Quotes by David Gordon Green

David Gordon Green

A lot of my best friends are the best person for the job in a film, but sometimes being a filmmaker I’ll give a buddy a chance to prove himself. Other times I want to go with a tried-and-true person. It can absolutely cause problems.

Chance

Giving

My Best Friend

A lot of people inspire me. I’m a huge movie buff. From studying and watching movies, over and over again, directly influential are Terrence Malik and his naturalism, Robert Altman and his exploration of improvisation, and Judd Apatow, in terms of his comedic process.

Inspire

People

Study

Everybody’s got their tools or their instruments, and it’s fun to see how people expose themselves to their profession or their profession becomes who they are.

Fun

People

Tools

I always cast people with a sense of humor because people that are super serious don’t understand when I ask them to eat a booger it’s not necessarily about that. It’s about something more. It’s about inviting a little bit of absurdity into the process and humanity into the process. Making sure that no matter who we are and what sort of pedestal or glamorous lighting we’re under, we’re all eating boogers man.

Humanity

Men

People

I consider myself more of a film fan than a filmmaker, or I guess it’s kind of a balance, fortunately. But I really want to see good movies as much as I want to make good movies and I want to see bizarre movies as much as I want to make bizarre movies.

Balance

Fans

Good Movie

I don’t let technology and mechanics hinder me from a good time. During one of a film premiere there was a party in the other room; I needed to get to it, so I got out. I escaped. Sometimes you do what you can, you’ll turn on your best John Maclean and get to it.

Good Times

Party

Technology

I live part-time in a cabin in Colorado up in the mountains and part-time on a ranch in central Texas – but do I really know how to go brand a cow, or do I really know how to go rappelling down a cliff? No. I do the recreational, half-assed version of all these manly activities and then try to keep that kind of Zen masculinity, like, “I’m a man of nature.”

Men

Texas

Trying

I love animals. With animals you never know what you’re getting. Everybody says don’t mess with animals and little kids in movies but those are the funniest things because you can’t be in control. I like to lose control as a director.

Animal

Directors

Kids

I never really had a real career trajectory idea. I just like a lot of different kind of movies, I wanna make a lot of different kind of movies, and to some degree you follow opportunity and to the other degree you have to create your own opportunity.

Careers

Opportunity

Real

I really strongly feel that when you approach a drama, you have to approach it with energy, honesty, sincerity, and absolute commitment, or don’t do it.

Commitment

Drama

Honesty

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Able

Adults

Ambition

Animal

Art

Balance

Beautiful

Careers

Challenges

Chance

Children

Commitment

Creating

Decision

Desire

Differences

Directors

Done

Drama

Excited

Fans

Fun

Girl

Giving

Good Movie

Good Times

Hands

Honesty

Humanity

Ideas

Independence

Inspire

Interesting

Jobs

Kids

Men

My Best Friend

Opportunity

Party

People

Real

Running

Smart

Study

Technology

Texas

Thinking

Three

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Trying

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Quotes by David Gordon Green

David Gordon Green

A lot of my best friends are the best person for the job in a film, but sometimes being a filmmaker I’ll give a buddy a chance to prove himself. Other times I want to go with a tried-and-true person. It can absolutely cause problems.

A lot of people inspire me. I’m a huge movie buff. From studying and watching movies, over and over again, directly influential are Terrence Malik and his naturalism, Robert Altman and his exploration of improvisation, and Judd Apatow, in terms of his comedic process.

Everybody’s got their tools or their instruments, and it’s fun to see how people expose themselves to their profession or their profession becomes who they are.

I consider myself more of a film fan than a filmmaker, or I guess it’s kind of a balance, fortunately. But I really want to see good movies as much as I want to make good movies and I want to see bizarre movies as much as I want to make bizarre movies.

I don’t let technology and mechanics hinder me from a good time. During one of a film premiere there was a party in the other room; I needed to get to it, so I got out. I escaped. Sometimes you do what you can, you’ll turn on your best John Maclean and get to it.

I love animals. With animals you never know what you’re getting. Everybody says don’t mess with animals and little kids in movies but those are the funniest things because you can’t be in control. I like to lose control as a director.

I never really had a real career trajectory idea. I just like a lot of different kind of movies, I wanna make a lot of different kind of movies, and to some degree you follow opportunity and to the other degree you have to create your own opportunity.

I really strongly feel that when you approach a drama, you have to approach it with energy, honesty, sincerity, and absolute commitment, or don’t do it.

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