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" When you're in college, everything seems much more important than it really is. "

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" I was a sensitive boy. "

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" Even before 'Moon,' I did a short film called 'Whistle,' and it had a lot of the things that I thought I would need to be able to do on a feature film: I shot on location, there was special FX work, there was stunt work, we used squibs, I shot on 35 mm film. "

" 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. "

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" You could make a film out of just about anything so long as there is a clear vision about the story. "

" Toshiro Mifune was such an elegant hero, and there's something really empathetic about him. "

" My parents did call me Zowie now and then, but then, realising that it drew too much attention, they called me 'Joe'. Then, later, I sort-of co-opted my own name back. "

" Growing up, I was on film sets occasionally, when my dad was acting, so I got to run around and do odd jobs on films like 'Labyrinth' and others... I seemed destined to make films. "

" I think one of the biggest jobs of being a director is getting the casting right. "

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" I was a big fan of Luc Besson and obviously Ridley Scott. "

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" Hopefully, by the second or the third film, who my father is won't be a story anyone's interested in. They'll either like the films or they won't, and if they don't like them, I won't be making them any more. "

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