As I do with most films, I try and find some music that you could use throughout, not just a sampling of… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
I try to get to know the actors as much as I can. I feel like I'm friends with them for starters… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
The reason I know about 'Tomb Raider' is from when I was researching 'Elephant.' It was 1999, and I was trying to… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
Free time keeps me going. It's just something that's always been a part of my life. I was originally a painter, and… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
Yeah, Kubrick's a big influence. In something like 'A Clockwork Orange,' he is trying to use the practical light - I mean,… — 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
I've always been interested in how to present something that relates to our reality - which is not really... I don't even… — 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 try to shoot the first rehearsal because people are more spontaneous. People in real life don't really know where they are… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
I'm usually trying to react to what the actors are coming up with. And then the environment, and then the story. — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
Even if you try to copy a film shot by shot, you still can't. It's still your own film. — 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
