Jenna Malone was a very important piece of how the film [The Neon Demon] turned out. — Nicolas Winding Refn Demon 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
I'm dyslexic, which means I have trouble reading and writing. So images really speak to me. — Nicolas Winding Refn Dyslexia 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 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
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
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 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 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
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 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 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
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
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
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 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 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'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
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 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 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
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 certainly believe that creativity must be an experience. If I'm to steal time away from people, we should give them something… — Nicolas Winding Refn Copy Share Image
There's incredible effect in being either loved or hated, but knowing that, either way, you have penetrated the mind and have altered… — Nicolas Winding Refn Copy Share Image
The 'Neon Demon' is very much designed to be like a YouTube movie. It's designed to be chopped up. You can cut… — Nicolas Winding Refn Copy Share Image
The greatest artists were in a situation where they had to pay their bills. That's a very convenient way to get very… — Nicolas Winding Refn Art Copy Share Image
I never desired to really go to Hollywood and make films, and purely because I want my entire control, which I'm used… — Nicolas Winding Refn Cinema Copy Share Image
A lot of the surreal filmmakers, like David Lynch, Alejandro Jodorowsky, or countless other underground filmmakers... Their sense of explosive images have… — Nicolas Winding Refn Copy Share Image
I base everything on my instinctual approach. There's something very satisfying in that creativity, and it's a bit like an infant drawing. — Nicolas Winding Refn Artist Copy Share Image
Like all art forms, film is a media as powerful as weapons of mass destruction; the only difference is that war destroys… — Nicolas Winding Refn Art Copy Share Image
I think the idea of individualism has become more dominating in our society. You can even see it by our political system:… — Nicolas Winding Refn Copy Share Image
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