74 Quotes by Morten Tyldum

Sometimes I think I don't do anything but make, watch, and talk about films.

As a filmmaker, I don't want to limit myself to one kind of movie.

I hope I can be a filmmaker where every movie will be different, and not make one type of movie. I'm always looking for a character that interests me.

I left Norway after high school and moved to Manhattan and went to film school in Manhattan. That's when I really found out that this was my calling and what I wanted to do.

Making a movie is universal. Directing a movie is universal; it's a universal language.

To do a movie about someone who actually lived gives you two responsibilities. You have to try to be accurate to the facts of what he did and what he was like as a character. Then, at the same time, you have a responsibility to make a movie that entertains and can get an audience.

It's great to try another format and be part of telling a story over ten episodes.

To me, it's mind-boggling to think that homosexuality was forbidden up until 1967.

You never know where your next movie is going to come from. You just have to fall in love with something because it's going to be taking up every moment of spare time in your life for about two years. You're going to be dreaming about it and thinking about it and becoming obsessed with it.