Doug Liman Quotes

I wasn't that kid where if you told me 'No,' I was just going to do it anyway.

When someone tells me not to do something, I'll do it more.

I'm sort of contrary and stubborn sometimes. When everybody says, 'You have to read this book! You have to read this book!' I'm like 'Oh, I'll get around to it.'

Yes, I'm still going to misbehave!

What is a rebel? A man who says no.

I was one of those young cats and knuckleheads that was hard headed, that didn't listen.

I'm quite contrary. If people agree on something, I tend to gravitate the other way by my nature. I don't like to be told what to do. I think it goes back to school. I like to do things I want to do and I really don't like doing what I don't want to do.

I didn't rebel in the way a lot of people do.

What is a rebel? A man who says no: but whose refusal does not imply a renunciation.

If you tell me I can't have something then that just makes me want it more.

I developed a resistance to authority. Not to discipline - I learned that. But to authority. I like to think for myself. And I like to cause trouble.

If you attack the establishment long enough and hard enough, they will make you a member of it.

I think the quickest way to get me to do something is really, 'You can't do that.' And I'm like, 'OK, I will make that happen.'

I was very rebellious.

I'm very perverse. If someone tells me I have to read a book, I'm instantly disinclined to do so.

I hate being forced to do things. I hate people telling me what to do, so I'll do the complete opposite. It's a bit self-destructive sometimes.

I was rebellious.

I was a little rebellious growing up.

I don't know what I would have done to rebel. I don't know what I was rebelling against.

I am insubordinate by nature. I can't help it.

The kid who throws his spaghetti from the high chair onto his father's face, he's pushing back. He's sticking it to the man as he sees it. I like that. So that is punk.

I'm my own worst enemy. I like to eat, and when people tell me to do something I do the opposite.

I am a rebel.

I've always been a tilter of lances against authority.

I was always quite outspoken as a teenager and quite cheeky in school and stuff.