When I was 12 or 13, I started going to the cinema myself. — Nicolas Winding Refn Cinema Copy Share Image
Cinema is mass media, it is both overtly gross and exciting. It is our great mirror of society. — Nicolas Winding Refn Cinema Copy Share Image
I don't have to go very far to see the power of beauty. Being desired, feeling desired is a very seductive aspect… — Nicolas Winding Refn Aspect Copy Share Image
Abbey Lee was a very famous model and had great success. She was very open about the negative aspects of that industry. — Nicolas Winding Refn Abbey Copy Share Image
The conversations about a film are an example of success because then you know whatever you've done has resonated. — Nicolas Winding Refn Cinema 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
Oh, I love L.A. It's not so much about Hollywood. I love everything in L.A. — Nicolas Winding Refn Everything Copy Share Image
I'm dyslexic, which means I have trouble reading and writing. So images really speak to me. — Nicolas Winding Refn Dyslexia Copy Share Image
I like doing the promotional work. It's part of the film's process. Cannes was very wonderful to premiere. — Nicolas Winding Refn Cannes Copy Share Image
When I was 20 years old, my uncle was an arthouse distributor, and he would take me to Cannes every year to… — Nicolas Winding Refn Cinema Copy Share Image
I don't believe that art makes people violent in any way. I don't. But I do believe art can show people how… — Nicolas Winding Refn Art Copy Share Image
I remember To Live And Die In L.A. I saw that in the cinemas when I was young in the '80s. I… — Nicolas Winding Refn Live and die Copy Share Image
In "Drive," there's a heightened male edge. In "Only God Forgives," it was almost crawling back into the womb of the mother.… — Nicolas Winding Refn Crawling Copy Share Image
We have basic urges all the time. They just manifest themselves in different scenarios, and we have to turn those weaknesses into… — Nicolas Winding Refn Art Copy Share Image
L.A. films are hard to define compared to New York films because New York films are their own subgenre, in a way.… — Nicolas Winding Refn Cinema Copy Share Image
I know how terrifying L.A. can be, because I've been there as a failure. After 'Drive,' it was the most marvellous place… — Nicolas Winding Refn Drive Copy Share Image
Writing is fantasizing about what your film will be like. Shooting is reality. And the post-production is recovering the idea you had. — Nicolas Winding Refn Cinema Copy Share Image
We live in a society right now which is the last phase of the ecosystem in terms of the old entertainment value,… — Nicolas Winding Refn Beast Copy Share Image
And to be fair, most documentaries are half an hour too long, anyway. Let's not kid ourselves. Most movies are an hour… — Nicolas Winding Refn Changed Copy Share Image
You ask actors what they would like to do, and you constantly keep them engaged. You want their engagement, input, and sensibilities.… — Nicolas Winding Refn Children Copy Share Image
Financing films that are demanding is a task, in itself. Because people are so afraid of taking any kind of chance, because… — Nicolas Winding Refn Audience Copy Share Image
I've stopped showing actors what to actually do. I rather just talk to them about it. Then I usually play music. That's… — Nicolas Winding Refn Acting Copy Share Image
I love fear, and fear breeds creativity. It forces you to react instinctively, which is the essence of movement. Movement is a… — Nicolas Winding Refn Care Copy Share Image
I love to be on location. I love to be in other parts of the world. I love to be where I'm… — Nicolas Winding Refn Actor Copy Share Image
The Oriental approach to violence is a much more aesthetic and poetic approach, whereas in the western world, violence is put in… — Nicolas Winding Refn Aesthetic Copy Share Image
Jenna Malone was a very important piece of how the film [The Neon Demon] turned out. — Nicolas Winding Refn Demon Copy Share Image
I grew up in the '80s and John Hughes was the filmmaker making serious movies for teenagers. — Nicolas Winding Refn 80s Copy Share Image
I wanted to be famous. I guess I thought acting would make me famous. — Nicolas Winding Refn Acting Copy Share Image
With 'Only God Forgives,' what's great about that movie is it just freaked so many people out. — Nicolas Winding Refn Forgiveness Copy Share Image
But once you get down to reality, there's no one to play her and there's no movie. It would be ridiculous. — Nicolas Winding Refn Movie 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 believe in free education, free healthcare. But I do not believe in equality. — Nicolas Winding Refn Believe Copy Share Image
I'm not a knowledgeable comic fanatic, as a lot of other people are. — Nicolas Winding Refn Comic Copy Share Image
I'm not a guy's guy. I always loved girl things. I loved dolls. I loved dressing up and much more. — Nicolas Winding Refn Always Copy Share Image
The character requires so many elements. The only one who could fulfill that was this one person: Elle Fanning. — Nicolas Winding Refn Character Copy Share Image
People need to express themselves. The more you do that, the better a person you become. — Nicolas Winding Refn Better Copy Share Image
My writing has always been more out of the need to write a movie rather than me being a good writer. — Nicolas Winding Refn Always Copy Share Image
The world needs change, change needs an activity. It has to be planted by a thought. — Nicolas Winding Refn Activity Copy Share Image
For me, the greatest pleasure is when you make something, and everyone argues about it. — Nicolas Winding Refn Everyone Copy Share Image
My initial idea was I wanted to make it a horror film, very much. At times I do enter that world. — Nicolas Winding Refn Cinema Copy Share Image
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