33 Quotes by Daniel Espinosa

When you're 16, the top of the world is directing a gangster movie.

I want to challenge my cinematography and my editing.

If you just storyboard something, you've already planned it, and you're stuck in the limitations of your imagination.

I made this Swedish movie called 'Snabba Cash,' or 'Easy Money,' and it was shown at the Berlin Film Festival. A lot of American studios, agents, and people like that saw it there and liked it.

I grew up in different parts of Africa. I grew up in Mozambique and places like that. I've been in South Africa many times.

I always loved when James Stewart did roles that were not so dialogue-based, like 'Vertigo.'

It must have been fascinating for Bono to have Johnny Cash do a cover of his song, and hear how he translates the words that he has used. And it would be fascinating to see a great director do his take on my work.

We've all done actions in our lives where we compromise what we believe in. And if we keep doing it, there's no way back, no pride to hold on to.

Gangster movies are the inheritor of the Greek tragedy: it's the only genre where the audience will be disappointed if there's not a tragic ending.