Quotes by Brian De Palma, page 2
36 quotes by Brian De Palma
Brian De Palma - american director
Also called: Brian Russell De Palma.
Was born on 11 apr 1942.
Origin country: United States
Only in the fact that I was kind of a science wonk in the '50s. You know, won a lot of science fairs, built computers.
BQuote by Brian De Palma about science, computers, contentment
So I like to try to go back and develop pure visual storytelling. Because to me, it's one of the most exciting aspects of making movies and almost a lost art at this point.
BQuote by Brian De Palma about opinion, purity, art, magic
Sure, but you learn, if you're going to shoot a straightforward story, that you're going to be shooting a lot of close-ups.
BQuote by Brian De Palma about teaching, contentment
That's what noir feels like to me. It feels like some kind of recurring dream, with very strong archetypes operating. You know, the guilty girl being pursued, falling, all kinds of stuff that we see in our dreams all the time.
BQuote by Brian De Palma about pleasure, dream, being, time, contentment
The biggest mistake in student films is that they are usually cast so badly, with friends and people the directors know. Actually you can cover a lot of bad direction with good acting.
BQuote by Brian De Palma about human imperfections, students, mistake, bad luck, bad, good, good luck, people, contentment
The real trouble with film school is that the people teaching are so far out of the industry that they don't give the students an idea of what's happening.
BQuote by Brian De Palma about happiness, teaching, students, problems, school, idea, film, real estate, people
Well, I just think through your career you go through different phases, and I just got sort of uninspired by the whole studio process of making and releasing films.
BQuote by Brian De Palma about opinion, career, contentment
Well, like any time you're shooting documentary stuff, you've got to be in the moment, and you've got to be able to be in control enough to capture what's happening.
BQuote by Brian De Palma about contentment, moment, time
When you make a movie outside the system and it's successful critically or a moderate financial success, you usually have to go back into the system and make a big hit.
BQuote by Brian De Palma about success, contentment
Yeah, I had an idea to make a very scary movie, based on a kind of serial murderer that preys on tourists.
BQuote by Brian De Palma about idea
Yeah, when I write all the time, the advantage of using the Web is just unbelievable. You know, to find out information.
BQuote by Brian De Palma about time, contentment
You know it's always amazed me I think the most startling thing that's happened in the last couple of decades is that there is no sort of objective reporting anymore.
BQuote by Brian De Palma about happiness, purpose, couple, things, contentment
You know, I listen to contemporary music all the time.
BQuote by Brian De Palma about music, time, contentment
You know, when people want to get any information, research information, it will all exist on these Web sites.
BQuote by Brian De Palma about research, people, contentment
You really are as hot as your last movie. And it goes away really quickly.
BQuote by Brian De Palma about contentment
