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" As a director, one of my biggest jobs is trying to see what actually works for the actor. "

" As a filmmaker, I don't want to limit myself to one kind of movie. After 'Headhunters,' I went to Hollywood and read a lot of scripts: lots of action thrillers and heist movies, and superhero films. "

" Bob Dylan is someone that - I don't care how long into the future it is - somebody will still play Bob Dylan. He will always survive. "

" Everything you care about is getting the next step right: getting the script right, finding the right actors, shooting it. Then you spend half a year in a dark room editing your film, and you don't talk to anybody. "

" For film fans to support 'The Imitation Game' means so much to me, the entire cast and film-making team. "

" 'Headhunters' was a breakthrough film for me, internationally, and I got offered a lot of scripts from Hollywood - a lot of heightened hero movies. "

" I always felt Harrison Ford looked like he's about to shoot himself when he's carrying his own gun. He always looked afraid; he's not just this tough guy, you know? "

" I always wanted to do a sci-fi movie, but most sci-fi scripts are either about saving the planet or fighting aliens. "

" I came to Hollywood and felt myself an outsider, and I was sent all these action thrillers and superhero scripts. "

" I didn't know anybody who was a filmmaker - there was no film industry where I grew up. I never knew what a director really did until I was in high school and I started reading up about it. I've always loved films, and I always felt like a storyteller. "

" I don't know if it's a sadistic side or whatever, but you take characters and put them in really awful situations and make them go through that. And it's very satisfying as a director to explore that, to tell those stories and to explore those themes, because it is so human. "

" I don't see myself directing the same movie twice. "

" I don't think the biggest crime is to not sympathize with people. I think the biggest crime is to not be interested. "

" I don't think you pick your projects; you just fall in love with it, and it just becomes something you have to do. "

" If I did the structure and had this thing about a straight character, I would never have a sex scene to prove that he's heterosexual. If I have a gay character in a movie, I need to have a sex scene in it - just to prove that he's gay? "

" If you want the human psyche, how we deal with humans in these situations, WWII is a very tangled place to go. "

" I hope I can be a filmmaker where every movie will be different, and not make one type of movie. I'm always looking for a character that interests me. "

" I left Norway after high school and moved to Manhattan and went to film school in Manhattan. That's when I really found out that this was my calling and what I wanted to do. "

" I like movies where you can't just put them all in one box. "

" I love Fincher, as he has a great atmosphere and intensity. Also, I grew up watching Hitchcock movies, and there was something elegant in the way he plays with you and plays with the character and tricks you. "

" I love history, and I thought I knew history well, but I was shocked by how little I knew about it. "

" I love using drama and humour. "

" I love when people say 'Imitation Game' is such a crowd pleaser. "

" I love William Gibson. "

" I'm a Coen Brothers fan - especially their early work. "

" I'm a sci-fi fan, but a lot of the sci-fi you're getting is the same. It's very stereotypical. "

" I'm from Norway, but I always felt like I'd grown up with British culture. "

" I'm such a romantic at heart. "

" I'm very tired, but this is what every filmmaker dreams about: that their $15 million, under-the-radar film is now being seen by so many people. "

" In every Kubrick movie, there is so much great thought put into the surroundings. It's almost like the sets are huge characters in the movie at all times. "

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