Nicolas Roeg
Nicolas Roeg
Nicolas Jack Roeg CBE BSCis an English film director and cinematographer...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth15 August 1928
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.
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.
department involved scripts
Marketing is such a key issue; in fact, the marketing department is often involved in the approval of scripts now.
life realized spent
I realized I've spent all my life creating a past.
love yardstick
I love that perhaps we don't see the things that are there because we have no yardstick to see things by, to compare them.
came people quite seem
I imagine if aliens came down to Earth, they'd actually be quite tall; people seem to get everything right about extraterrestrials but the size!
fear full hope lives
Our lives are full of all the genres. Fear and hope and sadness.
mirrors movies
I've used mirrors in a lot of movies. I think the mirror is an extraordinary thing, also the reflective, a reflection in water, etc.
alive movies tony
Our memory and the movies keep movie stars alive for us, and Tony Curtis is still a star.
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.'
remains
Film remains completely mystical and mysterious to me.
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.
directions men needs overlap women
Men and women's needs and desires overlap but go in different directions as well.
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.