Bennett Miller Quotes
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I don't know of a filmmaker who does not feel buoyed and lifted when their peers embrace the work.
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I like to rehearse. We did a lot of rehearsals for 'Moneyball,' but it is really individual to the actor. It's not like, 'Here is my process, everybody. Fit in.'
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As a filmmaker, you want people to understand and get what you do, and it's a lot to ask for.
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Every film requires a different process. You learn about these particular actors and the particular chemistry between these actors. Recognizing when you don't need to shoot a scene because it's going to be cut anyway.
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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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I don't have many rules, but one of them is, 'Do not make a movie you yourself would not want to see.'
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I do have that compulsion to organize moments into a larger thing.
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It's great making a film and having it embraced and seen. I really enjoy that.
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As a filmmaker, one tends to want to evolve evermore towards a place of independence.
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If you track something like a political campaign and parcel out what's being communicated in a literal and narrative sense, and what's being communicated by means of emotional and symbolic language, you might find that it's the latter elements that absolutely dominate and move people. It makes me want to take that language and expose it.
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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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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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You can recognize almost immediately if the film you're watching is the product of some kind of a hive mind or the result of a personal vision and genuine collaborations. 'Manchester by the Sea' reminds us of the potential of the latter and, for that reason, is the kind of work that makes me, as a filmmaker, want to continue. It's inspiring.
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I'm not going to take something based on budget and do something just for the sake of it. I want to make good films.
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The silence of a room when someone enters with a gun is very different from the sound that room makes when empty.
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A lot of the time, excess on a film set is just damaging.
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Mark Ruffalo is Mark Ruffalo - no explanation needed. He has the biggest heart of anyone I've ever met, and he's sort of the Dave Schultz of the entertainment industry.
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Film as a medium, like a novel as a medium, possesses a unique ability to communicate. Film is capable of communicating in a way that no other medium can, and I would say the same for the novel.
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You make a movie and you'd like it to be appreciated, respected, embraced.
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I don't want to sound too spiritual, but when you are true to yourself and follow through with things that connect with you meaningfully, somehow things fall into place.
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People are attracted to entertainment, for sure, or jokes, excitement and romantically heightened stories that might be false, but are still attractive fantasies.
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It's important for an actor to feel like they're really being watched and to receive feedback and encouragement about the aspects of what they're doing that feels truthful - and also to raise awareness when they might be resorting to habits and tricks, which every actor has.
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I'm interested in telling stories that add up to more than the entertainment of the story. That's what does it for me.
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If something is to be quietly powerful, it requires more balance than a film that allows for more freneticism.