I'm going in a really weird I-don't-know-where direction, but I prefer anything [different] from how standardized filmmaking has become. — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
If it were up to the executives, they probably wouldn't have directors at all. — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
Modern-day cinema takes the form of a sermon. You don't get to think, you only get to receive information. — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
I think that in some cases, I've made films that have a sentimental quality, at least as part of the film. — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
When you're on a film and you're doubting something, it's usually because you don't think the audience is going to like it. — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
I've told people who have just started to make a film that the one thing you might experience is this feeling that… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
I think that for the actors, the last thing that they want is a director that's not watching, a director that goes… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
Free time keeps me going. It's just something that's always been a part of my life. I was originally a painter, and… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
There's a lot of films that have relatively rigid road maps because they have a script and others that are less rigid… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
I was originally a painter, and I made films sort of as an extension of that, and then I started to try… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
Once you're directing, you're kind of in a certain mode, where you're taking whatever is on the page and forming it into… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
Even if you try to copy a film shot by shot, you still can't. It's still your own film. — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
I hadn't made a big-budget film, and in Hollywood there's a sort of man and boys situation. You're a man, you make… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
The things that inform student culture are created and controlled by the unseen culture, the sociological aspects of our climbing culture, our 'me' generation,… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
My family moved a lot as a kid. We started in Colorado, where I lived for five years. We moved to Chicago for two… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
No construction stiff working overtime takes more stress and straining than we did just to stay high. — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
I've told people who have just started to make a film that the one thing you might experience is this feeling that everybody is… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
A lot of times, I relied on connections through my agency, just for financing and things like that. Even when I'm looking for a… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
I'm a junkie. I like drugs, I like the whole lifestyle, but it just didn't pay off. — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
There are all kinds of ways that people present their films, but that's kind of a good feeling, if you can make it seem… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
I find it interesting, the different rules that apply to journalism and drama, even though journalism has become more and more about entertainment, and… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
As I do with most films, I try and find some music that you could use throughout, not just a sampling of lots of… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
When you're on a film and you're doubting something, it's usually because you don't think the audience is going to like it. — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
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