Paul Greengrass Quotes (20 Quotes)

The first reason was to ensure accuracy.

Why are people saying it's too soon? Like the people on that flight, we need to agree about what to do about terrorism. And I think we need to have that conversation now.

They were the first people to inhabit the post-911 world. These were the first to react to the worldwide conflict we find ourselves in today.

Remembering is painful, it's difficult, but it can be inspiring and it can give wisdom.

There were two stages of it. The sort of staggering enormity of that second plane - when you realized that this was obviously deliberate, and then all of a sudden, a lull sort of sank in for 20 minutes or half an hour. And then that really frightening thing when the Pentagon got struck. You just thought, where is this gonna end

There is a great debate going on on where we are going in the post-911 world. This is part of the process of filmmakers saying, 'We would like to join that conversation'.

The events of 911 had a massive effect on me, like everyone, and I wanted to use my position as a filmmaker to contribute something so they are not casually forgotten. By honoring the families who lost those they loved, I hope we can ensure that their sacrifice is remembered and hopefully seek wisdom in the future.

I wanted to make it feel real, like you were there, so you would understand the pressures people faced inside the air-traffic control rooms, inside the military command center, inside that airplane.

They'll see it's been made in a responsible fashion by serious people. And I hope they will see it's making a contribution to a very necessary debate.

If in this film, it can provoke a little more discussion about where we've come from on 911 and where we're going to. Then I'll be proud.

Films don't change the world, but they can make people talk. And they can make you look at the world with fresh eyes. This movie provides a credible, authentic portrait of that day, and it allows us to draw some wisdom from it. Wherever you sit politically, we are all in that same stage of being wounded and trying to figure what to do next. Those people on United 93 had the courage to confront what we're all dealing with. The question is, do we.

Is it word-for-word the same No, of course it's not.

That final image haunts me -- a physical struggle for the controls of a gasoline-fueled 21st-Century flying machine between a band of suicidal religious fanatics and a group of innocents drawn from amongst us all. It's really, in a way, the struggle for our world today.

It is not acting. The memory is so burned into his mind.

In the end, it's acting, it's not real. But every director will tell you that you have to create conditions that create tension, because tension is what makes drama feel real.

Some people will not want to see the film. People find the subject too hard. I respect that. Remembering is painful. But it can be inspiring and it can bring wisdom.

I think it's a very rich time for films that are socially and politically aware. Hollywood has got an admirable history of making films about how the world is think of Vietnam and McCarthyism. I don't think this is any different.

We expect our movie stars to do extraordinary things, because they're iconic. But to capture the measure of achievement of those people on that airplane, it was essential to believe they were as ordinary as you or I.

The people who went on that airplane were unexceptional.

Sometimes, those sort of details are not what shows up on screen. It's about what it does to the inner confidence of the actor.