Alex Cox

“I'm not a big fan of digital filmmaking. I prefer film.”

“I'm interested in characters who are on the margins of society.”

“The great thing about cinema is that it's a universal language.”

“The life of a repo man is always intense.”

“I think that film is a very powerful medium, and I think that it's important that we don't all make the same films.”

“The job of the artist is to tell the truth.”

“Film is a collaborative medium, but the director is the one who has to have the vision.”

“What I learned from Roger Corman is that you can make a film on a very, very small budget.”

“Punk rock is a music of rebellion. It's not supposed to be pretty.”

“I don't make films for the critics. I make them for the audience.”

“I think the role of the director is to be a benevolent dictator.”

“The director's job is to create a world and invite the audience into it.”