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Nicolas Roeg quotes: Years ago I had a house in Sussex, it was like Arcadia, with an old Victorian bridge, a pond and the Downs.

Years ago I had a house in Sussex, it was like Arcadia, with an old Victorian bridge, a pond and the Downs.

Nicolas Roeg quotes: Our memory and the movies keep movie stars alive for us, and Tony Curtis is still a star.

Our memory and the movies keep movie stars alive for us, and Tony Curtis is still a star.

Nicolas Roeg quotes: Mirrors are the essence of movies.

Mirrors are the essence of movies.

Nicolas Roeg quotes: You make the movie through the cinematography - it sounds quite a simple idea, but it was like a huge revelation to me.

You make the movie through the cinematography - it sounds quite a simple idea, but it was like a huge revelation to me.

Nicolas Roeg quotes: I think I've never really liked the idea of genre, a film that follows the rules of a genre.

I think I've never really liked the idea of genre, a film that follows the rules of a genre.

Nicolas Roeg quotes: We're all influenced by everything unless we're locked in an empty room.

We're all influenced by everything unless we're locked in an empty room.

Nicolas Roeg quotes: Marketing is such a key issue; in fact, the marketing department is often involved in the approval of scripts now.

Marketing is such a key issue; in fact, the marketing department is often involved in the approval of scripts now.

Nicolas Roeg quotes: You cannot intellectualize yourself out of obsession. You cannot cure yourself of it.

You cannot intellectualize yourself out of obsession. You cannot cure yourself of it.

Nicolas Roeg quotes: 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.

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.

Nicolas Roeg quotes: When you admire someone's work, you are amazed by who you think they are.

When you admire someone's work, you are amazed by who you think they are.

Nicolas Roeg quotes: We all have our beliefs or our agnosticism.

We all have our beliefs or our agnosticism.

Nicolas Roeg quotes: Children's finger-painting came under the arts, but movies didn't.

Children's finger-painting came under the arts, but movies didn't.

Nicolas Roeg quotes: Movies are not scripts - movies are films; they're not books, they're not the theatre.

Movies are not scripts - movies are films; they're not books, they're not the theatre.

Nicolas Roeg quotes: Too many films today feel formulaic and familiar. I prefer it when the familiar is made to feel strange.

Too many films today feel formulaic and familiar. I prefer it when the familiar is made to feel strange.

Nicolas Roeg quotes: In life, we all learn from everyone.

In life, we all learn from everyone.

Nicolas Roeg quotes: I think the big studios shaped and formed the artists that they put under contract.

I think the big studios shaped and formed the artists that they put under contract.

Nicolas Roeg quotes: But in marketing, the familiar is everything, and that is controlled by the studio. That is reaching its apogee now.

But in marketing, the familiar is everything, and that is controlled by the studio. That is reaching its apogee now.

Nicolas Roeg quotes: Oh, some of my films have been attacked with absolute vitriol!

Oh, some of my films have been attacked with absolute vitriol!

Nicolas Roeg quotes: 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!

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!

Nicolas Roeg quotes: You can't hide in life. We are all being watched by some larger vision.

You can't hide in life. We are all being watched by some larger vision.

Nicolas Roeg quotes: Film can be more of a reality than a page with words can ever be.

Film can be more of a reality than a page with words can ever be.

Nicolas Roeg quotes: I don't look back on any film I've done with fondness or pride.

I don't look back on any film I've done with fondness or pride.

Nicolas Roeg quotes: Marketing is a very good thing, but it shouldn't control everything. It should be the tool, not that which dictates.

Marketing is a very good thing, but it shouldn't control everything. It should be the tool, not that which dictates.

Nicolas Roeg quotes: 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.

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.

Nicolas Roeg quotes: In marketing, the familiar is everything.

In marketing, the familiar is everything.

Nicolas Roeg quotes: We can't get our youth back.

We can't get our youth back.

Nicolas Roeg quotes: I've been told my movies are difficult to market.

I've been told my movies are difficult to market.

Nicolas Roeg quotes: The rules are learnt in order to be broken, but if you don't know them, then something is missing.

The rules are learnt in order to be broken, but if you don't know them, then something is missing.

Nicolas Roeg quotes: I generally try to avoid talking about my old films - I find it difficult.

I generally try to avoid talking about my old films - I find it difficult.

Nicolas Roeg quotes: 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.

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.

Nicolas Roeg quotes: I like the probability of the impossible.

I like the probability of the impossible.

Nicolas Roeg quotes: 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.'

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.'

Nicolas Roeg quotes: I've never tried to enhance my reputation. Never moved upwards from one thing to another. That sort of thing is of no interest to me at all.

I've never tried to enhance my reputation. Never moved upwards from one thing to another. That sort of thing is of no interest to me at all.

Nicolas Roeg quotes: How can you judge one film against another?

How can you judge one film against another?

Nicolas Roeg quotes: There's no one 'right' way of making a science fiction movie; there's no one way of making any kind of movie, really!

There's no one 'right' way of making a science fiction movie; there's no one way of making any kind of movie, really!

Nicolas Roeg quotes: I realized I've spent all my life creating a past.

I realized I've spent all my life creating a past.

Nicolas Roeg quotes: I like women in film. I like women in general, but I especially like to show them on film. They are not ciphers.

I like women in film. I like women in general, but I especially like to show them on film. They are not ciphers.

Nicolas Roeg quotes: Nature repeats itself, but it never starts from the beginning.

Nature repeats itself, but it never starts from the beginning.

Nicolas Roeg quotes: Our lives are full of all the genres. Fear and hope and sadness.

Our lives are full of all the genres. Fear and hope and sadness.

Nicolas Roeg quotes: I've always noticed that films set in any sort of future very rarely draw on the present.

I've always noticed that films set in any sort of future very rarely draw on the present.

Nicolas Roeg quotes: Grief is an emotion that's almost unplayable because you're in a separate emotional state; it's an inconsolable emotion.

Grief is an emotion that's almost unplayable because you're in a separate emotional state; it's an inconsolable emotion.

Nicolas Roeg quotes: There's horror in your life, believe me, whether it's coming, or you've just been lucky to miss it today.

There's horror in your life, believe me, whether it's coming, or you've just been lucky to miss it today.

Nicolas Roeg quotes: Men and women's needs and desires overlap but go in different directions as well.

Men and women's needs and desires overlap but go in different directions as well.

Nicolas Roeg quotes: Critics reach that age when it is as valuable and daring to hold a negative opinion as it is for a positive. We learn and understand from both.

Critics reach that age when it is as valuable and daring to hold a negative opinion as it is for a positive. We learn and understand from both.

Nicolas Roeg quotes: 'Puffball' is a love story ... no, it's a life story.

'Puffball' is a love story ... no, it's a life story.

Nicolas Roeg quotes: Tony Curtis was a joy to work with. He had a curious innocence that is very young and wise at the same time.

Tony Curtis was a joy to work with. He had a curious innocence that is very young and wise at the same time.

Nicolas Roeg quotes: I came up the old-fashioned way - tea boy, cutter, focus-puller, cinematographer - but I wasn't myself old-fashioned.

I came up the old-fashioned way - tea boy, cutter, focus-puller, cinematographer - but I wasn't myself old-fashioned.

Nicolas Roeg quotes: When a book is just a plot, you know, two men fight for the love of a woman in a wild frontier, I immediately ask, 'Why?'

When a book is just a plot, you know, two men fight for the love of a woman in a wild frontier, I immediately ask, 'Why?'

Nicolas Roeg quotes: Fear has many faces.

Fear has many faces.

Nicolas Roeg quotes: I wouldn't like to be a non-believer in anything.

I wouldn't like to be a non-believer in anything.

Nicolas Roeg quotes: 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.

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.

Nicolas Roeg quotes: My father was an extraordinary man.

My father was an extraordinary man.

Nicolas Roeg quotes: Film remains completely mystical and mysterious to me.

Film remains completely mystical and mysterious to me.

Nicolas Roeg quotes: I was always a bit arty-farty as a boy. 'Come on, Mr. Arty-Farty,' my sister used to say to me.

I was always a bit arty-farty as a boy. 'Come on, Mr. Arty-Farty,' my sister used to say to me.

Nicolas Roeg quotes: I like getting up early, but I haven't got a routine - mainly because I never have a clear idea of what day of the week it is.

I like getting up early, but I haven't got a routine - mainly because I never have a clear idea of what day of the week it is.

Nicolas Roeg quotes: And later I thought, I can't think how anyone can become a director without learning the craft of cinematography.

And later I thought, I can't think how anyone can become a director without learning the craft of cinematography.