Top 74 Quotes by Nicolas Roeg

About Nicolas Roeg

These are some quotes by English author Nicolas Roeg Director, who was born on August 15, 1928.

Some people are very lucky, and have the story in their heads. I've never storyboarded anything. I like the idea of chance. What makes God laugh is people who make plans.

Some people are very lucky, and have the story in their heads. I've never storyboarded anything. I like the idea of chance. What makes God laugh is people who make plans.

Nicolas Roeg

I think the big studios shaped and formed the artists that they put under contract.

I think the big studios shaped and formed the artists that they put under contract.

Nicolas Roeg

Marketing is such a key issue; in fact, the marketing department is often involved in the approval of scripts now.

Marketing is such a key issue; in fact, the marketing department is often involved in the approval of scripts now.

Nicolas Roeg

I've always noticed that films set in any sort of future very rarely draw on the present.

I've always noticed that films set in any sort of future very rarely draw on the present.

Nicolas Roeg

We can't get our youth back.

We can't get our youth back.

Nicolas Roeg

Don't you think it's something strange that you rarely look at yourself in the mirror, except to do things like stand and ponder? I mean, in Shakespeare's day, it was thought that the mirror would reveal something, that it is trying to tell you something - not just to tidy your hair, but something more.

Nicolas Roeg

And later I thought, I can't think how anyone can become a director without learning the craft of cinematography.

And later I thought, I can't think how anyone can become a director without learning the craft of cinematography.

Nicolas Roeg

When I look around, I begin to understand what Socrates meant when he said, 'How much there is in the world I do not want.'

When I look around, I begin to understand what Socrates meant when he said, 'How much there is in the world I do not want.'

Nicolas Roeg

Grief is an emotion that's almost unplayable because you're in a separate emotional state; it's an inconsolable emotion.

Grief is an emotion that's almost unplayable because you're in a separate emotional state; it's an inconsolable emotion.

Nicolas Roeg

My father was an extraordinary man.

My father was an extraordinary man.

Nicolas Roeg

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