Nicolas Winding Refn
Nicolas Winding Refn

Filmmaking is not about what we see - it's a very misconceived notion; it's about what we don't see.

Nicolas Winding Refn
Nicolas Winding Refn

Writing is fantasizing about what your film will be like. Shooting is reality. And the post-production is recovering the idea you had.

Nicolas Winding Refn
Nicolas Winding Refn

It's hard to always challenge yourself, coming up with new ways to make your life difficult, so when you make something, it becomes more interesting.

Nicolas Winding Refn
Nicolas Winding Refn

I think that art is an act of violence, and the more emotionally engaged you are in a piece of art, the more violent it feels.

Nicolas Winding Refn
Nicolas Winding Refn

I think the Internet is the greatest invention since women.

Nicolas Winding Refn
Nicolas Winding Refn

I find beauty very frightening because it's such an all consuming subject in our society.

Nicolas Winding Refn
Nicolas Winding Refn

The greater the darkness, the better the drama.

Nicolas Winding Refn
Nicolas Winding Refn

My films are like Christmas: you can't wait to open it.

Nicolas Winding Refn
Nicolas Winding Refn

As long as your movies don't lose money, you'll always be able to make them.

Nicolas Winding Refn
Nicolas Winding Refn

'Bronson' was like, 'I'll do a movie about my own life.' And it became like an experiment.

Nicolas Winding Refn
Nicolas Winding Refn

The more we become civilized, the more we simultaneously understand our need to be virtuous and our need to understand our experiences on a subconscious level.

Nicolas Winding Refn
Nicolas Winding Refn

I believe silence is the greatest sound of all.

Nicolas Winding Refn
Nicolas Winding Refn

For me, it's all about having the performers feel confident in their movements and surroundings. And then I'll figure out how to photograph it afterward.

Nicolas Winding Refn
Nicolas Winding Refn

I base everything on my instinctual approach. There's something very satisfying in that creativity, and it's a bit like an infant drawing.

Nicolas Winding Refn
Nicolas Winding Refn

I think you have to be so indulgent in creativity in that, if you're happy, it's successful. If it's then financially successful, which is different parameters, then you're also happy.

Nicolas Winding Refn
Nicolas Winding Refn

There will always be a theatrical experience because there will always be cinemas no matter what. It's like there will always be theaters to have stage plays in.

Nicolas Winding Refn
Nicolas Winding Refn

I'm a huge admirer of Keanu. I think he's absolutely extraordinary.

Nicolas Winding Refn
Nicolas Winding Refn

I think that every man has a 16-year-old girl inside of him.

Nicolas Winding Refn
Nicolas Winding Refn

I believe that the constant possibility of failure or possibility of decision-making feeds your creativity.

Nicolas Winding Refn
Nicolas Winding Refn

I'm not a political filmmaker.