Antoine Fuqua Quotes

I've seen many, many movies over the years, and there are only a few that suddenly inspire you so much that you want to continue to make films.

There are so many films I lean on and look toward and return to that give me some guidance on how to keep moving in the world, and that's what film does, at its best.

I wouldn't have had the life I've had without movies.

A lot of movies are made to make us dream.

Sometimes I get an idea for cinema. And when you get an idea that you fall in love with, this is a glorious day.

There are a lot of movies that inspire me to do what I do.

There are people who don't like to use other films as research, but I love it.

I feel more influenced in my own work by dreams than I do by other writers' works in a way. Or by popular culture, movies - what else is there to write about than love and loss?

I have been a fan of movies from a very young age, and somehow, the magic of that - every single time I hear something or read something that could be made into a wonderful film or something somebody is asking me to be a part of - that connects. It just makes me feel like I'm going to be part of something magical again.

I have always looked to movies and theatre for inspiration.

My wife Ricky is my muse. Her personal style and natural beauty have always been my inspiration.

I am constantly drawing inspiration from everything I see-the places I travel, the people I know and the movies I see.

One of the things I love about cinema is the range.

It took me six years to get close to Picasso. I learnt a lot from him, and he was an absolute genius. He almost became my grandfather at the time. It was like he was a magician or something.

Stanley Kubrick's '2001' was the door that opened up the possibility of science fiction for me. Everything else up to then was fine, but didn't quite work for me.

I know when somebody's heard my music. I can hear it in their music.

I've always liked fairy tale and spectacle. I wouldn't say I was a fantasy fan, but anything beyond reality I've always found exciting - the work of David Lynch, the work of Tim Burton. But for me, I also love those things that are absolutely about human relationships.

The movies that influenced me were movies that told their stories through pictures more than words.

I used to love Kapil Dev and, like any schoolboy, wanted to become a cricketer till I started dreaming of making movies.

James Thurber was an inspiration because his drawings were so primitive. I am self-taught - I didn't go to art school - so I thought when I started doing them, 'If James Thurber can be a cartoonist, I can,' because his stuff is very raw.

When I start a movie, there will be certain films that I watch again just because the vibe seems right.

You'd have to be completely crazy not to be influenced by and take from other artists. It's completely impossible not to.

Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.

I want to liberate my imagination and my mind with every kind of movie. That is what I wanted to do all my life.

I have a few friends that have inspired me since I was a young kid. When I watch old films or modern movies - particularly 'Gladiator,' 'New Jack City' and 'The Skin I Live In' - I'll also get ideas.