making movies.

Juggernaut

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And writing I think is a gift that you have, the same as acting, in a way.

Acting

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I learned very quickly that the hard thing in life is to make good films. Technically, filmmaking is the camera and the…

Actors

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Crime, money, power, drugs - are all linked.

Crime

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I'll never be a good writer, and no chance of being a good actor.

Actors

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Some people are directors and I think they should stay behind the camera.

Behinds

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You can't please everyone... If you make a good movie, that's all that matters.

Good movie

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Cliches are what make you understand something.

Cliche

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People just want to watch movies that are entertaining, it doesn't matter what genre it is.

Entertaining

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I'm a Star Wars fanatic.

Star wars

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I like the idea of making big budget films with a heart. I like graphic novels more than comic books.

Bigs

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I think movies glamorize violence, in the sense that they make it in a way that it's either cool or funny.

Movie

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I'm a big believer that it doesn't matter what you call your company, nobody ever notices.

Believer

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Im as conservative as they come.

Conservative

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So I think I sometimes will put a cliche in and then just pad it out so you're not noticing.

Cliche

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Ironically, I think action can be the dullest part of movies nowadays - and I love action movies!

Action

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I'm as conservative as they come.

Come

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I like doing as many special effects in camera, as much as possible.

Cameras

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I think you should make a movie that has an audience.

Audience

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Being a producer, I deal with a lot of different directors, and some of them would drive me insane with all the…

Cinema

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People want fun and escapism at the moment. Look at the success of Guardians of the Galaxy. I think Nolan kick-started a…

Bleak

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