I never considered myself a lucky person. I'm the most extraordinary pessimist. I truly am.
Christopher NolanYou always have to be very aware that the audience is extremely ruthless in its demand for newness, novelty and freshness.
Christopher NolanI've always been a movie guy, movies have been my thing. I love movies, all kinds of movies.
Christopher NolanWhat I react against in other people's work, as a filmgoer, is when I see something in a movie that I feel is supposed to make me feel emotional, but I don't believe the filmmaker shares that emotion. They just think the audience will. And I think you can feel that separation. So any time I find myself writing something that I don't really respond to, but I'm telling myself, 'Oh yes, but the audience is going to like this,' then I know I'm on the wrong track and I just throw it out.
Christopher NolanPeriod films to me are very often alienating to the audience. There's very often a formality. A staunchy quality to them that comes from the misenscene. It also comes from the performances of the actors, because they're acting Victorian which really means that they're just acting the way they've seen previous actors act Victorian.
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