--- title: "10 Way Quotes By Gus Van Sant" description: "10 Way quotes by Gus Van Sant. Plus more from Gus Van Sant and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/440/gus-van-sant-5023_all-kinds_there-are-all-kinds-of-ways-that-people_131434.png" --- > [There are all kinds of ways that people present their films, but that's kind of a good feeling, if you can make…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/440/gus-van-sant-5023_all-kinds_there-are-all-kinds-of-ways-that-people_131434.png) > [There is a way that a younger person can accept the inevitable problem that they're going to die, whereas somebody a little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/there-is-a-way-that-a-younger-person-can-accept-the-inevitable/) [Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55b/gus-van-sant-5023_accepting_there-is-a-way-that-a-younger-person-can_2230013.png) > [There's always a risk if you don't do things the way you've done things before.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/there-s-always-a-risk-if-you-don-t-do-things-the-way-you-ve-done/) [Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ac/gus-van-sant-5023_always_there-s-always-a-risk-if-you-don-t-do-th_2042964.png) > [Joanna Priestley is one of the most interesting and adept personal animators and filmmakers. I have enjoyed her work for years and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/joanna-priestley-is-one-of-the-most-interesting-and-adept-personal/) [Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c5/gus-van-sant-5023_adept_joanna-priestley-is-one-of-the-most-inte_666231.png) > [With 'Good Will Hunting,' Miramax made certain the recruited audience wasn't expecting to laugh at Robin Williams like they normally do. From…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/with-good-will-hunting-miramax-made-certain-the-recruited-audience/) [Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/784/gus-van-sant-5023_audience_with-good-will-hunting-miramax-made-cert_3203663.png) > [I don't usually direct actors in the classic sense of that word. Instead, I try to remind the characters before the shoot…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e79/gus-van-sant-5023_actor_i-don-t-usually-direct-actors-in-the-cla_226459.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) > [Silent is about needing to make a scene shorter by having physical things to cut to. That way, you can manipulate a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/silent-is-about-needing-to-make-a-scene-shorter-by-having-physical/) [Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d9/gus-van-sant-5023_action_silent-is-about-needing-to-make-a-scene_2025012.jpg) > [I did 'Mala Noche' as a way to do something that was outside of the system, because I was outside of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/i-did-mala-noche-as-a-way-to-do-something-that-was-outside-of-the/) [Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abc/gus-van-sant-5023_because_i-did-mala-noche-as-a-way-to-do-somethin_979586.png) > [I think over the course of 14 films, I'm returning to a place that I know to tell a story... the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/i-think-over-the-course-of-14-films-i-m-returning-to-a-place-that-i/) [Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/256/gus-van-sant-5023_fantasy_i-think-over-the-course-of-14-films-i-m_2675524.jpg) ## Other authors on Way ## 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/way/gus-van-sant/#itemlist", "name": "10 Way Quotes By Gus Van Sant", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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 like the characters are really there.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gus Van Sant" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/there-are-all-kinds-of-ways-that-people-present-their-films-but-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/440/gus-van-sant-5023_all-kinds_there-are-all-kinds-of-ways-that-people_131434.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/440/gus-van-sant-5023_all-kinds_there-are-all-kinds-of-ways-that-people_131434.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/440/gus-van-sant-5023_all-kinds_there-are-all-kinds-of-ways-that-people_131434.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There are all kinds of ways that people present their films, but that's kind of a good feeling, if you can…” — Gus Van Sant", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There is a way that a younger person can accept the inevitable problem that they're going to die, whereas somebody a little bit older might be overcome.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gus Van Sant" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/there-is-a-way-that-a-younger-person-can-accept-the-inevitable/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55b/gus-van-sant-5023_accepting_there-is-a-way-that-a-younger-person-can_2230013.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55b/gus-van-sant-5023_accepting_there-is-a-way-that-a-younger-person-can_2230013.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55b/gus-van-sant-5023_accepting_there-is-a-way-that-a-younger-person-can_2230013.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There is a way that a younger person can accept the inevitable problem that they're going to die, whereas…” — Gus Van Sant", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's always a risk if you don't do things the way you've done things before.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gus Van Sant" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/there-s-always-a-risk-if-you-don-t-do-things-the-way-you-ve-done/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ac/gus-van-sant-5023_always_there-s-always-a-risk-if-you-don-t-do-th_2042964.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ac/gus-van-sant-5023_always_there-s-always-a-risk-if-you-don-t-do-th_2042964.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ac/gus-van-sant-5023_always_there-s-always-a-risk-if-you-don-t-do-th_2042964.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There's always a risk if you don't do things the way you've done things before.” — Gus Van Sant", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Joanna Priestley is one of the most interesting and adept personal animators and filmmakers. 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