58 Quotes by John Hillcoat

I take very seriously that challenge of trying to do genre films - but elevated genre films.

I love strong women.

Everyone has a family, even if they're at war or fallen apart. It's the closest initial bond, and there's a sort of primal element to that. Your primary relationships are formed out of family.

Unfortunately, I've seen violence, and I think, in films, it is the dramatic extremity of it.

There are so many tricks and so much eye candy in cinema. What I love about the classicism of genre is that there's a discipline. I think it's a healthy thing to resist all that candy.

I am very keen to do a film that's female-led.

When you're working with an ensemble, I think you really need different energies because you don't have much time with each character to make them feel real. You want strong personalities that are very different.

I'm actually a humanist, believe it or not, and I believe even when people are corrupted, even when they've gone to the dark side, they are still human beings.

I have always thought of films as stories for the world.