16 Quotes & Sayings By Christopher Nolan

Christopher Nolan is an English film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor known worldwide for his work in independent cinema. He is well known for his film Memento, which he directed in 2000, and in subsequent years directed the 2005 film Batman Begins. He has directed three films with the Dark Knight Trilogy: Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises. He also co-wrote the screenplay to the 2010 science fiction film Inception Read more

Nolan was born in London, England, to British parents. His mother was a teacher of English literature at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. His father was an accountant who worked at the United Nations.

He grew up in Hampstead Garden Suburb in London's North West suburb of Hampstead. He has two older brothers, Jonathan (born 1975) and Joseph (born 1976).

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You’re never going to learn something as profoundly as when it’s purely out of curiosity. Christopher Nolan
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The audience knows the truth, the world is simple. It's miserable, solid all the way through. But if you could fool them, even for a second, then you can make them wonder, and then you got to see something really special. Christopher Nolan
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You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain. Christopher Nolan
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Bruce Wayne/Batman: A hero can be anyone, even a man doing something as simple and reassuring as putting a coat on a young boy's shoulders to let him know that the world hadn't ended. Christopher Nolan
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I'm taking a bit of a wait-and-see attitude towards 3D. Christopher Nolan
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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 create a world in a dream and you are perceiving it as though it really existed. Christopher Nolan
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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 a world in a dream and you are perceiving it as though it really existed. Christopher Nolan
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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. Christopher Nolan
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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 like Batman so fascinating. He plays out our conflicts on a much larger scale. Christopher Nolan
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The only job that was ever of interest to me other than filmmaking is architecture. Christopher Nolan
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For me, Batman is the one that can most clearly be taken seriously. He's not from another planet, or filled with radioactive gunk. I mean, Superman is essentially a god, but Batman is more like Hercules: he's a human being, very flawed, and bridges the divide. Christopher Nolan
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I've always been a movie guy, movies have been my thing. I love movies, all kinds of movies. Christopher Nolan
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I think there's a vague sense out there that movies are becoming more and more unreal. I know I've felt it. Christopher Nolan
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I don't particularly enjoy watching films in 3D because I think that a well-shot and well-projected film has a very three-dimensional quality to it, so I'm somewhat sceptical of the technology. Christopher Nolan
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For the last 10 years, I've felt increasing pressure to stop shooting film and start shooting video, but I've never understood why. It's cheaper to work on film, it's far better looking, it's the technology that's been known and understood for a hundred years, and it's extremely reliable. Christopher Nolan