Adrian Lyne quotes

Adrian Lyne is an English film director, producer, and screenwriter known for his provocative and stylish storytelling. His films often explore complex themes of love, desire, and morality, with credits including "Fatal Attraction," "9½ Weeks," and "Indecent Proposal." He has left a significant mark on contemporary cinema with his emotionally charged and visually distinctive works. Here are 13 of his quotes:

I've always been interested in films where you can identify with the actors. Where you can be in their shoes and therefore be more involved if they're people that you recognize.

Adrian Lyne

Well, I think just the fact that you are making your first film is a huge step.

Adrian Lyne

Their every instinct - and I have to say this is without exception - is to iron out the bumps, and It's always the bumps that are the most interesting stuff.

Adrian Lyne

Obviously, in dealing with a relationship, sexuality has to be involved, and jealousy and emotions like that. And I don't know, I've always been intrigued by those emotions.

Adrian Lyne

The danger is that if you have a bunch of ideas that you forget to use.

Adrian Lyne

The challenge, really, on any new film is to try to avoid that and achieve a few moments that aren't cliche.

Adrian Lyne

I think you get better at staring into space. Especially living in the South of France.

Adrian Lyne

If you are prepared to make a fool of yourself for them then you usually get that back. I think that there are points where you become so close to an actor, you know them so well, almost as well or better than their spouse. You have to know them, warts and all.

Adrian Lyne

Foxes was a movie that didn't do a lot of business but it didn't do too badly critically and eventually they offered me other things. The interesting thing was that next I tried a film called Star Man, which Michael Douglas was producing.

Adrian Lyne

What I think is interesting is that the more you do, you have to invent a book of rules of what you can do and what you can't do. And the very real danger is that if your book of rules becomes a book of cliches.

Adrian Lyne

I was watching Monster's Ball, which is a fabulous movie. It's just a little gem: beautifully shot, and shot in a way I never would have done. It made me feel very old, really, because it wasn't eccentric for its own sake, it was just very original.

Adrian Lyne