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> [Yeah, Kubrick's a big influence. In something like 'A Clockwork Orange,' he is trying to use the practical light - I mean,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/yeah-kubrick-s-a-big-influence-in-something-like-a-clockwork-orange/)

[Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/263/gus-van-sant-5023_big-influence_yeah-kubrick-s-a-big-influence-in-someth_328319.jpg)

> [The reason I know about 'Tomb Raider' is from when I was researching 'Elephant.' It was 1999, and I was trying to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/the-reason-i-know-about-tomb-raider-is-from-when-i-was-researching/)

[Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/188/gus-van-sant-5023_columbine_the-reason-i-know-about-tomb-raider-is-f_1428350.png)

> [There's a lot of films that have relatively rigid road maps because they have a script and others that are less rigid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/there-s-a-lot-of-films-that-have-relatively-rigid-road-maps-because/)

[Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/022/gus-van-sant-5023_cinema_there-s-a-lot-of-films-that-have-relativ_1645760.png)

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- [Mehmet Murat Ildan 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/elephants/mehmet-murat-ildan/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-hurt-51650.jpg) John Hurt 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/elephants/john-hurt/)

## More by Gus Van Sant

> [The things that inform student culture are created and controlled by the unseen culture, the sociological aspects of our climbing culture, our 'me' generation,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/the-things-that-inform-student-culture-are-created-and-controlled-by/)

[Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/)

> [I mean, I think I'm pretty sentimental.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/i-mean-i-think-i-m-pretty-sentimental/)

[Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/)

> [Usually people just hire me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/usually-people-just-hire-me/)

[Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/)

> [My family moved a lot as a kid. We started in Colorado, where I lived for five years. We moved to Chicago for two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/my-family-moved-a-lot-as-a-kid-we-started-in-colorado-where-i-lived/)

[Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/)

> [No construction stiff working overtime takes more stress and straining than we did just to stay high.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/no-construction-stiff-working-overtime-takes-more-stress-and/)

[Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/i-ve-told-people-who-have-just-started-to-make-a-film-that-the-one/)

[Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/a-lot-of-times-i-relied-on-connections-through-my-agency-just-for/)

[Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/)

> [I'm a junkie. I like drugs, I like the whole lifestyle, but it just didn't pay off.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/i-m-a-junkie-i-like-drugs-i-like-the-whole-lifestyle-but-it-just-didn/)

[Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/there-are-all-kinds-of-ways-that-people-present-their-films-but-that/)

[Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/)

> [I find it interesting, the different rules that apply to journalism and drama, even though journalism has become more and more about entertainment, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/i-find-it-interesting-the-different-rules-that-apply-to-journalism/)

[Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/)

> [As I do with most films, I try and find some music that you could use throughout, not just a sampling of lots of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/as-i-do-with-most-films-i-try-and-find-some-music-that-you-could-use/)

[Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/when-you-re-on-a-film-and-you-re-doubting-something-it-s-usually/)

[Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/)

> [I don't usually direct actors in the classic sense of that word. Instead, I try to remind the characters before the shoot what's going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/i-don-t-usually-direct-actors-in-the-classic-sense-of-that-word/)

[Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/)

> [When you get to be 23, 24 or 25, you start to freeze up and become an adult.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/when-you-get-to-be-23-24-or-25-you-start-to-freeze-up-and-become-an/)

[Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/)

> [The artist himself is actually the subject in everything after, say, 1900. Eventually, art becomes so removed from the community that you have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/the-artist-himself-is-actually-the-subject-in-everything-after-say/)

[Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/)

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