Quotes from John Hillcoat

The last time I played video games was 'Space Invaders.'

My own personal aesthetic is all to do with real actors and real locations and a kind of almost hyper reality and actuality to things. But the digital world, I explore that through other mediums, with music videos and commercials. Even 'The Road' was a real learning curve for me with digital effects.

Basically, I frittered away the Nineties making pop videos and being pretty self-indulgent.

I take very seriously that challenge of trying to do genre films - but elevated genre films.

I love working with ensemble groups of actors.

It's the aspirations that capitalism is promoting as beautiful, positive attributes that are dangerous. All that is in the bedrooms of the poor and in the villages of the Third World, and it's like a cruel carrot that's being waved in front of people's noses. It's a seduction, an unattainable dream.