Steven Soderbergh Quotes

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• I don't consider myself to be particularly gifted in the way that other filmmakers are gifted.
• I guess why the Ocean's films are hard for me is because on the one hand you have to make sure the performances are there,…
• I had more fun making Traffic than either of the Ocean's films.
• Another thing that really excites me: I'd like to do multiple versions of the same film.
• I know why we can't have a frank discussion with our policymakers - if you're in the government or in law enforcement you cannot acknowledge…
• I look at other filmmakers and see skills in them that I wish I had but I know that I don't. I feel like I…
• The ought to be a worldwide cultural taskforce that just stops you when you have ideas like combining The Red Desert with an armored car…
• There are three major social issues that this country is struggling with: education, poverty, and drugs. Two of them we talk about, and one of…
• Warner Bros. has talked about going out with low-cost DVDs simultaneously in China because piracy is so huge there. It will be a while before…
• I've begun to believe more and more that movies are all about transitions, that the key to making good movies is to pay attention to…
• I just produced Criminal, this remake of Nine Queens, and one of the things that appealed to me about Nine Queens is that it was…
• I like to make all kinds of movies. I'd do 'Ocean's Thirteen' with the right script.
• When a film like Chris Nolan's Memento cannot get picked up, to me independent film is over. It's dead.
• I love caper films.
• In Full Frontal and K Street, I learned to take advantage of the mobility that digital provides.
• I guess I didn't feel confident enough to be searching in a big public way. I was very content at the time to toil in…
• I think I'm good at amplifying an actor's strengths, and minimizing their weaknesses. And they all have strengths and weaknesses.
• I'm in the process of working out an arrangement to make some very, very, very small films in the midst of all these films and…
• I'm sure some people will say, 'Why do this?' And my response is, 'Why wouldn't you?' The film business in general is using a model…
• I'm very comfortable with failure. I'm very comfortable being the guy who disappoints people.

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