152 Quotes by Christopher Nolan

My most enjoyable movie going experiences have always been going to a movie theater, sitting there and the lights go down and a film comes on the screen that you don't know everything about, and you don't know every plot turn and every character movement that's going to happen.

I've been fascinated by dreams my whole life, since I was a kid, and I think the relationship between movies and dreams is something that's always interested me.

I like films where the music and the sound design, at times, are almost indistinguishable.

We shouldn't be chasing other movies, but stay true to the tone of Man of Steel.

What I react against in other people's work, as a filmgoer, is when I see something in a movie that I feel is supposed to make me feel emotional, but I don't believe the filmmaker shares that emotion. They just think the audience will. And I think you can feel that separation. So any time I find myself writing something that I don't really respond to, but I'm telling myself, 'Oh yes, but the audience is going to like this,' then I know I'm on the wrong track and I just throw it out.

A camera is a camera, a shot is a shot, how you tell the story is the main thing.

I've always believed that if you want to really try and make a great film, not a good film, but a great film, you have to take a lot of risks.

I like films that continue to spin your head in all sorts of different directions after you've seen them.

You're never going to learn something as profoundly as when it's purely out of curiosity