The real trouble with film school is that the people teaching are so far out of the industry that they don't give the students an idea of what's happening. — Brian De Palma Copy Share Image
The biggest mistake in student films is that they are usually cast so badly, with friends and people the directors know. Actually you can cover a lot of bad direction with good acting — Brian De Palma Copy Share Image
You never can predict things. I knew the movie Peducted would get a reaction, because it's showing a different vision of our soldiers in… — Brian De Palma Copy Share Image
When you make a movie outside the system and it's successful critically or a moderate financial success, you usually have to go back into… — Brian De Palma Copy Share Image
The real trouble with film school is that the people teaching are so far out of the industry that they don't give the students… — Brian De Palma Copy Share Image
Well, I just think through your career you go through different phases, and I just got sort of uninspired by the whole studio process… — Brian De Palma Copy Share Image
I've dropped myself into straightforward character pieces in order to explore that form and reap its values. But you are sort of restricted visually… — Brian De Palma Copy Share Image
Well, like any time you're shooting documentary stuff, you've got to be in the moment, and you've got to be able to be in… — Brian De Palma Copy Share Image
And we've become very doubtful of our information sources, because they're all controlled by these huge multilateral corporations — Brian De Palma Copy Share Image
If anyone's been around some very long cocaine evenings, there's nothing that's in SCARFACE that we all haven't seen before. — Brian De Palma Copy Share Image
I hadn't done just a straight-out comedy in a long time, just letting an ensemble do really good character acting, having them carry the… — Brian De Palma Copy Share Image
I sometimes go for the strongest, most vivid colour on the palette, which in the case of movies is violence. — Brian De Palma Copy Share Image
