Cinema Quote by Nicolas Roeg

“I think I've never really liked the idea of genre, a film that follows the rules of a genre.”

Nicolas Roeg

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There's horror in your life, believe me, whether it's coming, or you've just been lucky to miss it today.

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Some people are very lucky, and have the story in their heads. I've never storyboarded anything. I like the idea of chance. What makes…

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When a book is just a plot, you know, two men fight for the love of a woman in a wild frontier, I immediately…

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Nature repeats itself, but it never starts from the beginning.

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Film remains completely mystical and mysterious to me.

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I think the big studios shaped and formed the artists that they put under contract.

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There's no one 'right' way of making a science fiction movie; there's no one way of making any kind of movie, really!

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I like women in film. I like women in general, but I especially like to show them on film. They are not ciphers.

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