Matthew Vaughn Quotes & Sayings

I like the idea of making big budget films with a heart. I like graphic novels more than comic books. — Matthew Vaughn

I had a philosophy, which may have been proven right, that directing isn't as hard as everyone says it is. — Matthew Vaughn

People just want to watch movies that are entertaining, it doesn't matter what genre it is. — Matthew Vaughn

I think movies glamorize violence, in the sense that they make it in a way that it's either cool or funny. — Matthew Vaughn

I'm a big believer that it doesn't matter what you call your company, nobody ever notices. — Matthew Vaughn

Every night I vow to work out in the morning. For the past three years, however, I have always found an excuse not to. — Matthew Vaughn

I'll never be a good writer, and no chance of being a good actor. — Matthew Vaughn

So I think I sometimes will put a cliche in and then just pad it out so you're not noticing. — Matthew Vaughn

I think you should make a movie that has an audience. — Matthew Vaughn

I will never sign anything which makes me have to do more than one film. — Matthew Vaughn

Music is half the film. — Matthew Vaughn

Being a producer, I deal with a lot of different directors, and some of them would drive me insane with all the different histrionics, and the mystique that they carry. — Matthew Vaughn

You can't please everyone ... If you make a good movie, that's all that matters. — Matthew Vaughn

What I learned very quickly is that if you get it right in the first two or three takes, it's not going to get that much better. — Matthew Vaughn

You need cliches. Cliches are what people respond to. — Matthew Vaughn

Cliches are what make you understand something. — Matthew Vaughn

Crime, money, power, drugs - are all linked. — Matthew Vaughn

People want fun and escapism at the moment. Look at the success of 'Guardians of the Galaxy'. I think Nolan kick-started a very dark, bleak style of superhero escapism, and I think people have had enough of it. — Matthew Vaughn

I think there's a time in your life where you don't feel like you fit in. I think everyone has that when you're a teenager, especially, and especially in the society we live in. — Matthew Vaughn

I like doing as many special effects in camera, as much as possible. — Matthew Vaughn

You either ignore the comic book and make a great movie or you stay very close to the comic book. — Matthew Vaughn

I think music is what takes the experience off the screen into your soul, into your head. — Matthew Vaughn

It's a juggernaut, yeah ... but I'm not phased by making movies. — Matthew Vaughn

I learned very quickly that the hard thing in life is to make good films. Technically, filmmaking is the camera and the actor telling the story and that's what I'm more interested in doing. — Matthew Vaughn

And writing I think is a gift that you have, the same as acting, in a way. — Matthew Vaughn

If you give the audience what they expect, they'll be bored. There are no rules: You do what you want while respecting the boundaries. You don't poke people in the eye; you do things they haven't seen before and make it accessible, funny and clever. — Matthew Vaughn

I'm not a member of a minority but I can empathize with what's going on. — Matthew Vaughn

People in LA seem to have no concept of the time outside of their city. I've been trained for thirty years in the film industry of having whether its agents, lawyers, actors, or whoever calling up all night. — Matthew Vaughn

So I am concerned about the amount of time we have to make it, cause it doesn't matter how much money you have, you can't create more time. — Matthew Vaughn

I'm a Star Wars fanatic. — Matthew Vaughn

I think it's easier to make a film with 200 million dollars than 960 grand. — Matthew Vaughn

Some people are directors and I think they should stay behind the camera. — Matthew Vaughn

I'm as conservative as they come. — Matthew Vaughn

I like the X-Men, otherwise I wouldn't be doing it. — Matthew Vaughn

Ironically, I think action can be the dullest part of movies nowadays - and I love action movies! — Matthew Vaughn