Author: Alan Taylor

Quotes

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 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

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

When you direct a movie that makes no money whatsoever, there is no rush to your door for the next one.

When you direct a movie that makes no money whatsoever, there is no rush to your door for the next one.

- Alan Taylor

Compared to TV, 'Palookaville' was restriction-free, except we had no money and no time.

Compared to TV, 'Palookaville' was restriction-free, except we had no money and no time.

- 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

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

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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