If you create a movie that is only character driven, with a weak plot, then you – as a director, you have to make sure you keep pushing the tempo. Daniel Espinosa Read Quote
Think about Medusa, with the snakes. If you shoot a movie in Europe, the financiers are three snakes, and they all have opinions. In Hollywood there are, like, 20 snakes. Daniel Espinosa Read Quote
Almost always, when we have fights in movies, they’re done in these strange rooms where nothing gets broken. It’s almost like they’re in padded cells. Daniel Espinosa Read Quote
We’ve all done actions in our lives where we compromise what we believe in. And if we keep doing it, there’s no way back, no pride to hold on to. Daniel Espinosa Read Quote
When we think back at our youth, we always remember the feeling of freedom… that you actually believe in the world. Even if it goes well for you in life, you can never attain that freedom in your imagination of what you think life could be. We are tainted. Daniel Espinosa Read Quote
I come from the working-class area of Stockholm, and I grew up with Serbian and Chilean people. Daniel Espinosa Read Quote
All our forms are unique – movies, music and literature – and you have to leave the person who is doing it to do their best. Daniel Espinosa Read Quote
When I was sixteen years old, I was sentenced to two years in prison; the Swedish government changed it, so I could go to a boarding school as part of a social programme. I was in this boarding school with some of the richest kids in Sweden. Daniel Espinosa Read Quote
I think the movie industry is a hard industry, but it is not that hard to be allowed to do what you want if you work hard. Daniel Espinosa Read Quote
