Darren Aronofsky Quotes

As filmmakers, we can show where a person's mind goes, as opposed to theater, which is more to sit back and watch it.

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• 'Heroes' really changed the game for me in a way that nothing before it had.

  

  Zachary Quinto
  • Game
  • Way
  • Me

• I'm too self-serious for a comedy.

  

  Damien Chazelle
  • Comedy
  • Serious
  • Too

• There is no such thing as a little freedom. Either you are all free, or you are not free.

  

  Walter Cronkite
  • Free
  • You
  • Freedom

• I was a go-go dancer at the Dom on East 10th Street in NYC. This was a glittering ballroom over Stanley's Bar. 1965.

  

  Fanny Howe
  • Street
  • Over
  • Bar

• A filmmaker can never be distant from his roots.

  

  Walter Salles
  • Never
  • Roots
  • Filmmaker

• Wise choices can put us in control of situations where we might otherwise be tempted to compromise our principles. We cannot control all that happens to us; however, we can choose to be in control of our responses.

  

  L. Lionel Kendrick
  • Control
  • Choices
  • Wise

• I lived in America for a long time before I started working as an actor. Some actors show up on set and have never done an American accent before, so they rely on a slew of technical mechanisms. Part of what makes an accent is understanding why people speak that way - you have to understand the culture.

  

  Idris Elba
  • People
  • Up
  • Time

• I think it's always easy to be sympathetic to parts of the government in detail; in their concrete manifestations. Because obviously, we don't have government for no reason.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Think
  • Government
  • Easy

• I do not have the angst and the anxiety of my youth. I've gotten to a place where I'm very comfortable with who I am.

  

  Walton Goggins
  • Place
  • Anxiety
  • Youth

• We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images. Abstract art will have been good for one thing: to restore its exact virginity to figurative art.

  

  Salvador Dali
  • Good
  • Art
  • Hungry

• Every artist says that he/she wants to do something challenging, and I'm not any different. If someone approaches me with a serious role, I'll be more than happy.

  

  Kapil Sharma
  • Happy
  • Serious
  • Artist

• Thinking about your role will automatically get you in the frame of mind to get your strategy and game plan right before you step onto that field.

  

  Harbhajan Singh
  • Thinking
  • Mind
  • Game

• Even successful musicians have had periods where people say they suck and no one likes them, even after they've had periods of great success. So I think it's like you just gotta do you and try to stay motivated. Until, you know, you decide to stay home and make spaghetti all day.

  

  K. Flay
  • People
  • Great
  • Home

• Speaking as someone who didn't go through the U.K. school system, with all the culinary baggage that entails, I am inordinately fond of custard in any shape or form.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • School
  • System
  • U.K.

• With the mega – fame came the mega – downfall – you know, with the press and everything – and at a young age, it was very stressful to me.

  

  Vanilla Ice
  • Know
  • Young
  • Fame

• It's interesting, because I named my first album after my dad because I wanted to find him. My second album was named after my mom because I felt like I learned all my creative talents I learned from her. All the survival stuff, too. And then the next album is 'Maya,' which is not my real name. It's fake.

  

  M.I.A.
  • Real
  • Interesting
  • Dad

• I'm really anti-option, so computers have been my nightmare with recording. I don't want endless tracks; I want less tracks. I want decisions to be made.

  

  Ian MacKaye
  • Want
  • Decisions
  • Option

• The Web is the new way to figure out who's hot and what's not. You can't let TV dictate because it's so polished, so political. It is what they want you to know. The Internet is the raw.

  

  Wale
  • Want
  • Political
  • Internet

• We thought we'd write a good script for women, giving them the fun roles that generally men get.

  

  Lilly Wachowski
  • Good
  • Men
  • Women

• We need to take down our "Do not disturb" signs... snap out of our stupor and come out of our coma and awake from our apathy.

  

  Vance Havner
  • Christian
  • Needs
  • Apathy

• To me, when guys beat you down the court, that's unacceptable. Randle's effort and energy, he's athletic and brings energy, certainly busted it open in that stretch.

  

  Dan Monson
  • Guys
  • Court
  • Beat

• It is vain to talk of the interest of the community, without understanding what is the interest of the individual.

  

  Jeremy Bentham
  • Community
  • Understanding

• When they start the game, they don't yell, "Work ball." They say, "Play ball."

  

  Willie Stargell
  • Baseball
  • Games
  • Balls

• As filmmakers, we can show where a person's mind goes, as opposed to theater, which is more to sit back and watch it.

  

  Darren Aronofsky
  • Mind