Directing ain't about drawing a neat little picture and showing it to the cameraman. I didn't want to go to film school.… — David Fincher Copy Share Image
When you go and you tell a studio and that it's an ensemble, that doesn't mean a lot to them. But, my… — David Fincher Copy Share Image
I want people to surprise themselves. Instead of saying "Oh, god, didn't we already do this 17 times?" — David Fincher Copy Share Image
For a number of years, I'd been around the kind of people who financed movies and the kind of people who are… — David Fincher Copy Share Image
I want to make a movie that has enough impact that it's going to do what it needs to do. But I… — David Fincher Copy Share Image
I want stuff to play as wide as possible. I want to be able to see... if I could play the whole… — David Fincher Copy Share Image
You have the power to pause stuff and you have the power to go to the bathroom. You can do whatever you… — David Fincher Copy Share Image
You can do something that walks a line, and invariably, whatever that line is, it will be crossed by people who don't… — David Fincher Copy Share Image
You have a responsibility for the way you make the audience feel, and I want them to feel uncomfortable. — David Fincher Copy Share Image
The thing I always say to any writer that I'm working with is: Just make sure that in any argument, EVERYONE is… — David Fincher Copy Share Image
I want people to flourish. I want them to walk away from the experience going, "That's what it should be like." — David Fincher Copy Share Image
“If you think that you can hide what your interests are, what your prurient interests are, what your noble interests are, what your fascinations… — David Fincher Copy Share Image
I learned just to be a belligerent asshole, which was really: "You have to get what you need to get out of it." You… — David Fincher Copy Share Image
A movie is made for an audience and a film is made for both the audience and the film-makers. — David Fincher Copy Share Image
For me, the scariest thing about a serial killer is that there's somebody who lives next door to you, running power tools late into… — David Fincher Copy Share Image
Filmmaking isn’t if you can just strap on a camera onto an actor, and steadicam, and point it at their face, and follow them… — David Fincher Copy Share Image
Entertainment has to come hand in hand with a little bit of medicine. Some people go to the movies to be reminded that everything's… — David Fincher Copy Share Image
Directing ain't about drawing a neat little picture and showing it to the cameraman. I didn't want to go to film school. I didn't… — David Fincher Copy Share Image
When you go and you tell a studio and that it's an ensemble, that doesn't mean a lot to them. But, my hats off… — David Fincher Copy Share Image
You can’t take everything on. That’s why when people ask how does this film fit into my oeuvre. I say 'I don’t know. I… — David Fincher Copy Share Image
Look, it's nice. I like the fact that critics liked this movie, but most of the movies that I've made, you'll find a handful… — David Fincher Copy Share Image