Andrew Niccol Quotes

New Zealand, Screenwriter
June 10, 1964

Andrew M. Niccol is a New Zealand screenwriter, producer, and director. He wrote and directed Gattaca (1997), Simone (2002), Lord of War (2005), In Time (2011), The Host (2013), and Good Kill (2014).He also wrote and co-produced The Truman Show, which earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay in 1999 and won a BAFTA award for Best Screenplay. His films tend to explore social, cultural and political issues, as well as artificial realities or simulations.

Also known as Producer, Director

I have so much to grapple with, I don't think too much about me. People call it the "dance of a thousand egos" when you make a movie. If only I had time to worry when I was making a movie about what the hell I was doing. It's sort of a marathon every day. And then at the end of it, you beg the producers for five more marathons.

Andrew Niccol
- Movie
- Make
- Marathon
It's always interesting for me that people vote against their interests.

Andrew Niccol
- Vote
- Interests
- Against

If we could switch off the aging gene we would. There's no technology that we've had that we haven't used. We are in the capital of staying young forever.

Andrew Niccol
- Technology
- Aging
- Gene
I make movies. I'm not in politics.

Andrew Niccol
- Politics
- Movies
- Make
As soon as you made a decision that time is going to be currency, then it should be a reflection of what's happening today. And obviously, it is.

Andrew Niccol
- Time
- Decision
- Currency
Nine out of 10 war victims die from a gun.

Andrew Niccol
- Die
- Gun
- Victims
It's so hard to go to war at home. Go to war, go home, repeat. And that is the future of warfare. Forget about remote control drones, there's going to be remote control tanks.

Andrew Niccol
- War
- Control
- Tanks
You have two choices when someone changes your work. You can either wash your hands of it or embrace it.

Andrew Niccol
- Work
- Choices
- Changes

I just don't analyze what I do, because I'm afraid I won't be able to do it anymore. I'm sort of superstitious. And that's why I've never looked back at any movie I've done.

Andrew Niccol
- Done
- Movie
- Looked Back
My first obligation is to entertain but as far as science fiction goes, it's much easier to comment on today from another time because people then aren't focused on 'did you get the details right?' It's sort of a Trojan horse approach to ideas because it's wrapped in the future, it's wrapped in action, thriller.

Andrew Niccol