Bennett Miller Quotes
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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 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 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 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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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'm actually not a big reader.
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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 think it's fair to ask how truthful a film is as opposed to how factual it is.
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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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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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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 think I approach things with an outsider's perspective.
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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.