169 Quotes by Doug Liman

There would be no Marvel without 'Swingers'; there would be no Jon Favreau directing 'Iron Man,' no Robert Downey Jr. playing Iron Man; no 'Avengers.'

I'm really attracted to anti-heroes, and I'm a little bit of a troublemaker myself, and a little bit of a rule-breaker, and I like spies.

I don't really make movies with an intention other than asking myself, 'Do I love the character, and do I love the story?'

I went to USC film school, briefly, which is a very traditional film school.

I love 'Bringing Up Baby.' Anything that Katharine Hepburn's in. I'm committed to the Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn era of filmmaking.

'North by Northwest' was a big influence for 'The Bourne Identity.'

I've always had antiheroes in my film.

I got in trouble in film school at USC because one of my Super-8 movies there, in the first semester, involved a snowmobile chase scene. I made an action scene, and they were like, 'That wasn't what you were supposed to be doing.'

I'm really drawn to adventure, and characters being plucked from normal life and sent on extraordinary adventures.