The best Quotes by Christopher Nolan

The best Quotes by Christopher Nolan

Christopher Edward Nolan (born 30 July 1970) is a British and American filmmaker. Known for his Hollywood blockbusters with complex storytelling, Nolan is considered a leading filmmaker of the 21st century. Nolan gained international recognition with his second film, Memento (2000). He transitioned from independent to studio filmmaking with Insomnia (2002), and found further critical and commercial success with The Dark Knight trilogy (2005–2012), The Prestige (2006) and Inception (2010). This was followed by Interstellar (2014), Dunkirk (2017), Tenet (2020) and Oppenheimer (2023).

I've always been a movie guy, movies have been my thing. I love movies, all kinds of movies.
I never considered myself a lucky person. I'm the most extraordinary pessimist. I truly am.
I just love photographing things and putting them together to tell a story.
One of the things you do as a writer and as a filmmaker is grasp for resonant symbols and imagery without necessarily fully understanding it yourself.
Superheroes fill a gap in the pop culture psyche, similar to the role of Greek mythology. There isn't really anything else that does the job in modern terms. For me, Batman is the one that can most clearly be taken seriously.

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And why do we fall, Bruce? So we can learn to pick ourselves up!
Alfred in Batman - Begins
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You see, madness, as you know, is like gravity. All it takes is a little push!
Joker in Batman - The Dark Knight
18
Sometimes the truth isn't good enough, sometimes people deserve more. Sometimes people deserve to have their faith rewarded...
Batman in Batman - The Dark Knight
16
I believe whatever doesn't kill you, simply makes you... stranger.
Joker in Batman - The Dark Knight
15
Salvatore Maroni: "If it's so simple, why haven't you done it already?"
Joker: "If you're good at something, never do it for free!"
Joker in Batman - The Dark Knight
13
The night is darkest just before the dawn. And I promise you, the dawn is coming.
Harvey Dent in Batman - The Dark Knight
13
Why so serious?
Joker in Batman - The Dark Knight
12
Never start with the head, the victim gets all fuzzy. He can't feel the next.
Joker in Batman - The Dark Knight
9
All you care about is money. This city deserves a better class of criminal. And I'm gonna give it to them. It's not about money, it's about sending a message!
Joker in Batman - The Dark Knight
9
I'm a dog chasing cars. I wouldn't know what to do with one if I caught it.
Joker in Batman - The Dark Knight
9
Dreams feel real while we're in them. It's only when we wake up that we realize something was actually strange.
Cobb in Inception
10
Don't you want to take a leap of faith? Or become an old man, filled with regret, waiting to die alone!
Saito in Inception
1
You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling!
Eames in Inception
5
What is the most resilient parasite? Bacteria? A virus? An intestinal worm? An idea! Resilient, highly contagious. Once an idea has taken hold of the brain it's almost impossible to eradicate.
Cobb in Inception
19
Cobb: "I have it under control."
Arthur: "I'd hate to see it out of control."
Arthur in Inception
2
They say we only use a fraction of our brain's true potential. Now that's when we're awake. When we're asleep, we can do almost anything.
Cobb in Inception
5
An idea is like a virus, resilient, highly contagious. The smallest seed of an idea can grow. It can grow to define or destroy you.
Cobb in Inception
19
Love is the one thing that transcends time and space.
Amelia Brand in Interstellar
2
We used to look up at the sky and wonder at our place in the stars, now we just look down and worry about our place in the dirt.
Cooper in Interstellar
1
Science is about admitting what we don't know.
Mankind was born on Earth. It was never meant to die here.
Cooper in Interstellar
1
Once you're a parent, you're the ghost of your children's future.
Cooper in Interstellar
Our survival instinct is our single greatest source of inspiration.
Dr. Mann in Interstellar
Maybe we’ve spent too long trying to figure this out with theory.
Amelia Brand in Interstellar
Don't try to understand it. Feel it!
1
"How would you like to die?"
"Old."
"You chose the wrong profession."
"It seems bold."
"'Bold' I'm fine with. I thought you were going to say 'nuts'."
You have to start looking at the world in a new way!
All I have for you is a word: Tenet. It'll open the right doors, some of the wrong ones too. Use it carefully.
You are the man who gave them the power to destroy themselves. And the world is not prepared.
Niels Bohr in Oppenheimer
Robert Oppenheimer: "Our work here will ensure peace mankind has never seen."
Edward Teller: "Until somebody builds a bigger one."
Leslie Groves: "Are we saying there's a chance that when we push that button, we destroy the world?"
Robert Oppenheimer: "Chances are near zero."
J. Robert Oppenheimer in Oppenheimer
We've got one hope. All of America's industrial might and scientific innovation connected here.
J. Robert Oppenheimer in Oppenheimer
World War II would be over. Our boys would come home.
Lewis Strauss in Oppenheimer
Leslie Groves: "Die haben 12 Monate Vorsprung."
Robert Oppenheimer: "18."
Leslie Groves: "Woher wollen Sie das bitte wissen?"
We imagine a future, and our imaginings horrify us. They won't fear it until they understand it. And they won't understand it until they've used it.
It is strange with how little notice, good, bad, or indifferent, a man may live and die in London.
1
If you're curious, London's an amazing place.
1
I've often thought a blind man could find his way through London simply by gauging the changes in innuendo: mild through Trafalgar Square, less veiled towards the river.
Louis Bayard - Mr. Timothy
A photo says, you were happy, and I wanted to catch that. A photo says, you were so important to me that I put down everything else to come watch.
15
You just ask the same questions every week. 'How's your job? Are you having any negative thoughts?'
All I have are negative thoughts.
5
Cop partnerships are like marriages. You know each other better than your wives.
Harvey Dent in Gotham - Season 1 Episode 18
Fear doesn't need conquering. Fear tells you where the edge is. Fear is a good thing.
James Gordon in Gotham - Season 1 Episode 1

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