A biography for Matthew Vaughnhasn’t been written yet.
“Most of the movies nominated for Oscars put me to sleep.”
“I've always loved 'Bond.' There were two franchises that I would always have dropped everything to do as a director. 'Bond' was one; 'Star Wars' was other.”
“If you do something that's different and quirky and original, it takes time for people to figure it out.”
“Some people are directors and I think they should stay behind the camera.”
“I'm a Star Wars fanatic.”
“I will never sign anything which makes me have to do more than one film.”
“If you do something that's not pigeonholed, it gets thrown into the 'We don't know what this is' bin, and so let's not talk about it so much.”
“I'm not an actor. I'm really bad in front of a camera. It wouldn't work.”
“Cliches are what make you understand something.”
“Crime, money, power, drugs - are all linked.”
“So I think I sometimes will put a cliche in and then just pad it out so you're not noticing.”
“I'm a closet geek.”
“I was so nervous about 'Kingsman,' I can't tell you, because when you do things different and fresh and fun and crazy, you don't know how people are going to react.”
“I tried to buy the script of 'Hancock.' I loved it. The script was far darker and edgier than the movie.”
“I like doing as many special effects in camera, as much as possible.”
“I used to be very much Jekyll-and-Hyde, where the Jekyll in me would say, 'Keep to the budget, be responsible,' and Hyde would be like ,'Ah, we can do an extra shot or an extra day.'”
“It's a juggernaut, yeah... but I'm not phased by making movies.”
“I think you should make a movie that has an audience.”
“I like the idea of making big budget films with a heart. I like graphic novels more than comic books.”
“I think it's easier to make a film with 200 million dollars than 960 grand.”