39 Quotes by Alan Taylor

There's a natural human compulsion to chase after freedom and then to actually hand it over as fast as possible and get away from it.

The Marvel experience was particularly wrenching because I was sort of given absolute freedom while we were shooting, and then in post, it turned into a different movie.

On 'Game of Thrones,' I remember shooting in Croatia, and by lunchtime we'd see photos of what we'd shot online and think, 'My God - people really care.'

Compared to TV, 'Palookaville' was restriction-free, except we had no money and no time.

I'm not a shouter, but I like to put my stamp on things.

I had been trying to make movies, but they were really hard to get made. TV wound up, by surprise, a much more fulfilling place to work. That said, I've always been drawn to make movies.

Science fiction sometimes is fun because it reaches so far in the future.

It's been a twisty-turny path for me. I was studying to be a history professor, and then I left that, went to film school, and tried to be like my heroes, like, Spike Lee and Hal Hartly.

When you direct a movie that makes no money whatsoever, there is no rush to your door for the next one.