James Mangold Quotes

I'm really very lucky. I get to do an awful lot. I've been able to make an incredibly wide range of movies and work with an incredible array of people.

- James Mangold

I'm a huge comic book collector. When I was a kid, I had both Marvel and DC. I was my own librarian. I made card files. I had origin stories of all the characters, and cross-referenced when they appeared in other comic books. I was full on.

- James Mangold

The boundary between real life and acting is hard to find.

- James Mangold

Movies aren't just supposed to be a representation of reality. They're supposed to be an art.

- James Mangold

One of my favourite movies is Billy Wilder's 'The Apartment.' It's shot in super wide screen, and it's beautiful.

- James Mangold

I'd be really interested in making a dramatic, low key 3D film.

- James Mangold

A fantasy film is often improved by some kind of human reality.

- James Mangold

We should be writing more great roles for women, period. Another problem is that movies are generally made for 14-year-old boys, and 14-year-old boys want to watch 25-year-old action heroes.

- James Mangold