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I don't particularly enjoy watching films in 3D because I think that a well-shot and well-projected film has a very three-dimensional quality to it, so I'm somewhat sceptical of the technology.

~Christopher Nolan

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In Hollywood there's a great openness, almost a voracious appetite for new people. In England there's a great suspicion of the new. In cultural terms, that can be a good thing, but when you're trying to break into the film industry, it's definitely a bad thing.

~Christopher Nolan

Topics: Almost Appetite Bad Bad Thing Break Cultural Definitely England Film Film Industry Good Good Thing Great Hollywood Industry New New People Openness People Suspicion Terms Thing Trying Voracious You A Good Thing

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The only job that was ever of interest to me other than filmmaking is architecture.

~Christopher Nolan

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The thing with computer-generated imagery is that it's an incredibly powerful tool for making better visual effects. But I believe in an absolute difference between animation and photography.

~Christopher Nolan

Topics: Absolute Animation Believe Better Between Difference Effects Imagery Incredibly Making Photography Powerful Thing Tool Visual I Believe I Believe In

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But in the back of my mind I've always looked to the biggest-scale Hollywood movies. Because to me the most satisfying experience is of watching a movie, if it's done really well. And so that aspiration is always it for me, if I have the opportunity to do it.

~Christopher Nolan

Topics: Always Aspiration Back Because Done Experience Hollywood Hollywood Movies Looked Me Mind Most Movie Movies Opportunity Really Satisfying Watching Well

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I've always been a movie guy, movies have been my thing. I love movies, all kinds of movies.

~Christopher Nolan

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As soon as television became the only secondary way in which films were watched, films had to adhere to a pretty linear system, whereby you can drift off for ten minutes and go and answer the phone and not really lose your place.

~Christopher Nolan

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I have always been a huge fan of Ridley Scott and certainly when I was a kid. 'Alien', 'Blade Runner' just blew me away because they created these extraordinary worlds that were just completely immersive. I was also an enormous Stanley Kubrick fan for similar reasons.

~Christopher Nolan

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If I could steal someone's dream myself, I'd have to go for one of Orson Welles.

~Christopher Nolan

Topics: Could Dream Go If I Could Myself Someone Steal Welles

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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

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Director

Born: June 30th, 1970

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