Part of my reason for 'Session 9' was to break out, to destroy the illusion of me as 'Mr. Romantic Comedy Guy.' — Brad Anderson Comedy Copy Share Image
If you're making a smaller movie, you're almost obligated to do something unexpected and surprising. — Brad Anderson Making Copy Share Image
I find psychological thrillers interesting both dramatically and visually. — Brad Anderson Both Copy Share Image
What drew me into making movies is trying to make characters that step off the screen. — Brad Anderson Film Copy Share Image
Things have a tendency in the film business to fall apart more often than they come together. — Brad Anderson Business Copy Share Image
I like characters who aren't typically heroic and come to some sort of epiphany about themselves. — Brad Anderson About Copy Share Image
My favorite filmmakers are in the Kubrick, Polanski kind of mold. I just like that world. I think it's more cinematic and… — Brad Anderson I think Copy Share Image
As a filmmaker, you just make the movie you want to make, and you sort of put your faith in the distributor… — Brad Anderson Faith Copy Share Image
If you're making a film, you've got to have one eye to the audience and one eye to what excites you about… — Brad Anderson Audience Copy Share Image
I don't see myself doing any comedies. I like comedies as much as anyone else; I just don't really have a desire… — Brad Anderson Comedies Copy Share Image
I've never been in the studio world; TV is as close as I get to the more corporate approach to making entertainment. — Brad Anderson Close Copy Share Image
I don't know, maybe I just like to mix it up and have a more of an eclectic need to just try… — Brad Anderson Ideas Copy Share Image
As a species, we've always been interested in what happens when we're no longer around, all the way back to 'Revelations' in… — Brad Anderson Always Copy Share Image
You don't fall in love with someone because they're perfect and meet your requirements - you fall for the things that are… — Brad Anderson Even Copy Share Image
Persistence is half the battle. That's what I love about independent movies. They don't have to be made. There's no studio with… — Brad Anderson Actor Copy Share Image
I'm extremely excited about working with Troika on 'The Hive.' This script has two elements I always look for in a thriller… — Brad Anderson Dark Copy Share Image
I think it is harder to scare young people because there is an ironic hipster stance that you have to take in… — Brad Anderson Culture Copy Share Image
In terms of my career, it began in earnest when I was living in Boston. I started doing my own films, working… — Brad Anderson Career Copy Share Image
I did a lot of traveling after college on trains through India, China, and Russia. I somehow managed to make it back… — Brad Anderson Back Copy Share Image
There's a difference between telling a story and not providing an explanation because you just don't do it well or pull it… — Brad Anderson Between Copy Share Image
I've always liked dark, creepy movies, but for some reason, I started on the film scene with romantic comedies. — Brad Anderson Cinema Copy Share Image
There's something bizarrely funny about a guy who doesn't realise he's, in essence, a dog chasing his own tail. — Brad Anderson Chasing Copy Share Image
True horror, I think, deals with dread and menace and gets under your skin. — Brad Anderson Dread Copy Share Image
No one faith is necessarily superior to another. All explanations are valid and in some respects when it comes to the big… — Brad Anderson Another Copy Share Image
I'm drawn to a story partly based on the fact that it's something I might not be as familiar with. — Brad Anderson Fact Copy Share Image
I don't think anyone can call a movie like 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' a horror movie. It's a jolt.… — Brad Anderson Horror Copy Share Image
When I went to Sundance back in 1998, indie film was all the rage, and Miramax was throwing down five or six… — Brad Anderson Back Copy Share Image
'Session 9' can be interpreted in different ways. You can get the sense that Gordon breathes in an evil spirit but can… — Brad Anderson Different ways Copy Share Image
It's such a great city, visually. You can't get that kind of look in Canada that you can get in Boston: the… — Brad Anderson City Copy Share Image
I don't think of the 'indie film world' as this cohesive kind of world anyhow. It's so disparate: all these different filmmakers… — Brad Anderson Cinema Copy Share Image
We all have aspects of ourselves that we my not be aware of. Actors in particular - they have multiple personality disorder.… — Brad Anderson Actors Copy Share Image
I just like stories in which characters are struggling with something, whether it's an external force like in 'Vanishing,' or in 'Session… — Brad Anderson Mind Copy Share Image
