Nicolas Winding Refn

My writing has always been more out of the need to write a movie rather than me being a good writer.

I'm not a guy's guy. I always loved girl things. I loved dolls. I loved dressing up and much more.

I wanted to be famous. I guess I thought acting would make me famous.

I would love to make a kids' movie. But they are very hard to make.

America has no one to catch you when you fall. That makes you want to achieve. It is healthy for the soul. But all that is valued is success.

I love to look at beauty.

I very much love Los Angeles, and I love working here. I find it very inspiring and very creative, and some of the best crews are in Los Angeles.

I love to be on location. I love to be in other parts of the world. I love to be where I'm reminded about real, you know, emotions. I love to touch things and design things, and I think that, for the actor, it certainly - it certainly helps their performance.

I love watching the superhero movies, and I would love to make one. But in a way, 'Drive' is probably the greatest superhero movie ever made.

I'm a huge John Hughes fan, and I grew up in the '80s, when his films came out. So, my introduction to what you'd call 'cinema love,' that illusion of love, was 'Sixteen Candles' and Molly Ringwald.

I'd love to do a yakuza movie.

Oh, I love L.A. It's not so much about Hollywood. I love everything in L.A.