English - Director | May 20, 1973 -
If you look around in London, there is a lot of dirty money. People see it as a safe haven: a bolthole to rely on if they are criminal or politically exposed in their own country.
James Watkins
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I do love a dark movie.
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There's nothing worse in television than what I call 'poor man's Jerry Bruckheimer.'
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There are a lot of horror films out there that are nasty, but what's nasty isn't necessarily scary.
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Parents fear for their children. Absolutely, I think it's a deep and troubling theme to explore.
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People like to see their lives mythologized in some way.
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Directing is an act of interpretation.
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I've got lots of friends who would just think, 'Horror movies - they're crap, aren't they?' I think there's a cultural snobbery more than an institutional one.
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As a screenwriter, you are so used to things going in directions that you wouldn't have taken, so to be able to say, 'This is how I intended it, this is how I want to shoot it, and these are the decisions that I'll live by,' I think directing is a logical conclusion of mine.
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As a screenwriter, you always have frustrations. It's just the nature of the job, and you have to live with it. Your vision is not going to be the same as the director's vision. It doesn't mean one is better or worse; it means they're different.
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Rather than a horror film, a ghost story is different because a ghost is what you can't quite see.
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I don't really watch a load of 'Game Of Thrones.'
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