“I love the sharpness and political tone of RoboCop and I think that such a film is now urgently needed.” Quote by Jose Padilha
“In Rio de Janeiro, every cop has to make a choice. He either turns dirty, keeps his mouth shut, or goes to war.” WarTurnsChoicesMouthsDirtyCopRioRio De Janeiro Author:Jose Padilha
“Measurements, observations, descriptions can only be considered scientific when they are independently confirmed by other people.” PeopleObservationDescriptionMeasurement Author:Jose Padilha
“We make violent cops, we make violent criminals, and no wonder we have shootouts in slums all of the time.” WonderCriminalsViolentCopSlumsViolent Criminals Author:Jose Padilha
“Well, I'm not that popular with the politicians, I have to say.” WellsPolitician Author:Jose Padilha
“We are led by lawyers who do not understand either technology or balance sheets.” TechnologyFeetBalanceLawyerSheetsBalance Sheets Author:Thomas Friedman
“A lot of jobs today are being automated; what happens when you extend that concept to very important areas of society like law enforcement? What happens if you start controlling the behavior of criminals or people in general with software-running machines? Those questions, they look like they're sci-fi but they're not.” PeopleIfsLooksImportantHappensRunningTodayJobsLawBehaviorConceptsAreasMachinesCriminalsSoftwareSci FiLaw EnforcementEnforcement Author:Jose Padilha
“How do you make RoboCop? How do you slowly bring a guy to be a robot? How do you actually take humanity out of someone and how do you program a brain, so to speak, and how does that affect an individual?” DoeGuyHumanityIndividualSpeakBrainProgramRobotsRobocop Author:Jose Padilha
“I don't actually like blocking actors. I prefer giving actors freedom. They don't have to step on a precise mark with me. Instead of giving marks to the actors I like to give marks to the camera.” GivingActorsStepsMarkCamerasBlockPrecise Author:Jose Padilha
“I like to give dimension to shots inside action scenes. It's demanding because you have to rehearse a lot of things happening at the same time and frame all those things in a shot. But I feel like when you accomplish that then you've got a cool action scene.” GivingFeelsActionSceneHappeningsShotsAccomplishThings HappenDimensions Author:Jose Padilha