Andrew Dominik Quotes

New Zealand, Film Director
October 7, 1967

Andrew Dominik (born 7 October 1967) is a New Zealand-born Australian film director and screenwriter. He has directed the crime film Chopper, the Western drama film The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford and the neo-noir crime film Killing Them Softly.

Also known as Screenwriter

I really believed Obama when he spoke in 2008, but I remember watching his victory speech after this last election and it was the same speech. Exactly the same speech. I felt like he didn't even believe it anymore. He seemed to be tired of saying the same thing.

Andrew Dominik
- Believe
- Remember
- Tired
Masculine ideals have become very confused in the modern world.

Andrew Dominik
- World
- Confused

Crime is a job and it's boring. It's also unpleasant.

Andrew Dominik
- Job
Sometimes you do complete run-throughs of scenes, sometimes you break scenes down into little bits. It just depends on what the actors like to do. It's almost like jamming.

Andrew Dominik
I write a number of screenplays, and I've never really come up with a part for a movie star.

Andrew Dominik
- Up
- Movie
- Star
I actually don't like westerns much. I like good westerns, but it isn't my preferred genre. There are all kinds of westerns: acid westerns, '70s westerns, Nicholas Ray's neurotic westerns. The ones I tend to like are nutso westerns.

Andrew Dominik
- Good