There are two aspects to making movies: One is the feeling of wanting to push myself into stuff that I don't know how to do. Then there's the other impulse to try and earn a living. I want to be… — Andrew Bujalski Copy Share Image
What will always be possible is for someone to walk into a dark room and experience a film and connect to it. And that's why I make my films - for people to go and have that experience. That's really the whole dream for me, so that hasn't gone anywhere. What has gone somewhere is making the numbers add up… — Andrew Bujalski Copy Share
Sometimes you meet someone, and they seem great, they seem exactly what you're thinking of for the role, and then you put a camera on them, and they freeze. And other people come to life with the camera on them. I haven't discovered any reliable predictor for that; I think you just have to try it and see what happens.… — Andrew Bujalski Copy Share
There's nothing sillier than fake rough edges, like the handheld camera you sometimes see on "NYPD Blue," shaking and jittering around, unmotivated, way more… — Andrew Bujalski Copy Share Image
Writing a story starts out as a puzzle in your mind, of "What is it I'm fantasizing about right now that makes me think this is going to be worth years of work?" And you just keep pushing and trying to figure it out, and once you've hit on these resonances... Then as a screenwriter, it can be dangerous if… — Andrew Bujalski Copy Share
I guess I'm not always looking for the same things in movies that most people are, which I wouldn't have necessarily even really known… — Andrew Bujalski Copy Share Image
I've always spent a lot of time in movie theaters, kind of absorbing anything I can. I just love sitting in the dark, and… — Andrew Bujalski Copy Share Image
It's always a struggle with small films to get people in the theater. I think I have a perverse contrarian streak that's always kind… — Andrew Bujalski Copy Share Image
I want the pleasures of the real exploitation movie, and exploitation has changed so much in 40 years. Plenty of people grow up with… — Andrew Bujalski Copy Share Image
I don't want to take shots at professional actors, because obviously the great ones are great. But I do think that given the kind… — Andrew Bujalski Copy Share Image
I'd love to do a really cheap action movie. I'd love to do stunts. I mean, not myself. I'd hurt myself, but I'd love… — Andrew Bujalski Copy Share Image
It just kind of continues to be strange and interesting to me to try to understand what other people are looking for. And this… — Andrew Bujalski Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people go into filmmaking thinking, "How can I make a career?" And so when they make their first film,… — Andrew Bujalski Copy Share Image
