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 NolanA hero can be anyone. Even a man doing something as simple and reassuring as putting a coat around a young boy's shoulders to let him know that the world hadn't ended.
Christopher NolanHeist movies tend to be a bit superficial, glamorous, and fun. They don't tend to be emotionally engaging.
Christopher NolanThe best actors instinctively feel out what the other actors need, and they just accommodate it.
Christopher NolanI would never say someone's else's film isn't 'a real film.' The quote is inaccurate.
Christopher NolanFilms are subjective - what you like, what you don't like. But the thing for me that is absolutely unifying is the idea that every time I go to the cinema and pay my money and sit down and watch a film go up on-screen, I want to feel that the people who made that film think it's the best movie in the world, that they poured everything into it and they really love it. Whether or not I agree with what they've done, I want that effort there - I want that sincerity. And when you don't feel it, that's the only time I feel like I'm wasting my time at the movies.
Christopher Nolan