I like to do commercials that are more than just flogging a product. It needs to have something to say. It's always an opportunity for a director to say something substantial and interesting. John Hillcoat More Quotes by John Hillcoat More Quotes From John Hillcoat If you're a horse in a race, if you don't have blinkers on, and you turn your head and look at the audience, you're just going to trip up and fall. So I tried to never get intimidated by McCarthy's legacy, and I tried to ignore. John Hillcoat horselegacyfall For me, all drama is based on conflict. John Hillcoat conflictdrama One thing I love about Cormac McCarthy is the types of pressure he puts onto people. You see the best and the worst in people, you really see what humanity is made of, and I think that resonates in some way. John Hillcoat humanitypeoplethinking Fear shuts off possibilities. The first thing that kicks in when you're reacting with fear... This is what I love about Roosevelt's quote, "There's nothing to fear but fear itself." John Hillcoat possibility I do love genres, but I love finding new ways into the genre, or making that world fresh again. John Hillcoat world There's major changes happening with technology and economics. But unfortunately, the initial reaction on any new frontier, it gets bloody, and people are overreacting, and very defensive, and they're not taking risks. In fact, they're taking such safe measures that they're shooting themselves in the foot. John Hillcoat risktechnologypeople The problem with an economic meltdown is that the responsibility and the challenges to deal with the environment are squandered. That's an age-old battle in terms of the major conflicts in places like Afghanistan, etc. So there are age-old battles that'll keep going on. Unfortunately, man is a very slow learner, and we tend to repeat mistakes, as opposed to learning from mistakes. John Hillcoat responsibilitymistakemen I like the realism of anti-heroes. It's a healthy thing. I think heroes can be very unhealthy at times because it doesn't connect you to reality. John Hillcoat likethinkyoureality It's not awards per se that bother me; it's entirely to do with the impetus they give for marketing a film. John Hillcoat givemeawardsmarketing Everyone has a family, even if they're at war or fallen apart. It's the closest initial bond, and there's a sort of primal element to that. Your primary relationships are formed out of family. John Hillcoat bondyourfamilywar Film has its own innate poetry. John Hillcoat owninnatefilmpoetry For all the spectacle of CGI, there's something alien and unreal about that domain, like a videogame. John Hillcoat alienaboutsomethinglike I love working with ensemble groups of actors. John Hillcoat workingi-loveensemblelove I know the power of going to Mount St. Helens, and to see that level of devastation is quite something - the power of tsunamis, etc. But it's human cruelty, the base level of humanity, that scares me most. John Hillcoat knowmepowerhumanity There is a capacity for violence we all harbour, and under certain circumstances, it comes out. John Hillcoat outviolencecapacitycircumstances We talk about that a lot: how, when you're under pressure, it brings out the best and the worst in people. John Hillcoat bestyoupressurepeople Radiohead showed a real affinity to being bold with visual imagery, so it came as no surprise when Jonny Greenwood did 'There Will Be Blood.' John Hillcoat willsurpriserealblood Bands are actively seeking more film involvement - because the days of recording albums and MTV and even touring, to some extent, are gone. John Hillcoat daysmoresomegone I think the environment is the biggest threat mankind has ever faced. John Hillcoat i-thinkthinkmankindenvironment Any way you want to slice it, the thing about the apocalypse is, since the beginning of time, it's the projection of mankind's worst fear. The day that, as a race, our number is up. John Hillcoat dayyoufeartime
