Nicolas Winding Refn Quotes

I would like to be in a superhero movie where I do martial arts.

'Drive' is a genre piece, and a lot of times we don't get really sophisticated genre films.

There is nothing quite like 'The Night of the Hunter'. I have never seen a film to which it can be fairly compared.

I think 'Green Lantern' has the potential to be a very highly regarded superhero movie. We're approaching it with such respect and such care.

But time has caught up with it and I think vindicated it. Shampoo, too: very dark, very ambitious movie.

The fight scenes in 'The World's End' have a certain balletic quality to them.

For those of you who thought F. W. Murnau's 'Nosferatu' was his greatest film, I have news for you: his 'Faust' blows it out of the water.

Tarantino's 'Django' amused me very much. It is as made by an adult that was still a child.

I think it's very admirable, in a superhero movie, to be able to take a few risks.

Look at every action movie in Hollywood. Every leading man from Spider-Man to Batman to James Bond, 'Bourne Identity', every one of them possesses martial arts skills.

I thought 'Skyfall' was a sumptuous film.

I would love to play a superhero. I wish I could be in 'The Avengers,' kicking butt.

I don't really say much about reviewers. It's a very tough job to get all of the depth of a movie all at once.

It's a big part of what we do - we test our movies extensively. I'm always there myself. It's sometimes difficult to sit through, especially if it's a version of the movie that's not working particularly well.

I'd love to do a superhero movie, like a remake of Wonder Woman.

Rian Johnson's 'Looper' is inventive, entertaining, and thought-provoking in every way a movie can be. It is in fact the kind of movie that reminds us why we watch them and make them, a beautifully told story that deserves to be not only remembered, but acknowledged for its writing.

I recently watched Peter Brook's Lord of the Flies, and it wasn't a favorite film. Then I saw the one that was made in 1990, which in my opinion didn't match up to the original.

I don't think I'm ever really going to run the risk of disappearing into a Marvel franchise. I just don't know how I would fit into a catsuit.

I wish I'd made 'Warrior,' and I wish I'd made 'Drive.'

'The Dark Knight,' for me, has the same problem that every other 'Batman' movie has. It's not about Batman. I think Heath Ledger is just phenomenal and the character of the Joker is beautifully written. He has a particular philosophy that he carries throughout the movie. He has one of the best bad guy schemes.

One of the best movies of the year was 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes.' That's not just an action movie - it's a prison film.

Before we even approached this movie, the 'Fantastic Four' on its own is very unique.

I was very attracted to doing 'The Wolverine' in Japan because that's my favorite chapter in the story of Wolverine. But I'm not a superhero guy.

When I was younger, I used to love Tim Burton's 'Batman.' I was, like, 15, and even then, I was aware, 'This is really the Joker's film.' It's like, the Joker just takes over, and Batman, you really don't learn too much about him.

'Rob Roy' was a great adaptation. It was a lot better than 'Braveheart.'