Quotes by Matthew Vaughn

About Matthew Vaughn:

Matthew de Vere Drummond is an English film producer, director, and screenwriter. He is best known for producing such films as Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) and Snatch (2000) and directing the films Layer Cake (2004), Stardust (2007), Kick-Ass (2010), X-Men: First Class (2011), and Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015).
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I'm as conservative as they come.

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

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

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

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Cliches are what make you understand something.

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

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

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

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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.

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

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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.

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You need cliches. Cliches are what people respond to.

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I'm a Star Wars fanatic.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Author Bio

  • NameMatthew Vaughn
  • DescriptionEnglish film producer, director and screenwriter
  • AliasesMatthew de Vere Drummond; Matthew Allard Robert Vaughn
  • BornMarch 7, 1971
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionScreenwriter; Film Director; Film Producer; Writer