But in the back of my mind I've always looked to t... -Christopher Nolan

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.

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British-American film director, known for his mind-bending films like "Inception" and "The Dark Knight" trilogy.

Christopher Nolan Quotes to Explore

I think there's a vague sense out there that movies are becoming more and more unreal. I know I've felt it....

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 mov...

You know when Hollywood does a great big blockbuster that really wraps you up in a world, and lets you believe in extraordinary things that move you i...

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

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

But, in each case, as a filmmaker who's been given sizable budgets with which to work, I feel a responsibility to the audience to be shooting with the...

We all wake up in the morning wanting to live our lives the way we know we should. But we usually don't, in small ways. That's what makes a character ...

But I have been interested in dreams, really since I was a kid. I have always been fascinated by the idea that your mind, when you are asleep, can cre...

I have been interested in dreams, really since I was a kid. I have always been fascinated by the idea that your mind, when you are asleep, can create ...

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....

Movies Quotes to Explore

I was making a lot of 8mm home movies, since I was twelve, making little dramas and comedies with the neighborhood kids....

Many times I'll improvise it, which isn't done a lot in movies or commercials. But a lot of my commercials are improvised....

People in third-world countries are less eager to see movies full of angst over existential problems, and who can blame them. They've got other fish t...

During the '90s, a lot of us in the indie film world were not making our money off our movies. We were screenwriters doing scripts for hire for studio...

The truth of the matter is movies are a reflection of life and violence is a real part of life. I don't think you could make movies exclusively where ...

In the kind of films that I do, there is an extremely limited number of people that can improvise. The reason the ensemble continues in the movies is ...

I'm frustrated with Hollywood and television and the movies because they see science fiction as an excuse for eye candy, for lots of great special eff...

I like superhero films, and I love Star Wars movies, but I want to make sure there's a wide diaspora of films getting made....

I'd loved 'Iron Man,' you know, with a passion. I thought that was the most fresh, cool thing, in terms of superhero movies, that I'd seen in a long t...

I loved all movies, literally. I certainly loved 'Shane' and 'Roxie Hart.' Later on, when I was less of a kid, I loved 'L'Avventura' and 'Persona' and...