Making Film Quotes by Bennett Miller

I don't have many rules, but one of them is, 'Do not make a movie you yourself would not want to see.'

— Bennett Miller

I do have that compulsion to organize moments into a larger thing.

— Bennett Miller

I am attracted to anything that does not feel derivative.

— Bennett Miller

I really tried to get comfortable with the notion of shooting digital on 'Foxcatcher' and just couldn't. I shot many tests and experimented with…

— Bennett Miller

It's about creating an atmosphere so that characters can just live in front of the cameras. And to be sensitive, and for the actor…

— Bennett Miller

The version of 'Moneyball' I pitched - and we made - is about a guy, Billy Beane, who thinks he's trying to win baseball…

— Bennett Miller

Honestly, my smartest business decision was to never do anything that I didn't love doing.

— Bennett Miller

If you talk to anybody, among the first things you'll hear is, 'Steve Carell is the nicest guy in the world.' And he is.…

— Bennett Miller

I think Will Ferrell is probably completely evil, the darkest of them all. He is known among comics as the dark knight. An evil,…

— Bennett Miller

I know what it's like to be genuinely intrigued and compelled by a story and to have a sense that there's an adventure to…

— Bennett Miller

I like to rehearse. We did a lot of rehearsals for 'Moneyball,' but it is really individual to the actor. It's not like, 'Here…

— Bennett Miller

I want to work with performers who really are ready to lose their minds, you know? People who are established and have talent, but…

— Bennett Miller

I'm interested in telling stories that add up to more than the entertainment of the story. That's what does it for me.

— Bennett Miller

It's important for an actor to feel like they're really being watched and to receive feedback and encouragement about the aspects of what they're…

— Bennett Miller

I don't believe in God in the way I often see described by religion.

— Bennett Miller