Quotes by Brian De Palma about Contentment

14 quotes by Brian De Palma about contentment

Brian De Palma American director

I've dropped myself into straightforward character pieces in order to explore that form and reap its values. But you are sort of restricted visually when your first requirement is to tell a fairly straightforward story

Quote by Brian De Palma about contentment

It's always great when you discover someone.

It's always great when you discover someone.

Quote by Brian De Palma about contentment

Only in the fact that I was kind of a science wonk in the...

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.

Quote by Brian De Palma about contentment

Sure, but you learn, if you're going to shoot a...

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.

Quote by Brian De Palma about 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.

Quote by Brian De Palma about 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.

Quote by Brian De Palma about contentment

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.

Quote by Brian De Palma about 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.

Quote by Brian De Palma about contentment

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.

Quote by Brian De Palma about contentment

Yeah, when I write all the time, the advantage of using...

Yeah, when I write all the time, the advantage of using the Web is just unbelievable. You know, to find out information.

Quote by Brian De Palma about 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.

Quote by Brian De Palma about contentment

You know, I listen to contemporary music all the time.

You know, I listen to contemporary music all the time.

Quote by Brian De Palma about contentment

You know, when people want to get any information, ...

You know, when people want to get any information, research information, it will all exist on these Web sites.

Quote by Brian De Palma about contentment

You really are as hot as your last movie. And it goes...

You really are as hot as your last movie. And it goes away really quickly.

Quote by Brian De Palma about contentment

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