The only way I know as a director is to figure out what the film is about. And out of the theme and the sense of what the film is about, all those decisions start to make sense. But to… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
The whole visual language of the movie is developed way before we get to set. Especially when you're doing visual effects and you don't have a lot of money to mess around, which we didn't, you have to really preplan… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
I try to live my life where I end up at a point where I have no regrets. So I try to choose the… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
When people think about the ark, they're always thinking about all the thousands of years of religious iconography of a ship with a bow… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
I couldn't sleep one night and I was sitting in my office and I realized that I was an independent filmmaker. — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
I know some people that have gone through serious struggles. People that were close to me, and I've seen some terrible things about people… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
“Izzi: Remember Moses Morales? Tom Verde: Who? Izzi: The Mayan guide I told you about. Tom Verde: From your trip. Izzi: Yeah. The last… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
I don't think I make genre films. I think studios try to sell films as genres because they know how to do that. There's… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
Every film had its own grammar. And it's your job as a director to basically figure out a language to tell a story. — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
Turning 30 was when my parents both got cancer and were fighting it and beat it, but their mortality started to get to me.… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
I think it's important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you've got to try new stuff and challenge yourself… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
Right after I did 'The Fountain,' I wanted to go make a documentary or something that was less constructed - more natural. I was… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
I was 12 or 13 years old. So I started to write poetry and fiction, even though I was really into biology because my… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
Film is a great tool to play with time, going back and forth through time, or speeding time up and slowing it down and… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
It's not that much of a difference. Basically, your job is the same as a film director. It's a triangle between creativity, money, and… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
For too long we have been taking, and the Earth has been giving. But that free-for-all, that all-you-can-eat buffet, it's over. The salad bar… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
![“Izzi: Remember Moses Morales? Tom Verde: Who? Izzi: The Mayan guide I told you about. Tom Verde: From your trip. Izzi: Yeah. The last night I was with him, he told me about his father, who had died. Well Moses wouldn't believe it. Tom Verde: Izzi... Izzi: [embraces Tom] No, no. Listen, listen. He…” quote by Darren Aronofsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/295/darren-aronofsky-9266_last-night_izzi-remember-moses-morales-tom-verde-wh_284941.jpg)
