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" Sometimes you see films, not just science fiction films, where you get the sense that if the camera were to pan just to the left or the right, all of a sudden you'd be seeing light stands and crew standing around. But with 'Blade Runner,' the beauty of it is that it felt like a real, breathing city. "

" Science-fiction cities in general, I think, are so hard to get right, because it's so easy to just play some cheesy music or do something that takes you right out of it, but 'Blade Runner' got it right, and I love that about the film. "

" I love my work, but I don't like being in the spotlight. I was never going to be an actor, that's for sure. "

" I know my dad's proud that I've done it on my own, and I'm happy with that. "

" For me, 'Blade Runner' is the best science-fiction film ever made. "

" I was a little geeky kid anyway. If I wasn't shooting little stop-animation films, then I was playing computer games or Dungeons & Dragons. "

" I'm not the guy who does slo-mo, or I'm not the guy who does splashing rain or doves flying or anything; that's not me. Every film, I try and make it the way I see it in my head, and it really just depends on the script and the people I'm working with or whatever interests me at that particular time. "

" I do have a somewhat unique upbringing. "

" I have a sense of humor, and sometimes it gets me into trouble. "

" You only get one shot to do a first feature. "

" The beauty of science fiction is that it takes the audience's guard down; they're much more willing to open themselves up and allow themselves to be questioned and have their values questioned when they don't think we're talking about their world or them and what they're used to. "

" Treat the audience with respect and maturity, and have a certain faith in them to catch up. "

" I am absolutely of the videogames generation, starting on the Atari and Commodore 64 and the Amiga. "

" I don't know why, but for whatever reason, that side of life - the celebrity and the spectacle - has never interested me. "

" It seems like the reason that I miss the science fiction from the late '70s and '80s is that at that period, they really were doing interesting, introspective human stories that just happened to take place in science fiction settings. "

" There's a depth to the look that you get with models that you just can't get with CGI. It's about the detail that you just wouldn't think to put in. "

" Film directing is really undermined if you attempt to do it by committee because there has to be a single vision as to how to tell a story. It's like if you were at a campfire, and everyone is taking turns to give one sentence in telling a horror story. It would be a mess - it's not going to make sense. "

" I took an incredibly roundabout route getting into feature films. "

" J. G. Ballard is just an example of the writers I like. Philip K. Dick is obviously one of them. I'm a big fan of William Gibson as well. He started cyberpunk with 'Neuromancer.' I've come to know him a little bit over Twitter, of all places, and I was always a huge fan of his. It's very cool to know he even knows I exist. "

" One of the things my dad always said is that it's O.K. to do one for you and one for them. He taught me a lot of things, but that's certainly one of the many that I took to heart. "

" Be it a video game, comic book, or cheque book, the question always is, 'What story do you have to tell?' "

" I was the only kids to have Sony Umatic tapes of the old 'Star Wars.' It was such an old technology; you needed two or three tapes to show one movie, so the kids used to come over to my house, and we would watch 'Star Wars.' "

" I was a sensitive boy. "

" As a filmmaker, the only way that I understand how to make a film is holistically. "

" I was in my 30s when I finally went to film school. It was kind of always going to happen, but I did try to keep it suppressed for awhile. "

" I was christened Duncan Zowie Jones. "

" Eventually, I'm going to be judged purely on my own merits. "

" I'm a natural puzzle solver. "

" I thought 'The Social Network' was fantastic. "

" I'm a bit of a geek, actually. So I always wanted my first film to be science fiction. "