Roger Spottiswoode

“For me, you don't ever want to be in a genre show. You want to be in a character show.”

“The thing about Bond is that he is the most rigid of all the franchises. He is a man of the '50s. He is a misogynist. He is a dinosaur.”

“I tried to make Bond a little more human, a little less of a superman.”

“Editing is the final rewrite of the script.”

“The great thing about actors is they are all different, and the job of the director is to find what is special about each one.”

“A story is not a story unless it is listened to.”

“I've been on both sides: the big-budget special effects movie and the small-budget movie. To me, the small-budget movies are more fun.”