Most of my choices come about through some kind of intuition or instinct, and if I need to, I’ll post-rationalize them, intellectually, afterwards. But generally, they come about just by feeling. – Joe Wright
I couldn’t be a cameraman or a designer or an actor – I have to be a director because I learned how to do that from my dad. – Joe Wright
I find it ironic that happy endings now are called fairytale endings because there’s nothing happy about most fairytale endings. – Joe Wright
I see the job of directing as being one of creating the right atmosphere, creating an environment where people can realize their full potential. – Joe Wright
I wouldn’t presume to know something, but I have lots to learn and that’s what I attempt to do through my work. – Joe Wright
Fairy tales to me are never happy, sweet stories. They’re moral stories about overcoming the dark side and the bad. – Joe Wright
There’s good art and there’s bad art. A lot of action films are bad art, but Paul Greengrass showed us with the Bourne films that it’s possible to make an action film with a political, social conscience. – Joe Wright
‘Pride’ is my first film with a happy ending. Before, I naively thought they were a cop-out, but now I’ve come to believe that happy endings and wish fulfilment are an incredibly important part of our cultural life. – Joe Wright
I think my dyslexia was a vital part of my development because my inability to read and write meant that I had to find knowledge elsewhere so I looked to the cinema. – Joe Wright
Generally, I’ve never known quite how to fit in in civilian life, but on set, making a film, I know exactly where to go, how to behave and how I fit. – Joe Wright
