Andrew Niccol People Quotations

We live vicariously through celebrities. People used to say that celebrities are America's royalty; now I think celebrities are the world's royalty.

I have so much to grapple with, I don't think too much about me. People call it the "dance of a thousand egos" when you make a movie. If only I had time to worry when I was making a movie about what the hell I was doing. It's sort of a marathon every day. And then at the end of it, you beg the producers for five more marathons.

My first obligation is to entertain but as far as science fiction goes, it's much easier to comment on today from another time because people then aren't focused on 'did you get the details right?' It's sort of a Trojan horse approach to ideas because it's wrapped in the future, it's wrapped in action, thriller.

It's always interesting for me that people vote against their interests.

Some people think 'Lord of War' is a political film,

Some people think 'Lord of War' is a political film, ... I think it's a truthful film, and the truth is political. The U.S. is by far the biggest exporter of arms in the world. It was true during the Clinton administration, and it's true during the Bush administration. It's bipartisan.

It made hard-core people harder core, ... Ultimately it had a good effect because it made such nonsense of so many views about guns.