I think I came to film-making through writing. I started to write, and people, teachers, responded to my writing. — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
When I go to movies I generally want to be taken to another world. — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
Every film had its own grammar. And it's your job as a director to basically figure out a language to tell a… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
At the end of Requiem all I wanted to do was get a DV camera and just do a small film. But… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
I have a team, the same team of filmmakers I worked with on 'Pi' and 'Requiem'. Which is my cameraman, and my… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to introduce hip-hop filmmaking to film. There's hip-hop art, dance, music, but there really isn't hip-hop film. So I… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
To me, watching a movie is like going to an amusement park. My worst fear is making a film that people don't… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
I don't think I make genre films. I think studios try to sell films as genres because they know how to do… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
I spent about a year and a half doing technical post work on 'The Fountain'. Although I do like the process, I… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
I don't make films that are easy to market, unfortunately. I think that 'Pi' was the easiest one, because we had that… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
Also expressionistic filmmaking - making the audience feel like they were inside the characters' heads. And so we create all these different… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
I'm Godless. And so I've had to make my God, and my God is narrative filmmaking, which is -- ultimately what my… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
My hope is that I'm going to continue to make more and more challenging work that's going to come out more and… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
The only way I know as a director is to figure out what the film is about. And out of the theme… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
Film is a great tool to play with time, going back and forth through time, or speeding time up and slowing it… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
The whole visual language of the movie is developed way before we get to set. Especially when you're doing visual effects and… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
I've been joking that if Madonna taught us anything, you've got to reinvent yourself. I think it's important as a filmmaker, as… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, when you're working in film, it's this huge machine, and you've got to get everyone right there, so you get kind… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
I try to live my life where I end up at a point where I have no regrets. So I try to choose the… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share
When people think about the ark, they're always thinking about all the thousands of years of religious iconography of a ship with a bow… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share
I couldn't sleep one night and I was sitting in my office and I realized that I was an independent filmmaker. — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share
I know some people that have gone through serious struggles. People that were close to me, and I've seen some terrible things about people… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share
“Izzi: Remember Moses Morales? Tom Verde: Who? Izzi: The Mayan guide I told you about. Tom Verde: From your trip. Izzi: Yeah. The last… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share
I don't think I make genre films. I think studios try to sell films as genres because they know how to do that. There's… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share
Every film had its own grammar. And it's your job as a director to basically figure out a language to tell a story. — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share
Turning 30 was when my parents both got cancer and were fighting it and beat it, but their mortality started to get to me.… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share
I think it's important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you've got to try new stuff and challenge yourself… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share
Right after I did 'The Fountain,' I wanted to go make a documentary or something that was less constructed - more natural. I was… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share
I was 12 or 13 years old. So I started to write poetry and fiction, even though I was really into biology because my… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share
Film is a great tool to play with time, going back and forth through time, or speeding time up and slowing it down and… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share
It's not that much of a difference. Basically, your job is the same as a film director. It's a triangle between creativity, money, and… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share
For too long we have been taking, and the Earth has been giving. But that free-for-all, that all-you-can-eat buffet, it's over. The salad bar… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share
