I make every movie and every scene like it could be my last. That's the only way I know how to make… — David O. Russell Copy Share Image
I think film was my passion without it being declared like a job that I could have, or a career that I… — David O. Russell Copy Share Image
You can't force a movie to happen. Movies happen when they're supposed to happen. Everything happens in God's time. I really believe… — David O. Russell Copy Share Image
I think I land somewhere between Scorsese and Capra in what I'm drawn to emotionally; I'm drawn to very intense emotion. Capra… — David O. Russell Copy Share Image
The great lesson about filmmaking is never take "no" for an answer, especially if you have a lot of passion and inspiration… — David O. Russell Copy Share Image
David O. Russell's best films are thrilling high wire acts that run the moment to moment risk of tumbling to the ground.… — David O. Russell Copy Share Image
I was frustrated because I couldn't get going, as I was trying to figure out how to make films. I had various… — David O. Russell Copy Share Image
The cinema that I make is a cinema about people, emotion, humanity and passion. It's not just about what they struggle through,… — David O. Russell Copy Share Image
You should always make it like it's your last film. That's my personal belief. Every filmmaker is going to have another belief...… — David O. Russell Copy Share Image
And that is also what the movie's about, going beyond success, what is success 'cause I think success is misperceived as just… — David O. Russell Copy Share Image
I did a dance sequence in my second short film, which was my best short film, called 'Hairway to the Stars,' and… — David O. Russell Copy Share Image
Sadly, this picture [ Joy] does not go from strength to strength. It sinks into a morass of tedious obstacles to this… — David O. Russell Copy Share Image
One of the things I've discovered at my age is I must have enchantment. And that was not clear to me in… — David O. Russell Copy Share Image
I had various jobs, I taught a SAT class, I was a bartender, I had a day job at an office and… — David O. Russell Copy Share Image
The Fighter was about a family struggling to overcome and fighting each other sometimes, and I went back and rewrote this script which I… — David O. Russell Copy Share
I think any spiritual experience that's worthwhile is not about ego and it will humble you in some way. And also, a Zen monk… — David O. Russell Copy Share
Christianity has been responsible for plenty of horror and death in the world, all supposedly in God's name. — David O. Russell Copy Share
I think that everybody does hustle in order to survive. That doesn't mean lying - it's more about how you handle situations. — David O. Russell Copy Share
There's nothing better than an actor who is really, really hungry to show everything they've got. — David O. Russell Copy Share
Life just happens the way it's supposed to happen. It delivers you to where it delivers you. — David O. Russell Copy Share
I did a dance sequence in my second short film, which was my best short film, called 'Hairway to the Stars,' and I think… — David O. Russell Copy Share
It's a closing of the mind that happens when you want to be lazy and go with the easiest answers, like the media do… — David O. Russell Copy Share
You know when you're hungry and excited and you feel humble about it? I like that. In the past, when things were not clear,… — David O. Russell Copy Share
That's the most beautiful thing that I like about boxing: you can take a punch. The biggest thing about taking a punch is your… — David O. Russell Copy Share
The whole trick is to make it feel like you're spying on real people's lives as they get through the day. When I'm writing,… — David O. Russell Copy Share
The romance is essential. I love the love. I don't love just people struggling. I love what people are struggling for. That moves me.… — David O. Russell Copy Share
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