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Christopher Nolan

I dont particularly enjoy watching films in 3D because I think that a well-shot and well-projected film has a very three-dimensional quality to it, so Im somewhat sceptical of the technology. – Christopher Nolan

But, in each case, as a filmmaker whos been given sizable budgets with which to work, I feel a responsibility to the audience to be shooting with the absolute highest quality technology that I can and make the film in a way that I want. – Christopher Nolan

For the last 10 years, Ive felt increasing pressure to stop shooting film and start shooting video, but Ive never understood why. Its cheaper to work on film, its far better looking, its the technology thats been known and understood for a hundred years, and its extremely reliable. – Christopher Nolan

The term genre eventually becomes pejorative because youre referring to something thats so codified and ritualised that it ceases to have the power and meaning it had when it first started. – Christopher Nolan

I think theres a vague sense out there that movies are becoming more and more unreal. I know Ive felt it. – Christopher Nolan

Ive always been a movie guy, movies have been my thing. I love movies, all kinds of movies. – Christopher Nolan

To be honest, I dont enjoy watching movies much when Im working. They tend to fall apart on me a bit. – Christopher Nolan

We all wake up in the morning wanting to live our lives the way we know we should. But we usually dont, in small ways. Thats what makes a character like Batman so fascinating. He plays out our conflicts on a much larger scale. – Christopher Nolan

But in the back of my mind Ive always looked to the biggest-scale Hollywood movies. Because to me the most satisfying experience is of watching a movie, if its done really well. And so that aspiration is always it for me, if I have the opportunity to do it. – Christopher Nolan

Ive been interested in dreams since I as a kid and Ive wanted to do a film about them for a long time. – Christopher Nolan

Im taking a bit of a wait-and-see attitude towards 3D. – Christopher Nolan

You know when Hollywood does a great big blockbuster that really wraps you up in a world, and lets you believe in extraordinary things that move you in some way, in an almost operatic sensibility? That to me is the most fun I have at the movies. – Christopher Nolan

But I have been interested in dreams, really since I was a kid. I have always been fascinated by the idea that your mind, when you are asleep, can create a world in a dream and you are perceiving it as though it really existed. – Christopher Nolan

I have been interested in dreams, really since I was a kid. I have always been fascinated by the idea that your mind, when you are asleep, can create a world in a dream and you are perceiving it as though it really existed. – Christopher Nolan

The only job that was ever of interest to me other than filmmaking is architecture. – Christopher Nolan