Wolfgang Petersen Quotes

Germany, Film Director
March 14, 1941

Wolfgang Petersen is a German film director, film producer and screenwriter. He was nominated for two Academy Awards for the World War II submarine warfare film Das Boot (1981). His other films include The NeverEnding Story (1984), Enemy Mine (1985), In the Line of Fire (1993), Outbreak (1995), Air Force One (1997), The Perfect Storm (2000), Troy (2004), and Poseidon (2006).

Also known as Film Producer, Screenwriter

What are you going to do now? I just wrapped a remake of The Poseidon Adventure .. Lady in the Water.

Wolfgang Petersen
Achilles was like a rock star of his day so it made sense to have Brad Pitt playing him.

Wolfgang Petersen
- Rock
- Stars
- Made

I always look for nature or natural lighting within buildings and within rooms that has been done by somebody else to suit their needs. I look at it very closely as a photographic thing, then enhance it.

Wolfgang Petersen
- Building
- Natural
- Rooms
Every film starts with the script.

Wolfgang Petersen
- Film
- Script
I'm an unashamed realist, and actually, I try to make whatever the script is the reality of that situation, even though it's fictional.

Wolfgang Petersen
- Trying
- Situation
- Scripts
You sit and you read that, and you have to imagine turning it into a film that people are going to sit and watch. And you have an awful lot of input from a lot of other people. That's the way I work.

Wolfgang Petersen
- People
- Imagine
- Watches
Theaters are always going to be around, and doing fine. With computers and technology, we're becoming more and more secluded from each other. And the movie theater is one of the last places where we can still gather and experience something together. I don't think the desire for that magic will ever go away.

Wolfgang Petersen