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" 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. "

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" When you watch a Hitchcock movie, you feel like learning back because there's a master in control. "

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" To me, Turing is as much of a philosopher as he is a mathematician because his ideas deal with what it means to think. "

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" 'Headhunters' was a breakthrough film for me, internationally, and I got offered a lot of scripts from Hollywood - a lot of heightened hero movies. "

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" I love William Gibson. "

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" 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. "

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

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" I don't think the biggest crime is to not sympathize with people. I think the biggest crime is to not be interested. "

" I think that the test for taking on a project is to try and list all the reasons not to do it. When you find yourself running out of reasons, and you still have to do it, it's the right thing to do. "

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