There can be a blurry line between laughing at the expense of a character and laughing at the recognition of something painful and true. But blurry as it may be, it is nevertheless unmistakable, and sometimes the laughter I hear… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
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… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
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,… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
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.… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
I always have to presume that each movie is my last movie because I never know if I'll get money again. — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
When I want to show the kind of meanness people are capable of, to make it believable I find I have to tone it… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
I love working with actors. If you cast the right person in the right part at the right time, they make you look like… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
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… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
Usually the audience has no idea that the censored version of whatever movie they're watching isn't the original. — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
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… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
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… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
So much of what a pet is about for us is that it becomes a vessel for yearnings, dreams, illusions, hopes and so forth.… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
