Andrew Niccol
Andrew Niccol
Andrew M. Niccolis a New Zealand screenwriter, producer, and director. He wrote and directed Gattaca, S1m0ne, Lord of War, In Time, The Host, and Good Kill. He also wrote and co-produced The Truman Show, which earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay in 1999 and won a BAFTA award for Best Screenplay. His films tend to explore social, cultural and political issues, as well as artificial realities or simulations...
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We live vicariously through celebrities. People used to say that celebrities are America's royalty; now I think celebrities are the world's royalty.
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It made hard-core people harder core, ... Ultimately it had a good effect because it made such nonsense of so many views about guns.
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It's always interesting for me that people vote against their interests.
horse ideas people
My first obligation is to entertain but as far as science fiction goes, it's much easier to comment on today from another time because people then aren't focused on 'did you get the details right?' It's sort of a Trojan horse approach to ideas because it's wrapped in the future, it's wrapped in action, thriller.
thinking worry people
I have so much to grapple with, I don't think too much about me. People call it the "dance of a thousand egos" when you make a movie. If only I had time to worry when I was making a movie about what the hell I was doing. It's sort of a marathon every day. And then at the end of it, you beg the producers for five more marathons.
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Some people think 'Lord of War' is a political film, ... I think it's a truthful film, and the truth is political. The U.S. is by far the biggest exporter of arms in the world. It was true during the Clinton administration, and it's true during the Bush administration. It's bipartisan.
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Some people think 'Lord of War' is a political film,
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I can't go into a film if I don't think it has some sort of timelessness to it,
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I wouldn't make a very good arms dealer.
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You have two choices when someone changes your work, ... You can either wash your hands of it or embrace it. I embraced it. Peter and I are good friends.
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It's so startling to know that the permanent members of the Security Council of the United Nations are the biggest arms dealers in the world, so they are really the
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The U.S. is by far the biggest exporter of arms in the world. It was true during the Clinton administration, and it's true during the Bush administration. It's bipartisan.
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We hear so much about weapons of mass destruction, ... But nine out of 10 war victims are killed by guns. It's the AK-47 that's a weapon of mass destruction.
I make movies. I'm not in politics.