When part of what you're trying to get at is the truth hidden under a taboo, or when you want to nail… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
For me, New Jersey is kind of a mythical place. It's emblematic of a certain aspect of American life. Florida is the… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
When I want to show the kind of meanness people are capable of, to make it believable I find I have to… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
I don't make movies with the idea that people are going to walk out of them feeling comfortable or better about themselves… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
What's most insidious about MTV is that it commodifies precisely those things that young people believe are subversive. In other words, subversity… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
I don't like telling people where I stand on this, although I'm surprised anybody wonders. I suppose if I say I'm pro-choice,… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
I mean, I don't want to sound - of course it's very nice, people come up and say appreciative things about my… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
I admit there's an element of brutality in all my work - it's part of the truth about human existence I always… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
Part of it has to do with this business of being approached in public. I have a distinctive look - it's partly… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
People call you "director," but it really should be "economic manager." Because everything is "Well, we can do another take here, but… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
And that's just what I'm saying. I would never want to be like certain people, who change the way they dress, go… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
What makes me angry is the idea that people would be going to a movie because of what I said about it.… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
If I grew up in a different background, I could see myself getting a gun and shooting an abortionist. That's my job,… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
With Storytelling, at least, it's explicit: this is what the censors say American citizens, no matter what age, are not permitted to… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
Some people will of course accuse me of misanthropy and cynicism. I can't celebrate humanity but I'm not out to indict it… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
That is definitely a misunderstanding between me and a part of my audience. To be honest, I am often unsettled by the… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
Some people see me as dissecting my characters in some kind of heartless, coldblooded, analytical way, when in truth making these movies… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
In particular, people have trouble understanding where I stand in relation to my characters, and very often this gets reduced to me… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
Casting is everything. If you get the right people they make you look good. — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
The funny thing is, strangers still seem to feel comfortable coming up to me and saying things, but now usually it's because they recognize… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
When part of what you're trying to get at is the truth hidden under a taboo, or when you want to nail a hypocrisy,… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
For me, New Jersey is kind of a mythical place. It's emblematic of a certain aspect of American life. Florida is the same way.… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
I always have to presume that each movie is my last movie because I never know if I'll get money again. — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
When I want to show the kind of meanness people are capable of, to make it believable I find I have to tone it… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
I love working with actors. If you cast the right person in the right part at the right time, they make you look like… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
I don't make movies with the idea that people are going to walk out of them feeling comfortable or better about themselves or more… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
Usually the audience has no idea that the censored version of whatever movie they're watching isn't the original. — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
What's most insidious about MTV is that it commodifies precisely those things that young people believe are subversive. In other words, subversity itself has… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
When I'm asked who my audience is, I say someone with an open mind, which is not a vacant one and sometimes a liberal… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
So much of what a pet is about for us is that it becomes a vessel for yearnings, dreams, illusions, hopes and so forth.… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
