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.

I realized I've spent all my life creating a past.

I realized I've spent all my life creating a past.

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

I've always felt that, although Truffaut was greatly revered and admired, at the same time, in terms of film and how much he loved film, he was underestimated.

I've always felt that, although Truffaut was greatly revered and admired, at the same time, in terms of film and how much he loved film, he was underestimated.

Nicolas Roeg

Tony Curtis was a joy to work with. He had a curious innocence that is very young and wise at the same time.

Tony Curtis was a joy to work with. He had a curious innocence that is very young and wise at the same time.

Nicolas Roeg

I've always thought there was something very marvelous and magical about mirrors, and that they are connected to memory as well.

I've always thought there was something very marvelous and magical about mirrors, and that they are connected to memory as well.

Nicolas Roeg

We're all influenced by everything unless we're locked in an empty room.

We're all influenced by everything unless we're locked in an empty room.

Nicolas Roeg

A lot of my movies have come to be thought about only years after the fact, and I'm sad about that but also happy about it in a way, as it's given them longevity.

A lot of my movies have come to be thought about only years after the fact, and I'm sad about that but also happy about it in a way, as it's given them longevity.

Nicolas Roeg

I came up the old-fashioned way - tea boy, cutter, focus-puller, cinematographer - but I wasn't myself old-fashioned.

I came up the old-fashioned way - tea boy, cutter, focus-puller, cinematographer - but I wasn't myself old-fashioned.

Nicolas Roeg

I made a film called 'Bad Timing' that I thought everybody would respond to. It was about obsessive love and physical obsession. I thought this must touch everyone, from university dons down.

I made a film called 'Bad Timing' that I thought everybody would respond to. It was about obsessive love and physical obsession. I thought this must touch everyone, from university dons down.

Nicolas Roeg

When you admire someone's work, you are amazed by who you think they are.

When you admire someone's work, you are amazed by who you think they are.

Nicolas Roeg

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