#out

Sometimes the band can't fully hear your fill, so they come in differently. So I've also learned not to really step out too much, because you sacrifice the band when you do that. ↗

— John Otto

#band #because #come #differently #fill

If there is a book that the script came from you have to read it, you have to see what you can get out of it: mood, back story and things that may not even be in the film. They kick off your imagination and broaden the character, I think. ↗

— Miranda Otto

#book #broaden #came #character #even

But 'Memento' was so successful, such a huge cult hit, almost on the scale of a large film. If that had happened, with all the acclaim, before the next job, I'd have found it very difficult to figure out what to do next. ↗

— Christopher Nolan

#almost #before #cult #difficult #figure

I think there's a vague sense out there that movies are becoming more and more unreal. I know I've felt it. ↗

— Christopher Nolan

#felt #i #i think #know #more

I've been interested in dreams since I as a kid and I've wanted to do a film about them for a long time. ↗

— Christopher Nolan

#been #dreams #film #i #interested

I've never read Joseph Campbell, and I don't know all that much about story archetypes. ↗

— Christopher Nolan

#archetypes #campbell #i #joseph #know

My approach with actors is to try and give them whatever it is they need from me. Direction to me is about listening and responding and realizing how much they need to know from me and how much they have figured out for themselves, really. ↗

— Christopher Nolan

#approach #direction #figured #give #how

One of the things you do as a writer and as a filmmaker is grasp for resonant symbols and imagery without necessarily fully understanding it yourself. ↗

— Christopher Nolan

#fully #grasp #imagery #necessarily #resonant

Revenge is a particularly interesting concept, especially the notion of whether or not it exists outside of just an abstract idea. ↗

— Christopher Nolan

#concept #especially #exists #idea #interesting

Hypocrisy is the essence of snobbery, but all snobbery is about the problem of belonging. ↗

— Alexander Theroux

#belonging #essence #hypocrisy #problem #snobbery