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Alex Cox is a British film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is known for directing cult films such as "Repo Man" and "Sid and Nancy." Cox's works often explore themes of rebellion, counterculture, and social commentary. He has been recognized for his unique visual style and unconventional storytelling techniques. Cox's films have developed a dedicated following and have influenced subsequent generations of filmmakers.

The way that a handful of corporations in Los Angeles dictate how our stories are told creates a real poverty of imagination and it's a big problem.

Justin Salinger showed up one day with a pink cowboy hat on and everyone else got really annoyed because somehow he'd managed to get the pink cowboy hat.

The greatest crime in a Shakespeare play is to mur... -Alex Cox

The greatest crime in a Shakespeare play is to murder the king.

And it says something about our level of disassociation, that we can provoke these wars abroad but we're not allowed to see people get killed as a result.

The life of a repo man is always intense.

And Walker was made with a Mexican crew, although ... -Alex Cox

And Walker was made with a Mexican crew, although it was shot in Nicaragua.

Everybody gets a little dose of Shakespeare. He's the greatest playwright in the English language, but his politics are fairly square.

You'd never have a motorcycle policeman out on the... -Alex Cox

You'd never have a motorcycle policeman out on the Indian reservation.

We hope to do the Spanish Tragedy based on the pla... -Alex Cox

We hope to do the Spanish Tragedy based on the play by Thomas Kyd.

I don't think about Hollywood at all.

Visual representation of it is essential if we're ... -Alex Cox

Visual representation of it is essential if we're to come to terms with what it is we've done.

It's always nice when the eccentrics show up.

So I had the worst experience at the very beginnin... -Alex Cox

So I had the worst experience at the very beginning, and things have been getting better since.

Sorry, but there is no pleasure in finding new ways of saying the same stuff about projects which tanked.

No, I did a film called 'Death and the Compass' as... -Alex Cox

No, I did a film called 'Death and the Compass' as well.

Unfortunately my career began in Hollywood, doing ... -Alex Cox

Unfortunately my career began in Hollywood, doing a negative pickup for Universal pictures.

Because there is actually something very interesting in Goodfellas, how the style of the film changes as time goes by and based on the mental state of the protagonist.

One of my contemporaries, a colorless chap who worked much harder at his law studies, is now Prime Minister.

You can't change the system through violence.

Yeah, I'd be happy to go back to Mexico or Japan t... -Alex Cox

Yeah, I'd be happy to go back to Mexico or Japan to make another film.

Shakespeare, who is probably the greatest writer and poet of the English language, lived in a time that was politically very conservative and it's reflected in his writings.

I'd love to make another film in Mexico.

I did not find my studies particularly enthralling.

That's my curse, I see the politics within these t... -Alex Cox

That's my curse, I see the politics within these things and so I don't say yes to them.

I'm a good actor in that sense for directors becau... -Alex Cox

I'm a good actor in that sense for directors because I always do what they say.

In Goodfellas they have this one scene where the camera goes down some steps and walks through a kitchen into a restaurant and the critics were all over this as evidence of the genius of Scorsese and Scorsese is a genius.

The future is always a dystopia in movies.

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This quote reflects the common theme of dystopian futures in movies, indicating that the portrayal of bleak and undesirable future scenarios is a prevalent motif in the film industry.

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