The best actors instinctively feel out what the other actors need, and they just accommodate it. Christopher Nolan More Quotes by Christopher Nolan More Quotes From Christopher Nolan I'm a very fortunate person. I get to choose the movies that I want to do. I have a lot of friends in this industry that don't get to do that. I grew up in L.A. A lot of my friends are actors so I realize every day how lucky I am to have this opportunity, so while I'm here, I'm going to try to do exactly what I want. Christopher Nolan want opportunity trying What I love about IMAX is with its extraordinary resolution and color reproduction it's a very rich image with incredible detail. It lends itself wonderfully to huge shots with much in the frame. Thousands of extras and all the rest. Christopher Nolan resolution rich incredibles It's difficult to keep anything fresh for an audience these days. With technology being what it is people seem to know everything there is to know about a film before you've even made it. Christopher Nolan film technology people I like films that don't have that unonimity of a response; that don't have consensus in the audience. What it is essentially for me is that if you go back and watch the film a second time, do you feel that you've been played fair with? Are all the clues in place? Indeed, sometimes these things are even overstated. Specifically, for that reason. Christopher Nolan clue sometimes watches I will miss the Batman. I like to think that he'll miss me, but he's never been particularly sentimental. Christopher Nolan sentimental missing thinking I want to be surprised and entertained by a movie, so that's what we're trying to do for the audience. Obviously, we also have to sell the film. Christopher Nolan film want trying My approach with actors is to try and give them whatever it is they need from me. Direction to me is about listening and responding and realizing how much they need to know from me and how much they have figured out for themselves, really. Christopher Nolan listening trying giving Movie logistics never really allow you to do anything but shoot the way the budget dictates. Christopher Nolan budgets logistics way By the time I was 10 or 11, I knew I wanted to make films. Christopher Nolan film wanted To me, any kind of filmmaking that's reactive is not going to be as good as something more inventive and original. Christopher Nolan filmmaking kind I'm not a big dreamer. I never have been.The only thing I've sort of obviously extracted from the research of dreams is that I don't think there's a specific science you can put on dream psychology. I think that it's up to, obviously, the individual. Obviously, we suppress things, emotions, things during the day - thoughts that we obviously haven't thought through enough, and in that state of sleep when our subconscious or mind just sort of randomly fires off different surreal story structures, and when we wake up we should pay attention to these things. Christopher Nolan dream sleep thinking There are points where you worry that you might be putting too much in and alienating the audience. But, funnily enough, some of those fears aren't correct. Christopher Nolan too-much worry might I have to believe that when my eyes are closed, the world's still there. (Leonard Shelby, Memento) Christopher Nolan eye believe world We shouldn't be chasing other movies, but stay true to the tone of Man of Steel. Christopher Nolan tone steel men Particularly, the actors, to have analyzed the script in great detail from the point of view of their specific character. So that they have a handle on exactly where the character is in the chronology of things. In that sense the actors become your best check on the logic of the piece, and the way in which it all fits together. They become essential collaborators. The main thing is you have to work with very smart actors. Christopher Nolan smart views character Every Great Story deserves a Great Ending and Christopher Nolan knights dark giving It's certainly difficult to balance marketing a film and putting it out there to everybody with wanting to keep it fresh for the audience. Christopher Nolan balance film marketing I never meet anybody who actually likes the format, and it’s always a source of great concern to me when you’re charging a higher price for something that nobody seems to really say they have any great love for. Christopher Nolan great-love source likes There's very few directors I think in this industry that would pitch to a studio that they wanted to do a multi-layered almost at times existential high action, high drama surreal film that's sort of locked in his mind. And then have an opportunity to do that. Christopher Nolan opportunity drama thinking George Lazenby is no one's favorite James Bond, but for me the anonymity at the center of this lavish production only serves to reveal the Bond machine firing on all cylinders: superb editing and photography, incredible score, great setpieces. The most romantic in the series, and it actually has, of all things, a tragic ending. Christopher Nolan machines photography editing