Christopher Nolan still doesn't own a smartphone.
Christopher Nolan
The 50-year-old filmmaker may be known for directing futuristic films such as 'Interstellar' and 'Inception' but he doesn't like having the handheld device as he feels it is more distracting than useful.
He said: "It's true that I don't have a smartphone. I have a little flip phone that I take with me from time to time. I'm easily distractible so I don't really want to have access to the internet every time when I'm bored. I do a lot of my best thinking in those kind of in-between moments that people now fill with online activity, so it benefits me. When I'm working, I'm just surrounded by, I mean, everybody's got a phone. I can't hide, so I'm very easy to get in touch with when I'm working."
And Christopher prefers to make phone calls from a landline rather than communicate via email.
Speaking to People magazine about using e-mail, he added: "I just have never been particularly interested in communicating with people in that way. I prefer just calling people from a landline. So yeah, I mean, everybody finds their own way to communicate with people and deal with things."
Meanwhile, director Christopher previously recalled how he and his colleagues and collaborators never had a phone when he first started in the industry.
He shared: "Well, I’ve never used email because I don’t find it would help me with anything I’m doing. I just couldn’t be bothered about it. As far as the cellphone goes, it’s like that whole thing about 'in New York City, you’re never more than two feet from a rat' — I'm never two feet from a cellphone. I mean, we’ll be on a scout with 10 people and all of them have phones, so it’s very easy to get in touch with me when people need to. When I started in this business, not many people had cellphones, I didn’t have one, I never bothered to get one and I’ve been very fortunate to be working continuously, so there’s always someone around me who can tap me on the shoulder and hand me a phone if they need to. I actually really like not having one because it gives me time to think. You know, when you have a smartphone and you have 10 minutes to spare, you go on it and you start looking at stuff."
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