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Sometimes, some things have to settle, and you have to think about the intention of it.

~Edgar Wright

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There have been recorded cases of people learning how to fly a plane after playing a flight simulator, but there's never been a case of someone learning to fight by playing 'Tekken.'

~Edgar Wright

Topics: After Been Case Cases Fight Flight Fly How Learning Never People Plane Playing Recorded Someone

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The idea of fighting your new girlfriend's ex-lovers, 'Street Fighter' style, is the ultimate geek wish-fulfilment.

~Edgar Wright

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A lot of recent comic book adaptations have gone two ways: either they're striving for some kind of realism, like 'Iron Man' or 'The Dark Knight,' or they're very stylised and gritty, like 'Sin City' and '300.'

~Edgar Wright

Topics: Adaptation Book City Comic Comic Book Dark Either Gone Gritty Iron Iron Man Kind Knight Like Lot Man Realism Recent Sin Some Striving Two Very Ways

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The making of documentaries for 'Humanoids From The Deep,' 'Galaxy Of Terror' and 'Forbidden World' are absolutely fascinating.

~Edgar Wright

Topics: Absolutely Deep Documentaries Fascinating Forbidden Galaxy Making Terror World

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When I am not working, I try to watch more than one film a day if I can.

~Edgar Wright

Topics: Am Day Film More Than Try Watch Working I Am I Can

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Usually in TV... A TV director could be anything from a main grip to just a glorified cameraman, and sometimes a director can be the person who is hired last. It's very much a producer's medium.

~Edgar Wright

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Growing up, there were TV shows that were very funny but very traditional. Classic things like 'Fawlty Towers,' obviously, and 'Blackadder' were pretty traditionally shot. And then there were the ones that start to break the mold or be really ambitious. The ones that spring particularly to mind would be 'The Young Ones.'

~Edgar Wright

Topics: Ambitious Break Classic Funny Growing Growing Up Like Mind Mold Obviously Particularly Pretty Really Shot Shows Spring Start Then Things Towers Traditional Tv Tv Shows Up Very Were Would Young

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I just remember watching 'Brass Eye' and being so utterly blown away by the scope of it and how much it managed to cram into an episode.

~Edgar Wright

Topics: Away Being Blown Blown Away Brass Cram Episode Eye How How Much Just Much Remember Scope Utterly Watching

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I found, after the experience of making 'Shaun Of The Dead' and then returning to the blank page - because 'Shaun Of The Dead' was the first screenplay I ever wrote properly - the experience of returning to the blank page and having nothing in the drawer was intensely painful.

~Edgar Wright

Topics: After Because Blank Blank Page Dead Drawer Ever Experience First Found Having Intensely Making Nothing Page Painful Properly Returning Screenplay Then Wrote

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Director

Born: April 18th, 1974

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