When Peter Jackson made the ‘Lord of the Rings’ movies, I remember there was a concern that people who didn’t read Tolkien wouldn’t go see the first one. But the films were so good in their own right that the audience grew beyond the readership of the book. Duncan Jones Read Quote
I think if you’re young and you’re being compared with a successful family member, it’s really hard to maintain any sense of self-worth and credibility. Duncan Jones Read Quote
My dad and I used to shoot little one-stop animations on an old 8mm film camera when I was no more than 7 or 8, and when he was away at work, I would keep shooting nonsensical, short animated films using ‘Star Wars’ figures or Smurfs – depended what the narrative was. Duncan Jones Read Quote
Toshiro Mifune was such an elegant hero, and there’s something really empathetic about him. Duncan Jones Read Quote
I love my work, but I don’t like being in the spotlight. I was never going to be an actor, that’s for sure. Duncan Jones Read Quote
Trying to make a movie like ‘Warcraft,’ and trying to do it in a unique way… you get killed by a death of 1,000 cuts. Duncan Jones Read Quote
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. Duncan Jones Read Quote
In the past, a lot of films based on video games think that the audience wants to experience what it’s like to play the game, and that’s absolutely not the case. Duncan Jones Read Quote
I was a ‘Warcraft’ player myself, and when I pitched my take on the film, they said right away, ‘That is a player. That is the game.’ So I’ve had their support from the very beginning. Duncan Jones Read Quote
