Rupert Sanders famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Well, I wasnt just kind of standing in a queue at McDonalds and someone sat down and said, Youre the director of a $100 million Hollywood movie. Ive been working in commercials for ten years.
-- Rupert Sanders

#Mcdonalds #Years #Down And
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.
-- Rupert Sanders

#Reading #Writing #Directors
Trying to ground everything in reality was the most important thing to me.
-- Rupert Sanders

#Reality #Trying #Important
To me, casting is all about finding a character within the actor off the screen as much as on the screen.
-- Rupert Sanders

#Character #Casting #Actors
Our story is a 'once upon a time', but it's not a 'happy ever after'.
-- Rupert Sanders

#Once Upon A Time #Stories #Ever After
I'm influenced by a lot of filmmakers; I like English filmmakers because I feel a kin to them.
-- Rupert Sanders

#Filmmaker #Feels
I went to America with a very specific idea of what I wanted to do.
-- Rupert Sanders

#America #Ideas #Wanted
I think you can get away with being a bit more political in science fiction.
-- Rupert Sanders

#Thinking #Political #Fiction
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?
-- Rupert Sanders

#Thinking #Games #Risk
I think it's possible to make a blockbuster that is actually emotional. They don't need to be mutually exclusive.
-- Rupert Sanders

#Thinking #Emotional #Needs
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.
-- Rupert Sanders

#Mean #Wish #Sometimes
I grew up with a lot of fairy tales. And they had an essence of darkness to them.
-- Rupert Sanders

#Essence #Darkness #Fairy Tale
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.
-- Rupert Sanders

#People #Tables #Littles

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