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David Fincher Quotes

In film, we sculpt time, we sculpt behavior and we sculpt light Picture Quote #1

And I love shooting football Picture Quote #1

I learn the most from making my own mistakes Picture Quote #1

Entertainment has to come hand in hand with a little bit of medicine Picture Quote #1

Filmmaking isn’t if you can just strap on a camera onto an actor, and steadicam, and point it at their face, and follow them through the movie, that is not what moviemaking is, that is not what it’s about. It’s not just about getting a performance. It’s also about the psychology of the cinematic moment, and the psychology of the presentation of that, of that window Picture Quote #1

I like characters who don’t change, who don’t learn from their mistakes Picture Quote #1

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There are some movies I can watch over and over, never get sick of. I'll put one of those on and be puttering around the house. Then a certain scene will come on and I'll just have to go over and watch Picture Quote #1

You can make movies for a select audience, but you have to market it to them. You can make movies for a select audience, but you have to market it to them Picture Quote #1

For a number of years, I’d been around the kind of people who financed movies and the kind of people who are there to make the deals for movies. But I’d always had this naive idea that everybody wants to make movies as good as they can be, which is stupid Picture Quote #1

You can do something that walks a line, and invariably, whatever that line is, it will be crossed by people who don’t know any better and want to ape the success Picture Quote #1

For me, the scariest thing about a serial killer is that there’s somebody who lives next door to you, running power tools late into the night, and you don’t know he has a refrigerator full of penises Picture Quote #1

Entertainment has to come hand in hand with a little bit of medicine. Some people go to the movies to be reminded that everything’s okay. I don’t make those kinds of movies. That, to me, is a lie. Everything’s not okay Picture Quote #1

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You have a responsibility for the way you make the audience feel, and I want them to feel uncomfortable Picture Quote #1

Some people go to the movies to be reminded that everything's okay. I don't make those kinds of movies Picture Quote #1

Directing ain’t about drawing a neat little picture and showing it to the cameraman. I didn’t want to go to film school. I didn’t know what the point was. The fact is, you don’t know what directing is until the sun is setting and you’ve got to get five shots and you’re only going to get two Picture Quote #1

I do agree you can’t just make movies three hours long for no apparent reason. For a romantic comedy to be three hours long, that’s longer than most marriages Picture Quote #1

It’s a bad day when you don’t get the work done that you need to get done or you don’t get it done to the satisfaction Picture Quote #1

Movies aren’t finished, they’re abandoned. And you have to make your peace with that Picture Quote #1

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I think title sequences are an opportunity to sort of set the stage or to get people thinking in different terms than maybe whatever they understand the movie to be going in Picture Quote #1

Perfume is pretty good because nobody has to hold the product by their face or use it Picture Quote #1

People go to the movies to see things they haven’t seen before. Call me a radical Picture Quote #1

We’re designed to be hunters and we’re in a society of shopping. There’s nothing to kill anymore, there’s nothing to fight, nothing to overcome, nothing to explore. In that societal emasculation this everyman is created Picture Quote #1

If you read the good reviews you gotta read the bad reviews. I kind of think of it as like being a quarterback: you get way too much blame when it’s bad and way too much credit when it’s good Picture Quote #1

David Fincher is one of the best directors I know, so I’m really curious to see it. Really curious, and I want to hear Daniel have the Swedish accent Picture Quote #1

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In film, we sculpt time, we sculpt behavior and we sculpt light (David Fincher Quotes) And I love shooting football (David Fincher Quotes) I learn the most from making my own mistakes (David Fincher Quotes) Entertainment has to come hand in hand with a little bit of medicine (David Fincher Quotes) Filmmaking isn’t if you can just strap on a camera onto an actor, and steadicam, and point it at their face, and follow them through the movie, that is not what moviemaking is, that is not what it’s about. It’s not just about getting a performance. It’s also about the psychology of the cinematic moment, and the psychology of the presentation of that, of that window (David Fincher Quotes) I like characters who don’t change, who don’t learn from their mistakes (David Fincher Quotes) There are some movies I can watch over and over, never get sick of. I'll put one of those on and be puttering around the house. Then a certain scene will come on and I'll just have to go over and watch (David Fincher Quotes) You can make movies for a select audience, but you have to market it to them. You can make movies for a select audience, but you have to market it to them (David Fincher Quotes) For a number of years, I’d been around the kind of people who financed movies and the kind of people who are there to make the deals for movies. But I’d always had this naive idea that everybody wants to make movies as good as they can be, which is stupid (David Fincher Quotes) You can do something that walks a line, and invariably, whatever that line is, it will be crossed by people who don’t know any better and want to ape the success (David Fincher Quotes) For me, the scariest thing about a serial killer is that there’s somebody who lives next door to you, running power tools late into the night, and you don’t know he has a refrigerator full of penises (David Fincher Quotes) Entertainment has to come hand in hand with a little bit of medicine. Some people go to the movies to be reminded that everything’s okay. I don’t make those kinds of movies. That, to me, is a lie. Everything’s not okay (David Fincher Quotes) You have a responsibility for the way you make the audience feel, and I want them to feel uncomfortable (David Fincher Quotes) Some people go to the movies to be reminded that everything's okay. I don't make those kinds of movies (David Fincher Quotes) Directing ain’t about drawing a neat little picture and showing it to the cameraman. I didn’t want to go to film school. I didn’t know what the point was. The fact is, you don’t know what directing is until the sun is setting and you’ve got to get five shots and you’re only going to get two (David Fincher Quotes) I do agree you can’t just make movies three hours long for no apparent reason. For a romantic comedy to be three hours long, that’s longer than most marriages (David Fincher Quotes) It’s a bad day when you don’t get the work done that you need to get done or you don’t get it done to the satisfaction (David Fincher Quotes) Movies aren’t finished, they’re abandoned. And you have to make your peace with that (David Fincher Quotes) I think title sequences are an opportunity to sort of set the stage or to get people thinking in different terms than maybe whatever they understand the movie to be going in (David Fincher Quotes) Perfume is pretty good because nobody has to hold the product by their face or use it (David Fincher Quotes) People go to the movies to see things they haven’t seen before. Call me a radical (David Fincher Quotes) We’re designed to be hunters and we’re in a society of shopping. There’s nothing to kill anymore, there’s nothing to fight, nothing to overcome, nothing to explore. In that societal emasculation this everyman is created (David Fincher Quotes) If you read the good reviews you gotta read the bad reviews. I kind of think of it as like being a quarterback: you get way too much blame when it’s bad and way too much credit when it’s good (David Fincher Quotes) David Fincher is one of the best directors I know, so I’m really curious to see it. Really curious, and I want to hear Daniel have the Swedish accent (David Fincher Quotes)

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