Bennett Miller Quotes
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If something is to be quietly powerful, it requires more balance than a film that allows for more freneticism.
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Sometimes the facts can get in the way of the telling of a good story. But they don't get in the way of the truth.
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A film cannot make it into the culture without the support of critics.
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I have a tremendous amount of patience and tolerance when working with people, but if I ever feel the impulse to inhibit myself from doing one more take, or feel a need to apologize to someone for pushing, I know that that relationship isn't gonna last.
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If you talk to anybody, among the first things you'll hear is, 'Steve Carell is the nicest guy in the world.' And he is. 'Steve Carell is the greatest guy to work with.' And he is. But all of that belies other aspects that are as true with him.
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I am attracted to anything that does not feel derivative.
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I am nostalgic for those man-behind-the-curtain days when someone could get away with impersonating Kubrick because nobody had any idea what Kubrick looked like.
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Filmmaking requires the participation and cooperation of many people. It's unrealistic to expect that you're not going to be challenged by unforeseeable forces from every direction.
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I think, when I meet a person, in general, it's not my habit to conclude anything about people. Not completely. Even people you know well constantly remain open.
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I'm attracted to stories of people who don't belong together, who embark on something and find themselves in places they don't belong.
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Honestly, my smartest business decision was to never do anything that I didn't love doing.
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I am attracted to characters who are in worlds where they don't belong and who have great ambitions that they imagine will somehow reconcile themselves with the world and make things right.
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It's great making a film and having it embraced and seen. I really enjoy that.
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It's amazing how much you will forgive if the behavior is truthful.
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I am and always have been fascinated with people, and I have a very good time coming up with the narratives of people's lives, exploring how a person thinks and feels.
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What I will say - one thing that is attractive about getting a real film made within the studio system is that studio systems, with their marketing and distribution, have real power.
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It's about creating an atmosphere so that characters can just live in front of the cameras. And to be sensitive, and for the actor to know the sensitivity that they are being observed with.
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It couldn't be more satisfying to work on something almost anonymously for years, then to have it received affectionately with support.
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As a filmmaker, you're looking to reveal something. When other people relate to it, it makes an otherwise lonely world a little less lonely.
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One of the biggest turnoffs is being presented with an idea that's already, to a degree, complete. That's not an adventure, and it's not a learning experience. It's more of a chore. Then you become a technician with taste, as opposed to an explorer and an author.
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Every relationship probably has, at its inception, a hundred things that you could pick on and divert you from it, but the feeling is there. You figure out a way to make it work.
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Making a film is a challenge.
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Kubrick has a divining rod for the concealed, alienating secrets of characters.
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My films are inquiries. I've chopped down all the signposts, I really resist taking moral positions.