Nigel Kneale Quotes
I reckon I closed down at least two films companies, one of which was in Ealing in the mid 1950s.
Quotes to Explore
-
I am a Buddhist.
-
I like to stay home. I don't want to be away shooting in Europe for six or eight months at a stretch.
-
In a play, the director is God, and I'm a great arguer. Rather boringly so, I think, about trying different things.
-
I don't jog, if I die I want to be sick.
-
Social paralysis is strong and stands firmly in the way of change on the ground level. As allies, we have to prepare ourselves to step into the fire when necessary, even - and especially - when said fire is merely a still-lit cigarette tossed carelessly onto the street.
-
There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us.
-
I've never, ever done a piece of work - and can't imagine doing a piece of work - when I've thought, 'I was pretty perfect in that.'
-
I think there's nothing more amazing than helping people every day.
-
If I did everything, I probably wouldn't be here talking to you. There aren't too many people who can actually double me, so I do most of my stunts though.
-
I completely agree with feeling the need for or the benefits of being pushed and of being directed on a project and collaborating.
-
At nine, my mom used to tell me she saw an Olympic medalist in me. I used to take it as a joke, but she was very serious.
-
Even great actors shine brighter in the right atmosphere.
-
I do not seek. I find.
-
In zombie horror, the juxtaposition of the calm world of the living and the menace of the undead inspires terror. In zombie comedy, like 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies,' it is played for laughs.
-
I don't really write for an audience. I just write what the subject seems to me to require.
-
You can live a wonderful life, you can love God with all your heart, and you can love your husband or wife very passionately and have a balance in your life. I live by balance.
-
Act happy, feel happy, be happy, without a reason in the world. Then you can love, and do what you will.
-
Affirmative action has been generally cast in terms of race. I think women themselves are not as cognizant of the role affirmative action has played in opening the doors for women.
-
What is all this juice and all this joy?
-
Everything's a risk, by the way, these days. Every film you make is a risk. There's no guarantee.
-
But actually I make films that I think are extremely sophisticated and cinematic.
-
I am a firm believer in praxis, and I don’t have much time for the idea of the loner of genius who does everything all by himself. You need other people as well, at every level.
-
I reckon I closed down at least two films companies, one of which was in Ealing in the mid 1950s.
