Nigel Cole Quotes

Films are not mathematics - that's the first thing you need to understand. At least, that's how I feel. They are not words on paper. Films are made with people, with teams and with individual bundles of creativity coming together to fulfill the vision of an individual who is the director of the film.

A script like 'Nightcrawler' gives me an opportunity to truly realize a vision that's mine, which is exciting.

I realised that there's a more muscular approach to film-making that I found very inspiring.

When you make a movie, you can only make the movie that you would want to see.

I don't approach films purely in context of genre.

Look, I'm just a storyteller. When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda.

I don't make deals, I make pictures.

The more tools we have directors and cinematographers will be able to express more and create different worlds and feelings. It's like having more instruments in an orchestra.

I want to work with great directors. I've picked films based on the script or the character and seen them collapse because the directors were not strong visionaries.

I want to act for the rest of my life - and I also want to pursue directing. Watching Bill Condon direct 'Twilight' kind of made me think, 'OK yeah, I really want to do this now.' This idea that you can make an image in your head and be in full control of how it comes out - I thought that was really cool.

John Boorman was the best director I've ever had.

I will continue to make films to express my thoughts that come from my observations, from the society we live in.

The essential nature of all filmed entertainment is that you area always straddling the line of whether or not you can realize something that you want to do.

My personal fave is 'The Japanese Wife', because I think I achieved a lot of what I wanted to do. I wanted that Japanese minimalism in the film, which I managed to get somewhat.

I always try to approach a film from the point of view of the director.

Emotionally, light very much influences, I feel, the audience. It's not something that most audience members are conscious of, which is a good thing, because it means as filmmakers, we have the opportunity to gently control an audience into feeling a certain way.

I would love to work with Raju Hirani. I never thought I would have a wish-list of directors as such, but after seeing the consistency of his storylines and the human touch he gets in his film, I would love to work with him.

I'm happy directing films. On television, the direction takes your entire life away.

You can't make a film for your personal satisfaction. That is why I detest the cinema of people like Mani Kaul.

I am indeed fortunate to work with some reputed directors like Balaji Sakthivel, Sekhar Kammula, and KV Anand sir. Each one of them has a different style, and every day is a learning experience for me.

I don't watch a lot of films. I'm usually involved in making them.

When you're making a film you're thinking about how to tell the story visually.

It sounds kind of flighty, filmmaker-y, but I believe films are a piece of art. They are meant to be what they're meant to be, and sometimes the artist is informed by the film of what it needs to be.

[Scott Derrickson] is terrific, really sharp on the details, and he's not afraid to go to dark places.

If someone were to hire me for a film they'd be getting a certain kind of package, that's for sure, a certain set of tools. But I would listen to the director.