Nicolas Roeg
Nicolas Roeg
Nicolas Jack Roeg CBE BSCis an English film director and cinematographer...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth15 August 1928
people want youth
Youth is so exciting. It'll take over. I don't want to be swept away. I want to be with the taking-over people, right to the end.
belief agnosticism
We all have our beliefs or our agnosticism.
marketing reaching familiar
But in marketing, the familiar is everything, and that is controlled by the studio. That is reaching its apogee now.
hands looks scene
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.
two three oscars
Oscars are won with two or three shots only, because if it's really beautifully photographed, you don't really notice it until the astounding moment emphasizes it.
stories crowds tradition
I've always admired the tradition of storytellers who sat in the public market and told their stories to gathered crowds. They'd start with a single premise and talk for hours - the notion of one story, ever-changing but never-ending.
art children painting
Children's finger-painting came under the arts, but movies didn't.
film term felt
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.
empty-rooms rooms empty
We're all influenced by everything unless we're locked in an empty room.
marketing invention fear-of-change
Any change in form produces a fear of change, and that has accelerated. Marketing is the death of invention, because marketing deals with the familiar.
life
In life, we all learn from everyone.
ideas laughing people
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.
differences theatre acting
The great difference between screen acting and theatre acting is that screen acting is about reacting - 75% of the time, great screen actors are great reactors.
mistake quality looks
Movies which set out to be 'commercial' usually have an artificial look about them-a certain waxlike quality. They allow for no failure, no moment of mistake.