Television is so cool. Television is proving that we can be sophisticated and that people will watch, if it's good. Jose Padilha More Quotes by Jose Padilha More Quotes From Jose Padilha The way that I sort of direct the writers is, let's do the best story we can. Let's not worry about production issues. 'How much will that cost? How are we going to shoot that?' Let's not set up those constraints on the writing. I don't think it helps the project to work like that. Jose Padilha issueswritingthinking I have to be clear with myself and very conscious of what I am trying to say. Misunderstandings will always take place; it's unavoidable. Jose Padilha clearconscioustrying I love the sharpness and political tone of RoboCop and I think that such a film is now urgently needed. Jose Padilha tonepoliticalthinking In Rio de Janeiro, every cop has to make a choice. He either turns dirty, keeps his mouth shut, or goes to war. Jose Padilha choiceswardirty Measurements, observations, descriptions can only be considered scientific when they are independently confirmed by other people. Jose Padilha descriptionmeasurementpeople Usually I say I have no imagination. Jose Padilha imagination People can't stand it when you deal with issues of race and class, and also sometimes the church, and you give a perspective that flushes out hypocrisy. Jose Padilha issuesraceclass Listen, I like great actors. You can be a movie star without being a great actor - this has been proved several times - and I like my casts to have great actors. Acting is more important to me than being a star. Jose Padilha actingstarsimportant It's easy to make a pirate copy when you have digital tapes of things. And it was so complicated and complex to go through all the post-production of a movie without ever going digital. Jose Padilha tapepiratedigital The relationship between fascism and robotics, for instance, it's very clear that it's going to become way more important as time goes by. Jose Padilha fascismimportantway If you replace a soldier with a machine, you take away the possibility of the soldier or the policeman to not do something the state asks of him. He may think it's unethical to do it. A machine doesn't have that critical perspective. Jose Padilha perspectivesoldierthinking I like some superhero movies, but I have to say that they all feel the same to me. I've seen them a million times. They're all the same movie. Jose Padilha millionssuperherofeels As a filmmaker, I make the films that I love, that are in my heart. That's what I care about. Jose Padilha filmcareheart We're not doing a movie where ... the bad guy is the guy who produces drugs and the superhero is whomever represents the American government, and the victim is the guy consuming drugs, we didn't do this at all for the simple fact that this is not even close to what the reality is. Jose Padilha company-news If you publish a scientific paper it is very hard to start a nationwide debate about something. If you do this in a movie, you can start a debate. We like to create a bridge between those two worlds - film and science. Jose Padilha bridgeyoudebatescience
