Alan Taylor

Game of Thrones' was the first fantasy thing I've done, and like a lot of people who enjoy the show watching it, I didn't expect to respond to that world, but when I started doing it, I really started to love it, started to realize that some of the things I'm naturally drawn to. ”

The Marvel experience was particularly wrenching because I was sort of given absolute freedom while we were shooting, and then in post, it turned into a different movie. ”

I've been sort of spoiled on the TV end because HBO feels like a small institution making independent movies. There's respect for the director's contribution in a way that mainstream television doesn't really reflect, I don't think. ”

There's a natural human compulsion to chase after freedom and then to actually hand it over as fast as possible and get away from it. ”

Compared to TV, 'Palookaville' was restriction-free, except we had no money and no time. ”

I come out of TV, where you never reshoot, because you don't have time. If you do reshoot, it's because someone really screwed up. ”

On 'Game of Thrones,' I remember shooting in Croatia, and by lunchtime we'd see photos of what we'd shot online and think, 'My God - people really care.' ”

Most people aren't lying awake at night worrying about a nuclear threat. But we are unnerved by a lot of how technology is coming into our lives and starting to infuse our lives. And we question whether that's a good thing or a bad thing. ”

On 'Game of Thrones,' we always shoot away from the green screen because it's bloody expensive to shoot green screen. ”

The funny thing is more money doesn't necessarily get you what you think it's going to get you and the way where it does get you more value on screen. ”