You must understand that violence in a movie is only a tool. If it's used badly, it will be horrible. If it's… — Nicolas Winding Refn Horrible 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
Look at the birth of anything; it's always more violent than anything you could ever imagine. — Nicolas Winding Refn Birth 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
In the end, we're just showmen. But, I think that it's an important factor. Not to be anything else but clear about… — Nicolas Winding Refn Art 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
I never look at the internet because then you just have nothing else to do but just look. Most generally, and even… — Nicolas Winding Refn Can do Copy Share Image
People very quickly define success due to the amount of money something makes. In the end, I think everyone is searching for… — Nicolas Winding Refn Amount Copy Share Image
I've done collaborations in all my movies, and I think it's part of what I enjoy about the process. This kind of… — Nicolas Winding Refn Collaboration Copy Share Image
We live in a time where it's very much in vogue, constant search for pure utopian equality, and which, on one level,… — Nicolas Winding Refn Equality Copy Share Image
My movie [The Neon Demon] is a hyper-version of the obsession with beauty. As this crazy obsession grows, longevity does not. Everything… — Nicolas Winding Refn Beauty Copy Share Image
I think that experiencing through art is a wonderful way to expand the horizon and everything around it. — Nicolas Winding Refn Art Copy Share Image
I believe shooting chronologically gives you a very fresh perspective and you're always aware of where you are in the development of… — Nicolas Winding Refn Believe Copy Share Image
I was very affected as a foreigner coming from Copenhagen, which is the safest, most liberal town in the entire galaxy. I… — Nicolas Winding Refn Alien 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
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
I think that Danish people may be thought off as the happiest people, but honestly...I love America. — Nicolas Winding Refn America Copy Share Image
I think that's the struggle of our normality is that we have oppressed desires because of what is accepted and not accepted… — Nicolas Winding Refn Accepted Copy Share Image
I think you have to be so indulgent in creativity in that, if you're happy, it's successful. If it's then financially successful,… — Nicolas Winding Refn Creativity Copy Share Image
It was a very comfortable and personal relationship [Cliff Martinez ].'The Neon Demon'is our third movie and the music has never been… — Nicolas Winding Refn Cliffs Copy Share Image
People have called me everything. Every word in the dictionary I've been called at one point or another. — Nicolas Winding Refn Another Copy Share Image
The future is not about what you do, it's about what you stand for. — Nicolas Winding Refn Time Copy Share Image
Financially, it was very successful. Which is the most important thing. That is the only way you get to make another movie.… — Nicolas Winding Refn Important Copy Share Image
Beauty is on one level pure surface, and on the other hand, it's the most complex subject that we can touch upon… — Nicolas Winding Refn Arguing Copy Share Image