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The act of creation can be an extreme violent experience.

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Nicolas Winding Refn
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: September 29
Film Director
Film Producer
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København
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Sometimes you can play against type, or you can just repeat what they've already done. It can be an obstacle it's a very fine line.
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I love films, I love movies, I love television, I love television series, I love the internet, I love anything that enhances images. But most of all, I love, love movies.
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Narcissism as a virtue is very futuristic. Narcissism as a quality is where I think things are heading.
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Doing your first film, it's very important that it's a commercial success, because that gives you a couple times to experiment until you have to hit the jackpot again.
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I like doing the promotional work. It's part of the film's process. Cannes was very wonderful to premiere.
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There will always be a theatrical experience because there will always be cinemas no matter what. It's like there will always be theaters to have stage plays in.
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I very much enjoy my freedom creatively but I also would love to make one of those big Hollywood films that costs a lot of money and has a lot of people running around with cell phones and all that insanity.
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Only God Forgives was very much a generation gap in a way. It was all the youth of the world that embraced it. I make films for young people. That's what I will continue to do.
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I don't drive because I failed eight times and never got my license.
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The future is not about what you do, it's about what you stand for.
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The conversations about a film are an example of success because then you know whatever you've done has resonated.
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In the end, we're just showmen. But, I think that it's an important factor. Not to be anything else but clear about that - for me, creativity is an important part of our evolution. Art has probably done more good for the world than war. But they're equally powerful. They both create revolutions.
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The first person I ever described the film [The Neon Demon] to was Christina Hendricks [who has a cameo in the movie]. We were having dinner in LA and she asked me what I wanted to do next and I said, I want to do a horror movie. And she goes, What's it going to be about? And I said, A lot of blood and high heels.
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