You hear stories about directors using manipulation to get actors to do certain things, but I think when you're working with professional actors, it's all about trust. They can do anything you want, it's just a matter of them understanding… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
I try to live my life where I end up at a point where I have no regrets. So I try to choose the… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
When people think about the ark, they're always thinking about all the thousands of years of religious iconography of a ship with a bow… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
I couldn't sleep one night and I was sitting in my office and I realized that I was an independent filmmaker. — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
I know some people that have gone through serious struggles. People that were close to me, and I've seen some terrible things about people… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
“Izzi: Remember Moses Morales? Tom Verde: Who? Izzi: The Mayan guide I told you about. Tom Verde: From your trip. Izzi: Yeah. The last… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
I don't think I make genre films. I think studios try to sell films as genres because they know how to do that. There's… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
Every film had its own grammar. And it's your job as a director to basically figure out a language to tell a story. — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
Turning 30 was when my parents both got cancer and were fighting it and beat it, but their mortality started to get to me.… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
I think it's important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you've got to try new stuff and challenge yourself… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
Right after I did 'The Fountain,' I wanted to go make a documentary or something that was less constructed - more natural. I was… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
I was 12 or 13 years old. So I started to write poetry and fiction, even though I was really into biology because my… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
Film is a great tool to play with time, going back and forth through time, or speeding time up and slowing it down and… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
![“Izzi: Remember Moses Morales? Tom Verde: Who? Izzi: The Mayan guide I told you about. Tom Verde: From your trip. Izzi: Yeah. The last night I was with him, he told me about his father, who had died. Well Moses wouldn't believe it. Tom Verde: Izzi... Izzi: [embraces Tom] No, no. Listen, listen. He…” quote by Darren Aronofsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/295/darren-aronofsky-9266_last-night_izzi-remember-moses-morales-tom-verde-wh_284941.jpg)
