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

Masculine ideals have become very confused in the modern world.

Andrew Dominik
- World
- Confused
When you ask a bunch of people to see a film, and then invite them to comment on it and tell them it's a work-in-progress, they feel bound to offer an opinion.

Andrew Dominik
- People
- Work
- Opinion

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

Andrew Dominik
- Job
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