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> [Art has a smaller audience than, say, movies or other forms of mass consumption. But that doesn't mean the work doesn't have an impact in a way that transcends just a few cultural arbiters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-solondz/art-has-a-smaller-audience-than-say-movies-or-other-forms-of-mass/)

[Todd Solondz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-solondz/)

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## More by Todd Solondz

> [Some directors hardly talk to the actors at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-solondz/some-directors-hardly-talk-to-the-actors-at-all/)

[Todd Solondz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-solondz/)

> [The funny thing is, strangers still seem to feel comfortable coming up to me and saying things, but now usually it's because they recognize…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-solondz/the-funny-thing-is-strangers-still-seem-to-feel-comfortable-coming-up/)

[Todd Solondz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-solondz/)

> [When part of what you're trying to get at is the truth hidden under a taboo, or when you want to nail a hypocrisy,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-solondz/when-part-of-what-you-re-trying-to-get-at-is-the-truth-hidden-under-a/)

[Todd Solondz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-solondz/)

> [For me, New Jersey is kind of a mythical place. It's emblematic of a certain aspect of American life. Florida is the same way.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-solondz/for-me-new-jersey-is-kind-of-a-mythical-place-it-s-emblematic-of-a/)

[Todd Solondz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-solondz/)

> [I always have to presume that each movie is my last movie because I never know if I'll get money again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-solondz/i-always-have-to-presume-that-each-movie-is-my-last-movie-because-i/)

[Todd Solondz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-solondz/)

> [When I want to show the kind of meanness people are capable of, to make it believable I find I have to tone it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-solondz/when-i-want-to-show-the-kind-of-meanness-people-are-capable-of-to/)

[Todd Solondz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-solondz/)

> [I love working with actors. If you cast the right person in the right part at the right time, they make you look like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-solondz/i-love-working-with-actors-if-you-cast-the-right-person-in-the-right/)

[Todd Solondz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-solondz/)

> [I don't make movies with the idea that people are going to walk out of them feeling comfortable or better about themselves or more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-solondz/i-don-t-make-movies-with-the-idea-that-people-are-going-to-walk-out/)

[Todd Solondz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-solondz/)

> [Usually the audience has no idea that the censored version of whatever movie they're watching isn't the original.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-solondz/usually-the-audience-has-no-idea-that-the-censored-version-of/)

[Todd Solondz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-solondz/)

> [What's most insidious about MTV is that it commodifies precisely those things that young people believe are subversive. In other words, subversity itself has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-solondz/what-s-most-insidious-about-mtv-is-that-it-commodifies-precisely/)

[Todd Solondz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-solondz/)

> [When I'm asked who my audience is, I say someone with an open mind, which is not a vacant one and sometimes a liberal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-solondz/when-i-m-asked-who-my-audience-is-i-say-someone-with-an-open-mind/)

[Todd Solondz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-solondz/)

> [So much of what a pet is about for us is that it becomes a vessel for yearnings, dreams, illusions, hopes and so forth.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-solondz/so-much-of-what-a-pet-is-about-for-us-is-that-it-becomes-a-vessel-for/)

[Todd Solondz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-solondz/)

> [Like everything, what compels one to put pen to paper is a great question.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-solondz/like-everything-what-compels-one-to-put-pen-to-paper-is-a-great/)

[Todd Solondz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-solondz/)

> [It's one of the great gifts of having so little money that you are able to make these kinds of radical conceits that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-solondz/it-s-one-of-the-great-gifts-of-having-so-little-money-that-you-are/)

[Todd Solondz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-solondz/)

> [The ability to take pleasure in one's life is a skill and is a kind of intelligence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-solondz/the-ability-to-take-pleasure-in-one-s-life-is-a-skill-and-is-a-kind/)

[Todd Solondz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-solondz/)

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