I am interested in seeing if you can create on film pieces that feel contemporary and urgent. Paul Greengrass Read Quote
Ultimately, if you look at all my films from ‘Bloody Sunday’ on, they’re steeped in a post-9/11 atmosphere. ‘United 93’ is directly about 9/11, of course, but every one of the movies deals with paranoia, mistrust, and fear. Paul Greengrass Read Quote
I’m British; I live here, and I’ve always made my films here. And we’re on a journey in British filmmaking right now. We’re attracting big films again. ‘Star Wars’ filming here will employ thousands of people. We’re world-class in so many of the craft elements, and the vibrancy of our filmmaking is strong. Paul Greengrass Read Quote
Some filmmakers are more eclectic than others. I’m not one of those! I’m interested in what I’m interested in, which is films about the world, about what’s going on. I started in TV documentaries with ‘World in Action,’ and those interests feed into the films I make now. Paul Greengrass Read Quote
Studio people are bright. Empowering. They don’t want to have to interfere creatively. That’s their horror story, too. Paul Greengrass Read Quote
I just don’t get on with institutions. I need simple relationships with people who believe in me. Paul Greengrass Read Quote
I’d always suspected my face wouldn’t fit in drama departments. And it never did! Paul Greengrass Read Quote
Directing is all tied up with childhood loneliness. It’s such an odd thing to end up doing. Paul Greengrass Read Quote
It’s no good in a scene to have one actor lie down because the scene says it’s the other actor’s moment. Each actor has to believe that with extra will, the outcome of a scene can be different. An actor can win the scene if he exerts the most powerful will in that moment. Paul Greengrass Read Quote
The most important thing as a filmmaker, the hardest journey you’ll have, is to find your point of view. Paul Greengrass Read Quote
