Quotes from Matthew Vaughn


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Some people are directors and I think they should stay behind the camera.


You either ignore the comic book and make a great movie or you stay very close to the comic book.


So I think I sometimes will put a cliche in and then just pad it out so you're not noticing.


So I am concerned about the amount of time we have to make it, cause it doesn't matter how much money you have, you can't create more time.


It's a juggernaut, yeah... but I'm not phased by making movies.


I'm not a member of a minority but I can empathize with what's going on.


I'm as conservative as they come.


I'll never be a good writer, and no chance of being a good actor.


I will never sign anything which makes me have to do more than one film.


I think it's easier to make a film with 200 million dollars than 960 grand.


I like the X-Men, otherwise I wouldn't be doing it.


And writing I think is a gift that you have, the same as acting, in a way.


I like doing as many special effects in camera, as much as possible.


You need cliches. Cliches are what people respond to.


What I learned very quickly is that if you get it right in the first two or three takes, it's not going to get that much better.


Crime, money, power, drugs - are all linked.


Music is half the film.


I think you should make a movie that has an audience.


I think music is what takes the experience off the screen into your soul, into your head.


Cliches are what make you understand something.