Steven Soderbergh

I was lucky that I was getting exposed to a lot of different kinds of films, and I was liking them all.…

— Steven Soderbergh

Truth and facts have to trump partisanship. There has to be something that's true regardless of what your angle is on it.

— Steven Soderbergh

I have a friend whose theory is that you're from wherever you went to high school. I think that's mostly true.

— Steven Soderbergh

In nature, if a cell gets too big, it divides. You can't come up with a set of rules that's going to…

— Steven Soderbergh

You should never assume anything coming from a critical standpoint. You should go into everything assuming you're going to get crushed.

— Steven Soderbergh

I'm sure some people will say, 'Why do this?' And my response is, 'Why wouldn't you?' The film business in general is…

— Steven Soderbergh

A movie is something you see, cinema is something that’s made.

— Steven Soderbergh

If you're a painter and you want people to know who you are and recognize your work, you've got to build some…

— Steven Soderbergh

Everybody, including me, has to submit to what it needs to be. The thing is at the top of the pyramid, the…

— Steven Soderbergh

A big part of making an album is that you want to have enough material - you want to have enough stuff…

— Steven Soderbergh

The reverberation of the freedom of making 'Schizopolis' absolutely resulted in 'Out of Sight' and everything that followed.

— Steven Soderbergh

I've never been a snob. It [movie] is just about stories. And I've never felt just because it's a big screen and…

— Steven Soderbergh

The ought to be a worldwide cultural taskforce that just stops you when you have ideas like combining The Red Desert with…

— Steven Soderbergh

There's definitely a way of thinking and a way of being in the South that has its advantages and disadvantages.

— Steven Soderbergh

All I care about is the story and telling the story. I don't care how people ingest it.

— Steven Soderbergh

Usually I'm thinking about the palette. I'm thinking about the color for the most part, then I'll start thinking about composition and…

— Steven Soderbergh

Castro, without question, is one of the smartest politicians that's ever walked.

— Steven Soderbergh

I'm in the process of working out an arrangement to make some very, very, very small films in the midst of all…

— Steven Soderbergh

I'm not a snob. If I feel like there's a star that's the best person for that role, then that's who I…

— Steven Soderbergh

A real explosion is not only much more fun to shoot, it also helps the actors and creates an energy on set…

— Steven Soderbergh

Men tend to define themselves by what they do, and so if you're dealing with a character who's trying to figure that…

— Steven Soderbergh

I think often people fall into the breadth trap of wanting to do too long a period of time, and obviously there's…

— Steven Soderbergh

You can't get good at anything unless you do it day in and day out, over and over.

— Steven Soderbergh

When a film like Chris Nolan's Memento cannot get picked up, to me independent film is over. It's dead.

— Steven Soderbergh

I'm probably more character-driven than plot-driven. It's rare for me to attach myself to an idea for a story.

— Steven Soderbergh