--- title: "1 Fly Think Quotes By Mike Mills" description: "1 Fly Think quotes by Mike Mills. Plus more from Mike Mills and more Fly Think sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c2/mike-mills-12624_about_to-be-honest-we-have-no-control-over-wha_59420.jpg" --- > [To be honest, we have no control over what's going on with a movie, much less what people are going to think of it. Your whole life is wound up in it but you don't have control and you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mills/to-be-honest-we-have-no-control-over-what-s-going-on-with-a-movie/) [Mike Mills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-mills/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c2/mike-mills-12624_about_to-be-honest-we-have-no-control-over-wha_59420.jpg) ## More by Mike Mills > [Films are tricky because for years you're getting told you're about to make it and you're about to be busy for four or six…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mills/films-are-tricky-because-for-years-you-re-getting-told-you-re-about/) [Mike Mills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-mills/) > [Shooting a film is like a kismet quest. You have thirty days and you need magic to happen. So that's why I wear suits.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mills/shooting-a-film-is-like-a-kismet-quest-you-have-thirty-days-and-you/) [Mike Mills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-mills/) > [Life is too short for a half-rack.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mills/life-is-too-short-for-a-half-rack/) [Mike Mills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-mills/) > [To be honest, we have no control over what's going on with a movie, much less what people are going to think of it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mills/to-be-honest-we-have-no-control-over-what-s-going-on-with-a-movie/) [Mike Mills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-mills/) > [Making a movie is so hard, you'd better make movies about something you really know about. And even more, it's really good to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mills/making-a-movie-is-so-hard-you-d-better-make-movies-about-something/) [Mike Mills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-mills/) > [Humans are vulnerable, messy little animals and that's normal. And all I want to do is make a space for that in my films.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mills/humans-are-vulnerable-messy-little-animals-and-that-s-normal-and-all/) [Mike Mills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-mills/) > [I'm not a craftsman of graphics or art or film. I'm more of an idea generator and manufacturer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mills/i-m-not-a-craftsman-of-graphics-or-art-or-film-i-m-more-of-an-idea/) [Mike Mills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-mills/) > [Life doesn't just happen; it's constructed through the history of power. And that's something I am interested in and so is the art world:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mills/life-doesn-t-just-happen-it-s-constructed-through-the-history-of/) [Mike Mills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-mills/) > [Actors are pretending for you, but they're not lying. They are not putting on a guise instead of themselves. They are finding things inside…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mills/actors-are-pretending-for-you-but-they-re-not-lying-they-are-not/) [Mike Mills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-mills/) > [My experience, with both my parents, is that grief has a lot of down, sad things, but I was also really emotionally raw, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mills/my-experience-with-both-my-parents-is-that-grief-has-a-lot-of-down/) [Mike Mills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-mills/) > [I am definitely writing letters to lots of directors in my mind when I'm making a film. I'm chasing Woody Allen and Godard and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mills/i-am-definitely-writing-letters-to-lots-of-directors-in-my-mind-when/) [Mike Mills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-mills/) > [The littlest thing can have the strongest connection when you're grieving. Your Proustian, poetic nerve is turned up to ten.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mills/the-littlest-thing-can-have-the-strongest-connection-when-you-re/) [Mike Mills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-mills/) > [One good and bad thing about New York is there's so much exciting stuff and so many people doing something interesting. I actually find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mills/one-good-and-bad-thing-about-new-york-is-there-s-so-much-exciting/) [Mike Mills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-mills/) > [Being a good Hans Haacke student, part of his influence on me is that there's no difference between a gallery show and a film…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mills/being-a-good-hans-haacke-student-part-of-his-influence-on-me-is-that/) [Mike Mills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-mills/) > [I don't really believe that documentary is objective reality and fiction is all illusion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mills/i-don-t-really-believe-that-documentary-is-objective-reality-and/) [Mike Mills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-mills/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fly-think/mike-mills/#itemlist", "name": "1 Fly Think Quotes By Mike Mills", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To be honest, we have no control over what's going on with a movie, much less what people are going to think of it. Your whole life is wound up in it but you don't have control and you have to get used to being on that turbulent plane without trying to fly it. The less you think about all that the better.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mike Mills" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mills/to-be-honest-we-have-no-control-over-what-s-going-on-with-a-movie/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c2/mike-mills-12624_about_to-be-honest-we-have-no-control-over-wha_59420.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c2/mike-mills-12624_about_to-be-honest-we-have-no-control-over-wha_59420.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c2/mike-mills-12624_about_to-be-honest-we-have-no-control-over-wha_59420.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“To be honest, we have no control over what's going on with a movie, much less what people are going to think…” — Mike Mills", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fly-think/mike-mills/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fly-think/mike-mills/", "name": "Fly Think Quotes by Mike Mills", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fly-think/mike-mills/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c2/mike-mills-12624_about_to-be-honest-we-have-no-control-over-wha_59420.jpg" }, "description": "1 Fly Think quotes by Mike Mills. Plus more from Mike Mills and more Fly Think sayings from other authors.", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fly-think/mike-mills/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fly-think/mike-mills/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Topics", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Fly Think", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fly-think/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "name": "Mike Mills", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fly-think/mike-mills/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```