--- title: "12 Trying Quotes By Gus Van Sant" description: "12 Trying quotes by Gus Van Sant. Plus more from Gus Van Sant and more Trying sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/222/gus-van-sant-5023_calm_yeah-i-try-to-be-really-calm-643359_643359.png" --- > [Yeah, I try to be really calm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/yeah-i-try-to-be-really-calm/) [Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/222/gus-van-sant-5023_calm_yeah-i-try-to-be-really-calm-643359_643359.png) > [I'm usually trying to react to what the actors are coming up with. And then the environment, and then the story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/i-m-usually-trying-to-react-to-what-the-actors-are-coming-up-with-and/) [Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b4/gus-van-sant-5023_actors_i-m-usually-trying-to-react-to-what-the_3197371.png) > [Even if you try to copy a film shot by shot, you still can't. It's still your own film.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/even-if-you-try-to-copy-a-film-shot-by-shot-you-still-can-t-it-s/) [Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/540/gus-van-sant-5023_cinema_even-if-you-try-to-copy-a-film-shot-by-s_2830003.png) > [I try to get to know the actors as much as I can. I feel like I'm friends with them for starters…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/i-try-to-get-to-know-the-actors-as-much-as-i-can-i-feel-like-i-m/) [Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d68/gus-van-sant-5023_actor_i-try-to-get-to-know-the-actors-as-much_1162558.png) > [As I do with most films, I try and find some music that you could use throughout, not just a sampling of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/as-i-do-with-most-films-i-try-and-find-some-music-that-you-could-use/) [Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c5/gus-van-sant-5023_art_as-i-do-with-most-films-i-try-and-find-s_177938.png) > [I try to shoot the first rehearsal because people are more spontaneous. People in real life don't really know where they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/i-try-to-shoot-the-first-rehearsal-because-people-are-more/) [Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ed/gus-van-sant-5023_firsts_i-try-to-shoot-the-first-rehearsal-becau_613629.png) > [When I grew up in the '60s, we were actually dominated by this, you know, sort of conforming '50s culture, even though…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/when-i-grew-up-in-the-60s-we-were-actually-dominated-by-this-you-know/) [Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00e/gus-van-sant-5023_conform_when-i-grew-up-in-the-60s-we-were-actual_812783.jpg) > [I've always been interested in how to present something that relates to our reality - which is not really... I don't even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/i-ve-always-been-interested-in-how-to-present-something-that-relates/) [Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/caa/gus-van-sant-5023_documentaries_i-ve-always-been-interested-in-how-to-pr_495965.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/once-you-re-directing-you-re-kind-of-in-a-certain-mode-where-you-re/) [Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d2/gus-van-sant-5023_certain_once-you-re-directing-you-re-kind-of-in_1629260.png) > [Yeah, Kubrick's a big influence. In something like 'A Clockwork Orange,' he is trying to use the practical light - I mean,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/yeah-kubrick-s-a-big-influence-in-something-like-a-clockwork-orange/) [Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/263/gus-van-sant-5023_big-influence_yeah-kubrick-s-a-big-influence-in-someth_328319.jpg) > [The reason I know about 'Tomb Raider' is from when I was researching 'Elephant.' It was 1999, and I was trying to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/the-reason-i-know-about-tomb-raider-is-from-when-i-was-researching/) [Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/188/gus-van-sant-5023_columbine_the-reason-i-know-about-tomb-raider-is-f_1428350.png) > [Free time keeps me going. It's just something that's always been a part of my life. I was originally a painter, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/free-time-keeps-me-going-it-s-just-something-that-s-always-been-a/) [Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08d/gus-van-sant-5023_cinema_free-time-keeps-me-going-it-s-just-somet_1164028.png) ## Other authors on Trying ## More by Gus Van Sant > [The things that inform student culture are created and controlled by the unseen culture, the sociological aspects of our climbing culture, our 'me' generation,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/the-things-that-inform-student-culture-are-created-and-controlled-by/) [Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/) > [I mean, I think I'm pretty sentimental.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/i-mean-i-think-i-m-pretty-sentimental/) [Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/) > [Usually people just hire me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/usually-people-just-hire-me/) [Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/) > [My family moved a lot as a kid. We started in Colorado, where I lived for five years. We moved to Chicago for two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/my-family-moved-a-lot-as-a-kid-we-started-in-colorado-where-i-lived/) [Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/) > [No construction stiff working overtime takes more stress and straining than we did just to stay high.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/no-construction-stiff-working-overtime-takes-more-stress-and/) [Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/i-ve-told-people-who-have-just-started-to-make-a-film-that-the-one/) [Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/a-lot-of-times-i-relied-on-connections-through-my-agency-just-for/) [Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/) > [I'm a junkie. I like drugs, I like the whole lifestyle, but it just didn't pay off.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/i-m-a-junkie-i-like-drugs-i-like-the-whole-lifestyle-but-it-just-didn/) [Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/there-are-all-kinds-of-ways-that-people-present-their-films-but-that/) [Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/) > [I find it interesting, the different rules that apply to journalism and drama, even though journalism has become more and more about entertainment, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/i-find-it-interesting-the-different-rules-that-apply-to-journalism/) [Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/) > [As I do with most films, I try and find some music that you could use throughout, not just a sampling of lots of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/as-i-do-with-most-films-i-try-and-find-some-music-that-you-could-use/) [Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/when-you-re-on-a-film-and-you-re-doubting-something-it-s-usually/) [Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/) > [I don't usually direct actors in the classic sense of that word. Instead, I try to remind the characters before the shoot what's going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/i-don-t-usually-direct-actors-in-the-classic-sense-of-that-word/) [Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/) > [When you get to be 23, 24 or 25, you start to freeze up and become an adult.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/when-you-get-to-be-23-24-or-25-you-start-to-freeze-up-and-become-an/) [Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/) > [The artist himself is actually the subject in everything after, say, 1900. Eventually, art becomes so removed from the community that you have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/the-artist-himself-is-actually-the-subject-in-everything-after-say/) [Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/trying/gus-van-sant/#itemlist", "name": "12 Trying Quotes By Gus Van Sant", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Yeah, I try to be really calm.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gus Van Sant" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/yeah-i-try-to-be-really-calm/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/222/gus-van-sant-5023_calm_yeah-i-try-to-be-really-calm-643359_643359.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/222/gus-van-sant-5023_calm_yeah-i-try-to-be-really-calm-643359_643359.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/222/gus-van-sant-5023_calm_yeah-i-try-to-be-really-calm-643359_643359.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Yeah, I try to be really calm.” — Gus Van Sant", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm usually trying to react to what the actors are coming up with. 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