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" I just remember watching 'Brass Eye' and being so utterly blown away by the scope of it and how much it managed to cram into an episode. "
Edgar Wright
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" In a lot of action films, a lot of guys are driving muscle cars or vintage cars, whereas in reality, a lot of getaway drivers would actually choose, like, commuter cars and find a way to blend into freeway traffic as quickly as possible. "
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" I use music to focus, like an internal motor. "
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Focus
" I definitely went through a period when I was a teenager when every girl was 'The One' and every break-up was the 'Worst Thing That Had Ever Happened.' "
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" The first TV show I worked on was with the guys from 'Little Britian,' Matt Lucas and David Walliams, who did a show in 1995 I directed, 'Mash and Peas.' "
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TV
" When I went to college, I discovered the Sega console, and 'Sonic the Hedgehog' became very dear to me. "
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" The idea of fighting your new girlfriend's ex-lovers, 'Street Fighter' style, is the ultimate geek wish-fulfilment. "
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Style
Street
" For 120 minutes, 'Birdman' floats from comedy to surrealism to high drama to quiet brilliance. I felt so inspired by watching this movie. It reaches for the sky and never comes back down to earth. "
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Down
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Drama
" Mel Brooks is an interesting one because he started out making films about stuff that he was totally affectionate about, like musicals, westerns, horror films, Hitchcock films. And then, as they get further on, and you get to 'Spaceballs,' then it's just kind of contrived. "
Edgar Wright
Horror
You
Like
" I love horror, sci-fi and action, or I wouldn't make these kinds of movies, but those designations are Trojan horses to make these personal comedies. "
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Action
Horror
Love
" I was at art school that had quite a celebrated film course as well. I tried for that film course when I was 18, but they said I was too young. I tried this audio and visual design course instead. Two years later, I reapplied for that higher course, but they said I was still too young and to try in five years. "
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Design
Said
Try
" If you're on a road trip, you need driving music. "
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Music
Driving
Road
" Some actors don't even read the stage directions at all. "
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Directions
Even
Stage
" I was never a DC kid - I went through a phase from, like, 11 to 17 where I would try to buy as many Marvel titles as possible. And '2000 AD' was kind of the sort of sci-fi/punk of British comics. "
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Possible
Kind
Try
" The making of documentaries for 'Humanoids From The Deep,' 'Galaxy Of Terror' and 'Forbidden World' are absolutely fascinating. "
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Deep
World
Making
" I think you write the film that you want to see, and you try and do it honestly, and you can't control people's responses, really. "
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Control
People
Think
" I loved the idea of somebody literally fighting for love. "
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Fighting
Idea
Love
" I grew up on 'Battle of the Planets.' "
Edgar Wright
Planets
Grew
Battle
" When I was at school, I used to end every school day with fountain pen ink all over my hands and face and down my shirt. "
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Pen
Face
Hands
" Whenever I'm writing a script, I'm scoring myself by playing the right kind of music. "
Edgar Wright
Writing
Myself
Music
" All of my films have been very dialogue-heavy, and that's great. It always makes it more of a challenge to market in other countries. "
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More
Market
Great
" We were shooting 'Hot Fuzz' in my hometown of Wells, Somerset, and I remember looking at the dailies and going, 'Wait, there's a Starbucks in the shot. I don't remember that being there!' We had to digitally remove it; the same thing happened with a McDonald's in another scene. I had this sensation of, 'What's going on here? Where am I?' "
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Remember
Wait
Hot
" One of the reasons for me that there's no 'Spaced 3' is that I don't think you can pretend to be 26 for ever. "
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You
Think
Reasons
" Usually in TV... A TV director could be anything from a main grip to just a glorified cameraman, and sometimes a director can be the person who is hired last. It's very much a producer's medium. "
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Person
Just
Director
" I guess a lot of comic-book adaptations strive for realism. Christopher Nolan is making Batman seem very real and very serious. "
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Strive
Seem
Realism
" There have been recorded cases of people learning how to fly a plane after playing a flight simulator, but there's never been a case of someone learning to fight by playing 'Tekken.' "
Edgar Wright
People
Learning
Fly
" I found, after the experience of making 'Shaun Of The Dead' and then returning to the blank page - because 'Shaun Of The Dead' was the first screenplay I ever wrote properly - the experience of returning to the blank page and having nothing in the drawer was intensely painful. "
Edgar Wright
Nothing
Experience
Returning
" I find just in terms of free time I'm always envious of people I know who... listen to music, watch films, play games, read books. I have to pick. And I find frequently that if I've got Sophie's Choice, I'll try to keep up with music and keep up with films. So my book reading and comic reading and game playing is terrible and infrequent. "
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Time
Reading
People
" Tony Scott, Walter Hill, Michael Mann - I'm a big action fan, full stop. And even though Michael Mann is the more celebrated film-maker than Tony Scott, I love them both in different ways. "
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More
Hill
Love
" I know it's become an ongoing thing about whether videogames are art, and I think there's plenty of examples of things that use the form in a fascinating way. Things that are more surreal or artistic, like 'Katamari Damacy' or 'Vib-Ribbon.' "
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Know
Way
" Sometimes, some things have to settle, and you have to think about the intention of it. "
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Sometimes
Think
Intention