Fairy tales to me are never happy, sweet stories. They're moral stories about overcoming the dark side and the bad.

- Joe Wright

I think that people are still trying to understand each other and overcome prejudices. And people are still, most important, loving each other. And t…

- Joe Wright

So much of today's film culture, in England and America, is based on lies, really. The industry is very ambitious, and success has become such an opi…

- Joe Wright

I couldn't be a cameraman or a designer or an actor - I have to be a director because I learned how to do that from my dad.

- Joe Wright

Every time I make a film, I feel it gives me the chance to learn something new.

- Joe Wright

I don't ever want to go backwards, I quite like it. I like the freedom and I like the - What I set out to do was to make a big action-adventure movie…

- Joe Wright

I see the job of directing as being one of creating the right atmosphere, creating an environment where people can realize their full potential.

- Joe Wright

I've been wanting for some time to find a way of stylizing cinema and trying to get closer to the emotional story I was telling and get rid of all th…

- Joe Wright

I think my dyslexia was a vital part of my development because my inability to read and write meant that I had to find knowledge elsewhere so I looke…

- Joe Wright