James McTeigue Quotations

Now that the film has made money, that makes you a more attractive business proposition in Hollywood.

She's an amazing actress. You need to believe the journey that character goes on, and I think Natalie lets you really believe it. She's your guide through the narrative. It's really about her presence and her intelligence.

He's a decent guy and he's about making your film better and not about what it will do for Hugo Weaving.

James is a good actor, but he found the mask very constraining and claustrophobic.

It is a work of fiction. It is a piece of entertainment.

It is an allegory. It is about things that have gone on in the past, things that are happening now and things that I am sure will happen in the future. I hope it works as a piece of entertainment and I hope audiences will talk about some of the ideas it discusses and the questions it asks.

It is a controversial subject matter but it is also a dialogue we have every day.

It became apparent very quickly that he was never going to be comfortable in or make peace with the mask. You spend a long time as an actor learning what to do with your face. It is the big tool that you have, and so are your eyes. When you take that away, it's difficult.

Without sounding conceited about it, it was hard but it did not seem like such a huge leap, because I had done a lot of big films and been around enough talented directors to know what to do if I was in their position.

I've been an assistant director for a long time and I guess everyone who comes out of film school hopes they'll be a director.

This film is not a franchise film, Well, first you would need a continuing story.

Hopefully it has got longevity. That would be good.

I didn't set out to make it about any one particular government or regime. It's an allegorical film, but there are certain things I've obviously put in there that you can take.

The film is about asking questions and presenting ideas and hopefully you take some of the questions and ideas out of the cinema and think about them and discuss them with your friends.

The film brings up questions, and I didn't want to tell people what to think. I think there will be lively discussions from this movie. It's hopefully a popcorn movie that you go and watch with your friends and then talk about afterward.

For Alan, the material is 25 years old and there is a part of him that has moved on. It is disappointing he didn't want to be involved with it, but that's Alan. That's his personality.