Modern-day cinema takes the form of a sermon. You don't get to think, you only get to receive information. — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
I think that in some cases, I've made films that have a sentimental quality, at least as part of the film. — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
When you're on a film and you're doubting something, it's usually because you don't think the audience is going to like it. — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
In rare cases, I've had music before I shot the movie. I think that for 'Good Will Hunting' I had an Elliot… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
Once you're directing, you're kind of in a certain mode, where you're taking whatever is on the page and forming it into… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
When I grew up in the '60s, we were actually dominated by this, you know, sort of conforming '50s culture, even though… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
I was petrified because all my friends would be going to Washington, DC, to protest. I was sixteen, and I was like,… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
I think over the course of 14 films, I'm returning to a place that I know to tell a story... the same… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
I don't think American independent films have ever really been particularly experimental, except for the original guys from the '60s who were… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
I'm thinking of remaking 'Psycho' again. Doing a third remake. The idea this time is to really change it - we're talking… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
The things that inform student culture are created and controlled by the unseen culture, the sociological aspects of our climbing culture, our 'me' generation,… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
My family moved a lot as a kid. We started in Colorado, where I lived for five years. We moved to Chicago for two… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
No construction stiff working overtime takes more stress and straining than we did just to stay high. — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
I've told people who have just started to make a film that the one thing you might experience is this feeling that everybody is… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
A lot of times, I relied on connections through my agency, just for financing and things like that. Even when I'm looking for a… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
I'm a junkie. I like drugs, I like the whole lifestyle, but it just didn't pay off. — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
There are all kinds of ways that people present their films, but that's kind of a good feeling, if you can make it seem… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
I find it interesting, the different rules that apply to journalism and drama, even though journalism has become more and more about entertainment, and… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
As I do with most films, I try and find some music that you could use throughout, not just a sampling of lots of… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
When you're on a film and you're doubting something, it's usually because you don't think the audience is going to like it. — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
