Bennett Miller Quotes
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My nature is to try and look past apparent truths, to pull back layers and understand the psychological motives behind phenomena.
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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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If you have a vision for something, things are navigable. If it gets fuzzy, then obstacles become much more formidable.
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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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I don't like sensationalizing events. Instead of making waves, I want to make everything settle, so we can see to the bottom of things.
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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've never even watched one of my films since they're completed.
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I'm actually not a big reader.
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I think it's fair to ask how truthful a film is as opposed to how factual it is.
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The one thing I'll say is I was a quiet kid. Much more of an observer than a performer.
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I think I approach things with an outsider's perspective.
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Before I find myself in the middle of a project, I want to make sure it is the kind of thing that keeps me excited for two years. Otherwise, it will be very difficult to push the proverbial rock up the proverbial mountain.
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I know what it's like to be genuinely intrigued and compelled by a story and to have a sense that there's an adventure to be had and a film to be conjured.
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Kubrick has a divining rod for the concealed, alienating secrets of characters.
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I feel like what I'm after is not easy for me to find, and to want it to be easy... it would be absurd for me to have that ambition.
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I like going into a scene knowing that the script isn't quite finished, that there's something that isn't really going to reveal itself until something spontaneously occurs.
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Chemistry exists or it doesn't, and I think casting is a very underappreciated component of filmmaking.