I'm always making movies for my audiences, but I'm not trying to meet their expectations. — David Lowery Copy Share Image
I'm an atheist. I don't believe in the afterlife, but I do believe in ghosts. — David Lowery Afterlife Copy Share Image
I think there is a value in leaving the world a little better off, and movies can do that in a minor… — David Lowery Copy Share Image
I love movies. I can't participate in my love of movie-making fully unless I'm producing it. — David Lowery Cinema Copy Share Image
I love horror films. I love ghost movies and haunted-house movies. — David Lowery Cinema Copy Share Image
I guess you can't really turn a camera on outside in Texas without getting Terrence Malick comparisons. — David Lowery Camera Copy Share Image
I have a repository of titles I like in my head, and I am always looking for a movie that I can… — David Lowery Copy Share Image
Hindsight is the most dangerous thing imaginable for me. I imagine that's the case for most filmmakers. And I would love to… — David Lowery Copy Share Image
Digital is my safety net. I know how to use it, how to operate those cameras; it makes sense to me. Film… — David Lowery Cameras Copy Share Image
With 'Pete's Dragon,' Disney was very excited about the movie I wanted to make; they were very supportive of it, and it… — David Lowery Disney Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, Santa, the Tooth Fairy, my stuffed animals - they were real. There is the tremendous suspension of… — David Lowery Copy Share Image
In my darkest moments, I have not eaten an entire pie, but I have turned to other baked goods to find solace. — David Lowery Baked goods Copy Share Image
In the past, I'd been sort of a fan of writing a coat hanger of a script, and something I could hang… — David Lowery Copy Share Image
The relationships I've had with animals are often some of the most profound. That's why you cry when a dog dies in… — David Lowery Animal Copy Share Image
It's tough for me to move on from places, even though I realize that it's not only necessary but very important to… — David Lowery Copy Share Image
David Lynch's 'Fire Walk With Me' has a scene in it that scared me so bad that I don't remember it. I… — David Lowery Copy Share Image
With the transcendent or supernatural, they help us contextualize our own lives while we are here on this earth. On a narrative… — David Lowery Existential Copy Share Image
Obviously 'Pete's Dragon' is more commercial than 'A Ghost Story,' but when making them, I'm just trying to tell a story that… — David Lowery Copy Share Image
The image of a bedsheet ghost standing all alone in an empty house was something I was obsessed with. I really wanted… — David Lowery Alone Copy Share Image
There is a palpable sense of history in the homes that I choose to occupy. I think that's one of the reasons… — David Lowery History Copy Share Image
In dialogue scenes, my favorite moments are when people aren't talking because you can cut to the heart of the matter much… — David Lowery Communication Copy Share Image
My wife and I, we knew each other back in 2001 but had fallen out of touch. One day, I had a… — David Lowery Day Copy Share Image
When you cut from a long shot to a close shot, you're doing it for a reason, or if you let something… — David Lowery Copy Share Image
I find everything in life a little bit sad, but I also find a great deal of hope everywhere I look. — David Lowery Copy Share Image
I don't like being pessimistic. I don't like living my life with a nihilistic mindset. — David Lowery Being Copy Share Image
I can't solve a puzzle for the life of me - my brain doesn't work that way. But I can take a… — David Lowery Brain Copy Share Image
I love 'Peter Pan' to death. It's one of the most influential pieces of storytelling in my life. It made a huge… — David Lowery Copy Share Image
Some filmmakers are great at making complex things and films with a lot of moving parts, and I'm just not that way. — David Lowery Cinema Copy Share Image
The first movie I ever saw in the cinema was Walt Disney's 'Pinocchio,' upon its 1984 re-release, which would have put me… — David Lowery Cinema Copy Share Image
One of my favorite rules of writing: stop whenever it's feeling really good so you have something to look forward to the… — David Lowery Day Copy Share Image
If I can't finish a screenplay, if I can't get to the last page as a writer, it probably means it's not… — David Lowery Copy Share Image
I have so many aspirations and interests that would not fit within the Disney brand. I need to make sure I'm engaging… — David Lowery Aspirations Copy Share Image
We build our legacy piece by piece, and maybe the whole world will remember you or maybe just a couple of people,… — David Lowery Legacy Copy Share Image
So many of my films involve houses or homes that have been abandoned. People trying to get back home. That's an idea… — David Lowery Copy Share Image
I'm someone who is very sentimental and nostalgic and attached to the homes I lived in, and I think moving is a… — David Lowery Experience Copy Share Image
I love what Paul Thomas Anderson did with 'The Master' with putting out those teasers made up of footage that's not in… — David Lowery Copy Share Image
I like being able to go to the cinema and sit and spend time observing something without thinking about plot or what… — David Lowery Character Copy Share Image
