Filmmaking isn’t if you can just strap on a camera onto an actor, and steadicam, and point it at their face, and follow them through the movie, that is not what moviemaking is, that is not what it’s about. It’s… — David Fincher Copy Share
When you cast somebody you cast them not only for... I look for an inherent kind of quality. You are going to be shooting 14 hour days and you are going to be tired. You are going to not necessarily… — David Fincher Copy Share Image
“If you think that you can hide what your interests are, what your prurient interests are, what your noble interests are, what your fascinations… — David Fincher Copy Share Image
I learned just to be a belligerent asshole, which was really: "You have to get what you need to get out of it." You… — David Fincher Copy Share Image
A movie is made for an audience and a film is made for both the audience and the film-makers. — David Fincher Copy Share Image
For me, the scariest thing about a serial killer is that there's somebody who lives next door to you, running power tools late into… — David Fincher Copy Share Image
Filmmaking isn’t if you can just strap on a camera onto an actor, and steadicam, and point it at their face, and follow them through the movie, that is not what moviemaking is, that is not what it’s about. It’s not just about getting a performance. It’s also about the psychology of the cinematic moment, and the psychology of the… — David Fincher Copy Share
Entertainment has to come hand in hand with a little bit of medicine. Some people go to the movies to be reminded that everything's… — David Fincher Copy Share Image
Directing ain't about drawing a neat little picture and showing it to the cameraman. I didn't want to go to film school. I didn't… — David Fincher Copy Share Image
When you go and you tell a studio and that it's an ensemble, that doesn't mean a lot to them. But, my hats off… — David Fincher Copy Share Image
You can’t take everything on. That’s why when people ask how does this film fit into my oeuvre. I say 'I don’t know. I don’t think in those terms’. If I did, I might become incapacitated by fear . . . How do you eat a whale? One bite at a time. How do you shoot a 150-day movie? You… — David Fincher Copy Share
Look, it's nice. I like the fact that critics liked this movie, but most of the movies that I've made, you'll find a handful… — David Fincher Copy Share Image
