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

~Christopher Nolan

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I think there are advantages to different scales of filmmaking. You wouldn't want to do just one thing.

~Christopher Nolan

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When you play a videogame, you could be a completely different person than you are in the real world, certain aspects of the way your brain works can be leveraged for something you could never do in the real world.

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I sometimes think how strange it is that I've got to do exactly what I want, and that is difficult to cope with. You have to remind yourself every few weeks: I'm making this film and this is exactly what I want to do. And suddenly you're happy again.

~Christopher Nolan

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Batman and Superman are very different characters but they're both iconic and elemental. Finding the right story for them both is the key.

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The term 'genre' eventually becomes pejorative because you're referring to something that's so codified and ritualised that it ceases to have the power and meaning it had when it first started.

~Christopher Nolan

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You know when Hollywood does a great big blockbuster that really wraps you up in a world, and lets you believe in extraordinary things that move you in some way, in an almost operatic sensibility? That to me is the most fun I have at the movies.

~Christopher Nolan

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I made 'Batman' the way I made every other film, and I've done it to my own satisfaction - because the film, truly, is exactly the way I wanted it to be.

~Christopher Nolan

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The best actors instinctively feel out what the other actors need, and they just accommodate it.

~Christopher Nolan

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Superheroes fill a gap in the pop culture psyche, similar to the role of Greek mythology. There isn't really anything else that does the job in modern terms. For me, Batman is the one that can most clearly be taken seriously.

~Christopher Nolan

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Director

Born: June 30th, 1970

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