"I'm usually trying to react to what the……" — Gus Van Sant

"I'm usually trying to react to what the actors are coming up with. And then the environment, and then the story."

— Gus Van Sant

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71 Quotes by Gus Van Sant

Gus Van Sant has 71 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

And Later I Thought, I Can't Think How Anyone Can Become a Director Without Learning the Craft of Cinematography.
Sometimes getting upset with yourself is necessary when you face the truth.
I'm a junkie. I like drugs, I like the whole lifestyle, but it just didn't pay off.
If Im diagnosed with cancer I might become despondent, but someone young might not, and they might need connections with…
Joanna Priestley is one of the most interesting and adept personal animators and filmmakers. I have enjoyed her work for…
The dark comedies tend to be in a non-releasable area. There can be romantic comedies. There can be dramas. But…
The biopic also wasn't a form that I necessarily believed in, because you can never really get it right, you…
I'm not being analytical. I just create everything intuitively. If you're too analytical, what you're doing probably ends up being…
I have this new theory about films. It’s almost like astrology, where if we started on a Tuesday the film…
I used to take photographs just to remember people.
Apparently there’s this kind of songbird that thinks it dies every time the sun goes down. In the morning, when…
In high school, I read 'Silas Marner' and I was very attracted to this character - he was very rundown…

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You don't see Indians in Hollywood films around which a story can revolve. As soon as we have a social… — Amitabh Bachchan
Gary Oldman is impossible to steal a movie from. He's such a great actor, he's off the hook. I love… — Kevin Bacon
As I was coming up on the stage, there was one source that could make or break you, the New… — Kevin Bacon
I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different… — Kevin Bacon
I didn't get into this so I could talk about my work, my movies. You become an actor to act. — Kevin Bacon
A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly. — Kevin Bacon
I think we all have a lot of darkness in our bellies. As an actor, the challenge of tapping into… — Kevin Bacon

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