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
The minute you celebrate narcissism, which on one hand is very complex, it's very ridiculous. You have to love oneself with humor. — Nicolas Winding Refn Celebrate Copy Share Image
I think when you make a movie, one of your main focuses as a director is to inspire everyone else to give… — Nicolas Winding Refn Cinema Copy Share Image
I've been trying to get away from physical violence; it's too easy; it doesn't satisfy me artistically to work with it. Dramatic… — Nicolas Winding Refn Difficult Copy Share Image
In the end, self-indulgence is very much about your ego and your vanity and your own id. The more you can indulge… — Nicolas Winding Refn Able Copy Share Image
I've always worked a lot with silence in my films. It forces the audience to concentrate on what they're seeing, because silence… — Nicolas Winding Refn Emotions 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
I think that, again, filmmaking is the director's medium in the end, and the best thing a producer can do is stay… — Nicolas Winding Refn Best Copy Share Image
I am not a fan of improvisation, because it bores me. Working off a tight scenario gives you the confidence and ability… — Nicolas Winding Refn Ability Copy Share Image
Only God Forgives was very much a generation gap in a way. It was all the youth of the world that embraced… — Nicolas Winding Refn Film Copy Share Image
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
If you create something that is essentially alien to you - as a man - and make a film about woman, the… — Nicolas Winding Refn Aliens Copy Share Image
I very much enjoy my freedom creatively but I also would love to make one of those big Hollywood films that costs… — Nicolas Winding Refn Bigs Copy Share Image
I was in Hollywood. It's the mythology heart. It's where all the European films came in the '30s and '40s. The marriage… — Nicolas Winding Refn Cinema Copy Share Image
There will always be a theatrical experience because there will always be cinemas no matter what. It's like there will always be… — Nicolas Winding Refn Always 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
I'm glamour. I'm vulgarity. I'm scandal. I'm gossip. I'm the future. I'm the counter culture. I'm commercial reality. I'm artistic singularity. — Nicolas Winding Refn Art Copy Share Image
I don't do drugs, and so music very much gets me going. When I do something, I think, "If it was a… — Nicolas Winding Refn Drug Copy Share Image
In a way, art is a great way to release your love, fantasy, and desires. It's like a fetish. It's a comfortable… — Nicolas Winding Refn Art Copy Share Image
I also believe on a practical level, if you're taking time away from people, besides entertaining them, I think it's important that… — Nicolas Winding Refn Believe Copy Share Image
It's hard to always challenge yourself, coming up with new ways to make your life difficult, so when you make something, it… — Nicolas Winding Refn Challenge 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 power of art is as powerful as weapons of mass destruction; it's just where war destroys, art inspires. But in order… — Nicolas Winding Refn Art Copy Share Image
Beauty is like a new class system. The world is so obsessed with beauty; it has been for the last 2,000 years.… — Nicolas Winding Refn Beauty Copy Share Image
That's half of what we do our daily lives - we react to our surroundings. Of course, we have to make it… — Nicolas Winding Refn Courses 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 started buying films a couple of years ago. The first film-maker I began to obsessively collect was Andy Milligan. He was… — Nicolas Winding Refn Artist Copy Share Image
I thought it would be interesting to try something in Hollywood after a movie like 'Valhalla Rising,' which I was really pleased… — Nicolas Winding Refn Hollywood Copy Share Image
I moved to New York when I was eight years old, in 1978. I grew up in Manhattan. I couldn't speak any… — Nicolas Winding Refn Dyslexia Copy Share Image
I try not to have too specific notions because it messes up the process later on. I leave it very open to… — Nicolas Winding Refn Actor 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
Creativity is about taking what is the norm and expanding it and continuing to expand it and expand it and expand it… — Nicolas Winding Refn About Copy Share Image
I feel that silence is the greatest word, ever. When you don't talk, people begin to read things into you or you… — Nicolas Winding Refn Feel Copy Share Image
We're premiering 'The Neon Demon' in Cannes, which is the representation of 'The Neon Demon,' which is all about glamour and vulgarity. — Nicolas Winding Refn About Copy Share Image
America has no one to catch you when you fall. That makes you want to achieve. It is healthy for the soul.… — Nicolas Winding Refn Achieve Copy Share Image
I love watching the superhero movies, and I would love to make one. But in a way, 'Drive' is probably the greatest… — Nicolas Winding Refn Comic Copy Share Image
For me, Amazon has stepped in and presented the future of entertainment. Obviously, the future of entertainment is going to be on… — Nicolas Winding Refn Amazon Copy Share Image
