Top 30 Quotes by Andrew Dominik

About Andrew Dominik

These are some quotes by New Zealander author Andrew Dominik Director, who was born on October 7, 1967.

Actors have either got to play something that's close to them, or something that's the complete opposite.

Actors have either got to play something that's close to them, or something that's the complete opposite.

Andrew Dominik

Sometimes you do complete run-throughs of scenes, sometimes you break scenes down into little bits. It just depends on what the actors like to do. It's almost like jamming.

Sometimes you do complete run-throughs of scenes, sometimes you break scenes down into little bits. It just depends on what the actors like to do. It's almost like jamming.

Andrew Dominik

Masculine ideals have become very confused in the modern world.

Masculine ideals have become very confused in the modern world.

Andrew Dominik

I like test screenings. I like to see a movie with an audience of strangers. I think it tells you a lot.

I like test screenings. I like to see a movie with an audience of strangers. I think it tells you a lot.

Andrew Dominik

I really believed Obama when he spoke in 2008, but I remember watching his victory speech after this last election and it was the same speech. Exactly the same speech. I felt like he didn't even believe it anymore. He seemed to be tired of saying the same thing.

Andrew Dominik

Obviously, a power player in a criminal organization doesn't have to persuade anyone. He can just do what he wants.

Obviously, a power player in a criminal organization doesn't have to persuade anyone. He can just do what he wants.

Andrew Dominik

I always feel that crime films are about capitalism because it is a genre where it is perfectly acceptable for all the characters to be motivated by the desire for money. In some ways, the crime film is the most honest American film because it portrays Americans as I experience a lot of them, in Hollywood, as being very concerned with money.

Andrew Dominik

I read books all the time. I'm just half looking for something to do; I mostly just read for pleasure. Occasionally I stumble across something that could be a movie, but I don't put a book down just because I don't see a movie in it, either.

Andrew Dominik

I'm not a very efficient filmmaker. There's a lot of guys, filmmakers like the Coen Brothers who shoot a whole movie and maybe don't use 12 setups. I'm in awe of people like that; I'm just not that guy.

Andrew Dominik

Once you do something violent in a film, you don't have to do too much. You do it once and the feeling of violence just stays there, do you know what I'm saying?

Once you do something violent in a film, you don't have to do too much. You do it once and the feeling of violence just stays there, do you know what I'm saying?

Andrew Dominik

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