Quotes by Mark Duplass

Mark Duplass

“Repulsion” for me was a really big movie where I was like, “OK, technically there’s nothing scary going on here but I’m kind of terrified.” Something so tiny was devolving this whole world. I guess I’ve always been obsessed with what I call the “epically small” in cinema, and that’s how one tiny, little weird thing can just explode everything.

Kind

Scary

World

A lot of it is found in the editing room and part of that is due to some of the improvisational tactics we employ on set. Part of it is that the shot goes a little bit long and they end up coming down to fit time.

Editing

Long

Tactics

A lot of solo directors have a really strong creative producer with them. Jay and I have less of a need for that because we have each other.

Creative

Directors

Strong

A TV show is an open universe, whereas a film is more of a closed universe. No disrespect to movies, there’s just a lot of artifice in closing out emotional storylines after 90 minutes.

Disrespect

Emotional

Film

And, there are negatives and positives to it. Like, you know, just like a marriage, where you’re like, “Well, this… you know, is the sex still as exciting as it was two years ago?”

Sex

Two

Years

As an actor, when you walk into a room to audition, you get five minutes with a casting director, who doesn’t even look at you, most of the time.

Actors

Directors

Looks

Everyone is having this experience right now, where your friend comes over and says, “Have you seen this?” And you’re like, “No! Get off my back!” I can’t watch everything, it’s impossible. We have young kids, and we stay home on Friday nights, sometimes, you only have 23 minutes to watch something. This is that thing.

Friday

Home

Kids

For us, performance is everything. If we can get great actors in there who like us, and we really like, we feel pretty confident that we can make a movie work.

Going to the theater, spending tons of money, people are losing money doing that. I’m really interested in my kinds of movies being seen as many people as possible on a TV.

Losing

People

Tvs

I am not afraid to admit, though slightly ashamed that I Google myself and I see people writing things about me and I get really proud and happy.

Google

People

Writing

Follow The Behaviour University in order to get the greatest quotes from the greatest people of all time so that you can tap into your own greatness.

Accomplish

Actors

Air

Art

Baby

Believe

Bills

Blessed

Book

Brother

Cameras

Car

Causes

Challenges

Chance

Character

Crazy

Creative

Cry

Cutting

Dad

Decision

Different

Directors

Disrespect

Documentaries

Done

Dvds

Editing

Emotional

Exciting

Favorites Things

Fighting

Film

Five

Four

Friday

Fun

Giving

Goal

Google

Guessing

Hbo

Helpful

Hey

Home

House

Humanity

Independent

Interesting

The Future Blueprint

Tool

The Home Therapist: Anti Anxiety

Tool

The Autobiography

Tool

The Behaviour Diary

Tool

The Dating Diary

Tool

The Relationship Therapist

Tool

Quotes by Mark Duplass

Mark Duplass

A lot of it is found in the editing room and part of that is due to some of the improvisational tactics we employ on set. Part of it is that the shot goes a little bit long and they end up coming down to fit time.

A lot of solo directors have a really strong creative producer with them. Jay and I have less of a need for that because we have each other.

A TV show is an open universe, whereas a film is more of a closed universe. No disrespect to movies, there’s just a lot of artifice in closing out emotional storylines after 90 minutes.

And, there are negatives and positives to it. Like, you know, just like a marriage, where you’re like, “Well, this… you know, is the sex still as exciting as it was two years ago?”

As an actor, when you walk into a room to audition, you get five minutes with a casting director, who doesn’t even look at you, most of the time.

For us, performance is everything. If we can get great actors in there who like us, and we really like, we feel pretty confident that we can make a movie work.

Going to the theater, spending tons of money, people are losing money doing that. I’m really interested in my kinds of movies being seen as many people as possible on a TV.

I am not afraid to admit, though slightly ashamed that I Google myself and I see people writing things about me and I get really proud and happy.

Get Social with TBU

Topics by Mark Duplass

Popular Tools

The Future Blueprint

The Home Therapist: Anti Anxiety

The Autobiography

The Behaviour Diary

The Dating Diary

The Relationship Therapist

Menu

Menu