That's what I wanted to do... I wanted to make a great film that just happened to be based on a video game. Duncan Jones More Quotes by Duncan Jones More Quotes From Duncan Jones I love my work, but I don't like being in the spotlight. I was never going to be an actor, that's for sure. Duncan Jones never like work love 'Warcraft' is going to be a period of my life I treasure and loathe at the same time. Duncan Jones my-life treasure time life I don't want to build on someone else's legacy. I wanted to establish my own thing. Duncan Jones own someone my-own legacy It's always nerve-racking, showing your parents things you've been working on. Duncan Jones your parents you always One of the things my dad always said is that it's O.K. to do one for you and one for them. He taught me a lot of things, but that's certainly one of the many that I took to heart. Duncan Jones me you dad heart Treat the audience with respect and maturity, and have a certain faith in them to catch up. Duncan Jones treat respect maturity faith After 'The Fellowship of the Ring,' the films that followed it, instead of having their own unique aesthetic, they all wanted to be 'Lord of the Rings' as opposed to learning from 'Lord of the Rings.' Duncan Jones own aesthetic learning unique 'Warcraft' by its very nature is epic in scale. Duncan Jones scale very epic nature It felt very fresh to me, and it feels very contemporary - this idea that conflict's not being about good and evil and not necessarily being black and white. If you dig deep enough, you'll often find that people do things because they feel that they have to as opposed to because they are evil. Duncan Jones good me you black-and-white When Peter Jackson made the 'Lord of the Rings' movies, I remember there was a concern that people who didn't read Tolkien wouldn't go see the first one. But the films were so good in their own right that the audience grew beyond the readership of the book. Duncan Jones good remember book people 'Warcraft' has always had a far higher percentage of women players than a lot of other games. It has always been a very welcoming environment for women. Duncan Jones always women environment games Games have always presented an opportunity to escape. But they are also an opportunity to go somewhere that you come to know well. Duncan Jones escape know you opportunity I love games, and I feel they've been sold short shrift in films so far. Duncan Jones short feel games love You could make a film out of just about anything so long as there is a clear vision about the story. Duncan Jones story you vision long Be it a video game, comic book, or cheque book, the question always is, 'What story do you have to tell?' Duncan Jones story game you book It took a generation of filmmakers who loved and were raised on comic books to make movies that you actually cared about and felt something for. I think that's absolutely the same with what's going on with videogame movies. Duncan Jones loved movies think you I am absolutely of the videogames generation, starting on the Atari and Commodore 64 and the Amiga. Duncan Jones absolutely i-am generation starting I think my sensibilities about storytelling and character just automatically come into play when I'm trying to work on any kind of narrative. For me, it doesn't really matter what the source of the narrative is. I will be looking for ways to make it into an intriguing story with empathetic characters. Duncan Jones looking me work character I played lots of games, and I was a fan of gaming, so I was always looking for new games. I was also a science fiction and fantasy fan, growing up, in games and books and movies. Duncan Jones movies looking gaming science My dad was obviously prolific in music, but he also acted and I think I had the most fun when we were on film sets... I think I got the( directing) bug back then, because the musical gene did not express itself in the way one might have hoped, my main hobby with my dad was shooting little one-stop animations and I just always carried that interest in film. Duncan Jones
