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

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

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" 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. "

" World War II was the last 'pure' war. It was purely heroic. There was someone who tried to conquer the world, who tried to exterminate people. "

" Sci-fi is about 'what if this happened,' and 'what would you do.' You can play around with social dilemmas, or look at society or, in my case, relationships, in a very different way. "

" 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? "

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

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

" It's not every actor that can play a genius. "

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" What you want, as a filmmaker, is to be obsessed with and fall in love with the material. "

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

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" You first do the assembly cut, which is basically the cut that mirrors the script. You've got to start with that. "

" 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. "

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

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" 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? "

" Turing was fearless. He's extremely direct, which can be seen as socially awkward, and that becomes both his big obstacle but also, in many ways, his strength. "

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" I love William Gibson. "

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