I can't make a film that I don't feel comfortable with. — Nicolas Winding Refn Cinema Copy Share Image
I like the early comic book characters more than the new ones. — Nicolas Winding Refn Book Copy Share Image
The act of creation can be an extreme violent experience. — Nicolas Winding Refn Creation 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 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'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 Copy Share Image
The fairy tale always takes place in worlds that are between, unidentifiable. — Nicolas Winding Refn Fairy Copy Share Image
Polarizing is the greatest achievement in any art form, even in cinema. — Nicolas Winding Refn Achievement Copy Share Image
Whenever I make a movie, I always try to figure out what kind of music it would be. — Nicolas Winding Refn 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
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
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 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
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 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 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
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 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 Copy Share Image
Hollywood is Hollywood. It'll never change, although it does go through its own transformations. I think that there's this obsessiveness with making… — Nicolas Winding Refn Change 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
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
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'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
Amazon, being a provider - not just on the playing field - is, of course, opening up a whole new set of… — Nicolas Winding Refn Copy Share Image
The problem with cinema nowadays is that it's a math problem. People can read a film mathematically; they know when this comes… — Nicolas Winding Refn Art Copy Share Image
The best thing you can do with actors is collaborate with them. My job is to inspire them to give their best.… — Nicolas Winding Refn Actors Copy Share Image
All my other movies have the same process. Same approach. Same amount of changes. Everything. Things being made up on the fly.… — Nicolas Winding Refn Copy Share Image
If the Wizard of Oz were real he would be in Hollywood. — Nicolas Winding Refn Hollywood Copy Share Image
I think 'Videodrome' was an absolute philosophical masterpiece. — Nicolas Winding Refn Copy Share Image
Art is very much about making your weaknesses your strength. — Nicolas Winding Refn Art Copy Share Image
My films are like Christmas: you can't wait to open it. — Nicolas Winding Refn Christmas Copy Share Image
