Author: Alan Taylor

Quotes

I used to play with model trains when I was a kid, and then I used to study history.

I used to play with model trains when I was a kid, and then I used to study history.

- Alan Taylor

I just love drawing on past human cultures; that's a thrill for me.

I just love drawing on past human cultures; that's a thrill for me.

- Alan Taylor

I love things that have one foot in history - I was going to be a history professor before I sold out and went into TV.

I love things that have one foot in history - I was going to be a history professor before I sold out and went into TV.

- Alan Taylor

The funny thing is more money doesn't necessarily get you what you think it's going to get you and the way where it does get you more value on screen.

The funny thing is more money doesn't necessarily get you what you think it's going to get you and the way where it does get you more value on screen.

- Alan Taylor

There's a natural human compulsion to chase after freedom and then to actually hand it over as fast as possible and get away from it.

There's a natural human compulsion to chase after freedom and then to actually hand it over as fast as possible and get away from it.

- Alan Taylor

Science fiction sometimes is fun because it reaches so far in the future.

Science fiction sometimes is fun because it reaches so far in the future.

- Alan Taylor

I love staging action and wide-shots, not necessarily going to close-ups.

I love staging action and wide-shots, not necessarily going to close-ups.

- Alan Taylor

The Marvel experience was particularly wrenching because I was sort of given absolute freedom while we were shooting, and then in post, it turned into a different movie.

The Marvel experience was particularly wrenching because I was sort of given absolute freedom while we were shooting, and then in post, it turned into a different movie.

- Alan Taylor

On 'Game of Thrones,' I remember shooting in Croatia, and by lunchtime we'd see photos of what we'd shot online and think, 'My God - people really care.'

On 'Game of Thrones,' I remember shooting in Croatia, and by lunchtime we'd see photos of what we'd shot online and think, 'My God - people really care.'

- Alan Taylor

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