My films express me, my sense of rhythm, my sense of impact, my sense of kinetic energy. I like films to move, but I like also clear storytelling and characters, and most of all, I like authentic emotion. Paul Greengrass Read Quote
All directors make films in individual ways. But the classical kind of view of filmmaking is that you have a script, and it’s very linear. There’s a script, then you’re going to shoot the script ,and then you cut that, and then that’s the end of the film. And that’s never really been how I’ve seen it. Paul Greengrass Read Quote
Very few people do bad things because they’re bad. They generally do bad things because they think they’re the right thing to do, but they’re misplaced. Paul Greengrass Read Quote
What attracts me to Bourne’s world is that is a real world, and I think I’m most comfortable there. But I come to a Bourne movie to have fun as a filmmaker, to strut my stuff, and that’s part of the fun of franchise filmmaking. Paul Greengrass Read Quote
One of the things that makes the Bourne movies so exciting, I think, is you do get to go on a journey. Generally, through the franchise, that journey is in Europe. Paul Greengrass Read Quote
I think there’s something about a character facing the huge problems and challenges of the contemporary world and meeting them with – head on with courage, allowing for darkness and mistake, but ultimately always moral. That’s incredibly, incredibly inspiring, and that’s honestly what I think. Paul Greengrass Read Quote
It’s funny: when you make a film, you always look back, and there are always crucial decisions that get made. You look back, and at the time they don’t seem like it, but you look back, and you see they were absolutely fundamental. Paul Greengrass Read Quote
I don’t storyboard like some. I mean, all directors are different. I plan meticulously – really meticulously. Paul Greengrass Read Quote
When you think of the Cold War, there are various places where you imagine espionage. Espionage crossroads of the Cold War bring you to the backstreets of Berlin, or Vienna. Paul Greengrass Read Quote
