I was particularly keen to make sure Tiger Lily wasn't a damsel in distress, tiger Lily is the bad-ass warrior who is far more pro-active physically in defeating (evil pirate) Blackbeard than any of the boys. She has all the action sequences. Joe Wright More Quotes by Joe Wright More Quotes From Joe Wright I don't make a division between an art film and commercial art. Joe Wright divisionfilmart An artist needs to live to create, and to live means to suffer. Joe Wright artistsufferingmean There's good art and there's bad art. A lot of action films are bad art, but Paul Greengrass showed us with the Bourne films that it's possible to make an action film with a political, social conscience. Joe Wright politicalactionart I was really excited to try 3D and play with it really, again, experiment formally with that extra dimension. Joe Wright dimensionsplaytrying I was known for a while for doing very long takes, especially after Atonement. Joe Wright atonementknownlong My first cut that I showed the studio was probably 2hrs 20min. Joe Wright studioscuttingfirsts I worked hard, but I was lucky the right people happened to see my work. Joe Wright happenedluckypeople I think people are at their most creative when they're relaxed. I don't believe that tension is good for creativity. Everyone is relaxed and therefore can feel able to express their own individual creativity and lots of ideas come in. It's a joy like that. Joe Wright creativitybelievethinking I went to comprehensive school in North London and left without any qualifications [diploma]. And I was doing bits of acting and improv in a drama club in the evenings. Then I discovered you didn't need qualifications to go to art school, you just needed a body of work. Joe Wright dramaartschool Modern, not bottom-dwelling literature like a carp. Joe Wright modernliteraturedwelling I think Pan is a superhero movie; I mean, the kid flies in the end. Joe Wright meankidsthinking I was never a kind of superhero fan much growing up, I'm not a kind of comic book kid. Joe Wright growing-upkidsbook I think maybe I might tackle something that doesn't reach down to a very, very young audience, like more of a kind of teenager and upwards. Joe Wright teenagermightthinking I've been wanting for some time to find a way of stylizing cinema and trying to get closer to the emotional story I was telling and get rid of all the bumph that goes with it and allow the audience a more participatory experience. It was an attempt to do all of those things and to express the idea that all these people were just performing roles in their lives. Joe Wright emotionalpeopleideas I liked the idea they were indigenous people who were fighting against the colonialist rule of Blackbeard, i can understand how it appears from an outside perspective. Joe Wright entertainment When little girls come out of seeing the movie, their favorite character always is Tiger Lily. When asked why, they say 'because she can do anything.' I think she is quite an empowering character for little girls and that to me is really gratifying. Joe Wright entertainment I find man's inhumanity to man extraordinary,,, I can't get my head around it. Joe Wright headfindmanextraordinary I consider all drama to be the opportunity to see the world from another person's point of view. That seems to be the point of drama, really. And thereby to encourage understanding and even love. Joe Wright viewopportunityloveworld I'm very interested in dance, and I'm very interested in how people express themselves through movement. And of course, cinema is a kinetic art form. It's almost the point of cinema - it's time-based and movement-based. Joe Wright cinemadancepeopleart With 'Atonement,' I put a lot of pressure on myself, and then I made an advert for Chanel, which 'broke the camel's back' emotionally. Joe Wright camelbackmyselfpressure
