Joe Carnahan Quotes

'The Outlaw Josey Wales' is one of my top three movies.

'The Outlaw Josey Wales' is one I watched again and again and again in the early days of VHS.

I'm a big fan of Alan J. Pakula's films like 'All the President's Men', 'The Parallax View,' and 'Klute.' I'm a big fan of those movies.

I wouldn't say I'm a fan of Tarantino, per se, but I like several of his movies very much, probably 'Reservoir Dogs' the most of them.

One of my favorite films is 'Dumb and Dumber.'

When it comes to remaking my own films in the English language, I can only imagine that it is a very boring process, I wouldn't ever dream of it.

There were many films made for both cinema and television, and in general I don't connect them very much with our books. I have one favorite: 'The Man on the Roof' by director Bo Widerberg, which was based on 'The Abominable Man.'

I like John Carpenter. I like some of his films more than others.

Scorsese's been a hero of mine since I was young. If you saw 'Swingers,' you know I was definitely fixated on his body of work.

Tarantino's movies, I really enjoy, certainly, and when I was 19 and 20, I was really into them.

I love 'Husbands and Wives,' Woody Allen's movie. It's like one of my all-time favorites. I could watch it over and over again.

'Pulp Fiction' is my favorite movie of all time.

In general, we like to shoot Breaking Bad like a modern day Western, and Sergio Leone is one of my all-time favorite directors.

I love Sam Peckinpah.

You can't compare David Cronenberg's 'The Fly' to the older version.

I say yes to a film depending on who is directing it.

I really liked 'Premam,' and when we decided to remake it, our intention was never to make a better film.

Even my first film Poda Podi' was supposed to be remade in Telugu. That was an experimental film.

I don't think 'Enter The Dragon' should ever be remade.

My favorite movie is 'House of Wax.'

I love 'Death Race.' It's one of my favorite films.

When you meet a director who wants to remake a movie, you have to ask, does he or she have an interesting vision and idea, something that intrigues you - is there a reason why we should do this?

Sam Peckinpah's movies probably say more about him than anybody's body of work says about that person. There are running themes in his films that I find eminently fascinating, disturbing, exhausting, and exhilarating.

I wish someone would make an Indian equivalent of 'Kill Bill' with me. That would be awesome.

I was influenced by American movies of the '60s and '70s, especially Don Siegel's 'Dirty Harry' and the films of Sam Peckinpah. And, of course, a lot of the film noir movies of the '40s.