I don’t know if it’s a sadistic side or whatever, but you take characters and put them in really awful situations and make them go through that. And it’s very satisfying as a director to explore that, to tell those stories and to explore those themes, because it is so human. Morten Tyldum Read Quote
I thought I knew who Alan Turing was. I’ve always loved history, and I was actually shocked by how little I actually knew. I was amazed this wasn’t common knowledge. Why wasn’t he on the front covers of my history books? He’s one of the great thinkers of the last century, and he was sort of pushed into the shadows. Morten Tyldum Read Quote
I love history, and I thought I knew history well, but I was shocked by how little I knew about it. Morten Tyldum Read Quote
What you want, as a filmmaker, is to be obsessed with and fall in love with the material. Morten Tyldum Read Quote
I hope I can be a filmmaker where every movie will be different, and not make one type of movie. I’m always looking for a character that interests me. Morten Tyldum Read Quote
To do a movie about someone who actually lived gives you two responsibilities. You have to try to be accurate to the facts of what he did and what he was like as a character. Then, at the same time, you have a responsibility to make a movie that entertains and can get an audience. Morten Tyldum Read Quote
To me, it’s mind-boggling to think that homosexuality was forbidden up until 1967. Morten Tyldum Read Quote
You never know where your next movie is going to come from. You just have to fall in love with something because it’s going to be taking up every moment of spare time in your life for about two years. You’re going to be dreaming about it and thinking about it and becoming obsessed with it. Morten Tyldum Read Quote
