My dentist said to me the other day: I've enough problems in my life, so why should I see your films? — David Cronenberg Copy Share Image
I think of horror films as art, as films of confrontation. Films that make you confront aspects of your own life that… — David Cronenberg Copy Share Image
The process of making a movie has expanded in terms of effort and time for the director, doing commentaries for the DVD… — David Cronenberg Copy Share Image
The filmmaking process is a very personal one to me, I mean it really is a personal kind of communication. It's not… — David Cronenberg Copy Share Image
The more unique your film is and unusual it is and difficult it is, the harder it is to get it financed.… — David Cronenberg Copy Share Image
The problem with doing a schlocky or big budget studio film is that it wouldn't actually be fun for me. It wouldn't… — David Cronenberg Copy Share Image
I never thought I was doing the same thing as directors like John Carpenter, George Romero, and sometimes even Hitchcock, even though… — David Cronenberg Copy Share Image
You're seeing me develop, not only as a filmmaker if you've seen my earlier films, but you're seeing me kind of learn… — David Cronenberg Copy Share Image
Of course for many years directors have had to go on the road with their movies and promote them and I've done… — David Cronenberg Copy Share Image
Anybody who comes to the cinema is bringing they're whole sexual history, their literary history, their movie literacy, their culture, their language,… — David Cronenberg Copy Share Image
Casting is really a black art. It's a huge part of directing and it's the most invisible. It's one that people don't… — David Cronenberg Copy Share Image
When we talk about violence, we're talking about the destruction of the human body, and I don't lose sight of that. In… — David Cronenberg Copy Share Image
When I am creating art, I have absolutely no social responsibility. It's like dreaming. — David Cronenberg Copy Share
I don't mind writing so I didn't find that difficult, it's just a question of finding the time to do it. I kind of… — David Cronenberg Copy Share
It's impossible to make a movie out of 'Naked Lunch.' A literal translation just wouldn't work. It would cost $400 million to make and… — David Cronenberg Copy Share
I'm not very well organized unless I'm plugged into a structure like the opera or a movie. When I'm doing that, I have to… — David Cronenberg Copy Share
We are at a major epoch in human history, which is that we don't need sex to recreate the race. You can have babies… — David Cronenberg Copy Share
“As a citizen, of course. As a parent, of course. But as an artist, that's where the paradox is - your responsibility is to… — David Cronenberg Copy Share
Well I don't think sex and violence have ever stopped a movie from being mainstream. — David Cronenberg Copy Share
Even Hitchcock liked to think of himself as a puppeteer who was manipulating the strings of his audience and making them jump. He liked… — David Cronenberg Copy Share
“Well, yes,when you no longer have any desire, you are dead. Even desire for a product, a consumer item, is better than no desire… — David Cronenberg Copy Share
You're seeing me develop, not only as a filmmaker if you've seen my earlier films, but you're seeing me kind of learn how to… — David Cronenberg Copy Share
I never thought I was doing the same thing as directors like John Carpenter, George Romero, and sometimes even Hitchcock, even though I've been… — David Cronenberg Copy Share
“As an artist you look into yourself to understand the human potential to be all kinds of things that are not necessarily pleasant but… — David Cronenberg Copy Share
Let's put it this way, when I was casting, I cast Viggo first and then found someone who could play his wife, rather than… — David Cronenberg Copy Share
