Brian De Palma

You never can predict things. I knew the movie Peducted would get a reaction, because it's showing a different vision of our…

— Brian De Palma

When you make a movie outside the system and it's successful critically or a moderate financial success, you usually have to go…

— Brian De Palma

The real trouble with film school is that the people teaching are so far out of the industry that they don't give…

— Brian De Palma

You know, I listen to contemporary music all the time

— Brian De Palma

Well, I just think through your career you go through different phases, and I just got sort of uninspired by the whole…

— Brian De Palma

I've dropped myself into straightforward character pieces in order to explore that form and reap its values. But you are sort of…

— Brian De Palma

It's always great when you discover someone.

— Brian De Palma

Well, like any time you're shooting documentary stuff, you've got to be in the moment, and you've got to be able to…

— Brian De Palma

And we've become very doubtful of our information sources, because they're all controlled by these huge multilateral corporations

— Brian De Palma

If anyone's been around some very long cocaine evenings, there's nothing that's in SCARFACE that we all haven't seen before.

— Brian De Palma

I hadn't done just a straight-out comedy in a long time, just letting an ensemble do really good character acting, having them…

— Brian De Palma

I sometimes go for the strongest, most vivid colour on the palette, which in the case of movies is violence.

— Brian De Palma

You really are as hot as your last movie. And it goes away really quickly.

— Brian De Palma

I do like directing other people's material.

— Brian De Palma

I've been obsessed with this kind of visual storytelling for quite a while, and I try to create material that allows me…

— Brian De Palma

You know, when people want to get any information, research information, it will all exist on these Web sites.

— Brian De Palma

You've got to remind yourself all the time that you're being measured against the fashions of the day, and if your work…

— Brian De Palma

I guess what's most surprised me in most of the reviews is that they don't seem to get the noir story in…

— Brian De Palma

Godard is incredibly brilliant, the things he says. Apparently here in France, the most interesting thing when a new film of his…

— Brian De Palma

I don't see scary films. I certainly wouldn't go see my films.

— Brian De Palma

I don't see scarey films. I certainly wouldn't go see my films.

— Brian De Palma

Yeah, I had an idea to make a very scary movie, based on a kind of serial murderer that preys on tourists.

— Brian De Palma

I have swum against the stream all my life. It's not something I feel uncomfortable with. Is it difficult? Is it unpleasant?…

— Brian De Palma

However, I spent most of my time in a Quaker school.

— Brian De Palma

But, number one, I think traditional noir doesn't work in contemporary storytelling because we don't live in that world anymore

— Brian De Palma