David Michod Quotes

Australia, Film Director
November 30, 1972

David Michôd is an Australian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He is best known for directing the critically acclaimed crime drama Animal Kingdom (2010) and dystopian drama The Rover (2014). He also co-wrote Hesher (2010).

Also known as Screenwriter, Producer, Actor

You can have levity in the film because real people look for levity in their lives.

David Michod
- People
- Film
- Look
To see great actors bring it all to life us exhilerating.

David Michod
- Life
- Actors
- Bring

I love the casting process. It's a cliché but I think it's the most important part of the process. I really enjoy it too. I love putting that jigsaw puzzle of people together.

David Michod
- Important
- Enjoy
- Process
I don't want to redo what I've just done. I don't want to retread old ground.

David Michod
- Want
- Old
- Ground
I find music the the clearest and easiest way in to what a movie will feel like - more so than visual references or other movies or dense dossiers of research material. Every now and then I'll send a piece of music or two to people I'm working with - actors or heads of department - when I think it'll help them get a sense of the kind of movie I'm proposing. Often those pieces will end up in the movie - sometimes they won't.

David Michod
- Music
- Movie
- Way
The first time when you can really get a sense of what the movie is going to look and feel like is when you're in a casting room and seeing it.

David Michod
- Movie
- Sense
- Get
I'd like to make all different kinds of movies. I don't think it would make sense though for my second film to walk straight into a musical even though I'd like to.

David Michod
- Different
- Movies
- Make