Christopher Nolan
Related Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON I knew it was called 'Dunkirk,' Christopher Nolan was directing it, and it was a war film. T... FIONN WHITEHEAD I used to run with Chris Nolan before he was 'Chris Nolan.' I remember when he was trying to... DREW DAYWALT Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH EDDIE MURPHY STEVEN SODERBERGH AYELET ZURER When I got my very first phone call that I'd hit the 'New York Times' list, I had a smal... LISA GARDNER I was obsessed with Batman as a kid. I did the film in part just to be near the Batmobile. But I als... CILLIAN MURPHY Film is the toughest one for me, as there are many fingers in the pot, so it can be disappointing. H... LIZ TUCCILLO 'Beyond the Lights' was my fourth film. I gained a lot of knowledge, and I'm excited to ... GINA PRINCE-BYTHEWOOD I got into a conversation with EMI, and they said they were very interested in releasing the song be... EVA SIMONS ANNALEE NEWITZ I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX SPENCER BOLDMAN I'd managed to bite a very large hole in the side of my tongue before they could pry my teeth ap... DICK YORK WONG KAR-WAI NEIL MARSHALL ED SHEERAN 'Game of Thrones' is the broadest of narratives. I don't know if anyone in the U.S. has ... ALEX GRAVES EMILIA FOX You make yourself do the physical aspects for a Christopher Nolan film! FIONN WHITEHEAD I respect the system out there in Hollywood, I really do, but I'm very intent on art versus comm... LAURA DONNELLY REGIS PHILBIN EMMITT SMITH ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER LENA HEADEY ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER I've always wanted to do a segment on a talk show. Jay Leno has been such a good friend, and if ... CARROT TOP BRENDA LEE DREW GODDARD JOHN KRASINSKI I'd been told I was going to be the next big thing. But in actual fact, the complete opposite ha... SAM RILEY You just never know what the grand plan is on 'Dexter,' so I didn't know if I was going ... DAVID RAMSEY I got a job as an assistant film editor, which lasted for a few years, but I found writing incredibl... GARY HUME PALOMA FAITH IRIS APFEL When I was a kid, we sat around the house. If I got bored, I'd have to figure out something to d... BEN FALCONE MIKE BIRBIGLIA ASHTON KUTCHER REGIS PHILBIN I have registered few titles like 'Bharat Bandh,' 'Calendar Girl,' 'Money Politi... MADHUR BHANDARKAR WES CRAVEN There's very few pitching coaches that I worked with that actually came out on the mound and tol... PHIL NIEKRO I don't remember a time when I wasn't acting. I have taken time off to figure out if it'... EVAN RACHEL WOOD It's extraordinary what children put up with. I happened to see two of my uncles put my father u... JACK STRAW COLIN FIRTH I didn't know they would pay you money to sit in a room and write songs for other people. I alwa... CHRIS STAPLETON As a costume designer, I first try to figure out what the character's economic situation is and ... PATRICIA NORRIS I think if I'd never had found pro wrestling, I'd be a blue collar guy, working a 9-to-5 job... STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN STEVE JOBS KAREN JOY FOWLER When I did 'Shaft', I was so happy to be working and to have been a star of a major motion p... RICHARD ROUNDTREE When a big company lays you off, they often give you a year's salary to 'go pursue a dream.&... BRUCE SCHNEIER I've heard that Alfred Hitchcock said that by the time he was ready to shoot a film, he didn'... JIM WOODRING I used to get made fun of in the minor leagues. I'd be 0 for 2, and then in my last at-bat I'... MIKE TROUT MIKE MCCUE CLAES OLDENBURG If I'd have went on the ice when this thing happened, someone would have speared me or something... HERB BROOKS I stepped back from being out front to playing bass. So we started switching: I'd play bass on o... BOB LIVINGSTON KAREN FINERMAN CHUCK PALAHNIUK SUSHANT SINGH RAJPUT TOM HARDY CHRIS EVANS I was starving before I hit Journey. Very, very rough times... I didn't know where the next pay ... JONATHAN CAIN I never want to make a film. I don't wake up in the morning going, 'Ooh, I'd really love... STEPHEN DALDRY With songs I almost see the images, see the action, and then all I have to do is describe it. It'... P. J. HARVEY KATHERINE MCNAMARA One day I was talking about what I was going to do next, and just found myself announcing it: 'I... JOHN BURNSIDE OLIVER JACKSON-COHEN DAVID ARCHULETA ERIC CARLE I'm particular about the projects that I've chosen. Each one of them, I've taken a step ... DAVID BAUTISTA I wish I knew what was next. I got this movie without planning to. I'm really excited to be cont... COLLEEN HASKELL I get very antsy and nervous if I don't know what the next job is. SAM NEILL The traditional Hollywood system is pretty rigid, but the film scene in, say, South Africa is boomin... HASAN MINHAJ If you put somebody on a crack pipe and give them a 9 mm Baretta, you don't have to be a rocket ... JAMES LEE BURKE MATT SMITH I did Phone Booth, and that was shot very, very quickly, but that was Joel Schumacher, who's sho... KATIE HOLMES And I found out, the other part of it is that I found out and in my desire to life successfully, tha... DAVE WINFIELD PENN JILLETTE DAVID S. GOYER That film 'Memento' creeped me out. I was looking over my back through the whole thing. I ge... BRENDAN SEXTON III KIRSTIE ALLEY A lot of people ask me, 'Are you going to do a sequel to 'The Guest' or 'You're ... ADAM WINGARD I played Little League. I was a 'pitcher.' But we had a pitching machine, so I was just basi... FREDDIE PRINZE, JR. So I was in America and I thought I'll stick around while I'm here and just see what happens... RADHA MITCHELL I had a bunch of missed calls from Coach Nolan. I thought maybe Thomas had gotten hurt. But then I c... FRED LYLES I'd like to be on the next 'Six Feet Under,' whatever that is. BETSY BRANDT One of these days in the next 10 years, I will play 'Evita.' I don't know when or where,... AILEEN QUINN I've never had a chance to sit down and enjoy what's happened - I've been too panicked a... ADAM RICKITT ERIC MCCORMACK There are very few shows that show women talking like strong, sassy women. Do you know what I mean? ... KATIE ASELTON WARWICK DAVIS Oh, yeah, I love DVD's. I don't have what you'd call an extensive collection, maybe a co... DAVID FINCHER I hate 'Rolling Stone' - because I loved it so much. I had the 'Cheap Tricks' cover ... GREG GUTFELD
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NOLAN You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain. CHRISTOPHER NOLAN, THE DARK KNIGHT NOLAN RYAN The really best acting is children in a playground or in a backyard. They're just lost in their ... NOLAN NORTH We're going to remember the good times. AIDAN NOLAN You like to think the best of people. It's sad, just really sad, that people would take out their fr... AIDAN NOLAN Without a doubt, it makes you appreciate what you have. AIDAN NOLAN I consider myself really lucky to be here talking. AIDAN NOLAN People were going left, right and center. No one stood a chance. AIDAN NOLAN I like reading, writing, hiking, camping, free running, surfing, rock climbing, long boarding, and s... NOLAN GOULD NOLAN BUSHNELL NOLAN BUSHNELL NOLAN BUSHNELL NOLAN BUSHNELL There are many things in life that will catch your eye, but only a few will catch your heart...pursu... MICHAEL NOLAN NOLAN BUSHNELL I'm not affiliated with either Wikileaks or Anonymous - of course, it's not like I would tel... JONATHAN NOLAN People are fascinated, for whatever reason, by human drama, and the idea that cameras are capturing ... JONATHAN NOLAN Because Naughty Dog relies on their facial team to hand animate the faces of each game character and... NOLAN NORTH NOLAN BUSHNELL NOLAN RYAN I consider my job as a screenwriter to pack a script with possibilities and ideas - to create a feas... JONATHAN NOLAN I studied journalism at The University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. I did my graduate work at Em... NOLAN NORTH We have been crafted by disaster to push out to the utmost horizon to find out what's on the oth... JONATHAN NOLAN I don't believe that anyone can see the Grand Canyon area for themselves and not know that we ha... NOLAN GOULD I am a person who believes in the good of people and who may have had things influence them to a cer... 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But the community, they're not handling it real well. BRIAN NOLAN I try to limit my time with Michael Davies to as little as possible per week, and he is pretty good ... KATIE NOLAN I'm a big, big, big techno dork. JONATHAN NOLAN I don't think there's room in video games for people to bring an ego. It's very frustrat... NOLAN NORTH I've always had a penchant for dialects. I remember getting detention and being told, 'Have ... NOLAN NORTH NOLAN BUSHNELL NOLAN BUSHNELL In terms of long-term durable storage, the human mind, paradoxically, is pretty good, but it's v... JONATHAN NOLAN In the absences of a decent time machine, fiction remains the most sturdy vehicle for visiting other... TOM NOLAN NOLAN BUSHNELL NOLAN BUSHNELL You believe there was a conspiracy between Ms. Buchanan and Ms. Crouch? VINCENT NOLAN NOLAN BUSHNELL Each one goes at their own pace, and can learn and be re-taught if they need to or move ahead a litt... BARBARA NOLAN You are not just a funny person or just a journalist. Most people are hybrids of having a smart opin... KATIE NOLAN (My daughter) got real concerned about why our house smelled like poo poo. JENNIFER NOLAN NOLAN BUSHNELL One of the things I love about working with my brother is that there's a commitment there - an u... JONATHAN NOLAN In 'Uncharted,' we do the scenes the same way you would do a film or television show. The mo... NOLAN NORTH Basketball is all about decisions and we took the best ones, especially from the third quarter on. NOLAN RICHARDSON I'm sure you're used to hearing that when people get to Long Island for the first time, it&#... KATIE NOLAN NOLAN BUSHNELL We encountered a significant amount of questions about the project. WILSON NOLAN NOLAN BUSHNELL The board of education put its best offer on the table tonight. BILL NOLAN It is simply a showcase for new products, technology, design, and building techniques. BILL NOLAN The technology, of course, with all these things changing fast, making the ability, whether it's ina... BILL NOLAN Look at anyone's bookcase at home, no matter how modest, and you're going to find a book tha... JONATHAN NOLAN NOLAN BUSHNELL It can happen. But based on our current situation, local scale and large scale, probabilities of rec... NOLAN DOESKEN NOLAN BUSHNELL NOLAN BUSHNELL NOLAN BUSHNELL NOLAN BUSHNELL We're going to call it the 'west side story' because there is a lot to tell. SPARKY NOLAN I guess you can say we did take a good whipping to some degree...A year ago Atlanta got beat by Kans... MIKE NOLAN There is no question electronic communication is overtaking print. Students can find out about a col... CHARLES NOLAN We had some nice shots in the first half, but definitely in the second half we needed to take more s... WENDY NOLAN It's something we as a healthy population can do fairly easily. BARBARA NOLAN A patient can be searching and searching to find a match and not find one because there is no match.... BARBARA NOLAN NOLAN BUSHNELL NOLAN RYAN NOLAN RYAN You have to be mentally strong not to give up any points. You use your moves that stick in your mind... NOLAN TICMAN Yet the greatest temple in existence is not one found on a mountain top or in a jungle, it is far mo... NOLAN BANKS Any mind that bears much wisdom, shares a body with a heart that bears many wounds. NOLAN BANKS NOLAN BUSHNELL You believe the records and charts were stolen by Ms. Buchanan and Ms. Crouch? VINCENT NOLAN I watch a lot of Disney. I want to catch 'Hannah Montana Forever.' NOLAN SOTILLO I went by Kyle, and I made friends on the team as Kyle. It went on for a pretty long time, until I w... KATIE NOLAN NOLAN RYAN I've found a lot of the thinking in America is that a lot of people become actors to become famo... NOLAN NORTH NOLAN BUSHNELL The saddest death I think that happens in a persons life, is not the one that happens in old age, no... NOLAN BANKS Our customers embrace new technologies. When we offer SMS confirmations to a phone and mobile accomm... RAY NOLAN In retrospect we should have gone to the public much sooner than we did. WILSON NOLAN Not very excitable, but commentary at uefa.com. DAVID NOLAN My schedule is usually pretty busy, so when I wake up in the morning, first thing I usually do is tu... NOLAN GOULD I have no doubt we'll figure out a solution. MICHAEL NOLAN In being human I was a part of this world, yet in being a soul I was apart from it all the same. NOLAN BANKS Its our eyes and minds that allow to see difference, but its our humanity that truly allows us to se... NOLAN BANKS I think the worst part of growing up is the realization that there will come battles in this life th... NOLAN BANKS A man is what he gives to this world. NOLAN BANKS She had a huge bump, but she wasn't sure what hit her. It swelled up when she was out there. She did... GINA NOLAN My dad was in the military. It was difficult sometimes, because he would have to be away a lot, and ... NOLAN GOULD It's a plus. Anytime you've been somewhere and supposedly some of the other teams probably have neve... NOLAN RICHARDSON NOLAN BUSHNELL NOLAN RYAN NOLAN RYAN NOLAN RYAN NOLAN RYAN NOLAN RYAN Only two teams finish the season with a win -- the team that wins the state title and the third-plac... GINA NOLAN It is a fool who seeks to build a monument for the greatest of his ancestors, for all he had to do w... NOLAN BANKS You claim it was ineffective and inefficient? VINCENT NOLAN Such was the illusion of pride, for the fool sees it as the crown upon his head, while the wise sees... NOLAN BANKS I felt in the first half that Burr and Burton definitely stepped to the ball more than we did. But i... WENDY NOLAN They (Crouch and Buchanan) had the unmitigated nerve to stand up to Dr. Reddy's illegal activity and... VINCENT NOLAN We are both disappointed and surprised. BILL NOLAN The quality of racing continues to excel with starters increasing to 1496, CHRIS NOLAN We are in the awkward position of not being able to expand our trainer base, whilst training facilit... CHRIS NOLAN And that's the point of the final scene. That [fighting evil] is not going to be easy. It's going to... CHRIS NOLAN NOLAN RYAN NOLAN RYAN NOLAN RYAN NOLAN RYAN This is a deeply concerning issue and we hope that through sharing information between our services,... CHRIS NOLAN To deliberately damage or harm any holy book, any book really for that matter is wrong. They are rec... NOLAN BANKS Batman is positive, but I believe that, in the first couple of years, he's going to find an increasi... CHRIS NOLAN I had a great time working with him. We would take a lot of takes to try things out. CHRIS NOLAN We continue to lobby for a synthetic training track and although the advised installation has been p... CHRIS NOLAN We were stunned and disappointed when the union came back (with an offer) that went backward from wh... BILL NOLAN NOLAN RYAN NOLAN RYAN Loyalty is a like a plant, it cannot be nurtured once, if it is to survive. Every now and then it mu... NOLAN BANKS Perhaps we become adults, the moment when we give up and let go of the type of people we wanted to b... NOLAN BANKS The problem of removing the chains of ignorance, is that they are invisible to the eyes of those the... NOLAN BANKS And she didn't once say anything about this being a sin. It used to be I got the word sin slapped in... HAN NOLAN Am I optimistic or pessimistic? I'd have to say I'm anxious. JOHN NOLAN Am I optimistic or pessimistic? I?d have to say I?m anxious. JOHN NOLAN Through the ages men has sought to conquer power and tame it, foolish are those that walk that path,... NOLAN BANKS I eventually became an actor, starting with doing stand-up comedy in New York and then theater where... NOLAN NORTH There are but two kinds of men that will walk this earth, those that serve a human, and those that w... NOLAN BANKS Yet in the end wealth proved treacherous, for in life it was a blanket of warmth, yet when the coldn... NOLAN BANKS NOLAN RYAN 'Garbage Time' was the name I came up with. Midnight was my decision. Were they the right de... KATIE NOLAN NOLAN BUSHNELL During one of the big snows last winter, Barbara had a handful of us over on Friday night, and Satur... WILL NOLAN They introduced themselves and sort of told us they were OK with us by describing all the diversity ... WILL NOLAN
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When a film like Chris Nolan's Memento cannot get picked up, to me independent film is over. It&... 
I did an episode on the TV show 'Awake,' and I thought, 'Wow, that's really hard.... 
'Interstellar' is a thematic sequel to Christopher Nolan's last original film, 'Ince... 
When I did '21 Jump Street,' I felt like I was a part of something great, but on a very larg... 
The reason it takes me so long to make a film, the reason it gets so difficult, is that I'm tryi... 
I set out to do a horror film with 'Dog Soldiers,' and what I came out with at the end of th... 
I would love to get a Moonman! I'd put it next to my other awards. I don't have a cabinet ri... 
I'm not very good at time off. I'm happier when I'm working. It's something to do wi... 
My first job was being a page at 'The Tonight Show.' I saw Jack Paar come out one night and ... 
I'm an enigma, an unknown. You can't really figure out what I'm going to do next. I like... 
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Getting the role in '300' saved me. I'd been out of work for 11 months after 'The Br... 
When 'I'm Sorry' came out and became such a huge hit, that made 'Rockin' Around ... 
When Carpenter was shooting 'Vampires' in New Mexico when I was living there, I desperately ... 
I was one of those kids who had never seen an indie film before I got to college. If it wasn't a... 
Ever since I was little, my mum used to choose an outfit for me and lay it on the bed so I'd kno... 
I had a very brilliant father who was not only intellectual, but was street-smart and very curious t... 
I was a screenwriting major at Georgetown, and I was in class with some really strong writers like J... 
I've never had a job in my life that I was better than. I was always just lucky to have a job. A... 
You know, I never knew if I had any talent when I started in this business. My first job was being a... 
'To Kill a Mockingbird' was so important because it was such adult film-making - to see some... 
It's a film called 'Kursk', which is a true story about a submarine disaster. There was ... 
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If I'm made to pick one transcendent reading experience, then it was listening to Miss Sarzin as... 
Let's say you go to a friend's wedding, or Thanksgiving, or Halloween. It'd be great the... 
'Clothespin' was the first city monument on a large scale that could compete with the archit... 
When I was 15 years old, I read an article about Ivan Boesky, the well-known takeover trader - turne... 
People would ask me to autograph their bodies and then the next time I'd see them on tour they&#... 
The way Nolan looks at things is just amazing. It can be easily seen in all his films. I was just wa... 
It's about the characters, it's about the film, it's about the process of making stunnin... 
When I found out I had to take off my shirt in 'Teen' movie, I panicked and hit the gym. I w... 
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I remember being told very early on, 'Just say what they want to hear in the audition, and we... 
Before 'American Idol' and all this stuff, I was obsessed with music charts, and I used to g... 
One day I think it's the greatest idea ever that I'm working on. The next day I think it'... 
If I could film, we'd film every episode of 'Doctor Who' in New York. I have an affinity... 
I'm a big fan of huge populations of people, so you'd think with 300 million people in the c... 
What Christopher Nolan and I have done with 'Superman' is try to bring the same naturalistic... 
It was the greatest thing in the world getting fat. Every meal out was an event. Or we'd go to I... 
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So, I think I'd be grateful for the next job. I always am. And I always consider everything I do... 
My approach with actors is to try and give them whatever it is they need from me. Direction to me is... 
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I always loved both 'Breakout' and 'Asteroids' - I thought they were really good gam... 
The ultimate inspiration is the deadline. 
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It helps if the hitter thinks you're a little crazy.