It's interesting because I don't ever want to ask a better question than I can answer, if that makes sense. I find that frustrating as a viewer. Compelling questions, while not easy, are easier than compelling answers. — Shane Carruth Copy Share Image
Any film that exists that is thorough, you can't give it to an audience of one and have that be effective communication. Communication involves an audience of many that have a conversation, put it through the ringer, filter it and… — Shane Carruth Copy Share Image
I never set out to make a movie that was everything to everybody; if that were the case, we could all just take a… — Shane Carruth Copy Share Image
I feel like we want to compartmentalise things and say, 'Well, that's emotional, artistic and subjective, while this is intellectual, objective and measured.' I… — Shane Carruth Copy Share Image
I never got into 'MacGyver,' but 'All the President's Men' and 'The Conversation' were big for me. — Shane Carruth Copy Share Image
I've always been anxious about 'Primer.' There's good things about it, but all I've seen for a long time is the flaws. — Shane Carruth Copy Share Image
I think I'll always want to write and direct. I'm interested in producing and helping other people tell stories. But I'm still in love… — Shane Carruth Copy Share Image
Going to grocery stores is almost my favorite thing to do to calm myself down. There's something about just walking aisle after aisle making… — Shane Carruth Copy Share Image
All I know is that as an audience member, I am less and less inclined to go to the theater. — Shane Carruth Copy Share Image
I don't read books on how to write screenplays just because I'm stubborn. So it's all sort of made up. — Shane Carruth Copy Share Image
Probably the TV show I've watched the most is 'How It's Made' on the History Channel. I could watch 24 hours of 'How It's… — Shane Carruth Copy Share Image
My favorite films are the ones that I walk away from and I know I saw a story. I saw the core part of… — Shane Carruth Copy Share Image
In school, when I got into upper-level math, there would be times when I would wake up from a dream and have - not… — Shane Carruth Copy Share Image
'Upstream Color' in particular, it's got to infect culture at some level in order to have a life of its own. Then it'll be… — Shane Carruth Copy Share Image
