43 Quotes by Alex Cox

Because there is actually something very interesting in Goodfellas, how the style of the film changes as time goes by and based on the mental state of the protagonist.

And I also figured out that way I can do a film in black and white because I've never been able to do a film in black and white.

And it says something about our level of disassociation, that we can provoke these wars abroad but we're not allowed to see people get killed as a result.

No, I did a film called ‘Death and the Compass’ as well.

You can’t change the system through violence.

Yeah, I’d be happy to go back to Mexico or Japan to make another film.

It’s always nice when the eccentrics show up.

You’d never have a motorcycle policeman out on the Indian reservation.

Everybody gets a little dose of Shakespeare. He’s the greatest playwright in the English language, but his politics are fairly square.