152 Quotes by Christopher Nolan

Every film should have its own world, a logic and feel to it that expands beyond the exact image that the audience is seeing.

Batman and Superman are very different characters but they’re both iconic and elemental. Finding the right story for them both is the key.

If you’re going to perform inception, you need imagination. You need the simplest version of the idea-the one that will grow naturally in the subject’s mind. Subtle art.

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.

I think audiences get too comfortable and familiar in today’s movies. They believe everything they’re hearing and seeing. I like to shake that up.

I think there are advantages to different scales of filmmaking. You wouldn’t want to do just one thing.

If I could steal someone’s dream myself, I’d have to go for one of Orson Welles.

I’ve always been a movie guy, movies have been my thing. I love movies, all kinds of movies.

People want to see something that shows them you can do what you say. That’s the trick.