Norwegian - Director | May 19, 1967 -
You do not move forward by following convention. You celebrate those who are different, who are not burdened by 'normality.'
Morten Tyldum
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You never have any idea where your movie's going to go when you're shooting - you're in this little bubble. Everything you care about is getting the next step right: getting the script right, finding the right actors, shooting it. Then you spend half a year in a dark room editing your film, and you don't talk to anybody.
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Just because someone or something thinks differently than you do, it doesn't mean that it's not thinking.
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As a filmmaker, I don't want to limit myself to one kind of movie.
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I hope I can be a filmmaker where every movie will be different, and not make one type of movie. I'm always looking for a character that interests me.
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To do a movie about someone who actually lived gives you two responsibilities. You have to try to be accurate to the facts of what he did and what he was like as a character. Then, at the same time, you have a responsibility to make a movie that entertains and can get an audience.
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To me, it's mind-boggling to think that homosexuality was forbidden up until 1967.
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You never know where your next movie is going to come from. You just have to fall in love with something because it's going to be taking up every moment of spare time in your life for about two years. You're going to be dreaming about it and thinking about it and becoming obsessed with it.
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I'm such a romantic at heart.
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I'm a sci-fi fan, but a lot of the sci-fi you're getting is the same. It's very stereotypical.
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I think that the test for taking on a project is to try and list all the reasons not to do it. When you find yourself running out of reasons, and you still have to do it, it's the right thing to do.
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I'm from Norway, but I always felt like I'd grown up with British culture. We had everything from the BBC on our TV, so British drama seems very close to home.
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