To me the director’s job is to leave it in better shape than you found it, literally. — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
My working life is me doing what I want to do. This is that. I've made movies that people don't go to… — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
Another thing that really excites me: I'd like to do multiple versions of the same film. — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
I like to make all kinds of movies. I'd do 'Ocean's Thirteen' with the right script. — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
A Movie That Costs Only $1.6 Million Doesn't Have to Be a Cultural Event to Turn a Profit. — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself to be particularly gifted in the way that other filmmakers are gifted. — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
The key to making good movies is to pay attention to the transition between scenes. — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
Making a film that's supposed to be fun to watch is really hard - that's the weird irony of it. — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
Sometimes I might feel like [a movie] is kind of a weird idea and if I'm going to get enough money to… — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
My father, who was the one who really got me hooked on movies, liked all kinds of films, and I saw all… — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
If you're going to make a movie for ten thousand you can talk everybody into doing it for free. You could make… — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
Cinema is not about format, and it's not about venue. Cinema is an approach. Cinema is a state of mind on the… — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
I've never been a snob. It [movie] is just about stories. And I've never felt just because it's a big screen and… — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
After making a lot more films, I realized that the movie and TV business is, for all its inefficiencies, one of the… — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
When people say that moviegoing is dead, I go, 'OK, so the makers of 'Get Out' should've sold that movie to a… — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
I look at other filmmakers and see skills in them that I wish I had but I know that I don't. I… — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
I was lucky that I was getting exposed to a lot of different kinds of films, and I was liking them all.… — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
Stuff I like is getting trashed and stuff that is being praised I think is terrible. I don't really feel in sync… — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
I'm mystified by the stuff that doesn't work. I'm mystified by what's going on in the critical side, too. Stuff I like… — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
I guess why the Ocean's films are hard for me is because on the one hand you have to make sure the… — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
I've begun to believe more and more that movies are all about transitions, that the key to making good movies is to… — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
I like a lot of different kinds of movies, I like a lot of different kinds of paintings. — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
Everything is the director's fault - you can quote me on that. There are no excuses. — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
When a film like Chris Nolan's Memento cannot get picked up, to me independent film is over. It's dead. — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
That's why my attitude, even on my larger-scale movies, is to make them cheap. The less these things cost, the better for… — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
But my sense in talking to people when I travel is that the film business is not that dissimilar from a lot… — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
As vocal as some people have been about how emotionally attached they've been to celluloid, I've been equally emotional in my stance… — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
A lot of people go to the movies wanting the movie to be about feelings, and it's really not about that. Or… — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
I'm in the process of working out an arrangement to make some very, very, very small films in the midst of all… — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
Some filmmakers, you know, have their style and then they kind of go looking for the movie. I'm not like that. I… — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
It's really easy to make a movie that five people understand. It's really hard to make something that a lot of people… — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
I'm trying to develop an approach to putting out a movie in wide release that makes some kind of economic sense for… — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
I'm sure some people will say, 'Why do this?' And my response is, 'Why wouldn't you?' The film business in general is… — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
Everybody, including me, has to submit to what it needs to be. The thing is at the top of the pyramid, the… — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
Warner Bros. has talked about going out with low-cost DVDs simultaneously in China because piracy is so huge there. It will be… — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
The muscle memory of filtering away all the wrong versions of what you're doing improves the more time you're on a film… — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
It's pretty clear to me that working as a director for hire agrees with me. I like it. The films that have… — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
I was lucky that I was getting exposed to a lot of different kinds of films, and I was liking them all. So it… — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share
Truth and facts have to trump partisanship. There has to be something that's true regardless of what your angle is on it. — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share
I have a friend whose theory is that you're from wherever you went to high school. I think that's mostly true. — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share
In nature, if a cell gets too big, it divides. You can't come up with a set of rules that's going to work for… — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share
You should never assume anything coming from a critical standpoint. You should go into everything assuming you're going to get crushed. — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share
I'm sure some people will say, 'Why do this?' And my response is, 'Why wouldn't you?' The film business in general is using a… — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share
If you're a painter and you want people to know who you are and recognize your work, you've got to build some long-term value. — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share
Everybody, including me, has to submit to what it needs to be. The thing is at the top of the pyramid, the best version… — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share
A big part of making an album is that you want to have enough material - you want to have enough stuff for people… — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share
The reverberation of the freedom of making 'Schizopolis' absolutely resulted in 'Out of Sight' and everything that followed. — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share
I've never been a snob. It [movie] is just about stories. And I've never felt just because it's a big screen and you plop… — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share
The ought to be a worldwide cultural taskforce that just stops you when you have ideas like combining The Red Desert with an armored… — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share
There's definitely a way of thinking and a way of being in the South that has its advantages and disadvantages. — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share
All I care about is the story and telling the story. I don't care how people ingest it. — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share
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