Nicolas Roeg
Nicolas Roeg
Nicolas Jack Roeg CBE BSCis an English film director and cinematographer...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth15 August 1928
work
When you admire someone's work, you are amazed by who you think they are.
given movies sad
A lot of my movies have come to be thought about only years after the fact, and I'm sad about that but also happy about it in a way, as it's given them longevity.
actual cuts feels permission resonance truth whoever
Any cuts that are done to any film, they're usually things that have some personal resonance for whoever has got permission to cut it and feels they should. But it has very little to do with the actual weight, the truth, of the piece.
given life lived name people talk tony
I hate it when people talk about Tony Curtis and say: 'His real name was Bernie Schwartz... ' That was just the name that he was given at birth. It's not the person he lived his life with, and became.
changes era forty future last loved lucky quicker thirty
I've always loved the future. But I must say the future changes a lot quicker than it used to. An era used to last thirty or forty years - now we're lucky if it's five.
cinema general grant saw structure war
When I went to the cinema as a boy, when I saw a war film, I thought the general was the star, and that Cary Grant was an extra. I had no idea about the structure of film, but I loved going to the cinema.
except rarely reveal strange tidy trying
Don't you think it's something strange that you rarely look at yourself in the mirror, except to do things like stand and ponder? I mean, in Shakespeare's day, it was thought that the mirror would reveal something, that it is trying to tell you something - not just to tidy your hair, but something more.
directions men needs overlap women
Men and women's needs and desires overlap but go in different directions as well.
everybody love obsessive physical respond university
I made a film called 'Bad Timing' that I thought everybody would respond to. It was about obsessive love and physical obsession. I thought this must touch everyone, from university dons down.
remains
Film remains completely mystical and mysterious to me.
socrates
When I look around, I begin to understand what Socrates meant when he said, 'How much there is in the world I do not want.'
alive movies tony
Our memory and the movies keep movie stars alive for us, and Tony Curtis is still a star.
life realized spent
I realized I've spent all my life creating a past.
ingrained mistaken people sort ways
People are mistaken to view cinema as some sort of gimmick. It's very much ingrained in the ways in which we understand each other.