“Going out into the country after living in the city is a loss of control.” Quote by Christopher Bollen
“One day I want to write a full-on horror book.” WantWritingBookHorrorOne Day Author:Christopher Bollen
“There's a structure to a detective story that I can easily understand. I understand playing that particular game. It's like solving a puzzle. Or creating a puzzle.” I CanStoriesGamesParticularCreatingStructurePuzzlesDetectivesDetective Stories Author:Christopher Bollen
“You find when you're writing a detective story that you're actually not trying to solve anything. You're trying to stop the reader from solving the puzzle.” WritingTryingStoriesReaderSolvePuzzlesDetectivesDetective Stories Author:Christopher Bollen
“Why I love chess and tennis - the volleying aspect, and the fact that your competitors' reactions and motivations and bluffs come into the game itself.” FactsMotivationGamesAspectChessReactionsTennisCompetitorsBluffs Author:Christopher Bollen
“I also remember when I watched Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer [1990] at, like, age 15. That scared the crap out of me. Because it didn't operate inside the usual conventions of the horror genre in the way that I could accept. I can accept horny teenager counselors being murdered at camp. But I couldn't accept the derangement of Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, which was that anyone could be murdered at any moment - whole families, with no build-up music and no meaning. It terrified me.” WayI CanWholeMomentsAgeRememberAcceptingHorrorScaredTeenagerGenreCampsUsualConventionsKillersCrapPortraitsTerrifiedRemember WhenSerialsSerial KillerWhole FamilyHornyCounselorHorror Genre Author:Christopher Bollen
“I'm just aware of what I'm thinking and feeling but I do obviously have to get that to the back of the auditorium. So there are things like projection and filling the room, and not dropping the ends of lines - technical things which are important, but I don't think they change the way I feel in a scene.” ThinkingWayFeelsImportantEndsFeelingsLinesRoomsSceneFillingProjectionDroppingAuditoriums Author:Bill Nighy
“I was obsessed with Agatha Christie in sixth grade.” ObsessedGradesChristieSixth Grade Author:Christopher Bollen
“On film sets I can see everyone, and I really still find that so difficult.” StillsI CanFilmDifficultFilm Set Author:Carey Mulligan
“I'm convinced I was the only kid ever who had a Death on the Nile [1978] movie poster and a Murder on the Orient Express [1974] movie poster on his bedroom walls.” KidsWallMurderConvincedBedroomPostersNileBedroom Wall Author:Christopher Bollen