Rupert Sanders quotes

I grew up with a lot of fairy tales. And they had an essence of darkness to them. (Rupert Sanders)

To me, casting is all about finding a character within the actor off the screen as much as on the screen.

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Our story is a 'once upon a time', but it's not a 'happy ever after'.

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I mean, you know, sometimes, yeah, you wish for something and you don't get quite what you wish for. But you get something bigger and better.

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So when it was my turn to start developing projects, I knew the writers I wanted to work with, and I had met every head of studio, every executive and a lot of producers. I started finding things, little crumbs off other people's tables that I would make my own.

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Well, I wasn't just kind of standing in a queue at McDonald's and someone sat down and said, 'You're the director of a $100 million Hollywood movie.' I've been working in commercials for ten years.

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I'm influenced by a lot of filmmakers; I like English filmmakers because I feel a kin to them.

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I read every screenplay that was being sent to the other directors. None were being sent to me, but I was reading what others were choosing and what the best writers were writing.

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I went to America with a very specific idea of what I wanted to do.

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I think you can get away with being a bit more political in science fiction.

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Trying to ground everything in reality was the most important thing to me. (Rupert Sanders)

I think that 'Halo' is a hard property because they don't need to make a film. They make far more money out of the games so why risk?

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I think it's possible to make a blockbuster that is actually emotional. They don't need to be mutually exclusive.

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Occupation: English Director
Born: March 16, 1971
Quotes count: 13