'Headhunters' was a breakthrough film for me, internationally, and I got offered a lot of scripts from Hollywood - a lot of heightened hero movies. Morten Tyldum More Quotes by Morten Tyldum More Quotes From Morten Tyldum Sometimes you have to do the things that scare you and that are outside of your comfort zone and challenge yourself. Morten Tyldum scare challenges comfort That's what you want: you want projects that you fall in love with. I don't think you pick your projects; you fall in love with them. Morten Tyldum falling-in-love want thinking You never have any idea where your movie's going to go when you're shooting - you're in this little bubble. Everything you care about is getting the next step right: getting the script right, finding the right actors, shooting it. Morten Tyldum next-steps actors ideas Making a movie is universal. Directing a movie is universal; it's a universal language. Morten Tyldum universal-language universal language Filmmaking is about moments. In real life, things might take six months, a year, but [in filmmaking] you have to create the moment where it happened. Morten Tyldum six-months real years I've always loved films, and I always felt like a storyteller. I left Norway after high school and moved to Manhattan and went to film school in Manhattan. That's when I really found out that this was my calling and what I wanted to do. Morten Tyldum manhattan calling school What scares me is not living up to be a good enough father to my son and letting down my family - not being there enough and not being able to give enough of yourself. Morten Tyldum giving father son We're very skeptical of people who are too perfect. We like flawed people, the more shaded, flawed characters that are struggling, I think there's something very relatable about that. Morten Tyldum entertainment I love when people say 'Imitation Game' is such a crowd pleaser, yes, it's a crowd pleaser but the guy kills himself. We've achieved something, it's a beautiful challenge. Morten Tyldum entertainment We have to remind ourselves that what we take for granted now is hard-won. Morten Tyldum take-for-granted remind now take As a filmmaker, I don't want to limit myself to one kind of movie. Morten Tyldum limit myself kind want I hope I can be a filmmaker where every movie will be different, and not make one type of movie. I'm always looking for a character that interests me. Morten Tyldum looking me hope character To do a movie about someone who actually lived gives you two responsibilities. You have to try to be accurate to the facts of what he did and what he was like as a character. Then, at the same time, you have a responsibility to make a movie that entertains and can get an audience. Morten Tyldum you responsibility time character To me, it's mind-boggling to think that homosexuality was forbidden up until 1967. Morten Tyldum think up me homosexuality You never know where your next movie is going to come from. You just have to fall in love with something because it's going to be taking up every moment of spare time in your life for about two years. You're going to be dreaming about it and thinking about it and becoming obsessed with it. Morten Tyldum moment time love life I'm such a romantic at heart. Morten Tyldum heart romantic I'm a sci-fi fan, but a lot of the sci-fi you're getting is the same. It's very stereotypical. Morten Tyldum fan same very you I think that the test for taking on a project is to try and list all the reasons not to do it. When you find yourself running out of reasons, and you still have to do it, it's the right thing to do. Morten Tyldum yourself try think you I'm from Norway, but I always felt like I'd grown up with British culture. We had everything from the BBC on our TV, so British drama seems very close to home. Morten Tyldum always home drama culture I came to Hollywood and felt myself an outsider, and I was sent all these action thrillers and superhero scripts. Morten Tyldum outsider myself hollywood action
