Actors are like kids, they need to play a little bit. And that's the nature of their job, they need to shake off some energy and then you as the director get them back on track. When you do loosen… — David Ayer Copy Share Image
In the writing phase, normally I try not to envisage any particular actors because I like to let the characters sort of reveal themselves in that process. — David Ayer Copy Share Image
You make a movie and it's like convincing people to go on an expedition with you. You think you know where it's going to… — David Ayer Copy Share Image
The movie on the screen is always going to be different from the movie in your head. How it makes you feel is what… — David Ayer Copy Share Image
When you talk to people who have been in combat, there's a sensory overload that happens. The color becomes vivid. Sounds become more pronounced.… — David Ayer Copy Share Image
I'm a veteran, and I come from a family of veterans and people who served in that war. And the stories that I heard… — David Ayer Copy Share Image
I think great acting is about inhabiting a skin and transforming yourself. — David Ayer Copy Share Image
It was a distortion, a mercenary decision to create this parallel history in order to drive the movie for an American audience, Both my… — David Ayer Copy Share Image
When I make a movie, it's almost a relief to get shooting 'cause the hell is over, or part of the hell is over. — David Ayer Copy Share Image
You never know what you have until you put it in front of an audience. That's the truth. That's the truth of filmmaking and… — David Ayer Copy Share Image
I'm one of those big believers that the movie comes together in the way it's supposed to be and that movies are fated to… — David Ayer Copy Share Image
To operate а tank as a crew, it's not about five individuals. It has to be one organism, composed of five people. — David Ayer Copy Share Image
[If] you want to learn something about somebody, get into a fistfight. You'll learn more in five minutes than you will in five weeks… — David Ayer Copy Share Image
Actors are insanely competitive and they hold back on each other. They are like magicians and none of them want to show their tricks. — David Ayer Copy Share Image
Even the scrutiny is good because it lets you know the world cares about your movie, and there is interest in it. — David Ayer Copy Share Image
That's the world of policing. I've met some bad-ass female cops, who are very cool people. — David Ayer Copy Share Image
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