Nicolas Roeg Quotes

United Kingdom, Film Director
August 15, 1928 – November, 23, 2018.

Nicolas Jack Roeg CBE BSC (/ˈroʊɡ/) was an English film director and cinematographer, best known for directing Performance (1970), Walkabout (1971), Don't Look Now (1973), The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), Bad Timing (1980), and The Witches (1990).

Also known as Cinematographer

In life, we all learn from everyone.

Nicolas Roeg
- Life
- Learn
- Everyone
You make the movie through the cinematography - it sounds quite a simple idea, but it was like a huge revelation to me.

Nicolas Roeg

Mirrors are the essence of movies.

Nicolas Roeg
- Movies
- Essence
- Mirrors
Movies are not scripts - movies are films; they're not books, they're not the theatre.

Nicolas Roeg
- Theatre
- Movies
- Books
Movies which set out to be 'commercial' usually have an artificial look about them-a certain waxlike quality. They allow for no failure, no moment of mistake.

Nicolas Roeg
The great difference between screen acting and theatre acting is that screen acting is about reacting - 75% of the time, great screen actors are great reactors.

Nicolas Roeg
Too many films today feel formulaic and familiar. I prefer it when the familiar is made to feel strange.

Nicolas Roeg
- Films
- Familiar
- Formulaic
The rules are learnt in order to be broken, but if you don't know them, then something is missing.

Nicolas Roeg
- Know
- Broken
- Rules

What makes God laugh is people who make plans.

Nicolas Roeg
- God
- Laugh
- Plans
We're all influenced by everything unless we're locked in an empty room.

Nicolas Roeg