Quotes from Matthew Vaughn

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

I was so nervous about 'Kingsman,' I can't tell you, because when you do things different and fresh and fun and crazy, you don't know how people are going to react.

My theory is that there's a knee-jerk reaction against technology in movie making.

If you do something that's not pigeonholed, it gets thrown into the 'We don't know what this is' bin, and so let's not talk about it so much.

So I am concerned about the amount of time we have to make it, cause it doesn't matter how much money you have, you can't create more time.

You either ignore the comic book and make a great movie or you stay very close to the comic book.

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

It's a juggernaut, yeah... but I'm not phased by making movies.

Ironically, I think action can be the dullest part of movies nowadays - and I love action movies!

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

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

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

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

For me, I'm not Spielberg. I can't edit while filming another film.

I was inspired by all of it. 'The Avengers,' 'Harry Palmer,' 'The Prisoner,' 'The Man from UNCLE,' 'In Like Flint.' Of course, there's a huge shadow of Bond - Bond is the monolith of spy movies - but it's not just about Bond; there were a lot of other things that influenced me.

When I did 'Stardust,' I was fighting the studio for things I believed were right.

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

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

High-concept one-liners were huge when I got my start in the film industry.

Most of the movies nominated for Oscars put me to sleep.

Every night I vow to work out in the morning. For the past three years, however, I have always found an excuse not to.

I don't believe in development. I believe in pre-pre-production, so when I sit down with an idea for a movie, I'm thinking I'm going to make this film. I don't think about anything else.

Some things that work in a comic don't work in a film, and vice versa.

I think movies glamorize violence, in the sense that they make it in a way that it's either cool or funny.