My father was an extraordinary man. Nicolas Roeg extraordinaryfatherman Change image and share on social
I came up the old-fashioned way - tea boy, cutter, focus-puller, cinematographer - but I wasn't myself old-fashioned. Nicolas Roeg boycinematographercutter Change image and share on social
Critics reach that age when it is as valuable and daring to hold a negative opinion as it is for a positive. We learn and understand from both. Nicolas Roeg agecriticdare Change image and share on social
Too many films today feel formulaic and familiar. I prefer it when the familiar is made to feel strange. Nicolas Roeg familiarfeelfilm Change image and share on social
There was a village watercolour society and they'd come and paint in my field. I watched them from the window, the way they would struggle this way and that to find the perfect moment. God has made every angle on that beautiful, and I felt that tremendously. Nicolas Roeg anglebeautifulfelt share on social
I was very glad later when I was directing that I wasn't in the hands of a cinematographer and hoping that he would do it well. I would know what he was doing, and we could discuss how that scene would look. Nicolas Roeg cinematographerdirectdiscuss share on social
I think I've never really liked the idea of genre, a film that follows the rules of a genre. Nicolas Roeg filmgenrehave Change image and share on social
I realized I've spent all my life creating a past. Nicolas Roeg createhavelife Change image and share on social
Movies are not scripts - movies are films; they're not books, they're not the theatre. Nicolas Roeg bookfilmmovie Change image and share on social
'Eureka' was very bad timing. The early 1980s: Reagan and Thatcher were in, greed was good, and here was a film about the richest man in the world who still couldn't be happy. Politically and sociologically, it was out of step. Nicolas Roeg 1980sbadearly share on social
