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“Making a movie is universal. Directing a movie is universal; it's a universal language.”
“If you want the human psyche, how we deal with humans in these situations, WWII is a very tangled place to go.”
“I came to Hollywood and felt myself an outsider, and I was sent all these action thrillers and superhero scripts.”
“Sometimes you read something, and you have to read more and more about the background.”
“It's a blessing to find a project you feel you have to make or you'll die.”
“I didn't know anybody who was a filmmaker - there was no film industry where I grew up. I never knew what a director really did until I was in high school and I started reading up about it. I've always loved films, and I always felt like a storyteller.”
“Our film society back home is so different from here. Making a movie is universal. Directing a movie is universal; it's a universal language. It's just figuring things out and understanding the codes and how the system of Hollywood compares to that of Norway. We don't even have agents. There's no studio system, no managers.”
“'The Imitation Game' is a very British film.”
“Just because someone or something thinks differently than you do, it doesn't mean that it's not thinking.”
“Love is not selfish. Love is something else.”
“I love William Gibson.”
“I hope I can be a filmmaker where every movie will be different, and not make one type of movie. I'm always looking for a character that interests me.”
“You never know where your next movie is going to come from. You just have to fall in love with something because it's going to be taking up every moment of spare time in your life for about two years. You're going to be dreaming about it and thinking about it and becoming obsessed with it.”