L.A. is, on one hand, very mysterious; it's very modern. It's a mysterious place - it's a haunting place - and everything… — Nicolas Winding Refn Around the world Copy Share Image
The digital revolution is forever. They put importance on that option as well. With Amazon, you're getting the best of both worlds,… — Nicolas Winding Refn Amazon Copy Share Image
I think the Internet is the greatest invention since women. — Nicolas Winding Refn I think Copy Share Image
I've always felt that I was from the future because the future is really not about what you make but what you… — Nicolas Winding Refn Always Copy Share Image
Art thrives on obstacles. The bigger the obstacle, the better the drama. — Nicolas Winding Refn Adversity Copy Share Image
Elle Fanning was fifteen when we started [The Neon Demon]. She turned seventeen during the shoot. Four weeks before Cannes, she turned… — Nicolas Winding Refn Cannes Copy Share Image
The casting of any film is around 60% of the film, but it's also about the right casting insight. It's a bit… — Nicolas Winding Refn Bits Copy Share Image
How can creativity be bad? You can have, "I liked it" or "I didn't like it," but, in the end, it's an… — Nicolas Winding Refn Arrogant Copy Share Image
I always approach every film I make as if it was going to be the last. So if I'm going to go… — Nicolas Winding Refn Always Copy Share Image
I can't make a film that I don't feel comfortable with. — Nicolas Winding Refn Cinema Copy Share Image
I'm a huge admirer of Keanu. I think he's absolutely extraordinary. — Nicolas Winding Refn Extraordinary Copy Share Image
Sometimes I just play the theme from Arthur. It reminds me of my childhood in New York and I just love it. — Nicolas Winding Refn Arthur Copy Share Image
The greatest artists were in a situation where they had to pay their bills. That's a very convenient way to get very… — Nicolas Winding Refn Art Copy Share Image
I sometimes play different kinds of music to see where the performers end up. I play one genre. Then something else when… — Nicolas Winding Refn Different Copy Share Image
[The Neon Demon] was more my own fascination with beauty. It's my children's fascination beauty. — Nicolas Winding Refn Beauty Copy Share Image
The thing with Ryan, you can look at him for hours. Very few actors have that. It's a gift. — Nicolas Winding Refn Actors Copy Share Image
The kind of group mentality that we had lived under since the Second World War is starting to erupt, and the craving… — Nicolas Winding Refn Craving Copy Share Image
Creativity is narcissism. Creativity is falling in love with one's self as you create. It's self-indulgent. — Nicolas Winding Refn Creativity Copy Share Image
I don't know if power seduces less or more. I think power is a constant evolving mechanism that, since the dawn of… — Nicolas Winding Refn Constant Copy Share Image
I just close my eyes and I fantasize what I would like to see. — Nicolas Winding Refn Eye Copy Share Image
Sometimes you can play against type, or you can just repeat what they've already done. It can be an obstacle; it's a… — Nicolas Winding Refn Done Copy Share Image
There are wonderful artists who deal in the fashion world only, and you see by their creations that they are changing our… — Nicolas Winding Refn Art Copy Share Image
We live in a beauty-obsessed culture, which on one hand is absolutely fabulous, but on the flip side, is also dangerously extreme. — Nicolas Winding Refn Absolutely fabulous Copy Share Image
The act of creation can be an extreme violent experience. — Nicolas Winding Refn Creation Copy Share Image