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

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

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" Sometimes I think I don't do anything but make, watch, and talk about films. "

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

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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" To me, it's mind-boggling to think that homosexuality was forbidden up until 1967. "

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" Our film society back home is so different from here. Making a movie is universal. Directing a movie is universal; it's a universal language. It's just figuring things out and understanding the codes and how the system of Hollywood compares to that of Norway. We don't even have agents. There's no studio system, no managers. "

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

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

" Turing was uncompromisingly honest. As soon as he didn't think you were interesting or smart, he'd just turn around and walk away, even if you were in the middle of a sentence. "

" I love using drama and humour. "

" The most serious problem doing biography is the matter of time because you have to shape events into a narrative of two hours; you have to create a dramatic arc. That can be a challenge. "

" Just because someone or something thinks differently than you do, it doesn't mean that it's not thinking. "

" 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. "

" You do not move forward by following convention. You celebrate those who are different, who are not burdened by 'normality.' "

" To me, Alan Turing was a mystery - it was sort of like something I needed to unravel. And he was also obsessed with puzzles. So I wanted to make the movie like a mystery, like a puzzle that you're piecing together. "

" We like flawed people. "

" I'm such a romantic at heart. "