A lot of my best friends are the best person for the job in a film, but sometimes being a filmmaker I'll give a buddy a chance to prove himself. Other times I want to go with a tried-and-true person.… — David Gordon Green Copy Share Image
Every new project I do is a new invention of myself and reinvigorates me as to why I love the industry. — David Gordon Green Copy Share Image
I always cast people with a sense of humor because people that are super serious don't understand when I ask them to eat a booger it's not necessarily about that. It's about something more. It's about inviting a little bit of absurdity into the process and humanity into the process. Making sure that no matter who we are and what… — David Gordon Green Copy Share
I saw how you could get away with such a free-spirited, naturalistic sensibility in a mainstream Hollywood movie, and you could apply a lot… — David Gordon Green Copy Share Image
The people that I associate myself with are people that are looking to make a good product because it's going to benefit them and… — David Gordon Green Copy Share Image
I don't let technology and mechanics hinder me from a good time. During one of a film premiere there was a party in the… — David Gordon Green Copy Share Image
I think my interest in risk is pretty high, a lot higher than I think a lot of other people who are just looking for something to kind of define themselves, give them a set of fingerprints, and certainly is better for the pocketbook. For me it's always about trying new things and wanting to explore something else and something… — David Gordon Green Copy Share
There's something within contemporary culture which is far more faux masculine than it was when men were really men. — David Gordon Green Copy Share Image
One of the things I wanted to do after three, prolonged movies is to do something that was really, kind-of knee-jerk decisions, and artistic… — David Gordon Green Copy Share Image
I'm not a director that's about precision and control and perfection, I'm about creating an atmosphere that's organic and interesting and then letting people… — David Gordon Green Copy Share Image
Everybody's got their tools or their instruments, and it's fun to see how people expose themselves to their profession or their profession becomes who… — David Gordon Green Copy Share Image
Sometimes you'll have great actors who aren't comfortable with improvising. Which can get pretty frustrating. But every actor's coming from a different place and… — David Gordon Green Copy Share Image
I've always had great independence on everything I've done. Nobody's ever told me not to do anything. — David Gordon Green Copy Share Image
