I don't drive because I failed eight times and never got my license. — Nicolas Winding Refn Drive Copy Share Image
I have not seen "Batman v Superman," unfortunately. It hasn't been on the plane, as I've been flying a lot. — Nicolas Winding Refn Batman Copy Share Image
Personally I kept my feelings out of it and created a fantasy. That's the process of going through this world being beautiful. — Nicolas Winding Refn Beautiful Copy Share Image
Whenever I make a movie, I always try to figure out what kind of music it would be. — Nicolas Winding Refn Always Copy Share Image
Polarizing is the greatest achievement in any art form, even in cinema. — Nicolas Winding Refn Achievement Copy Share Image
The fairy tale always takes place in worlds that are between, unidentifiable. — Nicolas Winding Refn Fairy Copy Share Image
I'm a very funny man, so funny comes natural. And if you want to create horror, you need to be funny or… — Nicolas Winding Refn Create Copy Share Image
Look at the birth of anything; it's always more violent than anything you could ever imagine. — Nicolas Winding Refn Birth Copy Share Image
I very much love Los Angeles, and I love working here. I find it very inspiring and very creative, and some of… — Nicolas Winding Refn Best Copy Share Image
I always, as a firm rule, make my movies based on how inexpensively I can make them because that means the more… — Nicolas Winding Refn Always Copy Share Image
To me, the darkest film ever made and the film, to me, that's the darkest picture in the human humanity's soul is… — Nicolas Winding Refn Darkest Copy Share Image
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
I'm a huge John Hughes fan, and I grew up in the '80s, when his films came out. So, my introduction to… — Nicolas Winding Refn Cinema Copy Share Image
[Reanu Reeves] is a very imaginative actor. He can have this wonderful balance of humor and fear. He's got these skills to… — Nicolas Winding Refn Actor 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 vibe, it's that excitement. New York, you just can't describe it. You get a similar thing from Paris and London, but… — Nicolas Winding Refn Excitement Copy Share Image
Actually, there was one sequence but Liv didn't put this in but at the end of the movie, we ran out of… — Nicolas Winding Refn Accounts Copy Share Image
Every film that you make has to have a scene that is the heart that blood flows through in every other scene.… — Nicolas Winding Refn Beginning Copy Share Image
The first person I ever described the film [The Neon Demon] to was Christina Hendricks [who has a cameo in the movie].… — Nicolas Winding Refn Blood Copy Share Image
Everything we do is about the emotion of the characters. We believe the better the emotion, the better the movie. — Nicolas Winding Refn Believe Copy Share Image
'Valhalla Rising' is a fusion of my upbringing, basically: everything I grew up loving and wanted to make a film of. — Nicolas Winding Refn Cinema Copy Share Image
The artificial world that we create through images will essentially become real. — Nicolas Winding Refn Artificial Copy Share Image
I'm a very feminine man. I like feminine things. I don't go to strip clubs. I don't drink beer. I don't play… — Nicolas Winding Refn Beer Copy Share Image
I think everybody's looking for religion to believe in. I think we all need faith. — Nicolas Winding Refn Believe Copy Share Image
I think that art is an act of violence, and the more emotionally engaged you are in a piece of art, the… — Nicolas Winding Refn Art Copy Share Image
Understanding one's own power is more interesting than someone being given something powerful. — Nicolas Winding Refn Given Copy Share Image
Filmmaking is like any kind of art form. You have to try to figure it out, and you're going to do that… — Nicolas Winding Refn Art Copy Share Image
The most creative phase of a film is in shooting, because structure is the defining element of that phase. — Nicolas Winding Refn Because Copy Share Image
The first thing I do when I go to people's houses is look at their television, turn it on. — Nicolas Winding Refn Go 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
[The Neon Demon] was more my own fascination with beauty. It's my children's fascination beauty. — Nicolas Winding Refn Beauty Copy Share Image
When we met, my agenda was "Get Elle Fanning." I believe Elle's was "Get the role." But we didn't know that. — Nicolas Winding Refn Agendas Copy Share Image
I would love to make a kids' movie. But they are very hard to make. — Nicolas Winding Refn Film Copy Share Image
'Bronson' was like, 'I'll do a movie about my own life.' And it became like an experiment. — Nicolas Winding Refn Experiment Copy Share Image
I'm not the greatest filmmaker. There are a lot of better filmmakers than me. — Nicolas Winding Refn Better Copy Share Image
The idea of narcissism, essentially, is and will be accepted as a virtue. — Nicolas Winding Refn Accepted Copy Share Image
I believe that the constant possibility of failure or possibility of decision-making feeds your creativity. — Nicolas Winding Refn Believe Copy Share Image
I always say I have a Danish passport, but I am a New Yorker at heart. — Nicolas Winding Refn Danish Copy Share Image
If an actor or actress is recognizable, that changes our perception of them. — Nicolas Winding Refn Actor Copy Share Image
Art thrives on obstacles. The bigger the obstacle, the better the drama. — Nicolas Winding Refn Adversity Copy Share Image
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![“The first person I ever described the film [The Neon Demon] to was Christina Hendricks [who has a cameo in the movie]. We were having dinner in LA and she asked me what I wanted to do next and I said, "I want to do a horror movie." And she goes, "What's it going to be about?" And I said, "A lot of…” quote by Nicolas Winding Refn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/058/nicolas-winding-refn-1480_blood_the-first-person-i-ever-described-the-fi_864485.jpg)
![“[The Neon Demon] was more my own fascination with beauty. It's my children's fascination beauty.” quote by Nicolas Winding Refn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5a5/nicolas-winding-refn-1480_beauty_the-neon-demon-was-more-my-own-fascinati_321858.jpg)
